tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28080522775617457892024-03-13T14:10:28.421-07:00 At the Gates of Yerushalayim; A Search for Messiah"Come and see..." These are the Words our Master used, words that are still true today. Come with me as we explore what it means to follow Messiah, and find out who He is. Join me, challenge me, correct me; it is all part of the journey and I welcome you to accompany me. May His shalom always be upon you, Amein...David_seedofabrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779218562279412780noreply@blogger.comBlogger158125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808052277561745789.post-5206092493420107242023-08-13T16:44:00.004-07:002023-08-13T16:44:42.906-07:00<p> <b><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 107%;">©2023, David E. Robinson: At the Gates
of Yerushalayim Ministries</span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy";">Lessons from the
Wilderness, Volume 57<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy";">…There, but for the Grace of God, go I…</span></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" title=""><b><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy";"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b><sup><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">[i]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></i></b></a><b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy";">
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<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn5" name="_ednref5" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b><sup><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">[v]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">51 </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when </span></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn6" name="_ednref6" title=""><b><i><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">v</span></sup></i></b></a><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: right 10.0pt left 20.0pt; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">19<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn7" name="_ednref7" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">w</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Have mercy on me,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn8" name="_ednref8" title=""><i><sup>1</sup></i></a>
O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn9" name="_ednref9" title=""><i><sup>x</sup></i></a>abundant mercy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 48.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -16.0pt;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn10" name="_ednref10" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">y</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">blot out my transgressions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 48.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right 10.0pt left 20.0pt; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -48.0pt;"><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">2 </span></sup></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn11" name="_ednref11" title=""><i><sup>z</sup></i></a>Wash
me thoroughly from my iniquity, and <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn12" name="_ednref12" title=""><i><sup>a</sup></i></a>cleanse
me from my sin!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 48.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right 10.0pt left 20.0pt; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -48.0pt;"><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">3 </span></sup></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn13" name="_ednref13" title=""><i><sup>b</sup></i></a>For
I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 48.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right 10.0pt left 20.0pt; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -48.0pt;"><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">4 </span></sup></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn14" name="_ednref14" title=""><i><sup>c</sup></i></a>Against
you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn15" name="_ednref15" title=""><i><sup>d</sup></i></a>in your sight, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn16" name="_ednref16" title=""><i><sup>e</sup></i></a>so
that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 48.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right 10.0pt left 20.0pt; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -48.0pt;"><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">5 </span></sup></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> Behold, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn17" name="_ednref17" title=""><i><sup>f</sup></i></a>I
was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 48.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right 10.0pt left 20.0pt; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -48.0pt;"><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">6 </span></sup></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> Behold, you delight in truth in <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn18" name="_ednref18" title=""><i><sup>g</sup></i></a>the inward being, and
you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 48.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right 10.0pt left 20.0pt; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -48.0pt;"><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">7 </span></sup></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> Purge me <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn19" name="_ednref19" title=""><i><sup>h</sup></i></a>with
hyssop, and I shall be clean; <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn20" name="_ednref20" title=""><i><sup>z</sup></i></a>wash
me, and I shall be <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn21" name="_ednref21" title=""><i><sup>i</sup></i></a>whiter
than snow.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 48.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right 10.0pt left 20.0pt; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -48.0pt;"><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">8 </span></sup></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> Let me hear joy and gladness; <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn22" name="_ednref22" title=""><i><sup>j</sup></i></a>let the bones <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn23" name="_ednref23" title=""><i><sup>k</sup></i></a>that you have broken
rejoice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 48.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right 10.0pt left 20.0pt; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -48.0pt;"><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">9 </span></sup></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn24" name="_ednref24" title=""><i><sup>l</sup></i></a>Hide
your face from my sins, and <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn25" name="_ednref25" title=""><i><sup>y</sup></i></a>blot
out all my iniquities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 48.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right 10.0pt left 20.0pt; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -48.0pt;"><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">10 </span></sup></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn26" name="_ednref26" title=""><i><sup>m</sup></i></a>Create
in me a <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn27" name="_ednref27" title=""><i><sup>n</sup></i></a>clean heart, O God, and <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn28" name="_ednref28" title=""><i><sup>o</sup></i></a>renew
a right<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn29" name="_ednref29" title=""><i><sup>2</sup></i></a> spirit within me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 48.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right 10.0pt left 20.0pt; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -48.0pt;"><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">11 </span></sup></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn30" name="_ednref30" title=""><i><sup>p</sup></i></a>Cast
me not away from your presence and take not <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn31" name="_ednref31" title=""><i><sup>q</sup></i></a>your
Holy Spirit from me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 48.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right 10.0pt left 20.0pt; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -48.0pt;"><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">12 </span></sup></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> Restore to me the joy of your salvation and
uphold me with a willing spirit. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 48.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right 10.0pt left 20.0pt; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -48.0pt;"><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">13 </span></sup></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and
sinners will <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn32" name="_ednref32" title=""><i><sup>r</sup></i></a>return to
you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 48.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right 10.0pt left 20.0pt; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -48.0pt;"><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">14 </span></sup></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> Deliver me from <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn33" name="_ednref33" title=""><i><sup>s</sup></i></a>bloodguiltiness,
O God, O <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn34" name="_ednref34" title=""><i><sup>t</sup></i></a>God of my
salvation, and <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn35" name="_ednref35" title=""><i><sup>u</sup></i></a>my tongue
will sing aloud of your <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn36" name="_ednref36" title=""><i><sup>v</sup></i></a>righteousness.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 48.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right 10.0pt left 20.0pt; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -48.0pt;"><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">15 </span></sup></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare
your praise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 48.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right 10.0pt left 20.0pt; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -48.0pt;"><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">16 </span></sup></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn37" name="_ednref37" title=""><i><sup>w</sup></i></a>For
you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it: you will not be pleased
with a burnt offering.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 48.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right 10.0pt left 20.0pt; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -48.0pt;"><b><sup><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: yellow;">17 </span></sup></b><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: yellow;"> The sacrifices of God are <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn38" name="_ednref38" title=""><i><sup>x</sup></i></a>a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O
God, you will not despise.</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 48.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right 10.0pt left 20.0pt; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -48.0pt;"><b style="text-indent: -48pt;"><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">18 </span></sup></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -48pt;"> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn39" name="_ednref39" title=""><i><sup>y</sup></i></a>Do
good to Zion in your good pleasure;<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn40" name="_ednref40" title=""><i><sup>z</sup></i></a><i><sup> </sup></i>build up the walls of Jerusalem,</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 48.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right 10.0pt left 20.0pt; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -48.0pt;"><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">19 </span></sup></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> then will you delight in <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn41" name="_ednref41" title=""><i><sup>a</sup></i></a>right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn42" name="_ednref42" title=""><i><sup>b</sup></i></a>whole burnt offerings-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 48.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -16.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">then bulls will be
offered on your altar. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn43" name="_ednref43" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">[vi]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>There, but for the
Grace of God, go (insert your name)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">This small, eloquent statement is
attributed to a man named John Bradford, who was a protestant preacher during
the reign of Mary the First, around the year 1553. Queen Mary had sworn revenge
upon any who dared to oppose the Catholic faith. While watching some criminals
being marched to their death, Bradford uttered these words:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>“There, but for
the grace of God, goes John Bradford.”<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">A pious man, Bradford was known for
his love of God, of Christ, and of his fellow man. Why did he utter these words
if he was such a pious man? Perhaps he understood that the same sinning ways
that those who were being led to their slaughter, held in their hearts and
minds, what existed in his. How little did he know that just two years later,
he would suffer his own execution, by being burned at the stake for the crime
of not beholding to the Catholic faith. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn44" name="_ednref44" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Now why
did he name himself? Most have these words spoken as the title says: “There,
but for the grace of God, go I.” It is possible to understand when one sees the
plight of sin in another, one can shake their heads and say, “I am glad I’m not
like that.” It is easy to see one so lost and exclaim “Why didn’t he or she just
quit? Why let it kill them?” It is easy to look upon the darkness of another
and say a little prayer, but deep in the soul, say “I’m glad I’m not like that.” To deal with
that, let us hear Yeshua’s words:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The Pharisee and the Tax Collector</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>9 </sup></b>He
also told this parable to some <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn45" name="_ednref45" title=""><i><sup>c</sup></i></a>who
trusted <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn46" name="_ednref46" title=""><i><sup>d</sup></i></a>in themselves that they
were righteous, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn47" name="_ednref47" title=""><i><sup>e</sup></i></a>and treated
others with contempt:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>10 </sup></b><span style="color: red;">“Two men <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn48" name="_ednref48" title=""><i><sup>f</sup></i></a>went
up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>11 </sup></b><span style="color: red;">The Pharisee, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn49" name="_ednref49" title=""><i><sup>g</sup></i></a>standing
by himself, prayed<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn50" name="_ednref50" title=""><i><sup>1</sup></i></a>
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn51" name="_ednref51" title=""><i><sup>h</sup></i></a>thus: ‘God, I thank you
that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like
this tax collector.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>12 </sup></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn52" name="_ednref52" title=""><i><sup><span style="color: red;">i</span></sup></i></a><span style="color: red;">I fast twice a week; <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn53" name="_ednref53" title=""><i><sup>j</sup></i></a>I
give tithes of all that I get</span>.<span style="color: red;">’</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>13 </sup></b><span style="color: red;">But the tax collector, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn54" name="_ednref54" title=""><i><sup>g</sup></i></a>standing
far off, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn55" name="_ednref55" title=""><i><sup>k</sup></i></a>would not
even lift up his eyes to heaven, but <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn56" name="_ednref56" title=""><i><sup>l</sup></i></a>beat
his breast, saying, ‘God, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn57" name="_ednref57" title=""><i><sup>m</sup></i></a>be
merciful to me, a sinner!’<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>14 </sup></b><span style="color: red;">I tell you; this man went down to his house justified, rather
than the other. For <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn58" name="_ednref58" title=""><i><sup>n</sup></i></a>everyone
who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be
exalted.” </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn59" name="_ednref59" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">[viii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">I
want you all to understand something. No matter how he died, he was not nobody.
He was a father, a brother, an uncle, a son. He was loved. But speaking as one
who has walked in his shoes – sometimes the heart can be so broken, so lost, those
who do the things he did, cannot find a way out. I have heard from one who
loved him, that he carried a backpack everywhere he went. He treated it as if
it was his home. When he passed and the one that loved him got that backpack –
what do you think was found? Bibles. The word of God. Maybe there were those
who were tempted gave up on him, but <b><i>not God</i></b>!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>All of us must come to an understanding of one
truth: we are all Luten. For every harsh word he may have uttered, is not our
hearts telling us you have “a swearing heart”. For every substance he put
inside himself, does not our heart cry out “don’t smoke that cigarette, do not
drink that alcohol!” Does our hearts not cry when we gossip, and backbite, fight,
and hold ourselves over another? “There, but for the grace of God, go I” has to
be a rallying cry from us to God:</p><p class="MsoBodyTextIndent2"><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->“Father, I have an addicted head!” <o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->“Father, I speak falsehoods, and murmur against
your children!” <o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->“I have a blasphemous heart…”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">The list goes on and on and
on. I am guilty; we all are guilty. Do not look upon him as if this was
something he brought upon himself. Who mentored him? Who prayed? Who searched?
I am not saying no one did – but there was not enough of us. Are we not a
community? How many more Luten’s are out there? I am looking in a mirror and at
a congregation that are all Lutens’. We all harbor darkness, but praise God,
Jesus overcame the darkness; now we all need Him to show us how to help others
before another is lost. Let us not lose sight of the fact that he leaves behind
children. What we could not do for him, let us not neglect them. As a
community, we are meant to serve one another. Please, do not forget that. We must
care for those left behind.</span></p><p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-indent: .5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I speak these words not as
an indictment against anyone else. They are more for me than you. He was not a
nobody. In God’s eye’s, he was a broken heart and a broken soul. Let none here
think that there is no grace or mercy for Luten from God. To even think that
places one in a dangerous spot – encroaching upon the sancta of God – His
providence, His decision alone if Luten is saved.</span></p><p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-indent: .5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Paul said in Romans 9:</span></p><p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-indent: .5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><sup>9:14 </sup></b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">What
shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? Absolutely not!</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-align: center; text-indent: .5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-align: center; text-indent: .5in;"><b><sup>9:15 </sup></b>For he
says to Moses: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-align: center; text-indent: .5in;">“<b><i>I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on
whom I have compassion</i></b>.”<sup>2<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn60" name="_ednref60" title="">9</a></sup><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-align: center; text-indent: .5in;"><b><sup>9:16 </sup></b>So then,<sup>3<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn61" name="_ednref61" title="">0</a></sup>
it does not depend on human desire or exertion,<sup>3<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn62" name="_ednref62" title="">1</a></sup> but on God who
shows mercy.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn63" name="_ednref63" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">[ix]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-align: center; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="text-align: left;">A
broken and contrite heart He will not despise. Let these words comfort you, but
also, let them be a warning. None of us are promised tomorrow. We are all one
heartbeat away from eternity. Can we all use the time we have left to rely on
God’s grace rather than that which pleases us? Jesus said this in Matthew
7:13-14:</span></p><p class="MsoBodyTextIndent2" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent2" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p><sup style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: red; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">13 <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn64" name="_ednref64" title=""><i>k</i></a></span></sup><span style="color: red; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;">“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide <i>is</i> the gate and broad <i>is</i> the way that leads to destruction,
and there are many who go in by it.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoBodyTextIndent2" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><sup><span style="color: red; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">14 <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn65" name="_ednref65" title=""><i>3</i></a></span></sup><span style="color: red; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Because narrow <i>is</i> the gate and <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn66" name="_ednref66" title=""><i><sup>4</sup></i></a>difficult
<i>is</i> the way which leads to life, and
there are few who find it.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_edn67" name="_ednref67" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">[x]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoBodyTextIndent2" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;">There, my family, my Mishpacha, but for the grace of God, go I and go you.</b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoBodyTextIndent2" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;">May the Lord Richly bless you all and comfort those who mourn, and may a
broken heart be ushered into His presence, Amein.</b></p>
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Throughout this study I will be using the NET Bible® and the NET Notes®: within
the notes you will see symbols like this: ( </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-language: HE;">א </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">B Ψ 892* 2427 sys). These are
abbreviations used by the NET Bible® for identifying the principal manuscript
evidence that they (authors and translators of the NET Bible®) used in
translating the New Testament. Please go to https://bible.org/netbible/ and see
their section labeled “NET Bible Principals of Translation” for a more complete
explanation on these symbols and other items pertinent to the way the NET Bible
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In these studies, I have used the notes that come along with the passages I
cite from the sources that I cite: these need a bit of a disclaimer though. As
in all things, not everything that is footnoted is something that I necessarily
agree with, especially if it contradicts what I believe pertains to any matters
of the Torah or the commandments of God. I give you the notes as they are
written by the authors of the material I cite from, so that you can see the
information contained within them. It truly is not my place to edit them; if
they state anything that is in opposition to what I teach, then so be it. I
will address these issues if requested. That is not to say I should not
challenge something I believe, in my humble opinion, might contradict the truth
of God’s word; that I will do in the main body of my epistles for that is where
my gentle dissent belongs. Most (but not all) of the differences will come when
I quote from a source that displays a decidedly Western/Greek mindset, as
opposed to a Hebraic perspective. I must be intellectually honest – I am biased
toward the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and His son, Yeshua the Messiah. I
pray then we all can find common ground as we study the Scriptures. Also, some
may be put off by the length or depth of the notes; not everyone has access to
the references I do, therefore I try to include the notes that come with the
material I use, so each can see for themselves the information the originator
has pointedly gleaned. I hope you avail yourselves to these inclusions – they
help us to understand how the material in scripture is laid out – the thought
process of the original writer. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref7" name="_edn7" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">w</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"> See Ps. 4:1</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref6" name="_edn6" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">v</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
2 Sam. 12:1</span></p></div><div id="edn7">
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Or <i>Be gracious to me</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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See Ps. 106:45<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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ver. 9; Isa. 43:25; 44:22; Acts 3:19; Col. 2:14<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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ver. 7; Isa. 1:16; Jer. 4:14; Mal. 3:3; Acts 22:16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Heb. 9:14; 1 John 1:7, 9; [Lev. 13:6]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Ps. 32:5; [Prov. 28:13]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref14" name="_edn14" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">c</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Gen. 20:6; 39:9; 2 Sam. 12:13; [1 Cor. 8:12]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref15" name="_edn15" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">d</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Luke 15:18, 21<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn16">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref16" name="_edn16" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">e</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Cited Rom. 3:4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn17">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref17" name="_edn17" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">f</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Rom. 5:12, 19; Eph. 2:3; See Job 14:4; 15:14<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn18">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref18" name="_edn18" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">g</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Job 38:36<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn19">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref19" name="_edn19" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">h</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ex. 12:22; Lev. 14:4; Num. 19:18; Heb. 9:19<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn20">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref20" name="_edn20" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">z</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
[See ver. 2 above]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn21">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref21" name="_edn21" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">i</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Isa. 1:18<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn22">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref22" name="_edn22" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">j</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ps. 35:10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn23">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref23" name="_edn23" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">k</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ps. 44:19; Isa. 38:13<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn24">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref24" name="_edn24" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">l</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Jer. 16:17<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn25">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref25" name="_edn25" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">y</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
[See ver. 1 above]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn26">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref26" name="_edn26" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">m</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
1 Sam. 10:9; Jer. 24:7; Ezek. 11:19; 36:26; Eph. 4:23, 24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn27">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref27" name="_edn27" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">n</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ps. 24:4; Matt. 5:8; Acts 15:9<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn28">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref28" name="_edn28" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">o</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lam. 5:21<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn29">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref29" name="_edn29" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Or <i>steadfast</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn30">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref30" name="_edn30" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">p</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ps. 102:10; 2 Kgs. 13:23; 17:20; 24:20; Jer. 7:15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn31">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref31" name="_edn31" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">q</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Rom. 8:9; Eph. 4:30<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn32">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref32" name="_edn32" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">r</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
[Luke 22:32]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn33">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref33" name="_edn33" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">s</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
2 Sam. 11:17; 12:9<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn34">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref34" name="_edn34" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">t</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ps. 24:5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn35">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref35" name="_edn35" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">u</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ps. 35:28; 71:8, 15, 24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn36">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref36" name="_edn36" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">v</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
[1 John 1:9]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn37">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref37" name="_edn37" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">w</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
See Ps. 40:6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn38">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref38" name="_edn38" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">x</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
See Ps. 34:18<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn39">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref39" name="_edn39" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">y</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
[Ps. 69:35; 122:6]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn40">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref40" name="_edn40" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">z</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ps. 147:2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn41">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref41" name="_edn41" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ps. 4:5; [Mal. 3:3]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn42">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref42" name="_edn42" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Deut. 33:10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn43">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref43" name="_edn43" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[vi]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/esv?ref=BibleESV.Ps51.title&off=34&ctx=+Clean+Heart%2c+O+God%0a~51%C2%A0To+the+choirmaste"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The Holy Bible: English
Standard Version</span></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles,
2016), Ps 51:title–19.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn44">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref44" name="_edn44" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[vii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> From <i>“The Writings of John
Bradford, M.A…Martyr, 1555</i>” published by <i>The University Press</i>,
Cambridge, England, 1853, Vol. 2, pg xliii.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn45">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref45" name="_edn45" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">c</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
ch. 16:15; [Matt. 5:20]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn46">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref46" name="_edn46" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">d</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
2 Cor. 1:9<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn47">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref47" name="_edn47" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">e</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Prov. 30:12; Isa. 65:5; John 7:48, 49<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn48">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref48" name="_edn48" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">f</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
2 Kgs. 20:5, 8; Acts 3:1; [ver. 14]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn49">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref49" name="_edn49" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">g</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Matt. 6:5; Mark 11:25<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn50">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref50" name="_edn50" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Or <i>standing, prayed to himself</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref51" name="_edn51" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">h</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
[Rev. 3:17]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref52" name="_edn52" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">i</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Matt. 9:14<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref53" name="_edn53" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">j</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
ch. 11:42<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref54" name="_edn54" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">g</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
[See ver. 11 above]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref55" name="_edn55" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">k</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ezra 9:6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref56" name="_edn56" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">l</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
ch. 23:48<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref57" name="_edn57" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">m</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ps. 79:9; Ezek. 16:63; Dan. 9:19<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref58" name="_edn58" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">n</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
See ch. 14:11<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref59" name="_edn59" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[viii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/esv?ref=BibleESV.Lk18.9&off=0&ctx=d+faith+on+earth%3f%E2%80%9D+%0a~The+Pharisee+and+the"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The Holy Bible: English
Standard Version</span></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles,
2016), Lk 18:9–14.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref60" name="_edn60" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">29</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b>sn</b> A quotation from Exod 33:19.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref61" name="_edn61" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">30</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b>sn</b> There is a double connective here
that cannot be easily preserved in English: “consequently therefore,”
emphasizing the conclusion of what he has been arguing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref62" name="_edn62" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">31</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b>tn</b> <i>Grk</i> “So then, [it does] not [depend] on the one who desires nor on
the one who runs.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref63" name="_edn63" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[ix]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Biblical Studies Press, </span><a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/gs-netbible?ref=BibleNET.Ro9.14&off=0&ctx=+Esau+I+hated.%E2%80%9D28%EF%BB%BF+%0a~9%3a14%C2%A0What+shall+we+s"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The NET Bible First
Edition; Bible. English. NET Bible.; The NET Bible</span></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
(Biblical Studies Press, 2005), Ro 9:14–16.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref64" name="_edn64" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">k</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Luke 13:24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref65" name="_edn65" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">3</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
NU, M <i>How narrow …!</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref66" name="_edn66" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">4</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<i>confined</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Luten%20but%20for%20the%20grace%20of%20God.docx#_ednref67" name="_edn67" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[x]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/nkjv?ref=BibleNKJV.Mt7.13&off=17&ctx=Two+Ways+of+Life%0a~13%C2%A0k%E2%80%9CEnter+by+the+narro"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The New King James
Version</span></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982), Mt
7:13–14.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br />David_seedofabrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779218562279412780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808052277561745789.post-9639835474548581932022-12-11T01:12:00.000-08:002023-08-13T13:21:25.151-07:00This continues our Thought Experiment Part three: More Background for our Journey, Revelation 15, Vol 56 in Lessons from the Wilderness<p> <b><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©2022,
David E. Robinson: At the Gates of Yerushalayim Ministries</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <a href="https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2022/11/">Go to Part 14</a> </span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;"><a href="https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2020/09/as-we-work-on-asif-doctrine-not-given.html">Start at Part 1</a></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2022/10/2022david-e.html">Go to Part 13</a><br /></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lessons
from the Wilderness, Volume 56<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">…This
is a Thought Experiment, Part Three…<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <i>…Revelation 15: A Search for Truth at the
End of the Age <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[i]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></sup></a>
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn2" name="_ednref2" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[ii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn3" name="_ednref3" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[iii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn4" name="_ednref4" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[iv]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn5" name="_ednref5" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[v]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></sup></a><o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
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(NET)</b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">8:28 </span></sup></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And we know that all things work
together<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn6" name="_ednref6" title=""><sup>32</sup></a>
for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose, <b><sup>8:29 </sup></b>because
those whom <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">He foreknew He
also predestined</span> to be conformed to the image of his Son, that his Son<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn7" name="_ednref7" title=""><sup>33</sup></a>
would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn8" name="_ednref8" title=""><sup>34</sup></a> <b><sup>8:30 </sup></b>And
those he <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">predestined</span>,
he also called; and those he called, he also <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">justified</span>; and those he justified, he also <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">glorified</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: .25in;"><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">8:31 </span></sup></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">What then shall we say about these
things? If God is for us, who can be against us? <b><sup>8:32 </sup></b>Indeed,
he who<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn9" name="_ednref9" title=""><sup>35</sup></a>
did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also,
along with him, freely give us all things? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: .25in;"><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">8:33 </span></sup></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Who will bring any charge against
God’s elect?<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn10" name="_ednref10" title=""><sup>36</sup></a> It is God who justifies. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: .25in;"><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">8:34 </span></sup></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Who is the one who will condemn?
Christ<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn11" name="_ednref11" title=""><sup>37</sup></a>
is the one who died (and more than that, he was raised), who is at the right
hand of God, and who also is interceding for us. <b><sup>8:35 </sup></b>Who
will separate us from the love of Christ? Will trouble, or distress, or
persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn12" name="_ednref12" title=""><sup>38</sup></a> <b><sup>8:36 </sup></b>As
it is written, “<b><i>For your sake we encounter death all day long; we were
considered as sheep to be slaughtered</i></b>.”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn13" name="_ednref13" title=""><sup>39</sup></a> <b><sup>8:37 </sup></b>No,
in all these things we have complete victory<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn14" name="_ednref14" title=""><sup>40</sup></a> through him<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn15" name="_ednref15" title=""><sup>41</sup></a>
who loved us! <b><sup>8:38 </sup></b>For I am convinced that neither
death, nor life, nor angels, nor heavenly rulers,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn16" name="_ednref16" title=""><sup>42</sup></a> nor things that are
present, nor things to come, nor powers, <b><sup>8:39 </sup></b>nor
height, nor depth, nor anything else in creation will be able to separate us
from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn17" name="_ednref17" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vi]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: .25in;"><br /></p>
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(NASB)</b></div>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: .25in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">3 </span></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn18" name="_ednref18" title=""><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Blessed <i>be </i>the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn19" name="_ednref19" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>the
heavenly <i>places </i>in Christ, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: .25in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">4</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> just as <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn20" name="_ednref20" title=""><sup><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">a</span></sup></a><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">He chose us in Him before <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn21" name="_ednref21" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>the foundation of the
world</span>, that we should be <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn22" name="_ednref22" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>holy and blameless before <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn23" name="_ednref23" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>Him.
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn24" name="_ednref24" title=""><sup>d</sup></a>In
love <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: .25in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">5</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn25" name="_ednref25" title=""><sup><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">1</span></sup></a><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">He <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn26" name="_ednref26" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>predestined us to <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn27" name="_ednref27" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>adoption
as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself</span>, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn28" name="_ednref28" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>according to the <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn29" name="_ednref29" title=""><sup>2</sup></a>kind
intention of His will, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: .25in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">6</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn30" name="_ednref30" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>to the praise of the
glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn31" name="_ednref31" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>the Beloved. <b>7</b>
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn32" name="_ednref32" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>In
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn33" name="_ednref33" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>Him
we have <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn34" name="_ednref34" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>redemption
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn35" name="_ednref35" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>through
His blood, the <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn36" name="_ednref36" title=""><sup>d</sup></a>forgiveness of our trespasses, according to <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn37" name="_ednref37" title=""><sup>e</sup></a>the
riches of His grace, <b>8 </b>which He <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn38" name="_ednref38" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>lavished upon <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn39" name="_ednref39" title=""><sup>2</sup></a>us.
In all wisdom and insight <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: .25in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">9</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">He <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn40" name="_ednref40" title=""><sup>1</sup></a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn41" name="_ednref41" title=""><sup> a</sup></a>made known</span> to
us the mystery of His will, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn42" name="_ednref42" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>according to His <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn43" name="_ednref43" title=""><sup>2</sup></a>kind intention
which He <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn44" name="_ednref44" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>purposed in Him <b>10</b> with a view to an
administration <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn45" name="_ednref45" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>suitable to <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn46" name="_ednref46" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>the fulness of the
times, <i>that is</i>, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn47" name="_ednref47" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>the summing up of all things in
Christ, things <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn48" name="_ednref48" title=""><sup>2</sup></a>in the heavens and things upon the earth. In Him <b>11</b>
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn49" name="_ednref49" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>also
we <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn50" name="_ednref50" title=""><sup>2</sup></a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn51" name="_ednref51" title=""><sup> a </sup></a>have
obtained an inheritance, <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">having
been <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn52" name="_ednref52" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>predestined</span>
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn53" name="_ednref53" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>according
to His purpose who works all things <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn54" name="_ednref54" title=""><sup>d</sup></a>after the counsel of
His will, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: .25in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">12 </span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">to the end that we who were the first
to hope in <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn55" name="_ednref55" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>Christ should be <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn56" name="_ednref56" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>to the praise of His
glory. 13 In <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn57" name="_ednref57" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>Him, you also, after listening to <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn58" name="_ednref58" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>the message of
truth, the gospel of your salvation—<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: .25in;"><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-highlight: yellow;">having also <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn59" name="_ednref59" title=""><sup>2</sup></a>believed</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">, you were <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn60" name="_ednref60" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>sealed in <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn61" name="_ednref61" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>Him
with <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn62" name="_ednref62" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>the
Holy Spirit of promise,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn63" name="_ednref63" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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predestinated to an end by the foreknowledge of God?</span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If so, then does
foreknowledge make this predestination inevitable?</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEillfKQWvO-mcM6QfKKp87cqrKjeBlC4M8yn6LgBtWTZiNAKXCWTA5BLXR6yUmBaax9cQK8h-8qsYKhyQ8XqidIxPEVEKQXC81LlDleUqLiQt5vw4ppKnudwPpIdZ9-gADdpGuO76K0tf3b24tDgW2K_rDAw63QgbjtbYc1uCwPG6FJ5zAwxaKIkkJMzA/s540/Line.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEillfKQWvO-mcM6QfKKp87cqrKjeBlC4M8yn6LgBtWTZiNAKXCWTA5BLXR6yUmBaax9cQK8h-8qsYKhyQ8XqidIxPEVEKQXC81LlDleUqLiQt5vw4ppKnudwPpIdZ9-gADdpGuO76K0tf3b24tDgW2K_rDAw63QgbjtbYc1uCwPG6FJ5zAwxaKIkkJMzA/w640-h4/Line.gif" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Today I hope to answer these questions. As I sit here
writing this, I have no idea where this will go, or if I’ll need to break it
out to another post. We shall see. Dear readers, I know I tend to give you more
information than you need, so bear with me. What we are examining here today is <b>NOT</b> how the church and theologians
define <b>predestination</b>, <b>election</b>, and<b> foreknowledge</b>. We are
trying to see how Paul and his contemporaries viewed these subjects in their
day and culture. We will also look at the sources from which I draw my
conclusions from. Once again, I must say, the conclusions I’ll give to you are
based upon my own research – hence it is my opinion. I will try to back this up
by source material, but your conclusions might be different. That is okay –
please leave feedback if you so desire in the comments section at the end of
the post. <o:p></o:p></p>
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(157) post in eleven years; this blog has been read or visited (I assume
anyway) over 175,000 times. Are the
visits just hit and run? Do I have readers? I do not know. There have only been
six comments, two that I deleted because they were promoting casinos, 2 posted
by myself explaining something, and two other comments. Why no one interacts, I
do not know. I would love feedback, good or bad. That is the only way I could
improve my writing and “chase” down subjects you, my beloveds, want to read.
But it has not happened. Just so you know, I have readers/visitors throughout the
United States, Russia, the Netherlands, Germany, Taiwan, Poland, Sweden, China,
the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Singapore, Belarus, Austria, Australia,
Brazil, Denmark, Norway, the Philippines, and unspecified “other”. Does what I
write reach anyone? I have no way of knowing. I am humbled and honored that any
of you take the time to visit my blog.
157 posts, and as of now (12/10/2022), <b>178,325 </b>visits. God has led me to
do this thing, to write, to ponder, and I pray that through it all, God has
allowed me to make an impact. If these words help or reach but one soul O Lord -
just one – then it has not been for nothing. Thank you all for reading. Thank
You HaShem. Thank you, Yeshua. Shalom.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Okay. Let us begin with the first question from my last post:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Is all creation
predestinated to an end by the foreknowledge of God?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Maybe a better wording would be this:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Will all the
created order, through the foreknowledge of God, come to an end?<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">This answer is anything but easy. Philosophers and theologians have been
debating this for centuries. It has not just been Christian scholars and
theologians though. Jewish sages have wrestled with this question also. Let us
first though, take a look at why our question matters. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> There exists
and has existed in the minds of those who study such things, the paradox of
Divine Foreknowledge [Omniscience], Predestination [fate, inevitability, or foreordination], and a human being’s Freewill
[choice, voluntary decisions made outside of natural or divine influences]. Oceans
of ink, and countless number of pages have been expended to explore or explain
this paradox; no consensus has ever been obtained. I doubt if I can do it
justice either, for I am just another voice among the throng of those
elucidating a theory that is outside of all’s ability to understand. I will
give it a shot though. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"> What
causes a person to do what they do? Has the “evil” person always been evil, or
were there circumstances beyond their control that caused them to become evil?
Is the “good” person one by nature, or is it in the upbringing of this one, with
the formation of responsibility and moral actions to guide them? The paradox
though seems to defy logic: “good” people can go on to be “evil”, and “evil”
ones can turn their lives around and become “good”. Is God in charge of both
sets of circumstances? Does the idea of Divine Sovereignty transcend the
concept of a human beings’ free will, thus making all choices, good or bad, end
in a predetermined [pre-ordained] outcome? If so, then, does this not mean that
truthfully freewill is non-existent?<o:p></o:p></p>
<div> In the
west, the subject of divine foreknowledge has been debated from Augustine to
Aquinas [and up to the modern age, I might add], guided partly by neo-Platonic philosophy.
The main Orthodox view has always been that <a href="https://iep.utm.edu/god-west/">God</a> has always been said to be
omniscient (and hence in possession of perfect foreknowledge) and yet God also allowed
humankind free will. Although this thought pattern exposes this view to
apparent contradictions, many have said it is because God has “special
properties”, such as His being “outside” of time among others.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn64" name="_ednref64" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[viii]</span></span></span></a>
Theologically, the proponents of the doctrine of predestination look to
Scripture to define their case: Eph 1:11; Romans 8:28, 11:36; Gen 30:2, 22; Ps
127:3; Isa 66; Isa 40:15–17; Dan 2:21; 4:35; and others. It appears to be
almost explicit in Psalm 37:23-24:</div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>Psalm 37:23–24 (ESV) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <b><sup>23 </sup></b>
The <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn65" name="_ednref65" title=""><i><sup>i</sup></i></a>steps
of a man are <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn66" name="_ednref66" title=""><i><sup>j</sup></i></a>established by the Lord, when he delights in
his way; <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <sup>24 </sup>
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn67" name="_ednref67" title=""><i><sup>k</sup></i></a>though
he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn68" name="_ednref68" title=""><i><sup>l</sup></i></a>upholds
his hand. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn69" name="_ednref69" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[ix]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">What
does this western attitude do to the Word? Does it answer the questions of “who,
what, when, where, why, and how” as they pertain to the </span><b style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><i>original hearers</i></b><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">
of God’s words? What did these ancients believe?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">E.
P. Sanders, in his article </span><a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/paulsanders?ref=Page.p+51&off=1541&ctx=s+self-description.%0a~Josephus+offers+a+th" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i>Paul: The Apostle’s Life, Letters, and
Thought</i></a><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> writes this:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">“…Josephus
offers a third major point about the Pharisees that is worth noting: they
believed in divine providence (that is, that God directly controlled history)
and also in free will. “They attribute everything to Fate and to God; they hold
that to act rightly or otherwise rests, indeed, for the most part with men, but
that in each action Fate cooperates” (</span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">War</i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
2.162f.). As he puts it elsewhere, Pharisees held that “it was God’s good
pleasure that there should be a fusion and that the will of man with his virtue
and vice should be admitted to the council-chamber of fate” (</span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Antiq.</i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> 18.13).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">Since
the Middle Ages, many people have regarded predestination and free will as
alternatives; to most of us, their combination appears to be logically
impossible. In the ancient world, however, few people saw the matter in this
way, and many happily combined them. We see this, for example, in the Dead Sea
Scrolls—which are not Pharisaic…<sup>4<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn70" name="_ednref70" title="">6</a></sup><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">Paul
also combined providence and free will, as we may see in Romans. In Rom. 9:16,
for example, he writes that the election, or God’s mercy, “depends not on human
will or exertion, but on God who shows mercy.” Later in the chapter he mentions
those whom “he has prepared beforehand for glory” (9:23). Phrases such as these
point toward divine determination. Yet, in Romans 10, Paul states that people
must call on the Lord to be saved, and he asks, “How are they to call on one in
whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in one of whom they
have never heard?” and so forth. He concludes, “So faith comes from what is heard,
and what is heard comes through the word of Christ” (Rom. 10:13–17). This
sounds as if salvation depends very much on human exertion (the efforts of
preachers) and human will (believing). Conceivably this combination of divine
determination and human freewill is another aspect of Paul’s Pharisaism, even
though the combination was not exclusively Pharisaic…”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn71" name="_ednref71" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[x]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">Are
their views of these concepts the same as ours? I have to say unequivocally,
“no”. Why do I say this? Well, words change. Definitions change. Language
changes, over time. So, if we take our understanding of these words and try to
force them upon the 2<sup>nd</sup> Temple era Israelite, then we have changed
the meaning of these passages completely. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Let
me expand upon this. Our modern western Christian mind is foreign to the
original hearers of Scripture. The biblical doctrines that were introduced in
Yeshua’s day [and earlier], were presented to the hearers in typically eastern
dialectical pairs.</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn72" name="_ednref72" style="text-indent: 0.5in;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xi]</span></span></span></a><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
“Robert James Utley, in his book, </span><a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/blint05?ref=Bible.Ro8.25&off=1740&ctx=+dialectical+pairs.+~These+pairs+seem+con" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i>The Gospel according to Paul: Romans</i></a><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">,
states: “…These pairs seem contradictory, yet both are biblical. Western
Christians have tended to choose one truth and ignore or depreciate the
opposite truth.” </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn73" name="_ednref73" style="text-indent: 0.5in;" title=""><sup><sup><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xii]</span></sup></sup></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Utley
illustrates this as such:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><o:p> </o:p><b> “1.
Is salvation an initial decision to trust Christ or a lifetime
commitment to discipleship?</b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent"> 2. Is salvation an election by means of
grace from a sovereign God or mankind’s believing and repentant response to a
divine offer?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b> 3.
Is salvation, once received, impossible to lose, or is there a need for
continual </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>diligence?” <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn74" name="_ednref74" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xiii]</span></b></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b> </b> What Utley is saying is that the
Western mind focuses only upon the element of salvation, and not the attendant
responsibilities that follow such a salvational gift. Yes, there is the initial
decision to trust Messiah, but that is given to us by a sovereign Master. Watch:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b> </b><b style="text-align: center;">John 6:44 (ESV)</b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>44 </sup></b><span style="color: red;">No one
can come to me unless the Father who sent me<b> </b></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn75" name="_ednref75" title=""><b><i><sup>q</sup></i></b></a><span style="color: red;">draws him. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">And</span><b> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn76" name="_ednref76" title=""><i><sup>r</sup></i></a></b><span style="color: red;">I will raise him up on the last day<b>. </b></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn77" name="_ednref77" title=""><b><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b><sup><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xiv]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></sup></b></a><b>
<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b> </b><b>John 14:6 (ESV)</b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>6 </sup></b>Jesus said to him, <span style="color: red;">“I am </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn78" name="_ednref78" title=""><b><i><sup>l</sup></i></b></a><span style="color: red;">the way, and </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn79" name="_ednref79" title=""><b><i><sup>m</sup></i></b></a><span style="color: red;">the truth, and </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn80" name="_ednref80" title=""><b><i><sup>n</sup></i></b></a><span style="color: red;">the life. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">No one comes to the Father except
through me.</span> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn81" name="_ednref81" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xv]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">There are
many texts in the Bible that seem to conflict with one another: from Jesus: John
6:37; 10:28–29; from Paul: Rom. 8:35–39; Eph. 1:13; 2:5, 8–9; Phil. 1:6; 2:13;
2 Thess. 3:3; 2 Tim. 1:12; 4:18. Jesus again: Matt.
10:22; 13:1–9, 24–30; 24:13; Mark 13:13; John 8:31; 15:4–10; Rev. 2:7, 17, 20;
3:5, 12, 21. Then Paul again: Rom. 11:22; 1 Cor. 15:2; 2 Cor. 13:5; Gal. 1:6;
3:4; 5:4; 6:9; Phil. 2:12; 3:18–20; Col. 1:23. We could go on and on, through
Hebrews, John, Peter… What you’ll see here is Western Christianity focusing on
one aspect, even though the text is clear.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">We see that no human can be saved without the initiation from the
Ruach; then God comes in, sets the agenda, but demands a response from humans,
to act in faith and repentance. It does not stop there. Faith and repentance
occurs first initially, but then has to continue. To be one with God covenantally
, is first to be given that privilege, by then accepting the responsibilities that
go with it. Believing loyalty. It is not enough to believe. We have to be loyal
also. Utley ends his article thus:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">“…The Bible addresses two different problems in this area
[salvation]: (1) taking assurance as a license to live fruitless, selfish lives
and (2) encouraging those who struggle with ministry and personal sin. The
problem is that the wrong groups are taking the wrong message and building
theological systems on limited biblical passages. Some Christians desperately
need the message of assurance, while others need the stern warnings! Which
group are you in?” </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_edn82" name="_ednref82" style="text-indent: 0.5in;" title=""><sup><sup><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xvi]</span></sup></sup></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"> One can see then that the
concepts we understand today as “predestination and free will had a different
take in the ANE. That brings us back now to our question. Is foreknowledge the
bottom line for predestination? </p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>If God foresees something, will it ultimately happen – making the issue of “freewill” moot?</b><b> </b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">In order that this does not turn into an exceptionally long post, we
will pause here, where we began.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">I’ll post the answer soon. </p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>Till then, may He bless you all my beloved.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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evidence that they (authors and translators of the NET Bible®) used in
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In these studies, I have used the notes that come along with the passages I
cite from the sources that I cite: these need a bit of a disclaimer though. As
in all things, not everything that is footnoted is something that I necessarily
agree with, seeing that my perspective usually pertains to any matters of the
Torah, the commandments of God, and the teachings of Yeshua. I give you the
notes as the authors of the material write, so that you may benefit from the
information contained within them. It truly is not my place to edit or correct
them; if they state anything that is, in my opinion, the opposite of ion to
what I teach, then so be it; I will address these issues if requested. That is
not to say I should not challenge something I believe might contradict the
truth of God’s word; that I will do in the main body of my epistles for that is
where my gentle dissent belongs. Most (but not all) of the differences will
come when I quote from a source that displays a decidedly Western/Greek
mindset, as opposed to a Hebraic perspective. I must be intellectually honest –
I am biased toward the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and His son, Yeshua
the Messiah. I pray then we all can find common ground as we study the
Scriptures. Also, to be honest – I may be wrong in my conclusions also. I can
only present to you what I deem <b><i>at this time and place in my walk with
God to be true</i></b>. So, like any good teacher of the Word should tell you:
do not trust my word or conclusions. Take what I say back to your Bible,
evaluate it all against what you find written. Test everything. I try my best
to be faithful in what I present, yet I am only human – and like any other
human, I can make a mistake. So do your due diligence – study to show yourself
approved, be a Berean and look to see if these things are so. If you find they
agree – Halleluiah! If they do not agree – Halleluiah and let me know!! Let us
sharpen one another. I also let the cross-references stay in, as these are
valuable in your search of God’s truth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> <br /></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref6" name="_edn6" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">32</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> <b>tc</b> </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">ὁ θεός</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">
(<i>ho theos</i>, “God”) is found after the verb </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">συνεργεῖ</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">
(<i>sunergei</i>, “work”) in v. 28 by </span><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math";">𝔓</span><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">46</span></sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> A B 81 sa; the
shorter reading is found in </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">א</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> C D F G </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">Ψ</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">
33 1739 1881 </span><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math";">𝔐</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> latt sy bo. Although the inclusion
is supported by a significant early papyrus, the alliance of significant
Alexandrian and Western witnesses favors the shorter reading. As well, the
longer reading is evidently motivated by a need for clarification. Since </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">ὁ θεός</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">
is textually suspect, it is better to read the text without it. This leaves two
good translational options: either “he works all things together for good” or
“all things work together for good.” In the first instance the subject is
embedded in the verb and “God” is clearly implied (as in v. 29). In the second
instance, </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">πάντα</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> (<i>panta</i>) becomes the subject of an intransitive
verb. In either case, “What is expressed is a truly biblical confidence in the
sovereignty of God” (C. E. B. Cranfield, <i>Romans</i> [ICC], 1:427).<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref7" name="_edn7" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">33</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Grk</i>
“he”; the referent (God’s Son) has been specified in the translation for clarity.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref8" name="_edn8" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">34</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Grk</i>
“brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref9" name="_edn9" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">35</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Grk</i>
“[he] who.” The relative clause continues the question of v. 31 in a way that
is awkward in English. The force of v. 32 is thus: “who indeed did not spare
his own Son, but gave him up for us all—How will he not also with him give us
all things?”<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref10" name="_edn10" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">36</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> <b>sn</b>
An allusion to Isa 50:8 where the reference is singular; Paul applies this to
all believers (“God’s <i>elect</i>” is plural here).<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref11" name="_edn11" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">37</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> <b>tc</b> ‡
A number of significant and early witnesses, along with several others (</span><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math";">𝔓</span><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">46vid</span></sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">א</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>
A C F G L </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">Ψ</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">
6 33 81 104 365 1505 <i>al</i> lat bo), read </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">Ἰησοῦς</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">
(<i>Iēsous</i>, “Jesus”) after </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">χριστός</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> (<i>Christos</i>,
“Christ”) in v. 34. But the shorter reading is not unrepresented (B D 0289 1739
1881 </span><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math";">𝔐</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> sa). Once </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">Ἰησοῦς</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">
got into the text, what scribe would omit it? Although the external evidence is
on the side of the longer reading, internally such an expansion seems suspect.
The shorter reading is thus preferred. NA<sup>27</sup> has the word in
brackets, indicating doubt as to its authenticity.<b>tn</b> <i>Grk</i> “who
also.”<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref12" name="_edn12" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">38</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> <b>tn</b>
Here “sword” is a metonymy that includes both threats of violence and acts of
violence, even including death (although death is not necessarily the only
thing in view here).<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref13" name="_edn13" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">39</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> <b>sn</b> A
quotation from Ps 44:22.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref14" name="_edn14" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">40</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> <b>tn</b>
BDAG 1034 s.v. </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">ὑπερνικάω</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> states, “as a heightened form of </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">νικᾶν</span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">
</span><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">prevail
completely</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">
</span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">ὑπερνικῶμεν</span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">we are winning a most glorious victory</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Ro 8:37.”<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref15" name="_edn15" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">41</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> <b>tn</b>
Here the referent could be either God or Christ, but in v. 39 it is God’s love
that is mentioned.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref16" name="_edn16" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">42</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> <b>tn</b>
BDAG 138 s.v. </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">ἀρχή</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> 6 takes this term as a reference to angelic or
transcendent powers (as opposed to merely human rulers). To clarify this, the
adjective “heavenly” has been supplied in the translation. Some interpreters
see this as a reference to fallen angels or demonic powers, and this view is
reflected in some recent translations (NIV, NLT).<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref17" name="_edn17" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[vi]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Biblical
Studies Press. </span><a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/gs-netbible?ref=BibleNET.Ro8.28-39"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">The NET Bible
First Edition; Bible. English. NET Bible.; The NET Bible</span></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">. Biblical Studies
Press, 2005.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref18" name="_edn18" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> 2 Cor. 1:3<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref19" name="_edn19" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Eph. 1:20;
2:6; 3:10; 6:12<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref20" name="_edn20" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Eph. 2:10;
2 Thess. 2:13f.<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref21" name="_edn21" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Matt. 25:34<br />
<o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref22" name="_edn22" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Eph. 5:27;
Col. 1:22<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref23" name="_edn23" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Or, <i>Him,
in love.<br /></i> <o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref24" name="_edn24" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">d</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Eph. 4:2,
15, 16; 5:2<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref25" name="_edn25" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Lit., <i>having
predestined<br /> </i><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref26" name="_edn26" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Acts 13:48;
Rom. 8:29f.<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref27" name="_edn27" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Rom.
8:14ff.<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref28" name="_edn28" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Phil. 2:13;
Col. 1:19<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref29" name="_edn29" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">2</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Lit., <i>good
pleasure<br /> </i><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref30" name="_edn30" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Eph. 1:12,
14<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref31" name="_edn31" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Matt. 3:17<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref32" name="_edn32" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Col. 1:14<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref33" name="_edn33" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Lit., <i>whom<br />
</i><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref34" name="_edn34" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Rom. 3:24;
1 Cor. 1:30; Eph. 1:14<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref35" name="_edn35" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Acts 20:28;
Rom. 3:25<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref36" name="_edn36" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">d</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Acts 2:38<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref37" name="_edn37" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">e</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Rom. 2:4;
Eph. 1:8; 2:7; 3:8, 16<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref38" name="_edn38" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Lit., <i>made
abundant toward<br /> </i><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref39" name="_edn39" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">2</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Or, <i>us,
in all wisdom and insight<br /> </i><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref40" name="_edn40" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Lit., <i>making
known<br /> </i><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref41" name="_edn41" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Rom. 11:25;
Eph. 3:3<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref42" name="_edn42" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> 1 Cor.
1:21; Gal. 1:15<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref43" name="_edn43" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">2</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Lit., <i>good
pleasure<br /> </i><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref44" name="_edn44" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Rom. 8:28;
Eph. 1:11<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref45" name="_edn45" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Lit., <i>of<br />
</i><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref46" name="_edn46" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Mark 1:15<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref47" name="_edn47" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Eph. 3:15;
Phil. 2:9f.; Col. 1:16, 20<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref48" name="_edn48" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">2</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Lit.,<i>
upon<br /> </i><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref49" name="_edn49" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Lit., <i>in
whom also<br /> </i><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref50" name="_edn50" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">2</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Or, <i>were
made a heritage<br /> </i><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref51" name="_edn51" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Deut. 4:20;
Eph. 1:14; Titus 2:14<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref52" name="_edn52" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Eph. 1:5<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref53" name="_edn53" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Rom.
8:28f.; Eph. 3:11<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref54" name="_edn54" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">d</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Rom. 9:11;
Heb. 6:17<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref55" name="_edn55" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> I.e., the
Messiah<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref56" name="_edn56" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Eph. 1:6,
14<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref57" name="_edn57" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Lit., <i>whom<br />
</i><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref58" name="_edn58" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Eph. 4:21;
Col. 1:5<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref59" name="_edn59" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">2</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Or, <i>believed
in Him, you were sealed<br /> </i><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref60" name="_edn60" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Eph. 4:30<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref61" name="_edn61" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Lit., <i>whom<br />
</i><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref62" name="_edn62" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Acts 2:33<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref63" name="_edn63" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[vii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/nasb?ref=Bible.Eph1.3-13"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">New American
Standard Bible</span></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">.
Electronic edition. La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1986.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref64" name="_edn64" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[viii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Some of the other factors involve
God’s providence; His overall intentions for mankind through His decrees; His
sovereignty as Creator-King, in which He has rights of ownership over all that
is, and by reason of his all-inclusive lordship, his will can never be
frustrated. See <i>Fred G. Zaspel</i>, “Predestination,” in Lexham Survey of
Theology, ed. Mark Ward et al. (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2018).<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref65" name="_edn65" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">i</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Ps. 25:12;
1 Sam. 2:9<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref66" name="_edn66" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">j</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Ps. 40:2;
119:5<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref67" name="_edn67" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">k</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Prov.
24:16; Mic. 7:8; 2 Cor. 4:9<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref68" name="_edn68" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">l</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> ver. 17<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref69" name="_edn69" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[ix]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/esv?ref=BibleESV.Ps37.23-24"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">The Holy Bible:
English Standard Version</span></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref70" name="_edn70" title=""><sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">46</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> According to Josephus’s summaries
of the three parties, the Sadducees believed entirely in free will and did not
believe in divine providence (i.e., that God directly controlled history); the
Essenes believed in providence but not in free will, and the Pharisees combined
the two. This description, which Josephus has doubtless taken over from his
gentile source, Nicolaus of Damascus, seems not to be entirely right. The
authors of the Scrolls—who may have been Essenes but who were certainly not
Pharisees—believed in both providence and free will. Regardless of who believed
in providence and free will, and of how people may have combined them, it is
clear that the Dead Sea sect did not split off from the rest of Judaism over
this interesting theological topic.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref71" name="_edn71" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[x]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
E. P. Sanders, </span><a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/paulsanders?ref=Page.p+51&off=1541&ctx=s+self-description.%0a~Josephus+offers+a+th"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Paul: The Apostle’s Life, Letters,
and Thought</span></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press,
2015), 51–53.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref72" name="_edn72" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> It has been demonstrated that Westerners’
thinking style is linear, whereas Easterners’ thinking style is intuitive or
dialectical (e.g., Nisbett, et al., 2001; Peng & Nisbett, 1999).* This
seems to hold true for Far Eastern nations as well as the ancient near eastern
cultures. Western culture tends to focus upon an individualist distinction,
versus the Easterner’s collectivist [i.e., an intuitive and holistic approach
to the culture at large] way of thinking. Instead of the “rule “ based logic of
the Western mind, the ancient near east mind was more prone to a “holistic
cognition…oriented to the context or the field as a whole, [with] attention to
relationships between a focal object and the field, and a preference for
explaining and predicting events on the basis of such relationships…”* [*adapted
from, and reliant upon Hiroshi Yama & Norhayati Zakaria (2019) “<b><i>Explanations
for cultural differences in thinking: Easterners’ dialectical thinking and
Westerners’ linear thinking</i></b>”, Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 31.
487-506. DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2019.1626862.</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published
by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Cognitive Psychology on 04/06/2019,
available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2019.1626862].<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">While
their paper compared the Far Eastern thinking versus the Western way, in many
ways this truth holds the same for the Ancient Near East [which from here on we
will designate as <b>ANE</b>]. We wish to give thanks for Hiroshi Yama &
Norhayati Zakaria’s insightful views on this matter.<br /></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref73" name="_edn73" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Robert James Utley, </span><a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/blint05?ref=Bible.Ro8.25&off=1740&ctx=+dialectical+pairs.+~These+pairs+seem+con"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The Gospel according to Paul:
Romans</span></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, vol. Volume 5 of <i>Study Guide Commentary Series</i> (Marshall, Texas: Bible Lessons
International, 1998), Ro 8:25.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref74" name="_edn74" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xiii]<br /></span></span></span></a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref75" name="_edn75" title=""><i><sup><span style="color: red; font-size: 10.0pt;">q</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> ch. 12:32; Jer. 31:3; Hos. 11:4; [ver. 65; ch.
4:23]<br /></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref76" name="_edn76" title=""><i><sup><span style="color: red; font-size: 10.0pt;">r</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> ver. 39<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref77" name="_edn77" title=""><sup><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xiv]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/esv?ref=BibleESV.Jn6.44"><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">The Holy Bible: English Standard Version</span></i></a><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref78" name="_edn78" title=""><i><sup><span style="color: red; font-size: 10.0pt;">l</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> Heb. 9:8; 10:20; [Eph. 2:18]<br /></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref79" name="_edn79" title=""><i><sup><span style="color: red; font-size: 10.0pt;">m</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> ch. 1:14, 17; [1 John 5:20]<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref80" name="_edn80" title=""><i><sup><span style="color: red; font-size: 10.0pt;">n</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> See ch. 11:25<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref81" name="_edn81" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xv]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/esv?ref=BibleESV.Jn14.6"><i>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version</i></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">. Wheaton, IL:
Crossway Bibles, 2016.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Rev%2015_Thought%20Exprmt%203.docx#_ednref82" name="_edn82" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xvi]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> Robert James Utley, <a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/blint05?ref=Bible.Ro8.25&off=3879&ctx=Son%2c+Westcott%2c+1961%0a~The+Bible+addresses+"><i>The Gospel according to Paul: Romans</i></a>,
vol. Volume 5 of <i>Study Guide Commentary
Series</i> (Marshall, Texas: Bible Lessons International, 1998), Ro 8:25.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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David E. Robinson: At the Gates of Yerushalayim Ministries</span></b></p>
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from the Wilderness, Volume 55<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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is a Thought Experiment, Part Two<br /><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<h2 style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <i>…Revelation 14: A Search for Truth at the
End of the Age <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" title=""><sup><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">i]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></sup></a>
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn2" name="_ednref2" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[ii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn3" name="_ednref3" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[iii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn4" name="_ednref4" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[iv]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn5" name="_ednref5" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[v]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></sup></a><o:p></o:p></i></span></b><br /></h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b>1)</b> The
Revelation of Jesus Christ, which <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn6" name="_ednref6" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>God gave Him to <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn7" name="_ednref7" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>show to His bondservants,
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn8" name="_ednref8" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>the
things which must soon take place; and He sent and <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn9" name="_ednref9" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>communicated <i>it</i> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn10" name="_ednref10" title=""><sup>d</sup></a>by His angel to His bondservant
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn11" name="_ednref11" title=""><sup>e</sup></a>John,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <b>2) </b>who testified to <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn12" name="_ednref12" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>the
word of God and to <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn13" name="_ednref13" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>the testimony of Jesus Christ, <i>even</i> to all that he saw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <b>3) </b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn14" name="_ednref14" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>Blessed is he who
reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn15" name="_ednref15" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>heed the things
which are written in it; <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn16" name="_ednref16" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>for the time is near.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <b>4) </b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn17" name="_ednref17" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>John to <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn18" name="_ednref18" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>the
seven churches that are in <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn19" name="_ednref19" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>Asia: <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn20" name="_ednref20" title=""><sup>d</sup></a>Grace to you and
peace, from <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn21" name="_ednref21" title=""><sup>e</sup></a>Him who is and who was and who <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn22" name="_ednref22" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>is to come, and
from <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn23" name="_ednref23" title=""><sup>f</sup></a>the
seven Spirits who are before His throne,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <b>5)</b>and from Jesus Christ, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn24" name="_ednref24" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>the
faithful witness, the <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn25" name="_ednref25" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>firstborn of the dead, and the <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn26" name="_ednref26" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>ruler
of the kings of the earth. To Him who <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn27" name="_ednref27" title=""><sup>d</sup></a>loves us and released
us from our sins <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn28" name="_ednref28" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>by His blood—<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <b>6)</b>and He has made us <i>to be</i> an <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn29" name="_ednref29" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>kingdom, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn30" name="_ednref30" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>priests
to <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn31" name="_ednref31" title=""><sup>1</sup></a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn32" name="_ednref32" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>His
God and Father—<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn33" name="_ednref33" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>to Him <i>be</i>
the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <b>7)</b> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn34" name="_ednref34" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>Behold, He is coming
with the clouds, and <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn35" name="_ednref35" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>every eye will see Him, even those
who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn36" name="_ednref36" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>mourn over Him.
So, it is to be. Amen.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <b>8) </b>“I am <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn37" name="_ednref37" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>the Alpha and the
Omega,” says the <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn38" name="_ednref38" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>Lord God, “<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn39" name="_ednref39" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>who is and who was and
who <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn40" name="_ednref40" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>is
to come, the Almighty.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <b>9)</b> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn41" name="_ednref41" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>I, John, your <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn42" name="_ednref42" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>brother
and <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn43" name="_ednref43" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>fellow
partaker in the tribulation and <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn44" name="_ednref44" title=""><sup>d</sup></a>kingdom and <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn45" name="_ednref45" title=""><sup>1</sup></a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn46" name="_ednref46" title=""><sup>e</sup></a>perseverance
<i>which are</i> in Jesus, was on the island
called Patmos <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn47" name="_ednref47" title=""><sup>f</sup></a>because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <b>10) </b>I was <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn48" name="_ednref48" title=""><sup>1</sup></a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn49" name="_ednref49" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>in
the Spirit on <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn50" name="_ednref50" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn51" name="_ednref51" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>like
<i>the sound</i> of a trumpet,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <b>11)</b> saying, “<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn52" name="_ednref52" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>Write in a <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn53" name="_ednref53" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>book
what you see, and send <i>it</i> to the <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn54" name="_ednref54" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>seven
churches: to <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn55" name="_ednref55" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>Ephesus and to <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn56" name="_ednref56" title=""><sup>d</sup></a>Smyrna and to <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn57" name="_ednref57" title=""><sup>e</sup></a>Pergamum
and to <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn58" name="_ednref58" title=""><sup>f</sup></a>Thyatira
and to <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn59" name="_ednref59" title=""><sup>g</sup></a>Sardis
and to <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn60" name="_ednref60" title=""><sup>h</sup></a>Philadelphia
and to <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn61" name="_ednref61" title=""><sup>i</sup></a>Laodicea.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <b>12) </b>Then I turned to see the voice that
was speaking with me. And having turned I saw <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn62" name="_ednref62" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>seven golden
lampstands,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <b>13)</b> and <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn63" name="_ednref63" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>in the middle of the
lampstands <i>I saw</i> one <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn64" name="_ednref64" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>like
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn65" name="_ednref65" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>a
son of man, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn66" name="_ednref66" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn67" name="_ednref67" title=""><sup>d</sup></a>girded
across His chest with a golden sash.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <b>14) </b>His head and His <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn68" name="_ednref68" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>hair
were white like white wool, like snow; and <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn69" name="_ednref69" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>His eyes were like a
flame of fire.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <b>15)</b> His <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn70" name="_ednref70" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>feet <i>were</i> like burnished bronze, when it has
been made to glow in a furnace, and His <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn71" name="_ednref71" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>voice <i>was</i> like <b>the sound of many waters.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b> 16) </b>In His right
hand He held <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn72" name="_ednref72" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>seven stars, and out of His mouth came a <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn73" name="_ednref73" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>sharp
two-edged sword; and His <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn74" name="_ednref74" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>face was like <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn75" name="_ednref75" title=""><sup>d</sup></a>the sun <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn76" name="_ednref76" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>shining
in its strength.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <b>17) </b>When I saw Him, I <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn77" name="_ednref77" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>fell
at His feet like a dead man. And He <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn78" name="_ednref78" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>placed His right hand
on me, saying, “<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn79" name="_ednref79" title=""><sup><span style="color: red;">c</span></sup></a><span style="color: red;">Do not be afraid; <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn80" name="_ednref80" title=""><sup>d</sup></a>I am the first and the last,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"> </span><b>18) </b><span style="color: red;">and the <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn81" name="_ednref81" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>living
One; and I <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn82" name="_ednref82" title=""><sup>1</sup></a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn83" name="_ednref83" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>was dead, and behold, I am alive
forevermore, and I have <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn84" name="_ednref84" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>the keys of death and of Hades.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"> </span><b>19) </b><span style="color: red;">“Therefore,
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn85" name="_ednref85" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>write
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn86" name="_ednref86" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>the
things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will
take place <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn87" name="_ednref87" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>after these things.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"> </span><b>20) </b><span style="color: red;">“As for the
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn88" name="_ednref88" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>mystery
of the <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn89" name="_ednref89" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>seven
stars which you saw in My right hand, and the <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn90" name="_ednref90" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>seven golden
lampstands: the <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn91" name="_ednref91" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>seven stars are the angels of <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn92" name="_ednref92" title=""><sup>d</sup></a>the seven
churches, and the seven <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn93" name="_ednref93" title=""><sup>e</sup></a>lampstands are the seven churches. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn94" name="_ednref94" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vi]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPWqcS0quSKEOjeox_Qo7wFaF2o2j3Od_B15i0llqN_JFOUyOvMc5syJ8ApGAPGeJr9Ir7aVmTe32DeFhHw29KlMK8RWtK4MHVIaNtHqtkgmg5qTRkEygyVd_ykfPHTKk-AfGAop3dlF3K2cIfVMFXmO4CpzHNw5F5xa8niQLj7obdfau0matlQl_xzg/s540/Line.gif" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPWqcS0quSKEOjeox_Qo7wFaF2o2j3Od_B15i0llqN_JFOUyOvMc5syJ8ApGAPGeJr9Ir7aVmTe32DeFhHw29KlMK8RWtK4MHVIaNtHqtkgmg5qTRkEygyVd_ykfPHTKk-AfGAop3dlF3K2cIfVMFXmO4CpzHNw5F5xa8niQLj7obdfau0matlQl_xzg/w640-h4/Line.gif" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span> </span><span> </span>In May of 2021, I finished the
first twelve parts of our study in Revelation. Why has it taken so long to get
back to it you may wonder. My last post, a few days ago, is Part Thirteen of
our study – with a hop down the bunny trail called “A Thought Experiment.” Why
break it up? Added information, poured out by the Spirit, and found while I
have been studying, has changed the trajectory, thus the change in direction.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">In prior posts, I was dealing with
the loss of loved ones; this inevitable part of life took hold of the direction
of things, but now here we are. I know I had gone through only the first nine verses
in those twelve parts but, truthfully? What has transpired in the past year or
so has been a transformation of my studies - or should I say how I study – and that has led
to my opening of my eyes and ears to hear first - what the Spirit has to say,
and second – to take my studies outside my normal lanes of traffic, and
sometimes into the weeds, to look, to search, to see, what I have missed, or
what I lacked understanding in. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">The doors have opened wide on this
subject, from numerous sources and much research. I tell you, I do not wish to handle
God’s word carelessly, and come up with my own interpretations; I wish to
follow exegesis and not eisegesis; I want my hermeneutics<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn95" name="_ednref95" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vii]</span></b></span><!--[endif]--></b></span></a><b><sup>
(<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn96" name="_ednref96" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[viii]</span></b></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>)
</sup></b>to follow a path of principles that fit the Scriptures and the
doctrines contained within, not based upon what the “church” or the “Church
fathers” have declared should be the way. These are not just bold statements; I
want to return to the old path, to the boundaries of the Creator. I no longer
wish to move outside of the boundary stones He has laid out, for to do so threatens
to move the foundations upon which lays the chief cornerstone, Yeshua. There is
a sense of urgency in the spirit realm – a sense that something dark comes this way, and for HaShem’s people to survive the coming storm, we MUST be in line
with Him – nothing else will do. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Now,
this sounds all too familiar or dramatic, but if you sense it also, then hear
me out. If it sounds like every other “gloom and doom” Soothsayer out there,
and you are tired of hearing it, ignore it – but the cost may be at your own peril.
Just maybe, I am wrong; but one cannot deny that the world is upside down right
now; good is evil, right is wrong, and it is getting so not even the saints can
tell the sacred from the profane anymore. Our children and grand-children are
being sacrificed on the altar of political correctness and “Woke-ism,” and the
enemy of our souls has released his army of Blackness and shadows. Lies are
truth, and truth is a lie – this is shouted by most of the main-stream media. That
is why we, as believers, must exercise a thought experiment. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> Ever feel that way? I mean, what is
our purpose? We struggle; the differences between yours and mine is just a
different degree of intensity, but our experiences are common – as I said in my
last post, there is nothing new under the sun. Look at the Bible again. I mean
really look. There is no other document on this earth that bears the soul of
its writer(s) greater than the Bible. All the warts, all the wrinkles, all the
spots and blemishes of the various authors of this unique Book are laid out and
exposed before us – it was their story, and it is our story. It is the story of
those seeking the face of God and our struggles along the way. I do not know
about you, but I need to find Him, and not just in an existential way, or in an
academic way, but in a real and tangible manner – I must behold Him, I must
compel myself each day to seek Him… Desire drives me and if He is not a part of
all that I am, of all that I do, then I will fail. The world as we know, <b><i>the
one we knew</i></b>, it is on fire. You all know that – I do not need to
elaborate. No matter where you live, your values and core systems of belief are
under assault. Freedom is hanging on by a thread, our circumstances grow more desperate,
and we wonder how much we can manage anyway. Humanity is in peril; the culture
of death tears at the very fabric of survival – and that takes up so many distinct
aspects of our daily time and efforts that we are overwhelmed attempting to make sense of it all. Cannot you
see this in your own lives, where you live?</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Brethren, families everywhere are grappling
with losses from the pandemic, coping with finances, with health, inflation; on
and on the list grows. Many are feeling helpless, asking themselves “What can I
do, how can I help, where are the resources to draw from?” More questions than
answers, more tears than prayers, and even prayers seem to fall flat. Everyday
there is more of this, too much of that, too little of everything…</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I want to retreat, not exactly a
great coping mechanism. Retreat solves nothing, but it at least allows me to
draw a breath; sometimes that is all it takes. Therefore, it is essential we
stretch our minds, ask questions. We need to think. Critically think about what
it takes to survive a world on fire. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">There is only one
answer.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">HaShem and Messiah
Yeshua. <b><i>Echad</i></b>.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPWqcS0quSKEOjeox_Qo7wFaF2o2j3Od_B15i0llqN_JFOUyOvMc5syJ8ApGAPGeJr9Ir7aVmTe32DeFhHw29KlMK8RWtK4MHVIaNtHqtkgmg5qTRkEygyVd_ykfPHTKk-AfGAop3dlF3K2cIfVMFXmO4CpzHNw5F5xa8niQLj7obdfau0matlQl_xzg/s540/Line.gif" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPWqcS0quSKEOjeox_Qo7wFaF2o2j3Od_B15i0llqN_JFOUyOvMc5syJ8ApGAPGeJr9Ir7aVmTe32DeFhHw29KlMK8RWtK4MHVIaNtHqtkgmg5qTRkEygyVd_ykfPHTKk-AfGAop3dlF3K2cIfVMFXmO4CpzHNw5F5xa8niQLj7obdfau0matlQl_xzg/w640-h4/Line.gif" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The
Exercise</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">To keep
this short, I will focus only upon three areas or questions I want you to
ponder today.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b>Foreknowledge: to</b> have previous knowledge beforehand
especially by paranormal means or by revelation <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn97" name="_ednref97" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[ix]</span></b></span><!--[endif]--></b></span></a>. In theology, <i>foreknowledge</i> refers
to the all-knowing, <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/God-omniscient.html">omniscient</a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn98" name="_ednref98" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[x]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> nature
of God whereby He knows reality before it is real, all things and events before
they happen, and all people before they exist. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_edn99" name="_ednref99" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xi]</span></b></span><!--[endif]--></b></span></a>
(See Genesis 12:3; Exodus 3:19; Isaiah 9:1-7; Jeremiah 23:5-6; Daniel 2:7, 31-45;
Matthew 1:22; 4:14; 8:17; John 12:38-41; Acts 2:17-21; 3:22-25; Galatians 3:8;
Hebrews 5:6; 1 Peter 1:10-12)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b>Predestination</b>:<span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #081c2a;"> </span>from the
Greek word <i>proorizo</i>, which carries the meaning of “determining
beforehand,” “ordaining,” “deciding ahead of time.” (See Romans 8:29-30;
Matt 24:22, 31; Mark 13:20, 27; Romans 8:33, 9:11, 11:5-7, 28; Ephesians 1:11;
Colossians 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:4; 1 Timothy 5:21; 2 Timothy 2:10; Titus
1:1; 1 Peter 1:1-2, 2:9; 2 Peter 1:10) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Normal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Inevitability</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: impossible to avoid or prevent; certain to happen. Many verses
in Scripture speak to the things certain to happen; see Matthew 16:21, 17:10,
18:33; 23:23, 24:6, 25:27, 26:35, 54, Mark 8:31, 9:11, 13:7, 13:10, 13:14,
14:31; Luke 2:49, Luke 4:43, 9:22, 11:42, 12:12, 13:14, 13:16, 13:33, 15:32,
17:25, 18:1. All related to the Greek word </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #963c64; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Original: </span><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EL" style="color: #822121; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EL; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">δεῖ</span></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EL" style="color: #822121; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EL; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #822121; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EL; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(Strong’s G1163);
</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #963c64; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">- Transliteration: </span><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Dei</span></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">; </span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #963c64; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">- Phonetic: </span><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">die<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Normal" style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #963c64; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> - Definition:</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Normal" style="margin-left: 12.75pt; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1.</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> it is necessary, there
is need of, it behooves, is right and proper <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Normal" style="margin-left: 26.25pt; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> a.</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> necessity lying in the nature of the case <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Normal" style="margin-left: 26.25pt; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> b.</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> necessity brought on by circumstances or by the
conduct of others toward us. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Normal" style="margin-left: 26.25pt; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> c.</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> necessity in reference to what is required to
attain some end <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Normal" style="margin-left: 26.25pt; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> d.</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> a necessity of law and command, of duty, equity <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Normal" style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">e.</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> necessity established
by the counsel and decree of God, especially by that purpose of his which
relates to the salvation of men by the intervention of Christ, and which is
disclosed in the Old Testament prophecies <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Normal" style="margin-left: 39pt; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1.</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> concerning what Christ
was destined finally to undergo, his sufferings, death, resurrection, ascension
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Normal" style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #963c64; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #963c64; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #963c64; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">- Origin:</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> third person singular
active present of </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #2e78c2; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="tw://[self]?G1210"><span style="color: #2e78c2; text-decoration-line: none;">G1210</span></a></span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #2e78c2; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">; </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #963c64; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">- TDNT entry:</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> 02:21,1</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">; </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #963c64; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">- Part(s) of speech:</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> Verb.</span></p>
<p class="Normal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #963c64; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #963c64; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">- Strong's:</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> Third person singular active
present of </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #2e78c2; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="tw://[self]?G1210"><span style="color: #2e78c2; text-decoration-line: none;">G1210</span></a></span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">; also, </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EL" style="color: #822121; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EL; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">δεόν</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> deon which is neuter
active participle of the same; both used impersonally.<br />
</span></p><p><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><i> it is</i>
(<i>was</i> etc.) <i>necessary</i> (as <i>binding</i>): - behoved be meet must
(needs) (be) need (-ful) ought should. </span></p><p></p>
<p class="Normal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> Total KJV Occurrences:</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> 72 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Normal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">• </span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">be, 1</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1Pe_1:6</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><p class="Normal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span> </span><span> </span>• </span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt;">meet, 1</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt;">: </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rom_1:27</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;"> </span></p><p class="Normal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">• </span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">must, 36</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">: </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;"> </span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Mat_16:21</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">; </span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Mat_17:10</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">; </span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Mar_8:31</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">; </span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Mar_9:11</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">; </span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Luk_22:7</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">; </span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Luk_24:7</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">; </span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Joh_3:30</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">; </span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Joh_12:34</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">; </span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Joh_20:9</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">;</span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Act_4:12</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">; </span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Act_14:22</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">; </span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Act_16:30</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">; </span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Act_18:21</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">; </span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Act_19:21</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">; </span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Act_21:22</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">; </span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Act_27:24</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">; </span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Act_27:26</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">;</span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1Co_11:19</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">; </span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1Co_15:25</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">; </span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1Co_15:53</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">; </span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2Co_5:10</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">; </span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1Ti_3:2</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">; </span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1Ti_3:7</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">; </span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2Ti_2:6</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">; </span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2Ti_2:24</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">; </span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Tit_1:7</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">; </span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Heb_9:26</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">; </span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Heb_11:6</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">; </span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rev_1:1</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">; </span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rev_4:1</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">; </span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rev_10:11</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">; </span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rev_11:5</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">; </span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rev_13:10</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">; </span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rev_17:10</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">; </span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rev_20:3</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">; </span><u style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rev_22:6</span></u></p>
<p class="Normal" style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">• </span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">needful, 1</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: </span><u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Act_15:5</span></u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Normal" style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">• </span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">needs, 4</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">:</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Joh_4:4</span></u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">; </span><u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Act_1:16</span></u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">; </span><u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Act_17:3</span></u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">; </span><u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2Co_11:30</span></u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Normal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">• </span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ought, 23</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">:
</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Luk_13:14</span></u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">; </span><u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Luk_18:1</span></u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">; </span><u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Joh_4:20</span></u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">; </span><u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Act_5:29</span></u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">; </span><u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Act_19:36</span></u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">; </span><u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Act_20:35</span></u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">; </span><u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Act_24:19</span></u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">; </span><u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Act_25:10</span></u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">; </span><u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Act_25:24</span></u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">; </span><u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Act_26:9</span></u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">; </span><u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rom_8:26</span></u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">; </span><u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rom_12:3</span></u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">; </span><u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1Co_8:2</span></u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">; </span><u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2Co_2:3</span></u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">; </span><u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Eph_6:20</span></u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">; </span><u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Col_4:4</span></u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">; </span><u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Col_4:6</span></u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">; </span><u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1Th_4:1</span></u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">; </span><u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2Th_3:7</span></u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">; </span><u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1Ti_5:13</span></u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">; </span><u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Tit_1:11</span></u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">; </span><u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Heb_2:1</span></u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">; </span><u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2Pe_3:11</span></u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Normal" style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">• </span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">oughtest, 2</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Act_10:6</span></u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">; </span><u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1Ti_3:15</span></u><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #292f33; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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this…</span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></b><span style="text-align: left;"> will be
asking two questions, and two questions only, and I want you to think
carefully. How you answer is up to you. I will tell you my thoughts – but each
must deduce an answer for themselves. </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Here are my questions:</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLL4y1fMU3V2Hx35RbSWgn-nl2CsVGjJpkT2MInPB3BVkGyY6NwCe4vxrptY5WPTuaTzNLAS6sOKgWVceeX3RSJoUyNMUTNo8ptq2uA61ohHx-NnMH9hVgZ-8sU2oG-3C7RkhTzTBTvIVw3qjCk3X4lt86hpa4k8jRVIR_cyX3wzC3IPOBzFsb-mpsMQ/s540/Line.gif" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLL4y1fMU3V2Hx35RbSWgn-nl2CsVGjJpkT2MInPB3BVkGyY6NwCe4vxrptY5WPTuaTzNLAS6sOKgWVceeX3RSJoUyNMUTNo8ptq2uA61ohHx-NnMH9hVgZ-8sU2oG-3C7RkhTzTBTvIVw3qjCk3X4lt86hpa4k8jRVIR_cyX3wzC3IPOBzFsb-mpsMQ/w640-h4/Line.gif" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Is all creation
predestinated to an end by the foreknowledge of God?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If so, then does
foreknowledge make this predestination inevitable?</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPWqcS0quSKEOjeox_Qo7wFaF2o2j3Od_B15i0llqN_JFOUyOvMc5syJ8ApGAPGeJr9Ir7aVmTe32DeFhHw29KlMK8RWtK4MHVIaNtHqtkgmg5qTRkEygyVd_ykfPHTKk-AfGAop3dlF3K2cIfVMFXmO4CpzHNw5F5xa8niQLj7obdfau0matlQl_xzg/s540/Line.gif" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPWqcS0quSKEOjeox_Qo7wFaF2o2j3Od_B15i0llqN_JFOUyOvMc5syJ8ApGAPGeJr9Ir7aVmTe32DeFhHw29KlMK8RWtK4MHVIaNtHqtkgmg5qTRkEygyVd_ykfPHTKk-AfGAop3dlF3K2cIfVMFXmO4CpzHNw5F5xa8niQLj7obdfau0matlQl_xzg/w640-h4/Line.gif" width="640" /></a></b></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">So, I ask you again. Ponder on these questions. See if you can make
your answers fit according to scripture.</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Be sure to read the Scriptures I gave so you have a reference
point from where to begin…<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">(Hint: there are no simple “Yes” or “No” answers. I think you will
be surprised.)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p><b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Till next time,
may The Lord richly bless and keep you, my beloved, Amein.</span></i></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><i></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-HwBDTVu2cq2r70iy__i-gzkNcyl-KXcn8vh8z6xnqrHJ4XgUAOWgPcn7sNKjDrAPIUyDbXM9uMz82FBXRL-wS09pO2PLC_waWVF6TNdNSaEsFOxp0vWEiaay5xhdGv7ctJi5fgXmCsVlR5avDPgdANtKE3sfbjU6NxYREJZwuGCBKn4yYFwLWXe34A/s540/line2.gif" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-HwBDTVu2cq2r70iy__i-gzkNcyl-KXcn8vh8z6xnqrHJ4XgUAOWgPcn7sNKjDrAPIUyDbXM9uMz82FBXRL-wS09pO2PLC_waWVF6TNdNSaEsFOxp0vWEiaay5xhdGv7ctJi5fgXmCsVlR5avDPgdANtKE3sfbjU6NxYREJZwuGCBKn4yYFwLWXe34A/w640-h4/line2.gif" width="640" /></a></i></b></div><b><i><br /></i></b><p></p><div>
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note</b>: Throughout this study I will be using the NET Bible® and the
NET Notes®: within the notes you will see symbols like this: (א</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">B Ψ 892* 2427 sys). These are abbreviations
used by the NET Bible® for identifying the principal manuscript evidence that
they (authors and translators of the NET Bible®) used in translating the Scriptures.
Please go to https://bible.org/netbible/ and see their section labeled “NET
Bible Principals of Translation” for a more complete explanation on these
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In these studies, I have used the notes that come along with the passages I
cite from the sources that I cite: these need a bit of a disclaimer though. As
in all things, not everything that is footnoted is something that I necessarily
agree with, especially if it contradicts what I believe pertains to any matters
of the Torah or the commandments of God. I give you the notes as the authors of
the material write, so that you may benefit from the information contained
within them. It truly is not my place to edit or correct them; if they state
anything that is in opposition to what I teach, then so be it. I will address
these issues if requested. That is not to say I should not challenge something
I believe might contradict the truth of God’s word; that I will do in the main
body of my epistles for that is where my gentle dissent belongs. Most (but not
all) of the differences will come when I quote from a source that displays a
decidedly Western/Greek mindset, as opposed to a Hebraic perspective. I must be
intellectually honest – I am biased toward the God of Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob, and His son, Yeshua the Messiah. I pray then we all can find common
ground as we study the Scriptures. Also, to be honest – I may be wrong in my
conclusions also. I can only present to you what I deem <b><i>at this time and
place in my walk with God to be true</i></b>. So, like any good teacher of the Word
should tell you: do not trust my word or conclusions. Take what I say back to
your Bible, evaluate it all against what you find written. Test everything. I
try my best to be faithful in what I present, yet I am only human – and like
any other human, I can make a mistake. So do your due diligence – study to show
yourself approved, be a Berean and look to see if these things are so. If you
find they agree – Halleluiah! If they do not agree – Halleluiah and let me
know!! Let us sharpen one another. Shalom.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref6" name="_edn6" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"> John 17:8; Rev
5:7</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref7" name="_edn7" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 22:6</span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref8" name="_edn8" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Dan 2:28f; Rev
1:19<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref9" name="_edn9" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Or <i>signified</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref10" name="_edn10" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">d</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 17:1; 19:9f;
21:9; 22:16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref11" name="_edn11" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">e</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 1:4, 9; 22:8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref12" name="_edn12" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 1:9; 6:9;
12:17; 20:4<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref13" name="_edn13" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> 1 Cor 1:6; Rev
12:17<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref14" name="_edn14" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Luke 11:28; Rev
22:7<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref15" name="_edn15" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Or <i>keep<br /></i><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref16" name="_edn16" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rom 13:11; Rev
3:11; 22:7, 10, 12<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref17" name="_edn17" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 1:1, 9; 22:8<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref18" name="_edn18" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 1:11, 20<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref19" name="_edn19" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Acts 2:9<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref20" name="_edn20" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">d</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rom 1:7<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref21" name="_edn21" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">e</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 1:8, 17; 4:8;
16:5<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref22" name="_edn22" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Or <i>is coming<br /></i><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref23" name="_edn23" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">f</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Is 11:2; Rev 3:1;
4:5; 5:6; 8:2<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref24" name="_edn24" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 3:14; 19:11<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref25" name="_edn25" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> 1 Cor 15:20; Col
1:18<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref26" name="_edn26" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 17:14; 19:16<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref27" name="_edn27" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">d</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rom 8:37<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref28" name="_edn28" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Or <i>in<br /></i><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref29" name="_edn29" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 5:10; 20:6<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref30" name="_edn30" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 5:10; 20:6<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref31" name="_edn31" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Or <i>God and His Father<br /></i><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref32" name="_edn32" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rom 15:6<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref33" name="_edn33" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rom 11:36<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref34" name="_edn34" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Dan 7:13; 1 Thess
4:17<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref35" name="_edn35" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Zech 12:10–14;
John 19:37<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref36" name="_edn36" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Luke 23:28<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref37" name="_edn37" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Is 41:4; Rev
21:6; 22:13<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref38" name="_edn38" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 4:8; 11:17<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref39" name="_edn39" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 1:4<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref40" name="_edn40" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Or <i>is coming<br /></i><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref41" name="_edn41" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 1:1<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref42" name="_edn42" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Acts 1:15<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref43" name="_edn43" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Matt 20:23; Acts
14:22; 2 Cor 1:7; Phil 4:14<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref44" name="_edn44" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">d</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> 2 Tim 2:12; Rev
1:6<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref45" name="_edn45" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Or <i>steadfastness<br /></i><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref46" name="_edn46" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">e</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> 2 Thess 3:5; Rev
3:10<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref47" name="_edn47" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">f</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 1:2<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref48" name="_edn48" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Or <i>in spirit<br /></i><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref49" name="_edn49" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Matt 22:43; Rev
4:2; 17:3; 21:10<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref50" name="_edn50" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Acts 20:7<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref51" name="_edn51" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 4:1<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref52" name="_edn52" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 1:2, 19<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref53" name="_edn53" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Or <i>scroll<br /></i><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref54" name="_edn54" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 1:4, 20<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref55" name="_edn55" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 2:1<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref56" name="_edn56" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">d</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 2:8<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref57" name="_edn57" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">e</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 2:12<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref58" name="_edn58" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">f</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Acts 16:14; Rev
2:18, 24<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref59" name="_edn59" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">g</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 3:1, 4<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref60" name="_edn60" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">h</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 3:7<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref61" name="_edn61" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">i</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Col 2:1; Rev 3:14<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref62" name="_edn62" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Ex 25:37; 37:23;
Zech 4:2; Rev 1:20; 2:1<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref63" name="_edn63" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 2:1<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref64" name="_edn64" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Ezek 1:26; Dan
7:13; 10:16; Rev 14:14<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref65" name="_edn65" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Or <i>the Son of Man<br /></i><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref66" name="_edn66" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Dan 10:5<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref67" name="_edn67" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">d</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 15:6<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref68" name="_edn68" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Dan 7:9<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref69" name="_edn69" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Dan 7:9; 10:6;
Rev 2:18; 19:12<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref70" name="_edn70" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Ezek 1:7; Dan
10:6; Rev 2:18<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref71" name="_edn71" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Ezek 1:24; 43:2;
Rev 14:2; 19:6<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref72" name="_edn72" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 1:20; 2:1;
3:1<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref73" name="_edn73" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Is 49:2; Heb
4:12; Rev 2:12, 16; 19:15<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref74" name="_edn74" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Matt 17:2; Rev
10:1<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref75" name="_edn75" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">d</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Judg 5:31<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref76" name="_edn76" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Lit <i>shines<br /></i><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref77" name="_edn77" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Dan 8:17; 10:9,
10, 15<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref78" name="_edn78" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Dan 8:18; 10:10,
12<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref79" name="_edn79" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Matt 14:27; 17:7<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref80" name="_edn80" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">d</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Is 41:4; 44:6;
48:12; Rev 2:8; 22:13<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref81" name="_edn81" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Luke 24:5; Rev
4:9f<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref82" name="_edn82" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Lit <i>became<br /></i><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref83" name="_edn83" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rom 6:9; Rev 2:8;
10:6; 15:7<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref84" name="_edn84" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Job 38:17; Matt
11:23; 16:19; Rev 9:1; 20:1<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref85" name="_edn85" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 1:11<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref86" name="_edn86" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 1:12–16<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref87" name="_edn87" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 4:1<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref88" name="_edn88" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rom 11:25<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref89" name="_edn89" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 1:16; 2:1;
3:1<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref90" name="_edn90" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Ex 25:37; 37:23;
Zech 4:2; Rev 1:12; 2:1<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref91" name="_edn91" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 1:16; 2:1;
3:1<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref92" name="_edn92" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">d</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 1:4, 11<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref93" name="_edn93" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">e</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Matt 5:14f<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref94" name="_edn94" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vi]</span></b></span><!--[endif]--></b></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/nasb95?ref=BibleNASB95.Re1.1&off=31&ctx=ion+of+Jesus+Christ%0a~+1+%EF%BB%BFThe+Revelation+o"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update</span></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> (La Habra, CA:
The Lockman Foundation, 1995), Re 1:1–Re 2.<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <br /></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref95" name="_edn95" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">[vii]</span></b></span><!--[endif]--></span></b></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">Hermeneutics: A thorough introduction to
the art of hermeneutics can be found at <a href="https://knepublishing.com/index.php/Kne-Social/article/view/2733/5892">https://knepublishing.com/index.php/Kne-Social/article/view/2733/5892</a>
. Here is the gist from their introduction: “…Hermeneutics is basically a
branch of a discipline closely related to language [<a href="https://knepublishing.com/index.php/Kne-Social/article/view/2733/5892">1</a>].
We think, interpret, talk, and write using language. Put simply, life cannot be
separated from using language activities. Consequently, we need
hermeneutics to live in society; we need a language interpretation [2] …”{References:
[1]<b>Kharmandar MA, Karimnia A: The fundamentals of constructing a
hermeneutical model for poetry translation. Procedia-Social Behav Sci. 2013;
70: 580-591. [2] Palmer RE: Hermenuetika: Teori baru mengenai interpretasi [New
theories of interpretation]. Jogiakarta: Pustaka Pelajar; 2003.<br /> </b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">What I am saying briefly is this: society revolves
around the use of language which is the definition of words to describe the ebb
and flow of how a society could grow or whither. Hermeneutics is familiar to
most bible students, as a word or theory spoke about by writers or pastors, but
rarely used by the nominal student. There are four major types of hermeneutics that
have emerged over the years as related to biblical interpretation: literal
(plain meaning); moral (how ethical lessons are formed); allegorical (that
beyond the explicit); and anagogical or mystical (that which explains what has
been to that which is to come) – what can be called a “deep” reading of the
literary or philosophical texts. [Condensed from Britannica, The Editors of
Encyclopaedia. "Hermeneutics summary". <i>Encyclopedia
Britannica</i>, 2 May. 2020, https://www.britannica.com/summary/hermeneutics-principles-of-biblical-interpretation.
Accessed 2 November 2022.]<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <br /></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref96" name="_edn96" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">[viii]</span></b></span><!--[endif]--></span></b></span></a> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">See
also <b>P</b>a<b>RD</b>e<b>S</b>, Jewish interpretation of the Hebrew
Scriptures: </span><b><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">P</span></b><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">eSHAT The first level of understanding is Peshat
(simple, the intended or explicit meaning of the text); <b>R</b>EMEZ The next
level of understanding is called in Hebrew Remez (the alluded or the implied
meaning of the text); <b>De</b>RASH Another level of understanding the
Scriptures is called in Hebrew "derash" (meaning "search",
this is the homiletical or interpretive application of the text); <b>S</b>OD
The final level of understanding the Scriptures is called in Hebrew
"Sod" literally the “secret” or the esoteric, mystical meaning found
in the text). See <a href="https://www.chabad.org/kabbalah/article_cdo/aid/1270231/jewish/Introduction.htm">https://www.chabad.org/kabbalah/article_cdo/aid/1270231/jewish/Introduction.htm</a>
for more.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><o:p> <br /></o:p><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref97" name="_edn97" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[ix]</span></b></span><!--[endif]--></span></b></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> “foreknow,” <i>Merriam-Webster.com
Dictionary</i>, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreknow. Accessed
11/2/2022.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref98" name="_edn98" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[x]</span></b></span><!--[endif]--></span></b></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Possessed of universal or complete
knowledge: “omniscient,” <i>Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary</i>,
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/omniscient. Accessed 11/2/2022.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20-%20volume%2054%20-%20Revelation%20Part%2013.docx#_ednref99" name="_edn99" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xi]</span></b></span><!--[endif]--></span></b></span></a><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Adapted from <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/foreknowledge.html">What is foreknowledge in
the Bible? | </a>GotQuestions.org.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>
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</div><br />David_seedofabrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779218562279412780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808052277561745789.post-2389109513385571032022-10-26T07:57:00.029-07:002022-11-02T21:12:47.300-07:00We come back to Revelation, though we are gonna hop down a bunny trail to get there... Lessons from the Wilderness, Volume 54<p> <a href="https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2022/11/">Go to Part 14</a> <a href="https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2021/05/lessons-from-wilderness-vol-36-we.html">Go to Part 12</a> <a href="https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2021/04/2021-david-e.html">Go to Part 11</a> <a href="https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2020/09/as-we-work-on-asif-doctrine-not-given.html">Go to Part 1</a></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©2022,
David E. Robinson: At the Gates of Yerushalayim Ministries</span></b></p>
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from the Wilderness, Volume 54</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">…This
is a thought experiment, part 1…<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Revelation:
A Search for Truth at </span></i></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the End of the Age Part Thirteen <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[i]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn2" name="_ednref2" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[ii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn3" name="_ednref3" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[iii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn4" name="_ednref4" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[iv]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn5" name="_ednref5" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[v]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>Ecclesiastes 3:1–22 (NET) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><i>A Time for All Events in Life</i></b><b> <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>3:1 </sup></b><b>For
everything<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn6" name="_ednref6" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>
there is an appointed time,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn7" name="_ednref7" title=""><sup>2</sup></a> and an appropriate time<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn8" name="_ednref8" title=""><sup>3</sup></a>
for every activity<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn9" name="_ednref9" title=""><sup>4</sup></a> on earth:<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn10" name="_ednref10" title=""><sup>5</sup></a> <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>3:2 </sup></b><b>A time to
be born,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn11" name="_ednref11" title=""><sup>6</sup></a>
and a time to die;<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn12" name="_ednref12" title=""><sup>7</sup></a> a time to plant, and a time to
uproot what was planted. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>3:3 </sup></b><b>A time to
kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>3:4 </sup></b><b>A time to
weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>3:5 </sup></b><b>A time to
throw away stones, and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace, and a time
to refrain from embracing. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>3:6 </sup></b><b>A time to
search, and a time to give something up as lost;<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn13" name="_ednref13" title=""><sup>8</sup></a> a time to keep, and a
time to throw away; <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>3:7 </sup></b><b>A time to
rip, and a time to sew; a time to keep silent, and a time to speak. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>3:8 </sup></b><b>A time to
love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>3:9 </sup></b><b>What
benefit can a worker<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn14" name="_ednref14" title=""><sup>9</sup></a> gain from his toil?<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn15" name="_ednref15" title=""><sup>10</sup></a></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>3:10 </sup></b><b>I have
observed the burden that God has given to people<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn16" name="_ednref16" title=""><sup>11</sup></a> to keep them
occupied. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>3:11 </sup></b><b>God has
made everything fit beautifully<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn17" name="_ednref17" title=""><sup>12</sup></a> in its appropriate time, but<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn18" name="_ednref18" title=""><sup>13</sup></a>
he has also placed ignorance<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn19" name="_ednref19" title=""><sup>14</sup></a> in the human heart<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn20" name="_ednref20" title=""><sup>15</sup></a>
so that<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn21" name="_ednref21" title=""><sup>16</sup></a>
people<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn22" name="_ednref22" title=""><sup>17</sup></a>
cannot discover what God has ordained,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn23" name="_ednref23" title=""><sup>18</sup></a> <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>from the beginning to the end<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn24" name="_ednref24" title=""><sup>19</sup></a> of their lives.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn25" name="_ednref25" title=""><sup>20</sup></a>
<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>3:12 </sup></b><b>I have
concluded<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn26" name="_ednref26" title=""><sup>21</sup></a> that there is nothing better for people<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn27" name="_ednref27" title=""><sup>22</sup></a>
than<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn28" name="_ednref28" title=""><sup>23</sup></a>
to be happy and to enjoy <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>themselves<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn29" name="_ednref29" title=""><sup>24</sup></a> as long as they live, <sup>3:13 </sup>and
also that everyone should eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all his toil, for
these things<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn30" name="_ednref30" title=""><sup>25</sup></a> are a gift from God. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup><o:p> </o:p></sup></b><b><sup>3:14 </sup></b><b>I also
know that whatever God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it,
and nothing taken away from it. God has made it this way, so that men will fear
him.</b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>3:15 </sup></b><b><span style="background: yellow; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: yellow;">Whatever exists now has already been, and whatever
will be, has already been; for God will seek to do again</span></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn31" name="_ednref31" title=""><b><sup>26</sup></b></a><b> <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">what has occurred</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn32" name="_ednref32" title=""><sup>27</sup></a>
<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">in the past</span>.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn33" name="_ednref33" title=""><sup>28</sup></a>
<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup><o:p> </o:p></sup></b><b><sup>3:16 </sup></b><b>I saw
something else on earth:<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn34" name="_ednref34" title=""><sup>29</sup></a> In the place of justice, there was
wickedness, and in the place of fairness,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn35" name="_ednref35" title=""><sup>30</sup></a> there was
wickedness.</b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>3:17 </sup></b><b>I thought
to myself, “God will judge both the righteous and the wicked; for there is an
appropriate time for every activity, and there is a time of judgment<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn36" name="_ednref36" title=""><sup>31</sup></a>
for every deed. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>3:18 </sup></b><b>I also
thought to myself, “It is<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn37" name="_ednref37" title=""><sup>32</sup></a> for the sake of people,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn38" name="_ednref38" title=""><sup>33</sup></a>
so God can clearly<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn39" name="_ednref39" title=""><sup>34</sup></a> show<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn40" name="_ednref40" title=""><sup>35</sup></a> them that they are
like animals. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>3:19 </sup></b><b>For the
fate of humans<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn41" name="_ednref41" title=""><sup>36</sup></a> and the fate of animals are the same: As one dies,
so dies the other; both have the same breath. There is no advantage for humans
over animals, for both are fleeting. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>3:20 </sup></b><b>Both go to
the same place, both come from the dust, and to dust both return. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>3:21 </sup></b><b>Who really
knows if the human spirit<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn42" name="_ednref42" title=""><sup>37</sup></a> ascends upward, and the animal’s
spirit descends into the earth? <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup><o:p> </o:p></sup></b><b><sup>3:22 </sup></b><b>So I
perceived there is nothing better than for people<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn43" name="_ednref43" title=""><sup>38</sup></a> to enjoy their work,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn44" name="_ednref44" title=""><sup>39</sup></a></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>because that is their<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn45" name="_ednref45" title=""><sup>40</sup></a> reward; for who can show them what
the future holds?<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn46" name="_ednref46" title=""><sup>41</sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn47" name="_ednref47" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vi]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></sup></a>
<o:p></o:p></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br /></p>
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of Revelation. Yes, it has been quite a while since I posted, but we are here
now. </span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">In May of 2021, I finished the
first twelve parts of our study in Revelation. Why has it taken so long to get
back to it you may wonder. In my last set of posts, I was dealing with the loss
of loved ones, then life had a way of taking hold of the direction of things,
but here we are. I know I had gone through several verses in those twelve parts
but, truthfully? What has transpired in the past year or so has been a
transformation of my studies - </span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">or should
I say how I study – and that has led to my opening of my eyes and ears to hear
first - what the Spirit has to say, and second – to take my studies outside my
normal lanes of traffic, and sometimes into the weeds, to look, to search, to
see what I have missed, or what I lacked understanding in. The doors have
opened wide on this subject, from many sources and much research. I tell you, I
do not wish to handle God’s word carelessly, and come up with my own interpretations;
I wish to follow exegesis and not eisegesis; I want my hermeneutics to follow a
path of principles that fit the Scriptures and the doctrines contained within,
not based upon what the “church” or the “Church fathers” have declared should
be the way.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">These
are not just bold statements; I want to return to the old path, to the boundaries
of the Creator. I no longer wish to move the boundary stones He has laid out,
for to do so moves the foundations upon which lie the chief cornerstone,
Yeshua. There is a sense of urgency in the spirit realm – a sense that
something dark this way comes, and for HaShem’s people to survive the coming
storm, we MUST be in line with Him – nothing else will do. Now, if this sounds
all too familiar, or if you sense it also, then hear me out. If it sounds like
every other “gloom and doom” Soothsayer out there, and you are tired of hearing
it, ignore it – but the cost may be at your own peril.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">That
said, I also must caution you, my beloved; do your own research also – just do
not take my word or the word of others to tell you what something means. The
Spirit will lead you into truth – but you must also be a searcher, a Berean.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Maybe,
just maybe, I am wrong. But the world is upside down right now; good is evil,
right is wrong, and it is getting so not even the saints can tell the sacred
from the profane anymore. Our children and grand-children are being sacrificed
on the altar of political correctness and “Woke-ism”; has the enemy of our
souls opened the gates of hell and released his army of blackness and shadows?
Truthfully? The answer to that is “Yes” and “No”. Some things are influenced by
the darkness as Paul warns us in Ephesians 6:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><i><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">10 </span></sup></i></b><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Finally, be strengthened in the Lord and
in the strength of his power. <b><sup>11 </sup></b>Clothe
yourselves with the full armor of God so that you will be able to stand against
the schemes<sup>2<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn48" name="_ednref48" title="">1</a></sup> of the devil.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <b><sup>12 </sup>For our struggle</b><sup>2<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn49" name="_ednref49" title="">2</a></sup>
<b>is not against flesh and blood</b>,<sup>2<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn50" name="_ednref50" title="">3</a></sup> <b>but against the rulers,
against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness</b>,<sup>2<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn51" name="_ednref51" title="">4</a></sup>
<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">against the
spiritual forces</span></i></b><i><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">2<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn52" name="_ednref52" title="">5</a></span></sup></i><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <b>of evil
in the heavens</b>.<sup>2<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn53" name="_ednref53" title="">6</a></sup></span></i><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> (<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn54" name="_ednref54" title=""><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></sup></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Yes, there are forces at work in the
Unseen Realm</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn55" name="_ednref55" style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[viii]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
- forces that are at odds with Elohim and His Messiah. There are also forces at
work in the earthly realm of man – men and women who have given themselves over
to championing a culture of death, hate, and misdirection, all with an eye for
the lust of fame and power. You see it. In two short years, this culture has
turned America (and the world) into a shadow of itself. But let us be honest.
It has not been just the last two years, but decades of moving the boundary stones
of God, of encroachment of the sancta</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn56" name="_ednref56" style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[ix]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">, and a tearing down of morality
and decorum. We are now living in boiling water; for years like a frog, the
heat has slowly been turned up under our pan of water, and now it is in a full
rolling boil, and we are being cooked alive in the folly of our own making –
the fault rests with us. YHVH has always had a line drawn in the sand, saying “This
far and no more”, but we have rushed in and erased that line, and let it be
pushed back farther and farther till we now stand on the edge of the cliff with
no place to go – except down.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Has it gone too far? Is it possible to push
the line back? Yes and no. Yes, we can but only if we are willing to fight. No
because there aren’t enough who are willing to go to the extreme. By extreme, I
am not talking about violence, or returning hate for hate. If we go that route,
we are as the writer of Ecclesiastes says that we are truly no better than
animals. Love can win the battle, but we must push the line back to its original
boundary and defend it at all costs.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">There are times in my blog spots that I have
used music lyrics to highlight trends I have seen. The trend is obvious, yet
hidden by twisted words, by repeated lies. When words are redefined, when what
is right is declared wrong – what truth can stand in the cacophony of strident
voices where nothing is what it was? How can up be down, in be out? How is it
the differences between us are accentuated by the mob, cast down and
re-defined? “Doublethink”, “cults of personality”, dystopian views leading to “thoughtcrimes”</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn57" name="_ednref57" style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[x]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">… The strong take the weak…</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The sparks
of the tempest rage a hundred years on<br />
The voice of the dreamer screams, the cause of the pawn<br />
The King and the Queen are gone, each piece is the same<br />
The difference between us is a part of the game<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Darkness
is spreading like a spot on the sun<br />
The dead are the living in age of the gun<br />
While everyone clamors for the justice they seek,<br />
The world is corrupted and the strong take the weak<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">They
mold you and shape you, they watch what you do<br />
The sparks of the tempest are burnin' you through<br />
Spreading like wildfire, fallin' like rain<br />
Though they may promise, they only bring pain<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
future is managed, and your freedom's a joke<br />
You don't know the difference as you put on the yoke<br />
The less that you know, more you fall into place<br />
A cog in the wheel, there is no soul in your face<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Run for
the cover, Millennium's here<br />
Bearing the standard of confusion and fear<br />
Spreading like wildfire, fallin' like rain<br />
Though they may promise, they only bring pain<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Blood
in the sand, cry in the street<br />
Now the cycle is nearly complete<br />
Ten thousand years, nothing was learned<br />
No turning back, now the wheel has turned<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Big
brother is watching, and he likes what he sees<br />
A world for the taking, when he's ready to squeeze<br />
King and the Queen are gone, each piece is the same<br />
The difference between us is a part of the game<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">
</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Soothsayer
saying now tell me no lies<br />
What is the madness that is filling the skies<br />
Spreading like wildfire, fallin' like rain<br />
Though they may promise, they only bring pain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #70757a; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Source: <a href="https://www.musixmatch.com/"><span style="color: #70757a;">Musixmatch</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #70757a; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Songwriters: Steve Walsh / Kerry Livgren<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #70757a; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sparks
of the Tempest lyrics © Emi Blackwood Music Inc., Don Kirshner Music<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Sometimes music mirrors what we see.
Sometimes the prophet has written in songs of our youth, truth is spoken through
the airwaves from the past, the books that were written, the poetry of bards,
and the pages of Scripture which few wish to read today. Truth and facts are
immaterial today, lies are manipulated and repeated by complacent media – all for
the suppression of discourse and dissent. Freedom of speech is outlawed or
curtailed, mass surveillance is encouraged, totalitarianism and repression are touted
as the only cure for a “systemic racist society”. Open borders, lawless
governments. No law. No order. All that was exploited in the pursuit of naked
power and unsustainable greed has become the bellwether of the present age. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-align: center;">Ecclesiastes tells us that this is nothing new though.</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">“<b><sup>15 </sup></b><b>Whatever exists
now has already been, and whatever will be, has already been; for God will seek
to do again what has occurred in the past.”<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b> </b><b> Paul said we do not war against
flesh and blood. </b>We find ourselves at times doubting these
words, because we only have eyes that see in part – we do not see or even perceive
of the darkness behind those who rage in the streets. To be sure, not all who
take to the streets are driven by dark forces – the youth of Tehran a driven by
the desire to unshackle themselves from the tyrannical rule of the Republican
Guard and the mullahs that seek to control their lives. There are those who
fight for the rights of children in the womb – innocents who have no voice save
our own. There are causes that are righteous, and those that take on the mantle
of “righteousness and justice” but are driven by the underlying culture of
death that permeates society today. It is in this context that our thought experiment
proceeds.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b> </b><b style="text-align: center;"><i><sup>12 </sup></i></b><b style="text-align: center;"><i>For our battle is not against flesh <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn58" name="_ednref58" title=""><sup>n</sup></a> and blood, but
against the rulers, against the authorities, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn59" name="_ednref59" title=""><sup>o</sup></a> against the world
powers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn60" name="_ednref60" title=""><sup>p</sup></a>
in the heavens. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn61" name="_ednref61" title=""><sup>q</sup></a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn62" name="_ednref62" title=""><sup><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xi]</span></sup></b></sup></a></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><sup><o:p> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></o:p></sup><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Flesh
and blood. Rulers; authorities; the world powers of [this present] darkness;
the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens. Sounds like the beginning of a
script for a horror movie does it not? But this is the reality. There are two
realms: the finite and the unseen, infinite realm. Which is more real? The
finite has a beginning, and it will have an end. The infinite is eternal, so I
ask again, which is more real? Do you, dear reader, have an eye for the
eternal? Do you even know what that means? Look again at the first and second
sentences of this paragraph. Can you conceive the message behind those words? I
go this route because your understanding of Revelation, </span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">of Scripture in the whole</span></i></b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">,
hinges upon your understanding of what may be the most important theological doctrine
most are not even aware of:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>A Supernatural Worldview.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b> </b>Shall we begin?</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP5FQ1u9iflX3LEIQFUDKfu2w6uRX_CZWhdY-KFN237oQCugVHbvQBvcR_nXg7HJZVPnIFo-gR3NBiB3P3JHWoCnJJP2burCwbFLUpY5EfyWMihPEqUPhmrycW2PA-WNimL07um1uuREXVcoHDa_QIJvQxsfU_cM5NgQTO01HAGJJmc5HOT3-2sTS3uw/s540/Line.gif" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP5FQ1u9iflX3LEIQFUDKfu2w6uRX_CZWhdY-KFN237oQCugVHbvQBvcR_nXg7HJZVPnIFo-gR3NBiB3P3JHWoCnJJP2burCwbFLUpY5EfyWMihPEqUPhmrycW2PA-WNimL07um1uuREXVcoHDa_QIJvQxsfU_cM5NgQTO01HAGJJmc5HOT3-2sTS3uw/w640-h4/Line.gif" width="640" /></a><br />
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">For
the next few posts, we will explore this unseen realm. I will be accessing the
Scriptures, extra-biblical literature [i.e. the Apocrypha and others], and the research
of Dr. Michael S. Heiser, who describes himself thusly:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p>“…I’m a
graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (M.A., Ancient History) and the
University of Wisconsin- Madison (M.A., Ph.D., Hebrew Bible and Semitic
Studies). I have a dozen years of classroom teaching experience on the college
level and another ten in distance education. I’m currently a
Scholar-in-Residence at Logos Bible Software, a company that produces ancient
text databases and other digital resources for study of the ancient world and
biblical studies. You can get a more detailed answer to my academic background
by reading through <a href="https://drmsh.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Cumulative-Resume-2020.pdf" target="_blank">my CV</a>…” <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_edn63" name="_ednref63" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xii]</span></span></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I
will be making my own opinions known, but if I present any view that conflicts
or is different than those expressed by the authors or source material I cite –
do not blame them! Sometimes I will confess, I tend to bite off more than I can
chew – I may arrive at the same conclusions, but via a different route. Hence,
I’ll be brief in this and consequent posts.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">As
I walk through this sanctification process, I only achieve growth as I “connect
the dots”. YHVH is leading me down this path by His Spirit of
Truth and by and through my Messiah Yeshua. May your journeys be as fulfilling as mine have been.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>Till next time<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>May YHVH bless you and keep you all, my beloved.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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Throughout this study I will be using the NET Bible® and the NET Notes®: within
the notes you will see symbols like this: ( </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-language: HE;">א </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">B Ψ 892* 2427 sys). These are
abbreviations used by the NET Bible® for identifying the principal manuscript
evidence that they (authors and translators of the NET Bible®) used in
translating the New Testament. Please go to https://bible.org/netbible/ and see
their section labeled “NET Bible Principals of Translation” for a more complete
explanation on these symbols and other items pertinent to the way the NET Bible
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In these studies, I have used the notes that come along with the passages I
cite from the sources that I cite: these need a bit of a disclaimer though. As
in all things, not everything that is footnoted is something that I necessarily
agree with, especially if it contradicts what I believe pertains to any matters
of the Torah or the commandments of God. I give you the notes as they are
written by the authors of the material I cite from, so that you can see the
information contained within them. It truly is not my place to edit them; if
they state anything that is in opposition to what I teach, then so be it. I
will address these issues if requested. That is not to say I should not
challenge something I believe, in my humble opinion, might contradict the truth
of God’s word; that I will do in the main body of my epistles for that is where
my gentle dissent belongs. Most (but not all) of the differences will come when
I quote from a source that displays a decidedly Western/Greek mindset, as
opposed to a Hebraic perspective. I must be intellectually honest – I am biased
toward the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and His son, Yeshua the Messiah. I
pray then we all can find common ground as we study the Scriptures. Also, some
may be put off by the length or depth of the notes; not everyone has access to
the references I do, therefore I try to include the notes that come with the
material I use, so each can see for themselves the information the originator
has pointedly gleaned. I hope you avail yourselves to these inclusions – they help
us to understand how the material in scripture is laid out – the thought
process of the original writer. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref6" name="_edn6" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
Verse 1 is arranged in an ABB′A′ chiasm (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">לַכֹּל זְמָן וְעֵת לְכָל־חֵפֶץ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, <i>lakkol zéman vé’et lékhol-khefets</i>): (A) “for
everything”; (B) “a season”; (B′) “a time”; (A′) “for every matter.” The terms
“season” (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">זְמָן</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, <i>zéman</i>) and “time” (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">עֵת</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, <i>’et</i>) are parallel. In the light of its parallelism
with “every matter” (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">כָל־חֵפֶץ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, <i>khol-khefets</i>),
the term “everything” (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">כָל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, <i>khol</i>)
must refer to events and situations in life.</span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref7" name="_edn7" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">2</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The noun </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">זְמָן</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>zéman</i>) denotes “appointed time” or “appointed hour” (<i>HALOT</i>
273 s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">זְמָן</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>; BDB 273 s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">זְמָן</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>; see Eccl
3:1; Esth 9:27, 31; Neh 2:6; Sir 43:7), e.g., the appointed or designated time for
the Jewish feasts (Esth 9:27, 31), the length of time that Nehemiah set for his
absence from Susa (Neh 2:6), and the appointed times in the Jewish law for the
months to begin (Sir 43:7). It is used in parallelism with </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">מועד</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (“appointed time”), i.e., </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">מועד ירח</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (“the appointed time of the moon”) parallels </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">זמני חק</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (“the appointed times of the law”; Sir 43:7). The related verb,
a Pual of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">זָמַן</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>zaman</i>), means “to be appointed” (<i>HALOT</i>
273 s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">זְמָן</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>); e.g. Ezra 10:14; Neh 10:35; 13:31. These terms may be related
to the noun I </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">זִמָּה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>zimmah</i>, “plan; intention”; Job
17:11; <i>HALOT</i> 272 s.v. I </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">זִמָּה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>) and </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">מְזִמָּה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>mézimmah</i>, “purpose; plan; project”), e.g., the
purposes of God (Job 42:2; Jer 23:20; 30:24; 51:11) and man’s plan (Isa 5:12);
see <i>HALOT</i> 566 s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">מְזִמָּה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>; BDB 273
s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">מְזִמָּה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.<b>sn</b> Verses 1–8 refer to God’s appointed time-table for
human activities or actions whose most appropriate time is determined by men.
Verses 9–15 state that God is ultimately responsible for the time in which
events in human history occur. This seems to provide a striking balance between
the sovereignty of God and the responsibility of man. Man does what God has
willed, but man also does what he “pleases” (see note on the word “matter” in
3:1).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn8">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref8" name="_edn8" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">3</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The noun </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עֵת</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>’et</i>, “point in time”) has a basic two-fold range of
meanings: (1) “time of an event” and (2) “time for an event” (BDB 773 s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עֵת</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>). The latter has subcategories: (a) “usual time,” (b) “the
proper, suitable or appropriate time,” (c) “the appointed time,” and (d)
“uncertain time” (Eccl 9:11). Here it connotes “a proper, suitable time for an
event” (<i>HALOT</i> 900 s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עֵת</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> 6; BDB
s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עֵת</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> 2.b). Examples: “the time for rain” (Ezra 10:13), “a time of
judgment for the nations” (Ezek 30:3), “an appropriate time for every occasion”
(Eccl 3:1), “the time when mountain goats are born” (Job 39:1), “the rain in
its season” (Deut 11:14; Jer 5:24), “the time for the harvest” (Hos 2:11; Ps
1:3), “food in its season” (Ps 104:27), “no one knows his hour of destiny”
(Eccl 9:12), “the right moment” (Eccl 8:5); cf. <i>HALOT</i> 900 s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עֵת</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> 6.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn9">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref9" name="_edn9" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">4</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The noun </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">חֵפֶץ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>khefets</i>, here “matter, business”) has a broad range of
meanings: (1) “delight; joy,” (2) “desire; wish; longing,” (3) “the good
pleasure; will; purpose,” (4) “precious stones” (i.e., jewelry), i.e., what
someone takes delight in, and (5) “matter; business,” as a metonymy of adjunct
to what someone takes delight in (Eccl 3:1, 17; 5:7; 8:6; Isa 53:10; 58:3, 13;
Pss 16:3; 111:2; Prov 31:13); see <i>HALOT</i> 340 s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">חֵפֶץ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> 4; BDB 343 s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">חֵפֶץ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> 4. It is
also sometimes used in reference to the “good pleasure” of God, that is, his
sovereign plan, e.g., Judg 13:23; Isa 44:28; 46:10; 48:14 (BDB 343 s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">חֵפֶץ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>). While the theme of the sovereignty of God permeates Eccl
3:1–4:3, the content of 3:1–8 refers to human activities that are planned and
purposed by man. The LXX translated it with </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">πράγματι</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">
(<i>pragmati</i>, “matter”). The term is translated variously by modern English
versions: “every purpose” (KJV, ASV), “every event” (NASB), “every delight” (NASB
margin), “every affair” (NAB), “every matter” (RSV, NRSV), “every activity”
(NEB, NIV), “every project” (MLB), and “every experience” (NJPS).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn10">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref10" name="_edn10" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">5</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“under heaven.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn11">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref11" name="_edn11" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">6</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The verb </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">יָלָד</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>yalad</i>, “to bear”) is used in the active sense of a
mother giving birth to a child (<i>HALOT</i> 413 s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">ילד</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>;
BDB 408 s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">יָלָד</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>). However, in light of its parallelism
with “a time to die,” it should be taken as a metonymy of cause (i.e., to give
birth to a child) for effect (i.e., to be born).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn12">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref12" name="_edn12" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">7</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>sn</b>
In 3:2–8, Qoheleth uses fourteen sets of merisms (a figure using polar
opposites to encompass everything in between, that is, totality), e.g., Deut
6:6–9; Ps 139:2–3 (see E. W. Bullinger, <i>Figures of Speech</i>, 435).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn13">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref13" name="_edn13" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">8</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The term </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">לְאַבֵּד</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>lé’abbed</i>, Piel infinitive construct from </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">אָבַד</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, <i>’avad</i>, “to destroy”) means “to lose” (e.g., Jer 23:1)
as the contrast with </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">בָּקַשׁ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>baqash</i>,
“to seek to find”) indicates (<i>HALOT</i> 3 s.v. I </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">אבד</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>;
BDB 2 s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">אבד</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> 3). This is the declarative or
delocutive-estimative sense of the Piel: “to view something as lost” (R. J.
Williams, <i>Hebrew Syntax</i>, 28, §145; <i>IBHS</i> 403 §24.2g).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn14">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref14" name="_edn14" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">9</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The term </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">הָעוֹשֶׂה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>ha’oseh</i>, article + Qal active participle ms from </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עָשַׂה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, <i>’asah</i>, “to do”) functions substantively (“the
worker”); see BDB 794 s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עָשַׂה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">II.1.
This is a figurative description of man (metonymy of association), and plays on
the repetition of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עָשַׂה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (verb: “to
do,” noun: “work”) throughout the passage. In the light of God’s orchestration
of human affairs, man’s efforts cannot change anything. It refers to man in
general with the article functioning in a generic sense (see <i>IBHS</i> 244–45
§13.5.1f; Joüon 2:511 §137.m).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn15">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref15" name="_edn15" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">10</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>sn</b>
This rhetorical question is an example of negative affirmation, expecting a
negative answer: “Man gains nothing from his toil!” (see E. W. Bullinger, <i>Figures
of Speech</i>, 949–51). Any <i>advantage</i> that man might <i>gain from his
toil</i> is nullified by his ignorance of divine providence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn16">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref16" name="_edn16" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">11</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“the sons of man.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn17">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref17" name="_edn17" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">12</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>sn</b>
The Hebrew adjective translated <i>beautifully</i> functions as a metonymy of
effect (i.e., to appear beautiful) for cause (i.e., to make it fit): “to fit
beautifully.” It is used in parallelism with Qoheleth’s term for evaluation: </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">טוֹב</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>tov</i>, “good”) in 5:17.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn18">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref18" name="_edn18" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">13</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The word “but” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the
translation for clarity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn19">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref19" name="_edn19" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">14</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“darkness”; perhaps “eternity” or “the future.” The meaning of the noun </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עֹלָם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>’olam</i>) is debated. It may mean: (1) “ignorance”; (2)
time reference: (a) “eternity” or (b) “the future”; or (3) “knowledge” (less
likely). The arguments for these options may be summarized: (1) Most suggest
that </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עֹלָם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> is the defectively written form of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עוֹלָם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> “duration; eternity” (e.g., Eccl 1:4; 2:16; 3:14; 9:6; 12:5);
see BDB 762 s.v. III </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עוֹלָם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> 2.k. Within
this school of interpretation, there are several varieties: (a) BDB 762 s.v.
III </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עוֹלָם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> 2.k suggests that here it denotes “age [i.e., duration] of the
world,” which is attested in postbiblical Hebrew. The term III </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עֹלָם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> “eternity” = “world” (Jastrow 1084 s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עָלַם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> III) is used in this sense in postbiblical Hebrew, mostly in
reference to the Messianic age, or the world to come (e.g., <i>Tg.</i> Genesis
9:16; <i>Tg. Onq.</i> Exodus 21:6; <i>Tg.</i> Psalms 61:7). For example, “the
world (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עֹלָם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>) shall last six thousand years, and after one thousand years it
shall be laid waste” (<i>b. Rosh HaShanah</i> 31a) and “the world (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עֹלָם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>) to come” (<i>b. Sotah</i> 10b). The LXX and the Vulgate took
the term in this sense. This approach was also adopted by several English
translations: “the world” (KJV, Douay, ASV margin). (b) <i>HALOT</i> 799 s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עוֹלָם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> 5 and <i>THAT</i> 2:242 suggest that the term refers to an
indefinite, unending future: “eternity future” or “enduring state referring to
past and future” (see also BDB 762 s.v. III </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עוֹלָם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> 2.i). In this sense, the noun </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עֹלָם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> functions as a metonymy of association: “a sense of eternity,”
but not in a philosophical sense (see J. Barr, <i>Biblical Words for Time</i>
[SBT], 117, n. 4). This approach is supported by three factors: (i) the
recurrence of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עוֹלָם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (“eternity”) in 3:14, (ii) the temporal
qualification of the statement in the parallel clause (“from beginning to
end”), and (iii) by the ordinary meaning of the noun as “eternity” (<i>HALOT</i>
798–799 s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עוֹלָם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>). The point would be that God has endowed
man with an awareness of the extra-temporal significance of himself and his
accomplishments (D. R. Glenn, “Ecclesiastes,” <i>BKCOT</i>, 984). This is the
most frequent approach among English versions: “the timeless” (NAB), “eternity”
(RSV, MLB, ASV, NASB, NIV, NJPS), “a sense of time past and time future” (NEB),
and “a sense of past and future” (NRSV). (3) Other scholars suggest that </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עוֹלָם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> simply refers to the indefinite future: “the future,” that is,
things to come (e.g., <i>HALOT</i> 799 s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עוֹלָם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> 2; BDB 762 s.v. III </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עוֹלָם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> 2.a; <i>THAT</i> 2:241). The plural </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עֹלָמִים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>’olamim</i>, “things to come”) was used in this sense in
Eccl 1:10 (e.g., 1 Kgs 8:13 = 2 Chr 6:2; Pss 61:5; 77:8; 145:13; Dan 9:24; cf. <i>HALOT</i>
799 s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עוֹלָם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> 2). The point would simply be that God has not only ordained
all the events that will take place in man’s life (3:1–8), but also preoccupies
man with the desire to discover what will happen in the future in terms of the
orchestration or timing of these events in his life (3:9–11). This fits well
with the description of God’s orchestration of human events in their most
appropriate time (3:1–10) and the ignorance of man concerning his future
(3:11b). Elsewhere, Qoheleth emphasizes that man cannot learn what the future
holds in store for him (e.g., 8:7, 17). This approach is only rarely adopted:
“the future” (NJPS margin). (2) The second view is that </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עֹלָם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> is not defectively written </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עוֹלָם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (“eternity”) but the segholate noun II </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עֶלֶם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>’elem</i>) that means “dark” (literal) or “ignorance;
obscurity; secrecy” (figurative). The related noun </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">תַּעֲלֻמָה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>ta’alumah</i>) means “hidden thing; secret,” and the
related verb </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עָלַם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>’alam</i>) means “to hide; to
conceal” (BDB 761 s.v. I </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עָלַם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>; <i>HALOT</i>
834–35 s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עלם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>). This is related to the Ugaritic noun
“dark” and the Akkadian verb “to be black; to be dark” (see <i>HALOT</i> 834–35
s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עלם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>). In postbiblical Hebrew the root II </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עֶלֶם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> means (i) “secret” and (ii) “forgetfulness” (Jastrow 1084 s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עֶלֶם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> I). Thus the verse would mean that God has “obscured” man’s
knowledge so that he cannot discover certain features of God’s program. This
approach is adopted by Moffatt which uses the word “mystery.” Similarly, the
term may mean “forgetfulness,” that is, God has plagued man with
“forgetfulness” so that he cannot understand what God has done from the beginning
to the end (e.g., Eccl 1:11). (3) The third view (Delitzsch) is to relate </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עֹלָם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> to a cognate Arabic root meaning “knowledge.” The point would
be that God has endowed man with “knowledge,” but not enough for man to
discover God’s eternal plan. This approach is only rarely adopted: “knowledge”
(YLT).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref20" name="_edn20" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">15</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“in their heart.” The Hebrew term translated <i>heart</i> functions as a
metonymy of association for man’s intellect, emotions, and will (BDB 524–25
s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">לֵב</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> 3–6, 9). Here, it probably refers to man’s intellectual
capacities, as v. 11 suggests.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn21">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref21" name="_edn21" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">16</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The compound preposition </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">מִבְּלִי</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>mibbéli</i>,
preposition </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">מִן</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> [<i>min</i>] + negative particle </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">בְּלִי</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> [<i>béli</i>]) is used as a conjunction here. Elsewhere, it
can express cause: “because there is no [or is not]” (e.g., Deut 9:28; 28:55;
Isa 5:13; Ezek 34:5; Lam 1:4; Hos 4:6), consequence: “so that there is no [or
is not]” (e.g., Ezek 14:5; Jer 2:15; 9:9–11; Zeph 3:6), or simple negation:
“without” (e.g., Job 4:11, 20; 6:6; 24:7–8; 31:19). BDB 115 s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">בְּלִי</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> 3.c.</span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">β</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> suggests the negative consequence:
“so that not,” while <i>HALOT</i> 133 s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">בְּלִי</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> 5 suggests the simple negation: “without the possibility of.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref22" name="_edn22" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">17</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“man.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn23">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref23" name="_edn23" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">18</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“the work that God has done.” The phrase </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">אֶת־הַמַּעֲשֶׂה אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>’et-hamma’aseh ’asher-’asah</i>, “the work which he [i.e.,
God] has done”) is an internal cognate accusative (direct object and verb are
from the same root), used for emphasis (see <i>IBHS</i> 167 §10.2.1g). The
repetition of the verb </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עָשַׂה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (“to do”)
in 3:11 and 3:14 suggests that this phrase refers to God’s foreordination of
all the events and timing of human affairs: God has “made” ( = “foreordained”; </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עָשַׂה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>) everything appropriate in his sovereign timing (3:11a), and
all that God has “done” ( = “foreordained”; </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עָשַׂה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>) will come to pass (3:14). Thus, the verb </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עָשַׂה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> functions as a metonymy of effect (i.e., God’s actions) for
cause (i.e., God’s sovereign foreordination). The temporal clause “from
beginning to end” (3:11) supports this nuance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn24">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref24" name="_edn24" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">19</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
Traditionally, “what God has done from the beginning to the end.” The temporal
clause </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">מֵרֹאשׁ וְעַד־סוֹף</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>mero’sh vé’ad-sof</i>, “from the
beginning to the end”) is traditionally taken in reference to “eternity” (the
traditional understanding of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">הָעֹלָם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> [<i>ha’olam</i>]
earlier in the verse; see the note on “ignorance”), e.g., KJV, NEB, NAB, ASV,
NASB, NIV, RSV, NRSV. However, if </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">הָעֹלָם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> simply denotes “the future” (e.g., <i>HALOT</i> 799 s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עוֹלָם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> 2; BDB 762 s.v. III </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עוֹלָם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> 2.a; <i>THAT</i> 2:241), this temporal clause would refer to
the events God has ordained to transpire in an individual’s life, from
beginning to end. This approach is adopted by one English version: “but without
man ever guessing, from first to last, all the things that God brings to pass”
(NJPS). This would fit well in the context begun in 3:1 with the fourteen
merisms encompassing man’s life, starting with “a time to be born” (i.e., from
the beginning in 3:11) and concluding with “a time to die” (i.e., to the end in
3:11). This approach is also supported by the admonition of 3:12–13, namely,
since no one knows what will happen to him in the future days of his life,
Qoheleth recommends that man enjoy each day as a gift from God.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref25" name="_edn25" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">20</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The phrase “of their lives” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied
in the translation for clarity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn26">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref26" name="_edn26" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">21</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“I know.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn27">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref27" name="_edn27" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">22</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“for them”; the referent (people, i.e., mankind) has been specified in the
translation for clarity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn28">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref28" name="_edn28" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">23</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
Qoheleth uses the exceptive particle </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">אִם … כִּי</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>ki</i> …’ <i>im</i>, “except”) to identify the only
exception to the futility within man’s life (BDB 474 s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">כִּי</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> 2).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn29">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref29" name="_edn29" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">24</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“to do good.” The phrase </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">לַעֲשׂוֹת טוֹב</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>la’asot
tov</i>) functions idiomatically for “to experience [or see] happiness [or
joy].” The verb </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עָשַׂה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>’asah</i>)
probably denotes “to acquire; to obtain” (BDB 795 s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עָשַׂה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> II.7), and </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">טוֹב</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>tov</i>)
means “good; pleasure; happiness,” e.g., Eccl 2:24; 3:13; 5:17 (BDB 375 s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">טוֹב</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> 1).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn30">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref30" name="_edn30" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">25</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“for it.” The referent of the 3rd person feminine singular independent person
pronoun (“it”) is probably the preceding statement: “to eat, drink, and find
satisfaction.” This would be an example of an anacoluthon (GKC 505–6 §167.<i>b</i>).
Thus the present translation uses “these things” to indicate the reference back
to the preceding.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn31">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref31" name="_edn31" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">26</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The phrase “to do again” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in
the translation for clarity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn32">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref32" name="_edn32" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">27</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“God will seek that which is driven away.” The meaning of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">יְבַקֵּשׁ אֶת־נִרְדָּף</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>yévaqqesh ’et-nirdaf</i>) is difficult to determine: </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">יְבַקֵּשׁ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>yévaqqesh</i>) is Piel imperfect 3rd person masculine
singular from </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">בָּקַשׁ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>baqash</i>, “to seek”) and </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">נִרְדָּף</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>nirdaf</i>) is a Niphal participle 3rd person masculine
singular from </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">רָדַף</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>radaf</i>, “to drive away”). There
are several options: (1) God watches over the persecuted: </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">יְבַקֵּשׁ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (“seeks”) functions as a metonymy of cause for effect (i.e., to
protect), and </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">אֶת־נִרְדָּף</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (“what is driven away”) refers to “those
who are persecuted.” But this does not fit the context. (2) God will call the
past to account: </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">יְבַקֵּשׁ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> functions
as a metonymy of cause for effect (i.e., to hold accountable), and </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">אֶת־נִרְדָּף</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> is a metonymy of attribute (i.e., the past). This approach is
adopted by several English translations: “God requires that which is past”
(KJV), “God will call the past to account” (NIV) and “God summons each event
back in its turn” (NEB). (3) God finds what has been lost: </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">יְבַקֵּשׁ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> functions as a metonymy of cause for effect (i.e., to find),
and </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">אֶת־נִרְדָּף</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> refers to what has been lost: “God restores what would otherwise
be displaced” (NAB). (4) God repeats what has already occurred: </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">יְבַקֵּשׁ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> functions as a metonymy of effect (i.e., to repeat), and </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">אֶת־נִרְדָּף</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> is a metonymy (i.e., that which has occurred). This fits the
context and provides a tight parallel with the preceding line: “That which is
has already been, and that which will be has already been” (3:15a) parallels
“God seeks [to repeat] that which has occurred [in the past].” This is the most
popular approach among English versions: “God restores that which has past”
(Douay), “God seeks again that which is passed away” (ASV), “God seeks what has
passed by” (NASB), “God seeks what has been driven away” (RSV), “God seeks out
what has passed by” (MLB), “God seeks out what has gone by” (NRSV), and “God is
ever bringing back what disappears” (Moffatt).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn33">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref33" name="_edn33" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">28</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The phrase “in the past” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in
the translation for clarity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn34">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref34" name="_edn34" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">29</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“under the sun.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn35">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref35" name="_edn35" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">30</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
Or “righteousness.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn36">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref36" name="_edn36" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">31</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The phrase “a time of judgment” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is
supplied in the translation for clarity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn37">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref37" name="_edn37" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">32</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The phrase “it is” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the
translation for clarity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn38">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref38" name="_edn38" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">33</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“the sons of man.” The phrase </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עַל־דִּבְרַת
בְּנֵי הָאָדָם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>’al-divrat béne ha’adam</i>) is handled variously: (1)
introduction to the direct discourse: “I said to myself concerning the sons of
men” (NASB), (2) direct discourse: “I thought, ‘As for men, God tests
them’ ” (NIV), (3) indirect discourse: “I said in my heart concerning the
estate of the sons of men” (KJV), and (4) causal conjunction: “I said, ‘[It is]
for the sake of the sons of men.” Since the phrase “sons of men” is contrasted
with “animals” the translation “humans” has been adopted.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn39">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref39" name="_edn39" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">34</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The meaning of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">לְבָרָם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>lévaram</i>, preposition + Qal
infinitive construct from </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">בָּרַר</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, <i>barar</i>,
+ 3rd person masculine plural suffix) is debated because the root has a broad
range of meanings: (1) “to test; to prove; to sift; to sort out” (e.g., Dan
11:35; 12:10); (2) “to choose; to select” (e.g., 1 Chr 7:40; 9:22; 16:41; Neh
5:18); (3) “to purge out; to purify” (e.g., Ezek 20:38; Zeph 3:9; Job 33:3);
and (4) “to cleanse; to polish” (Isa 49:2; 52:11); see <i>HALOT</i> 163 s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">בָּרַר</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>; BDB 141 s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">בָּרַר</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. The
meanings “to prove” (Qal), as well as “to cleanse; to polish” (Qal), “to keep
clean” (Niphal), and “to cleanse” (Hiphil) might suggest the meaning “to make
clear” (M. A. Eaton, <i>Ecclesiastes</i> [TOTC], 85–86). The meaning “to make
clear; to prove” is well attested in postbiblical Mishnaic Hebrew (Jastrow
197–98 s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">בָּרַר</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>). For example, “they make the fact as
clear (bright) as a new garment” (<i>b. Ketubbot</i> 46a) and “the claimant
must offer clear evidence” (<i>b. Sanhedrin</i> 23b). The point would be that
God allows human injustice to exist in the world in order to make it clear to
mankind that they are essentially no better than the beasts. On the other hand,
the LXX adopts the nuance “to judge,” while Targum and Vulgate take the nuance
“to purge; to purify.” BDB 141 s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">בָּרַר</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> 4 suggests “to test, prove,” while <i>HALOT</i> 163 s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">בָּרַר</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> 2 prefers “to select, choose.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn40">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref40" name="_edn40" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">35</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The two infinitives </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">לְבָרָם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>lévaram</i>,
“to make it clear to them”) and </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">וְלִרְאוֹת</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>vélir’ot</i>,
“and to show”) function as a verbal hendiadys (the two verbs are associated
with one another to communicate a single idea). The first verb functions
adverbially and the second retains its full verbal force: “to clearly show
them.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn41">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref41" name="_edn41" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">36</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“of the sons of man.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn42">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref42" name="_edn42" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">37</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“the spirit of the sons of man.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn43">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref43" name="_edn43" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">38</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“man.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn44">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref44" name="_edn44" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">39</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“his works.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn45">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref45" name="_edn45" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">40</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“his.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn46">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref46" name="_edn46" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">41</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“what will be after him” (cf. KJV, NASB, NIV) or “afterward” (cf. NJPS).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn47">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref47" name="_edn47" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[vi]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Biblical
Studies Press. <a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/gs-netbible?ref=BibleNET.Ec3.1-22"><i>The NET
Bible First Edition; Bible. English. NET Bible.; The NET Bible</i></a>.
Biblical Studies Press, 2005.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn48">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref48" name="_edn48" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">21</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b>tn</b> Or “craftiness.” See BDAG 625
s.v. </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">μεθοδεία</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn49">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref49" name="_edn49" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">22</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b>tn</b> BDAG 752 s.v. </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">πάλη</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> says, “<i>struggle against</i> … the opponent is introduced by </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">πρός</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> w. the acc.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn50">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref50" name="_edn50" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">23</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b>tn</b> <i>Grk</i> “blood and flesh.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref51" name="_edn51" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">24</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b>tn</b> BDAG 561 s.v. </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">κοσμοκράτωρ</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> suggests “the
rulers of this sinful world” as a gloss.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">sn</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
The phrase <i>world-rulers of this darkness</i>
does not refer to human rulers but the evil spirits that rule over the world.
The phrase thus stands in apposition to what follows (<i>the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens</i>); see note on <i>heavens</i> at the end of this verse.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn52">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref52" name="_edn52" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">25</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b>tn</b> BDAG 837 s.v. </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">πνευματικός</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> 3 suggests “the
spirit-forces of evil” in Ephesians 6:12.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn53">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref53" name="_edn53" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">26</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b>sn</b> The phrase <i>spiritual forces of evil in the heavens</i> serves to emphasize the
nature of the forces which oppose believers as well as to indicate the locality
from which they originate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn54">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref54" name="_edn54" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[vii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Biblical Studies Press, <a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/netbible2ed?ref=BibleNET.Eph6.10&off=35&ctx=r+Spiritual+Warfare%0a~10%C2%A0Finally%2c+be+stren"><i>The NET Bible</i></a>, Second Edition.
(Denmark: Thomas Nelson, 2019), Eph 6:10–12.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn55">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref55" name="_edn55" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[viii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> I use this title with thanks to
Dr. Michael S. Heiser who has written a book by the same name.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn56">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref56" name="_edn56" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[ix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Sancta: a room or place of
total <a href="https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/privacy" title="Definition of privacy">privacy</a> or inviolability (definition
from <span class="i"><i><span style="background: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #c12d30; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Collins
English Dictionary</span></i></span></span><i><span style="background: white; color: #c12d30;">. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers</span></i><span style="background: white;">)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<div id="edn57">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref57" name="_edn57" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[x]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> All made common in everyday usage
thanks to George Orwell’s opus, <b><i>1984</i></b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref58" name="_edn58" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">n</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>6:12</b> Php 3:3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn59">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref59" name="_edn59" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">o</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>6:12</b> 1Pt 3:22<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref60" name="_edn60" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">p</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>6:12</b> Mt 6:13; Jn 17:15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref61" name="_edn61" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">q</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>6:12</b> Eph 1:3, 20; 2:6; 3:10; Php 2:10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref62" name="_edn62" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xi]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/hcsb?ref=BibleHCSB.Eph6.12&off=0&ctx=ics+m+of+the+Devil.+~12%C2%A0For+our+battle+is"><i>The Holy Bible: Holman Christian Standard
Version.</i></a> (Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers, 2009), Eph 6:12.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/This%20is%20a%20thought%20experiment.docx#_ednref63" name="_edn63" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> From the “about” page found at <a href="https://drmsh.com/about/">https://drmsh.com/about/</a> .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />David_seedofabrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779218562279412780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808052277561745789.post-48572054087909772012022-05-28T16:25:00.007-07:002022-06-29T09:54:22.367-07:00This is Part Three of our Series on Covenant and Relationships. Today in Lesson 53 of Lessons from the Wilderness, we look at Resurrection Power<p> <b><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 106%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lessons
from the Wilderness, Volume xx: Title here</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%;"><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 106%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©2022,
David E. Robinson: At the Gates of Yerushalayim Ministries<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%;"><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 106%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2022/03/lessons-from-wilderness-volume-51-what.html">Go to Part One</a><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%;"><b><a href="https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2022/04/lessons-from-wilderness-volume-52.html"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Go to Part Two</span></a><br /></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lessons
from the Wilderness, Volume 53</span></i></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Covenant
and Relationships: Resurrection Power <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[i]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn2" name="_ednref2" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[ii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></sup></a>
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<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn5" name="_ednref5" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[v]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></sup></a> <span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Part Three</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></i></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyuriPY6MDwueCrZua3lGTIb9gVnWYmUJo5_o6hDo0KLKEIQ_10aWx9RzQfCcn3Vq1NBCnt8HQg4Q4yaoS09-wjdnIRxclMFrKfGpRLX2tm2TTbbs7XRqyRgYukKw0mOmhInDnlYiqashSr_WnUMldTNnKhPAxT-uVpUiXvcxYs5RJAD4y8Hhw2IElIA/s720/Exo_12.1-15.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="369" data-original-width="720" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyuriPY6MDwueCrZua3lGTIb9gVnWYmUJo5_o6hDo0KLKEIQ_10aWx9RzQfCcn3Vq1NBCnt8HQg4Q4yaoS09-wjdnIRxclMFrKfGpRLX2tm2TTbbs7XRqyRgYukKw0mOmhInDnlYiqashSr_WnUMldTNnKhPAxT-uVpUiXvcxYs5RJAD4y8Hhw2IElIA/w640-h328/Exo_12.1-15.png" width="640" /></a></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaYobp2pqfOSx5crjCqx2vrpK5AMM4NzauHJb6709wdWMrRlksOVt9n1IhS9Z2GQigdMHQtvG6OoQSqHcEobP5WQevAV82S3-BYTEjlv3r4XU7zZLwW6WJdT-vmOX8E6px84GCdNJ6vINhykAbixtyeGokZviVcquE-3w6jS0TocB_6ZkOhjUo1jpucQ/s540/Line.gif" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaYobp2pqfOSx5crjCqx2vrpK5AMM4NzauHJb6709wdWMrRlksOVt9n1IhS9Z2GQigdMHQtvG6OoQSqHcEobP5WQevAV82S3-BYTEjlv3r4XU7zZLwW6WJdT-vmOX8E6px84GCdNJ6vINhykAbixtyeGokZviVcquE-3w6jS0TocB_6ZkOhjUo1jpucQ/w640-h4/Line.gif" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; mso-ansi-language: X-NONE; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Exo</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">dus</span></i></b><b><i><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; mso-ansi-language: X-NONE; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> 12:1-15</span></i></b><span lang="X-NONE"> </span></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="X-NONE"> The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land
of Egypt, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="X-NONE">2 “This month
is to be your beginning of months; it will be your first month of the year.
3 Tell the whole community of Israel, ‘In the tenth day of this
month they each must take a lamb for themselves according to their families – a
lamb for each household. 4 If any household is too small for a
lamb, the man and his next-door neighbor are to take a lamb according to the
number of people – you will make your count for the lamb according to how much
each one can eat. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">5 <b>Your lamb
must be perfect, a male, one year old; you may take it from the sheep or from
the goats. </b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="X-NONE">6 <b> You must
care for it until the fourteenth day of this month, and then the whole
community of Israel will kill it around sundown. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="X-NONE">7 <b>They will
take some of the blood and put it on the two side posts and top of the
doorframe of the houses where they will eat it.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="X-NONE">8 They will eat
the meat the same night; they will eat it roasted over the fire with bread made
without yeast and with bitter herbs. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="X-NONE">9 Do not eat it
raw or boiled in water, but roast it over the fire with its head, its legs, and
its entrails. 10 You must leave nothing until morning, but you must
burn with fire whatever remains of it until morning. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">11 This is how
you are to eat it – dressed to travel, your sandals on your feet, and your
staff in your hand. You are to eat it in haste.</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="X-NONE">It is the LORD’s
Passover.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">12 <b>I will
pass through the land of Egypt in the same night, and I will attack all the
firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of humans and of animals, and on all the
gods of Egypt I will execute judgment. I am the LORD.</b> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="X-NONE">13 <b>The blood
will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, so that when I see the
blood I will <i>pass over</i> you, and this plague will not fall on you to
destroy you when I attack the land of Egypt.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="X-NONE">14 This day
will become a memorial for you, and you will celebrate it as a festival to the
LORD – you will celebrate it perpetually as a lasting ordinance. </span> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="X-NONE">15 For seven
days you must eat bread made without yeast. Surely on the first day you must
put away yeast from your houses because anyone who eats bread made with yeast
from the first day to the seventh day will be cut off from Israel.</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaYobp2pqfOSx5crjCqx2vrpK5AMM4NzauHJb6709wdWMrRlksOVt9n1IhS9Z2GQigdMHQtvG6OoQSqHcEobP5WQevAV82S3-BYTEjlv3r4XU7zZLwW6WJdT-vmOX8E6px84GCdNJ6vINhykAbixtyeGokZviVcquE-3w6jS0TocB_6ZkOhjUo1jpucQ/s540/Line.gif" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaYobp2pqfOSx5crjCqx2vrpK5AMM4NzauHJb6709wdWMrRlksOVt9n1IhS9Z2GQigdMHQtvG6OoQSqHcEobP5WQevAV82S3-BYTEjlv3r4XU7zZLwW6WJdT-vmOX8E6px84GCdNJ6vINhykAbixtyeGokZviVcquE-3w6jS0TocB_6ZkOhjUo1jpucQ/w640-h4/Line.gif" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">In our
exploration on Covenants and Relationships, we will take a momentary journey
into what God wants. Not what He wants from us, </span><b style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><i>but what He wants. </i></b><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">In
His Torah, he has given us all the conditions and expectations that He
considers valid and foremost in the relationship He requires from us. Covenant
has demands. Relationships have demands. It would behoove us to examine these…</span><div><div style="text-indent: 48px;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaYobp2pqfOSx5crjCqx2vrpK5AMM4NzauHJb6709wdWMrRlksOVt9n1IhS9Z2GQigdMHQtvG6OoQSqHcEobP5WQevAV82S3-BYTEjlv3r4XU7zZLwW6WJdT-vmOX8E6px84GCdNJ6vINhykAbixtyeGokZviVcquE-3w6jS0TocB_6ZkOhjUo1jpucQ/s540/Line.gif" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaYobp2pqfOSx5crjCqx2vrpK5AMM4NzauHJb6709wdWMrRlksOVt9n1IhS9Z2GQigdMHQtvG6OoQSqHcEobP5WQevAV82S3-BYTEjlv3r4XU7zZLwW6WJdT-vmOX8E6px84GCdNJ6vINhykAbixtyeGokZviVcquE-3w6jS0TocB_6ZkOhjUo1jpucQ/w640-h4/Line.gif" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 48px;"><o:p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </o:p><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">The
feasts. Pictured here in Exodus 12, we are given the command for the first
month, and what will be called the first of Spring Feasts. The first mentioned
is the Passover, </span><b style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span dir="RTL" lang="HE">פֶּסַח</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"></span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">, </span><i style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">pesach </i><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">or in the LXX</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn6" name="_ednref6" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vi]</span></span></span></a><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">, </span><span lang="EL" style="background: white; color: #333333; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">Πάσχα</span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">, the <i>Pascha</i>. The next is called </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">חג המצות</span><span dir="LTR" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"></span><i style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="HE"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> </span></i><i style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">Chag ha’Matzot or</i><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"> The Feast
of Unleavened Bread. For a non-Jew, it is often confusing as to when the </span><i style="text-align: left;"><b>Pesach</b> </i><span style="text-align: left;">and</span><i style="text-align: left;">
<b>Chag ha’Matzot</b> </i><span style="text-align: left;">begin or end.</span><i style="text-align: left;"> </i><span style="text-align: left;">This
is because the Jewish calendar reckons the start of a day at evening, between
3:00 pm and sundown. At sundown, it becomes the next day, thus Passover begins
on daylight of Nisan 14 and continues through the evening and the day of Nisan 15,
and through Nisan 22, a seven-day period. </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><a name="_Hlk101380485"><i><b>Chag ha’Matzot</b></i></a>, the seven-day
Feast of Unleavened Bread which begins on Erev Passover, is a week of <i>sanctification</i>,
being especially set apart for G-d, to be holy as He is holy. It is a time for
putting away leaven or c<i>hametz</i> and keeping it out of lives. What
does c<i>hametz</i> symbolize? Just as natural leaven puffs up our
bread and cake, so does the spiritual leaven in our lives corrupt and sour our
souls. For a month prior to <i><b>Chag ha’Matzot</b></i> Those who keep the feasts are
to remove all c<i>hametz </i>from our homes. This removal of c<i>hametz </i>is symbolic
of putting away the sin in our lives.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p>The
third feast occurs three days after <i>Pesach </i>begins. On Nisan 17, (remember
the evening and the morning!) John Parsons, of <i>Hebrew for Christians</i>,
puts it this way:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">“The day
following the first day of Unleavened Bread is called <a name="_Hlk101380232">Yom
HaBikkurim </a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #202122; font-size: 10.5pt;">יום הבכורים </span>"the Day of First fruits," or Reshit
Ha'Katzir <span dir="RTL" face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="HE" style="color: #202124; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">הראשון
של הקציר</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> the "first of the harvest."<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn7" name="_ednref7" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p> Now, one can learn more
of these three feasts by going to Leviticus 23. How are these feast significant
to us today? Let us look at the chart below, again, thanks to John Parsons<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn8" name="_ednref8" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[viii]</span></span></span></a>:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPE3sVrS35AwGdK6YWeN_k0zaWnUyJB6xqcp30SVEg0rUJMTbbdQbqPOUqsvdYPtUD-6COk-goNp6AKJcpv-F9ZfcV19XxObgHgvxAhiAPAFzU-rIpuSg614HqQU3rgf3d4QzNgemFKeFE-SMEYYKs0l9qMqFZ6mpsj33T8jqMGo_Pb_SEUxoChFwJgg/s433/Parson1.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="325" data-original-width="433" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPE3sVrS35AwGdK6YWeN_k0zaWnUyJB6xqcp30SVEg0rUJMTbbdQbqPOUqsvdYPtUD-6COk-goNp6AKJcpv-F9ZfcV19XxObgHgvxAhiAPAFzU-rIpuSg614HqQU3rgf3d4QzNgemFKeFE-SMEYYKs0l9qMqFZ6mpsj33T8jqMGo_Pb_SEUxoChFwJgg/w640-h480/Parson1.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Figure 1
From the article Yom HaBikkurim by John Parsons @ https://www.hebrew4christians.com/Holidays/Spring_Holidays/First_Fruits/first_fruits.html</span></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoCaption" style="text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>Those that know and believe Yeshua spent 3 days and night in the
grave, this is the significance.</b><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">For seven
days, from the time He rode in on a donkey till His arrest and crucifixion,
Jesus was examined by the leaders of Israel, so that they could find fault with
Him. Just as the <i>Pesach</i> lambs were examined so that only those with no
blemish could be the Passover sacrifice, no fault, no spot, wrinkle, or blemish,
was found in Him – so they made things up. The Lamb of God was examined, the Lamb of God
was slain. </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Is there any doubt this was the Lord’s Passover, and He provided His
Lamb? </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Yeshua satisfied
the sin offering on <b><i>Pesach</i></b>; He satisfied <b><i>Chag ha’Matzot</i></b>
by fulfilling the commandment to cleanse His Father’s house (the Temple) of the
money changers and merchants and by being sinless at His death. He then became
the First Fruit of the resurrection on the very day of the Feast of First
Fruits (<b><i>Yom ha’Bikkurim</i></b><i>).</i><i> </i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">40 days
after <i><b>Pesach</b></i> began Yeshua ascended back to His Father; this was on the fortieth
day of the counting of the <b><i>Omer</i></b>, a time that leads to the spring
Feast of Weeks, or <b><i>Shav’ot</i></b> on the fiftieth (50) day of the <b><i>Omer</i></b>.
At His ascension, He promised the Holy Spirit would come in power to those who would
wait.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn9" name="_ednref9" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[ix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
Traditionally, Shav’ot is the day that the Torah was given at Mt. Sinai; for
Messianic believers, this is also the day that the <b><i>Ruach Ha’Kodesh</i></b>
(Holy Spirit) was given to believers (see Acts 2).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaYobp2pqfOSx5crjCqx2vrpK5AMM4NzauHJb6709wdWMrRlksOVt9n1IhS9Z2GQigdMHQtvG6OoQSqHcEobP5WQevAV82S3-BYTEjlv3r4XU7zZLwW6WJdT-vmOX8E6px84GCdNJ6vINhykAbixtyeGokZviVcquE-3w6jS0TocB_6ZkOhjUo1jpucQ/s540/Line.gif" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaYobp2pqfOSx5crjCqx2vrpK5AMM4NzauHJb6709wdWMrRlksOVt9n1IhS9Z2GQigdMHQtvG6OoQSqHcEobP5WQevAV82S3-BYTEjlv3r4XU7zZLwW6WJdT-vmOX8E6px84GCdNJ6vINhykAbixtyeGokZviVcquE-3w6jS0TocB_6ZkOhjUo1jpucQ/w640-h4/Line.gif" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b> </b><b>Let us move onto our next topic: “Born Again”.</b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b> </b><b><i><span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #218282; font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">John 3:1-15</span></i></b></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span lang="X-NONE">Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named
Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews; <span style="color: #218282;">2</span>
this man came to Jesus at night and said to Him, </span><span lang="X-NONE">“Rabbi,
we know that You have come from God </span><i><span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #757575; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">as</span></i><span lang="X-NONE"> a teacher; for no one can do
these signs that You do unless God is with him.</span><span lang="X-NONE">”
</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #218282; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #218282; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">3</span><span lang="X-NONE"> Jesus responded and said to him,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span lang="X-NONE"> </span><span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #da3737; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless someone is
born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”</span><span lang="X-NONE"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #218282; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">4</span><span lang="X-NONE"> Nicodemus *said to Him, </span><span lang="X-NONE">“How can a person be born when he is old? He cannot enter his mother’s
womb a second time and be born, can he?” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #218282; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">5</span><span lang="X-NONE"> Jesus answered,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span lang="X-NONE"> </span><span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #da3737; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless someone is
born of water and </span><i><span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #757575; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">the</span></i><span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #da3737; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;"> Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.</span><span lang="X-NONE"> <span style="color: #218282;">6</span>
</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #da3737; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">“That which has been born of the
flesh is flesh, and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit.</span><span lang="X-NONE"> <span style="color: #218282;">7</span>
</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #da3737; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">“Do not be amazed that I said to
you, ‘You must be born again.’</span><span lang="X-NONE"> <span style="color: #218282;">8</span> </span><span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #da3737; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">“The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the
sound of it, but you do not know where it is coming from and where it is going;
so is everyone who has been born of the Spirit.”</span><span lang="X-NONE"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span lang="X-NONE"> <span style="color: #218282;">9</span>
Nicodemus responded and said to Him, </span><span lang="X-NONE">“How can these things be?”
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #218282; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">10</span><span lang="X-NONE"> Jesus answered and said to him,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #da3737; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">“You are the teacher of Israel, and </span><i><span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #757575; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">yet</span></i><span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #da3737; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;"> you do not
understand these things?</span><span lang="X-NONE"> <span style="color: #218282;">11</span> </span><span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #da3737; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">“Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we
know and testify of what we have seen, and you </span><i><span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #757575; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">people</span></i><span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #da3737; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;"> do not accept
our testimony.</span><span lang="X-NONE">
<span style="color: #218282;">12</span> </span><span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #da3737; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">“If I told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you
believe if I tell you heavenly things?</span><span lang="X-NONE"> <span style="color: #218282;">13</span>
</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #da3737; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">“No one has ascended into heaven,
except He who descended from heaven: the Son of Man.</span><span lang="X-NONE"> <span style="color: #218282;">14</span>
</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #da3737; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">“And just as Moses lifted up the
serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,</span><span lang="X-NONE"> <span style="color: #218282;">15</span>
<span style="color: #da3737;">so that everyone who believes will have eternal
life in Him</span></span><span style="color: #da3737; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">..”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaYobp2pqfOSx5crjCqx2vrpK5AMM4NzauHJb6709wdWMrRlksOVt9n1IhS9Z2GQigdMHQtvG6OoQSqHcEobP5WQevAV82S3-BYTEjlv3r4XU7zZLwW6WJdT-vmOX8E6px84GCdNJ6vINhykAbixtyeGokZviVcquE-3w6jS0TocB_6ZkOhjUo1jpucQ/s540/Line.gif" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaYobp2pqfOSx5crjCqx2vrpK5AMM4NzauHJb6709wdWMrRlksOVt9n1IhS9Z2GQigdMHQtvG6OoQSqHcEobP5WQevAV82S3-BYTEjlv3r4XU7zZLwW6WJdT-vmOX8E6px84GCdNJ6vINhykAbixtyeGokZviVcquE-3w6jS0TocB_6ZkOhjUo1jpucQ/w640-h4/Line.gif" width="640" /></a></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span lang="X-NONE"><!--[endif]--></span><span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #218282; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #218282; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;"> </span></p><p class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0in; mso-pagination: none;"><b><i>Born again</i></b>. A topic so misunderstood by the majority
of Christians, who confuse it with requirements of what Paul speaks of as
“gifts” (see <u><span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #238554; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">1Co_12:4-11</span></u><span lang="X-NONE">, <u><span style="color: #238554;">1Co_14:1-18</span></u>, <u><span style="color: #238554;">1Co_14:37</span></u>; <u><span style="color: #238554;">Eph_4:11</span></u></span><span style="color: #238554; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">; <u>Rom
12:3-8</u></span>).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0in; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #218282; font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;"> </span></p><p class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">First, we need
to look at the “born-again” experience in light of our subject matter, the
Feasts of the Lord. What is “born-again”?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Messiah Yeshua
introduces the concept of “born-again” as being a part of the Jewish
expectations concerning the “Kingdom of God”. Nicodemus seems to falter at this
explanation. This clearly is seen in his reaction to the concept. Most
commentators have the idea that Nicodemus is thinking in the sense of <span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "SBL Hebrew"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">יָלַד</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="HE"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> </span><i><span lang="X-NONE">yālaḏ</span></i><i>, </i>or to give birth, to
begat, to deliver [remember, this conversation took place in either Aramaic or
Hebrew language, not Greek]. Perhaps it is a valid point but look at what he asks
in verse 4. The New American Standard Bible (both 1995 version and the new 2020
version) renders this as follows:<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p><p class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></b></p><p class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">4</b><span style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"> Nicodemus </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn10" name="_ednref10" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;" title="">*</a><span style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">said to Him, “How can a man be
born when he is old? He cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb and
be born, can he?”</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn11" name="_ednref11" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;" title=""><sup><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[x]</span></sup></sup></a><span style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p><p class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Notice he is not asking <b><i>how</i></b> to be born again, but rather how
can one be born again <b><i>old</i></b>. Again, notice he also did not inquire
about entering into the kingdom of God. So let us unpack this before we see
verse 5.<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p><p class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Yeshua was wanting to see where Nicodemus’s understanding was. He was
trying to get him to see that it was not a physical act, but a spiritual one. Now,
back to what I had said before – the conversation took place in Hebrew or
Aramaic, not Greek. But the writer of the Gospel did record this conversation
in Greek, so we have to look at some Greek words now to see something that is
lost in most translations, namely, John’s masterful use the Greek language and
techniques he employs throughout his writings.<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p><p class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">First, let us look at “born again”. The first word, “born”, is
typically used for one’s birth: it is the <i>aorist passive form<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn12" name="_ednref12" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xi]</span></b></span><!--[endif]--></span></a></i>
of the verb <b><span lang="EL">γεννάω</span></b><b> (</b><b><i><span lang="X-NONE">gennáō</span></i></b><b><i>)</i></b>.
Next, we have the word “again” or <a name="_Hlk104618631"><b>ἄνωθεν (<i>ánōthen</i></b></a><b>)</b>, translated in the NT only in John 3:3 and
3:7 as "again." Most times in the NT <b>ἄνωθεν (<i>ánōthen) </i></b>is translated as “from above” (see Jn 3:31; also, Jn 19:11; Jam 1:17,
3:15, 3:17 for examples).<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p><p class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Why did John not use the common Greek word for “again”, <span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #232629; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">πάλιν (<i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">pálin</span></i>)</span><span style="color: #232629; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">? It is not because he did
not use the word; in fact he uses it in several verses: John_1:35; John_4:3; John_4:46;
John_4:54; John_6:15; John_8:2; John_8:8; John_8:12; John_8:21; John_9:15; John_9:17;
John_9:26; John_9:27; John_10:7; John_10:19; John_10:31; John_10:39; John_10:40;
John_11:8; John_11:38; John_12:22; John_12:28; John_12:39; John_13:12; John_16:17;
John_18:7; John_18:27; John_18:33; John_18:38; John_18:40; John_19:4; John_19:9;
John_19:37; John_20:10; John_20:21; John_20:26; John_21:1; John_21:16.</span><span style="color: #232629; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p><p class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: #232629; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The point I am trying to get
at is this: there is an action associated with John’s usage of the verb </span><b><span lang="X-NONE">ἄνωθεν (<i>ánōthen</i></span></b><b><i>) </i></b>instead of the common adverb
<span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #232629; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">πάλιν (<i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">pálin</span></i>)</span><span style="color: #232629; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">.
</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-indent: 0.5in;">The better translation for <b><span lang="X-NONE">ἄνωθεν (<i>ánōthen</i></span></b><b><i>) </i></b>in lieu of the entire
context (John 3:1-36) of this discourse is how it is translated in verse 31: “from
above”:<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: 0in 4.5pt right .25in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b>16</b><span style="color: red; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> “For God so <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn13" name="_ednref13" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>loved the world, that He <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn14" name="_ednref14" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>gave
His <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn15" name="_ednref15" title=""><sup>1</sup></a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn16" name="_ednref16" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>only
begotten Son, that whoever <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn17" name="_ednref17" title=""><sup>d</sup></a>believes in Him shall not perish, but
have eternal life. </span><b>17 </b><span style="color: red; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">“For God <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn18" name="_ednref18" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>did not send
the Son into the world <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn19" name="_ednref19" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>to judge the world, but that the
world might be saved through Him. </span><b>18 </b><span style="color: red;">“<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn20" name="_ednref20" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>He who believes in Him
is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has
not believed in the name of <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn21" name="_ednref21" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>the <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn22" name="_ednref22" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>only begotten Son of
God.</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.5in;"><b>19 </b><span style="color: red; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">“This is the judgment, that <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn23" name="_ednref23" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>the Light has come
into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn24" name="_ednref24" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>their
deeds were evil. </span><b>20 </b><span style="color: red; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">“<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn25" name="_ednref25" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>For everyone who does
evil hates the Light and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds
will be exposed. </span><b>21 </b><span style="color: red; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">“But he who <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn26" name="_ednref26" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>practices
the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having
been wrought in God.”</span><span style="color: red; text-indent: -0.5in;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: 0in right .25in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b>22</b> After
these things Jesus and His <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn27" name="_ednref27" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>disciples came into the land of
Judea, and there He was spending time with them and <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn28" name="_ednref28" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>baptizing. 23 John
also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and
<i>people</i> were coming and were being
baptized— 24 for <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn29" name="_ednref29" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>John had not yet been thrown into prison.<o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.5in;"><b>25</b> Therefore
there arose a discussion on the part of John’s disciples with a Jew about <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn30" name="_ednref30" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>purification.<o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.5in;">26 And
they came to John and said to him, “<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn31" name="_ednref31" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>Rabbi, He who was with
you <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn32" name="_ednref32" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>beyond
the Jordan, to whom you <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn33" name="_ednref33" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>have testified, behold, He is baptizing,
and all are coming to Him.”<o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.5in;">27 John
answered and said, “<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn34" name="_ednref34" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>A man can receive nothing unless it <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn35" name="_ednref35" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>has
been given him from heaven.<o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.5in;">28 “You
yourselves <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn36" name="_ednref36" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>are my witnesses that I said, ‘<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn37" name="_ednref37" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>I am not the <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn38" name="_ednref38" title=""><sup>2</sup></a>Christ,’
but, ‘I have been sent ahead of Him.’<o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.5in;">29 “He
who has the bride is <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn39" name="_ednref39" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>the bridegroom; but the friend of the
bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the
bridegroom’s voice. So, this <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn40" name="_ednref40" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>joy of mine has been made full.<o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.5in;">30 “He
must increase, but I must decrease.<o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.5in;"><b>31</b> “<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn41" name="_ednref41" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>He
who comes <b>from above</b> is <b>above all</b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn42" name="_ednref42" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn43" name="_ednref43" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>he who is of
the earth is from the earth and speaks of the earth. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn44" name="_ednref44" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>He who comes
from heaven is above all.<o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.5in;">32 “What
He has seen and heard, of that He <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn45" name="_ednref45" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>testifies; and <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn46" name="_ednref46" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>no one receives
His testimony.<o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.5in;">33 “He
who has received His testimony <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn47" name="_ednref47" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>has set his seal to <i>this,</i> that God is true.<o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.5in;">34 “For
He whom God has <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn48" name="_ednref48" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>sent speaks the words of God; <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn49" name="_ednref49" title=""><sup>1</sup></a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn50" name="_ednref50" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>for
He gives the Spirit without measure.<o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.5in;">35 “<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn51" name="_ednref51" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>The
Father loves the Son and <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn52" name="_ednref52" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>has given all things into His hand.<o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.5in;">36 “He
who <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn53" name="_ednref53" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>believes
in the Son has eternal life; but he who <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn54" name="_ednref54" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>does not <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn55" name="_ednref55" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>obey
the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn56" name="_ednref56" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xiii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a><o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: -0.5in;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="BODY">Stephanie Hamman, writing
for First Fruits of Zion Messiah Magazine, Explains our discourse as this: <o:p></o:p></p><p class="BODY"><o:p> </o:p>“…The moment Yeshua told him
that he must be born again, Nicodemus thought about Gentiles converting to
become Jewish. No wonder he paused! A Gentile could be born again by
converting. This meaning of being “born again,” of course, could not have
applied to Nicodemus. He could have been born again only if he had been a
Gentile going through a conversion, and in order to do that, he would have
needed to be an entirely different person. With that context, it finally makes
sense as to why he objected, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he
enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” (John 3:4) …” <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn57" name="_ednref57" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xiv]</span></span></span></a> </p><p class="BODY"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">As we have seen, the aorist passive form of </span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="EL">γεννάω</span></b><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> (<i>gennáō) </i></b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">falls in line with
what Max Zerwick calls the “theological passive”. An explanation of this can be
found in William Mounce’s </span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i>Basics of Biblical Grammar</i></b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">:</span></p><p class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">“…The aorist passive
is used less often in this way, yet Peter speaks of the prophets to whom “it
was revealed” (that is, to whom </span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">God</i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> revealed) that their prophecies were
for us (1 Peter 1:12). God’s sovereignty embraces even the Terrible judgments
in Revelation, where four horsemen were “given” (ἐδόθη) power to kill by sword,
famine, and disease (Rev 6:8), and John himself was “given” (</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">ἐδόθη</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">) a reed to measure
the temple court for judgment (11:1). Here too God is the unexpressed Giver…”</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn58" name="_ednref58" style="text-indent: 0.5in;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xv]</span></span></span></a></p><p class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">This is further
understood as the reluctance of the Jewish writers of the NT to hide in
grammatical expressions God’s grace and power, without naming God at all. This
stems from the careful use of the Holy Name of God, expressed in idiomatic
language. The passive was used in order to avoid directly naming God as
the agent, therefore referred to as the “Theological Passive.”</span></p><p class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">So, our understanding
of the phrase “γεννάω </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">ἄνωθεν (</span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">gennáō ánōthen) “born again” </i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">or</span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> “born above” </i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">needs to be understood
from the theological passive – it is expressly God who does the action of spiritually
changing on into a citizen of the kingdom of God, i.e., the “Spiritual birth”.</span></p><p class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Now, that may seem obvious to us today, so we
take the term “born again” with an almost flippant attitude. Oh yes, we
understand we must be “born again”. But how many truly are? How many are truly “born
from above”, by the power of God Himself? How many who profess to be “born
again” exhibit no external or internal signs of the resurrection power that
brings life from death?</span></p><p class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">We need to look at Job. What did he say of
the natural birth?</span></p><p class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="BODY" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p><b style="text-align: center;">Job 4:</b><b style="text-align: center;"><span lang="X-NONE">17</span></b><b style="text-align: center;">-19</b></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"> <span lang="X-NONE">‘Can <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn59" name="_ednref59" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>mankind be just <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn60" name="_ednref60" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>before God?</span><span lang="X-NONE"> </span><span lang="X-NONE">Can a man be pure <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn61" name="_ednref61" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>before his <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn62" name="_ednref62" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>Maker?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="X-NONE">18</span></b><span lang="X-NONE"> </span><span lang="X-NONE">‘<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn63" name="_ednref63" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>He
puts no trust even in His servants;</span><span lang="X-NONE"> </span><span lang="X-NONE">And against His
angels He charges error.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="X-NONE">19</span></b><span lang="X-NONE"> </span><span lang="X-NONE">‘How much more
those who dwell in <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn64" name="_ednref64" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>houses of clay,</span><span lang="X-NONE"> </span><span lang="X-NONE">Whose <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn65" name="_ednref65" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>foundation is in the dust,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span lang="X-NONE">Who are crushed before the moth!<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn66" name="_ednref66" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: X-NONE; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xvi]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="BODY"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-align: center;">We see how impossible it is for the natural man, born of woman, can be
right before God.</span></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="BODY"><o:p> </o:p>But there is
more. Elihu, one of the friends of Job who have come to convince Job of his
sins and for him to return to God answered these questions thusly:<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b>Job 33:23-30</b></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">[What one sees in brackets are my interpretations; may they be right O
Lord; </span></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">correct me if I get it wrong, amein.]</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b><span lang="X-NONE">23</span></b><span lang="X-NONE"> </span><span lang="X-NONE">“If there is an <b>angel
<i>as</i> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn67" name="_ednref67" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>mediator</b> for him</span> [the sinner]<span lang="X-NONE">,</span><span lang="X-NONE"> </span><span lang="X-NONE">One out of a
thousand,</span><span lang="X-NONE"> </span><span lang="X-NONE">To remind a man
what is <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn68" name="_ednref68" title=""><sup>1</sup></a><b>right</b>
</span>[righteousness] <span lang="X-NONE">for him, </span><span lang="X-NONE" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">24</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span lang="X-NONE" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Then let him be gracious to him, and say,</span></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="X-NONE">‘<b>Deliver him
from <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn69" name="_ednref69" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>going
down to the pit</b></span> [the
grave/Sheol]<span lang="X-NONE">,</span><span lang="X-NONE"> </span><span lang="X-NONE">I have found a <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn70" name="_ednref70" title=""><sup>b</sup></a><b>ransom</b>’;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="X-NONE">25</span><span lang="X-NONE"> </span><span lang="X-NONE">Let his <b>flesh become fresher than in youth</b>,</span><span lang="X-NONE"> </span><span lang="X-NONE">Let him <b>return to the days of his youthful vigor</b>;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="X-NONE">26</span><span lang="X-NONE"> </span><span lang="X-NONE">Then <b>he </b></span>[the redeemer] <b><span lang="X-NONE">will <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn71" name="_ednref71" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>pray
to God</span></b><span lang="X-NONE">, and <b>He will
accept him</b></span> [the
redeemer]<span lang="X-NONE">,</span><span lang="X-NONE"> </span><span lang="X-NONE">That <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn72" name="_ednref72" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>he may see His face with joy,</span><span lang="X-NONE"> </span><span lang="X-NONE">And <b>He
may restore His </b></span>[God’s and the redeemer’s] <b><span lang="X-NONE">righteousness to man</span></b><span lang="X-NONE">.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="X-NONE">27</span><span lang="X-NONE"> </span><span lang="X-NONE">“He </span>[the sinner] <span lang="X-NONE">will sing to men and say,</span><span lang="X-NONE"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="X-NONE">‘<b>I </b></span>[man, the sinner] <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn73" name="_ednref73" title=""><b><sup><span lang="X-NONE">a</span></sup></b></a><b><span lang="X-NONE">have sinned and perverted what is right,</span></b><b><span lang="X-NONE"> </span></b><b><span lang="X-NONE">And it is not <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn74" name="_ednref74" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>proper for me</span></b><span lang="X-NONE">.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="X-NONE">28</span><span lang="X-NONE"> </span><span lang="X-NONE">‘<b>He</b></span><span lang="X-NONE"> </span>[God/Redeemer]<b><span lang="X-NONE"> has redeemed my soul from going to the pit</span></b><span lang="X-NONE">, </span><span lang="X-NONE" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">And <b>my life </b></span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">[the sinner redeemed] </span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="X-NONE">shall <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn75" name="_ednref75" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>see the light</span></b><span lang="X-NONE" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">.’</span></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b><span lang="X-NONE">29</span></b><span lang="X-NONE"> </span><span lang="X-NONE">“Behold, <b>God
does <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn76" name="_ednref76" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>all
these <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn77" name="_ednref77" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>oftentimes</b></span><b><span lang="X-NONE"> </span></b>[three things]<span lang="X-NONE"> with men,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="X-NONE">30</span><span lang="X-NONE"> </span><b><span lang="X-NONE">To <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn78" name="_ednref78" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>bring back his </span></b>[Yeshua as first fruits and then the
redeemed] <b><span lang="X-NONE">soul from the pit</span></b><span lang="X-NONE">,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b><span lang="X-NONE">That he </span></b>[the sinner redeemed] <b><span lang="X-NONE">may be enlightened with the light of lif</span></b><span lang="X-NONE">e.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_edn79" name="_ednref79" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: X-NONE; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xvii]</span></sup></sup></a></span></p><p class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Compare Job 33
with John 3 and also look toward Ezekiel. We can see the resurrection power
here in this part of scripture. This is a two-fold resurrection though. It is
not only an individual resurrection, the sinner reconciled to God, born from
above, but it is also a picture of a corporate resurrection – that of the
Nation of Israel, redeemed and restored. He [the individual and the Nation of
Israel] that are born from above, will have righteousness restored, will run
with the wings of eagles, and will see the dry bones become flesh. To the Jew
first, then the gentile, those that align themselves with God’s people, His
nation, and His Messiah <b>shall experience the resurrection power of born from
above</b>. The parallels are there; Yeshua said in John 3 that He is the “<b>messenger</b>”
of repentance; He is the <b>mediator</b> between man and God. It is His <b>righteousness</b>
that restores man. He <b>delivers </b>souls from the pit by His <b>own ransom
of blood</b>. He <b>restores the flesh</b> [compare Ezekiel 37 to Job and John
3:3-8] and the <b>youth</b>. God <b>loves His Son and accepts Him</b>. The
sinner(s) <b>confess</b> with their mouths and are saved, granted life eternal.
God Himself does all these: He sends/is the <b>messenger</b>; He is our <b>Mediator
and our Propitiation</b> [see 1 Timothy 2:5]; He is the <b>final Judge and</b>
Arbitrator that saves or condemns. Those <b>who He saves</b> from the <b>pit</b>
will go on to do <b>works of righteousness and move to the light of God.<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">I will leave
it up to you to explore all these connections on your own. Look for the parallel
of the “born from above” experience in not only Job but also compare to John 3
and Ezekiel 37. Ezekiel especially speaks of the resurrection power, the
changed life, and the kingdom of God. Do not take a born from above experience
as just an afterthought; without a genuine spiritual touch of the Spirit of God
upon one’s life – with all the evidence of a changed, reformed, redeemed life by
the resurrection power of God – there can be no kingdom of God, for the
Covenant relationship with God and His Messiah has never been established and
one is still dead in their trespasses and sins. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><b>That is all for now.<o:p></o:p></b></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><b>May YHVH richly bless you all my beloved,<o:p></o:p></b></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><b>In the name of Yeshua and the Ruach Ha’Kodesh, Amein and Amein.<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span lang="X-NONE"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_8"
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref4" name="_edn4" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[iv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b><i><u>Author’s
note</u></i></b>: Throughout this study
I will be using the Net® Bible and the Net® Notes: within the notes you’ll see<b> </b>symbols like this: ( <span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA">א</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> B </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">Ψ</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> 892* 2427 sy<sup>s</sup>). These are abbreviations used
by the NetBible© for identifying the principal manuscript evidence that they
(authors and translators of the NetBible©) used in translating the New
Testament. Please go to </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://bible.org/netbible/"><span lang="EN" style="color: #0563c1; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">https://bible.org/netbible/</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> and see their section labeled “NET Bible Principals of Translation” for a
more complete explanation on these symbols and other items pertinent to the way
the NET Bible uses them.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref5" name="_edn5" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[v]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Author’s Note:</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
In these studies, I have used the notes that come along with the passages I
cite from the sources that I cite: these need a bit of a disclaimer though. As
in all things, not everything that is footnoted is something that I necessarily
agree with, especially if it contradicts what I believe pertains to any matters
of the <b><i>Torah</i></b> or the commandments of God. I give you the notes <i>as they are written by the authors of the
material I cite from</i>, so that you can see the information contained within
them. It is not my place to edit or correct them; if they state anything that
is in opposition to what I teach, then so be it. I will address these issues if
needed; if I believe something in the notes/comments contradicts the truth of
God’s word, then that I will do in the main body of my epistles. That is where
my gentle dissent belongs. Most sources (but not all!) will display a decidedly
Western/Greek mindset, as opposed to a Hebraic perspective. This does not mean
I have to respond to their opinions or conclusions for I have to be
intellectually honest – I am biased toward the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
His son Yeshua the Messiah, and the nation and people of Israel. I pray then we
all can find common ground as we study the Scriptures, therefore, I will allow
their opinions to stand – as I would hope mine are.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref6" name="_edn6" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[</span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">vi]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> LXX is the designation given to
the <b>Septuagint</b> <b>Bible</b>. The Septuagint is the Greek translation of
the Hebrew Scriptures (the Tanakh) and used by the early Church.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref7" name="_edn7" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 107%;">[vii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <a href="https://www.hebrew4christians.com/Holidays/Spring_Holidays/First_Fruits/first_fruits.html">https://www.hebrew4christians.com/Holidays/Spring_Holidays/First_Fruits/first_fruits.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref8" name="_edn8" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 107%;">[viii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Ibid..</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref9" name="_edn9" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 107%;">[ix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Leviticus 23:15,16: “Then you are
to count from the morrow after the Shabbat, from the day that you brought the
omer of the wave offering, 7 complete Shabbatot (Shabbats). Until the morrow after the 7th Shabbat, you
are to county fifty days…” <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The
Torah commands that during this time each year we count 49 days or 7 weeks from
the day after the Sabbath of Passover week. The 50th day is the Feast of
Shavuot, which means “weeks” from the counting of the 7 weeks. In Christianity
this is known as the “Feast of Pentecost!” The first Pentecost was actually
celebrated every year for 1,500 years before the book of Acts. Pentecost
celebrates the giving of the Torah on Mt Sinai. To this day the Jewish people
still keep the Feast of Pentecost every year. From the resource “Counting of
the Omer 2022” found at <a href="https://www.esm.us/resources/handouts/">https://www.esm.us/resources/handouts/</a>
El Shaddai Ministries ©2022.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span></p></div><div id="edn10">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">* <b>A star</b> (*) is used to mark verbs that
are historical presents in the Greek which have been translated with an English
past tense in order to conform to modern usage. The translators recognized that
in some contexts the present tense seems more unexpected and unjustified to the
English reader than a past tense would have been. But Greek authors frequently
used the present tense for the sake of heightened vividness, thereby
transporting their readers in imagination to the actual scene at the time of
occurence. However, the translators felt that it would be wise to change these
historical presents to English past tenses.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p></div><div id="edn11">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[x]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/nasb95?ref=BibleNASB95.Jn3.4&off=0&ctx=he+kingdom+of+God.%E2%80%9D%0a~+4+%EF%BB%BFNicodemus+%EF%BB%BF*said"><i><span style="color: blue;">New American
Standard Bible: 1995 Update</span></i></a> (La Habra, CA: The Lockman
Foundation, 1995), Jn 3:4.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref12" name="_edn12" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[</span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">xi]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Here is a not quite so simple
explanation of the passive aorist form: “…In the grammar of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek" title="Ancient Greek">Ancient
Greek</a>, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koine_Greek" title="Koine Greek">Koine</a>, the <b>aorist</b> (pronounced <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/ˈeɪ.ərɪst/</a> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/ˈɛərɪst/</a>)
is a class of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verb" title="Verb">verb</a> forms
that generally portray a situation as simple or undefined, that is, as having <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aorist_aspect" title="Aorist aspect">aorist
aspect</a>. In the grammatical terminology of classical Greek, it is a <i>tense</i>,
one of the seven divisions of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_conjugation" title="Grammatical conjugation">conjugation</a> of a verb, found in
all <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_mood" title="Grammatical mood">moods</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_(grammar)" title="Voice (grammar)">voices</a>…”
[ <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aorist_(Ancient_Greek)">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aorist_(Ancient_Greek)</a>
] Simply put in other words, hidden within the verb there is the use of different
moods, senses, or tense (past, present, or future) in which John would
introduce the unspoken but implied condition that the act in question is being implemented
by God Himself; hence the act of being “born again” is an act of God, not man. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref13" name="_edn13" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">
Rom 5:8; Eph 2:4; 2 Thess 2:16; 1 John 4:10; Rev 1:5</span></p><p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref14" name="_edn14" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">
Rom 8:32; 1 John 4:9</span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref15" name="_edn15" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Or <i>unique,</i> only one of His kind<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref16" name="_edn16" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
John 1:18; 3:18; 1 John 4:9<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn17">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref17" name="_edn17" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">d</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
John 3:36; 6:40; 11:25f<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn18">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref18" name="_edn18" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
John 3:34; 5:36, 38; 6:29, 38, 57; 7:29; 8:42; 10:36; 11:42; 17:3, 8, 18, 21,
23, 25; 20:21<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn19">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref19" name="_edn19" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Luke 19:10; John 8:15; 12:47; 1 John 4:14<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn20">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref20" name="_edn20" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Mark 16:16; John 5:24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn21">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref21" name="_edn21" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
John 1:18; 1 John 4:9<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn22">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref22" name="_edn22" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Or <i>unique</i>, only one of His kind<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn23">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref23" name="_edn23" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
John 1:4; 8:12; 9:5; 12:46<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn24">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref24" name="_edn24" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
John 7:7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn25">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref25" name="_edn25" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
John 3:20, 21; Eph 5:11, 13<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn26">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref26" name="_edn26" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
1 John 1:6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn27">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref27" name="_edn27" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
John 2:2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn28">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref28" name="_edn28" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
John 4:1, 2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn29">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref29" name="_edn29" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Matt 4:12; 14:3; Mark 6:17; Luke 3:20<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn30">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref30" name="_edn30" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
John 2:6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn31">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref31" name="_edn31" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Matt 23:7; John 3:2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn32">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref32" name="_edn32" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
John 1:28<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn33">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref33" name="_edn33" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
John 1:7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn34">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref34" name="_edn34" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
1 Cor 4:7; Heb 5:4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn35">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref35" name="_edn35" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
James 1:17<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn36">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref36" name="_edn36" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i>testify for me</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn37">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref37" name="_edn37" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
John 1:20, 23<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn38">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref38" name="_edn38" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
I.e. Messiah<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn39">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref39" name="_edn39" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Matt 9:15; 25:1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn40">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref40" name="_edn40" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
John 15:11; 16:24; 17:13; Phil 2:2; 1 John 1:4; 2 John 12<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn41">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref41" name="_edn41" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Matt 28:18; John 3:13; 8:23</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn42">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref42" name="_edn42" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 107%;">[xii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> The use of </span><b><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EL;">ἐπάνω</span></b><b><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">epánō</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> here in the context of “above all”
is used with the sense of having authority and dignity over others; see Zodhiates,
Spiros, <i>The Complete Word Study Dictionary: New Testament</i>. Chattanooga,
TN: AMG Publishers, 2000. [G1883]</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small; vertical-align: super;"> </span></p></div><div id="edn43">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
1 Cor 15:47; 1 John 4:5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn44">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref44" name="_edn44" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Matt 28:18; John 3:13; 8:23<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn45">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref45" name="_edn45" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
John 3:11<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn46">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref46" name="_edn46" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
John 3:11<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn47">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref47" name="_edn47" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
John 6:27; Rom 4:11; 15:28; 1 Cor 9:2; 2 Cor 1:22; Eph 1:13; 4:30; 2 Tim 2:19;
Rev 7:3–8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn48">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref48" name="_edn48" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
John 3:17<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn49">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref49" name="_edn49" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i>because He does not give the Spirit
by measure</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn50">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref50" name="_edn50" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Matt 12:18; Luke 4:18; Acts 1:2; 10:38<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn51">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref51" name="_edn51" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Matt 28:18; John 5:20; 17:2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn52">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref52" name="_edn52" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Matt 11:27; Luke 10:22<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn53">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref53" name="_edn53" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
John 3:16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn54">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref54" name="_edn54" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Acts 14:2; Heb 3:18<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn55">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref55" name="_edn55" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Or <i>believe</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn56">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref56" name="_edn56" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xiii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/nasb95?ref=BibleNASB95.Jn3.16&off=0&ctx=+have+eternal+life.%0a~+16+%EF%BB%BF%E2%80%9CFor+God+so+a%EF%BB%BFl"><i><span style="color: blue;">New American
Standard Bible: 1995 Update</span></i></a> (La Habra, CA: The Lockman
Foundation, 1995), Jn 3:16–36.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn57">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref57" name="_edn57" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xiv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <a href="https://ffoz.org/discover/messiah-magazine/born-again-what-happens-in-vegas-stays.html">https://ffoz.org/discover/messiah-magazine/born-again-what-happens-in-vegas-stays.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn58">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref58" name="_edn58" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> J. Ramsey Michaels<i>, Exegetical
Insight</i>, p 212, Chapter 24, <i>Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar, Third
Edition</i> ©2009 by William D. Mounce, Zondervan, MI, all rights reserved.</span></p><p class="MsoEndnoteText"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">
Job 9:2; 25:4</span></p></div>
<div id="edn60">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref60" name="_edn60" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i>from</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn61">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref61" name="_edn61" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i>from</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn62">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref62" name="_edn62" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Job 31:15; 32:22; 35:10; 36:3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn63">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref63" name="_edn63" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Job 15:15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn64">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref64" name="_edn64" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Job 10:9; 33:6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn65">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref65" name="_edn65" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Gen 2:7; 3:19; Job 22:16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn66">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref66" name="_edn66" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xvi]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/nasb95?ref=BibleNASB95.Job4.17&off=0&ctx=en+I+heard+a+voice%3a%0a~+17+%E2%80%98Can+a%EF%BB%BFmankind+b"><i><span style="color: blue;">New American
Standard Bible: 1995 Update</span></i></a> (La Habra, CA: The Lockman
Foundation, 1995), Job 4:17–19.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref67" name="_edn67" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">
Gen 40:8</span></p></div>
<div id="edn68">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref68" name="_edn68" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i>his uprightness</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref69" name="_edn69" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Job 33:18, 28; Is 38:17<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref70" name="_edn70" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Job 36:18; Ps 49:7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref71" name="_edn71" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Job 22:27; 34:28; Ps 50:14, 15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref72" name="_edn72" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Job 22:26<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref73" name="_edn73" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
2 Sam 12:13; Luke 15:21<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn74">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref74" name="_edn74" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Rom 6:21<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn75">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref75" name="_edn75" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Job 22:28<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn76">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref76" name="_edn76" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Eph 1:11; Phil 2:13<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn77">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref77" name="_edn77" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i>twice, three times</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn78">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref78" name="_edn78" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Job 33:18; Zech 9:11<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn79">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Resurrection%20Power.docx#_ednref79" name="_edn79" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xvii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/nasb95?ref=BibleNASB95.Job33.23&off=0&ctx=se+who+bring+death.%0a~+23+%EF%BB%BF%E2%80%9CIf+there+is+an"><i><span style="color: blue;">New American
Standard Bible: 1995 Update</span></i></a> (La Habra, CA: The Lockman
Foundation, 1995), Job 33:23–30.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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Wilderness, Volume 52: What is the Salt Covenant, and how does it relate to us
today? Let us see…<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 106%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©2022, David E.
Robinson: At the Gates of Yerushalayim Ministries<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 106%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2022/03/">Go to Part One</a><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2022/05/this-is-part-three-of-our-series-on.html">Go to Part Three</a><br /></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lessons from the Wilderness,
Volume 52<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="v2"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Covenant and
Relationship Part Two </span></i></b></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" style="mso-endnote-id: edn1;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[i]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></i></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn2" name="_ednref2" style="mso-endnote-id: edn2;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[ii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a>
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn3" name="_ednref3" style="mso-endnote-id: edn3;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[iii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a>
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn4" name="_ednref4" style="mso-endnote-id: edn4;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[iv]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><a name="_Hlk99621461"> </a></span></i></b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk99621461;"></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn5" name="_ednref5" style="mso-endnote-id: edn5;" title=""><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk99621461;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[v]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></i></b></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk99621461;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">The Salt Covenant<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6vvxar-lYYXP7COxQ9x2xOpKfhuXuIwc6Nu5nNh-Y-7NiIN8yRTdZiFmGHy5eR2ODyNQW2qoHuUf6D1U7kuYgRyH9-n8QRd-evXx9jHY0A1AfiBmrCpv6A9KZlBd0bnovXrFV-M5IvIlvVCpxpEc4zyb_svIOADZo-Z6PfLes484hm0EGo0jrznZ5jQ/s2500/Salt.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1250" data-original-width="2500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6vvxar-lYYXP7COxQ9x2xOpKfhuXuIwc6Nu5nNh-Y-7NiIN8yRTdZiFmGHy5eR2ODyNQW2qoHuUf6D1U7kuYgRyH9-n8QRd-evXx9jHY0A1AfiBmrCpv6A9KZlBd0bnovXrFV-M5IvIlvVCpxpEc4zyb_svIOADZo-Z6PfLes484hm0EGo0jrznZ5jQ/w531-h266/Salt.png" width="531" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3BL27k9-HZ7gXWlQDwyu8RdwqNVoaBsZEdC_jAIOCwHoAaixawhv40xnrRX1mt3_9cKrXfSakPTo2KqHlAq5bLutAd2c3UEi_UYpVavlM6bADohAB7uQU5cW5o54Xmg-0C9IvZZu6_Opn1IWennHjmvGqBLyH6frdRvia5efknaRNPWrwk3fXXZyoFg/s540/Line.gif" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="5" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3BL27k9-HZ7gXWlQDwyu8RdwqNVoaBsZEdC_jAIOCwHoAaixawhv40xnrRX1mt3_9cKrXfSakPTo2KqHlAq5bLutAd2c3UEi_UYpVavlM6bADohAB7uQU5cW5o54Xmg-0C9IvZZu6_Opn1IWennHjmvGqBLyH6frdRvia5efknaRNPWrwk3fXXZyoFg/w640-h5/Line.gif" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Leviticus 2:11-13</span></i></b></div>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><sup><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">11 </span></sup><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">“No grain offering
that you present to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> is to
be made with yeast, for you are not to burn <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn6" name="_ednref6" style="mso-endnote-id: edn6;" title=""><sup>t</sup></a> any yeast <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn7" name="_ednref7" style="mso-endnote-id: edn7;" title=""><sup>u</sup></a>
or honey <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn8" name="_ednref8" style="mso-endnote-id: edn8;" title=""><sup>v</sup></a>
as a fire offering to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>. <sup>12 </sup>You
may present them to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> as an
offering <span style="color: black;">of</span> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn9" name="_ednref9" style="mso-endnote-id: edn9;" title=""><sup><span style="color: black;">•</span></sup></a>firstfruits,
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn10" name="_ednref10" style="mso-endnote-id: edn10;" title=""><sup>w</sup></a>
but they are not to be offered on the altar as a pleasing aroma. <sup>13 </sup>You
are to season each <span style="color: black;">of</span> your grain offerings
with <b><span style="color: black;">salt</span></b>; you must not omit from your
grain offering the <b><span style="color: black;">salt</span> <span style="color: black;">of</span> the <span style="color: black;">covenant</span></b>
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn11" name="_ednref11" style="mso-endnote-id: edn11;" title=""><sup>x</sup></a>
with your God. You are to present <b><span style="color: black;">salt</span></b> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn12" name="_ednref12" style="mso-endnote-id: edn12;" title=""><sup><span style="color: black;">y</span></sup></a> with each <span style="color: black;">of</span>
your offerings. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn13" name="_ednref13" style="mso-endnote-id: edn13;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vi]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">[<b>Author’s note:</b> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though this is not the first mention of salt in
the Hebrew Scriptures, it is the first appearance of the <b><i>salt covenant</i></b>.]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjt_LgOqbLzYV57nliW4qlSNwk7hmT7iA7Aye9pqJ71ORp_Lxt_T2AfmF4keDuj__Ms-gLLKSA9meMRePo66FfHTGwT3JQ6vBKzFKllPyoSxXLCubUrpGexs3LjqqqkiKddPbQsYy1tbeRzCwNQ75qFkfZnZrGa_Ux_cLGhqyDOFDv-exlV8PoNL6Zhg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="5" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjt_LgOqbLzYV57nliW4qlSNwk7hmT7iA7Aye9pqJ71ORp_Lxt_T2AfmF4keDuj__Ms-gLLKSA9meMRePo66FfHTGwT3JQ6vBKzFKllPyoSxXLCubUrpGexs3LjqqqkiKddPbQsYy1tbeRzCwNQ75qFkfZnZrGa_Ux_cLGhqyDOFDv-exlV8PoNL6Zhg=w640-h5" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Numbers 18:14-20</span></i></b><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><sup>14 </sup>“Everything
in Israel that is permanently dedicated to the Lord <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn14" name="_ednref14" style="mso-endnote-id: edn14;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a> belongs to
you. <sup>15 </sup>The firstborn of every living thing, man or animal,
presented to the Lord belongs to you. But you must certainly redeem the
firstborn of man, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn15" name="_ednref15" style="mso-endnote-id: edn15;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a> and redeem the firstborn of an <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn16" name="_ednref16" style="mso-endnote-id: edn16;" title=""><sup>•</sup></a>unclean
animal. <sup>16 </sup>You will pay the redemption price for a month-old
male according to your assessment: five <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn17" name="_ednref17" style="mso-endnote-id: edn17;" title=""><sup>•</sup></a>shekels of silver by
the standard sanctuary shekel, which is 20 <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">gerahs</i>.
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn18" name="_ednref18" style="mso-endnote-id: edn18;" title=""><sup>c</sup></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><sup>17 </sup>“However,
you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy.
You are to sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a fire
offering for a pleasing aroma to the Lord. <sup>18 </sup>But their meat
belongs to you. It belongs to you like the breast of the presentation offering
and the right thigh.</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><sup>19 </sup>“I
give to you and to your sons and daughters all the holy contributions that the
Israelites present to the Lord as a permanent statute. It is a <b>permanent
covenant of salt</b> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn19" name="_ednref19" title=""><sup>d</sup></a> before the Lord for you as well as
your <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn20" name="_ednref20" title=""><sup>•</sup></a>offspring.”</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><sup>20 </sup>The
Lord told Aaron, “You will not have an inheritance in their land; there will be
no portion among them for you. I am your portion and your inheritance among the
Israelites. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn21" name="_ednref21" style="mso-endnote-id: edn21;" title=""><sup>e</sup></a><sup> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn22" name="_ednref22" style="mso-endnote-id: edn22;" title=""><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></a><o:p></o:p></sup></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">[<b>Author’s note:</b> This verse refers to the
establishment of the Aaronic Priesthood.]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfk1cW-5qfF2gFyLglxIHFhN5tOYOWvLM1dlk_4hmApym07eC9m-WHI98HfRcOxu519-2jBxaeIWefqvciEDR7oXiVqS-JOIc5dsDXuwLLubzgeDucRmBppBI4welRfl_8MuNYhZlkXTn84WW3evlnaleydNrMipTW_u5lYe2aXXsbz9Stu5__IIjNdw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfk1cW-5qfF2gFyLglxIHFhN5tOYOWvLM1dlk_4hmApym07eC9m-WHI98HfRcOxu519-2jBxaeIWefqvciEDR7oXiVqS-JOIc5dsDXuwLLubzgeDucRmBppBI4welRfl_8MuNYhZlkXTn84WW3evlnaleydNrMipTW_u5lYe2aXXsbz9Stu5__IIjNdw=w640-h4" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">2 Chronicles 13:1 – 14:1</span></i></b><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">13 In the eighteenth-year <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn23" name="_ednref23" style="mso-endnote-id: edn23;" title=""><sup>o</sup></a>
of Israel’s King Jeroboam, Abijah <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn24" name="_ednref24" style="mso-endnote-id: edn24;" title=""><sup>p</sup></a> became king over Judah <sup>2 </sup>and
reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Micaiah <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn25" name="_ednref25" style="mso-endnote-id: edn25;" title=""><sup>q</sup></a>
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn26" name="_ednref26" style="mso-endnote-id: edn26;" title=""><sup>r</sup></a>
daughter of Uriel; she was from Gibeah. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. <sup>3 </sup>Abijah
set his army of warriors in order with 400,000 choice men. Jeroboam arranged
his mighty army of 800,000 choice men in battle formation against him. <sup>4 </sup>Then
Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn27" name="_ednref27" style="mso-endnote-id: edn27;" title=""><sup>s</sup></a> which is in the hill country of
Ephraim, and said, “Jeroboam and all Israel, hear me. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">5 </span></sup><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Do not you know that the Lord God of Israel gave the kingship over
Israel to David and his descendants forever <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn28" name="_ednref28" style="mso-endnote-id: edn28;" title=""><sup>t</sup></a> by a covenant of salt?</b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn29" name="_ednref29" style="mso-endnote-id: edn29;" title=""><sup>u</sup></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">6 </span></sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">But Jeroboam son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon, son of David, rose up
and rebelled against his lord. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn30" name="_ednref30" style="mso-endnote-id: edn30;" title=""><sup>v</sup></a> <sup>7 </sup>Then worthless and
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn31" name="_ednref31" style="mso-endnote-id: edn31;" title=""><sup>•</sup></a>wicked
men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when Rehoboam was
young, inexperienced, and unable to assert himself against them. </span><sup>8 </sup>“And now you are saying you can assert yourselves against the Lord’s
kingdom, which is in the hand of one of David’s sons. You are a vast number and
have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn32" name="_ednref32" title=""><sup>w</sup></a>
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn33" name="_ednref33" title=""><sup>x</sup></a>
<sup>9 </sup>Did not you banish the priests of <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn34" name="_ednref34" title=""><sup>•</sup></a>Yahweh, the
descendants of Aaron and the Levites, and make your own priests like the
peoples of other lands do? <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn35" name="_ednref35" title=""><sup>y</sup></a> Whoever comes to ordain himself <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn36" name="_ednref36" title=""><sup>z</sup></a>
with a young bull and seven rams may become a priest <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn37" name="_ednref37" title=""><sup>a</sup></a> of what are
not gods. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn38" name="_ednref38" title=""><sup>b</sup></a></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">10 </span></sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“But as for us, Yahweh is our God. We have not abandoned Him; the priests
ministering to the Lord are descendants of Aaron, and the Levites serve at
their tasks. <sup>11 </sup>They offer a <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn39" name="_ednref39" style="mso-endnote-id: edn39;" title=""><sup>•</sup></a>burnt offering and
fragrant incense to the Lord every morning and every evening, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn40" name="_ednref40" style="mso-endnote-id: edn40;" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>
and they set the rows of the <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn41" name="_ednref41" style="mso-endnote-id: edn41;" title=""><sup>•</sup></a>bread of the Presence on the
ceremonially <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn42" name="_ednref42" style="mso-endnote-id: edn42;" title=""><sup>•</sup></a>clean table. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn43" name="_ednref43" style="mso-endnote-id: edn43;" title=""><sup>d</sup></a> They light the lamps of
the gold lampstand every evening. We are carrying out the requirements of
Yahweh our God, while you have abandoned Him. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn44" name="_ednref44" style="mso-endnote-id: edn44;" title=""><sup>e</sup></a> <sup>12 </sup>Look,
God and His priests are with us at our head. The trumpets are ready to sound
the charge against you. Israelites, do not fight against the Lord God of your
ancestors, for you will not succeed.” <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn45" name="_ednref45" style="mso-endnote-id: edn45;" title=""><sup>f</sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">13 </span></sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Now Jeroboam had sent an ambush <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn46" name="_ednref46" style="mso-endnote-id: edn46;" title=""><sup>g</sup></a> around to advance
from behind them. So, they were in front of Judah, and the ambush was behind
them. <sup>14 </sup>Judah turned and discovered that the battle was in
front of them and behind them, so they cried out to the Lord. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn47" name="_ednref47" style="mso-endnote-id: edn47;" title=""><sup>h</sup></a>
Then the priests blew the trumpets, <sup>15 </sup>and the men of Judah
raised the battle cry. When the men of Judah raised the battle cry, God routed
Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn48" name="_ednref48" style="mso-endnote-id: edn48;" title=""><sup>i</sup></a> <sup>16 </sup>So
the Israelites fled before Judah, and God handed them over to them. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn49" name="_ednref49" style="mso-endnote-id: edn49;" title=""><sup>j</sup></a>
<sup>17 </sup>Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow,
and 500,000 choice men of Israel were killed. <sup>18 </sup>The Israelites
were subdued at that time. The Judahites succeeded because they depended on the
Lord, the God of their ancestors. </span><sup>19 </sup>Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some cities from him: Bethel and its
villages, Jeshanah and its villages, and Ephron <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn50" name="_ednref50" title=""><sup>k</sup></a> and its villages. <sup>20 </sup>Jeroboam no longer retained his power <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn51" name="_ednref51" title=""><sup>l</sup></a> during Abijah’s
reign; ultimately, the Lord struck him <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn52" name="_ednref52" title=""><sup>m</sup></a> and he died. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn53" name="_ednref53" title=""><sup>n</sup></a></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">21 </span></sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">However, Abijah grew strong, acquired 14 wives, and fathered 22 sons and
16 daughters. <sup>22 </sup>The rest of the events of Abijah’s reign,
along with his ways and his sayings, are written in the Writing <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn54" name="_ednref54" style="mso-endnote-id: edn54;" title=""><sup>o</sup></a>
of the Prophet Iddo. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn55" name="_ednref55" style="mso-endnote-id: edn55;" title=""><sup>p</sup></a> </span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 106%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">14</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <sup>1</sup> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn56" name="_ednref56" style="mso-endnote-id: edn56;" title=""><sup>q</sup></a> Abijah rested with his fathers and
was buried in the city of David. His son Asa became king in his place. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn57" name="_ednref57" style="mso-endnote-id: edn57;" title=""><sup>r</sup></a>
During his reign the land experienced peace for 10 years. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn58" name="_ednref58" style="mso-endnote-id: edn58;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[viii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">[<b>Author’s note: </b>The reference is to the Davidic
dynasty being established with the covenant of salt. Abijah ruled the southern
kingdom of Judea, while Jeroboam, who overthrew Rehoboam, Solomon’s son, ruled
the northern kingdom of Israel.]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXDoOA_ZtxK3cJyhLv0On_WKp2bi9oEX-xEJ5VR4YOiKxBwnN-xlQxrzi-bBallKFHbgJs4u3wx_UJl3vDQsIXELFI20yS6qExR6-rX5HN9KOFSMRyhv-VWeUnpAaqoGb-j9Vw9KHwqww1QuAhneDFlrWg1FHhNDw-Zy2I8tBmVR_dA692xlLhpEXpMw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXDoOA_ZtxK3cJyhLv0On_WKp2bi9oEX-xEJ5VR4YOiKxBwnN-xlQxrzi-bBallKFHbgJs4u3wx_UJl3vDQsIXELFI20yS6qExR6-rX5HN9KOFSMRyhv-VWeUnpAaqoGb-j9Vw9KHwqww1QuAhneDFlrWg1FHhNDw-Zy2I8tBmVR_dA692xlLhpEXpMw=w640-h4" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;"><b>The covenant of
salt.</b></span><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> According to H. Clay Trumbull, his research describes a covenant as:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“…As I have come to
see it, as a result of my research, the very idea of a "covenant" in
primitive thought is a union of being, or of persons, in a common life, with
the approval of God, or of the gods. This was primarily a sharing of blood,
which is life, between two persons, through a rite which had the sanction of
him who is the source of all life…”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn59" name="_ednref59" style="mso-endnote-id: edn59;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[ix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> He
goes on to compare the different types of covenant, the “salt and the threshold”,
as being synonymous with, or in the form of, the “blood” covenant as all three
represent life, for as scripture says:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Leviticus 17:10-11<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><b>10</b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>‘<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn60" name="_ednref60" style="mso-endnote-id: edn60;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>And any man
from the house of Israel, or from the aliens who sojourn among them, who eats
any blood, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn61" name="_ednref61" style="mso-endnote-id: edn61;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>I will set My face against that person who eats blood
and will cut him off from among his people. </span>11 For <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn62" name="_ednref62" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>the <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn63" name="_ednref63" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>life
of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make
atonement for your souls; for <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn64" name="_ednref64" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>it is the blood by reason of the <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn65" name="_ednref65" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>life
that makes atonement.’<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn66" name="_ednref66" title=""><sup><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[x]</span></sup></sup></a></p>
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pronunciation of </span><b style="text-align: left;"><span lang="X-NONE">meh'-lakh</span></b><span style="text-align: left;">],
is mentioned in twenty-nine verses, thirty-one times in the King James, and as
the </span><b style="text-align: left;">G</b><span style="text-align: left;">217 </span><span lang="X-NONE" style="text-align: left;">original</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="text-align: left;"> </span><b style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EL">ἅλας</span></b><span style="text-align: left;">,
t</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="text-align: left;">transliteration <b>Halas</b></span><b style="text-align: left;"><span lang="X-NONE"> </span></b><span style="text-align: left;">and p</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="text-align: left;">phoneti</span><span style="text-align: left;">cally
</span><span style="text-align: left;"> <b><span lang="X-NONE">hal'-as</span></b></span><span lang="X-NONE" style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">ten times in six
verses of the New Testament. The verses listed about are the only direct
mentions of the salt covenant. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b>So, how and why does it take on such importance?</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It is not as much the salt as it is in the act of covenant
itself. I would like to quote Mr. Trumbull here, as he gives us a small view of
how language actually fails in the attempt to describe concepts: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“…Our English word
"covenant," like many another word in our language and in other languages,
fails to convey, or even to contain, its fullest and most important meaning in
comparison with the idea back of it. As a matter of fact, this must be true of
nearly all words. Ideas precede words. Ideas have spirit and life before they
are shaped or clothed in words. Words have necessarily human limitations and
imperfectness, because of their purely human origin. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">When an idea first
seeks expression in words, it is inevitable that it be cramped by the means
employed for its conveyance. At the best the word can only suggest the idea
back of it, rather than accurately define and explain that idea. In practice,
or in continued and varied use, in the development of thought and of language,
changes necessarily occur in the word or words selected to convey a primal
idea, in order to indicate other phases of the idea than that brought out or
pointed to by the first chosen word. While these changes and additions aid some
persons to an understanding of the root idea, they tend to confuse others,
especially those who are looking for exactness of definition.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a rule, the earlier words chosen for the
expression of an idea are more likely than later ones to suggest the main
thought seeking expression. Hence there is often a gain in looking back among
the Greek and Sanskrit and Hebrew and Assyrian roots carried forward by
religion or commerce into our English words and idioms when we are searching
for the true meaning of an important custom or rite or thought. Yet this will
ordinarily be confusing rather than clarifying to an exact scholar…” <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn67" name="_ednref67" style="mso-endnote-id: edn67;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Only by context and
the connections it forms are we able to see that a covenant takes on a peculiar,
perpetual sacredness. This then, in this form, is no ordinary compact, treaty,
or agreement. The spiritual covenant is a sacred sworn oath or bond, that is to
be upheld by the parties entered into it. From the primitive acts of covenant, be
they derived as a blood covenant or a threshold covenant, the salt covenant
adds further dimension to the progressive development of the covenant theme.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Furthering our study,
we read:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>“Covenant of Salt</b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Biblical phrase for
a two-way agreement, the inviolability of which was symbolized by salt. A Middle
Eastern saying, “There is bread and salt between us,” meant that a relationship
had been confirmed by sharing a meal. Salt symbolized the life and enduring
nature of the alliance. In the O<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title="">T</a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn68" name="_ednref68" style="mso-endnote-id: edn68;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> salt
appears in the relationship between God and Israel (Lv 2:13). As a purifying
agent and preservative in the cereal offering, salt symbolized the indissoluble
nature of the covenant between God and Israel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">An everlasting “covenant
of salt” (Nm 18:19) was made between God and Aaron, who represented the whole
priesthood of Israel. Since the Levites received no inheritance in the Promised
Land, God himself was to be their special portion forever. God’s covenant with
King David and his sons was also called a covenant of salt (2 Chr 13:5).” <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn69" name="_ednref69" style="mso-endnote-id: edn69;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xiii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">And as others have
commented:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“….<b> COVENANT OF SALT,</b>
sôlt (</span><b style="mso-ansi-font-weight: normal;"><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בְּרִית מֶלַח</span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">b<sup>e</sup>rῑth
melaḥ;</i> </span><b><span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL;">ἅλας</span>,</b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">hálas</i>,
classical Gr </span><b><span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL;">ἅλς</span>,</b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">háls</i>):
As salt was regarded as a necessary ingredient of the daily food, and so of all
sacrifices offered to Je<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn70" name="_ednref70" style="mso-endnote-id: edn70;" title="">h</a>* <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn71" name="_ednref71" style="mso-endnote-id: edn71;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xiv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> (Lev
2:13), it became an easy step to the very close connection between salt and covenant-making.
When men ate together, they became friends. Cf the Arab. expression, “There is salt
between us”; “He has eaten of my salt,” which means partaking of hospitality
which cemented friendship; cf “eat the salt of the palace” (Ezr 4:14). Covenants
were generally confirmed by sacrificial meals and salt was always present.
Since, too, salt is a preservative, it would easily become symbolic of an enduring
covenant. So, offerings to Je<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn72" name="_ednref72" style="mso-endnote-id: edn72;" title="">h</a>* were to be by a statute forever, “a covenant of
salt for ever before Je<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn73" name="_ednref73" style="mso-endnote-id: edn73;" title="">h</a>*” (Nu 18:19). David received his kingdom
forever from Je<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn74" name="_ednref74" style="mso-endnote-id: edn74;" title="">h</a>* by a “covenant of salt” (2 Ch 13:5). In the light of these
conceptions the remark of Our Lord becomes the more significant: “Have salt in
yourselves, and be at peace one with another” (Mk 9:50) …” <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn75" name="_ednref75" style="mso-endnote-id: edn75;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xv]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The Hebrew word for
covenant, <i>be ̆riyth</i>, means an agreement between two parties, based
in trust, to fulfill their ends of the deal. Salt was used as a healing agent, hence
“pouring salt on the wound”.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn76" name="_ednref76" style="mso-endnote-id: edn76;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xvi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> Another
example: “…The custom of rubbing a newborn child with salt probably also
constitutes a measure thought to enhance health (Ezk. 16:4), something also
consistent with the estimation of salt in antiquity as a medicine<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn77" name="_ednref77" style="mso-endnote-id: edn77;" title=""><sup>7</sup></a>
and its use in religious rites of healing…” <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn78" name="_ednref78" style="mso-endnote-id: edn78;" title=""><sup>8</sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn79" name="_ednref79" style="mso-endnote-id: edn79;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xvii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Salt also played a
less figurative role in some ancient covenants as it was a key ingredient in
meals that were eaten on the establishment of a pact <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn80" name="_ednref80" style="mso-endnote-id: edn80;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xviii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“…<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Covenant of Salt</i>. The regulations
involving the use of salt with cereal offerings in Lev. 2:13 emphatically call
this the “salt of the covenant with your God.” Since evidence shows that
outside Israel salt was even considered to be a food of the gods, one cannot
with Jirku<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn81" name="_ednref81" style="mso-endnote-id: edn81;" title="">2</a></sup> understand this salt of the covenant as a kind of
self-imprecation in the case of covenant violation. Since salt is a part of
every meal among human beings, and since it is used primarily with cereal
offerings, then the sacrifice and sacrificial meal would more likely be the
constitutive factors influencing such linguistic usage. What is fundamental is
that “the communal partaking of salt is a sign of friendship and a symbol of
communality.”<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn82" name="_ednref82" style="mso-endnote-id: edn82;" title="">3</a></sup> The same was true for the Greeks and
Romans;<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn83" name="_ednref83" style="mso-endnote-id: edn83;" title="">4</a></sup> cf<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn84" name="_ednref84" style="mso-endnote-id: edn84;" title="">.</a> also <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">synalízomai</i>
in Acts 1:4.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Binding mutual
commitments result from the hospitality of table fellowship. Thus, the scribes
writing to Artaxerxes emphasize that they are bound to watch out for his
interests because they “eat the salt of the palace” (Ezr. 4:14). Just as the covenant
was enacted through eating and drinking before God and with God (Ex. 24:11), so
did God allot to the priests their portion of the sacrifice through a “covenant
of salt forever” (Nu. 18:19). In 2 Ch. 13:5, Abijah asserts against Jeroboam that
Yahweh had given the kingship over Israel to David and his sons for all time by
a “covenant of salt.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The “covenant of salt”
transfers to the divine covenant the notion of hospitality associated with
table fellowship, with its subsequent commitment to loyalty and solicitude;
Israel is to keep its covenantal obligations, although God, too, is to provide
for the election and rights of the covenantal partner…<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn85" name="_ednref85" style="mso-endnote-id: edn85;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xix]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Now we can
understand the practice that the ancients did in making a “covenant of salt”:
those engaged in this covenant would wear small pouches of salt on their
clothing. To make a covenant of salt, they would each take a pinch out of their
pouch and then exchange the salt by placing their pinch in the other’s bag. The
idea was simple: this type of covenant exchange was perpetual. To break this
type of vow would require the breaking party to be able to pick out his
particular grains of salt out of the others bag – an impossible task. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is why a covenant is a form of committed
relationship – not just an agreement or a contract. Between human relationships
there is always an element of compromise; if ascribed to a covenant with God,
then the party involved must understand the dynamics of dealing with a
other-worldly force that is powerful, and that the actions of the covenant
partners (God and human) have to strike a balance to achieve harmony and
benefit for both parties. There must always be the bowing of one’s will to that
of God’s and knowing that only the power of God does the covenant accomplish
the purposes for which it was made. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">As we study the
different covenants, we must always remember that the covenant is born in the
relationship. Questions arise, and here is how one commentator puts it:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“…Covenant is a form
of committed relationship—and the facets of the covenants revealed by the
efforts of commentators traditional and modern to explain this curious
reference in our parashah<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn86" name="_ednref86" style="mso-endnote-id: edn86;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xx]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> can
be instructive to us as we think about the relationships in our own lives
(including our relationships with God). <i>How will we make them endure?
Will they have impact beyond our own lifetimes? What intimate activities seal
and reseal our commitments—especially during a time when physical proximity is
limited? How can we keep them in balance and thereby harness their power
instead of being consumed by it...” <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn87" name="_ednref87" style="mso-endnote-id: edn87;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxi]</span></b></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Covenants, like the
covenant of salt, are enduring – meaning that they continue over generations. A
covenantal relationship has the impact not just in the life of the ones who
make it, but also in the generations to come. So, what is the enduring
condition of the salt covenant? It is in the power of salt to preserve.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">What did Messiah say
about salt?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn88" name="_ednref88" style="mso-endnote-id: edn88;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn89" name="_ednref89" style="mso-endnote-id: edn89;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><sup>
</sup><span style="color: red;">Blessed are the </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn90" name="_ednref90" style="mso-endnote-id: edn90;" title=""><sup>2</sup></a><span style="color: red;">poor in spirit, for </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn91" name="_ednref91" style="mso-endnote-id: edn91;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a><span style="color: red;">theirs is the kingdom of heaven.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>4</b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“<span style="color: red;">Blessed
are</span> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn92" name="_ednref92" style="mso-endnote-id: edn92;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span style="color: red;">those who mourn, for they
shall be comforted</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>5</b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“<span style="color: red;">Blessed
are </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn93" name="_ednref93" style="mso-endnote-id: edn93;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span style="color: red;">the </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn94" name="_ednref94" style="mso-endnote-id: edn94;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a><span style="color: red;">gentle, for they shall inherit the earth</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>6</b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“<span style="color: red;">Blessed
are </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn95" name="_ednref95" style="mso-endnote-id: edn95;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span style="color: red;">those who hunger and thirst
for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>7</b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“<span style="color: red;">Blessed
are </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn96" name="_ednref96" style="mso-endnote-id: edn96;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span style="color: red;">the merciful, for they shall
receive mercy</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>8</b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“<span style="color: red;">Blessed
are </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn97" name="_ednref97" style="mso-endnote-id: edn97;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span style="color: red;">the pure in heart, for </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn98" name="_ednref98" style="mso-endnote-id: edn98;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a><span style="color: red;">they shall see God</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>9</b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“<span style="color: red;">Blessed
are the peacemakers, for </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn99" name="_ednref99" style="mso-endnote-id: edn99;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span style="color: red;">they shall be
called sons of God</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>10 </b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“<span style="color: red;">Blessed
are those who have been </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn100" name="_ednref100" style="mso-endnote-id: edn100;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span style="color: red;">persecuted
for the sake of righteousness, </span></span><span style="color: red;">for </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn101" name="_ednref101" title=""><sup>b</sup></a><span style="color: red;">theirs is the kingdom of heaven.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>11</b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“<span style="color: red;">Blessed
are you when people </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn102" name="_ednref102" style="mso-endnote-id: edn102;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span style="color: red;">insult you
and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">12<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“<span style="color: red;">Rejoice
and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn103" name="_ednref103" style="mso-endnote-id: edn103;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span style="color: red;">in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before
you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>13</b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“<span style="color: red;">You
are the salt of the earth; but </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn104" name="_ednref104" style="mso-endnote-id: edn104;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span style="color: red;">if the salt has become tasteless, how </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn105" name="_ednref105" style="mso-endnote-id: edn105;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a><span style="color: red;">can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for
anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn106" name="_ednref106" style="mso-endnote-id: edn106;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">By comparing His disciples
as the salt of the earth, He implied that they were worthy and of virtue, but
it came with a caveat: become “tasteless”, that is of no more worth or virtue,
no longer good for anything. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">What was salt used
for? It was used as flavoring; used to preserve food; used in sacrifices; used
in some cases as fertilizer; and last, it had an element of judgment and
destruction added to it. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0.25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Disciples,
like salt, are everywhere. They can add flavor (enhance the human condition):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Colossians 4:4-6<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; text-align: center;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn107" name="_ednref107" style="mso-endnote-id: edn107;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">6</span></sup></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <b><sup>5 </sup></b>Conduct yourselves<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn108" name="_ednref108" style="mso-endnote-id: edn108;" title=""><sup>7</sup></a> with wisdom
toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunities. <b><sup>6 </sup></b>Let
your speech always be gracious, seasoned with </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">salt</b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">, so that you may know
how you should answer everyone. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn109" name="_ednref109" style="mso-endnote-id: edn109;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxiii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Disciples
preserve; they are sent into the world to slow down the rot, preserve the good,
and help it from becoming corrupted – if they have not lost their taste…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Disciples
are living sacrifices, and as Leviticus 2:13 says “…with all your offerings you
shall offer salt…” And what are disciples to do? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; text-align: center;"><a name="_Hlk100224709"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Net®<sup> (2nd Ed) </sup>Bible:
</b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matthew 28:18-20<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>18 </sup></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Then Jesus came up and said to them,<sup>2<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn110" name="_ednref110" style="mso-endnote-id: edn110;" title="">6</a></sup>
“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. <b><sup>19 </sup></b>Therefore
go<sup>2<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn111" name="_ednref111" style="mso-endnote-id: edn111;" title="">7</a></sup> and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,<sup>2<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn112" name="_ednref112" style="mso-endnote-id: edn112;" title="">8</a></sup> <b><sup>20 </sup></b>teaching
them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember,<sup>2<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn113" name="_ednref113" style="mso-endnote-id: edn113;" title="">9</a></sup>
I am with you<sup>3<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn114" name="_ednref114" style="mso-endnote-id: edn114;" title="">0</a></sup> always, to the end of the age.”<sup>3<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn115" name="_ednref115" style="mso-endnote-id: edn115;" title="">1</a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn116" name="_ednref116" style="mso-endnote-id: edn116;" title=""><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxiv]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></a></sup><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b>We are to create disciples of the whole world, offering the earth and all
in it to be a living sacrifice unto God.</b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0.25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Disciples
are to be fertilizer. Andrew Wilson offers this insight:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“…Disciples are
fertilizers. We are meant to be in those places where conditions are challenging,
and life is hard. We are sent to enrich the soil, kill weeds, protect against
disease, and stimulate growth, and as we scatter, life springs up in unexpected
places. Barren lands become fruitful. When the people of God are redeemed, as
the prophet says, “the wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; the desert
shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus” (<a href="https://www.esv.org/Isa.%2035%3A1/" target="_blank">Isa. 35:1</a>)…”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn117" name="_ednref117" style="mso-endnote-id: edn117;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Disciples
can be elements for judgment -or destruction. There are many fine examples
listed in the Article referenced above; I choose to focus on one, in context: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Net®<sup> (2nd Ed) </sup>Bible:
Mark 9:42-50<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>42 </sup></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it
would be better for him to have a huge millstone<sup>5<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn118" name="_ednref118" style="mso-endnote-id: edn118;" title="">3</a></sup> tied around his
neck and to be thrown into the sea. <b><sup>43 </sup></b>If your hand
causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better for you to enter into life crippled
than to have<sup>5<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn119" name="_ednref119" style="mso-endnote-id: edn119;" title="">4</a></sup> two hands and go into hell,<sup>5<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn120" name="_ednref120" style="mso-endnote-id: edn120;" title="">5</a></sup>
to the unquenchable fire.<sup>5<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn121" name="_ednref121" style="mso-endnote-id: edn121;" title="">6</a></sup> <b><sup>45 </sup></b>If your foot
causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better to enter life lame than to have<sup>5<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn122" name="_ednref122" style="mso-endnote-id: edn122;" title="">7</a></sup>
two feet and be thrown into hell.<sup>5<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn123" name="_ednref123" style="mso-endnote-id: edn123;" title="">8</a></sup> <b><sup>47 </sup></b>If
your eye causes you to sin, tear it out!<sup>5<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn124" name="_ednref124" style="mso-endnote-id: edn124;" title="">9</a></sup> It is better to enter
into the kingdom of God with one eye than to have<sup>6<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn125" name="_ednref125" style="mso-endnote-id: edn125;" title="">0</a></sup> two eyes and be
thrown into hell, <b><sup>48 </sup></b>where their worm never dies, and
the fire is never quenched. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>49 </sup></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Everyone will be </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">salted</b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> with fire.<sup>6<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn126" name="_ednref126" style="mso-endnote-id: edn126;" title="">1</a></sup> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>50 </sup></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Salt</b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">6<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn127" name="_ednref127" style="mso-endnote-id: edn127;" title="">2</a></span></sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> is good, but if it loses its saltiness,<sup>6<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn128" name="_ednref128" style="mso-endnote-id: edn128;" title="">3</a></sup>
how can you make it salty again? Have </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">salt </b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">in yourselves and be
at peace with each other.” <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn129" name="_ednref129" style="mso-endnote-id: edn129;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxvi]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-align: justify;">Again, disciples are cautioned not to lose their “flavor”. Notice He asks
if one loses that “flavor”, that virtue and worth to the kingdom of God, how
can they ever regain it?</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">HCSB Hebrews 6:1-12<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">6 Therefore,
leaving the elementary message about the <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn130" name="_ednref130" style="mso-endnote-id: edn130;" title=""><sup>•</sup></a>Messiah, let us go
on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works,
faith in God, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn131" name="_ednref131" style="mso-endnote-id: edn131;" title=""><sup>r</sup></a> <sup>2 </sup>teaching about ritual washings, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn132" name="_ednref132" style="mso-endnote-id: edn132;" title=""><sup>s</sup></a>
laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn133" name="_ednref133" style="mso-endnote-id: edn133;" title=""><sup>t</sup></a>
<sup>3 </sup>And we will do this if God permits. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span><sup>4 </sup><b>For it is impossible to renew to repentance
those who were once enlightened, who tasted the heavenly gift, became
companions with the Holy Spirit</b>, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn134" name="_ednref134" title=""><sup>u</sup></a>
<b><sup>5 </sup>tasted God’s
good word and the powers of the coming age</b>, <sup>6 </sup><b>and who
have fallen away, because</b> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn135" name="_ednref135" title=""><sup>v</sup></a>
<b>to their own harm, they are re-crucifying
the Son of God and holding Him up to contempt</b>. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn136" name="_ednref136" title=""><sup>w</sup></a></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup>7 </sup>For ground that has drunk the rain that has
often fallen on it and that produces vegetation useful to those it is
cultivated for receives a blessing from God. <sup>8 </sup>But if it
produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and about to be cursed, and will
be burned at the end. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn137" name="_ednref137" title=""><sup>x</sup></a></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span><sup>9 </sup>Even though we are speaking this way, dear
friends, in your case we are confident of the better things connected with
salvation. <sup>10 </sup>For God is not unjust; He will not forget your
work and the love <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn138" name="_ednref138" title=""><sup>y</sup></a> you showed for His name when you
served the <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn139" name="_ednref139" title=""><sup>•</sup></a>saints—and you continue to serve them. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn140" name="_ednref140" title=""><sup>z</sup></a>
<sup>11 </sup>Now we want each of you to demonstrate the same diligence
for the final realization of your hope, <sup>12 </sup>so that you will not
become lazy but will be imitators of those who inherit </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">the promises through
faith and perseverance. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn141" name="_ednref141" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><sup> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_edn142" name="_ednref142" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxvii]</span></sup></a></sup></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>This is what salt that loses its flavor looks like.</b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">This is salt that forgot its covenant.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">This is salt that walks away from the relationship with Messiah and God,
and man.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I understand this
has been a long post. I pray those who will read it, will think about their
covenant and relationship to one another, and to God.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I pray that He who sits on the Throne of Grace preserves your salt and
will richly bless those that retain it.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Till we meet again my beloved,<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Amein and Amein.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref4" name="_edn4" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;">[iv]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;"> <b>Author’s
note</b>: Throughout this study I may be using the NET Bible® and the NET
Notes®: within the notes you will see symbols like this: (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;">א </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;">B Ψ 892* 2427 sys). These are
abbreviations used by the NET Bible® for identifying the principal manuscript
evidence that they (authors and translators of the NET Bible®) used in
translating the New Testament. Please go to https://bible.org/netbible/ and see
their section labeled “NET Bible Principals of Translation” for a more complete
explanation on these symbols and other items pertinent to the way the NET Bible
uses them.</span></p></div><div id="edn4" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref5" name="_edn5" style="text-align: justify;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;">[v]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"> </span><b style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Author’s Note:</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;">
In these studies, I have used the notes that come along with the passages I
cite from the sources that I cite: these need a bit of a disclaimer though. As
in all things, not everything that is footnoted is something that I necessarily
agree with, especially if it contradicts what I believe pertains to any matters
of the <b><i>Torah</i></b> or the commandments of God. I give you the notes <i>as they are written by the authors of the
material I cite from</i>, so that you can see the information contained within
them. It is not my place to edit or correct them; if they state anything that
is in opposition to what I teach, then so be it. I will address these issues if
needed; if I believe something in the notes/comments contradicts the truth of
God’s word, then that I will do in the main body of my epistles. That is where
my gentle dissent belongs. Most sources (but not all!) will display a decidedly
Western/Greek mindset, as opposed to a Hebraic perspective. This does not mean
I have to respond to their opinions or conclusions for I have to be
intellectually honest – I am biased toward the God of Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob, His son Yeshua the Messiah, and the nation and people of Israel. I pray
then we all can find common ground as we study the Scriptures, therefore, I
will allow their opinions to stand – as I would hope mine are.</span></p></div><div id="edn5" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref6" name="_edn6" style="text-align: left;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">t</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">
<b>2:11</b> Some Hb mss, Sam, LXX, Tg read <i>present</i></span></p></div>
<div id="edn7" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref7" name="_edn7" style="mso-endnote-id: edn7;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">u</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2:11</b> Ex 12:14<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn8" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref8" name="_edn8" style="mso-endnote-id: edn8;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">v</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2:11</b> Jdg 14:8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn9" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref9" name="_edn9" style="mso-endnote-id: edn9;" title=""><sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">•</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> The agricultural products
harvested first and given to God as an offering with more products to come in
later harvests; it is also used as a metaphor for the first people to come to
faith or for Jesus, the first person to rise from the dead, or for the Spirit
who is given to believers as the first portion (or down payment) of our
salvation with more to come in eternity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn10" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref10" name="_edn10" style="mso-endnote-id: edn10;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">w</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2:12</b> Gn 49:3; Ex 23:16, 19<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn11" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref11" name="_edn11" style="mso-endnote-id: edn11;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">x</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2:13</b> Ex 19:5; Nm 18:19; 2Ch 13:5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn12" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref12" name="_edn12" style="mso-endnote-id: edn12;" title=""><sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">y</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2:13</b> Salt, used as a preservative, is a symbol of the permanence of
the covenant.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn13" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref13" name="_edn13" style="mso-endnote-id: edn13;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vi]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/hcsb?ref=BibleHCSB.Le2.11&off=0&ctx=rings+to+the+Lord.+%0a~11%C2%A0%E2%80%9CNo+grain+offerin"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Holy Bible: Holman Christian Standard
Version.</i></a> (Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers, 2009), Le 2:11–13.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref14" name="_edn14" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">
<b>18:14</b> Lv 27:28</span></p></div>
<div id="edn15" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref15" name="_edn15" style="mso-endnote-id: edn15;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">18:15</b> Ex 13:11–16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn16" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref16" name="_edn16" style="mso-endnote-id: edn16;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">•</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
When something is clean, it is holy or acceptable to God. When it is unclean,
it is unholy (such as an unclean spirit). The term can be used in a ritual
sense to apply to moral standards for living.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn17" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref17" name="_edn17" style="mso-endnote-id: edn17;" title=""><sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">•</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> In the OT the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">shekel</i> is a measurement of weight that came to be used as money,
either gold or silver.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn18" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref18" name="_edn18" style="mso-endnote-id: edn18;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">18:16</b> Lv 27:6; Nm 3:46–47<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn19" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref19" name="_edn19" style="mso-endnote-id: edn19;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">d</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">18:19</b> Lv 2:13; 2Ch 13:5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn20" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref20" name="_edn20" style="mso-endnote-id: edn20;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">•</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
This term is used literally or metaphorically to refer to plants or grain,
sowing or harvest, male reproductive seed, human children or physical descendants,
and also to spiritual children or to Christ (Gl 3:16).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn21" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref21" name="_edn21" style="mso-endnote-id: edn21;" title=""><sup>e</sup></a> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">18:20</b>
Dt 10:9; Jos 18:7; Ezk 44:28–30<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="edn22" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref22" name="_edn22" style="mso-endnote-id: edn22;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/hcsb?ref=BibleHCSB.Nu18.14&off=0&ctx=ouse+may+eat+them.+%0a~14%C2%A0%E2%80%9CEverything+in+Is"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The Holy
Bible: Holman Christian Standard Version.</span></i></a> (Nashville: Holman
Bible Publishers, 2009), Nu 18:14–20.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn23" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref23" name="_edn23" style="mso-endnote-id: edn23;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">o</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">13:1–2</b> 1Kg 15:1–2, 7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn24" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref24" name="_edn24" style="mso-endnote-id: edn24;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">p</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">13:1</b> = Abijam in 1Kg 14:31–15:8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn25" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref25" name="_edn25" style="mso-endnote-id: edn25;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">q</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">13:2</b> LXX, Syr, Arabic read <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Maacah</i>; 1Kg 15:2; 2Ch 11:22<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn26" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref26" name="_edn26" style="mso-endnote-id: edn26;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">r</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">13:2</b> 1Kg 15:2; 2Ch 11:20, 22<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn27" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref27" name="_edn27" style="mso-endnote-id: edn27;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">s</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">13:4</b> Jos 18:22<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn28" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref28" name="_edn28" style="mso-endnote-id: edn28;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">t</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">13:5</b> 2Sm 7:12–16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn29" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref29" name="_edn29" style="mso-endnote-id: edn29;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">u</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">13:5</b> Lv 2:13; Nm 18:19<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn30" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref30" name="_edn30" style="mso-endnote-id: edn30;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">v</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">13:6</b> 1Kg 11:26<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn31" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref31" name="_edn31" style="mso-endnote-id: edn31;" title=""><sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">•</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> Literally <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">sons of Belial</i>; in Hebrew, the basic meaning of Belial is
worthless.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn32" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref32" name="_edn32" style="mso-endnote-id: edn32;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">w</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">13:8</b> Or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">God</i>; 1Kg 12:28<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn33" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref33" name="_edn33" style="mso-endnote-id: edn33;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">x</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">13:8</b> 1Kg 12:28<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn34" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref34" name="_edn34" style="mso-endnote-id: edn34;" title=""><sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">•</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> Or The <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>; it is the personal name of God in Hebrew; “Yah” is the
shortened form. Yahweh is used in places where the personal name of God is
discussed (Ps 68:4) or in places of His self-identification (Is 42:8).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn35" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref35" name="_edn35" style="mso-endnote-id: edn35;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">y</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">13:9</b> 2Ch 11:14<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn36" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref36" name="_edn36" style="mso-endnote-id: edn36;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">z</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">13:9</b> Ex 29:29–33<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn37" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref37" name="_edn37" style="mso-endnote-id: edn37;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">13:9</b> 1Kg 13:33<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn38" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref38" name="_edn38" style="mso-endnote-id: edn38;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">13:9</b> Jr 2:11; 5:7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn39" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref39" name="_edn39" style="mso-endnote-id: edn39;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">•</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">holocaust</i>; an offering completely
burned to ashes; it was used in connection with worship, seeking God’s favor,
expiating sin, or averting judgment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn40" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref40" name="_edn40" style="mso-endnote-id: edn40;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">13:11</b> Ex 29:38; 2Ch 2:4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn41" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref41" name="_edn41" style="mso-endnote-id: edn41;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">•</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Bread that was offered in Yahweh’s presence, that is, inside His house, not out
on the altar (Lv 24:5–9)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn42" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref42" name="_edn42" style="mso-endnote-id: edn42;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">•</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
When something is clean, it is holy or acceptable to God. When it is unclean,
it is unholy (such as an unclean spirit). The term can be used in a ritual
sense to apply to moral standards for living.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn43" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref43" name="_edn43" style="mso-endnote-id: edn43;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">d</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">13:11</b> Ex 25:30; Lv 24:5–9<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn44" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref44" name="_edn44" style="mso-endnote-id: edn44;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">e</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">13:11</b> Ex 25:31–40<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn45" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref45" name="_edn45" style="mso-endnote-id: edn45;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">f</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">13:12</b> Nm 10:8–9<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn46" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref46" name="_edn46" style="mso-endnote-id: edn46;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">g</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">13:13</b> Jos 8:4–9<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn47" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref47" name="_edn47" style="mso-endnote-id: edn47;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">h</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">13:14</b> 2Ch 14:11<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn48" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref48" name="_edn48" style="mso-endnote-id: edn48;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">i</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">13:15</b> 2Ch 14:12<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn49" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref49" name="_edn49" style="mso-endnote-id: edn49;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">j</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">13:16</b> 2Ch 16:8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn50" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref50" name="_edn50" style="mso-endnote-id: edn50;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">k</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">13:19</b> Alt Hb tradition reads <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ephrain</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn51" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref51" name="_edn51" style="mso-endnote-id: edn51;" title=""><sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">l</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">13:20</b> Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">He did not restrain
the power of Jeroboam</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn52" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref52" name="_edn52" style="mso-endnote-id: edn52;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">m</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">13:20</b> 1Sm 25:38<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn53" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref53" name="_edn53" style="mso-endnote-id: edn53;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">n</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">13:20</b> 1Kg 14:20<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn54" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref54" name="_edn54" style="mso-endnote-id: edn54;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">o</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">13:22</b> 2Ch 24:27<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn55" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref55" name="_edn55" style="mso-endnote-id: edn55;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">p</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">13:22</b> 1Kg 15:7; 2Ch 9:29; 12:15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn56" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref56" name="_edn56" style="mso-endnote-id: edn56;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">q</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">14:1</b> 2Ch 13:23 in Hb<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn57" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref57" name="_edn57" style="mso-endnote-id: edn57;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">r</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">14:1</b> 1Kg 15:8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn58" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref58" name="_edn58" style="mso-endnote-id: edn58;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[viii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/hcsb?ref=BibleHCSB.2Ch13.1&off=20&ctx=Judah%E2%80%99s+King+Abijah%0a~13+In+the+eighteenth"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Holy Bible: Holman Christian Standard
Version.</i></a> (Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers, 2009), 2 Ch 13:1–14:1.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn59" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref59" name="_edn59" style="mso-endnote-id: edn59;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[ix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Trumbull, H. Clay. <i>The Covenant of Salt: As Based on the Significance
and Symbolism of Salt in Primitive Thought</i> (pp. 1-2). Good Press. Kindle
Edition.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref60" name="_edn60" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">
Gen 9:4; Lev 3:17; 7:26, 27; Deut 12:16, 23–25; 1 Sam 14:33</span></p></div>
<div id="edn61" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref61" name="_edn61" style="mso-endnote-id: edn61;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lev 20:3, 6; Jer 44:11<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn62" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref62" name="_edn62" style="mso-endnote-id: edn62;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Gen 9:4; Lev 17:14<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn63" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref63" name="_edn63" style="mso-endnote-id: edn63;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">soul</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn64" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref64" name="_edn64" style="mso-endnote-id: edn64;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Heb 9:22<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn65" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref65" name="_edn65" style="mso-endnote-id: edn65;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">soul</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn66" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref66" name="_edn66" style="mso-endnote-id: edn66;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[x]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/nasb95?ref=BibleNASB95.Le17.10&off=0&ctx=ff+from+his+people.%0a~+10+%EF%BB%BF%E2%80%98a%EF%BB%BFAnd+any+man+"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update</i></a>
(La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), Le 17:10–11.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn67" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref67" name="_edn67" style="mso-endnote-id: edn67;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Trumbull, H. Clay. </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i>The
Covenant of Salt: As Based on the Significance and Symbolism of Salt in
Primitive Thought</i></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> (pp. 4-5).
Good Press. Kindle Edition.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn68" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref68" name="_edn68" style="mso-endnote-id: edn68;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> OT Old Testament<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn69" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref69" name="_edn69" style="mso-endnote-id: edn69;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xiii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Walter A. Elwell and Barry J. Beitzel, <a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/bkrencbib?ref=Page.p+538&off=2492">“Covenant
of Salt,”</a> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Baker Encyclopedia of the
Bible</i> (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1988) 538.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn70" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref70" name="_edn70" style="mso-endnote-id: edn70;" title=""></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref71" name="_edn71" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;">[xiv]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">
Jeh* <a name="_Hlk100177779">(YHVH)</a></span></p></div>
<div id="edn72" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref72" name="_edn72" style="mso-endnote-id: edn72;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Jeh* (YHVH)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn73" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref73" name="_edn73" style="mso-endnote-id: edn73;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Jeh* (YHVH)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn74" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref74" name="_edn74" style="mso-endnote-id: edn74;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Jeh* (YHVH)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn75" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref75" name="_edn75" style="mso-endnote-id: edn75;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xv]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Edward Bagby Pollard, <a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/intlbbldict1915?ref=Page.p+729&off=6055">“Covenant
of Salt,”</a> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The International Standard
Bible Encyclopaedia</i> (Chicago: The Howard-Severance Company, 1915) 729.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn76" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref76" name="_edn76" style="mso-endnote-id: edn76;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xvi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Rubbing salt in the wound may have
stung a bit but it did help to control infection.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn77" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref77" name="_edn77" style="mso-endnote-id: edn77;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">7</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Blümner, 2090.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn78" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref78" name="_edn78" style="mso-endnote-id: edn78;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">8</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">BuA</i>, II, 228f., 240, 309.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn79" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref79" name="_edn79" style="mso-endnote-id: edn79;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xvii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
H. Eising, <a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/tdot?ref=TDOT.Vol.+8%2c+Pg.+332&off=2007&ctx=%CA%BE)%E2%80%9D+(2+K.+2%3a20%E2%80%9322)%3f+~The+custom+of+rubbin">“מֶלַח,”</a>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Theological Dictionary of the Old
Testament</i> (Grand Rapids, MI; Cambridge, U.K.: William B. Eerdmans
Publishing Company, 1997) 332.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn80" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref80" name="_edn80" style="mso-endnote-id: edn80;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xviii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <a href="https://www.jtsa.edu/torah/a-covenant-of-salt/">https://www.jtsa.edu/torah/a-covenant-of-salt/</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn81" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref81" name="_edn81" style="mso-endnote-id: edn81;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">12</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Pp. 18f.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn82" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref82" name="_edn82" style="mso-endnote-id: edn82;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">13</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
W. Rudolph, </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="DE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: DE; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Esra und Nehemiah</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. HAT</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, XX (1949), 43.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn83" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref83" name="_edn83" style="mso-endnote-id: edn83;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">14</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Blümner, 2089, 2091–93.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn84" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref84" name="_edn84" style="mso-endnote-id: edn84;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">cf.
compare, see</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn85" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref85" name="_edn85" style="mso-endnote-id: edn85;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xix]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
H. Eising, <a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/tdot?ref=TDOT.Vol.+8%2c+Pg.+333&off=1227&ctx=3.+~Covenant+of+Salt.+The+regulations+inv">“מֶלַח,”</a>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Theological Dictionary of the Old
Testament</i> (Grand Rapids, MI; Cambridge, U.K.: William B. Eerdmans
Publishing Company, 1997) 333.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn86" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref86" name="_edn86" style="mso-endnote-id: edn86;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xx]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <b><i>Parashah</i></b>: a passage
in Jewish Scripture dealing with a single topic, <i>specifically</i>:<b> </b>a
section of the Torah assigned for weekly reading in synagogue worship. “Parashah.” <i>Merriam-Webster.com
Dictionary</i>, Merriam-Webster, <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parashah">https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parashah</a>
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn87" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref87" name="_edn87" style="mso-endnote-id: edn87;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <a href="https://www.jtsa.edu/torah/a-covenant-of-salt/">https://www.jtsa.edu/torah/a-covenant-of-salt/</a>
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>from the Parashah VAYIKRA BY: <a href="https://www.jtsa.edu/jts-torah-online/?team=740"><b>TIM DANIEL BERNARD</b></a> DIRECTOR
OF DIGITAL LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT POSTED ON MAR 27, 2020 / 5780 | TORAH
COMMENTARY<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn88" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref88" name="_edn88" style="mso-endnote-id: edn88;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
I.e. fortunate or prosperous, and so thr v 11<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn89" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref89" name="_edn89" style="mso-endnote-id: edn89;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Matt 5:3–12; Luke 6:20–23<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn90" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref90" name="_edn90" style="mso-endnote-id: edn90;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
I.e. those who are not spiritually arrogant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn91" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref91" name="_edn91" style="mso-endnote-id: edn91;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Matt 5:10; 19:14; 25:34; Mark 10:14; Luke 6:20; 22:29f<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn92" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref92" name="_edn92" style="mso-endnote-id: edn92;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Is 61:2; John 16:20; Rev 7:17<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn93" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref93" name="_edn93" style="mso-endnote-id: edn93;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ps 37:11<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn94" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref94" name="_edn94" style="mso-endnote-id: edn94;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">humble, meek</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn95" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref95" name="_edn95" style="mso-endnote-id: edn95;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Is 55:1, 2; John 4:14; 6:48ff; 7:37<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn96" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref96" name="_edn96" style="mso-endnote-id: edn96;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Prov 11:17; Matt 6:14, 15; 18:33–35<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn97" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref97" name="_edn97" style="mso-endnote-id: edn97;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ps 24:4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn98" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref98" name="_edn98" style="mso-endnote-id: edn98;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Heb 12:14; 1 John 3:2; Rev 22:4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn99" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref99" name="_edn99" style="mso-endnote-id: edn99;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Matt 5:45; Luke 6:35; Rom 8:14<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn100" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref100" name="_edn100" style="mso-endnote-id: edn100;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
1 Pet 3:14<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn101" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref101" name="_edn101" style="mso-endnote-id: edn101;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Matt 5:3; 19:14; 25:34; Mark 10:14; Luke 6:20; 22:29f<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn102" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref102" name="_edn102" style="mso-endnote-id: edn102;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
1 Pet 4:14<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn103" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref103" name="_edn103" style="mso-endnote-id: edn103;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
2 Chr 36:16; Matt 23:37; Acts 7:52; 1 Thess 2:15; Heb 11:33ff; James 5:10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn104" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref104" name="_edn104" style="mso-endnote-id: edn104;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Mark 9:50; Luke 14:34f<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn105" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref105" name="_edn105" style="mso-endnote-id: edn105;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">will</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn106" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref106" name="_edn106" style="mso-endnote-id: edn106;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/nasb95?ref=BibleNASB95.Mt5.3&off=2&ctx=ach+them%2c+saying%2c%0a+3~+%EF%BB%BF%E2%80%9C%EF%BB%BF1a%EF%BB%BFBlessed+are+t"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update</i></a>
(La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), Mt 5:3–13.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a name="_Hlk100222917" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref107" name="_edn107" style="text-indent: -0.25in;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">[The
following notes are taken from the NET Bible® footnotes, copyright (c)
1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press L.L.C. All rights reserve</span></a><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">d. Used by permission from
www.bible.org, n.d. Numbering system is unique to NET® Notes. For more information see endnote 4.]</span></span></p></div><div id="edn107" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk100222917;"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">6</span></sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">
<b>tn</b> The phrase begins with the </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">ἵνα</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"> (<i>hina</i>) clause and is subordinate to the imperative </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">προσκαρτερεῖτε</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"> (<i>proskartereite</i>) in v. 2. The reference
to the idea that Paul must make it known indicates that this clause is probably
best viewed as purpose and not content, like the </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">ἵνα</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"> of v. 3. It is the second purpose
stated in the context; the first is expressed through the infinitive </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">λαλῆσαι</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"> (<i>lalēsai</i>) in v. 3. The term “pray” at the beginning of the sentence
is intended to pick up the imperative of v. 3.</span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn108" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref108" name="_edn108" style="mso-endnote-id: edn108;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">7</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Grk</i> “walk.” The verb </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">περιπατέω</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">peripateō</i>)
is a common NT idiom for one’s lifestyle, behavior, or manner of conduct
(L&N 41.11).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">End NET® Bible Notes</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref109" name="_edn109" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;">[xxiii]</span></sup></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">
Biblical Studies Press, <a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/netbible2ed?ref=BibleNET.Col4.4&off=45&ctx=+known+as+I+should%E2%80%A2.~6%EF%BB%BF+5%C2%A0Conduct+yoursel"><i>The NET Bible</i></a>, Second Edition.
(Denmark: Thomas Nelson, 2019), Col 4:4–6.</span></p></div><div id="edn109" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">[The following notes are taken from
the NET Bible® footnotes, copyright (c) 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press
L.L.C. All rights reserved. Used by permission from www.bible.org, n.d.
Numbering system is unique to NET® Notes.
Net® Bible is a registered trademark. For more information see endnote
4.]</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref110" name="_edn110" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">26</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">
<b>tn</b> <i>Grk</i> “coming, Jesus spoke to them, saying.” The participle </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">λέγων</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"> (<i>legōn</i>, “saying”) is redundant in contemporary English and has not
been translated. Here </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">καί</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">
(<i>kai</i>) has been translated as “then”
to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.</span></p></div>
<div id="edn111" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref111" name="_edn111" style="mso-endnote-id: edn111;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">27</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> “Go … baptize … teach” are
participles modifying the imperative verb “make disciples.” According to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ExSyn</i> 645 the first participle (</span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">πορευθέντες</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">poreuthentes</i>, “Go”) fits the typical
structural pattern for the attendant circumstance participle (aorist participle
preceding aorist main verb, with the mood of the main verb usually imperative
or indicative) and thus picks up the mood (imperative in this case) from the
main verb (</span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">μαθητεύσατε</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">,
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">mathēteusate</i>, “make disciples”). This
means that semantically the action of “going” is commanded, just as “making
disciples” is. As for the two participles that follow the main verb (</span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">βαπτίζοντες</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">baptizontes</i>, “baptizing”; and </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">διδάσκοντες</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">didaskontes</i>, “teaching”), these do not
fit the normal pattern for attendant circumstance participles, since they are
present participles and follow the aorist main verb. However, some interpreters
do see them as carrying additional imperative force in context. Others regard
them as means, manner, or even result.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn112" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref112" name="_edn112" style="mso-endnote-id: edn112;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">28</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tc</b> Although some scholars have
denied that the trinitarian baptismal formula in the Great Commission was a
part of the original text of Matthew, there is no ms support for their
contention. F. C. Conybeare, “The Eusebian Form of the Text of Mt. 28:19,” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ZNW</i> 2 (1901): 275–88, based his view on
a faulty reading of Eusebius’ quotations of this text. The shorter reading has
also been accepted, on other grounds, by a few other scholars. For discussion
(and refutation of the conjecture that removes this baptismal formula), see B.
J. Hubbard, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Matthean Redaction of a
Primitive Apostolic Commissioning</i> (SBLDS 19), 163–64, 167–75; and Jane
Schaberg, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Father, the Son, and the
Holy Spirit</i> (SBLDS 61), 27–29.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn113" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref113" name="_edn113" style="mso-endnote-id: edn113;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">29</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> The Greek word </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ἰδού</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">idou</i>) has been translated here as “remember” (BDAG 468 s.v. 1.c).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn114" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref114" name="_edn114" style="mso-endnote-id: edn114;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">30</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">sn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I am with you</i>. Matthew’s Gospel begins with the prophecy that the
Savior’s name would be “Emmanuel, that is, ‘God <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">with</i> us,’ ” (1:23, in which the author has linked Isa 7:14 and
8:8, 10 together) and it ends with Jesus’ promise to be <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">with</i> his disciples forever. The Gospel of Matthew thus forms an
inclusio about Jesus in his relationship to his people that suggests his deity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn115" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref115" name="_edn115" style="mso-endnote-id: edn115;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">31</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tc</b> Most <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">mss</span> (A<sup>c</sup> </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Θ</span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">f</span></i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">13</span></sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
𝔐 it sy) have </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ἀμήν</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
(<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">amēn</i>, “amen”) at the end of v. 20.
Such a conclusion is routinely added by scribes to NT books because a few of
these books originally had such an ending (cf. Rom 16:27; Gal 6:18; Jude 25). A
majority of Greek witnesses have the concluding </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ἀμήν</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> in every NT book except Acts,
James, and 3 John (and even in these books, </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ἀμήν</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> is found in some witnesses). It is
thus a predictable variant. Further, no good reason exists for the omission of
the particle in significant and early witnesses such as </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">א</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>
A* B D W <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">f</i><sup>1</sup> 33 <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">al</i> lat sa.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">End NET® Bible Notes</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref116" name="_edn116" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;">[xxiv]</span></sup></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">
Biblical Studies Press, <a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/netbible2ed?ref=BibleNET.Mt28.18&off=0&ctx=ut+some+doubted.25%EF%BB%BF+~18%C2%A0Then+Jesus+came+u"><i>The NET Bible</i></a>, Second Edition.
(Denmark: Thomas Nelson, 2019), Mt 28:18–20.</span></p></div><div id="edn116" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref117" name="_edn117" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;">[xxv]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> From he article “What Does It Really
Mean to be the salt of the Earth?” by Andrew Wilson [<b>edits mine</b>] <a href="https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/salt-earth/">https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/salt-earth/</a>
<b>[Portions of my epistle are adapted by inspiration from Andrew’s work.]</b></span></p></div><div id="edn117" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
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the NET Bible® footnotes, copyright (c) 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press
L.L.C. All rights reserved. Used by permission from www.bible.org, n.d.
Numbering system is unique to NET® Notes.
Net® Bible is a registered trademark. For more information see endnote
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref118" name="_edn118" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">53</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">
<b>tn</b> <i>Grk</i> “the millstone of a donkey.” This refers to a large flat stone
turned by a donkey in the process of grinding grain (BDAG 661 s.v. </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">μύλος</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"> 2; L&N 7.68–69). The same term
is used in the parallel account in Matt 18:6.</span></p></div><div id="edn118" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">sn</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
The punishment of drowning with a heavy weight attached is extremely gruesome
and reflects Jesus’ views concerning those who cause others who believe in him
to sin.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn119" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref119" name="_edn119" style="mso-endnote-id: edn119;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">54</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Grk</i> “than having.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn120" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref120" name="_edn120" style="mso-endnote-id: edn120;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">55</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">sn</b> The word translated <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">hell</i> is “Gehenna” (</span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">γέεννα</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">geenna</i>), a Greek transliteration of the Hebrew words <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ge hinnom</i> (“Valley of Hinnom”). This was
the valley along the south side of Jerusalem. In OT times it was used for human
sacrifices to the pagan god Molech (cf. Jer 7:31; 19:5–6; 32:35), and it came
to be used as a place where human excrement and rubbish were disposed of and
burned. In the intertestamental period, it came to be used symbolically as the
place of divine punishment (cf. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">1 En.</i>
27:2, 90:26; <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">4 Ezra</i> 7:36). This Greek
term also occurs in vv. 45, 47.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn121" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref121" name="_edn121" style="mso-endnote-id: edn121;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">56</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tc</b> Most later <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">mss</span> have <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">9:44</b> here and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">9:46</b> after
v. 45: “where their worm never dies and the fire is never quenched” (identical
with v. 48). Verses 44 and 46 are present in A D </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Θ</span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">f</span></i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">13</span></sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
𝔐 lat sy<sup>p,h</sup>, but lacking in important Alexandrian <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">mss</span> and several others (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">א</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> B C L W </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Δ Ψ</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> 0274 <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">f</i><sup>1</sup>
28 565 892 2427 <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">pc</i> co). This appears
to be a scribal addition from v. 48 and is almost certainly not an original
part of the Greek text of Mark. The present translation follows NA<sup>27</sup>
in omitting the verse number, a procedure also followed by a number of other
modern translations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn122" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref122" name="_edn122" style="mso-endnote-id: edn122;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">57</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Grk</i> “than having.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn123" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref123" name="_edn123" style="mso-endnote-id: edn123;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">58</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tc</b> See <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tc</b> note at the end of v. 43.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn124" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref124" name="_edn124" style="mso-endnote-id: edn124;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">59</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Grk</i> “throw it out.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn125" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref125" name="_edn125" style="mso-endnote-id: edn125;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">60</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Grk</i> “than having.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn126" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref126" name="_edn126" style="mso-endnote-id: edn126;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">6</span></sup></a><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tc</b> The earliest <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">mss</span> ([</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">א</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>]
B L [W] </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Δ</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
0274 <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">f</i><sup>1, 13</sup> 28* 565 700 <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">pc</i> sy<sup>s</sup> sa) have the reading
adopted by the translation. Codex Bezae (D) and several Itala read “Every
sacrifice will be salted with salt.” The majority of other <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">mss</span> (A C </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Θ Ψ</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> [2427] 𝔐 lat sy<sup>p,h</sup>)
have both readings, “Everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice
will be salted with salt.” An early scribe may have written the LXX text of Lev
2:13 (“Every sacrifice offering of yours shall be salted with salt”) in the
margin of his ms. At a later stage, copyists would either replace the text with
this marginal note or add the note to the text. The longer reading thus seems
to be the result of the conflation of the Alexandrian reading “salted with
fire” and the Western reading “salted with salt.” The reading adopted by the
text enjoys the best support and explains the other readings in the ms
tradition.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">sn</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
The statement <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">everyone will be salted
with fire</i> is difficult to interpret. It may be a reference to (1)
unbelievers who enter hell as punishment for rejection of Jesus, indicating
that just as salt preserves so they will be preserved in their punishment in
hell forever; (2) Christians who experience suffering in this world because of
their attachment to Christ; (3) any person who experiences suffering in a way
appropriate to their relationship to Jesus. For believers this means the
suffering of purification, and for unbelievers it means hell, i.e., eternal
torment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn127" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref127" name="_edn127" style="mso-endnote-id: edn127;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">62</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">sn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Salt</i> was used as seasoning or fertilizer (BDAG 41 s.v. </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ἅλας</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> a), or as a preservative. If salt
ceased to be useful, it was thrown away. With this illustration Jesus warned
about a disciple who ceased to follow him.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn128" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref128" name="_edn128" style="mso-endnote-id: edn128;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">63</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">sn</b> The difficulty of this saying is
understanding how <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">salt</i> could lose <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">its saltiness</i> since its chemical
properties cannot change. It is thus often assumed that Jesus was referring to
chemically impure salt, perhaps a natural salt which, when exposed to the
elements, had all the genuine salt leached out, leaving only the sediment or
impurities behind. Others have suggested the background of the saying is the
use of salt blocks by Arab bakers to line the floor of their ovens: Under the
intense heat these blocks would eventually crystallize and undergo a change in
chemical composition, finally being thrown out as unserviceable. A saying in
the Talmud (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">b. Bekhorot</i> 8b)
attributed to R. Joshua ben Chananja (ca. <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">a.d.</span>
90), when asked the question “When salt loses its flavor, how can it be made
salty again?” is said to have replied, “By salting it with the afterbirth of a
mule.” He was then asked, “Then does the mule (being sterile) bear young?” to
which he replied: “Can salt lose its flavor?” The point appears to be both are
impossible. The saying, while admittedly late, suggests that culturally the
loss of flavor by salt was regarded as an impossibility. Genuine salt can never
lose its flavor. In this case the saying by Jesus here may be similar to Matt
19:24, where it is likewise impossible for the camel to go through the eye of a
sewing needle.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">End NET® Bible Notes</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref129" name="_edn129" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;">[xxvi]</span></sup></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">
Biblical Studies Press, <a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/netbible2ed?ref=BibleNET.Mk9.42&off=0&ctx=+lose+his+reward%E2%80%A2.+%0a~42%C2%A0%E2%80%9C%E2%80%A2If+anyone+cause"><i>The NET Bible</i></a>, Second Edition.
(Denmark: Thomas Nelson, 2019), Mk 9:42–50.</span></p></div>
<div id="edn130" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref130" name="_edn130" style="mso-endnote-id: edn130;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">•</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">the Christ</i>; the Greek word is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Christos</i> and means <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">the anointed one</i>. Where the NT emphasizes <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Christos</i> as a name of our Lord or has a Gentile context, “Christ”
is used. Where the NT <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Christos</i> has a
Jewish context, the title “Messiah” is used.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn131" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref131" name="_edn131" style="mso-endnote-id: edn131;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">r</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">6:1</b> Php 3:13; Heb 5:12; 9:14<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn132" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref132" name="_edn132" style="mso-endnote-id: edn132;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">s</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">6:2</b> Or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">about baptisms</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn133" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref133" name="_edn133" style="mso-endnote-id: edn133;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">t</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">6:2</b> Jn 3:25; Ac 6:6; 17:31–32; 19:4–6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn134" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref134" name="_edn134" style="mso-endnote-id: edn134;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">u</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">6:4</b> Gl 3:3; Eph 2:8; Heb 10:32<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn135" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref135" name="_edn135" style="mso-endnote-id: edn135;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">v</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">6:6</b> Or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">while</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn136" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref136" name="_edn136" style="mso-endnote-id: edn136;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">w</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">6:6</b> Heb 10:29; 2Pt 2:21; 1Jn 5:16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn137" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref137" name="_edn137" style="mso-endnote-id: edn137;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">x</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">6:7–8</b> Gn 3:17–18; Ps 65:10; Is 5:6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn138" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref138" name="_edn138" style="mso-endnote-id: edn138;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">y</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">6:10</b> Other mss read <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">labor of love</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn139" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref139" name="_edn139" style="mso-endnote-id: edn139;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">•</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
The work of the Holy Spirit that separates believers in Jesus from the world;
at the time of saving faith in Jesus, the believer is made a saint; therefore,
all believers are saints. The believer participates with the Spirit in a
process of transformation that continues until glorification. The goal of
sanctification is progressive conformity to the image of Jesus Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn140" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref140" name="_edn140" style="mso-endnote-id: edn140;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">z</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">6:10</b> Pr 19:17; Mt 10:42; 25:40; 2Co
8:4; 1Th 1:3; 2Tm 1:18<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn141" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref141" name="_edn141" style="mso-endnote-id: edn141;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">6:12</b> Heb 10:36; 13:7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn142" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20Part%20Two.docx#_ednref142" name="_edn142" style="mso-endnote-id: edn142;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxvii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/hcsb?ref=BibleHCSB.Heb6.1&off=27&ctx=+against+Regression%0a~6+Therefore%2c+leaving"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Holy Bible: Holman Christian Standard
Version.</i></a> (Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers, 2009), Heb 6:1–12.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>David_seedofabrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779218562279412780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808052277561745789.post-72518051297755299032022-03-31T21:22:00.021-07:002022-04-07T13:00:20.194-07:00Lessons from the Wilderness, Volume 51: What is Covenant and what is our relationship to the God of Covenant? Let us see... Part One<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lessons from the
Wilderness, Volume 51: What is Covenant? What is our relationship to the God of
Covenant? Let us see…<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©2022, David E.
Robinson: At the Gates of Yerushalayim Ministries<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2022/04/lessons-from-wilderness-volume-52.html">Go to Part Two</a><br /></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lessons from the Wilderness,
Volume 51<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="v2"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Covenant and
Relationship </span></i></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Part One</span></i></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20relationship.docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" style="mso-endnote-id: edn1;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[i]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></i></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20relationship.docx#_edn2" name="_ednref2" style="mso-endnote-id: edn2;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[ii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a>
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20relationship.docx#_edn3" name="_ednref3" style="mso-endnote-id: edn3;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[iii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a>
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20relationship.docx#_edn4" name="_ednref4" style="mso-endnote-id: edn4;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[iv]</span></sup></b></span></sup></a></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 51.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 51pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Thus, I establish My covenant
with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood;
never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth… </span></span><a href="https://dailyverses.net/genesis/9/11/nkjv"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #336699; font-size: 11pt;">Genesis 9:11</span></a><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 33.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 33pt;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="b2" style="background: rgb(245, 248, 251); margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">I set My rainbow in the cloud,
and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://dailyverses.net/genesis/9/13/nkjv"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #336699; font-size: 11pt;">Genesis
9:13</span></a></span><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="b2" style="background: rgb(245, 248, 251); margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 51.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 51pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Now therefore, if you will indeed
obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me
above all people; for all the earth <i>is</i> Mine… </span></span><a href="https://dailyverses.net/exodus/19/5/nkjv"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #336699; font-size: 11pt;">Exodus 19:5</span></a><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 33.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 33pt;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 51.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 51pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">So, he was there with the
Lord forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water.
And He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten
Commandments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><a href="https://dailyverses.net/exodus/34/28/nkjv"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #336699; font-size: 11pt;">Exodus 34:28</span></a><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 33.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 33pt;"><span class="v2"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 51.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 51pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">So, He declared to you His
covenant which He commanded you to perform, the Ten Commandments; and He wrote
them on two tablets of stone. </span></span><a href="https://dailyverses.net/deuteronomy/4/13/nkjv"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #336699; font-size: 11pt;">Deuteronomy 4:13</span></a><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 33.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 33pt;"><span class="v2"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="b3" style="background: rgb(245, 248, 251); margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Therefore, know that the
Lord your God, He <i>is</i> God, the faithful God who keeps
covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep
His commandments. </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://dailyverses.net/deuteronomy/7/9/nkjv"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #336699; font-size: 11pt;">Deuteronomy 7:9</span></a></span><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto;"><span class="v2"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="b3" style="background: rgb(245, 248, 251); margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">And the Lord, He <i>is</i> the
One who goes before you. He will be with you; He will not leave you nor forsake
you; do not fear nor be dismayed. </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://dailyverses.net/deuteronomy/31/8/nkjv"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #336699; font-size: 11pt;">Deuteronomy 31:8</span></a></span><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="b3" style="background: rgb(245, 248, 251); margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 0.25in;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 51.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 51pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">But the mercy of the Lord <i>is</i> from
everlasting to everlasting</span></span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><br />
<span class="v2">On those who fear Him, And His righteousness to children’s
children, </span><br />
<span class="v2">To such as keep His covenant,</span><br />
<span class="v2">And to those who remember His commandments to do them. </span></span><a href="https://dailyverses.net/psalms/103/17-18/nkjv"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #336699; font-size: 11pt;">Psalm 103:17-18</span></a><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 33.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 33pt;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="b2" style="background: rgb(245, 248, 251); margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">And for this reason, He is the
Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the
transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive
the promise of the eternal inheritance. </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://dailyverses.net/hebrews/9/15/nkjv"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #336699; font-size: 11pt;">Hebrews
9:15</span></a></span><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="b2" style="background: rgb(245, 248, 251); margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="b2" style="background: rgb(245, 248, 251); margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Now may the God of peace who
brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep,
through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you complete in every good
work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through
Jesus Christ, to whom <i>be</i> glory forever and ever. Amen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://dailyverses.net/hebrews/13/20-21/nkjv"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #336699; font-size: 11pt;">Hebrews 13:20-21</span></a></span><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="b2" style="background: rgb(245, 248, 251); margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 51.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 51pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">But now He has obtained a more
excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which
was established on better promises. </span></span><a href="https://dailyverses.net/hebrews/8/6/nkjv"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #336699; font-size: 11pt;">Hebrews 8:6</span></a><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="b2" style="background: rgb(245, 248, 251); margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">I have made a covenant with my
eyes; Why then should I look upon a young woman?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://dailyverses.net/job/31/1/nkjv"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #336699; font-size: 11pt;">Job
31:1</span></a></span><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="b2" style="background: rgb(245, 248, 251); margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="b2" style="background: rgb(245, 248, 251); margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">“For the mountains shall depart</span></span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><br />
<span class="v2">And the hills be removed,</span><br />
<span class="v2">But My kindness shall not depart from you,</span><br />
<span class="v2">Nor shall My covenant of peace be removed,”</span><br />
<span class="v2">Says the Lord, who has mercy on you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://dailyverses.net/isaiah/54/10/nkjv"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #336699; font-size: 11pt;">Isaiah
54:10</span></a></span><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="b2" style="background: rgb(245, 248, 251); margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="b2" style="background: rgb(245, 248, 251); margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Likewise, He also <i>took</i> the
cup after supper, saying, “This cup <i>is</i> the new covenant in My
blood, which is shed for you.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://dailyverses.net/luke/22/20/nkjv"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #336699; font-size: 11pt;">Luke 22:20</span></a></span><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="b2" style="background: rgb(245, 248, 251); margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></span><!--[endif]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">31 </span></sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">The days
are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the
house of Israel and the house of Judah. <sup>32 </sup>It will not be like
the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to
bring them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant that they broke, though I was
their husband,<sup> g</sup> says the Lord. <sup>33 </sup>But this is the
covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the
Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I
will be their God, and they shall be my people. <sup>34 </sup>No longer
shall they teach one another, or say to each other, “Know the Lord,” for they
shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the Lord; for I
will forgive their iniquity, and remember their sin no more. </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #336699; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Jere 31:31-34</span></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20relationship.docx#_edn5" name="_ednref5" style="mso-endnote-id: edn5;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[v]</span></sup></span></span></sup></a><b style="background-color: transparent;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
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42:1-12<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 33.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 33pt; text-align: center;"><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Behold
my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put
my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. <b>2</b>
He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
<b>3 </b>A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax
shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. <b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 33.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 33pt; text-align: center;"><span class="v2"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">4</span></b></span><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he has set
judgment in the earth: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 33.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 33pt; text-align: center;"><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and
the <b>isles</b> shall wait for his law. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 33.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 33pt; text-align: center;"><span class="v2"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">5</span></b></span><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> Thus<b> </b>saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens,
and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh
out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them
that walk therein: <b>6</b> I the LORD have called thee in
righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for
a <b>covenant</b> of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; <b> 7</b> To
open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that
sit in darkness out of the prison house. <b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 33.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 33pt; text-align: center;"><span class="v2"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">8</span></b></span><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give
to another, neither my praise to graven images. <b>9 </b>Behold, the
former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring
forth, I tell you of them. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 33.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 33pt; text-align: center;"><span class="v2"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">10 </span></b></span><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the
earth, <b>ye that go down to the sea</b>, and all that is therein: <b>the
isles, and the inhabitants thereof</b>. <b>11</b> Let the wilderness and
the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit:
let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the
mountains. <b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 33.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 33pt; text-align: center;"><span class="v2"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">12</span></b></span><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> Let them give glory unto the LORD and declare his praise in <b>the
islands.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 33.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 33pt; text-align: center;"><span class="v2"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 33.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 33pt; text-align: center;"><span class="v2"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If
I were to ask you to describe one theme that is consistent throughout the
entire bible using only one word [and not using the word love] what comes to
your mind?<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 33.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 33pt; text-align: center;"><span class="v2"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 33.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 33pt;"><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">There may be many answers, and
none of them would be wrong, as there is no wrong in God’s word. But I have a
specific word in mind that I will talk about today, though most of the words
you can think of are worthy of an epistle on their own merit. Since I am
writing this though, I get to use my word, and that word is:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 33.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 33pt; text-align: center;"><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span><b style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Covenant.</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 33.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 33pt; text-align: center;"><span class="v2"><b><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 33.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 33pt;"><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Now, as seen in the verses I gave
at the beginning of this epistle, covenant bears heavy on the <b><i>relationships
</i></b>YHVH has made with His creation. Let me share a brief explanation of
the covenant with you:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 33.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 33pt;"><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 33.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 33pt; text-align: center;"><span class="v2"><b><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">…The
Concept of Covenant…<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 0in;"><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“… A covenant in the ancient world was similar to what we in the
modern world would call a contract, treaty, or a will. Each covenant
established the basis of a relationship, conditions for that relationship, promises
and conditions of the relationship and consequences if those conditions were
unmet. One of the most familiar examples of a covenant for us is marriage.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 0in;"><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 0in;"><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Why do I think understanding covenant is so important? It is
because the covenants provide the skeletal framework for how the whole biblical
story holds together. As the story of the Bible unfolds, we see God is a
covenant making, covenant keeping, and covenant fulfilling God. God establishes
covenants with certain people and these covenants are the way God unfolds his
redemptive plan. The covenants are the structure of the story.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 0in;"><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="v2"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Biblical Covenants<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 0in;"><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">There are several covenants in the Bible, but five covenants are
crucial for understanding the story of the Bible and God’s redemptive plan: <b>the
Noahic Covenant, the Abrahamic Covenant, The Mosaic Covenant, the Davidic
Covenant and the New Covenant.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 0in;"><span class="v2"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="v2"><b><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Noahic Covenant<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 0in;"><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">From Genesis 9, this is a covenant God establishes with Noah after
the flood in which he resets and renews the blessings of creation, reaffirming
God’s image in humanity and the work of dominion. This covenant promises the
preservation of humanity and provides for the restraint of human evil and
violence.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 0in;"><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="v2"><b><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Abrahamic Covenant<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 0in;"><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">See Genesis 12 and 15. This is the most central to the biblical
story. In it, God promises Abraham a land, descendants and blessing. This
blessing promised to Abraham would extend through him to all the peoples of the
earth. Understanding the Abrahamic Covenant is paramount to understanding
theological concepts like a Promised Land, election, the people of God,
inheritance and so on. It provides context for understanding practices like
circumcision, conflicts with surrounding nations and divisions between Jews and
Gentiles.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 0in;"><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="v2"><b><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Mosaic Covenant<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 0in;"><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">See Exodus 19 and 24. This is the covenant God establishes with
the people of Israel at Mt. Sinai after he led them out of Egyptian slavery.
With it, God supplies the Law that is meant to govern and shape the people of
Israel in the Promised Land. This Law was not a means of salvation but would
distinguish the people from the surrounding nations as a special kingdom of
priests (Exodus 19:1-7). This covenant was conditional and defined blessings
and curses based on obedience or disobedience (see Deuteronomy 28-29).
Understanding the Mosaic Covenant is foundational to understanding the cycles
of blessing and curse in the Old Testament, the exiles of Israel and Judah, the
disputes between Jesus and the Pharisees and Paul’s pastoral teachings about
law and grace.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 0in;"><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="v2"><b><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Davidic Covenant<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 0in;"><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">See 2 Samuel 7. This is the covenant where God promises a
descendant of David to reign on the throne over the people of God. It is a
continuation of the earlier covenants in that it promises a Davidic king as the
figure through whom God would secure the promises of land, descendants, and
blessing. This covenant becomes the basis for hope of a Messiah and makes sense
of the Gospels’ concern to show Jesus was the rightful King of the Jews.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 0in;"><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="v2"><b><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
New Covenant<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 0in;"><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">See Jeremiah 31:31-34 and Luke 22:14-23. This is language first
used in Jeremiah’s promise of rescue and renewal of the exiled people of God in
Babylon. It promises a coming day when God would make a new covenant unlike the
one which Israel had broken. This coming day would bring forgiveness of sin,
internal renewal of the heart, and intimate knowledge of God. On the night of
Jesus’s Last Supper, Jesus takes the cup and declares that his death would be
the inauguration of this new covenant…”</span></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20relationship.docx#_edn6" name="_ednref6" style="mso-endnote-id: edn6;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 0in;"><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 0in;"><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Now I could have given you my own take on each of these covenants,
but I wanted to show you, dear reader, what the covenants look like to the
typical western 21<sup>st</sup> century mindset. This is not saying that the
opinions cast are wrong in anyway, but they have a slight bias attached to
them. That bias is how we in the west conceive of the topics in the Bible. To
Mr. Berger’s credit, he addressed this very issue in the beginning of his
article with this:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="b3" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 15pt 0in 0in;"><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“…</span></span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For a long time, I had a tough time understanding the
Bible. That is not to say that I have all my questions answered now. It is
simply to say that when I read the Bible in the past, there seemed to be a disconnection
between my expectations, my preconception, and what the Bible said. It was
difficult for me to see how the whole thing fit together, especially when it
came to the relationship between the Old and New Testaments.</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A Conceptual Gap<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Part of this difficulty is the distance of
time, space, and culture that stands between the texts of the Bible and me. A
major gap stands between 21st century America and first-century Palestine that
can make understanding difficult…”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20relationship.docx#_edn7" name="_ednref7" style="mso-endnote-id: edn7;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And it is this conceptual gap that allows
error to creep into our understanding of the Scriptures as a whole; we try to
force the text to fit what our conceptions are [this is called </span><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">eisegesis</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">], instead of letting the text tell us what it means [this is
</span><em><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">exegesis</span></b></em><em><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">]. These two approaches
to Biblical study are described this way:</span></em><em><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></em></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><em><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><em><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“…</span></em><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Exegesis and eisegesis
are two conflicting approaches in Bible study. Exegesis is the exposition or
explanation of a text based on a careful, objective analysis. The word <i>exegesis</i> literally
means “to lead out of.” That means that the interpreter is led to his
conclusions by following the text. The opposite approach to Scripture is
eisegesis, which is the interpretation of a passage based on a subjective,
non-analytical reading. The word <i>eisegesis</i> literally means “to
lead into,” which means the interpreter injects his own ideas into the text,
making it mean whatever he wants.<br />
<br />
Obviously, only exegesis does justice to the text. Eisegesis is a mishandling
of the text and often leads to a misinterpretation. Exegesis is concerned with
discovering the true meaning of the text, respecting its grammar, syntax, and
setting. Eisegesis is concerned only with making a point, even at the expense
of the meaning of words. </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><a href="https://biblia.com/bible/esv/2%20Tim%202.15" target="_blank"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Second Timothy 2:15</span></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> commands us to use
exegetical methods: “Present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who
does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.” An
honest student of the Bible will be an exegete, allowing the text to speak for
itself. Eisegesis easily lends itself to error, as the would-be interpreter
attempts to align the text with his own preconceived notions. Exegesis allows
us to agree with the Bible; eisegesis seeks to force the Bible to agree with
us.<br />
<br />
The process of exegesis involves 1) observation: what does the passage say? 2)
interpretation: what does the passage mean? 3) correlation: how does the
passage relate to the rest of the Bible? and 4) application: how should this passage
affect my life?<br />
<br />
Eisegesis, on the other hand, involves 1) imagination: what idea do I want to
present? 2) exploration: what Scripture passage seems to fit with my idea? and
3) application: what does my idea mean? Notice that, in eisegesis, there is no
examination of the words of the text or their relationship to each other, no
cross-referencing with related passages, and no real desire to understand the
actual meaning. Scripture serves only as a prop to the interpreter’s idea…”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20relationship.docx#_edn8" name="_ednref8" style="mso-endnote-id: edn8;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[viii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a></span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Okay, so now
that I have that off my chest, let us move on…</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The five big
covenants mentioned above, are not the focus today, except to get you to study
and understand them [with proper </span><em><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Exegesis
</span></b></em><em><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">of course].
I want to focus on the notion that covenant equals relationship, and that can
be shown by the relationship covenants: </span></em><em><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><em><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></em></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Covenant
of the Blood</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Covenant
of the Salt</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Covenant
of the Threshold</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This may be
a long study, to do honor to each Covenant. We will see where we arrive and how
long we may have to make each topic fit, to give one more than just a glance
over of the concepts presented. Most of what I will present to you comes from
the following sources, each written by the same author, H. Clay Trumbull.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20relationship.docx#_edn9" name="_ednref9" style="mso-endnote-id: edn9;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[ix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> Though
many other books have been written on these subjects, I find Trumbull’s view to
be the most comprehensive, for he covers each subject in lecture form. The
Blood Covenant covers a period of lectures given in 1885. While it seems dated,
please note that from a period of time in from 1850 to the 1900’s, there was an
uptick in Old Testament related studies. Scholars and teachers and pastors
alike all found a renewal in becoming Berens and searching the Scriptures to
see if these things spoken were so. </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">May this be
our cry today as we launch a new series of studies to explore the covenantal
relationships that form our faith and hold fast to the things of God. Why is
this important? Words and languages imply that there are limitations and a type
of imperfect understanding in the transmission of ideas. No language can
contain a one-on-one translation of concepts. Take the word covenant: do we
even understand the fullness and importance of what this word is actually
trying to convey? Ideas precede words,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20relationship.docx#_edn10" name="_ednref10" style="mso-endnote-id: edn10;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[x]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> just as action
precedes understanding. What I mean is this: sometimes you just have to do what
God expects, even if you do not understand why.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Understanding follows the
action; what is important is that we act. The heart will follow with our
obedience. That is the only way to prove to God that we actually love Him, by
keeping His commandments and His word. Yeshua said this also: </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: X-NONE; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Joh</span></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">n</span></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: X-NONE; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> 14:12-15</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: X-NONE; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: X-NONE; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Truly,
truly, I say to you, He who believes on Me, the works that I do he shall do
also, and greater <i>works</i> than these he shall do, because I go to My
Father. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>13 </sup></b>
And whatever you may ask in My name, that I will do, so that the Father may be
glorified in the Son. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>14</sup></b>
If you ask anything in My name, I will do <i>it</i>. </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: X-NONE; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: X-NONE; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">15 </span></sup></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: X-NONE; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <b>If you love Me, keep My
commandments.</b></span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: X-NONE; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We can see
this further in the epistle of 1 John:</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1 John 5:1-5</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Everyone who believes that Jesus is
the Christ has been born of God. And everyone who loves Him who begets also
loves him who has been born of Him. </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: X-NONE; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2</span></sup></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> By this we know
that we love the children of God, whenever we love God and keep His commandments.
</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: X-NONE; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">3 </span></sup></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For this is the love of
God, that we keep His commandments, and His commandments are not burdensome.
</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: X-NONE; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">4 </span></sup></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For everything that has been born of God overcomes the world.
And this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith. </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: X-NONE; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">5</span></sup></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> Who is he who overcomes
the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Covenant
with God depends on three factors:</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 40.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 40.5pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Obedience to The Father’s word.</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 40.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 40.5pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Believe in Yeshua the Messiah.</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 40.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 40.5pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A continuous walk with YHVH, following His commandments,
precepts, and ordinances while holding onto the faith [trust] in the finished
work of Machiach. </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This is what defines our love of Him
and Yeshua.</span></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It is not with our lips, for our lips can and do speak false
hoods.</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It is not with words or oaths, for our words ring untrue, and
our oaths are quickly forgotten.</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It is in what we do. </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo4; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Do we keep [guard
and obey] His words? Do we trust in them? Do we walk in the Torah of Adonai?</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo4; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Do we seek,
do we treasure, do we proclaim His ways?</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo4; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Do we
rejoice, do we meditate, do we delight in All he commands? <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20relationship.docx#_edn11" name="_ednref11" style="mso-endnote-id: edn11;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a></span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If we do,
then we have covenant with Him. We are in a relationship with Him and for Him. And
what if we are not? Some would say, “Well, we have Christ!” The role of Christianity in the world seems to tell us this, but are Christians in covenant
with God? There is no “Christian” covenant mentioned in the Scriptures. What of
the Jews? What of their covenant, broken and shattered so many times by
disobedience? Are they in covenant still?</span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Can we as humans, regardless of
ethnicity, or background, can we fulfill the assignments that we are given?
Look at this broken, shaken world. How can a holy God create human beings that
are capable of so much evil as well as good, and then expect so much from
frail, fallible, and mortal beings? If we are so fallible, so capable of
sinning continuously, how is it even within our natures to make good a covenant
that none have been able to keep? Why must God continuously be disappointed in
us, when we are unable to keep the simple things He demands, when we act out
our role as <b><i>human beings </i></b>with all our faults? </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Are we able
to rise above our own condition? Are we so neurotic that we seek religion or
spirituality, so we can take upon ourselves a role that is realized in “I will
be your God, and you will be my people”? Is that even a role that belongs to a
Christian? A Buddhist? A Hindu? A Moslem? Or does it belong to a people chosen,
the Jew? </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The question
of our lives is “Who are we?” Judaism does not exist without Jews. Christianity
does not exist without Christians. Islam does not exist without Moslems. A Messianic
does not exist without two components, a Messiah and the religion of the Jews. So,
who are we then to God? What are we? What do we stand or fall upon?</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Can we know
anything? Can the nature of Scripture tell us anything? Do the ethics of the
Jewish Scriptures, their social norms, their dogged hope in the <b><i>olam haba</i></b>,
the world to come matter to humanity at all? Do the other “great” religions
have anything to add to the story of God, or our own story? Does covenant equal
a relationship? <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20relationship.docx#_edn12" name="_ednref12" style="mso-endnote-id: edn12;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a></span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">These
questions define our worldview, our perspective on who we are, and what is
expected. God expects something, and it is our role to find out what that
something is. But we will have to wait till next time.</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">May God richly bless you
all, my beloveds</span></i></b><b><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Amein.</span></i></b><b><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><em><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></em></p>
<p><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span class="v2"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
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<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20relationship.docx#_ednref2" name="_edn2" style="mso-endnote-id: edn2;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[ii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <b>FAIR USE DISCLAIMER:</b> This
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20relationship.docx#_ednref3" name="_edn3" style="mso-endnote-id: edn3;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[iii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <b>Author’s note</b>: This site is
for education only and is not affiliated with any institution, organization, or
religious group. It is the sole production of its editor. Use of information
from Jewish-themed websites (or any other source material) should not be
construed as these sites endorsing or confirming any thesis introduced by the
author of this epistle. I present the information from their respective sites
for instructional purposes only and/or to aid in the readers understanding of
the subjects discussed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20relationship.docx#_ednref4" name="_edn4" style="mso-endnote-id: edn4;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[iv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"> <b>Author’s
note</b>: Throughout this study I may be using the NET Bible® and the NET
Notes®: within the notes you will see symbols like this: (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">א </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">B Ψ 892* 2427 sys). These are
abbreviations used by the NET Bible® for identifying the principal manuscript
evidence that they (authors and translators of the NET Bible®) used in
translating the New Testament. Please go to https://bible.org/netbible/ and see
their section labeled “NET Bible Principals of Translation” for a more complete
explanation on these symbols and other items pertinent to the way the NET Bible
uses them.<sup> </sup></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20relationship.docx#_ednref5" name="_edn5" style="mso-endnote-id: edn5;" title=""></a><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v</span></sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/nrsv?ref=BibleNRSV.Je31.31&off=15&ctx=A+New+Covenant%0a~31%C2%A0The+days+are+surely+co"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">The Holy Bible: New
Revised Standard Version</span></i></a> (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers,
1989), Je 31:31–34.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1 style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20relationship.docx#_ednref6" name="_edn6" style="mso-endnote-id: edn6;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">[vi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">
From the article “</span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.2pt;">Theology Thursday: What Are the
Biblical Covenants?” by Brett a. Berger ThM, GSU University:<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.gcu.edu/blog/theology-ministry/theology-thursday-what-are-biblical-covenants#:~:text=From%20Genesis%209%2C%20this%20is,of%20human%20evil%20and%20violence">https://www.gcu.edu/blog/theology-ministry/theology-thursday-what-are-biblical-covenants#:~:text=From%20Genesis%209%2C%20this%20is,of%20human%20evil%20and%20violence</a>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20relationship.docx#_ednref7" name="_edn7" style="mso-endnote-id: edn7;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <i>Ibid</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20relationship.docx#_ednref8" name="_edn8" style="mso-endnote-id: edn8;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[viii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">
https://www.gotquestions.org/exegesis-eisegesis.html<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20relationship.docx#_ednref9" name="_edn9" style="mso-endnote-id: edn9;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[ix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <b><i>The Blood Covenant: A
Primitive Rite and its Bearing on Scripture</i></b> first published 1896; <b><i>The
Threshold Covenant: or The Beginnings of Religious Rites</i></b> published in
1896; <b><i>The Covenant of Salt: As Based on the Significance and Symbolism of
Salt in Primitive Thought</i></b>, first published in 1899.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20relationship.docx#_ednref10" name="_edn10" style="mso-endnote-id: edn10;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[x]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> I wish I could claim preeminence
for this profound truth, but it comes from, alas, an unknown author, whom even
though anonymous, I wish to give them credit for it. Such truth needs to be
shared…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20relationship.docx#_ednref11" name="_edn11" style="mso-endnote-id: edn11;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> See Psalm 119.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Covenant%20relationship.docx#_ednref12" name="_edn12" style="mso-endnote-id: edn12;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> I give credit where credit is due.
The last few paragraphs of this epistle are adapted from <b><i>Our Covenant
with God</i></b>, by Arnold M. Eisen, who asked deep and poignant questions. I
wish to explore these and others in our following posts. You can read Mr. Eisen’s
post at <a href="https://www.jtsa.edu/torah/our-covenant-with-god/">https://www.jtsa.edu/torah/our-covenant-with-god/</a>
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</div><br /><p></p>David_seedofabrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779218562279412780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808052277561745789.post-5912245350863303242022-02-27T15:42:00.002-08:002023-08-13T13:28:00.525-07:00Lessons from the wilderness, Volume 50 - When Words are not Enough; I celebrate three who have gone on before...<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lessons from the Wilderness, Volume 50:
Part Three, a Celebration for three hearts, and then comfort for all.</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©2022, David E. Robinson: At the Gates
of Yerushalayim Ministries<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2022/02/lessons-from-wilderness-vol-48-story.html">Go to Part One</a><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2022/02/lessons-from-wilderness-vol-49-story.html">Go to Part Two</a><br /></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lessons from the Wilderness, Volume 50</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">When Words are not Enough<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/When%20Words%20are%20not%20Enough-Revised.docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" style="mso-endnote-id: edn1;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[i]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></i></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/When%20Words%20are%20not%20Enough-Revised.docx#_edn2" name="_ednref2" style="mso-endnote-id: edn2;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[ii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/When%20Words%20are%20not%20Enough-Revised.docx#_edn3" name="_ednref3" style="mso-endnote-id: edn3;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[iii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/When%20Words%20are%20not%20Enough-Revised.docx#_edn4" name="_ednref4" style="mso-endnote-id: edn4;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[iv]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">Comfort, comfort all who are my people<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEn8w36VDJUnB9qw8_Mhbctvu002V3ejij1X2-A84Wc1GBSxgkS3C0-ni3KthKp9IfSXWMqKylaA99QLR_YPseTHnfoH8cBaeraM11u8PCytGMHA1N0TETWBUuyB7P8BMRz_z_iDM9N2rZkSmhxvj9BV2lndGe6_katNcwKktdTOddxsmXE8fXP2JGDg=s234" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="234" data-original-width="176" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEn8w36VDJUnB9qw8_Mhbctvu002V3ejij1X2-A84Wc1GBSxgkS3C0-ni3KthKp9IfSXWMqKylaA99QLR_YPseTHnfoH8cBaeraM11u8PCytGMHA1N0TETWBUuyB7P8BMRz_z_iDM9N2rZkSmhxvj9BV2lndGe6_katNcwKktdTOddxsmXE8fXP2JGDg" width="176" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOJfWDolCXb6dTRYrI-tu4oQ4PEfRPNuVuR4aeQllGftjk6sh7HxzMz4c6Q-VA41-yvtTuLS5gB2NBStPI8vJbH4sQxtcqWXavaC5JyE2C-1Jfe3_kpvSEwzhM84ySp7SSlYoqw2xIMbGeaHmEUREC2B0qw7X3dkcg3axfWvLs_GmIohNk_kW1CUB_4g=s2048" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="970" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOJfWDolCXb6dTRYrI-tu4oQ4PEfRPNuVuR4aeQllGftjk6sh7HxzMz4c6Q-VA41-yvtTuLS5gB2NBStPI8vJbH4sQxtcqWXavaC5JyE2C-1Jfe3_kpvSEwzhM84ySp7SSlYoqw2xIMbGeaHmEUREC2B0qw7X3dkcg3axfWvLs_GmIohNk_kW1CUB_4g=s320" width="152" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhQNYqfcdYHZCh2_p0fyNXlR2gqcr220odduQfWKB0PX3sczBBpdslocx3Mw6eEtmRJI1wk4DtExArSAsm5uy9me3RFOe6-7kG57E8COqIQOf3KLF9rJdRYu2hTUY1zTmcPM0X8vkit5gK4oCNSf2KtA1nD8W7omTc3gwznpvAV5xd-iIi_UrDwMbyRA=s206" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="205" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhQNYqfcdYHZCh2_p0fyNXlR2gqcr220odduQfWKB0PX3sczBBpdslocx3Mw6eEtmRJI1wk4DtExArSAsm5uy9me3RFOe6-7kG57E8COqIQOf3KLF9rJdRYu2hTUY1zTmcPM0X8vkit5gK4oCNSf2KtA1nD8W7omTc3gwznpvAV5xd-iIi_UrDwMbyRA" width="205" /></a></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Figure
</span><span style="text-align: center;">1</span><span style="text-align: center;">. 1st picture: At Aster's
grave, my wife holds Sandárina’s ashes.</span></div><p></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p align="center" class="MsoCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Picture
2: My brother Homopher's wreath.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Picture
3: Sandárina and Aster spend a moment together; a picture locked in time.<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj654shkAH8AiGOSJzfcQFMFBpxoCW7t-EG2est1iNs-uN51RS6aHiHvqLyqPvKIv0Emnu4e8oTBZtpmvM2dRJWekXKSxyQOKSGK-E5W8Zcpfjfs6mEa2f_PhVTrj0H_nwrP639MB2FlELkJTDD87KcVCwH9I8ZKstgCA4gJ7LEl5dXknGjePixvnGSvQ=s540" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj654shkAH8AiGOSJzfcQFMFBpxoCW7t-EG2est1iNs-uN51RS6aHiHvqLyqPvKIv0Emnu4e8oTBZtpmvM2dRJWekXKSxyQOKSGK-E5W8Zcpfjfs6mEa2f_PhVTrj0H_nwrP639MB2FlELkJTDD87KcVCwH9I8ZKstgCA4gJ7LEl5dXknGjePixvnGSvQ=w640-h4" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">Final note to my readers: This is Part Three of the tribute to my brother,
Homopher Reselap. Let there be no mistake though; it is also one for all my family, we who have all suffered the
great losses of sisters Aster, Sand</b><b style="text-align: left;">árina</b><b style="text-align: left;">, and now brother Homopher. While these words I spoke at Homopher’s home-going, they could, and do
reflect how I felt for them all, and for all my family’s loss. They were more than sisters and brother; they were wives and husband, mothers and father, grandparents all. But these are and were my sisters
and brother; though I joined the family through marriage, they are my family,
as real to me as my own my natural family. There are not enough words: may what is here
today be comfort for ALL who mourn now and always. In the future, I will post a special tribute for all three of the special souls I still mourn, but today, let their memories remain in God's hands. Amein and Shalom.</b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj654shkAH8AiGOSJzfcQFMFBpxoCW7t-EG2est1iNs-uN51RS6aHiHvqLyqPvKIv0Emnu4e8oTBZtpmvM2dRJWekXKSxyQOKSGK-E5W8Zcpfjfs6mEa2f_PhVTrj0H_nwrP639MB2FlELkJTDD87KcVCwH9I8ZKstgCA4gJ7LEl5dXknGjePixvnGSvQ=s540" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj654shkAH8AiGOSJzfcQFMFBpxoCW7t-EG2est1iNs-uN51RS6aHiHvqLyqPvKIv0Emnu4e8oTBZtpmvM2dRJWekXKSxyQOKSGK-E5W8Zcpfjfs6mEa2f_PhVTrj0H_nwrP639MB2FlELkJTDD87KcVCwH9I8ZKstgCA4gJ7LEl5dXknGjePixvnGSvQ=w640-h4" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">To my family, to Hermina, to my nephews and nieces, I offer you
all humble thanks for allowing me to speak today. I would like to recite a
prayer, one that is over two thousand years old, and one that is on one level, an
attempt by those who have suffered loss to remind God of the brokenness of the
world around us, and the brokenness we all feel this day…</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It is
simply entitled “Kaddish”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b>Magnified and
sanctified be God’s great name throughout the world </b><b>which He has created according to His will. </b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>May He
establish His kingdom in your lifetime and during your days, </b><b>and within the life of the entire House of Israel, speedily and soon; </b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>a</b><b>nd say, Amen.</b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">May His
great name be blessed forever and to all eternity. </span></b><b><o:p> </o:p></b><b>Blessed
and praised, magnified and exalted, extolled and honored, </b><b>adored and lauded, be the name of the Holy One, blessed be He, </b><b>beyond all the blessings and hymns, praises and consolations that </b><b>are ever spoken in the world; </b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>and say, Amen.</b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b>May there
be abundant peace from heaven, and life, for us, </b><b>and for all Israel; </b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>and say, Amen.</b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b>He who
creates peace in His celestial heights, </b><b>may He create peace for us and for all Israel;</b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
and say, Amen. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/When%20Words%20are%20not%20Enough-Revised.docx#_edn5" name="_ednref5" style="mso-endnote-id: edn5;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[v]</span></b></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj654shkAH8AiGOSJzfcQFMFBpxoCW7t-EG2est1iNs-uN51RS6aHiHvqLyqPvKIv0Emnu4e8oTBZtpmvM2dRJWekXKSxyQOKSGK-E5W8Zcpfjfs6mEa2f_PhVTrj0H_nwrP639MB2FlELkJTDD87KcVCwH9I8ZKstgCA4gJ7LEl5dXknGjePixvnGSvQ=s540" referrerpolicy="origin" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj654shkAH8AiGOSJzfcQFMFBpxoCW7t-EG2est1iNs-uN51RS6aHiHvqLyqPvKIv0Emnu4e8oTBZtpmvM2dRJWekXKSxyQOKSGK-E5W8Zcpfjfs6mEa2f_PhVTrj0H_nwrP639MB2FlELkJTDD87KcVCwH9I8ZKstgCA4gJ7LEl5dXknGjePixvnGSvQ=w640-h4" width="640" /></a><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></b></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="text-align: left;">I was asked to say words of comfort today. I wondered “What can I
say that will ease the burden of this loss?” I then understood, in light of
this ancient prayer, I have no words. This is one of those times when words are
not enough. This prayer acknowledges for us, that there is a reality we all
must face in this fallen world in which we live. We live in a world where God’s
own name is diminished. For I realized this one truth: God is not yet King over
all the earth. We do not all recognize that we have limited God. Until every
knee bows, and every tongue confesses that “He is LORD!” our God is not fully
worshipped, and His kingdom has not yet arrived.</span></b></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span>O how we want it to be so though. We want God to hurry, to put an
end to death, to sickness, to pain, to hurt, to war; we want Him to haste the
day when Messiah returns and puts His Father’s enemies under His feet. We ask
in this prayer for God to take up His throne, where His Holiness is complete and,
in His holiness, we fear and tremble in His presence.</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We want
that better world. The world in which our loved one is with us forever. </span></b><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">So then, words are not enough. I look upon this sea of faces, some
of you I know, so I do not. But you are all here, to honor and respect our
brother Homopher, and to love on his family. Thank you. But could words help
you? All share this pain differently. Words that can help one, may not do
anything for another. We are all unique individuals, and as such, our pain is
greater or lesser than another’s – for it all depends upon the relationship one
had with Homopher. </span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I want to say the right things, I want so much to do the right
thing – because I see your hurt but try as I might, I do not know what to say
or do. Have I let my grief get in the way of easing yours? I have heard many
words spoken today – some I understand, others I cannot because I do not speak Chuukese.
I hope those words comforted all who hurt, because I just do not have the words
I want to say. What can I do? </span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Then I remembered Elijah. He had defeated the prophets of Baal on
Mt. Carmel, but at one threat to him from the lips of Jezebel, he went into
hiding. And the Lord spoke to Elijah: </span> </p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1Ki
19:9-13 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">He went
into a cave there and spent the night. All of a sudden, the LORD spoke to him,
"<b>Why are you here, Elijah</b>?" He answered, "I have been
absolutely loyal to the LORD, the sovereign God, even though the Israelites
have abandoned the agreement they made with you, torn down your altars, and
killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take
my life." <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The LORD
said, "Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Look, the LORD is
ready to pass by."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">very powerful wind</span></b>
went before the LORD, digging into the mountain and causing landslides, <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">but the LORD was not in the wind</span></b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">.</span> After the <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">windstorm there was an
earthquake</span></b>, but <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">the LORD was not in the earthquake</span></b>. After the earthquake, <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">there was a fire, but the LORD
was not in the fire</span></b>. <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">After the fire, there was a soft whisper</span></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When Elijah heard it, he covered his face
with his robe and went out and stood at the entrance to the cave. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All of a sudden,
a voice asked him, "<b>Why are you here, Elijah</b>?" </span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A soft whisper. Not a powerful wind. Not in an earthquake. Not in
the fire. But a whisper, and the repeat of the question:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“…Why are
you here…” </span></b><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Why are we
here? </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Jesus gave us the answer to this on the Sermon on the Mount:</span> </p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b><span style="color: red;">“Blessed
are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.”</span></b></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">You and I, all of us here, are the soft whisper. The death of our
brother was the whirlwind, the earthquake that broke our hearts. But God was
not in those. It was the fire that seared our souls and blackened the sky with
ashes; but God was not there. It was a powerful wind that wanted to drive us to
our knees, and again, God was not there. But here, after the storm, after the
wind, after the fire came the soft whisper. God came, and He was there. The soft voice, the quiet
one, is God. Today, I say we all represent His soft whisper.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">When words are not enough, God speaks in and from the silence of our heart.
He pours out oils of gladness from the middle of His throne; He trades for us
those ashes of the fire for garments of praise. He asks us why we are here, and
we all know why. In our quiet, in our silence, in a soft whisper, we tell those others who mourn with us, we are here to comfort them. Let your eyes speak to them, not your
words. Look upon their pain, their sorrow, make it your own also. Let it be
your hearts that collect the oil from the throne and give it to them. Words are
never enough; a touch, a soft whisper is what God wants us to bring. The reason
we are here, why I am here is to comfort all who mourn by being the vessel that
God uses to bring His comfort to them.</span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">On the cross, Jesus was the soft whisper of God. Through His
stripes, through His pain, He was able to defeat the powerful wind, the
whirlwind, the earthquake and the fire. By His blood, he was the oil that
flowed from the throne of Grace. By his cry of “It is finished!” He became the
garment of praise, traded for the spirit of heaviness. In us, He comes to live,
so we can be His soft whisper to those who hurt. </span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I said I do not know what to say. I can barely think about what to
do. Words are not enough. But all praise to God, today, for a time, we all can be
the prayer to heal this broken world. We join together our broken hearts with a
soft whisper that is God, that is Christ, and comfort those who mourn. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="text-align: center;">For us, the
kingdom of God is not yet realized. For Homopher, he is already there. O how we
wish that he was still with us in the flesh, but to be honest, I do not know
how I could ask him to trade the garments of praise that he now wears for a
small time with us today. We hear a soft whisper; he hears the shouts of the Seraphim
crying without ceasing </span><b style="text-align: center;">“Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty! Glory, honor
and power to His name!” </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I miss him. </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We all do. None more than his blessed wife and
children though. So today, when words are not enough, join with me and let us
write another page of his story for them, by being those who comfort they who
mourn. Be the soft whisper of God; let Him flow through you and reveal His
heart to them. Let the tears from your eyes be counted by God, and let their
tears be wiped away by our love. </span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I wish I had better words to say, but it is not my words any needs
to hear.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="text-align: center;">It is only
the soft whisper that mends the broken and humble heart.</b><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">May God
help me to be that today when words are not enough.</span></b><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">May the ashes
of sadness be exchanged this day for the peace and comfort of God, </span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Amein.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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Throughout this study I may be using the NET Bible® and the NET Notes®: within
the notes you will see symbols like this: (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-language: HE;">א </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">B Ψ 892* 2427 sys). These are
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evidence that they (authors and translators of the NET Bible®) used in
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a non-Jewish setting, I mean no disrespect to the Jewish traditions. What I believe
lines up with the Jewish traditions, as outlined here from Chabad.org: “…</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">The </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/514160/jewish/Mourners-Kaddish.htm" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" title="Mourner's Kaddish"><span style="background: white; color: #467ab5; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Kaddish</span></a></span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> is a vigorous declaration of faith. It is one of the
most beautiful, deeply-significant and spiritually moving prayers in the Jewish
liturgy. It is an ancient Aramaic prose-poem, a litany whose word-music, strong
rhythms, stirring sounds, and alternating responses of leader and congregation,
cast sheer hypnotic power over the listeners. It has well been noted that the
Kaddish is the echo of Job in the prayerbook : "Though He slay me, yet
will I trust in Him." It is a call to God from the depths of catastrophe,
exalting His name and praising Him, despite the realization that He has just
wrenched a human being from life. Like the </span><span class="glossaryitem"><span glossary_item="32040" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-position-x: 50%; background-position-y: 100%; background-position: 50% 100%; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Kol Nidre</span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> prayer of the Day of Atonement, the significance of
Kaddish is usually taken for granted. It is a response from the sub-vaults of
the soul almost a primitive, mesmerized response to the sacred demand to
sanctify Almighty God…” from the article entitled: <a href="https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/281617/jewish/The-History-Significance-and-Meaning-of-Kaddish.htm">https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/281617/jewish/The-History-Significance-and-Meaning-of-Kaddish.htm</a>
I pray I offend no one; this is not a misappropriation, but an application of Godly
comfort in the light of sorrow; I can think of no greater honor than to give
glory to God and the Jewish people for this prayer.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</div>David_seedofabrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779218562279412780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808052277561745789.post-15684992691188166282022-02-27T13:56:00.001-08:002022-02-27T15:48:46.812-08:00Lessons from the Wilderness Vol 49-A story Continued_My ode to Homopher and to all who mourn. Part 2<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lessons from the Wilderness, Volume 49:
His story continues, an ode for my brother. Part 2<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©2022, David E. Robinson: At the Gates
of Yerushalayim Ministries </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2022/02/lessons-from-wilderness-vol-48-story.html">Go to Part One.</a><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2022/02/lessons-from-wilderness-volume-50-when.html">Go to Part Three</a><br /></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lessons from the Wilderness, Volume 49</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; mso-bidi-font-family: Aharoni;">…He Loved
His God…</span></i></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/He%20loved%20his%20God_Ode%20for%20Homopher_revised.docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" style="mso-endnote-id: edn1;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[i]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></i></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/He%20loved%20his%20God_Ode%20for%20Homopher_revised.docx#_edn2" name="_ednref2" style="mso-endnote-id: edn2;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[ii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/He%20loved%20his%20God_Ode%20for%20Homopher_revised.docx#_edn3" name="_ednref3" style="mso-endnote-id: edn3;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[iii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/He%20loved%20his%20God_Ode%20for%20Homopher_revised.docx#_edn4" name="_ednref4" style="mso-endnote-id: edn4;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[iv]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; mso-bidi-font-family: Aharoni;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; mso-bidi-font-family: Aharoni;">Or<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; mso-bidi-font-family: Aharoni;">Is this
the end of His Story?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; mso-bidi-font-family: Aharoni;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiC3e9UYCH5JAeVQD4TQXPl3MUtHFNocTe9hzuaX5kNrXI4K6rQCG9qNyQ-vd45XvjbYYLmmMQlVJymioHS11gSS0UCyYmBrCAfwxcz9rpxCoKwSbwQ_TReyQy_RVYyjWFQfZ6tUuYUZAcxWS9wBAYe9SuoNwVel816uhG3LO66iCyCqiIt_vviwV4YgQ=s1208" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1208" data-original-width="744" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiC3e9UYCH5JAeVQD4TQXPl3MUtHFNocTe9hzuaX5kNrXI4K6rQCG9qNyQ-vd45XvjbYYLmmMQlVJymioHS11gSS0UCyYmBrCAfwxcz9rpxCoKwSbwQ_TReyQy_RVYyjWFQfZ6tUuYUZAcxWS9wBAYe9SuoNwVel816uhG3LO66iCyCqiIt_vviwV4YgQ=s320" width="197" /></a></i></b></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj654shkAH8AiGOSJzfcQFMFBpxoCW7t-EG2est1iNs-uN51RS6aHiHvqLyqPvKIv0Emnu4e8oTBZtpmvM2dRJWekXKSxyQOKSGK-E5W8Zcpfjfs6mEa2f_PhVTrj0H_nwrP639MB2FlELkJTDD87KcVCwH9I8ZKstgCA4gJ7LEl5dXknGjePixvnGSvQ=s540" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj654shkAH8AiGOSJzfcQFMFBpxoCW7t-EG2est1iNs-uN51RS6aHiHvqLyqPvKIv0Emnu4e8oTBZtpmvM2dRJWekXKSxyQOKSGK-E5W8Zcpfjfs6mEa2f_PhVTrj0H_nwrP639MB2FlELkJTDD87KcVCwH9I8ZKstgCA4gJ7LEl5dXknGjePixvnGSvQ=w640-h4" width="640" /></a></i></b></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">To my readers: thank you for allowing me to share in three posts, my tribute to my brother, Homopher Reselap, who went home to be with God 5 February
2022. I miss him so much, but his life held so much meaning, that one post is not enough, because his story continues. He touched lives, and no matter how much he will be missed, I thank
God for he now lives in the Kingdom and will always live in our hearts.</b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj654shkAH8AiGOSJzfcQFMFBpxoCW7t-EG2est1iNs-uN51RS6aHiHvqLyqPvKIv0Emnu4e8oTBZtpmvM2dRJWekXKSxyQOKSGK-E5W8Zcpfjfs6mEa2f_PhVTrj0H_nwrP639MB2FlELkJTDD87KcVCwH9I8ZKstgCA4gJ7LEl5dXknGjePixvnGSvQ=s540" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj654shkAH8AiGOSJzfcQFMFBpxoCW7t-EG2est1iNs-uN51RS6aHiHvqLyqPvKIv0Emnu4e8oTBZtpmvM2dRJWekXKSxyQOKSGK-E5W8Zcpfjfs6mEa2f_PhVTrj0H_nwrP639MB2FlELkJTDD87KcVCwH9I8ZKstgCA4gJ7LEl5dXknGjePixvnGSvQ=w640-h4" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">I want to thank today, on this solemn occasion, Homopher’s wife
and children for allowing me the chance to say a few words. I am humbled by
their trust; I pray that I am up to the task.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span>I would like to begin with prayer:</p>
<p class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="X-NONE" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; text-align: center;">Oh most gracious and mighty God, may
You do today as Your words say in Isaiah </span><span style="background: yellow; text-align: center;">and Father, allow me paraphrase here:</span></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: yellow;">“…</span><b><span style="background: yellow; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: yellow;">The</span></b><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-highlight: yellow;"> Spirit of the </span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-highlight: yellow;">Yahweh Adonai</span></b><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-highlight: yellow;"> is
upon me</span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-highlight: yellow;">…</span></b><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-highlight: yellow;"> To bring good news to the afflicted</span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-highlight: yellow;">… </span></b><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-highlight: yellow;">He
has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted</span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-highlight: yellow;">…</span></b><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-highlight: yellow;">To proclaim the favorable year of the LORD</span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-highlight: yellow;">…</span></b><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-highlight: yellow;"> To comfort all who
mourn,</span></b><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span></b><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-highlight: yellow;">To grant those who mourn <i><span style="color: #757575;">in</span></i>
Zion, Giving them a garland instead of ashes, The oil of gladness instead of
mourning, The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of </span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-highlight: yellow;">heaviness…</span></b><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-highlight: yellow;">they
will be called oaks of righteousness, The planting of </span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-highlight: yellow;">Adonai</span></b><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-highlight: yellow;">,
that He may be glorified…</span></b><span style="background: yellow; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-highlight: yellow;">”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span style="background: yellow; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="background-color: yellow;">In the name of our Messiah, Amen and Amen.</span></p>
<p class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;"><o:p> </o:p></span>Today, our hearts are heavy. Today, it is hard to see
light in this darkness of loss, of sorrow. We have all experienced a wave of
loss, here, in Oregon, and Hawaii. I just want to acknowledge those losses
also, for all who hurt and mourn. Today, though, may we concentrate on the loss
before us, my dear brother, Homopher. </p>
<p class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">In light of all that is going on in the world,
fear is gripping our hearts. There is fear of tomorrow. Fear of plague. Fear of
war. And fear, is what I want to address today, and how the man of God we honor
here today pushed back against fear his whole life. There is one fear, one that
we all share, the sum of all our fears. What fear is that which overcomes all
who live, our perhaps, greatest fear of all? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">It has but one
name: death.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">We, as humans, are
afraid to die.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">We are afraid when
death takes away from us one that we love, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">And we are afraid
of what happens next, to ourselves and to them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BODY" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">This life we live, whether or not we live it for
the glory of God, or for the glory of ourselves, has but one end, in that it is
short and so uncertain. James the brother of Jesus wrote:</span></p>
<p class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="text-align: center;">“What is your life?
You are just a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes…”</b><span style="text-align: center;"> [James 4:14]</span></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Jesus Himself said something similar to us in Luke
12:22-26:</span></p>
<p class="BODY" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span lang="X-NONE" style="text-align: center;">And He said to His disciples, <span style="color: #da3737;">"For this reason I say to you, do not worry about </span><i><span style="color: #757575;">your</span></i><span style="color: #da3737;"> life, </span><i><span style="color: #757575;">as to</span></i><span style="color: #da3737;"> what you
will eat; nor for your body, </span><i><span style="color: #757575;">as to</span></i><span style="color: #da3737;"> what you will put on.</span> <span style="color: #da3737;">"For
life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.</span> <span style="color: #da3737;">"Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap;
they have no storeroom nor barn, and </span><i><span style="color: #757575;">yet</span></i><span style="color: #da3737;"> God feeds them; how much more valuable you are than the
birds!</span> <span style="color: #da3737;">"And which of you by
worrying can add a </span><i><span style="color: #757575;">single</span></i><span style="color: #da3737;"> hour to his life's span?</span> <span style="color: #da3737;">"If
then you cannot do even a very little thing, why do you worry about other
matters?</span></span><span style="color: #da3737; text-align: center;">”</span></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;"><o:p> </o:p></span>Our lives are a
story, filled with many emotions, joy, anger, sorrow, pain, even fear.</p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">But never forget,
it is God who writes this story, a perfect story of our lives.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;"><b>Death is not the
end to our story.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">Not for those who
know the Lord.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BODY" style="text-align: left;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;"><o:p> </o:p></span>And Homopher knew
his God. How do I know this? I know this because he loved his God. This is how
he pushed back against the fear.</p>
<p class="BODY" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="text-align: center;">Death does not win
in the end; only love does.</b></p>
<p class="BODY" style="text-align: left;">The teacher in Ecclesiastes,
chapter 3, wrote that:</p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="text-align: center;"><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">For everything there is a season, and a
time for every matter under heaven:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="text-align: center;"><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">a time to be born, and a time to die; a
time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="text-align: center;"><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time
to break down, and a time to build up;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="text-align: center;"><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time
to mourn, and a time to dance;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="text-align: center;"><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">a time to cast away stones, and a time to
gather stones together;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="text-align: center;"><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">a time to embrace, and a time to refrain
from embracing;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="text-align: center;"><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time
to keep, and a time to cast away;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="text-align: center;"><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time
to keep silence, and a time to speak;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="text-align: center;"><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">a time to love, and a time to hate; a time
for war, and a time for peace.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">For us here today though, it is a time to
mourn, a time to heal, a time to weep, and a time to love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BODY">If
I could only sum up Homopher’s life in one word, in my humble opinion, it would
be <b>relationships</b>, those he made first with God, then Jesus, then his
family, then his friends. In his relationships, he invested time. He invested
himself. He gave his heart and soul to his God; this allowed him to give his
heart to his family.</p>
<p class="BODY">We
can see this in 2 Corinthians. In the scriptures I am about to read, we can
understand how there is a hope in facing death and all its dark fears, no
matter what they be. <o:p> </o:p>We
will start in 2 Corinthians 4:7-12, 16-18, and continue in chapter 5, verses
1-9:</p>
<p class="BODY" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">…</span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #218282; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">2 Cor 4:7-12</span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show
that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not
crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken;
struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in our body the death of Jesus,
so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. For we who live
are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus
also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So, death is at work in us, but
life in you...</span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Normal" style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #218282; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">2Co 4:16-18</span></b><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> So we do
not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being
renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an
eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things
that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen
are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.</span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Normal" style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #218282; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">2Co 5:1-9</span></b><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> For we
know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building
from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this tent
we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, if indeed by putting it on
we may not be found naked. For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being
burdened--not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed,
so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. He who has prepared us for
this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. So, we are
always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are
away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yes, we are of good
courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So,
whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.</span></b></p>
<p class="Normal" style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">We can see our hope rests in the resurrected Christ.
If one has a relationship with God and His Messiah, if we love them and keep their
words, then our story does not end – in fact, our real story is just beginning.
Homopher loved -loves his God and is known by Him. What does this mean? It
means simply, the blessed hope of Messiah should change the way we look at
death. We have been looking wrongly, what I call the ‘17 degrees of separation’.
We think we are looking at something that is true, but our perspective is
skewed, we are missing the target.</span></p>
<p class="Normal" style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">It is the same as in Moses’ day:</span></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #218282; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">Exo 33:8-11<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;"> </span></b><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">“…</span></b><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">And it came about, whenever
Moses went out to the tent, that all the people would arise and stand, each at
the entrance of his tent, and gaze after Moses until he entered the tent.
<span style="color: #218282;">9</span> Whenever Moses entered the
tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent;
and the LORD would speak with Moses. <span style="color: #218282;">10</span>
When all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the
tent, all the people would </span></b><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">fall on their faces</span></b><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;"> and worship, each at the
entrance of his tent. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #218282; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">11</span></b><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;"> Thus the LORD used to
speak to Moses face to face, just as a man speaks to his friend</span></b><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">…”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="BODY" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">The people, they knew of God, His presence and
power. Moses though, knew God, and God knew him, as a friend, as one to speak
to face to face. The power of relationship. Either you have it, or you do not. Those
in the wilderness never got to enter into the Promised Land, for they knew not
God. Even Moses failed to get into the Promised Land at that time; though
later, God did send him and Elijah at the Messiah’s transfiguration. This
relationship with the living God and His Messiah [or Christ] transcends,
surpasses, goes beyond religion. It is greater than church, it is better than
denominations. Those three things, religion, church, denomination, all stand
between you and God. To have a relationship means there is nothing between you and
the one true God and His Messiah Jesus. The Holy Spirit leads you to truth; this
is the truth.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">Do you, have it?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BODY" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-align: center;">All praise to God
and Jesus, Homopher did.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b>Death is not the
end. </b><b>Death is not
evaporation: you just do not vanish.</b></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">Death is not separation,
but a continuation of your story. </span></b><b>Death is a trade
in. </b></p><p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><b>God gives us a new body for the old worn out one. This means then:</b></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">No more hatred; but
while we are still on this side of eternity, remember, </span></b><b>the world hates
Christ, it will hate you; just be prepared.</b></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">Upon our own
resurrection, it will be to a better world – a world of:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><b>No more sickness. </b><b>No more sadness. </b><b>No more death. </b><b>No more tears. </b><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Normal" style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But for us to have resurrection, we must die. So where
does that leave us for now, while we still live in this fading tent? We still
have fears, trials, and troubles. As we age, as we get closer to that
realization that we are just one breath away from eternity, what are we to do?</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="Normal" style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Hope. Hold on. Do not give up. Our salvation is nigh,
nearer now than it was for the Apostles. Please, I am not talking this way to
frighten anyone, or make it seem that our loss of a dear husband, father, grandfather,
and brother, has no meaning. Our perspective, our view has to be on something
greater than loss, than death. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Normal" style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in; text-align: center;"><b><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">God will not let death win</span></i></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even in
death, <b><i>believers Win</i></b>!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #218282; mso-ansi-language: X-NONE; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Rev
12:10-12<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">“…</span></b><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="mso-ansi-language: X-NONE; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Then I heard a loud voice in heaven,
saying, "Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and
the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been
thrown down, he who accuses them before our God day and night. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #218282; mso-ansi-language: X-NONE; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">11</span></b><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="mso-ansi-language: X-NONE; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> "And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and
because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even
when faced with death. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #218282; mso-ansi-language: X-NONE; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">12</span></b><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="mso-ansi-language: X-NONE; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> "For this reason, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in
them…</span></b><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">” </span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="Normal" style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The world will tell you to fear death. They all try
hard to extend their youth, from plastic surgery, Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig,
exercise till you drop, to God only knows what else. Diet and exercise are not
bad things, as long as your motivation is not fear or shame. The world wants
you to be afraid, afraid of a virus, a vaccine, or no vaccine; they want us to
be afraid of something that no one alive can ever escape. </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="Normal" style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in; text-align: center;"><b><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Remember, Death is not the end of the story for those
who know the Lord! </span></i></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="Normal" style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">From all the fears associated with death, one of the
greatest must be that we will die alone and forgotten. The pandemic made the
most vulnerable among us isolated in nursing homes, hospitals, and care
facilities. Many died alone. How sad and frightening it must be to die alone. Trapped
in a distant place, apart from family and friends, how much worse must it be to
pass from this world with no one to comfort you, with no one near to say
goodbye. How lonely it must be to take your last breath, and no one hears. No
one to wipe your tears, no one to say, “I love you.” Sometimes this happens
without warning, but it is not the way it should be. No one should suffer and
pass alone. When I hear these stories or read about them, only one thing comes
to mind, John 11:35:</span></p>
<p align="center" class="Normal" style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in; text-align: center;"><b><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“…Jesus wept…” </span></i></b></p><p align="center" class="Normal" style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">May we weep also. </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">May the Son of David be with these souls, may He have
dried their tears and brought them into their rest, Amen.</span></p>
<p class="Normal" style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">Because of the relationships he had, those he prayed
for and the ones he prayed over, those for his wife, his children, his grandchildren,
his brothers, and sisters, Homopher left this world blessed because he was not
alone; they were by his side. When it was time, he left to be with those who
passed before him, father-Otto mother-Ursila, brothers Ophin and Bernis, sisters
Aster and Sandrina, and many others that he cared for, to enter into the
kingdom of the God he loved. There, he stood, or more likely, he fell to his
knees before the Jesus who loves him. I believe that is when he heard those
words “</span><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Well done, thou good and faithful servant…enter into the joy of the
Lord</b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">”. He is now with the Lord, and that great cloud of witnesses that went
before.</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="Normal" style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">One final though. If Homopher could speak to us all today,
what would he say? I think, but I do not know, that he would ask us all:</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="Normal" style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“Where do you stand today? Do you know our God, and
are you known by Him? Are you ready?”</span></b><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Normal" style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Do we know Him my brothers and sisters?</span></b><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Normal" style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Homopher got to come home, to his family, so that he
could go home to God and his family. </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">God be praised, he was not alone. </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;">For that matter, neither are we, if we believe. </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;">One day, we all must face the inevitable as Paul tells
us in 1</span><sup style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;">st</sup><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"> Corinthians 15:22:</span></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">For as in Adam all die, so also
in Christ</span></b><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">, </span></b><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">all
will be made alive.</span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="BODY"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">And
that my brethren, is our hope, the hope of all who believe. As I wrote earlier about
Homopher, I told him I would not say goodbye. I will just see him later, God
willing. </span> </p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">O death, where is
thy victory?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">O death, where is
thy sting?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">One day, we will
see and be with those who stood and said: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">“We love our God
and are known by Him.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">Our stories will never
end. </span> </p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">May the Lord bless
you and keep you all, my beloved. Amein</span></b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Throughout this study I may be using the NET Bible® and the NET Notes®: within
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</div>David_seedofabrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779218562279412780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808052277561745789.post-16812426147619232092022-02-14T18:03:00.010-08:002022-02-27T15:51:56.671-08:00Lessons from the Wilderness, vol 48: The story continues as I honor my brother, gone, but never forgotten.<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lessons from the Wilderness, Volume 48:
The Story of Blessings from my Brother</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">© 02-2022, David E. Robinson: At the Gates
of Yerushalayim Ministries<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2022/02/lessons-from-wilderness-vol-49-story.html">Go to Part Two</a><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2022/02/lessons-from-wilderness-volume-50-when.html">Go to Part Three</a><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lessons from the Wilderness, Volume 48</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Blessings from my Brother</span></i></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" style="mso-endnote-id: edn1;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[i]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></i></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_edn2" name="_ednref2" style="mso-endnote-id: edn2;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[ii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_edn3" name="_ednref3" style="mso-endnote-id: edn3;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[iii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_edn4" name="_ednref4" style="mso-endnote-id: edn4;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[iv]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMTo37T9L5rzOkOBQ4qXZDNKAAsmCKFtxqAmeKld4Z9mJ0jDixuMhKW2ksyhy-lGWarpbqDZDbyQufzR14NzwIOBm45mRZyayDUM4-1LZVbeV9zFt5Q5M5BR6bTxoru_7lIiQbisBS39Jn-Cul0A0OsHvGI1N6ZwaGnfvWDLtqBbsAF9vzfFe9cSyglQ=s2048" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMTo37T9L5rzOkOBQ4qXZDNKAAsmCKFtxqAmeKld4Z9mJ0jDixuMhKW2ksyhy-lGWarpbqDZDbyQufzR14NzwIOBm45mRZyayDUM4-1LZVbeV9zFt5Q5M5BR6bTxoru_7lIiQbisBS39Jn-Cul0A0OsHvGI1N6ZwaGnfvWDLtqBbsAF9vzfFe9cSyglQ=w210-h210" width="210" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbAqqQOyveJJFkIGds54AsbuAuaBpEq0N28Wht71UFudyCtTAkmR9H24wxDfNxNFVFOCs8J89mljSGQyRTvQZhqLpOOUlUrVRNI8HSP6AQl7u2PfKxr01iEiXd4VH-2xuDGwXFIxT-tPudC-yaa-2e7VBkmQyz2xuEW0tDPq9HwitiR2U1XpkaF2owXw=s366" referrerpolicy="origin" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="366" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbAqqQOyveJJFkIGds54AsbuAuaBpEq0N28Wht71UFudyCtTAkmR9H24wxDfNxNFVFOCs8J89mljSGQyRTvQZhqLpOOUlUrVRNI8HSP6AQl7u2PfKxr01iEiXd4VH-2xuDGwXFIxT-tPudC-yaa-2e7VBkmQyz2xuEW0tDPq9HwitiR2U1XpkaF2owXw=w349-h212" width="349" /></a></i></b></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIMRPuTa3Am1JQpUYePzSg5sgqu7O_UVwo3XQY9dTsJABQtMZkXMaa-l30aUxBPCLzfASWkQQ87KRXy4irvNlFMZr2AZMTLDlhEnRPoxPqW5FOaWi8hZKumJXPRQzrTWcz42pwBf46tQjXt-OCayKdIdOy8LiBLPy-SanlVpUZQgc3v6nIP4-n0V4jMg=s540" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIMRPuTa3Am1JQpUYePzSg5sgqu7O_UVwo3XQY9dTsJABQtMZkXMaa-l30aUxBPCLzfASWkQQ87KRXy4irvNlFMZr2AZMTLDlhEnRPoxPqW5FOaWi8hZKumJXPRQzrTWcz42pwBf46tQjXt-OCayKdIdOy8LiBLPy-SanlVpUZQgc3v6nIP4-n0V4jMg=w640-h4" width="640" /></a></div><b><div><b><br /></b></div>Mark 3:31–35</b><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">31 </span></sup></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_edn5" name="_ednref5" style="mso-endnote-id: edn5;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">a</span></sup></a><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Then, His mother and
His brothers <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_edn6" name="_ednref6" style="mso-endnote-id: edn6;" title=""><sup>*</sup></a>came, and while standing outside they sent <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">word</i> to Him, calling <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">for</i> Him. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>32 </sup></b>And a crowd was sitting around Him, and they <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_edn7" name="_ednref7" style="mso-endnote-id: edn7;" title=""><sup>*</sup></a>said
to Him, “Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are outside looking for You.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">33 </span></sup></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Answering them, He <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_edn8" name="_ednref8" style="mso-endnote-id: edn8;" title=""><sup>*</sup></a>said, “<span style="color: red;">Who are
My mother and My brothers?</span>” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">34 </span></sup></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">And looking around at those who were sitting around Him, He <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_edn9" name="_ednref9" style="mso-endnote-id: edn9;" title=""><sup>*</sup></a>said,
“<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_edn10" name="_ednref10" style="mso-endnote-id: edn10;" title=""><sup><span style="color: red;">a</span></sup></a><span style="color: red;">Here are My mother
and My brothers! <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>35 </sup></b>For
whoever <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_edn11" name="_ednref11" style="mso-endnote-id: edn11;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>does
the will of God, this is My brother, and sister, and mother.</span>” <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_edn12" name="_ednref12" style="mso-endnote-id: edn12;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[v]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">Pictured
above is a just a part of my family. I married into it, but I do not like the words
“brother-in-law” or “sister-in-law” or any other “in-law” designation. Why?
Because that “in-law” creates a separation, it says that the only reason you
are a part of my family is because of an action I took, not because I was
“grafted into” the family. How many of us have heard the “mother or
father-in-law” stories? These are usually told with a “sigh” and always are
“Well my mother-in-law” did this or that, etc., etc., etc. Cold. Separate.
Almost like it was forced upon one, not by choice but by design. Today, I write
about my brother: he is the handsome one (no slight to my young nephew there…) playing
the guitar in the first picture and is in the middle of the second. His name is
Homopher, and he went to the Kingdom of God on February 5<sup>th</sup>, 2022.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span> Jesus
had a reason that He called those who were sitting around Him His brother, sister,
and mother. They all shared a common purpose; they were engaged in doing the
will of God. For that reason, they became part of His family, His <b><i>Mishpacha</i></b>.
Well, those you see above are just that, my <b><i>Mishpacha</i></b>, my
extended family that includes many, many others. I am a man blessed. Through my
marriage, I inherited a family that stretches around the United States, indeed,
around the globe. When he passed, it was on the same day we said goodbye to my
sister, Sandárina (<b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">see <a href="https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2022/01/lessons-from-wilderness-vol-47-story-we.html">https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2022/01/lessons-from-wilderness-vol-47-story-we.html</a></span></b>).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">This was,
for lack of a better analogy, a double punch to the body, a blow to our </span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i>Mishpacha,’</i></b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
our family’s collective soul. God rest their souls in Abraham’s bosom.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-align: center;">So much sorrow, so much hurt, in such a brief time.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span> That
is not what I want to talk about though. No, the hurt is real, the loss profound;
there is no need to elaborate about it. I want to today, talk about the legacy
my brother left behind, not only in terms of his wonderful family, but what he
left with me. He was all about doing the will of the Father, and he is my brother.</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Blessings
from my brother.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </o:p></span></i></b><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">The Hebrew word for brother in the
word “</span><b style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">ACH</b><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">” [pronounced </span><b style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">ah-ch</b><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">]. Now, unlike in English, Hebrew
words can have different meanings. The same word “</span><b style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">ach</b><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">” or brother, is
also the word for “</span><b style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">fireplace</b><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">.” No, it is not because a brother can be a
hot head; it is because the root word that both brother and fireplace come from
means “to join.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span> Think about
it. What does a fireplace do? For one thing, it is a place where people are
“joined” together, as a place where they can gather. There is something very
soothing about a fireplace. The warmth, the glow; relaxes one. There is just
something about it. What about brothers? Are they not joined to family by the ties
that bind? Do they not warm the heart through their love? I know mine was. There
is more to this though. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Any word in
Hebrew that describes a family designation, like “father, brother, uncle,
cousin” or those that describe “mother, sister, aunt,” are more than just words
that describe one’s place in the family; they mean <i>kin</i>. In the cultural
context of the Israelites, kinship meant responsibility. This is not authority,
though as a father, elder, and brother, Homopher had authority. Kinship involves
another concept, that the kinsman. The kinsman was more than a family member:
he was the <b><i>go ‘el</i></b>, the redeemer. It rested upon the <b><i>go ‘el</i></b>
the responsibility to help a family member in distress, redeeming them from
bondage, redeeming a poorer sibling out of the grip of bondage or slavery.</span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>This is the
reason Jesus is called our “</span><b><i>go ‘el</i></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">.” By His shed blood, He redeems us
from the grip of the devil, from sin. But does the “kinsman redeemer” also
apply to others? Let us see...</span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“The kinsman-redeemer is a male relative who, according to various
laws of the Torah, had the privilege or responsibility to act on behalf of a
relative who was in trouble, danger, or need. The Hebrew term (<b><i>go ‘el</i></b>)
for kinsman-redeemer designates one who delivers or rescues (</span><a href="https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Gen%2048.16" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Genesis
48:16</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">; </span><a href="https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Exod%206.6" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Exodus 6:6</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">) or redeems property or person (</span><a href="https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lev%2027.9%E2%80%9325" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Leviticus
27:9–25</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">, </span><a href="https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Leviticus%2025.47%E2%80%9355" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">25:47–55</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">). The
kinsman who redeems or vindicates a relative is illustrated most clearly in
the </span><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/book-of-Ruth.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">book of
Ruth</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">, where the kinsman-redeemer is Boaz.<br />
<br />
The story of Ruth and Boaz begins when Ruth and her mother-in-law, Naomi,
return to Bethlehem from Moab where they had been living. Naomi’s husband and
both sons, one the husband of Ruth, had died, leaving the women penniless and
without a male protector. Upon arriving in Bethlehem, Naomi sends Ruth to glean
in the fields of Boaz, a wealthy relative of Naomi to whom they, through a
series of divinely appointed circumstances, appeal as their <i>go el</i>.
Boaz acquiesces, willingly takes Ruth as his wife, and together they bear a son
named Obed who became the grandfather of David, the forefather of Jesus.<br />
<br />
Yahweh is Israel’s Redeemer, the one who promises to defend and vindicate them.
He is both Father and Deliverer (</span><a href="https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Exod%2020.2" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Exodus
20:2</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">). There are numerous Old Testament appeals to God as rescuer of
the weak and needy (</span><a href="https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ps%2082.4" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Psalm 82:4</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">; </span><a href="https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Dan%206.27" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Daniel
6:27</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">; </span><a href="https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Jer%2020.13" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Jeremiah 20:13</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">) and preserver of the sheep of Israel (</span><a href="https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezek%2034.10%E2%80%9312" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Ezekiel
34:10–12</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">, </span><a href="https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezekiel%2034.22" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">22</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">).<br />
<br />
In the New Testament, Christ is often regarded as an example of a
kinsman-redeemer because, as our brother (</span><a href="https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Heb%202.11" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hebrews
2:11</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">), He also redeems us because of our great need, one that only He
can satisfy. In </span><a href="https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ruth%203.9" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Ruth 3:9</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">, we see a beautiful and poignant picture of
the needy supplicant, unable to rescue herself, requesting of the
kinsman-redeemer that he cover her with his protection, redeem her, and make
her his wife. In the same way, the Lord Jesus Christ bought us for Himself, out
of the curse, out of our destitution; made us His own beloved bride; and
blessed us for all generations. He is the true kinsman-redeemer of all who call
on Him in faith.”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_edn13" name="_ednref13" style="mso-endnote-id: edn13;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Did you catch that? “…The kinsman-redeemer
is a </span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;">male</b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> relative…” That is important, for who does God hold responsible
for the family but the <i><b>papa</b></i>? I know the <i><b>momma keeps</b></i> the family together, but the <b><i>papa</i></b> is the one ultimately responsible. To help you understand, allow me to narrow down the definition
of </span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">kin</i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">“…</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11pt;">Some say <i>kin,</i> others say "family" or
"relatives…” …When someone refers to their <i>kith and kin</i>, they mean
their friends (<i>kith</i>) and family (<i>kin</i>). Both words date back to
Old English, with <i>kin</i> reaching back to the 700s. Originally
referring to one’s family or race, <i>kin</i> eventually narrowed to
refer just to one’s blood relations. Your "next of kin" is your closest
family member: spouse, child, parent, or sibling…” <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_edn14" name="_ednref14" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 11pt;">[vii]</span></span></span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></o:p></span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">So, this is what </span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">kin</i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> is. Our
family. To understand the significance of Homopher’s role as a </span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i>go ‘el</i></b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">,
we have to look at a passage from the sixteenth chapter of the Book of Acts. In
order that we are all on the same page, this occurred after Paul freed a slave
woman from an evil spirit, and he and Silas were cast into jail:</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b>Acts
16:25-34</b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">25 </span></sup></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Now about midnight <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_edn15" name="_ednref15" style="mso-endnote-id: edn15;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>Paul and Silas
were praying and <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_edn16" name="_ednref16" style="mso-endnote-id: edn16;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were
listening to them; <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>26 </sup></b>and
suddenly <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_edn17" name="_ednref17" style="mso-endnote-id: edn17;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations
of the prison were shaken; and immediately <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_edn18" name="_ednref18" style="mso-endnote-id: edn18;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>all the doors were
opened, and everyone’s <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_edn19" name="_ednref19" style="mso-endnote-id: edn19;" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>chains were unfastened. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>27 </sup></b>When <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_edn20" name="_ednref20" style="mso-endnote-id: edn20;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>the jailer
awoke and saw the prison doors opened, he drew <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">his</i> sword and was about <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_edn21" name="_ednref21" style="mso-endnote-id: edn21;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>to kill himself,
thinking that the prisoners had escaped. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">28 </span></sup></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying,
“Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">29 </span></sup></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">the
jailer</i> asked for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear, he fell
down before <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_edn22" name="_ednref22" style="mso-endnote-id: edn22;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>Paul and Silas; <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>30
</sup></b>and after he brought them out, he said, “Sirs, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_edn23" name="_ednref23" style="mso-endnote-id: edn23;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>what must I do
to be saved?” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">31 </span></sup></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">They said,
“<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_edn24" name="_ednref24" style="mso-endnote-id: edn24;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>Believe
in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_edn25" name="_ednref25" style="mso-endnote-id: edn25;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>your
household.” <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">32 </span></sup></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And they spoke the word of God to him together
with all who were in his house. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>33 </sup></b>And
he took them <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_edn26" name="_ednref26" style="mso-endnote-id: edn26;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">very</i>
hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he
and all his <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">household.</i> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>34 </sup></b>And he brought them into
his house and set <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_edn27" name="_ednref27" style="mso-endnote-id: edn27;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>food before them, and was <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_edn28" name="_ednref28" style="mso-endnote-id: edn28;" title=""><sup>2</sup></a>overjoyed,
since he had become a believer in God together with <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_edn29" name="_ednref29" style="mso-endnote-id: edn29;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>his whole
household. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_edn30" name="_ednref30" style="mso-endnote-id: edn30;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[viii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></o:p></span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I showed this passage to Homopher on one of
the many times we had come together in Lacey when he was ill. I told him I
stood on this Scriptural promise, that if I believed in Yeshua Ha’Mashiach
(Jesus the Christ), my whole family would be saved. He claimed this as his promise
also. This was his heart, to see his kin saved. He understood the role God had
placed him in not as a preacher or pastor, but as a father and a kinsman – if
he believed, the Word of God promises his family will be saved. That is what a </span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i>go
‘el does.</i></b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This, this devotion to his kin,
defined his life. Aside from God, there was no greater drive for him, no
greater cause. This man, my <b><i>Ach</i></b>, my brother, wanted nothing more
than to see those he loved to come to the saving grace of God through Jesus. He
wanted his mission to be his family; and not only them, but <b>all</b> who had
ears to hear. He knew the role of father and that of a man, and that of the
kinsman redeemer also. To see to it that God would save his family, it was upon
him to believe. It was his <b>responsibility</b> to believe. It was his greatest
blessing to believe, so that through his belief, his kin will be saved.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">This love, this devotion I heard every
time he preached, every time he prayed. I did not understand his words – I do
not speak Chuukese [ language of the island of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia] – but then, I did not have too. From the tenor of his voice,
from the passion of his heart, I knew that whatever it was that he was saying,
I could say “Amen” to it… I could come into agreement with this <b>man of God</b> and
never need to know what it was he said. I could just say “Amen.”<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>Do you oh
men, sons and brothers, those he loved, do you share the passion, the love he had for his kin as for your own?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>Do you
understand the example of the <i>go ‘el</i> he left for you?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>Do you not
know that your belief may mean the difference between life or death for your
families, for your kin?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b> Stand up as
he did, show your devotion to God and His Messiah and be your family’s <i>go
‘el</i>!</b></span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I called this message <b>Blessings
from my Brother</b>. What were they? They are and were the time he and I spent
together, speaking of holy things, talking about the Word of God. It was just in the time I spent with him period. It was in the
times I got to listen to him speak, to hear him preach, to hear him pray; these
were and will forever be my blessings.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And as God
is my witness, I will miss him.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I am not
ashamed to cry for him,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For he IS my brother.</span></b> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIMRPuTa3Am1JQpUYePzSg5sgqu7O_UVwo3XQY9dTsJABQtMZkXMaa-l30aUxBPCLzfASWkQQ87KRXy4irvNlFMZr2AZMTLDlhEnRPoxPqW5FOaWi8hZKumJXPRQzrTWcz42pwBf46tQjXt-OCayKdIdOy8LiBLPy-SanlVpUZQgc3v6nIP4-n0V4jMg=s540" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIMRPuTa3Am1JQpUYePzSg5sgqu7O_UVwo3XQY9dTsJABQtMZkXMaa-l30aUxBPCLzfASWkQQ87KRXy4irvNlFMZr2AZMTLDlhEnRPoxPqW5FOaWi8hZKumJXPRQzrTWcz42pwBf46tQjXt-OCayKdIdOy8LiBLPy-SanlVpUZQgc3v6nIP4-n0V4jMg=w640-h4" width="640" /></a></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I have to
say these final words. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need to tell you
my last words to him.</span> </p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I looked
upon him, this man who never knew what he meant to me; maybe he did, I truly
hope so. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I pray I
let him know – may God forgive me if I did not.</span> </p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>At the
end, I looked upon him, touched his handsome face and I said:</b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>“I will
not tell you goodbye. God willing, I will see you again.”</b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIMRPuTa3Am1JQpUYePzSg5sgqu7O_UVwo3XQY9dTsJABQtMZkXMaa-l30aUxBPCLzfASWkQQ87KRXy4irvNlFMZr2AZMTLDlhEnRPoxPqW5FOaWi8hZKumJXPRQzrTWcz42pwBf46tQjXt-OCayKdIdOy8LiBLPy-SanlVpUZQgc3v6nIP4-n0V4jMg=s540" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIMRPuTa3Am1JQpUYePzSg5sgqu7O_UVwo3XQY9dTsJABQtMZkXMaa-l30aUxBPCLzfASWkQQ87KRXy4irvNlFMZr2AZMTLDlhEnRPoxPqW5FOaWi8hZKumJXPRQzrTWcz42pwBf46tQjXt-OCayKdIdOy8LiBLPy-SanlVpUZQgc3v6nIP4-n0V4jMg=w640-h4" width="640" /></a></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Follow his
example, follow Jesus. Be Godly men. Be the <b><i>go ‘el</i></b> for those you
love by believing.</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Do this so
that they may live.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Good night
my brother, I know God is richly rewarding you in His kingdom.</b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Amen.</b></p>
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Throughout this study I may be using the NET Bible® and the NET Notes®: within
the notes you will see symbols like this: (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-language: HE;">א </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">B Ψ 892* 2427 sys). These are
abbreviations used by the NET Bible® for identifying the principal manuscript
evidence that they (authors and translators of the NET Bible®) used in
translating the New Testament. Please go to https://bible.org/netbible/ and see
their section labeled “NET Bible Principals of Translation” for a more complete
explanation on these symbols and other items pertinent to the way the NET Bible
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3:31–35: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Matt 12:46–50; Luke 8:19–21</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_ednref6" name="_edn6" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">*</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"> An * in
the text marks verbs that are historical presents in the Greek which have been
translated with an English past tense in order to conform to modern usage.</span></p></div>
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the text marks verbs that are historical presents in the Greek which have been
translated with an English past tense in order to conform to modern usage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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the text marks verbs that are historical presents in the Greek which have been
translated with an English past tense in order to conform to modern usage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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the text marks verbs that are historical presents in the Greek which have been
translated with an English past tense in order to conform to modern usage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_ednref10" name="_edn10" style="mso-endnote-id: edn10;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Matt 12:49<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Eph 6:6; Heb 10:36; 1 Pet 4:2; 1 John 2:17<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_ednref12" name="_edn12" style="mso-endnote-id: edn12;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[v]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/nasb2020?ref=BibleNASB95.Mk3.31&off=0&ctx=n+unclean+spirit.%E2%80%9D+%0a~31%C2%A0a%EF%BB%BFThen+His+mother"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">New American
Standard Bible</span></i></a> (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 2020), Mk
3:31–35.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_ednref13" name="_edn13" style="mso-endnote-id: edn13;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/kinsman-redeemer.html">https://www.gotquestions.org/kinsman-redeemer.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_ednref14" name="_edn14" style="mso-endnote-id: edn14;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <a href="https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/kin">https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/kin</a>
[edits mine.]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_ednref15" name="_edn15" style="mso-endnote-id: edn15;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Acts 16:19<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_ednref16" name="_edn16" style="mso-endnote-id: edn16;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Eph 5:19<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn17" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_ednref17" name="_edn17" style="mso-endnote-id: edn17;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Acts 4:31<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn18" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_ednref18" name="_edn18" style="mso-endnote-id: edn18;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Acts 12:10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn19" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_ednref19" name="_edn19" style="mso-endnote-id: edn19;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Acts 12:7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn20" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_ednref20" name="_edn20" style="mso-endnote-id: edn20;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Acts 16:23, 36<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn21" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_ednref21" name="_edn21" style="mso-endnote-id: edn21;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Acts 12:19<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn22" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_ednref22" name="_edn22" style="mso-endnote-id: edn22;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Acts 16:19<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn23" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_ednref23" name="_edn23" style="mso-endnote-id: edn23;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Acts 2:37; 22:10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn24" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_ednref24" name="_edn24" style="mso-endnote-id: edn24;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Mark 16:16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn25" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_ednref25" name="_edn25" style="mso-endnote-id: edn25;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Acts 11:14; 16:15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn26" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_ednref26" name="_edn26" style="mso-endnote-id: edn26;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Acts 16:25<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn27" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_ednref27" name="_edn27" style="mso-endnote-id: edn27;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">a table</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn28" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_ednref28" name="_edn28" style="mso-endnote-id: edn28;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">overjoyed together with his whole
household, since … God</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn29" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_ednref29" name="_edn29" style="mso-endnote-id: edn29;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Acts 11:14; 16:15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn30" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20wilderness_vol%2048_Homopher.docx#_ednref30" name="_edn30" style="mso-endnote-id: edn30;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[viii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/nasb2020?ref=BibleNASB95.Ac16.25&off=0&ctx=in+a%EF%BB%BFthe+2%EF%BB%BFstocks.+%0a~25%C2%A0Now+about+midnigh"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">New American
Standard Bible</span></i></a> (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 2020), Ac
16:25–34.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©2022,
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lessons
from the Wilderness, Volume 47<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy";">The Story </span></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" style="mso-endnote-id: edn1;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[i]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></i></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_edn2" name="_ednref2" style="mso-endnote-id: edn2;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[ii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_edn3" name="_ednref3" style="mso-endnote-id: edn3;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[iii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_edn4" name="_ednref4" style="mso-endnote-id: edn4;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[iv]</span></sup></b></span></sup></a></span></i></b></p><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 9pt;">A Psalm</span></i><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> Of David. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup>1</sup> Bless <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_edn5" name="_ednref5" style="mso-endnote-id: edn5;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>the
Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, <i>bless</i> His holy name! <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup>2</sup> Bless the Lord, O
my soul, and forget not all His benefits: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup>3</sup> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_edn6" name="_ednref6" style="mso-endnote-id: edn6;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>Who
forgives all your iniquities, who <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_edn7" name="_ednref7" style="mso-endnote-id: edn7;" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>heals all your diseases, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup>4</sup> Who redeems your
life from destruction, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_edn8" name="_ednref8" style="mso-endnote-id: edn8;" title=""><sup>d</sup></a>who crowns you with lovingkindness
and tender mercies, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup>5</sup> Who satisfies
your mouth with good <i>things, so that</i> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_edn9" name="_ednref9" style="mso-endnote-id: edn9;" title=""><sup>e</sup></a>your youth is renewed
like the eagle’s. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup>6</sup> The Lord executes
righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup>7</sup> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_edn10" name="_ednref10" style="mso-endnote-id: edn10;" title=""><sup>f</sup></a>He
made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the children of Israel. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup>8</sup> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_edn11" name="_ednref11" style="mso-endnote-id: edn11;" title=""><sup>g</sup></a>The
Lord <i>is</i> merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in mercy. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup>9</sup> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_edn12" name="_ednref12" style="mso-endnote-id: edn12;" title=""><sup>h</sup></a>He
will not always strive <i>with us,</i> nor will He keep <i>His anger</i>
forever. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup>10</sup> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_edn13" name="_ednref13" style="mso-endnote-id: edn13;" title=""><sup>i</sup></a>He
has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor punished us according to our
iniquities. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup>11</sup> For as the
heavens are high above the earth, s<i>o</i> great is His mercy toward those who
fear Him; <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup>12</sup> As far as the
east is from the west, s<i>o</i> far has He <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_edn14" name="_ednref14" style="mso-endnote-id: edn14;" title=""><sup>j</sup></a>removed our
transgressions from us. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup>13</sup> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_edn15" name="_ednref15" style="mso-endnote-id: edn15;" title=""><sup>k</sup></a>As
a father pities <i>his</i> children, s<i>o</i> the Lord pities those who fear
Him. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup>14</sup> For He <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_edn16" name="_ednref16" style="mso-endnote-id: edn16;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>knows
our frame; He remembers that we <i>are</i> dust. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup>15</sup> <i>As for</i>
man, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_edn17" name="_ednref17" style="mso-endnote-id: edn17;" title=""><sup>l</sup></a>his
days <i>are</i> like grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourishes. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup>16</sup> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_edn18" name="_ednref18" style="mso-endnote-id: edn18;" title=""><sup>m</sup></a>For
the wind passes over it, and it is <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_edn19" name="_ednref19" style="mso-endnote-id: edn19;" title=""><sup>2</sup></a>gone, and <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_edn20" name="_ednref20" style="mso-endnote-id: edn20;" title=""><sup>n</sup></a>its
place remembers it no more. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup>17</sup> But the mercy of
the Lord <i>is</i> from everlasting to everlasting <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> On those who fear Him, and
His righteousness to children’s children, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup>18</sup> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_edn21" name="_ednref21" style="mso-endnote-id: edn21;" title=""><sup>o</sup></a>To
such as keep His covenant, and to those who remember His commandments to do
them. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup>19</sup> The Lord has
established His throne in heaven, and <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_edn22" name="_ednref22" style="mso-endnote-id: edn22;" title=""><sup>p</sup></a>His kingdom rules
over all. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup>20</sup> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_edn23" name="_ednref23" style="mso-endnote-id: edn23;" title=""><sup>q</sup></a>Bless
the Lord, you His angels, who excel in strength, who <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_edn24" name="_ednref24" style="mso-endnote-id: edn24;" title=""><sup>r</sup></a>do His word, heeding
the voice of His word. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup>21</sup> Bless the Lord,
all <i>you</i> His hosts, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_edn25" name="_ednref25" style="mso-endnote-id: edn25;" title=""><sup>s</sup></a><i>you</i> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_edn26" name="_ednref26" style="mso-endnote-id: edn26;" title=""><sup>3</sup></a>ministers of
His, who do His pleasure. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup>22</sup> Bless the Lord,
all His works, in all places of His dominion. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> Bless the Lord, O my soul! <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_edn27" name="_ednref27" style="mso-endnote-id: edn27;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[v]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKXmBWtAP6BM3qxKe4GnQGJedWH3H2eEkXPZMEzh9k-mMxtjqtWsAtkoFs0zCJDoa1B---V4M1-dbXpf5XtyWJyIvGDCh0CPIMg-eXLxt98YpQyRBYJ-_YOjCSor8j8B_grXpi4vlsHp3DG7TSBGljbaz0awS5Dj35BsM_wlDQU8xZHqwLC0YTrVi38g=s540" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="5" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKXmBWtAP6BM3qxKe4GnQGJedWH3H2eEkXPZMEzh9k-mMxtjqtWsAtkoFs0zCJDoa1B---V4M1-dbXpf5XtyWJyIvGDCh0CPIMg-eXLxt98YpQyRBYJ-_YOjCSor8j8B_grXpi4vlsHp3DG7TSBGljbaz0awS5Dj35BsM_wlDQU8xZHqwLC0YTrVi38g=w640-h5" width="640" /></a></p>
<br />
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Heaven got a new angel yesterday,
10 January 2022. Sand<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">á</span>rina was called home yesterday, too
soon. She is survived by 4 daughters, her husband, grandchildren, 2 brothers
and sister (my wife), and so many others that love her and will miss her. I do
not make many of these blogs personal, but this one is. We lost her to the
pestilence that has come upon the earth, and we wonder why. Why her? A tough
yet gentle soul, one who gave all she had to those she loved and is now gone
from us on this side of eternity. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">How many of us have asked the
questions, “Why do bad things happen to good people? Why do the bad prosper,
and the just suffer?” <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">While I pondered this, I still in
my pain had to cry out to God and give Him praise. Then He led me to this. What
follows is an article found at Chabad.org – I will leave the link in the
endnotes. I thought about it, how I could repackage it, but to be honest? My
words would pale in light of the original. Maybe you are hurting tonight. Maybe
you are still hurting from wounds long ago. Nothing can fully give us the
answers that we seek, but Rabbi Shmuel Pollen, the author, comes as close as
any others that I have read. Therefore, I give it to you in it’s entirety, and
I hope it blesses you as much as it did to me, to ease my pain and help me to
understand my place in “The Story”. Shalom to all.</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKXmBWtAP6BM3qxKe4GnQGJedWH3H2eEkXPZMEzh9k-mMxtjqtWsAtkoFs0zCJDoa1B---V4M1-dbXpf5XtyWJyIvGDCh0CPIMg-eXLxt98YpQyRBYJ-_YOjCSor8j8B_grXpi4vlsHp3DG7TSBGljbaz0awS5Dj35BsM_wlDQU8xZHqwLC0YTrVi38g=s540" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="5" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKXmBWtAP6BM3qxKe4GnQGJedWH3H2eEkXPZMEzh9k-mMxtjqtWsAtkoFs0zCJDoa1B---V4M1-dbXpf5XtyWJyIvGDCh0CPIMg-eXLxt98YpQyRBYJ-_YOjCSor8j8B_grXpi4vlsHp3DG7TSBGljbaz0awS5Dj35BsM_wlDQU8xZHqwLC0YTrVi38g=w640-h5" width="640" /></a></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Why Does G-d Allow
Suffering?<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">By <a href="https://www.chabad.org/search/keyword_cdo/kid/21043/jewish/Pollen-Shmuel.htm" title="Browse more articles by Pollen, Shmuel">Shmuel Pollen</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Everyone reading this has
experienced suffering. So has the one writing it. Sometimes the most pious
among us seem to suffer the most. And sometimes the ones who hurt others the
most live best. So, it’s only human to ask, “Why does a good G‑d allow
bad things to happen to good people?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Rabbis do not like answering this
question. Not because they cannot. Because of the risk. If your brother’s pain
makes sense, it might not bother you the same way. In that case, it would be
better to have no answer at all. So, if you want to understand “why,” you must
promise me one thing. That in the face of others’ pain, you will forget every
explanation and just be silent. Just look into their eyes. Into the pain. And do
not stop until they know for certain that you share in it. Until they know they
are not alone.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Also know, the true answer to any
suffering can only come from the One who gave it, which is <a href="https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/433240/jewish/God.htm" title="God">G‑d</a>. He will reveal the true answers Himself one day in the
Messianic era. Today, all we can do is learn the Torah He gave us, to
gain a glimpse into His view of the world, as opposed to only seeing our own.
Because when we start to dissolve those differences between ourselves and our
Father in Heaven, we will surely find comfort.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Let us begin.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">A group of boys decide to play a
game of basketball. One boy does not hear so well. A ball is handed to him, so
he puts it on the floor and kicks it hard to the other side of the court. The
other kids turn to him angrily and say, “What the heck are you doing?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He says, “What do you mean? I just scored a goal.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">They say, “No, you didn’t. You scored nothing, got us a
penalty, and gave the other team control of the ball.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">The boy is confused and dejected.
The issue? He was playing soccer. They were playing basketball. I call this
problem “playing the wrong game.” And “playing the wrong game” is the biggest
mistake you can make in life.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Whatever you face now, whether it
be debt, hunger, addiction, or disabilities, that’s how G‑d “kicked the ball.”
You get angry and think something must be wrong with Him. Or with you. In
truth, the only problem is the two of you are playing different games. Let us
introduce them.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">You are playing a game called “<b>My
Perfect Life</b>.” Every day, you strive to have perfect health, perfect finances,
and the perfect marriage. Or as close as you can get to them. When suffering
occurs, you are angry because that means your game is being ruined.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">What game is G‑d playing? It is
called “<b>The Perfect <i>Story</i></b>.” G‑d wants to tell the greatest
story ever told. He unfolds His story (history) like acts in a play. The story
is full of drama. Heroes and villains. Victory and catastrophe. Sadness and
joy. And we are told that it is all being recorded “above” like one big
7,000-year-long movie.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">So where are you in this game? You
are on camera! You are an actor, and He is the director. You have been in this
movie the whole time. The problem is you do not realize you are in it. You are
playing the other game, so the director’s instructions do not seem relevant.
Meanwhile, there is no one who can play your role, and that is ruining <i>this</i> game.
Until one day, you decide to listen. The words you hear affect you to the very
core of your being. You begin to feel like you have awakened from a bad dream.
You are not who you thought you were. And your life is not what you thought it
was. Things begin to come into focus.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">This is what the Director said: “My
child, I chose you for this specific role for a reason. I waited a long time
for you to turn to Me and find out what it was. So, I will tell you what it is.
Your role was never to have the perfect life for yourself. Your role is to find
a way to be a hero for someone else. What is a hero? Anyone who is willing to
go beyond himself for the greater good. Anyone who is willing to put his
personal desires aside, to fulfill My wishes for him.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">“What do I wish? I wish you would
uplift others who have fallen, with a kind word or a small act of charity. I
wish you would feel grateful for all of the good that surrounds you, and that
you would humbly accept the challenge to overcome the rest. I wish you would fight
every day to defeat the demons I gave you, be they greed, lust, laziness, or
anything else.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">“Because I want you to know buried
underneath the jagged rocks, I have put in front of you is hidden gold. It is
in those darkest moments, when you see no way out, that all the souls who have
passed, ‘the great audience in heaven,’ will be glued to the screen, crying for
you, praying for you, waiting to see what you will do and who you will become.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">“And where will I be? Not behind
the camera like any other director. I will be with you in that moment of pain.
Experiencing it just as you do. Because we are not separate. We are one. And
you will never be alone. I want you to hear My instructions, and listen to
them, because I know that is what is best for you. I know because I created
you. But even if you ignore everything I say, the love I have for you will be
the same. You are my daughter. You are my son. Always.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Upon hearing these words, you look
back at everything you have been through. And say, “Yes, I’ve been cut. Yes, I
have been bruised. Yes, actors I loved have had their roles cut short far too
soon. Unfair? Imperfect? Yes. But maybe the goal never was perfection. Maybe
the goal was the story itself. And stories never die. I feel inner joy behind
all that pain. Because I know that no matter what happens, every day I am being
chosen to have a small part in the Great Production. And I get to work with,
and for, the Almighty Creative Director.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>The challenges will be there. They are not torture. They are
the Director’s way of saying, “I believe in you. I have a lesson that I need to
teach the audience, and I think you can do it like no one else in the world.”
When a challenge seems too big to handle, that just means the Director sees a
power in you that you did not know you had. He wants you to see it too.
Distress is not a cause for anger or despair. No. That is your moment. Do
something with it that’s worth watching. Something that makes the Director
smile.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>The best part about this game? You can never lose. Because
the failures are worth just as many points as the successes. The story needs
those failures. If you cannot see how, just wait. In time, He will show you how
the whole production would have fallen apart without them.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>What is your role now, right now? Here it is: You are in a
scene in which the world has been encompassed by darkness for thousands of
years. Everyone has forgotten what light even is. Everyone has a single match,
but they do not know what to do with it. You strike your match on a rock, and
others are amazed at what they see. They start to do the same. Soon thereafter,
candles all over the globe light up the world.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>The Director’s instructions are the <a href="https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1426382/jewish/Torah.htm" title="Torah">Torah</a> and its mitzvahs [commandments]. Your match is
your actions. Your soul is your fire. And when you hit a rock, instead of
losing faith, strike the match. It can change everything. The day is coming
when only good things will happen to good people, and justice will be served to
the rest. And together with Moshiach<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_edn28" name="_ednref28" style="mso-endnote-id: edn28;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>,
we will create “<b><i>Our</i> Perfect Life</b>.” I bless you all to be
heroes who do not need any challenges to become great.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Now go and play.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.chabad.org/search/keyword_cdo/kid/21043/jewish/Shmuel-Pollen.htm">By
Shmuel Pollen</a></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_edn29" name="_ednref29" style="mso-endnote-id: edn29;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKXmBWtAP6BM3qxKe4GnQGJedWH3H2eEkXPZMEzh9k-mMxtjqtWsAtkoFs0zCJDoa1B---V4M1-dbXpf5XtyWJyIvGDCh0CPIMg-eXLxt98YpQyRBYJ-_YOjCSor8j8B_grXpi4vlsHp3DG7TSBGljbaz0awS5Dj35BsM_wlDQU8xZHqwLC0YTrVi38g=s540" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="5" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKXmBWtAP6BM3qxKe4GnQGJedWH3H2eEkXPZMEzh9k-mMxtjqtWsAtkoFs0zCJDoa1B---V4M1-dbXpf5XtyWJyIvGDCh0CPIMg-eXLxt98YpQyRBYJ-_YOjCSor8j8B_grXpi4vlsHp3DG7TSBGljbaz0awS5Dj35BsM_wlDQU8xZHqwLC0YTrVi38g=w640-h5" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">We are in darkness right now. Our
beloved sister, Sand<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">á</span>rina, is gone, but not, <b><i>not ever</i></b>, forgotten.
Her smile, her ways of correcting us, her heart, has now become a part of our
story. We cannot be in the role God gave to us without the heartache; for in it,
we learn to be a bit kinder, slower to anger, slower to hurt another. Remember
this pain o beloved. Remember that ache deep in your soul and go and try to
help another breakthrough their pain. Weep together, laugh together, rejoice in
the memories shared. Write another page to your story, as you help them write
one for themselves. The age of the Messiah is coming closer. What story is it
you want Him to read of you? A story of anger, hurt, harming others with words
and deeds? Or will it be a story of compassion, of selflessness, of lifting up
the bruised, and healing the broken, even if it costs you everything? O I am
not perfect. I fall so short in my own story, full of half written pages, some
with just a word, some stained with tears… But I know I must try again, to
write the story He wants to see, the one He wants to read. I do not know all of
Sand<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">á</span>rina’s
story; yet she left behind those that loved her and those that will never
forget her. That is a story worth reading, O Lord. All who knew her, add to
your story a tale of love, for out of every story we see, we had a part to
play, and we are richer for it. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Good night, dear
sister; rest well in Abraham’s bosom.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>May He richly
bless you all, my beloved, <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Amein.<o:p></o:p></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKXmBWtAP6BM3qxKe4GnQGJedWH3H2eEkXPZMEzh9k-mMxtjqtWsAtkoFs0zCJDoa1B---V4M1-dbXpf5XtyWJyIvGDCh0CPIMg-eXLxt98YpQyRBYJ-_YOjCSor8j8B_grXpi4vlsHp3DG7TSBGljbaz0awS5Dj35BsM_wlDQU8xZHqwLC0YTrVi38g=s540" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="5" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKXmBWtAP6BM3qxKe4GnQGJedWH3H2eEkXPZMEzh9k-mMxtjqtWsAtkoFs0zCJDoa1B---V4M1-dbXpf5XtyWJyIvGDCh0CPIMg-eXLxt98YpQyRBYJ-_YOjCSor8j8B_grXpi4vlsHp3DG7TSBGljbaz0awS5Dj35BsM_wlDQU8xZHqwLC0YTrVi38g=w640-h5" width="640" /></a></p>
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Throughout this study I may be using the NET Bible® and the NET Notes®: within
the notes you will see symbols like this: (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">א </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">B Ψ 892* 2427 sys). These are
abbreviations used by the NET Bible® for identifying the principal manuscript
evidence that they (authors and translators of the NET Bible®) used in
translating the New Testament. Please go to https://bible.org/netbible/ and see
their section labeled “NET Bible Principals of Translation” for a more complete
explanation on these symbols and other items pertinent to the way the NET Bible
uses them.</span></p></div><div id="edn4" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_ednref5" name="_edn5" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a
</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ps. 104:1, 35</span></p></div>
<div id="edn6" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_ednref6" name="_edn6" style="mso-endnote-id: edn6;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b
</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Ps. 130:8; Is. 33:24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn7" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_ednref7" name="_edn7" style="mso-endnote-id: edn7;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">c
</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">[Ex. 15:26]; Ps. 147:3; [Is. 53:5]; Jer.
17:14<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn8" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_ednref8" name="_edn8" style="mso-endnote-id: edn8;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">d
</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">[Ps. 5:12]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn9" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_ednref9" name="_edn9" style="mso-endnote-id: edn9;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">e
</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">[Is. 40:31]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn10" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_ednref10" name="_edn10" style="mso-endnote-id: edn10;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">f
</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Ex. 33:12–17; Ps. 147:19<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn11" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_ednref11" name="_edn11" style="mso-endnote-id: edn11;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">g
</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">[Ex. 34:6, 7; Num. 14:18]; Deut. 5:10;
Neh. 9:17; Ps. 86:15; Jer. 32:18; Jon. 4:2; James 5:11<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn12" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_ednref12" name="_edn12" style="mso-endnote-id: edn12;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">h
</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">[Ps. 30:5; Is. 57:16]; Jer. 3:5; [Mic.
7:18]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn13" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_ednref13" name="_edn13" style="mso-endnote-id: edn13;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">i
</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">[Ezra 9:13; Lam. 3:22]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn14" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_ednref14" name="_edn14" style="mso-endnote-id: edn14;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">j
</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">[2 Sam. 12:13; Is. 38:17; 43:25; Zech.
3:9; Heb. 9:26]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn15" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_ednref15" name="_edn15" style="mso-endnote-id: edn15;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">k
</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Mal. 3:17<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn16" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_ednref16" name="_edn16" style="mso-endnote-id: edn16;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1
</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Understands our constitution<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn17" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_ednref17" name="_edn17" style="mso-endnote-id: edn17;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">l
</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Is. 40:6–8; James 1:10, 11; 1 Pet. 1:24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn18" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_ednref18" name="_edn18" style="mso-endnote-id: edn18;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">m
</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">[Is. 40:7]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn19" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_ednref19" name="_edn19" style="mso-endnote-id: edn19;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2
</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">not<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn20" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_ednref20" name="_edn20" style="mso-endnote-id: edn20;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">n
</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Job 7:10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn21" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_ednref21" name="_edn21" style="mso-endnote-id: edn21;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">o
</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">[Deut. 7:9]; Ps. 25:10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn22" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_ednref22" name="_edn22" style="mso-endnote-id: edn22;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">p
</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">[Ps. 47:2; Dan. 4:17, 25]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn23" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_ednref23" name="_edn23" style="mso-endnote-id: edn23;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">q
</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Ps. 148:2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_ednref24" name="_edn24" style="mso-endnote-id: edn24;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">r
</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">[Matt. 6:10]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_ednref25" name="_edn25" style="mso-endnote-id: edn25;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">s
</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">[Heb. 1:14]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_ednref26" name="_edn26" style="mso-endnote-id: edn26;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">3
</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">servants<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_ednref27" name="_edn27" style="mso-endnote-id: edn27;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[v]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span id="__spanCitationData">The New King James Version.</span></span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
1982 (Ps 103:1-22). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_ednref28" name="_edn28" style="mso-endnote-id: edn28;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Messiah</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lesons%20from%20the%20wilderness%20Vol%2047_The%20Story.docx#_ednref29" name="_edn29" style="mso-endnote-id: edn29;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3114201/jewish/Why-Does-G-d-Allow-Suffering.htm">https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3114201/jewish/Why-Does-G-d-Allow-Suffering.htm</a></span>
<b>[Small grammatical edits are mine-DER]<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />David_seedofabrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779218562279412780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808052277561745789.post-30527749321005534442022-01-05T15:56:00.013-08:002022-01-05T16:06:49.070-08:00Today, Lesson 46 from the wilderness, we continue our discussion about Halakah: with the proper background, you will understand the significance of the Tallit Gadol, but background first! Shalom, be blessed.<p><a href="https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2021/11/lessons-from-wilderness-volume-42-today.html">Back to Part One</a><br /></p><p> <b><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lessons
from the Wilderness, Volume 46: Halakah, Part Two of our discussion about Halakah,
ha’Tallit Gadol.</span></b></p>
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David E. Robinson: At the Gates of Yerushalayim Ministries<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lessons
from the Wilderness, Volume 46<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy";">Halakah …ha’Tallit Gadol…<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy";">The Great Shawl </span></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" style="mso-endnote-id: edn1;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[i]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></i></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn2" name="_ednref2" title=""><sup><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[ii]</span></sup></b></sup></a> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn3" name="_ednref3" title=""><sup><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[iii]</span></sup></b></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn4" name="_ednref4" title=""><sup><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[iv]</span></sup></b></sup></a></span></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLbmPOWvL_BriMn6mlVNG8OIrfvCJ5nx426__EfpnYP2NGidycx4ZeNFxU6P7BuK9BCbOYvsWeI-lb085G8f0iOTIVJjBguxgNSMwOJdk_JS69IEXHGwHyoKSCFWCzPfYPPrwQ26sgolFUK1zbSuYPLCyQb7Fkhtuxf9eXB53jBtzQnLWeoCxgOvomAQ=s1024" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLbmPOWvL_BriMn6mlVNG8OIrfvCJ5nx426__EfpnYP2NGidycx4ZeNFxU6P7BuK9BCbOYvsWeI-lb085G8f0iOTIVJjBguxgNSMwOJdk_JS69IEXHGwHyoKSCFWCzPfYPPrwQ26sgolFUK1zbSuYPLCyQb7Fkhtuxf9eXB53jBtzQnLWeoCxgOvomAQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6rtpogQa2hfc5ARFtClz2cQqbmTgVptgP9VR9FBMNWcD3Ozdd_NGzS6yzeSNzDb4KIO3XwWDg-XtLKTS4uVi0v-a5xrU0yAJItcpFryKMr9YY5Rz_Se74okUCjDTHWcoH2LUDBJXtD0uykK6DKmqzpsRSbj7O9j35GUn0WA51oGoYq1vSeNGad-Tn1g=s540" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="3" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6rtpogQa2hfc5ARFtClz2cQqbmTgVptgP9VR9FBMNWcD3Ozdd_NGzS6yzeSNzDb4KIO3XwWDg-XtLKTS4uVi0v-a5xrU0yAJItcpFryKMr9YY5Rz_Se74okUCjDTHWcoH2LUDBJXtD0uykK6DKmqzpsRSbj7O9j35GUn0WA51oGoYq1vSeNGad-Tn1g=w400-h3" width="400" /></a></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i>Bəmīḏbar</i> (<b>בְּמִדְבַּר</b>, literally <i>"In the desert
[of]"</i>) – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Numbers" title="Book of Numbers"><i>15:37-41</i></a></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>[Numbers 15:37-41] Tanakh]</b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.25in;"><sup><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">37</span></sup><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Lord
said to Moses as follows: </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.25in;"><sup style="text-indent: 0.25in;">38</sup><span style="text-indent: 0.25in;">Speak to
the Israelite people and instruct them to make for themselves fringes on the
corners of their garments throughout the ages; let them attach a cord of blue
to the fringe at each corner. <sup>39</sup>That shall be your fringe; look at
it and recall all the commandments of the Lord and observe them, so that you do
not follow your heart and eyes in your lustful urge. <sup>40</sup>Thus you
shall be reminded to observe all My commandments and to be holy to your God.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><sup><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">41</span></sup><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I the Lord am your God, who brought you
out of the land of Egypt to be your God: I, the Lord your God.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6rtpogQa2hfc5ARFtClz2cQqbmTgVptgP9VR9FBMNWcD3Ozdd_NGzS6yzeSNzDb4KIO3XwWDg-XtLKTS4uVi0v-a5xrU0yAJItcpFryKMr9YY5Rz_Se74okUCjDTHWcoH2LUDBJXtD0uykK6DKmqzpsRSbj7O9j35GUn0WA51oGoYq1vSeNGad-Tn1g=s540" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="3" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6rtpogQa2hfc5ARFtClz2cQqbmTgVptgP9VR9FBMNWcD3Ozdd_NGzS6yzeSNzDb4KIO3XwWDg-XtLKTS4uVi0v-a5xrU0yAJItcpFryKMr9YY5Rz_Se74okUCjDTHWcoH2LUDBJXtD0uykK6DKmqzpsRSbj7O9j35GUn0WA51oGoYq1vSeNGad-Tn1g=w400-h3" width="400" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Erev tov, beloved. We left off before
Chanukah with a plea to those who are either observing the Mitzvot of Torah or
have just discovered the foundation of their faith, to be respectful of the way
they conduct themselves with regards toward our Jewish brethren. By this I
mean, let us not appropriate, but let us imitate, with reverence and humility,
the lessons they have learned over five millennium. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">There
are enough rights and wrongs to go around today that to begin to list them
would appear to be a criticism of those who are just now (or have been for a while)
discovering the roots of the “faith given once for all”. </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Let us be clear on what “halakah” (or”halacha”
if you prefer) is. According to </span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Chabad.org, </i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">“</span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Halakhah</i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> (also
spelled </span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">halachah</i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">) refers to Jewish law. Per its literal translation,
“the way,” </span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">halachah</i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> guides the day-to-day life of a Jew.” </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn5" name="_ednref5" style="text-indent: 0.5in;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[v]</span></span></span></a><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
We can enhance this explanation by stating that the central component of the
Jewish faith is the acceptance of Jewish law (halacha). This is to understand
that YHVH’s commandments were given to Abraham, Jacob, and Moshe, and these
were binding upon their descendants and </span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i>all those who chose to accept
them</i></b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">. Within Judaism today, there are notable differences in what and
how these commandments are observed. One of the most debated differences is
between the Written Torah, the </span><a name="_Hlk91740589" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i>Torah she-bich’tav</i>
</a><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">in Hebrew and the Oral Torah, the </span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Torah she-ba’al peh</i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">. The </span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Torah
she-bich’tav </i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">consists of the five books of Moses, the latter books of the Prophets,
and then the remainder of what are called the Writings: this is the </span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Tanakah<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn6" name="_ednref6" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vi]</span></b></span></span></a></i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">,
the Hebrew Scriptures.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">Just
how fundamental are these laws to the Jewish faithful? Here is a lengthy but
accurate explanation...<o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6rtpogQa2hfc5ARFtClz2cQqbmTgVptgP9VR9FBMNWcD3Ozdd_NGzS6yzeSNzDb4KIO3XwWDg-XtLKTS4uVi0v-a5xrU0yAJItcpFryKMr9YY5Rz_Se74okUCjDTHWcoH2LUDBJXtD0uykK6DKmqzpsRSbj7O9j35GUn0WA51oGoYq1vSeNGad-Tn1g=s540" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-indent: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="3" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6rtpogQa2hfc5ARFtClz2cQqbmTgVptgP9VR9FBMNWcD3Ozdd_NGzS6yzeSNzDb4KIO3XwWDg-XtLKTS4uVi0v-a5xrU0yAJItcpFryKMr9YY5Rz_Se74okUCjDTHWcoH2LUDBJXtD0uykK6DKmqzpsRSbj7O9j35GUn0WA51oGoYq1vSeNGad-Tn1g=w400-h3" width="400" /></a></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">“…God thereupon
revealed to Moses all the commandments and all the statutes and judgments,
which Moses communicated to the people (<i>ib. 31</i>) This revelation on Mt.
Sinai is therefore the chief foundation of the Jewish<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">faith, and
guarantees the divine origin of the Law as contained in the Pentateuch. Before
his death Moses wrote<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">down the five
books named after him (the Pentateuch) and gave them to the people (<i>ib.
xxxi. 24– 26</i>); and he commanded them to observe everything therein written,
and to transmit it to their children as the teaching of God. However much the
succeeding generations of Israel, after the death of Moses, fell off from God
and became idolaters, there has been in each generation a group of pious men
who have guarded faithfully the holy inheritance and transmitted it to their
children. And through this careful transmission the teachings of Moses have been
preserved unchanged through all ages. It is therefore set up as one of the
fundamental dogmas of the Jewish religion that the Torah contained in the
Pentateuch is identical with that which was revealed by God to Moses on Mt.
Sinai (<i>Maimonides’ commentary on Sanh. xi. 1</i>). No changes have been made
therein except with regard to the characters in which it was written (<i>Sanh.
21b</i>). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">The
Torah contains rules and regulations which should govern the life of man and
lead him to moral and religious perfection. Every rule is expressive of a
fundamental ethical, moral, or religious idea. Those regulations in which human
intelligence is unable to discern the fundamental idea are, through belief in
their divine origin, vouchsafed the same high religious importance; and the ethical
value of submission to the will of God where its purpose is not understood is
even greater. In observing the Law man’s good intention is the chief point (<i>see
NOMISM</i>). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">These
written laws are supplemented through oral teachings; and the interpretation of
the written doctrines is entrusted to the sages and scholars, who expound them according
to prescribed rules. They add to or deduct from the individual regulations; and
in many instances, when it is for the good of the Law, they may annul an entire
clause. In such cases, however, the whole body of scholars, or at least a
majority, must agree as to the necessity and correctness of the measure (<i>see
AUTHORITY; ORAL LAW</i>). Aside from such minor changes and occasional
annulments, which are made in the spirit of the Law, and are intended to
sustain the entire Torah (<i>“Bittulah shel torah zehu yissudah”, Men. 99b</i>),
the Law is to be regarded, in whole or in parts, as unchangeable and
irrevocable. It is a firm article of faith in the Jewish religion that this Law
will never be changed, and that no other doctrines will be given by God to man
(<i>Maimonides, l.c</i>.). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">Of
many clauses of the Law, it is expressly stated that they are meant to be
eternal rules (<i>“hukkot ‘olam”</i>), or that they are obligatory on all generations
(<i>“le-dorot ‘olam”</i>); and there is not a single indication in the Holy Scriptures
that the Law is ever to be replaced by other revealed doctrines. The new
covenant of which Jeremiah speaks (xxxi. 31–33) is not to be made on the basis
of a new revealed law, but on the basis of the old law, which shall take firmer
root in the hearts of the believers. It was even promised to the Israelites that
new prophets should arise, and they were commanded to harken to the words of
these prophets (<i>Deut. xviii. 15–18</i>). But the new prophets can reveal no
new law, and a prophet who sets up a law which conflicts with the old doctrines
is a false prophet (<i>ìb. xiii. 1–4</i>). And also, a prophet who declares the
old law to be valid for a certain period only, is a false prophet, for his statement
conflicts with the teachings of Moses, the greatest of all prophets, who
plainly says in many passages (<i>Ex. xii. 14, 17 et seq</i>.) that the
regulations shall be obligatory forever (<i>Maimonides, “Yad,” Yesode ha-Torah,
ix.; idem, “Moreh,” ii. 39; Saadia, “Emunot we-De’ot,” iii. 7–10</i>). The
words “It [the commandment] is not in heaven” (<i>Deut. xxx. 12</i>) are
explained in the Talmud (<i>B. M. 59b</i>) as meaning that there is
nothing left in heaven that has yet to be revealed in order to elucidate the
Law. A decision or a legal question based only on such a heavenly revelation is
not recognized (<i>Maimonides, “Yad,” l.c.</i>).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">The
doctrine of the unchangeableness of the Law is further emphasized by another
fundamental dogma of Judaism, which declares the prophecy of Moses to surpass
that of any of his predecessors or successors (<i>Maimonides, l.c.</i>). That
the prophecy of Moses is different from and superior to that of any other
prophet is explicitly stated in Num. xii. 8. Whether this difference was one of
quality, as Maimonides thinks (<i>“Yad,” l.c. vii. 6; “Moreh,” ii.35</i>), or
one of degree only, as Albo (<i>l.c. iii. 17)</i> supposes, is immaterial. The
fact is sufficient that the prophecy of Moses was superior to that of any other
prophet. The Torah was given through Moses, of whose superior gift God Himself
convinced the Israelites on Mt. Sinai. Should another prophet arise and declare
the Law given by God through Moses to be invalid, then he would have to be a
greater prophet than Moses; this, however, is inconceivable according to the
fundamental doctrine which declares Moses to be the greatest prophet of all time.
Those prophets are not to be believed who declared the old covenant to be
dissolved, and that they were sent by God to make a new one; for one cannot be
as firmly convinced of their divine authority as of that of the old covenant,
which they themselves do not deny (<i>Abraham ibn Daud, in “Emunah Ramah,” ii.;
comp. also Albo, l.c. iii. 19).</i> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">The
fact that the Law was given to man, and that he was requested to observe its
precepts, implies that it depends on man alone whether or not he will do so.
The freedom of the human will is explicitly announced in the Bible also: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">“I
call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before
you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both them
and thy seed may live: That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou
mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy
life, and the length of thy days” (<i>Deut. xxx. 19–20</i>). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">The
Mishnah teaches: “Everything has been foreseen by God, and yet He has given to
man freedom of will” (<i>Ab. iii. 15</i>). Also, the Talmud plainly teaches of
the freedom of will: “Everything is in the hand of God, with the exception of
the fear of God, and piety: these alone are dependent upon the will of man” (<i>Ber.
33b</i>). “When anyone would keep his life clean and virtuous, he is aided; but
if he chooses to keep it unclean and wicked, he is not hindered,” says Simeon
ben Lakish (<i>Shab. 104a</i>). The teachers of post-Talmudic times all
regarded the liberty of the human will as a fundamental doctrine of Judaism.
Although it is difficult to reconcile this doctrine with the knowledge or
prescience of God, various attempts have been made to effect such a
reconciliation, in order that it might not become necessary to deny either of
them (<i>comp. Saadia, “Emunot we-De‘ot,” ii. 9; “Cuzari,” v. 20; Maimonides,
“Moreh,” iii. 20; Crescas, “Or Adonai,” II. i. 4; Albo, l.c. iv. 5</i>). The
liberty and responsibility of man justify some retribution for his acts:
rewards for the observance of divine precepts<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">and.
commandments, and punishment for their transgression. A just retribution
presupposes God’s providence and His omniscience. The belief in God’s
omniscience—that is, the belief that He sees and knows everything, even the
secret thoughts of man, and that nothing can take place in the world otherwise
than by His will—is one of the fundamental dogmas of Judaism.”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn7" name="_ednref7" style="mso-endnote-id: edn7;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6rtpogQa2hfc5ARFtClz2cQqbmTgVptgP9VR9FBMNWcD3Ozdd_NGzS6yzeSNzDb4KIO3XwWDg-XtLKTS4uVi0v-a5xrU0yAJItcpFryKMr9YY5Rz_Se74okUCjDTHWcoH2LUDBJXtD0uykK6DKmqzpsRSbj7O9j35GUn0WA51oGoYq1vSeNGad-Tn1g=s540" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="3" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6rtpogQa2hfc5ARFtClz2cQqbmTgVptgP9VR9FBMNWcD3Ozdd_NGzS6yzeSNzDb4KIO3XwWDg-XtLKTS4uVi0v-a5xrU0yAJItcpFryKMr9YY5Rz_Se74okUCjDTHWcoH2LUDBJXtD0uykK6DKmqzpsRSbj7O9j35GUn0WA51oGoYq1vSeNGad-Tn1g=w400-h3" width="400" /></a> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>So, what does
this all mean, considering that the Jewish faith has splintered itself into may
different movements? Let us look at
these briefly, with a short description of each: </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://18doors.org/classical_judaism_a_concise_profile/"><b><span style="color: #e03e52; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Classical Reform</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #3d3d3d; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
Classical Reform affirms that Judaism is a religious faith with broad,
inclusive values that can embrace all people, including interfaith families.
Its worship traditions, including an authentically Jewish liturgy that is
primarily in English, offer a particularly accessible experience that
intermarried couples can fully share together.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://18doors.org/conservative_judaism/"><b><span style="color: #e03e52; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Conservative</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #3d3d3d; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
In 2018, a reported 14% of American Jews were affiliated with the Conservative
movement, a broad movement which works to change within the framework of
evolving Jewish Law. Conservative synagogues may have a traditional Hebrew or
less traditional liturgy, may or may not be egalitarian, and have members with
a range of beliefs and practices.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://18doors.org/orthodox_judaism/"><b><span style="color: #e03e52; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Orthodox</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #3d3d3d; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
Orthodox Judaism is adhered to by around 10% of American Jews and consists of
sects with various levels of engagement with modernity. The movement includes
Modern Orthodox Jews, who engage fully with the modern world, and also includes
groups that may shun or minimize their exposure to secular ways of life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://18doors.org/reconstructionist_judaism/"><b><span style="color: #e03e52; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Reconstructionist</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #3d3d3d; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
Reconstructionist Judaism sees Judaism as an evolving Jewish civilization, with
religion as the centerpiece of that civilization. They reject the idea of Jews
being the chosen people and have created blessings and prayers that reflect
their ideology.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://18doors.org/reform_judaism/"><b><span style="color: #e03e52; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Reform</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #3d3d3d; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
Reform Judaism is the most popular Jewish denomination in the United States
today. The movement runs camps, youth groups, many synagogues, and
several Jewish day schools.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://18doors.org/renewal_judaism/"><b><span style="color: #e03e52; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Renewal</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #3d3d3d; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
Jewish Renewal does not consider itself a formal denomination like Reform,
Conservative, or Orthodoxy. Rather, it calls itself trans-denominational, a
movement that embraces Jews from all of the denominations as well as
unaffiliated Jews, Jews that were finding spiritual homes in Eastern religions,
and those who are not Jewish.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://18doors.org/secular_humanist_judaism/"><b><span style="color: #e03e52; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Secular Humanist</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #3d3d3d; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://18doors.org/secular_humanist_judaism/"><span style="color: #e03e52; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Secular Humanist Jews</span></a></span><span style="color: #3d3d3d; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> define Judaism as the history, culture, books, music, art,
food, rituals, and practices of the Jewish people. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn8" name="_ednref8" style="mso-endnote-id: edn8;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #3d3d3d; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[viii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p>Now add to this mix the
following:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><span style="color: red;">The Karaites</span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">The Karaites<span style="color: red;"> </span>represent
Karaite Judaism or Karaism (also spelt Qaraite Judaism or Qaraism), which is a
Jewish religious movement characterized by the recognition of the Tanakh alone
as its supreme authority in Halakha (Jewish religious law) and theology.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><span style="color: red;">The Satmar Hasidim<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white;">The Satmar Hasidm</span><span style="background: white; color: #202124; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> are an
Ultra-Orthodox sect of Judaism. It is characterized by extremely strict
religious adherence, complete rejection of modern culture, and fierce
anti-Zionism. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Jewish
Witches, Wiccans and Neopagans<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Jewish
Witches, Wiccans and Neopagans <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">are growing movements of secular
Jews—mainly, but not exclusively, women—that say they are reclaiming the divine
feminine and goddess worship. With strong ties to eco-feminism, practitioners
are using new liturgies and rituals to create diverse and radically inclusive
Jewish communities.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn9" name="_ednref9" style="mso-endnote-id: edn9;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[ix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">With so
many sects, how do we avoid offense? Truth is, you cannot. Truth is even the
true Word of God offends. It is supposed to. It will offend some who do not or
will not yield to the control of the Spirit of God over themselves; the reason is
it does not fit their lifestyles. It will offend groups who are bound by a
religious spirit. Then there are those who it will offend, straight into the embrace
of a loving God and Father, who will then lead them to His Son. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">There are
realities I have to mention though. Those of us who follow the tenets of
Messianic Judaism as laid out by Yeshua and the apostles are ostracized, and
condemned as being “Christians playing as Jews”, sort of like LARPs: “Live
Action Role Playing”. It is bad enough if you are Gentile, following the
Hebraic Perspective of our Master; but if you are Jewish and a follower of
Yeshua Ha’Mashiach, then you are considered to no longer be a Jew, blood line
or not. </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">And how do the Christians [and
Jews] feel about Messianic believers? At the least, we are seen as oddballs, pretending
to be something we are not – Jews (not true, for Gentiles we are, Gentiles we
stay – we are just grafted into the root of Israel by acceptance of the Messiah
and just want to follow His ways). At the worst, we are accused of either
trying to hi-jack a culture, or we are putting ourselves under the “yoke” of
legalism. Let me be a bit more specific here. </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">What about
the Messianic Gentile? </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Well, that one is
easy. They are denounced by just about everyone, Jew and Christian alike. Christians
call us “Judaizers”, and the Jews call us frauds. For a Messianic Jew, by Jewish
law itself, they are seen as having turned their back on over 5000 years of
tradition and identity and are denied citizenship and declared “dead” to their
families and friends; this is because they are considered to no longer be Jews
as they are now declared apostate. To Christians, they (Messianic Jews) are
badgered about keeping the Law of Moses, about keeping Sabbath, about bringing
themselves under the “burden of the Law”, despite the fact that Scripture says
otherwise. They should, some say, just give up their “Jewish” ways and
heritage.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></sup></b><b>Deuteronomy
30:9-20</b></p><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>9 </sup></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn10" name="_ednref10" title=""><i><sup>r</sup></i></a>The Lord your God will make you
abundantly prosperous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your womb
and in the fruit of your cattle and in the fruit of your ground. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn11" name="_ednref11" title=""><i><sup>s</sup></i></a>For the Lord will again
take delight in prospering you, as he took delight in your fathers, <b><sup>10 </sup></b>when you obey the
voice of the Lord your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes that are
written in this Book of the Law, when you turn to the Lord your God with all
your heart and with all your soul.</div>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>11 </sup></b><b>“For this commandment that I command you today
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn12" name="_ednref12" title=""><i><sup>t</sup></i></a>is not too hard for you,
neither is it far off. <sup>12 <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn13" name="_ednref13" title=""><i>u</i></a></sup>It
is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will ascend to heaven for us and
bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ <sup>13 </sup>Neither is
it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will go over the sea for us and
bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ <sup>14 </sup>But the word
is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it.</b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">15 </span></sup></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“See, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn14" name="_ednref14" style="mso-endnote-id: edn14;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup>v</sup></i></a>I
have set before you today life and good, death and evil.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>16 </sup></b>If you
obey the commandments of the Lord your God<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn15" name="_ednref15" title=""><i><sup>1</sup></i></a>
that I command you today, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn16" name="_ednref16" title=""><i><sup>w</sup></i></a>by
loving the Lord your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his
commandments and his statutes and his rules,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn17" name="_ednref17" title=""><i><sup>2</sup></i></a>
then you shall live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you in the
land that you are entering to take possession of it. <b><sup>17 </sup></b>But if <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn18" name="_ednref18" title=""><i><sup>x</sup></i></a>your
heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other
gods and serve them, <b><sup>18 </sup></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn19" name="_ednref19" title=""><i><sup>y</sup></i></a>I declare to you today,
that you shall surely perish. You shall not live long in the land that you are
going over the Jordan to enter and possess. <b><sup>19 </sup></b>I call heaven and earth to witness against you
today, that I have set before you life and death, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn20" name="_ednref20" title=""><i><sup>z</sup></i></a>blessing and curse. Therefore, choose life, that
you and your offspring may live, <b><sup>20 </sup></b>loving
the Lord your God, obeying his voice <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn21" name="_ednref21" title=""><i><sup>a</sup></i></a>and
holding fast to him, for <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn22" name="_ednref22" title=""><i><sup>b</sup></i></a>he
is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn23" name="_ednref23" title=""><i><sup>c</sup></i></a>the land that the Lord swore to your fathers, to
Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.” <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn24" name="_ednref24" title=""><sup><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[x]</span></sup></sup></a></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6rtpogQa2hfc5ARFtClz2cQqbmTgVptgP9VR9FBMNWcD3Ozdd_NGzS6yzeSNzDb4KIO3XwWDg-XtLKTS4uVi0v-a5xrU0yAJItcpFryKMr9YY5Rz_Se74okUCjDTHWcoH2LUDBJXtD0uykK6DKmqzpsRSbj7O9j35GUn0WA51oGoYq1vSeNGad-Tn1g=s540" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="3" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6rtpogQa2hfc5ARFtClz2cQqbmTgVptgP9VR9FBMNWcD3Ozdd_NGzS6yzeSNzDb4KIO3XwWDg-XtLKTS4uVi0v-a5xrU0yAJItcpFryKMr9YY5Rz_Se74okUCjDTHWcoH2LUDBJXtD0uykK6DKmqzpsRSbj7O9j35GUn0WA51oGoYq1vSeNGad-Tn1g=w400-h3" width="400" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>In our walk, what should we do? Who
won’t we offend if we walk uprightly? We will offend many, Jew, Secularists, or
Christian, because we dare to walk in the fullness of His word. Please, allow
me to repeat myself here, for in truth, what was written still fits [<b><i>see
endnote</i></b>]:</span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“…</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I am a
teacher of the Hebraic Perspective and have had “peace-loving, God Fearing”
Christians spitting in my face, waving their bible six inches from my nose, while
balling up their fists, all to “correct” me of my misguided ways. All of this
because we read the Bible differently: we see it as what it is, an ancient near
east document, a Jewish document, penned by men under the inspiration of the
Holy Spirit of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and delivered to a nation
whose duty was to inform the rest of the world about the one true God. When
they failed, God had to correct them; in their fear of continued failure, they
withdrew into themselves and locked up the knowledge of God in their (man-made)
“religion”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn25" name="_ednref25" style="mso-endnote-id: edn25;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>;
to save them and the rest of mankind God sent His only begotten Son to remove
the manufactured wall that separated Jew and Gentile and to correct the
man-made traditions of the elders of Israel and to bring back the ancient paths
so that all men could walk in love toward one another and with a Holy God – by
the Torah through faith, as defined by the Son of God. We who observe Torah do
so not because of any salvational issue – for salvation is of Messiah alone –
but because we understand that the Father gave us a way to walk and because we
love Him, we want to do what he says.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I have lost no
"freedom" in my walk, I, in fact, was set free and delivered from 40
years of addiction and the cycle of vice that accompanied it by my faith and
obedience to the Word of God. So, you see, I have issues when people call God's
word bondage, or equate the commandments of God with the doctrines of devils (I
will expound on this momentarily). This also becomes an issue with me because
when any come against the Torah, they are in fact calling my Savior a liar for
did He not say in Matthew 5:17-20:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Matthew
5:17–20 (NET)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">5:17 </span></sup></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I
have not come to abolish these things but to fulfill them.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn26" name="_ednref26" style="mso-endnote-id: edn26;" title=""><sup>17</sup></a> <b><sup>5:18 </sup></b>I<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn27" name="_ednref27" style="mso-endnote-id: edn27;" title=""><sup>18</sup></a>
tell you the truth,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn28" name="_ednref28" style="mso-endnote-id: edn28;" title=""><sup>19</sup></a> until heaven and earth pass away
not the smallest letter or stroke of a letter<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn29" name="_ednref29" style="mso-endnote-id: edn29;" title=""><sup>20</sup></a> will pass from the
law until everything takes place. <b><sup>5:19 </sup></b>So anyone who
breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn30" name="_ednref30" style="mso-endnote-id: edn30;" title=""><sup>21</sup></a>
to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever obeys them
and teaches others to do so will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. <b><sup>5:20 </sup></b>For
I tell you, unless your righteousness goes beyond that of the experts in the
law<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn31" name="_ednref31" style="mso-endnote-id: edn31;" title=""><sup>22</sup></a>
and the Pharisees,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn32" name="_ednref32" style="mso-endnote-id: edn32;" title=""><sup>23</sup></a> you will never enter the kingdom of
heaven. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn33" name="_ednref33" style="mso-endnote-id: edn33;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span> Last
time I checked heaven and earth were still here, and all things have not yet
been fulfilled and will not be until this has happened:</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">1 Cor
15:21-28 DRB<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">21</span></sup><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> For by a man
came death: and by a man the resurrection of the dead. 22 And as in Adam
all die, so also in Christ all shall be made alive. <sup>23</sup> But everyone
in his own order: the first fruits, Christ: then they that are of Christ, who
have believed in his coming. <sup>24 </sup>Afterwards the end: when he
shall have delivered up the kingdom to God and the Father: when he shall have
brought to naught all principality and power and virtue. <sup>25</sup> For
he must reign, until he hath put all his enemies under his feet. <sup>26</sup> And
the enemy, death, shall be destroyed last: For he hath put all things under his
feet. And whereas he saith:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">27 </span></sup><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All things are put
under him; undoubtedly, he is excepted, who put all things under him.<sup> 28</sup> And
when all things shall be subdued unto him, then the Son also himself shall be
subject unto him that put all things under him, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">that God may
be all in all.</span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn34" name="_ednref34" style="mso-endnote-id: edn34;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xiii]</span></sup></span></sup></a></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> So,
either our Messiah lied or maybe those who claim Torah observance is “legalism”
just do not have as firm a grasp on the word as they believe they do.</span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> As a disclaimer,
I add this: I commend and respect those who stand their ground and defend what
they believe though; my intention is never to try to convince anyone of
anything different, for that is not my place: that belongs to the Holy Spirit
alone to bring all into the truth. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Therefore,
one is free to accept or reject any part of God's word that they please. From
there, that issue is between them and God. </span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Yet, to be fair, there are
problems within the Messianic movement. We ourselves make mention of it as a </span>“Messy – antic”
problem. There are many in the movement who have swung the pendulum too far to
the other side, but then, there is nothing new about that, is there?
These diverse elements of the Messianic movement need loving correction just as
some elements of Christianity do (or do you think the Westboro Baptist Church<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn35" name="_ednref35" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xiv]</span></span></span></a> is mainstream?).
For those I fellowship with, we know we are saved only by the blood of the Lamb,
and we serve God and prove our love for Him by keeping His word out of love,
not duty or obligation. What child does not want to please their father by
obeying the instructions a loving father has set before them?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">That is what we do
for the word also says this:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="text-align: center;">1 John 2:1-6
LEB</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2</b> My little children, I am writing
these <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">things</i> to you in order that you
may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus
Christ the righteous <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">one</i>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>2 </sup></b>and he<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn36" name="_ednref36" style="mso-endnote-id: edn36;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>
is the propitiation<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn37" name="_ednref37" style="mso-endnote-id: edn37;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a> for our sins, and not for ours only,
but also for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">the sins of</i> the whole
world. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>3 </sup></b>And by this
we know that we have come to know him if we keep his commandments. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>4 </sup></b>The one who says, “I
have come to know him,” and does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the
truth is not in this person. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>5 </sup></b>But
whoever keeps his word, truly in this person the love of God has been
perfected. By this we know that we are in him. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>6 </sup></b>The one who says <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">that he</i> resides in him ought also to walk<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn38" name="_ednref38" style="mso-endnote-id: edn38;" title=""><sup>c</sup></a> just as that
one walked. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn39" name="_ednref39" style="mso-endnote-id: edn39;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xv]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">To walk as Yeshua did
means we have to be what He was –Torah observant. If He was not, He cannot be
the Messiah for the word says:</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Deuteronomy
17:15 (HCSB)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">15 “...you
are to appoint over you the king the Lord your God chooses.<sup> k</sup> Appoint
a king from your brothers. You are not to set a foreigner over you, or one who
is not of your people...” <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn40" name="_ednref40" style="mso-endnote-id: edn40;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xvi]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">To be King of the
Jews, and to be King of Israel, He had to be a Torah observant Jew. We see the
requirement here:</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Deuteronomy
17:18-19 (HCSB)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">18 </span></sup><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">When he is seated on
his royal throne, he is to write a copy of this instruction for himself on a
scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests. <sup>19 </sup>It is to
remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he
may learn to <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn41" name="_ednref41" style="mso-endnote-id: edn41;" title=""><sup>•</sup></a>fear <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn42" name="_ednref42" style="mso-endnote-id: edn42;" title=""><sup>v</sup></a> the Lord his God, to observe all the
words of this instruction, and to do these statutes. <sup>20 </sup>Then
his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, he will not turn from this
command to the right or the left, and he and his sons will continue ruling many
years <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn43" name="_ednref43" style="mso-endnote-id: edn43;" title=""><sup>w</sup></a>
over Israel. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn44" name="_ednref44" style="mso-endnote-id: edn44;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xvii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">Our walk, our halakha
with God, is our sanctification, our becoming holy unto Him. God calls us
to be holy as He is Holy, for Heb 12:14 says:</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">"...<b>Pursue
peace with everyone, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord</b>..."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Now if one picks and chooses their way through the word of God, and
casts off this here and disregards that over there in favor of that which fits
their comfort zone, lifestyle or in other words, a "theology" that
limits the amount of change they should be bringing into their lives, how can
they then tell the sacred from the profane if they do not allow God to define
it for them in His holy word? </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><b>1 John 3:1-10 LEB</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">3</span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> See what sort of
love the Father has given to us: that we should be called children of God, and
we are! Because of this the world does not know us: because it did not know
him. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>2 </sup></b>Dear friends,
now we are children of God, and what we will be, has not yet been revealed. We
know that whenever he is revealed we will be like him, because we will see him
just as he is. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>3 </sup></b>And
everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as that one is pure. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">4 </span></sup></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness, and sin is
lawlessness. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">5 </span></sup></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">And you know that
that one was revealed in order that he might take away sins, and in him <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">there</i> is no sin. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>6 </sup></b>Everyone who resides in him does not sin.
Everyone who sins has neither seen him nor known him. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>7 </sup></b>Little children, let no one deceive you: the one
who practices righteousness is righteous, just as that one is righteous. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>8 </sup>The one who practices sin
is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For
this <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">reason,</i> the Son of God was
revealed: in order to destroy the works of the devil.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">9 </span></sup></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Everyone who is
fathered by God does not practice sin, because his seed resides in him, and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">he is</i> not able to sin, because he has
been fathered by God. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>10 </sup></b>By
this the children of God and the children of the devil are evident: everyone
who does not practice righteousness is not of God, namely, the one who does not
love his brother. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn45" name="_ednref45" style="mso-endnote-id: edn45;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xviii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3-62X_uO2sY7Ne1MMTYYYeOXrg1E2sEf14U8ZhMsApZwcJeLa6_is6phs4vS8Dwi-XFDlqBtZOlbylEBG6Q-ha5xWfxgp-oykl6cyx2xtX-La7d6FzgTqFFUCirY0FE5YaS58mw0od7rsIdvORHK8RdEPX2Ziqsacvvhz03XJGcts34c50hVCSvTT_A=s365" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="365" data-original-width="314" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3-62X_uO2sY7Ne1MMTYYYeOXrg1E2sEf14U8ZhMsApZwcJeLa6_is6phs4vS8Dwi-XFDlqBtZOlbylEBG6Q-ha5xWfxgp-oykl6cyx2xtX-La7d6FzgTqFFUCirY0FE5YaS58mw0od7rsIdvORHK8RdEPX2Ziqsacvvhz03XJGcts34c50hVCSvTT_A=w218-h254" width="218" /></a></p><p align="center" class="MsoCaption" style="text-align: center;">Figure 1 From TORAHPHOBIA by Lew White, 2014</p><p align="center" class="MsoCaption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6rtpogQa2hfc5ARFtClz2cQqbmTgVptgP9VR9FBMNWcD3Ozdd_NGzS6yzeSNzDb4KIO3XwWDg-XtLKTS4uVi0v-a5xrU0yAJItcpFryKMr9YY5Rz_Se74okUCjDTHWcoH2LUDBJXtD0uykK6DKmqzpsRSbj7O9j35GUn0WA51oGoYq1vSeNGad-Tn1g=s540" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="3" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6rtpogQa2hfc5ARFtClz2cQqbmTgVptgP9VR9FBMNWcD3Ozdd_NGzS6yzeSNzDb4KIO3XwWDg-XtLKTS4uVi0v-a5xrU0yAJItcpFryKMr9YY5Rz_Se74okUCjDTHWcoH2LUDBJXtD0uykK6DKmqzpsRSbj7O9j35GUn0WA51oGoYq1vSeNGad-Tn1g=w400-h3" width="400" /></span></a></p><p align="center" class="MsoCaption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span color="windowtext" style="font-size: medium; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Sin
is lawlessness.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Those who live
strictly on "grace" live in lawlessness and thus they are under
mercy, not true grace. As Messianic believers, we understand that grace is
from Genesis to Revelation, and we also understand what true grace is; true
grace is what gives us the ability to obey God the Father’s and Jesus'
words (commandments, statutes, ordinances). We can then walk upright, righteous
before God for we walk in obedience. And what have we lost by doing so? Jesus
came to destroy the works of the devil, not the Torah of God or God's words…”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_edn46" name="_ednref46" style="mso-endnote-id: edn46;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6rtpogQa2hfc5ARFtClz2cQqbmTgVptgP9VR9FBMNWcD3Ozdd_NGzS6yzeSNzDb4KIO3XwWDg-XtLKTS4uVi0v-a5xrU0yAJItcpFryKMr9YY5Rz_Se74okUCjDTHWcoH2LUDBJXtD0uykK6DKmqzpsRSbj7O9j35GUn0WA51oGoYq1vSeNGad-Tn1g=s540" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="3" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6rtpogQa2hfc5ARFtClz2cQqbmTgVptgP9VR9FBMNWcD3Ozdd_NGzS6yzeSNzDb4KIO3XwWDg-XtLKTS4uVi0v-a5xrU0yAJItcpFryKMr9YY5Rz_Se74okUCjDTHWcoH2LUDBJXtD0uykK6DKmqzpsRSbj7O9j35GUn0WA51oGoYq1vSeNGad-Tn1g=w400-h3" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><b>In answer to a remark made above, I must ask all of you a
question. </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><b>Are the Laws of Moses, given by God, or are they the works of the devil?</b> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I will elaborate on this next post. This has
been a lot to chew on, so let us stop here. Next time we meet, I will explain
how important it is that we stop worrying about offending man but concern
ourselves with not offending our Creator. The<i><b> T</b></i></span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i>allit Gadol </i></b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">has an
enormous role to play in all of this; and we shall see this in Part Three. </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">All that we learn here takes preparation. For
ones’ best understanding of the topics we discuss here, groundwork must be
done. I believe we have set the stage.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Till we meet
again, shalom.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">May the love
of our Creator YHVH and His Machiach Yeshua watch over you all<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">And may He
dearly bless you, my beloved,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Amein.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Endnotes:</span></b></p><div style="mso-element: endnote-list;"><div id="edn1" style="mso-element: endnote;">
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explanation on these symbols and other items pertinent to the way the NET Bible
uses them.</span></p></div><div id="edn4" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref5" name="_edn5" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[v]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> See </span><a href="https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4165687/jewish/What-Is-Halakhah-Halachah-Jewish-Law.htm"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4165687/jewish/What-Is-Halakhah-Halachah-Jewish-Law.htm</span></a></p></div>
<div id="edn6" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref6" name="_edn6" style="mso-endnote-id: edn6;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Tanakah (or Tanakh) is an acronym derived
from the names of the three divisions of the Hebrew Bible: <i>Torah</i>
(Instruction, or Law, also called the Pentateuch), <i>Neviʾim</i> (Prophets),
and<i> Ketuvim </i>(Writings).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn7" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref7" name="_edn7" style="mso-endnote-id: edn7;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <i>The Jewish Encyclopedia</i>, A
DESCRIPTIVE RECORD OF THE HISTORY, RELIGION, LITERATURE, AND CUSTOMS OF THE
JEWISH PEOPLE FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY; Isidore Singer,
Ph.D., Volume 12, Article “Theology-The Torah”, pgs. 133,134 ©2002, Varda
Books, ©,1905, 1909 by Funk and Wagnalls Company, <i>all rights of translation
reserved</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref8" name="_edn8" style="mso-endnote-id: edn8;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[viii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span><a href="https://18doors.org/denominations/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">https://18doors.org/denominations/</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref9" name="_edn9" style="mso-endnote-id: edn9;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[ix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span><a href="https://www.jewishstudycenter.org/events/beyond-the-big-three-the-rich-diverse-world-of-jewish-sects-2020-03-18/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">https://www.jewishstudycenter.org/events/beyond-the-big-three-the-rich-diverse-world-of-jewish-sects-2020-03-18/</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn10" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref10" name="_edn10" style="mso-endnote-id: edn10;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">r</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
ch. 28:11<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn11" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref11" name="_edn11" style="mso-endnote-id: edn11;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">s</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Zeph. 3:19, 20; See ch. 28:63<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn12" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref12" name="_edn12" style="mso-endnote-id: edn12;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">t</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
[Isa. 45:19; 48:16]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn13" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref13" name="_edn13" style="mso-endnote-id: edn13;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">u</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
[Rom. 10:6–8]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn14" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref14" name="_edn14" style="mso-endnote-id: edn14;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">v</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
[ch. 11:26; 32:47]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn15" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref15" name="_edn15" style="mso-endnote-id: edn15;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Septuagint; Hebrew lacks <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">If you obey the
commandments of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> your God</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn16" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref16" name="_edn16" style="mso-endnote-id: edn16;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">w</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
ver. 6; See ch. 6:5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn17" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref17" name="_edn17" style="mso-endnote-id: edn17;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">his just decrees</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn18" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref18" name="_edn18" style="mso-endnote-id: edn18;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">x</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
ch. 29:18<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn19" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref19" name="_edn19" style="mso-endnote-id: edn19;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">y</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
See ch. 4:26<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn20" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref20" name="_edn20" style="mso-endnote-id: edn20;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">z</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
ver. 1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn21" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref21" name="_edn21" style="mso-endnote-id: edn21;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
See ch. 10:20<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn22" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref22" name="_edn22" style="mso-endnote-id: edn22;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ps. 27:1; 66:9; John 11:25<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn23" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref23" name="_edn23" style="mso-endnote-id: edn23;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">c</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
See ch. 1:8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn24" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref24" name="_edn24" style="mso-endnote-id: edn24;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[x]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/esv?ref=BibleESV.Dt30.9&off=0&ctx=+command+you+today.+~9%C2%A0r%EF%BB%BF%E2%80%A2The+Lord+your+G"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The Holy Bible: English Standard
Version</span></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Dt
30:9–20.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn25" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref25" name="_edn25" style="mso-endnote-id: edn25;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> The Father never has wanted a
religion, but a relationship. Therefore, all “religion” is man-made, not by God’s
design.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn26" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="margin-left: 0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref26" name="_edn26" style="mso-endnote-id: edn26;" title=""><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">[The
</span></b></a><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">following
notes are taken from the NET Bible® footnotes. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations
designated (NET) are from The NET Bible® Copyright © 2005 by Biblical Studies
Press, L.L.C. www.netbible.com<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">All rights reserved. Numbering system is unique to
NET® Notes...]<sup><o:p></o:p></sup></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">17</span></sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> tn <i>Grk</i> “not
come to abolish but to fulfill.” Direct objects (“these things,” “them”) were
frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context but have been supplied
here to conform to contemporary English style.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn27" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref27" name="_edn27" style="mso-endnote-id: edn27;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">18</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> tn <i>Grk</i>
“For I tell.” Here an explanatory </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">γάρ</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> (<i>gar</i>) has
not been translated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn28" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref28" name="_edn28" style="mso-endnote-id: edn28;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">19</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> tn <i>Grk</i>
“Truly (</span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">ἀμήν</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">, <i>amēn</i>), I say to you.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn29" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref29" name="_edn29" style="mso-endnote-id: edn29;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">20</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> tn <i>Grk</i>
“Not one <i>iota</i> or one serif.”<b>sn</b> The <i>smallest letter</i> refers
to the smallest Hebrew letter (<i>yod</i>) and the <i>stroke of a letter</i> to
a serif (a hook or projection on a Hebrew letter).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn30" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref30" name="_edn30" style="mso-endnote-id: edn30;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">21</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> tn <i>Grk</i>
“teaches men” (in a generic sense, people).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn31" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref31" name="_edn31" style="mso-endnote-id: edn31;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">22</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> tn Or “that of
the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn32" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref32" name="_edn32" style="mso-endnote-id: edn32;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">23</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> sn See the note
on <i>Pharisees</i> in 3:7.<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">End “NET®” notes</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref33" name="_edn33" style="mso-endnote-id: edn33;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Biblical
Studies Press. <a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/gs-netbible?ref=BibleNET.Mt5.17-20"><i>The NET
Bible First Edition; Bible. English. NET Bible.; The NET Bible</i></a>.
Biblical Studies Press, 2005.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn34" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref34" name="_edn34" style="mso-endnote-id: edn34;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xiii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/douayrheims?ref=BibleDR.1Co15.21&off=0&ctx=f+them+that+sleep%3a+%0a~21%C2%A0For+by+a+man+came"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Holy Bible, Translated from the Latin
Vulgate</i></a> (Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software, 2009), 1 Co 15:21–28.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn35" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref35" name="_edn35" style="mso-endnote-id: edn35;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xiv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Westboro Baptist Church, Topeka,
Kansas, is an American hyper-Calvinist “primitive Baptist” assembly. It is
known for engaging in inflammatory homophobic and anti-American pickets, speech
against atheists, Jews, Muslims, transgender people, and numerous Christian
denominations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn36" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref36" name="_edn36" style="mso-endnote-id: edn36;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Or “he himself” (emphatic)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn37" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref37" name="_edn37" style="mso-endnote-id: edn37;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Or “expiation”; or “atoning sacrifice”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn38" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref38" name="_edn38" style="mso-endnote-id: edn38;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Some manuscripts have “to walk in this way”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn39" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref39" name="_edn39" style="mso-endnote-id: edn39;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xv]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
W. Hall Harris III et al., eds., <a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/leb?ref=BibleLEB2.1Jn2.1&off=28&ctx=the+New+Commandment%0a~2+My+little+children"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Lexham English Bible</i></a>
(Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012), 1 Jn 2:1–6.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn40" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref40" name="_edn40" style="mso-endnote-id: edn40;" title=""></a><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">k</span></sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> 17:14–15
1Sm 8:4–22<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">l</span></sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> 17:15
Gen 17:6,16; 35:11; Num 24:17–19<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xvi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/hcsb?ref=BibleHCSB.Dt17.18&off=0&ctx=gold+for+himself.+u+~18%C2%A0%E2%80%A2%E2%80%A2When+he+is+seat"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Holy Bible: Holman Christian Standard
Version.</i></a> (Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers, 2009), Dt 17:15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn41" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref41" name="_edn41" style="mso-endnote-id: edn41;" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">•</span></sup></i></a><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
No single English word conveys every aspect of the word <b>fear </b>in this
phrase. The meaning includes worshipful submission, reverential awe, and
obedient respect to the covenant-keeping God of Israel.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<div id="edn42" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref42" name="_edn42" style="mso-endnote-id: edn42;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">v</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">17:19</b> Dt 14:23<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn43" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref43" name="_edn43" style="mso-endnote-id: edn43;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">w</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">17:20</b> Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">will lengthen days on his kingdom</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn44" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref44" name="_edn44" style="mso-endnote-id: edn44;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xvii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<a name="_Hlk92149917"></a><a name="_Hlk92149918"></a><a name="_Hlk92149919"></a><a name="_Hlk92149920"></a><a name="_Hlk92149921"></a><a name="_Hlk92149922"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk92149921;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk92149920;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk92149919;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk92149918;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk92149917;"></span></span></span></span></span></a><a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/hcsb?ref=BibleHCSB.Dt17.18&off=0&ctx=gold+for+himself.+u+~18%C2%A0%E2%80%A2%E2%80%A2When+he+is+seat"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk92149922;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk92149921;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk92149920;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk92149919;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk92149918;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk92149917;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Holy Bible: Holman Christian Standard
Version.</i></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk92149922;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk92149921;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk92149920;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk92149919;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk92149918;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk92149917;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk92149922;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk92149921;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk92149920;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk92149919;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk92149918;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk92149917;">
(Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers, 2009), Dt 17:18–20.</span></span></span></span></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref45" name="_edn45" style="mso-endnote-id: edn45;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xviii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
W. Hall Harris III et al., eds., <a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/leb?ref=BibleLEB2.1Jn3&off=2"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Lexham English Bible</i></a>
(Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012), 1 Jn 3.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%2043_Halakah.docx#_ednref46" name="_edn46" style="mso-endnote-id: edn46;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> This has been adapted from my
original blog post at: <a href="https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2014/02/in-defense-of-god-loving-rebuke-of.html">https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2014/02/in-defense-of-god-loving-rebuke-of.html</a>
. </span></p><p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">I have edited some of the language and added proper references. I also have
changed the phrase from the original post “Hebrew Roots movement” to the way I
look at the word now, as the “Hebraic Perspective”. Sadly, the term “Hebrew Roots” has
been coopted by elements that have done damage to the brand by their actions
and practices. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />David_seedofabrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779218562279412780noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808052277561745789.post-54903229797789719792021-11-29T01:35:00.035-08:002021-12-05T01:14:01.974-08:00Alone in the Dark. I first wrote this in 2014. Then revisited it in 2018 and 2020. We have hope. We are not alone. As we approach 2022 - never forget that we are not alone. Shalom.<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lessons
from the Wilderness, Volume 45: Today, on the Eve of Chanukah, I am reposting
my thoughts on Chanukah and the miracle of the eight days. This is a post originally
published in 2014, updated in 2020, and now, I update it once again – for it is
still as timely as it was seven years ago…<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">©2021,
David E. Robinson: At the Gates of Yerushalayim Ministries</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Lessons from the Wilderness, Volume 45</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy";">…Alone
in the Dark, Revisited…<a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" style="mso-endnote-id: edn1;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[i]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn2" name="_ednref2" style="mso-endnote-id: edn2;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[ii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a>
<a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn3" name="_ednref3" style="mso-endnote-id: edn3;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[iii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a>
<a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn4" name="_ednref4" style="mso-endnote-id: edn4;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[iv]</span></b></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
<a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn5" name="_ednref5" style="mso-endnote-id: edn5;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[v]</span></b></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
<a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn6" name="_ednref6" style="mso-endnote-id: edn6;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[vi]</span></b></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
<a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn7" name="_ednref7" style="mso-endnote-id: edn7;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[vii]</span></b></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy";"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
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(NASB95)</b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">8</span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt;">He who made the </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn8" name="_ednref8" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt;">Pleiades and Orion
And </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn9" name="_ednref9" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt;">changes deep
darkness into morning,</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn10" name="_ednref10" style="mso-endnote-id: edn10;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Who also </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn11" name="_ednref11" style="mso-endnote-id: edn11;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">c</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">darkens day <i>into
</i>night, Who </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn12" name="_ednref12" style="mso-endnote-id: edn12;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">d</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">calls for the
waters of the sea</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">And pours them out on the surface of the earth,</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn13" name="_ednref13" style="mso-endnote-id: edn13;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">e</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant: small-caps; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Lord</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><b> is His name</b>.</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">9</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">It is He who </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn14" name="_ednref14" style="mso-endnote-id: edn14;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">flashes forth <i>with
</i>destruction upon the strong, </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt;">So that </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn15" name="_ednref15" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt;">destruction comes upon the fortress.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">10</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">They hate him who </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn16" name="_ednref16" style="mso-endnote-id: edn16;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">reproves in the </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn17" name="_ednref17" style="mso-endnote-id: edn17;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">gate, And they </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn18" name="_ednref18" style="mso-endnote-id: edn18;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">abhor him who
speaks <i>with </i>integrity.</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">11</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Therefore because
you </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn19" name="_ednref19" style="mso-endnote-id: edn19;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">impose heavy rent
on the poor And exact a tribute of grain from them,</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Though </span></i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">you have built </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn20" name="_ednref20" style="mso-endnote-id: edn20;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">houses of
well-hewn stone, Yet you will not live in them;</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn21" name="_ednref21" style="mso-endnote-id: edn21;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">not drink their
wine.</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">12</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">For I know your
transgressions are many and your sins are great,</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">You </span></i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">who </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn22" name="_ednref22" style="mso-endnote-id: edn22;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">distress the righteous <i>and </i>accept
bribes And </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn23" name="_ednref23" style="mso-endnote-id: edn23;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">turn aside the
poor in the </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn24" name="_ednref24" style="mso-endnote-id: edn24;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">gate.</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">13</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Therefore at </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn25" name="_ednref25" style="mso-endnote-id: edn25;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">such a time the
prudent person </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn26" name="_ednref26" style="mso-endnote-id: edn26;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">keeps silent, for
it is an evil time.</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">14</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Seek good and not
evil, that you may live; </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">And thus may the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>
God of hosts be with you, </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn27" name="_ednref27" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt;">Just as you have
said!</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">15</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn28" name="_ednref28" style="mso-endnote-id: edn28;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a></span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Hate evil, love
good, And establish justice in the </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn29" name="_ednref29" style="mso-endnote-id: edn29;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">gate!</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Perhaps the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>
God of hosts </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn30" name="_ednref30" style="mso-endnote-id: edn30;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">May be gracious to
the </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn31" name="_ednref31" style="mso-endnote-id: edn31;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">c</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">remnant of Joseph.</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">16</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Therefore thus
says the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> God of hosts, the
Lord,</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“There is </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn32" name="_ednref32" style="mso-endnote-id: edn32;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">wailing in all the plazas, And in all
the streets they say, ‘Alas! Alas!’</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">They also call the </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn33" name="_ednref33" style="mso-endnote-id: edn33;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">farmer to mourning And </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn34" name="_ednref34" style="mso-endnote-id: edn34;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn35" name="_ednref35" style="mso-endnote-id: edn35;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">c</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">professional mourners to lamentation.</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">17</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“And in all the </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn36" name="_ednref36" style="mso-endnote-id: edn36;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">vineyards <i>there
is </i>wailing, Because I will pass through the midst of you,” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">says the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>.</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">18</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Alas, you who are longing for the </span></b><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn37" name="_ednref37" style="mso-endnote-id: edn37;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a</span></sup></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">day of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>, For what purpose <i>will </i>the
day of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> <i>be </i>to you? It
<i>will be </i></span></b><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn38" name="_ednref38" style="mso-endnote-id: edn38;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">b</span></sup></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">darkness and not light;</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">19</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">As when a man </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn39" name="_ednref39" style="mso-endnote-id: edn39;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">flees from a lion And
a bear meets him,</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn40" name="_ednref40" style="mso-endnote-id: edn40;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Or goes home,
leans his hand against the wall And a snake bites him.</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">20<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Will </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">not the day of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> <i>be </i></span></b><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn41" name="_ednref41" style="mso-endnote-id: edn41;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a</span></sup></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">darkness instead
of light, Even gloom with no brightness in it? </span></b><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn42" name="_ednref42" style="mso-endnote-id: edn42;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[viii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><i style="font-weight: bold;"> </i>With love and tears, I pen these words, not as an attack on any, but as an observer of what is going on in this world today. </o:p></span></span></span><span class="TitleChar" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 13.5pt;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;">T</span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 13.5pt;">ake a long look around you: look hard
upon the world in which we live. What is the prevalent tide that is washing
ashore on all lands, kindreds, and tongues?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">…Darkness…</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 13.5pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>From school
shootings to wars, to riots in the streets, to those who practice lawlessness
for justice. To murder, arson, and looting, to the relations between the races,
to politics, to the rise of Militant Islam (ISIS, the Taliban, Al Qaeda); to the rise of
fascism (born in the politics of socialism, Marxism
and communism and using the 'Rona' bug-a-boo as a cover for the march to totalitarianism); couple all that with the upswing of Anti-Semitism throughout the world, and one can see we are
surrounded by darkness. </b><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 13.5pt;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Drug use is on the
rise as cash-strapped states and municipalities overcome common sense and their
duties to uphold law, legalize poison that will only end in enslaving
generations yet to be born in the nightmare of addictions. To help to that end, a feckless Congress and administration opens the borders to flood this nation in even more drugs. Despair and
hopelessness arise as lawless or clueless governments enact “laws” designed to ensnare
the population with ever increasing taxes and regulations, all under the guise
of “executive orders”, "emergency decrees", and “memorandums”. Politicians lie to those they are
supposed to represent, saying whatever it takes to retain their power, then
turn around and do the exact opposite that those that trusted in them expect
them to do, exempting themselves from the very laws they force upon their
constituents but ever enriching themselves at the trough of public money stolen
from the hard-working people they pretend to serve.</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 13.5pt;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Immorality is now
the norm – the profane exalted above the sacred. On TV, in the movies, in books
and music, on the internet – filth and garbage is poured out, and as the
schools dumb down the children and the colleges indoctrinate those that have
been taught nothing but mindless drivel that cannot instill the critical
thinking necessary to recognize the difference, moral values are extinguished
and the Biblical story falls away from a society and is turned into fantasy,
with the heroes of the faith reduced to cartoonish characterizations. A society
is now bound and manipulated by greed, narcissism, and 30 second sound bites,
adrift into the ever-widening cesspool of darkness that looms before it. The
degenerate practice of child molestation is breaking into our schools under the
guise of “woke” sexual education, and it goes on and on.</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 13.5pt;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">The might of a
nation is decimated – its generals and loyal troops are purged just as effectively as the old Soviet
Union and Nazi Germany purged its ranks of all but those </b><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: italic;"><b>submissive</b></span><b style="font-size: 11pt;"><i> to the regimes.
Those young men and women bound by the call of duty and honor are swept aside
for the social-engineering mavens that seek to emasculate the greatest military
on earth: morale and retention of the bravest of the brave at the lowest it has
ever been. The cry of “VA*, VA*" </i>[</b><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><b>rhymes</b></span><b style="font-size: 11pt;"> with axe] </b><i><b style="font-size: 11pt;">is killing some, saving some, and showing
itself for what it is – submission to the </b><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><b>all-mighty</b></span><b style="font-size: 11pt;"> god of government. The weapons of the warfighters are stripped of
their power, the intelligence communities that are NECESSARY for the vital
defense of a nation are shackled or worse compromised as a weapon against a
free society; the enemies both foreign and domestic rise up with impunity, each
eager to draw first blood. The veterans, those who gave so much in the defense
of freedom are left to rot on the vine of an uncaring, faceless government
bureaucracy while a fifth column government/media complex lavishly wags its tail
and licks the boots of its master. </b></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 13.5pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Citizens see their
Constitution derided, defamed, and debunked by so-called “constitutional
scholars”, lawyers and judges hell bent on destroying the best hope of freedom
in the world. Our allies overseas are disenchanted, spied upon, and citizens
are abandoned behind enemy lines. The borders are over-run with traffickers of
human flesh, drugs, and enemies of the state…</b></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 13.5pt; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i><b style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">It
feels like we are truly alone in the dark.</span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 13.5pt; text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Pick up a paper –
mothers killing their children, children killing their parents, police killing
citizens, citizens killing police… Abuse, rape, trauma, theft, murder,
lawlessness. Gunfights in the malls, in the streets, in our homes and the thin blue line, ever thinner than before, is ordered to stand down or to arrest those who dare to complain</b></span></i><i style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>...</b></span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 13.5pt; text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Parents concerned for their children are called terrorists, and the DC gulag holds political prisoners without the protection of their constitutional rights.</b></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 13.5pt; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i><b style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">It
feels like the reality is that we are truly alone in the dark.</span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 13.5pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">It was
all predicted:</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: teal; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Romans 1:18-2:11 HRB</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">For the wrath of YAHWEH from heaven is
revealed against all the iniquity and wickedness of men, who unjustly suppress
the truth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: teal;">(19)</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>because the thing known of YAHWEH is clearly
known within them, for YAHWEH revealed it to them. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: teal; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">(20)</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For, from the foundations of the world, the
invisible things of YAHWEH are clearly seen and understood, in the things He
created, even His eternal power and divinity; so that they might be without excuse,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">(<span style="color: teal;">21)</span>
because they knew YAHWEH, and did not glorify Him and give thanks to Him as
Elohim, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">but became vain in their imaginations,
and their unwise heart was darkened. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: teal; font-size: 11pt;">(22)</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> Professing to be wise, they became foolish (<span style="color: teal;">23)</span> and changed the glory of the incorruptible Elohim
into a likeness of an image of a corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed
animals, and creeping things. <span style="color: teal;">(24)</span> Because of this, YAHWEH gave them up to
filthy lusts of their hearts, and their bodies to be dishonored among themselves,
(<span style="color: teal;">25)</span> who changed the truth of YAHWEH into the
lie, and worshiped and served the created thing more than the Creator, who is
blessed forever. Amen. <span style="color: teal;">(26)</span> Because of this, YAHWEH gave them up to
dishonorable passions, for even their females changed the natural use of their
sex to that contrary to nature. <span style="color: teal;">(27)</span> And so also their males forsook the use of
females, which is natural, and burned with lust toward one another, male with
male, they did what is shameful, and received in themselves the just recompense
of their error.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: teal; font-size: 11pt;">(28)</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> <b>And as
they did not determine within themselves to know Elohim, YAHWEH has given them
over to a vain mind; that they might do what they ought not, <span style="color: teal;">(29)</span> having been filled with all unrighteousness,
fornication, iniquity, covetousness, malice, being full of envy, murder,
quarrels, deceit, evil habits, becoming whisperers, <span style="color: teal;">(30)</span> slanderers, haters of YAHWEH, insolent,
proud, braggarts, inventors of evil things, weak minded, disobedient to
parents, <span style="color: teal;">(31)</span> without discernment, covenant breakers,
without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful, <span style="color: teal;">(32)</span> who knowing the righteous judgment of YAHWEH,
that those practicing such things He condemns to death, not only do they do
them, but they also associate with those who practice them. </b><span style="color: teal;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: teal; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: teal; font-size: 11pt;">(2:1)</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">
Therefore, O man, you are without excuse, everyone who judges, for in that in
which you judge the other, you condemn yourself; for you, those judging,
practice the same things. <span style="color: teal;">(2)</span> But we know that the judgment of YAHWEH is
according to truth on those that practice such things. <span style="color: teal;">(3)</span> And, O man, the one judging those practicing
such things, and doing them, do you think that you will escape the judgment of
YAHWEH? <span style="color: teal;">(4)</span>
Or do you abuse the riches of His kindness and forbearance, and the
opportunity He has given you, not knowing that the kindness of YAHWEH leads you
to repentance? <span style="color: teal;">(5)</span> But, because of the hardness of your
unrepentant heart, you are treasuring up a store of wrath against the day of
wrath, and against the revelation of the righteous judgment of YAHWEH:</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: teal; font-size: 11pt;">(6)</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">He "will give to each according to
his deeds:" (Psa. 62:12) </b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: teal; font-size: 11pt;">(7)</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> everlasting life truly to those who with
patience in good work seeking glory and honor and immortality; (<span style="color: teal;">8)</span> but to the ones who are stubborn, and do not obey
the truth but obey iniquity, He will render anger and wrath, (<span style="color: teal;">9)</span> trouble and pain on every soul of man that works
out evil, both of Jew first, and also of Gentile. <span style="color: teal;">(10)</span> But glory and honor and peace will be to
everyone working out good, both to the Jew first, and to the Gentile.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: teal;">(11)</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For there is no respect of persons with
YAHWEH.<a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn43" name="_ednref43" style="mso-endnote-id: edn43;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[ix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Galatians 5:16-26 (NASB95)</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">16</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">But I say, </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn44" name="_ednref44" style="mso-endnote-id: edn44;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">walk by the
Spirit, and you will not carry out </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn45" name="_ednref45" style="mso-endnote-id: edn45;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">the desire of the flesh.</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -27pt;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">17</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">For </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn46" name="_ednref46" style="mso-endnote-id: edn46;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">the flesh </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn47" name="_ednref47" style="mso-endnote-id: edn47;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">sets its desire
against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in
opposition to one another, </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn48" name="_ednref48" style="mso-endnote-id: edn48;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">so that you may
not do the things that you </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn49" name="_ednref49" style="mso-endnote-id: edn49;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">please. </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -27pt;">18</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -27pt;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -27pt;">But if you are </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn50" name="_ednref50" style="text-indent: -27pt;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -27pt;">led by the Spirit,
</span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn51" name="_ednref51" style="text-indent: -27pt;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -27pt;">you are not under
the Law. [of sin and death]</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -27pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">19</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Now the deeds of the flesh are evident,
which are: </span></b><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn52" name="_ednref52" style="mso-endnote-id: edn52;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1</span></sup></b></a><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn53" name="_ednref53" style="mso-endnote-id: edn53;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a</span></sup></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">immorality,
impurity, sensuality,</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -27pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">20</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">idolatry, </span></b><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn54" name="_ednref54" style="mso-endnote-id: edn54;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a</span></sup></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">sorcery, enmities,
</span></b><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn55" name="_ednref55" style="mso-endnote-id: edn55;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">b</span></sup></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">strife, jealousy,
outbursts of anger, </span></b><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn56" name="_ednref56" style="mso-endnote-id: edn56;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">c</span></sup></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">disputes, dissensions, </span></b><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn57" name="_ednref57" style="mso-endnote-id: edn57;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1</span></sup></b></a><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn58" name="_ednref58" style="mso-endnote-id: edn58;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">d</span></sup></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">factions,</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -27pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">21</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">envying, </span></b><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn59" name="_ednref59" style="mso-endnote-id: edn59;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a</span></sup></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">drunkenness,
carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have
forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not </span></b><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn60" name="_ednref60" style="mso-endnote-id: edn60;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">b</span></sup></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">inherit the
kingdom of God.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -27pt;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">22</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">But </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn61" name="_ednref61" style="mso-endnote-id: edn61;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">the fruit of the
Spirit is </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn62" name="_ednref62" style="mso-endnote-id: edn62;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">love, joy, peace,
patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -27pt;">23</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -27pt;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -27pt;">gentleness, </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn63" name="_ednref63" style="text-indent: -27pt;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -27pt;">self-control;
against such things </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn64" name="_ednref64" style="text-indent: -27pt;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -27pt;">there is no law. </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -27pt;">24</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -27pt;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -27pt;">Now those who </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn65" name="_ednref65" style="text-indent: -27pt;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -27pt;">belong to </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn66" name="_ednref66" style="text-indent: -27pt;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -27pt;">Christ Jesus have </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn67" name="_ednref67" style="text-indent: -27pt;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -27pt;">crucified the
flesh with its passions and </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn68" name="_ednref68" style="text-indent: -27pt;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">c</span></sup></a><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -27pt;">desires.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -27pt;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">25</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">If we live by the
Spirit, let us also </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn69" name="_ednref69" style="mso-endnote-id: edn69;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">walk </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn70" name="_ednref70" style="mso-endnote-id: edn70;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">by the Spirit.</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -27pt;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">26</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Let us not become </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn71" name="_ednref71" style="mso-endnote-id: edn71;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">boastful,
challenging one another, envying one another. </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn72" name="_ednref72" style="mso-endnote-id: edn72;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[x]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -27pt;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Jude 5-19 (JNT)</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">5 </span></sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Since you already know all this, my
purpose is only to remind you that </span><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant: small-caps; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Adonai</span></i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">, who once
delivered the people from Egypt, later destroyed those who did not trust. <sup>6 </sup>And
the angels that did not keep within their original authority, but abandoned
their proper sphere, he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for
the Judgment of the Great Day. </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><sup>7 </sup>And S’dom<a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn73" name="_ednref73" style="mso-endnote-id: edn73;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>,
‘Amora<a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn74" name="_ednref74" style="mso-endnote-id: edn74;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
and the surrounding cities, following a pattern like theirs, committing sexual
sins and perversions, lie exposed as a warning of the everlasting fire awaiting
those who must undergo punishment.</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.25in;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">8 </span></sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Likewise, these
people, with their visions, defile their own flesh, despise godly authority,
and insult angelic beings. <sup>9 </sup>When Mikha’el<a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn75" name="_ednref75" style="mso-endnote-id: edn75;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xiii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>,
one of the ruling angels, took issue with the Adversary, arguing over the body
of Moshe, he did not dare bring against him an insulting charge, but said, “May
</span><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant: small-caps; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Adonai</span></i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> rebuke you.” <sup>10 </sup>However,
these people insult anything they do not understand; and what they do
understand naturally, without thinking, like animals — by these things they are
destroyed!</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.25in;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">11 </span></sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Woe to them, in
that they have walked the road of Kayin<a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn76" name="_ednref76" style="mso-endnote-id: edn76;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xiv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>,
they have given themselves over for money to the error of Bil‛am<a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn77" name="_ednref77" style="mso-endnote-id: edn77;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>,
they have been destroyed in the rebellion of Korach. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">12 </span></sup></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">These men are filthy spots at your festive gatherings
meant to foster love; they share your meals without a qualm, while caring only
for themselves. They are waterless clouds carried along by the winds; trees
without fruit even in autumn, and doubly dead because they have been uprooted; <sup>13 </sup>savage
sea-waves heaving forth their shameful deeds like foam; </span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">wandering stars for
whom the blackest darkness has been reserved forever.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.25in;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">14 </span></sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Moreover, Hanokh<a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn78" name="_ednref78" style="mso-endnote-id: edn78;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xvi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>,
in the seventh generation starting with Adam, also prophesied about these men,
saying, “Look! </span><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant: small-caps; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Adonai</span></i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> came with his myriads of holy ones <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.25in;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">15 </span></sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">to execute
judgment against everyone, that is, to convict all the godless for their
godless deeds which they have done in such a godless way, and for all the harsh
words these godless sinners have spoken against him.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.25in;"><sup style="text-indent: 0.25in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">16 </span></sup><b style="text-indent: 0.25in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">These people are grumblers and
complainers, they follow their evil passions, their mouths speak grandiosities,
and they flatter others to gain advantage.</span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.25in;"><sup style="text-indent: 0.25in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">17 </span></sup><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 0.25in;">But you, dear
friends, keep in mind the words spoken in advance by the emissaries of our Lord
Yeshua the Messiah. <sup>18 </sup>They told you,</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“During the </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">acharit-hayamim<a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn79" name="_ednref79" style="mso-endnote-id: edn79;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xvii]</span></b></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> there will be scoffers following their
own godless passions.” <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.25in;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">19 </span></sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">These are the
people who cause divisions. </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 0.25in;">They are controlled by their impulses </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.25in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 0.25in;">because they don’t have the Spirit. </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn80" name="_ednref80" style="text-indent: 0.25in;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><sup><span style="font-size: 11pt;">[xviii]</span></sup></span></sup></a></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.25in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal; text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>We
see in the pulpits today men and women who are self-appointed “apostles”,
“Prophets” and “Prophetess”. There are those who wear the title of “Reverend”,
“Rabbi”, “Pastor” and other titles that God never gave them, use the Church,
and the Word as means of gain. These are as Ezekiel said:</b></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i><b style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Ezekiel 34:1-11 (HCSB)</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">34</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The word of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> came to me: 2 “Son of man,
prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and say to them: This is
what the Lord <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span> says to the
shepherds:</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Woe to the
shepherds of Israel, who have been feeding themselves! </span></b><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn81" name="_ednref81" style="mso-endnote-id: edn81;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a</span></sup></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span lang="EN">Should
not the shepherds feed their flock? 3 You eat the fat, wear the wool, and
butcher the fatlings, but you do not tend the flock. </span></span></b><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn82" name="_ednref82" style="mso-endnote-id: edn82;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">b</span></sup></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> 4 You have
not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back
the strays, or sought the lost. </span></b><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn83" name="_ednref83" style="mso-endnote-id: edn83;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">c</span></sup></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> Instead, you have ruled them with violence
and cruelty. 5 They were scattered for lack of a shepherd; </span></b><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn84" name="_ednref84" style="mso-endnote-id: edn84;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">d</span></sup></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> they became food
for all the wild animals </span></b><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn85" name="_ednref85" style="mso-endnote-id: edn85;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">e</span></sup></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> when they were scattered. 6 My
flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. </span></b><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn86" name="_ednref86" style="mso-endnote-id: edn86;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">f</span></sup></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> They were
scattered over the whole face of the earth, and there was no one searching or
seeking </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sub><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">⌊</span></sub></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">for them</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sub><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">⌋</span></sub></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">.</span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.25in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">7 “Therefore, you shepherds, hear
the word of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>. 8 As I
live”—the declaration of the Lord <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span>—
“because My flock has become </span><sub><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">⌊</span></sub><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">prey and</span><sub><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">⌋</span></sub><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> food for every
wild animal since </span><sub><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">⌊</span></sub><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">they</span><sub><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">⌋</span></sub><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> lack a shepherd,
for My shepherds do not search for My flock, and </span><sub><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">⌊</span></sub><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">because</span><sub><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">⌋</span></sub><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> the shepherds
feed themselves rather than My flock, 9 therefore, you shepherds, hear the
word of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>!</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.25in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">10 “This is what the Lord <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span> says: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Look, I am against the shepherds. </span></b><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn87" name="_ednref87" style="mso-endnote-id: edn87;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">g</span></sup></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> I will demand My
flock from them </span></b><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn88" name="_ednref88" style="mso-endnote-id: edn88;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">h</span></sup></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> and prevent them from shepherding the
flock. The shepherds will no longer feed themselves, for I will rescue My flock
from their mouths so that they will not be food for them.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">11 “For this is what the Lord <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span> says: See, I Myself will search for
My flock and look for them. </span></b><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn89" name="_ednref89" style="mso-endnote-id: edn89;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xix]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">Now, what does all this mean? Darkness
is upon the land, but is there hope?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">Yes… That is what this season is about.
I do not mean the commercialized, materialistic holiday that comes to a head on
December 25</span><sup style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">th</sup><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">… I am talking about Chanukah. For those who do not
know what Chanukah is, here is a small recap:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">“…In 168 B.C.E.
the Jewish Temple was seized by Syrian-Greek soldiers and dedicated to the
worship of the god Zeus. This upset the Jewish people, but many were afraid to
fight back for fear of reprisals. Then in 167 B.C.E. the Syrian-Greek emperor
Antiochus made the observance of Judaism an offense punishable by death. He
also ordered all Jews to worship Greek gods.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Jewish resistance began in the village of Modiin, near Jerusalem. Greek
soldiers forcibly gathered the Jewish villages and told them to bow down to an
idol, then eat the flesh of a pig – both practices that are forbidden to Jews.
A Greek officer ordered Mattathias, a High Priest, to acquiesce to their
demands, but Mattathias refused. When another villager stepped forward and
offered to cooperate on Mattathias' behalf, the High Priest became outraged. He
drew his sword and killed the villager, then turned on the Greek officer and
killed him too. His five sons and the other villagers then attacked the
remaining soldiers, killing all of them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Mattathias and his family went into hiding in the mountains, where other
Jews wishing to fight against the Greeks joined them. Eventually they succeeded
in retaking their land from the Greeks. These rebels became known as the
Maccabees, or Hasmoneans.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Once the Maccabees
had regained control they returned to the Temple in Jerusalem. By this time, it
had been spiritually defiled by being used for the worship of foreign gods and
also by practices such as sacrificing swine. Jewish troops were determined to
purify the Temple by burning ritual oil in the Temple’s menorah for eight days.
But to their dismay, they discovered that there was only one day's worth of oil
left in the Temple. They lit the menorah anyway and to their surprise the small
amount of oil lasted the full eight days…” <a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn90" name="_ednref90" style="mso-endnote-id: edn90;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xx]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">This
is where the bit of controversy weighs in... The story of the eight days of oil
has been disputed as being just a rabbinic fable. There are several theories
out there, but none are germane to our discussion today: what is needed is to
look at the deeper issue that the story of the oil purports: are we alone in
the dark?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">For
the Jews, the story of the Maccabees is a heroic tale, of a band of patriots outnumbered
and on the run from an opposing force bent upon the destruction of the Jewish
way of life. It is unlike the story of Purim, as told in the Book of Ester,
where Haman, the King’s regent, cast a lot against the Jewish people to destroy
them, every man, woman, and child. The story of Chanukah is not about
destruction: it is about assimilation. For the Greek ruler Antioch Epiphanes,
the idea was not about annihilating the Jewish people, but about annihilating
their religion. He outlawed Judaism. Like so many before him, he had a “Jewish
Problem”; to solve this he would force the Jews to become Greeks. One writer
puts it thus:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">“…Epiphanes
had made up his mind to entirely obliterate the Jewish religion. He declared
their constitution, the Torah, to be null and void. He forbade the observance
of their religious customs, especially the keeping of the Sabbath, circumcision,
and the dietary laws. On the other hand, he enforced the adoption of the Greek
state religion</span><a name="enforcing" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"></a><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">…</span></p>
<p class="abody" style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">…The
Jews were forced to sacrifice to the Greek gods. To compel them to follow the
Greek religion, he made them sacrifice unclean animals, particularly pigs, on
the pagan altars. Greek officials were sent throughout the entire nation to
rigidly enforce the "new" religion. The slightest show of resistance
was punished by death. Synagogues were destroyed, sacred scrolls of the Law
were desecrated, and people were massacred by the thousands.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="abody" style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">To
top these calamities, the Temple in Jerusalem was rededicated to the Greek god
Zeus. A statue of Zeus was set up in the Temple. Pigs were slain on the altar.
This was the horrible "abomination that causes desolation" spoken of
by Daniel:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="abody" style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="abody" style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“...His
armed forces will rise up to desecrate the temple fortress and will abolish the
daily sacrifice. Then they will set up the abomination that causes desolation.
With flattery he will corrupt those who have violated the covenant, but the
people who know their God will firmly resist him...” (Dan. 11:31, 32)” <a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn91" name="_ednref91" style="mso-endnote-id: edn91;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xxi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Throughout
history, we have seen this sad situation over and over as nations have risen up
against the Jewish people; they have stood many times alone in the dark. </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">While
the Maccabees were successful in their defeat of the Greeks and their allies,
history showed it was a fleeting victory. So, what is the importance of Chanukah
for the Jew?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">It is
to remind them of the miracle that God preserved His people, against the odds.
Against the dark. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">The
story of the oil that burned for eight days may or may not be real: but the
push against the dark was. That is the story for us today.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">The
Jews fought back against a stronger enemy and prevailed, but this was an age of
quiet. God was not speaking through priests and prophets – men rallied around
their holy scrolls and the traditions and commandments that defined the Jewish
people and they fought back. But they had to wonder – did we do this ourselves,
or was God with us? </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Do we not wonder the same today? The forces that have
arrayed themselves against us today appear overwhelming. The evil, the moral
decay, the greed, the strident voices that shout down anything that hints at
morality based upon a faith in the God of the Bible – all these things weigh in
on us, pressing us down. The cry of the world is “Assimilate! Assimilate!”</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">It shouts at us, dares us to be separate,
defies our God and brands believers as </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">judgmental, hypocritical, mired in
old-fashioned ideas and values. It views the Church (or better, all believers)
as homophobic</span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn92" name="_ednref92" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">[xxii]</span></span></span></a><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">,
misogynistic</span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn93" name="_ednref93" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">[xxiii]</span></span></span></a><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">,
xenophobic </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn94" name="_ednref94" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">[xxiv]</span></span></span></a><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">
and racist</span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn95" name="_ednref95" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">[xxv]</span></span></span></a><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">
and bigoted</span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn96" name="_ednref96" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">[xxvi]</span></span></span></a><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">.
Under this constant barrage and withering attacks, is it any wonder that many
profess to be believers, yet live their lives so that their belief does not
show for fear of being called out?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></o:p></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;">We
are told to comply. We are threatened with the loss of income, with isolation
and forced separation by coercion and the jack boots of weaponized law
enforcement. The darkness grows and grows.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Too many of us are afraid of the dark –
too many feel alone in the dark.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">Maybe this is how those Jews who had
won the war and taken back the Temple Mount felt in the second century. Their
Temple was in ruins, desecrated, dark. The won the battle, yet did they do it
on their own, or was God still nearby? The story of the oil is a beautiful
tale, even more so if it is factual – only by faith will one know. There are
many Messianic leaders who quickly want to discount the story of the oil, many
Christians who call it a fable. Maybe there are just as many Jews who do so
also. I would not know about that – but we can find many believers in Yeshua
(or Jesus for my Christian brethren) who do. They turn to Sha’ul’s (Paul’s)
writings to discount the stories of the Jews:</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: teal; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1Timothy 1:3-7 HRB</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Even
as I called on you to remain in Ephesus, as I was going to Macedonia, that you
might charge some not to teach different doctrines,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: teal;">(4)</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>nor to give heed to fables and stories of
endless genealogies, which cause disputes, rather than build up the faith of
YAHWEH,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: teal;">(5)</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but the fulfillment of the commandment is
love out of a pure heart and a good conscience, and a true faith,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: teal;">(6)</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>from which some have gone astray, and have
turned aside to foolish talking,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: teal;">(7)</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>wishing to
be teachers of the Torah, neither understanding what they say, nor about that
which they confidently affirm.<a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn97" name="_ednref97" style="mso-endnote-id: edn97;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xxvii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a></span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Or:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: teal; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Titus 1:10-16 HRB</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">For there
are indeed many insubordinate men, empty talkers and deceivers of the people,
especially those of the circumcision, (</span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: teal; font-size: 11pt;">11)</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: teal; font-size: 14.6667px;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">whose mouth you must stop, who overturn whole
houses, teaching things which they ought not for the sake of ill gain.</span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: teal; font-size: 11pt;">(12)</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">One of them, a prophet of their own, said:
Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.</span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: teal; font-size: 11pt;">(13)</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">This testimony is true; for which cause
rebuke them severely, that they may be sound in the faith, (</span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: teal; font-size: 11pt;">14)</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: teal; font-size: 14.6667px;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">not
listening to Jewish fables and commandments of men, having turned away from the
truth.</span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: teal; font-size: 11pt;">(15)</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Truly, all things are pure to the pure, but
nothing is pure to those being defiled and faithless, but even their mind and
conscience has been defiled. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: teal; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">(16)</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><b>They profess to know YAHWEH, but by their works they deny Him, and
they are abominable and disobedient, condemning every kind of good work.</b><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn98" name="_ednref98" style="mso-endnote-id: edn98;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxviii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Or:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: teal; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">2Timothy 4:1-4 CJB</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">I solemnly
charge you before God and the Messiah Yeshua, who will judge the living and the
dead when he appears and establishes his Kingdom: (<span style="color: teal;">2)</span>
proclaim the Word! Be on hand with it whether the time seems right or not.
Convict, censure and exhort with unfailing patience and with teaching. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: teal; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">(3)</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For the time is coming when people will not have patience for sound teaching
but will cater to their passions and gather around themselves teachers who say
whatever their ears itch to hear. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: teal; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">(4)</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Yes, they will stop listening to the truth, but will turn aside to
follow myths.<a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn99" name="_ednref99" style="mso-endnote-id: edn99;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">A careful
study of what Sha’ul was referring to does not reveal a pattern against the
story of the oil, for this was not even written about until the compilation of
the Talmud (the Mishnah in around 200 CE; the Gemara c. 500 CE); though this is
not to say that the Oral Tradition was not known in Sha’ul’s time. What Sha’ul
was referring to is not precisely known, but whatever it was (be it heresy,
Gnosticism, or an attempt to turn the mitzvoth into a work of justification
with God instead of faith [trust] in Messiah alone..), the result was the same:
“…</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">people end up “majoring in
minors,” diverted to <b>speculating</b>
about secondary matters and irrelevancies (compare 6:4) <b>instead of doing God’s work, which requires</b> not useless information
but ongoing <b>trust</b> in God and his
Messiah, Yeshua…” <a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn100" name="_ednref100" title=""><sup><sup><span style="font-size: 11pt;">[xxx]</span></sup></sup></a> David
Stern goes on to elaborate on this further by adding:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“…The modern version of
giving <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">attention to myths</b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">speculating instead of doing God’s work</b>
is excessive concentration on God’s plan for the future, so that people
foolishly focus on doomsday and neglect good deeds here and now…”<a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn101" name="_ednref101" style="mso-endnote-id: edn101;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxxi]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a></span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;"> <b> </b></span><i style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;"><b>So here we are, standing in the dark. The
Temple is desecrated, the victory hollow in our hearts. It is time for action,
for re-dedication of purpose, of renewal. The noise around us is deafening –
darkness is not quiet. We hear it all around us, vile, blasphemous words; sexual
innuendos; cries of materialism; diatribes against another’s color and against
authorities; in days past it was armies of despots. Today the despots are are those issuing
threats who are supposed to represent us, but who line their own
pockets of greed by forcing an unknown chemical into unwilling bodies. That
which is sacred is vehemently denounced while the profane is exalted. No, the
dark is not silent. Only that which is righteous can be found in the stillness
– and as we look toward the Temple, stillness overcomes our fear of the dark.</b></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></i><i style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <b> Backwards in
time. The loyal to God know It is time. Time to move forward. Time to sweep up
the broken, repair the breach. Time to cleanse, to purify. But we need light – we
need to know we are not alone. From the darkness comes one who holds a small
tin of oil in their hands. It is not much, compared to what we need anyway, but
maybe just maybe it will be enough to cast light into the shadows of the night.
Can you light a fire with tears? Can the little you hold be adequate to dispel
the night till the dawn arises?</b></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></i><i><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> You were
alone – then one appeared to bring oil. With trembling hands, you pour the oil
into the Menorah, and you kindle a fire.
The small flame touches the oiled wick – and there is light. Look around
– out of the darkness you see more faces, faces that were drawn tight against
the dark but now stare in reverent awe at the light. One wick, two: then three.
The small flame, the Shammash, goes from wick to wick and the darkness screams
as it is forced to recede. For the next eight days, that smatter of oil </b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><b>dispelled</b></span></span><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> the darkness...</b></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></i><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b> Round about
you are others, who silently watch the light. You are aware of another presence
though – a glance here, a glance there tells you that what you feel cannot be
seen. It is then you know:</b></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b><b><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">…We are not alone…</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><i style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>Here within the Temple of our heart, we know we are not alone. The
small lights of the candles, of the wicks, of the oil have pushed back against
the raging darkness. It howls without; without form, without hope; without
power, the darkness can only cry and vent its rage at the light. I know now how the
Jews felt that night – in the light of the Menorah – in the light of Messiah.
Fable? Legend? Or Miracle? </b></span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><i style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>My vote is on the miracle.</b></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">The light of God shines in the
small flame of a candle. His voice is heard in the stillness, not in the
whirlwind. No matter how dark it gets, a greater darkness is reserved for those
who hate Him and revile His people. In the darkness of the Day of the Lord, there
will be vengeance, there will be justice. On which side of the Menorah do you
stand? Are you standing in the soft glow, watching the flame, or do you hide in
the dark shadows, afraid of the light?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">John 3:16-21 (NASB95)</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">16</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“For God so </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn102" name="_ednref102" style="mso-endnote-id: edn102;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">a</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">loved the world, that He </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn103" name="_ednref103" style="mso-endnote-id: edn103;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">b</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">gave His </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn104" name="_ednref104" style="mso-endnote-id: edn104;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">1</span></sup></a><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn105" name="_ednref105" style="mso-endnote-id: edn105;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">c</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">only begotten Son, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">that whoever </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn106" name="_ednref106" style="mso-endnote-id: edn106;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">d</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">believes in Him shall not perish
but have eternal life.</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -27pt;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">17</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“For God </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn107" name="_ednref107" style="mso-endnote-id: edn107;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">a</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">did not send the Son into the world </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn108" name="_ednref108" style="mso-endnote-id: edn108;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">b</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">to judge the world, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -27pt;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">but that the world might be
saved through Him.</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -27pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">18</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn109" name="_ednref109" style="mso-endnote-id: edn109;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">a</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">He who believes in Him is not
judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -27pt;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">because he has not believed
in the name of </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn110" name="_ednref110" style="mso-endnote-id: edn110;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">b</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">the </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn111" name="_ednref111" style="mso-endnote-id: edn111;" title=""><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">1</span></sup></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">only begotten Son of God.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -27pt;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -27pt;">19</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -27pt;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -27pt;">“<b>This is the judgment, that </b></span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn112" name="_ednref112" style="text-indent: -27pt;" title=""><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">a</span></sup></b></a><b style="text-indent: -27pt;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">the Light has come into the
world,</span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -27pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">and men loved the darkness rather than the
Light, for </span></b><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn113" name="_ednref113" style="mso-endnote-id: edn113;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">b</span></sup></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">their deeds were evil.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -27pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">20</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span></b><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn114" name="_ednref114" style="mso-endnote-id: edn114;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">a</span></sup></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">For everyone who does evil
hates the Light, and does not come to the Light <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -27pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">for fear that his deeds will be exposed.</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">21<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“But he who </span></b><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn115" name="_ednref115" style="mso-endnote-id: edn115;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">a</span></sup></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">practices the truth comes to the Light</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">so that his deeds may be
manifested as having been wrought in God</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">.” </span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_edn116" name="_ednref116" style="mso-endnote-id: edn116;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxxii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The
miracle of Chanukah were the victories in war – yet the greater miracle was
God quietly revealing Himself, to let the Jewish people know that they were not alone.
For generations, God had been silent and the darkness roared. But believe what
you will, a fable, a tall tale, or a miracle – on a quiet eve, light returned
to the Temple, and darkness whimpered, and slunk away. Once again, God spoke
with a small, still voice, </b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><b>one disguised</b></span></span><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> in an oil fed flame.<o:p></o:p></b></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></i><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>We
dedicate our bodies as the living Temple built without hands now, but one day,
when Messiah returns, we will dedicate the Holy Temple anew. Till then, what
must we do when we face such darkness, when the wails and moans of the innocent
assault our ears, eyes and hearts? We push back. We light two candles on
Shabbat, we light the Menorah on Passover, we light the Chanukiah for eight
days – we push back against the dark and pray for the lost, the dying, the
hurting, the persecuted, the unborn who have no voice that can be heard.</b></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></i><i style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>We push back, we stand, and when we can
stand no more, we stand.</b></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">…For
We are not alone…<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">May
YHVH Adonai richly bless you this day, my beloved, Amein and Amein<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref1" name="_edn1" style="mso-endnote-id: edn1;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[i]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Authors note</span></u></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">: Use of information from Jewish-themed
websites should not be construed as these sites endorsing or confirming any
thesis introduced by the author of this epistle. I present the information from
their respective sites for instructional purposes only and/or to aid in the
readers understanding of the subjects discussed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref2" name="_edn2" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[ii]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <b><i><u>Author’s note</u></i></b>: Throughout this study I’ll be using the Net®
Bible and the Net® Notes: within the
notes you’ll see<b> </b>symbols like this:
( </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 10pt;">א</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> B </span><span lang="EL" style="font-size: 10pt;">Ψ</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt;"> 892*
2427 sy<sup>s</sup>). These are abbreviations used by the NetBible© for
identifying the principal manuscript evidence that they (authors and
translators of the NetBible©) used in
translating the New Testament. Please go to </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://bible.org/netbible/"><span lang="EN">https://bible.org/netbible/</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt;"> and see their section
labeled “NET Bible Principals of Translation” for a more complete explanation
on these symbols and other items pertinent to the way the NET Bible uses them.</span></p></div><div id="edn2" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref3" name="_edn3" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[iii]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <b><i><u>Author’s Note:</u></i></b> In these
studies I have used the notes that come along with the passages I cite from the
sources that I cite: these need a bit of a disclaimer though. As in all things,
not everything that is footnoted is something that I necessarily agree with,
especially if it contradicts what I believe pertains to any matters of the <b><i>Torah</i></b>
or the commandments of God. I give you the notes <i>as they are written by the authors of the material I cite from</i>, so
that you can see the information contained within them. It truly is not my
place to edit or correct them; if they state anything that is in opposition to
what I teach, then so be it. I will address these issues if requested, but for
the sake of brevity (as if any of these posts of mine are brief <b>☺</b> ) I insert them and let them stand as
they are. If I do not agree with them, why do I include them you might ask? I do
not believe in censuring anyone’s opinions or scholarship; as I would not want
mine censured, so I will not do to that to another. As Rabbi Hillel once
stated, “What is hateful to you, do not do to another. That is the whole <b><i>Torah.</i></b>
Go and learn it.” <b><i>Torah </i></b>leads me to respect others, even if I disagree; it leads
me to present both sides of the coin, even if it could mean I would lose part
of the argument. That is not to say I should not challenge something I believe
contradicts the truth of God’s word; that I will do in the main body of my
epistles; that is where my gentle dissent belongs. Most (but not all) of the
differences will come when I quote from the NET® Bible (but not exclusively);
it has a decidedly Western/Greek mindset to it, but as a wise man once said
“How do you eat chicken? Swallow the meat and spit out the bones.” I do though
want to present the NET® notes because there is a wealth of information and
research contained within them that I hope you find helpful.</span></p></div><div id="edn3" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref4" name="_edn4" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">[iv]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> My thanks to Rabbi David Fohrman
of <a href="http://www.alephbeta.org/">www.alephbeta.org</a> for sparking the
ideas that this epistle are based upon.</span></p></div><div id="edn4" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref5" name="_edn5" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">[v]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> <b>Author’s note</b>: This site is
for education only and is not affiliated with any institution, organization, or
religious group. It is the sole production of its editor. Use of information
from Jewish-themed websites (or any other source material) should not be
construed as these sites endorsing or confirming any thesis introduced by the
author of this epistle. I present the information from their respective sites for
instructional purposes only and/or to aid in the readers understanding of the
subjects discussed.</span></p></div><div id="edn5" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref6" name="_edn6" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">[vi]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> <b>FAIR USE DISCLAIMER:</b> This
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all ethical and moral guidelines in the use of material presented here, and the
use of these materials is solely intended for educational purposes only, and
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref7" name="_edn7" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">[vii]</span></span></span></span></a><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">NOTICE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
RIGHTS</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">: Unless
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do not blame the Father for my mistakes. I am teachable and correctable, not
infallible. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">😊</span></p></div><div id="edn7" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref8" name="_edn8" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt;">Job 9:9; 38:31</span></p></div>
<div id="edn9" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref9" name="_edn9" style="mso-endnote-id: edn9;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">b </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Job 12:22; 38:12; Is 42:16</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn10" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref10" name="_edn10" style="mso-endnote-id: edn10;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Lit <i>And He darkened</i></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn11" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref11" name="_edn11" style="mso-endnote-id: edn11;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">c </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Ps 104:20</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn12" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref12" name="_edn12" style="mso-endnote-id: edn12;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">d </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Ps 104:6–9; Amos 9:6</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn13" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref13" name="_edn13" style="mso-endnote-id: edn13;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">e</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Amos 4:13</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn14" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref14" name="_edn14" style="mso-endnote-id: edn14;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Is 29:5; Amos 2:14</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn15" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref15" name="_edn15" style="mso-endnote-id: edn15;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">b</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Mic 5:11</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn16" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref16" name="_edn16" style="mso-endnote-id: edn16;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Is 29:21; Amos 5:15</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn17" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref17" name="_edn17" style="mso-endnote-id: edn17;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">I.e. the place where court was
held</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn18" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref18" name="_edn18" style="mso-endnote-id: edn18;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">b</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">1 Kin 22:8; Is 59:15; Jer
17:16–18</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn19" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref19" name="_edn19" style="mso-endnote-id: edn19;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1 </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Another reading is <i>trample
upon</i></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn20" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref20" name="_edn20" style="mso-endnote-id: edn20;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Amos 3:15; 6:11</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn21" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref21" name="_edn21" style="mso-endnote-id: edn21;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">b</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Mic 6:15</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn22" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref22" name="_edn22" style="mso-endnote-id: edn22;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Is 1:23; 5:23; Amos 2:6</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn23" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref23" name="_edn23" style="mso-endnote-id: edn23;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Lit <i>they turn</i></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn24" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref24" name="_edn24" style="mso-endnote-id: edn24;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2 </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">I.e. the place where court was
held</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn25" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref25" name="_edn25" style="mso-endnote-id: edn25;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Lit <i>that time</i></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn26" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref26" name="_edn26" style="mso-endnote-id: edn26;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Eccl 3:7; Hos 4:4</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn27" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref27" name="_edn27" style="mso-endnote-id: edn27;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Mic 3:11</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn28" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref28" name="_edn28" style="mso-endnote-id: edn28;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Ps 97:10; Rom 12:9</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn29" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref29" name="_edn29" style="mso-endnote-id: edn29;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">I.e. the place where court was
held</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn30" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref30" name="_edn30" style="mso-endnote-id: edn30;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">b</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Joel 2:14</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn31" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref31" name="_edn31" style="mso-endnote-id: edn31;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">c</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Mic 5:3, 7, 8</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn32" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref32" name="_edn32" style="mso-endnote-id: edn32;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Jer 9:10, 18–20; Amos 8:3</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn33" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref33" name="_edn33" style="mso-endnote-id: edn33;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">b</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Joel 1:11</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn34" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref34" name="_edn34" style="mso-endnote-id: edn34;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Lit <i>those who know lamentation</i></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn35" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref35" name="_edn35" style="mso-endnote-id: edn35;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">c</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">2 Chr 35:25; Jer 9:17</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn36" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref36" name="_edn36" style="mso-endnote-id: edn36;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Is 16:10; Jer 48:33</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn37" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref37" name="_edn37" style="mso-endnote-id: edn37;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Is 5:19; Jer 30:7; Joel 1:15;
2:1, 11, 31</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn38" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref38" name="_edn38" style="mso-endnote-id: edn38;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">b</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Is 5:30; Joel 2:2</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn39" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref39" name="_edn39" style="mso-endnote-id: edn39;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Job 20:24; Is 24:17, 18; Jer
15:2, 3; 48:44</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn40" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref40" name="_edn40" style="mso-endnote-id: edn40;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1 </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Or <i>Then</i></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn41" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref41" name="_edn41" style="mso-endnote-id: edn41;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Is 13:10; Zeph 1:15</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn42" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref42" name="_edn42" style="mso-endnote-id: edn42;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[viii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>New American Standard Bible: 1995 update</i>.
1995. LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn43" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref43" name="_edn43" style="mso-endnote-id: edn43;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[ix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <i>Hebraic Roots Bible</i>. 2nd edition; electronic
version, e-Sword v. 10.2.1 by Rick Meyers. Word of Truth Publications, 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn44" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref44" name="_edn44" style="mso-endnote-id: edn44;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">a </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rom
8:4; 13:14; Gal 5:24f</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn45" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref45" name="_edn45" style="mso-endnote-id: edn45;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">b</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rom
13:14; Eph 2:3</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn46" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref46" name="_edn46" style="mso-endnote-id: edn46;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">a </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rom 7:18,
23; 8:5ff</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn47" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref47" name="_edn47" style="mso-endnote-id: edn47;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1 </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Lit <i>lusts
against</i></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn48" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref48" name="_edn48" style="mso-endnote-id: edn48;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">b<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rom 7:15ff</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn49" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref49" name="_edn49" style="mso-endnote-id: edn49;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Lit <i>wish</i></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn50" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref50" name="_edn50" style="mso-endnote-id: edn50;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">a </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rom
8:14</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn51" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref51" name="_edn51" style="mso-endnote-id: edn51;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">b</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rom
6:14; 7:4; 1 Tim 1:9</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn52" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref52" name="_edn52" style="mso-endnote-id: edn52;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I.e.
sexual immorality</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn53" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref53" name="_edn53" style="mso-endnote-id: edn53;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">a </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1 Cor
6:9, 18; 2 Cor 12:21</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn54" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref54" name="_edn54" style="mso-endnote-id: edn54;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">a </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rev
21:8</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn55" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref55" name="_edn55" style="mso-endnote-id: edn55;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">b<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2 Cor 12:20</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn56" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref56" name="_edn56" style="mso-endnote-id: edn56;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">c</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rom
2:8; James 3:14ff</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn57" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref57" name="_edn57" style="mso-endnote-id: edn57;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1 </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Or <i>heresies</i></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn58" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref58" name="_edn58" style="mso-endnote-id: edn58;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">d </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1 Cor
11:19</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn59" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref59" name="_edn59" style="mso-endnote-id: edn59;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">a</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rom 13:13</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn60" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref60" name="_edn60" style="mso-endnote-id: edn60;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">b </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1 Cor
6:9</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn61" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref61" name="_edn61" style="mso-endnote-id: edn61;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">a<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Matt 7:16ff; Eph 5:9</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn62" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref62" name="_edn62" style="mso-endnote-id: edn62;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">b </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rom
5:1–5; 1 Cor 13:4; Col 3:12–15</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn63" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref63" name="_edn63" style="mso-endnote-id: edn63;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">a </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Acts
24:25</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn64" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref64" name="_edn64" style="mso-endnote-id: edn64;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">b</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Gal
5:18</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn65" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref65" name="_edn65" style="mso-endnote-id: edn65;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1 </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Lit <i>are
of Christ Jesus</i></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn66" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref66" name="_edn66" style="mso-endnote-id: edn66;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">a </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Gal
3:26</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn67" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref67" name="_edn67" style="mso-endnote-id: edn67;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">b </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rom
6:6; Gal 2:20; 6:14</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn68" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref68" name="_edn68" style="mso-endnote-id: edn68;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">c </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Gal
5:16f</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn69" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref69" name="_edn69" style="mso-endnote-id: edn69;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Or <i>follow
the Spirit</i></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn70" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref70" name="_edn70" style="mso-endnote-id: edn70;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">a </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Gal
5:16</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn71" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref71" name="_edn71" style="mso-endnote-id: edn71;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">a </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Phil
2:3</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn72" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref72" name="_edn72" style="mso-endnote-id: edn72;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[x]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>New American Standard Bible: 1995 update</i>.
1995. LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn73" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref73" name="_edn73" style="mso-endnote-id: edn73;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Sodom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn74" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref74" name="_edn74" style="mso-endnote-id: edn74;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Gomorrah<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn75" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref75" name="_edn75" style="mso-endnote-id: edn75;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xiii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Michael, a ruling Arch-Angel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn76" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref76" name="_edn76" style="mso-endnote-id: edn76;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xiv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Cain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn77" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref77" name="_edn77" style="mso-endnote-id: edn77;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Balaam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn78" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref78" name="_edn78" style="mso-endnote-id: edn78;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xvi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Enoch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn79" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref79" name="_edn79" style="mso-endnote-id: edn79;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xvii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Literally, “the end of days”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn80" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref80" name="_edn80" style="mso-endnote-id: edn80;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xviii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stern, D. H. (1989). <i>Jewish New Testament:
A translation of the New Testament that expresses its Jewishness</i> (1st Ed.).
Jerusalem, Israel; Clarksville, Md., USA: Jewish New Testament Publications.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn81" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref81" name="_edn81" style="mso-endnote-id: edn81;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">a </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">34:2 </span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Jr 23:1</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn82" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref82" name="_edn82" style="mso-endnote-id: edn82;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">b</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">34:3 </span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Pr 27:23</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn83" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref83" name="_edn83" style="mso-endnote-id: edn83;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">c</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">34:4 </span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Zch 11:16; Lk 15:4</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn84" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref84" name="_edn84" style="mso-endnote-id: edn84;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">d </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">34:5 </span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Nm 27:17; 1Kg 22:17; Jr 10:21; 23:2; 50:6; Mt 9:36</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn85" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref85" name="_edn85" style="mso-endnote-id: edn85;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">e</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">34:5 </span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Ezk 34:28</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn86" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref86" name="_edn86" style="mso-endnote-id: edn86;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">f</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">34:6 </span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1Pt 2:25</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn87" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref87" name="_edn87" style="mso-endnote-id: edn87;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">g</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">34:10 </span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Jr 21:13; Ezk 5:8; 13:8</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn88" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref88" name="_edn88" style="mso-endnote-id: edn88;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">h</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">34:10</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> Lit <i>their hand</i></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn89" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref89" name="_edn89" style="mso-endnote-id: edn89;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>The Holy Bible: Holman Christian standard
version.</i> 2003. Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn90" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref90" name="_edn90" style="mso-endnote-id: edn90;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xx]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">
http://judaism.about.com/od/holidays/a/hanukkah.htm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn91" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref91" name="_edn91" style="mso-endnote-id: edn91;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">
http://www.truthorfables.com/Hanukkah.htm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn92" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref92" name="_edn92" style="mso-endnote-id: edn92;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xxii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> Fear, hatred, or mistrust
of lesbians and gay men.*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn93" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref93" name="_edn93" style="mso-endnote-id: edn93;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xxiii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> One who hates or mistrusts
women.*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn94" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref94" name="_edn94" style="mso-endnote-id: edn94;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xxiv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> A person who is fearful or
contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or of people
from different countries or cultures.*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn95" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref95" name="_edn95" style="mso-endnote-id: edn95;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xxv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> The belief that race
accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular
race is superior to others; discrimination or prejudice based on race.*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn96" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref96" name="_edn96" style="mso-endnote-id: edn96;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xxvi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> One who is strongly partial
to one's own group, religion, race, or politics and is intolerant of those who
differ.*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">*
Definitions taken from <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">http://www.thefreedictionary.com</span></a>.
All cites: American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth
Edition. Copyright © 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">
<hr align="left" size="2" width="100%" />
</span></div>
</div>
<div id="edn97" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref97" name="_edn97" style="mso-endnote-id: edn97;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xxvii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <i>Hebraic Roots Bible</i>.
2nd edition; electronic version, e-Sword v. 10.2.1 by Rick Meyers. Word of
Truth Publications, 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn98" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref98" name="_edn98" style="mso-endnote-id: edn98;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxviii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">…Ibid… <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn99" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref99" name="_edn99" style="mso-endnote-id: edn99;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xxix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> Stern, David H. <i>The
Complete Jewish Bible</i>. Electronic Edition -e-Sword v. 10.2.1. Jewish New
Testament Publications, 1998.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn100" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref100" name="_edn100" style="mso-endnote-id: edn100;" title=""><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xxx]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> Stern, D. H. (1996). <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Jewish New Testament Commentary: a companion
volume to the Jewish New Testament</i> (electronic ed., 1 Ti 1:3). Clarksville:
Jewish New Testament Publications.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn101" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref101" name="_edn101" style="mso-endnote-id: edn101;" title=""><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xxxi]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> Stern, D. H. (1996). <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Jewish New Testament Commentary: a companion
volume to the Jewish New Testament</i> (electronic ed., 1 Ti 1:3). Clarksville:
Jewish New Testament Publications.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn102" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref102" name="_edn102" style="mso-endnote-id: edn102;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rom 5:8; Eph 2:4; 2 Thess 2:16; 1 John 4:10; Rev 1:5</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn103" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref103" name="_edn103" style="mso-endnote-id: edn103;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">b</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rom 8:32; 1 John 4:9</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn104" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref104" name="_edn104" style="mso-endnote-id: edn104;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Or <i>unique, </i>only one of His kind</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn105" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref105" name="_edn105" style="mso-endnote-id: edn105;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">c</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">John 1:18; 3:18; 1 John 4:9</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn106" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref106" name="_edn106" style="mso-endnote-id: edn106;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">d</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">John 3:36; 6:40; 11:25f</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn107" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref107" name="_edn107" style="mso-endnote-id: edn107;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">John 3:34; 5:36, 38; 6:29, 38, 57; 7:29; 8:42; 10:36; 11:42; 17:3, 8, 18,
21, 23, 25; 20:21</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn108" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref108" name="_edn108" style="mso-endnote-id: edn108;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">b</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Luke 19:10; John 8:15; 12:47; 1 John 4:14</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn109" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref109" name="_edn109" style="mso-endnote-id: edn109;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Mark 16:16; John 5:24</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn110" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref110" name="_edn110" style="mso-endnote-id: edn110;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">b</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">John 1:18; 1 John 4:9</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn111" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref111" name="_edn111" style="mso-endnote-id: edn111;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Or <i>unique</i>, only one of His kind</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn112" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref112" name="_edn112" style="mso-endnote-id: edn112;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">John 1:4; 8:12; 9:5; 12:46</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn113" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref113" name="_edn113" style="mso-endnote-id: edn113;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">b</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">John 7:7</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn114" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref114" name="_edn114" style="mso-endnote-id: edn114;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">John 3:20, 21; Eph 5:11, 13</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn115" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref115" name="_edn115" style="mso-endnote-id: edn115;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">a</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1 John 1:6</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn116" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///X:/Dave's%20Studies_20XX/Dave/Studies/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20Revisited.docx#_ednref116" name="_edn116" style="mso-endnote-id: edn116;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xxxii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>New American Standard Bible: 1995 update</i>.
1995. LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</div>David_seedofabrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779218562279412780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808052277561745789.post-1168517862139484892021-11-28T23:48:00.007-08:002021-11-28T23:48:49.628-08:00<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><b>Lessons
from the Wilderness, Volume 44: Today, on the Eve of Chanukah, I am sharing
some insightful articles from </b></span><span style="font-size: 12px;"><b>https://www.thetorah.com/.</b></span><b style="font-size: 9pt;"> I encourage any who wish to see concise
scholarship about the Torah and more visit their site. </b><b><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©2021,
David E. Robinson: At the Gates of Yerushalayim Ministries<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lessons
from the Wilderness, Volume 44</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy";">Sharing the Insight of Jewish Scholars<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy";">Chanukah and Daniel 11</span></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Judea%20vs%20Judaism.docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" style="mso-endnote-id: edn1;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[i]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></i></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Judea%20vs%20Judaism.docx#_edn2" name="_ednref2" style="mso-endnote-id: edn2;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[ii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Judea%20vs%20Judaism.docx#_edn3" name="_ednref3" style="mso-endnote-id: edn3;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[iii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Judea%20vs%20Judaism.docx#_edn4" name="_ednref4" style="mso-endnote-id: edn4;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[iv]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<div style="mso-element: endnote-list;"><br /></div><div style="mso-element: endnote-list;"><br /></div><div style="mso-element: endnote-list;"><!--[if !supportEndnotes]--><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Chanukah,
Daniel 11, and the Rabbis' Limited Knowledge of Jewish History in the Greek
Period <sup>i</sup><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.thetorah.com/author/evan-hoffman"><span style="color: #2e2e2e; text-decoration-line: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 12.0pt; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #2e2e2e; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.thetorah.com/author/evan-hoffman"><span style="color: #2e2e2e;">Rabbi Evan Hoffman:</span><span style="color: #2e2e2e; font-weight: normal;"> </span><strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Rabbi
Evan Hoffman</span></strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-weight: normal;"> is the rabbi of Congregation Anshe Sholom in
New Rochelle, NY. He previously served as Assistant Rabbi of Park East
Synagogue is Manhattan. He received semicha from Yeshiva University’s
RIETS, earned an M.A. in Modern Jewish History from Revel Graduate School and
did advanced graduate work in American Jewish History. Hoffman’s weekly essay
series, “Thoughts on the Parashah,” is widely disseminated.</span><span style="color: #2e2e2e; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw2HYQIuqKC52dD1mi5HG2nFEy9OtWKwFJuLrxTX7fb1pSAB0H33G4SDIe5JUZjK9XK64X8SGM7peHDkb4CXAHGq9PZCk_2JLWs7x2ggHGUHAtGHS4-PS9EB5qVCLBTiwnnrrYlopSS3F2/s511/Antiochus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="511" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw2HYQIuqKC52dD1mi5HG2nFEy9OtWKwFJuLrxTX7fb1pSAB0H33G4SDIe5JUZjK9XK64X8SGM7peHDkb4CXAHGq9PZCk_2JLWs7x2ggHGUHAtGHS4-PS9EB5qVCLBTiwnnrrYlopSS3F2/w640-h325/Antiochus.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 10pt;">Coin of Antiochus IV Epiphanes. The reverse
shows Zeus (King of the Gods) enthroned carrying the Goddess Nike (Victory).
The legend reads: “King Antiochus. God Manifest, Bearing Victory.”</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ועשה</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">כרצונו</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">המלך</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ויתרומם</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ויתגדל</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">על</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">כל</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">אל</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ועל</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">אל</span><span style="color: #333333; 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mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">והצליח</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">עד</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">כלה</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">זעם</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">כי</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">נחרצה</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">נעשתה</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ועל</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">אלהי</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">אבתיו</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">לא</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">יבין</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ועל</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">חמדת</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">נשים</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ועל</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">כל</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">אלוה</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">לא</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">יבין</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; 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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b>[Translation: And did as he
pleased the king and rise and grow on every god and gods will speak wonders and
succeed to the brim of rage that doom has been done. And the God of his father
will not understand and the covet of women and for all his God he will not
understand that for all he will grow up—Daniel Ya ]<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The
Book of Daniel: A Sixth or Second Century Work?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">The second half of the Book of
Daniel, which is dominated by Daniel’s visions of the future, alludes to the
early stages of the Chanukah story.<sup><span style="color: firebrick; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">[1]</span></sup>
Chapter 11 presents a history of the Near East from the conquests of Alexander,
through the Ptolemaic-Seleucid wars, up to the religious persecutions in Judea
under the reign of Antiochus IV Epiphanes. The author does not use proper names
of the kings involved, instead referring to the northern king (Syria) and the
southern king (Egypt). How would Daniel, who is described as having lived in
the 6<sup>th</sup> century<span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> B.C.E</span>.,
know so many details about the Antiochian persecution, which occurred in the 2<sup>nd</sup>century<span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> B.C.E</span>.?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p>The traditional point of view is
that Daniel was a historical person who lived in the sixth century<span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> B.C.E</span>. and predicted future
events. The critical view is that the Book of Daniel is a pseudepigraphic (from
Greek, “false writing”) work, namely a work written later and attributed to a
sixth century Daniel, and that (at least) the latter part was composed in the
second century<span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> B.C.E</span>. Given
that the author had knowledge of Antiochus’ despoiling of the Temple but does
not recount the successful Hasmonean revolt, and in fact predicts different
outcomes that do not correspond to known history,<sup><span style="color: firebrick; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">[2]</span></sup> scholars suggest that the
book must have been written between 167-165 BCE. Thus, the accurate
“predictions” in this half of the book are examples of <i>vaticinium ex
eventu</i> (prophecy after the fact).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p>Further evidence for the Book of
Daniel’s late composition is its anachronistic use of Greek words<sup><span style="color: firebrick; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">[3]</span></sup> and the lack of any mention
of the book’s existence prior to the 160s<span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> B.C.E</span>.<sup><span style="color: firebrick; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">[4]</span></sup> In his list of great heroes
and prophets, Ben Sira (c. 200<span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> B.C.E</span>.)
fails to mention Daniel, jumping from the twelve minor prophets to Zerubbabel
and the rebuilding of the Temple (Ecclesiasticus 49:10-11).<sup><span style="color: firebrick; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">[5]</span></sup></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b>Daniel as a Prophet</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">During the Temple and immediate
post-Temple eras, Daniel was regarded as a prophet. This is evident both in the
Midrash of the Last Days found at Qumran (4Q174), and the New Testament
(Matthew 24:15). In early rabbinic literature, especially those sources written
in the Land of Israel, Daniel is listed among the prophets of the Babylonian
captivity.<sup><span style="color: firebrick; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">[6]</span></sup> Josephus wrote at length
about the greatness of Daniel’s prophecies:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p>He did not only prophesy of future
events, as did the other prophets, but he also determined the time of their
accomplishment… He also wrote and left behind him what made manifest the accuracy
and undeniable veracity of his predictions (<i>Antiquities</i> 11, 11, 7).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p>But if Daniel was a prophet, why
is the Book of Daniel placed within <i>Ketuvim</i>, not <i>Nevi’im</i> (b. <i>Baba
Batra</i> 14b)?</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b>A)
Daniel Used to be in the Prophets</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">Klaus Koch suggests that Daniel
originally was canonized as part of Nevi’im but was later relegated to Ketuvim
as a way of downplaying apocalyptic literature in the aftermath of failed
rebellions against Rome.<sup><span style="color: firebrick; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">[7]</span></sup> Support for this theory is
adduced from Daniel’s position in Nevi’im in the Septuagint, and from the fact
that the rabbis of Amoraic period soured on Daniel, claimed that he was not a
prophet (b. <i>Megillah</i> 3a), and maintained that he was punished
for wrongdoing (b. <i>Baba Batra</i> 4a).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p><b>B)
Daniel was always Part of <i>Ketuvim</i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">Rivka Raviv, however, has
argued—convincingly in my view—that Daniel originally was positioned in <i>Ketuvim</i>.<sup><span style="color: firebrick; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">[8]</span></sup> Daniel 9:2 speaks of “the
books,” meaning “scripture,” and refers specifically the Book of Jeremiah.
Assuming a second century<span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> B.C.E</span>.
dating for Daniel, the book could not enter Nevi’im because that section of the
Bible already was closed.<sup><span style="color: firebrick; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">[9]</span></sup> Raviv believes that the
negative attitude of the Babylonian Amoraim toward Daniel was part of their
agenda of stopping those who would speculate about the date of the redemption
(b.<i>Sanhedrin</i> 97b).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p><b style="text-align: center;">Why is the Connection between
Daniel and Chanukah so Unknown?</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Despite the specificity of the
description of the persecution leading up to Chanukah in Daniel, very few Jews,
even among the learned, seem familiar with the connection between the Festival
of Lights and this “obscure book” in the back of the Tanach. Moreover, even
classical rabbinic literature itself, including the Talmud, fails to note the
impressive correspondence between the geopolitical events of 332-167</span><span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left;"> BCE </span><span style="text-align: left;">and Daniel’s vision. Why
is that?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">In my view, the best explanation
for this silence is that the Talmudic sages had limited knowledge of world
history from the Greek period. Thus, they did not notice the impressive
correspondence because they didn’t know the history to which the prophecy
corresponded. That the rabbis did not know history well is clear from an
examination of the core rabbinic book of history/chronology, <i>Seder Olam
Rabbah</i>.<sup><span style="color: firebrick; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">[10]</span></sup> This book is filled with
factual errors, most famously the shrinking of the length of the Persian period
by approximately 160 years. It is likely that the Common Era sages had limited
knowledge of pre-Hasmonean geopolitics as well.<sup><span style="color: firebrick; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">[11]<o:p></o:p></span></sup></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>The pre-Renaissance medieval
commentators</b> were
similarly unfamiliar with the historical facts undergirding Daniel since <i>Seder
Olam Rabbah</i> and other rabbinic texts were their main source of
historical knowledge. They thus proposed a wide range of interpretations for
the end of Daniel. Rashi, for example, interprets Daniel’s final vision as
referring to the Roman Empire, particularly the reign of Titus,<sup><span style="color: firebrick; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">[12]</span></sup> while Saadia Gaon interprets
11:16-35 as referring to Rome, but regards 11:36-12:1 as foreshadowing the
reign of Ishmaelite Arabs.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b>Abarbanel and the Dawn of Jewish
Historical Consciousness<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">Don Isaac Abarbanel (1437-1508)
was the first rabbinic Bible commentator to understand how Daniel’s visions fit
smoothly the course of the Hellenistic period from the Wars of the Diadochi
(the generals who reigned after the death of Alexander the Great, and
ultimately split up his vast empire) to Antiochus Epiphanes. He writes:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="background: white; direction: rtl; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: top;"><span lang="HE">בביאור החלק הרביעי מהמראה במלחמות מלך הנגב ומלך הצפון
שנזכרו, כאן נכזבו המפרשים שלא ידעו ספורי המלכים ובדברי חכמי הנצרים ראיתי פי’
מתישב ונאה לפי שהוא מסכים לספורי דברי הימים למלכי פרס ומצרים. אמנם המפרשים
הנצרים לא שיערו בישוב הכתובים וכפי הדקדוק וכשלו אך נקבל הטוב מהם…</span><span dir="LTR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"> [<b>Translation</b>: In an
annotation of the fourth part of the mirror in the wars of the king of the
Negev and the king of the north that were remembered, here the sails that did
not know the counts of kings were disappointed and in the words of the Wicker
wise men, I saw P. sitting and handsomely before he agreed to the counts of
chronicles to the kings of Persia and Egypt. Although the wicker sails did not
speculate on the settlement of the Scriptures and as the grammar failed, we
will get the best of them...]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA"><o:p> </o:p></span>Concerning
Daniel’s dream of wars between the southern king and the northern king, the
[rabbinic] commentators spoke falsely because they did not know the history of
the monarchies. I found a fitting interpretation in the works of the Christian
scholars which accords with the chronicles of the kings of Persia and Egypt.
The Christian commentators make some errors, but I will accept the good from
them (<i>Ma’ayanei Ha-Yeshua</i> 11:4).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: top;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: top;"><o:p> </o:p>Abarbanel’s remark is key to
explaining why the popular understanding of Chanukah ignores the Book of
Daniel. Aside from the fact that Daniel is generally overlooked because of its
challenging Aramaic and barely intelligible Hebrew, it was not until the late
15<sup>th</sup> century that a major Bible commentator was able to weave
together Daniel and the historical events leading up to the Hasmonean
rebellion.<sup><span style="color: firebrick; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">[13]</span></sup></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b> </b><b style="text-align: center;">Daniel 11 Does not Actually Talk
about Chanukah: Malbim</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">In his commentary on Daniel
titled </span><i style="text-align: left;">Yafeh La-Ketz</i><span style="text-align: left;">, Malbim (Meïr Leibush ben Yehiel Michel
Weiser, 1809-1879), who had access to an additional four centuries of
historical scholarship, improved upon Abarbanel’s reading. Malbim is aware of
the connection between Daniel 11 and the Antiochian persecution, and his
comment on 11:30 offers insight into the reason Daniel and Chanukah are not
connected in Jewish consciousness:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="background: white; direction: rtl; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: top;"><span lang="HE">עד כאן ספר מעשה אנטיכיוס הרשע, ולא גמר סוף הענין איך אח”כ
גברה יד החשמונאים… כי במראה זו לא בא רק להגיד לו הצרות שיבואו על ישראל, ולא בא
להגיד לו תשועתם ע”י מתתיהו, שהיה ג”כ רק לזמן קצר שאח”כ באו הרומיים, ומעתה יתחיל
לספר תוקף הצרות והחורבן שיהיה ע”י הרומיים:</span><span dir="LTR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"> [<b>Translation:</b> So much
for the book of the evil Antichius, and it was not over the end of the matter
how the Hasmonean hand prevailed afterwards... For in this mirror, he did not
come only to tell him the troubles that would come about Israel, and did not
come to tell him about their salvation by Matityahu, who was only briefly in
the Romans, and from now on he will begin to tell the validity of the troubles
and destruction that will be by the Romans:]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">Up to
this point has been the story of the evil king Antiochus. The text here does
not tell the end of the story, how the Hasmoneans were victorious… For in this
vision Daniel only wanted to relate the troubles that would befall Israel, not
their salvations through Mattathias. For in any case, that was for a brief
period, followed by the arrival of Romans. Rather, the text turns to the
troubles and destruction wrought by the Romans.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: top;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: top;"><o:p> </o:p>According to Malbim, the author of
Daniel recounts the unpleasantness under the Seleucids but not the heroism of
the Maccabees, because the temporary salvation they secured for the Jewish
people was ultimately for naught. Why refer to the victories of the Hellenistic
period, considering that the war for Jewish sovereignty ended with utter defeat
in 70 CE? Thus, in Malbim’s view, it was Daniel himself who neglected to
recount the events associated with Chanukah by skipping over this part of the
story in his prophecy, since this was but a brief positive interlude.<sup><span style="color: firebrick; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">[14]</span></sup></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">Malbim relates to the book of
Daniel as a 6<sup>th</sup> century<span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> B.C.E</span>.
work of prophecy, so he refers to Daniel as consciously “skipping” the
successful revolt of the Maccabees. However, according to the standard
scholarly position, that the predictions were written in the 2<sup>nd</sup> century<span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> B.C.E</span>. during the height of the
persecution, the explanation for the absence of the Maccabean revolt in Daniel
11 is different.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p>Daniel 11 was written in the heat
of the moment, during the despair the Judeans were feeling under the yoke of
the oppressor. The chapter ends with a prediction of a war of North
(=Antiochus) and South, with the Northern king being destroyed in a battle,
bringing on the Messianic age, with the resurrection of the dead, redemption of
the Jews and final judgment. Although he lived only a short time before the
Maccabean rebellion, the author could not imagine that within a handful of
years, the Judeans would fight off the Syrian/Greeks themselves. He was sure
that, if Antiochus was to fall, it would have to be at the hands of a greater
military power than Judea could muster.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b>Conclusion<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">Studying Daniel 11 as a 2<sup>nd</sup> century<span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> B.C.E</span>. text from the time of the
persecution highlights the victory of the Maccabees, when the “many and strong”
fell into the hands of the “few and weak,” teaching us the lessons of
perseverance and faith, which are as significant in our times as they have been
for millennia.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Published December 22, 2014. Last
Updated November 27, 2021</b><span style="color: #777777;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b> Footnotes:</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0.5in; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Note</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: I was motivated to
write this piece after attending a lecture by Professor Marc Brettler—sponsored
by Project TABS and hosted by Hartley Koschitzky—on the topic of Chanukah in
the Bible. In that lecture, along with many other passages, Professor Brettler
touched on the subject of Daniel 11, which motivated me to do my own research
on the connection between this chapter and Chanukah in Jewish tradition.
Another part of this lecture was written up by Brettler and posted as an essay
on TheTorah.com, <a href="http://thetorah.com/reciting-psalm-30-on-chanukah-a-biblical-custom/"><span style="color: firebrick;">“Reciting Psalm 30 on Chanukah: A Biblical Custom?”</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">i</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="https://www.thetorah.com/article/chanukah-daniel-11-and-history">Chanukah,
Daniel 11 and the Rabbis’ Limited Knowledge of Jewish History in the Greek
Period - TheTorah.com</a> Hoffman, E. (2014). Chanukah, Daniel 11 and the
Rabbis' Limited Knowledge of Jewish History in the Greek Period. TheTorah.com. <a href="https://thetorah.com/article/chanukah-daniel-11-and-history">https://thetorah.com/article/chanukah-daniel-11-and-history</a>
©TheTorah.com 2021</span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol start="1" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Book of Daniel can be
divided into two distinct parts. Chapters 1-6 recount tales involving
Daniel and his Jewish colleagues in the court of the Chaldean monarchs
during the Babylonian captivity. Much of this section (Chapters 2-6) is
composed in Aramaic. Chapters 7-12 describe several of Daniel’s
apocalyptic visions involving the four great monarchies; most of these
chapters (8-12) are in Hebrew.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even ArtScroll, a publishing
house not inclined to embrace critical Bible studies, is forced to
acknowledge the difference between 11:5-39 and 11:40-45, though without
drawing any conclusions about the book’s date of composition:<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The following verses
describe the events immediately preceding, during, and after the promised
redemption. Up to this point, we have at least had the guiding hand of history
to aid us in understanding some of the obscure verses. From here on we stumble
in darkness.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol start="3" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">See e.g. “symphonia” in Daniel
3:5, 10, 15; this word refers to a type of musical instrument, and the
English word “symphony” ultimately derives from it.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Book of Daniel was quite
popular in the late Second Temple era among various Jewish factions. Many
copies were found at Qumran, indicating its significance to the Dead Sea
Sect. Zechariah ben Kevutal said that on many occasions he read to the
High Priest from the Book of Daniel during the all-night Temple activities
of Yom Kippur (Mishnah <i>Yoma</i> 1:6). The purpose of those
sessions was to keep the High Priest awake. Exciting stories, told in the
Aramaic vernacular, about ancient heroes were sure to captivate.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The reference to a righteous
person named Daniel in Ezekiel 14:14, 20 cannot refer to our Daniel. Our
Daniel is a Jew; whereas Ezekiel is referring to a gentile, (Daniel is
listed together with Noah and Job.) Our Daniel would have been a younger
contemporary of Ezekiel, whereas Ezekiel is referencing a famous wise man.
Most probably, Ezekiel is referring to the ancient wise man referenced in
the Ugaritic epic called Akhat, whose name was Danil. This is supported by
the ketiv (written form) of the name Daniel in Ezekiel—spelled Danil (not
Daniel) in all three instances.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Seder Olam Rabbah</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> 20, <i>Genesis
Rabbah</i> 27, <i>Tanchuma</i> Bo 5, b. <i>Megillah</i> 15a.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Klaus Koch, “Is Daniel Also
Among the Prophets,” in <i>Interpreting the Prophets</i> (eds.
James L. Mays and Paul J. Achtmeier; Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1987),
237-248.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rivka Raviv, <a href="http://www.biu.ac.il/js/JSIJ/6-2007/Raviv.pdf"><span style="color: firebrick;">“On the Original Position of the Book of Daniel in
the Jewish Bible,” </span></a><i>JSIJ</i> 6 (2007); 1-12
[Hebrew].<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Possible evidence in rabbinic
literature for the multi-stage canonization of Tanakh, with Ketuvim being
canonized last, can be found in Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 4:6.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For the most up to date text
and analysis of this work, see Chaim Milikowsky,<i> Seder Olam:
Critical Edition, Commentary and Notes</i> (2 vols; Yad Ben Zvi, 2013
[Hebrew]).<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is another possibility
suggested by some, namely, that the sages were aware of how extremely
accurate Daniel 11 is and that they were intentionally silent lest people
conclude that the text is history masquerading as prophecy. Nevertheless,
I believe that my first answer is preferable; there is little evidence
that the rabbis would have known enough history such that Daniel 11 would
have appeared so striking in its predictions.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rashi does believe that verse
17 refers to Antiochus, basing his reading of this on the correspondence
he finds between what is described in this verse and what is described in
Josippun. It stands to reason that if Rashi had had access to better
historical texts than Josippun, like Josephus, he may have picked up on
the actual reference to Antiochus that appears towards the end of the
chapter.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ibn Ezra and Ralbag interpret
8:9-11 as referring to Antiochus IV, but they did not have the full
understanding of the Hellenistic period possessed by Abarbanel.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This brings up the question,
why celebrate Chanukah at all if only a century later Judah would be
retaken and a century after that destroyed. This is a strong question but
would require a separate piece to discuss well.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">Minor edits and grammatical
changes by David Robinson. Translations are done with the help of the Google Translator. Any mistakes in interpretation are mine - David Robinson - and my apologies if there are any.</span></li>
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</div>David_seedofabrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779218562279412780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808052277561745789.post-45025526819476793652021-11-28T23:32:00.022-08:002021-11-28T23:53:50.143-08:00Today at the start of Chanukah, I would like to share some insight from Jewish Scholars. These are their works, and I take no credit for them, I just want to share.<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lessons
from the Wilderness, Volume 43: Today, on the Eve of Chanukah, I am sharing
some insightful articles from TheTorah.com. I encourage any who wish to see concise
scholarship about the Torah and more visit their site. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©2021,
David E. Robinson: At the Gates of Yerushalayim Ministries<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lessons
from the Wilderness, Volume 43<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy";">...Sharing the Insight of Jewish
Scholars...<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy";">Chanukah </span></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Judea%20vs%20Judaism.docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" style="mso-endnote-id: edn1;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[i]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></i></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Judea%20vs%20Judaism.docx#_edn2" name="_ednref2" style="mso-endnote-id: edn2;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[ii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Judea%20vs%20Judaism.docx#_edn3" name="_ednref3" style="mso-endnote-id: edn3;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[iii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Judea%20vs%20Judaism.docx#_edn4" name="_ednref4" style="mso-endnote-id: edn4;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[iv]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Judea versus Judaism: Be</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">tween 1 and 2
Maccabees<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Judea%20vs%20Judaism.docx#_edn5" name="_ednref5" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[v]</span></b></span></span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTIbQ6j2IR9AlmIx-GGg1rnunzmGnGdRx4T8MKp3Jso-XcrQIQfAu5_2q86W1x0a8sOA6m-P-2A3l4BQfF7ZxtsYhhAYnDtxTKSJMp7FYih2YtxSyQSy9_fsubq1mdvtkUmCueVnbQlQUc/s501/Chanukah+Lamp.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="351" data-original-width="501" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTIbQ6j2IR9AlmIx-GGg1rnunzmGnGdRx4T8MKp3Jso-XcrQIQfAu5_2q86W1x0a8sOA6m-P-2A3l4BQfF7ZxtsYhhAYnDtxTKSJMp7FYih2YtxSyQSy9_fsubq1mdvtkUmCueVnbQlQUc/w400-h280/Chanukah+Lamp.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><i><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"> Chanukah Lamp, by Frederick J. Kormis, London, England, 1950. The Jewish Museum</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></span><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vWrKkK_sHnxizcSKdV6F7zrmzNVVyMcUIWimRkiS131odkD8lOiygrJ63oAsmvhb0HuEQMbE9wqIVxlW7NMvSCyCi9JbXGquLsVgFG9wntXbGdnLg_6siHg3HSGq8kpJNQkc0n1bjf5s/s540/Line.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vWrKkK_sHnxizcSKdV6F7zrmzNVVyMcUIWimRkiS131odkD8lOiygrJ63oAsmvhb0HuEQMbE9wqIVxlW7NMvSCyCi9JbXGquLsVgFG9wntXbGdnLg_6siHg3HSGq8kpJNQkc0n1bjf5s/w640-h4/Line.gif" width="640" /></a></b></div><div><i><br /></i></div>Ancient tensions between Judaism and the Jewish state can
be seen by comparing 1 Maccabees, a book that serves the interest of the
Hasmonean dynasty, and 2 Maccabees, a work of the diaspora whose focus is on Judaism.<o:p></o:p></i><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.thetorah.com/author/daniel-r-schwartz"><o:p></o:p></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.thetorah.com/author/daniel-r-schwartz">Prof. Daniel R.
Schwartz:<span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> Prof. Daniel
R. Schwartz is the Herbst Family Professor of Judaic Studies at the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, where he did his Ph.D., and the academic head of
HUJI’s Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Advanced Studies in the
Humanities. He specializes in the history, and especially the historiography,
of the Second Temple period. His books include Agrippa I: The Last King of
Judaea and Studies in the Jewish Background of Christianity (Mohr Siebeck, 1990
and 1992); 2 Maccabees (De Gruyter 2008); Judeans and Jews: Four Faces of
Dichotomy in Ancient Jewish History (Univ. of Toronto Press 2014).<o:p></o:p></span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p><b style="font-style: italic; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vWrKkK_sHnxizcSKdV6F7zrmzNVVyMcUIWimRkiS131odkD8lOiygrJ63oAsmvhb0HuEQMbE9wqIVxlW7NMvSCyCi9JbXGquLsVgFG9wntXbGdnLg_6siHg3HSGq8kpJNQkc0n1bjf5s/s540/Line.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vWrKkK_sHnxizcSKdV6F7zrmzNVVyMcUIWimRkiS131odkD8lOiygrJ63oAsmvhb0HuEQMbE9wqIVxlW7NMvSCyCi9JbXGquLsVgFG9wntXbGdnLg_6siHg3HSGq8kpJNQkc0n1bjf5s/w640-h4/Line.gif" width="640" /></a></b> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The story of the Hasmonean (or “Maccabean”) revolt is
preserved in 1 and 2 Maccabees—two very different works, in style, content, and
values.<sup>[1]</sup> To state the most obvious differences:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1 Maccabees was originally written in Hebrew (but preserved
only in a Greek translation), and it tells the story of the entire revolt,
beginning with Mattathias, and on through his sons Judah, Jonathan, Simon, and
ending with the rise of the dynasty under Simon’s son, John Hyrcanus. It covers
the period of roughly 175–134 B.C.E. 2 Maccabees, in contrast, was
originally written in Greek, and it covers only the first part of that period,
from 175–161 B.C.E., following the story only in the days of Judah
Maccabee.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Sadducees versus Pharisees? Geiger’s Thesis<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Abraham Geiger (1810–1874), one of the founders of Reform
Judaism and a central figure in the <i>Wissenschaft des Judentums</i> (the
scientific study of Judaism), suggested in 1857 that each of the two books of
Maccabees stems from a different branch of Second Temple Judaism.<sup>[2]</sup> In
his view, 1 Maccabees is a Sadducean work, and 2 Maccabees is a Pharisaic
response to it.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This is part of Geiger’s overall thesis that the Sadducees
of the latter half of the Second Temple period—as described in the writings of
Josephus, the New Testament, and rabbinic literature—were a continuation of the
Zadokite high priests, who were prominent of the first half of that period, in
the absence of Jewish sovereignty. (Geiger assumes, as most scholars still do,
that the name “Sadducees,” צדוקים, derives from “Zadokites.”<sup>[3]</sup>)
Geiger argued that the Pharisees, who arose in the last three centuries of the
Second Temple period and competed with the Sadducees, were not part of the
priestly class.<sup>[4]</sup> After the destruction of the Temple this
group eventually developed into Rabbinic Judaism.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Much can be said in support of Geiger’s characterization of
the two works.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Pro-Hasmonean or Not<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">First, 1 Maccabees, written during the days of John
Hyrcanus, the son of Simon the Maccabee, is a dynastic history that recounts
the Hasmoneans’ rise to power and argues that their revolt and consequent rule
were justified. As the Hasmoneans were high priests, it makes sense to
associate them with the Sadducees. Indeed, as reported by Josephus (<i>Ant.</i> 13.295–296),
John Hyrcanus made an alliance with the Sadducees. This alliance led to the
conflict with the Pharisees and their supporters in the days of his son,
Alexander Jannaeus—a bloody civil war with tens of thousands of casualties
(Josephus, <i>Ant</i>. 13.372–376).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2 Maccabees, in contrast, is not interested in the Hasmonean
dynasty. Judah Maccabee, the successful leader of the war against the
Seleucids, is a hero of 2 Maccabees, but not a word is said about his father
Mattathias or the Hasmonean dynasty that Judah’s brother Simon will found. In fact,
the two short references to Simon (2 Macc 10:20; 14:17) portray him as a
something of a bumbler. It is not clear whether that was meant as criticism of
his dynasty (as Geiger and others have thought) or only reflected lack of
concern with it, perhaps even lack of knowledge of it, but one way or another,
the book is not a dynastic history.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Theological differences<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A well-known theological divide between the Pharisees and
the Sadducees was the belief in resurrection: the Pharisees believed in it, and
the Sadducees did not.<sup>[5]</sup> This divide is reflected in the two
books.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In 2 Maccabees, Judah raises money to bring sacrifices on
behalf of dead soldiers to ensure their future resurrection and the author
approves quite emphatically:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><sup>2 Macc 12:43</sup> After making a collection for
each man, totaling around 2000 silver drachmas, he sent it to Jerusalem for the
bringing of a sin-offering – doing very properly and honorably in taking
account of resurrection, <sup>12:44</sup> for had he not expected
that the fallen would be resurrected, it would have been pointless and silly to
pray for the dead – <sup>12:45</sup> and having in view the most
beautiful reward that awaits those who lie down in piety – a holy and pious
notion. Therefore, he did atonement for the dead, in order that they be
released from the sin.<sup>[6]</sup><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In contrast, 1 Maccabees makes no reference at all to belief
in resurrection.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The role of prayer in the two books also differs: in 2
Maccabees, prayer is ubiquitous, whereas it is mostly absent in 1 Maccabees.<sup>[7]</sup> Prayer
competed with sacrifice as a mode of worship and did not need priests to
mediate it. It thus makes sense that it would be a key feature of the Pharisaic
2 Maccabees, while the Sadducean 1 Maccabees would not emphasize it.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Points such as these, about the books’ differential
attitudes toward the Hasmoneans, resurrection, and prayer, support Geiger’s
characterization of the books.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Difficulties with Geiger’s Thesis<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nevertheless, Geiger’s thesis did not win much support.
Neither work explicitly mentions Zadokites, Sadducees, or Pharisees, and that
imposes quite a heavy burden of proof upon anyone who would claim that they
are, respectively, Sadducean and Pharisaic tracts. Furthermore, there is no
evidence that 2 Maccabees is responding to 1 Maccabees; indeed, it might be
earlier than 1 Maccabees.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Most significantly, 2 Maccabees, as the book’s preface
explains, (2:23), is an abbreviation of a work by a Jew named Jason living in
Cyrene (Libya), and we have no evidence for Pharisees and Sadducees outside of
Palestine. As for 2 Maccabees’ failure to relate to the Hasmonean dynasty, that
might derive merely from it being composed before that dynasty became
established.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Reformulating Geiger’s Theory<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Despite these objections to the specific formulation of this
theory, Geiger’s observation of significant differences between 1 and 2
Maccabees is still valid and deserves further explanation, along with some
modification.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1 Maccabees has a Judean orientation and is meant to serve
the interests of a Hasmonean dynasty that ruled Judea. In contrast, 2 Maccabees
is a diasporic work, and is interested in “Judaism,” a word that is absent from
1 Maccabees but appears several times in 2 Maccabees (2:21; 8:1; 14:38). Thus,
the contrast between 1 and 2 Maccabees is better formulated as between a Judean
work and a Judaic work: one oriented around a state and one oriented around a
religion.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Indeed, Geiger’s hypothesis about a Sadducean work versus a
Pharisaic one can be tweaked and rephrased, based on the recognition that
Sadducean values are basically Judean values, while Pharisaic ones, wherever
they are found, are essentially, diasporic—Judaic, not Judean.<sup>[8]</sup><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">With this in mind, we can approach the differences between
these two books anew:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>a. Judean vs. Diasporic<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1 Maccabees is clearly of Judean origin: The book’s
orientation is around the ruling dynasty of Judea, it relates to Judean
geography in a detailed way that bespeaks familiarity, and the book’s original
language was Hebrew.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As for 2 Maccabees: most scholars hold that it originated in
the diaspora, as may be inferred from such points as the fact that Jason of
Cyrene wrote the text that 2 Maccabees abridges, that the work has a positive
attitude toward Gentile rule and Gentiles in general, that it expresses little
interest in and knowledge of Judean geography, and that it is written in good
Hellenistic Greek.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>b.<i> </i>The Sadducees Were a Priestly Party<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As Geiger observed, the Sadducees were oriented around the
high priesthood. The New Testament’s Acts of the Apostles takes this as a
given, when it describes the reaction of the priests (<i>kohanim</i>) to
Peter’s gathering a large group of followers:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><sup>Acts 5:17</sup> Then the high priest took action;
he and all who were with him (that is, the sect of the Sadducees), being filled
with jealousy… (NRSV)<sup>[9]</sup><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The same assumption is at the core of the Talmudic story (b.<i> Yoma</i> 19b)
in which a high priest explains the reason that he followed a Pharisaic
practice אף על פי שצדוקין אנו “Even though we are Sadducees…”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Priests are defined by their <i>descent</i> (from
Aaron), and they alone were allowed to serve in the Temple. Thus, Sadducean
Judaism thrived in Jerusalem, where the Temple stood. In the diaspora, however,
Jews preferred to view God as the “God of Heaven,” as present and accessible
even outside the land of Israel.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The tension between God being in the Temple and God dwelling
in heaven is laid out in a humorous anecdote narrating the conversation between
the Seleucid king<sup> [10]</sup> and his general Heliodorus, who had just
been vanquished by a miraculous intervention when he tried to rob the Jerusalem
Temple:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><sup>2 Macc 3:37</sup> When the king asked Heliodorus,
“Who would be the most appropriate person to send some other time to
Jerusalem?” he said: <sup>3:38</sup> “If you have some enemy or
conspirator against the state, send him thither, and you’ll get him back
flogged, if he survives at all; for around that place there is truly some power
of God. <sup>3:39</sup> For He, though He has His residence in
heaven, watches over and aids that place and with blows destroys those who come
there to do evil.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Here God watches over the Temple, but lives in heaven, where
he can see everywhere in the world, including the diaspora.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>c. Pharisees Were Largely Diasporic<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The leaders of the Pharisees were sages—later they develop
into “rabbis”—who were endowed with their standing not by their pedigree but by
their learning and/or charisma. They were not connected to the Jerusalem Temple
and functioned wherever their followers’ established houses of study or
synagogues.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Diaspora Jews, quite naturally, tended to concentrate on the
importance of people rather than the place, something that 2 Maccabees even
states stridently:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><sup>2 Macc 5:19</sup> But God did not choose the
people on account of the Place; rather, He chose the Place on account of the
people.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thus, the Pharisees, who lived in Judea, shared this basic
value with diasporic Judaism.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>d. Attitude towards Gentiles<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Diaspora Jews were used to rubbing shoulders with Gentiles.
That easily leads—in hospitable contexts, such as those of the Hellenistic
world—to an undercutting of the Jew vs. non-Jew distinction. Thus, 2 Maccabees
frequently emphasizes the goodwill of the Jews’ neighbors (e.g., 4:35–36, 49;
12:30–31).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This explains an important difference in how each book
perceives Antiochus IV Epiphanes. For 2 Maccabees, he was an exception to the
rule, for Gentile kings, even Antiochus’ brother, were, as a rule, beneficent
to the Jews. Indeed, before an internal squabble between competitors for the
high priesthood involved the Seleucid king in a negative way, Judea was living
in an ideal state underwritten by Gentile kings:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><sup>2 Macc 3:1</sup> The Holy City being inhabited in
complete peace and the laws being observed optimally due to the high priest
Onias’ piety and hatred of evil, <sup>3:2</sup> it happened that the
kings themselves used to honor the Place and aggrandize the Temple with the
most outstanding gifts, <sup>3:3</sup> just as King Seleucus of Asia
used to supply out of his own revenues all the expenses incurred for the
sacrificial offices.<sup>[11]</sup><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In contrast, for 1 Maccabees, the wicked Antiochus was a
typical Greek king. Seleucid kings are all wicked and perfidious, and (1 Macc
1:9) “multiplied evils on the earth.”<sup>[12]</sup> Antiochus may have
been an extreme case, but, according to 1 Maccabees, he was no exception. Any
ascription of goodwill to Syrian kings or to the Judeans’ neighbors would
undermine the Hasmonean dynasty. Indeed, 1 Maccabees often refers quite
sweepingly to “the Gentiles around us” as murderous and hostile (5:1, 10, 38,
57; 12:13, 53).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>e. Wicked Greeks or Sinful Jews?<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For 1 Maccabees, Judeans suffer because the wicked Greek
kings and the Judeans’ nasty neighbors persecute them, and they are rescued by
the valiant efforts of military heroes, the Hasmoneans.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For 2 Maccabees, in contrast, Jews suffer because their sins
cause God “to hide His face” (as it is put in Deut 31:17 and 32:20, paraphrased
in 2 Macc 5:17<sup>[13]</sup>), i.e., to suspend his providence. They are
rescued through the death of Jewish martyrs, which serves as an atonement (chs.
6–7), and so God’s “wrath turns into mercy,” allowing Judah Maccabee to be
victorious:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><sup>2 Macc 8:5</sup> As soon as Maccabaeus got his
corps together, he could not be withstood by the Gentiles, the Lord’s anger
having turned into mercy.<sup>[14]</sup><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>f. Martyrdom<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For the diasporic 2 Maccabees, whose expected readers—like
Christians in the Roman empire—could not contemplate military resistance if
ever oppressed, martyrdom, in the hope that it would move God to intervene, is
the best they could do and, indeed, it is effective: 2 Macc 8:5, which was just
quoted, is the turning-point of the entire story.<sup>[15]</sup><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For 1 Maccabees, in contrast, martyrs, who are killed due to
their adherence to Jewish religion, accomplish nothing; they are part of the
problem, not the solution, and are, however it is phrased, no more than pious
fools.<sup>[16]</sup><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>g. A State-Oriented Book<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1 Maccabees never mentions “Lord” or “God,” and although it
does refer to God a few times as “heaven,” that is mostly limited to the first
few chapters.<sup>[17]</sup> As noted, it makes little reference to
prayer, and never mentions sin and atonement, angels, heavenly apparitions, or
miracles. 1 Maccabees further takes the trouble to note, more than once, that
prophecy has ceased (4:46; 9:27).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For 1 Maccabees, that is, especially after the first few
chapters, God has nothing to do with what happens on earth. The Hasmoneans were
high priests, but that was only a governmental position.<sup>[18]</sup> Jonathan’s
rise to the high priesthood, for example, is important insofar as it allows him
to build up his army:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><sup>1 Macc 10:21</sup> So Jonathan donned the holy
vestment in the seventh month of the 160th year, on the festival of
Tabernacles, and he assembled troops and prepared numerous weapons.<sup>[19]</sup><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>h. Chance or Providence?<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Finally, 1 Maccabees repeatedly attributes events and their
outcomes to blind chance (Greek: <i>kairos</i>); you win some and you lose
some (9:10; 12:1; 15:33–34). This goes hand in hand with 1 Maccabees’ failure
to ascribe to sin and atonement any role in explaining the ups and downs of its
story. This is quite different from 2 Maccabees’ insistence on divine providence
but is a necessary part of a tract meant to support the political state of
Judea.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">No one in a Judean state, with a Judean army, could
subscribe to the assertion of 2 Maccabees that the Jewish soldiers who die in
battle must be guilty of a sin, for otherwise God might be suspected of
injustice (2 Macc 12:40–41). That can be said only by someone living in the
diaspora interested in inculcating belief in divine providence, who had no need
to worry that his son might one day have to fight in a Judean army.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ancient Tensions between Judaism and the Judean State<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The comparison of these two books leads us to contemplate
tensions between Judaism and a Jewish state. 1 Maccabees provides us with a
glimpse of the values of the dynasty that rebelled, was victorious, and managed
to rule Judea for close to eighty years, from the end of Seleucid rule in 142 B.C.E.
(1 Macc 13:41) until the Roman conquest in 63 B.C.E. That dynasty, as we
know from Josephus, came into conflict with opposing religious groups, led by
the Pharisees—a conflict that eventually degenerated into a bloody civil war
that helped pave the way for the Roman conquest.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Dead Sea Scrolls provide some scraps of evidence for the
motivations and values of those who opposed the Hasmoneans,<sup>[20]</sup> but
2 Maccabees provides a substantial statement of a religious view opposed to the
Hasmoneans. True, it does not oppose the Hasmoneans directly; it was probably
written too early for that and is written from a diasporic point of view.
Nonetheless, these two books show an early tension between an orientation
around Judaism and an orientation around a Jewish state, a tension that
continues today as well.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Judea%20vs%20Judaism.docx#_edn6" name="_ednref6" style="mso-endnote-id: edn6;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Last Updated: November 28, 2021<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Footnotes:</b><b><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<ol start="1" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">That is, these are not two
parts of the same work (like 1 and 2 Samuel, for example), nor are they
part of a series. They are independent works, both quite substantial (16
and 15 chapters, respectively). Neither work was preserved by Jews, but
they can easily be found in any Catholic Bible or Protestant Apocrypha,
including in online translations. As for the nomenclature, note that
although “Maccabee” was, originally, the nickname of only one member of
the Hasmonean clan, Judas (see 1 Macc 2:4), in popular usage it is common
to use it, as does the title of 1 Maccabees, of the entire clan and
dynasty.</span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Abraham Geiger, <i>Urschrift
und Übersetzungen der Bibel in ihrer Abhängigkeit von der innern
Entwickelung des Judenthums </i>[<i>The Original Text and
Translations of the Bible in Their Dependence upon the Inner Development
of Judaism</i>] (Breslau: Hainauer, 1857), 200–230. The first 230 pages of
the work are a historical survey of the history of the Hebrew Bible in the
Second Temple period; it is divided between Part I, on the history of the
Bible between the return from Babylonia in the sixth century B.C.E., and
Part II, on the history of the Bible between the Maccabees, in the second
century B.C.E., and the days of Rabbi Akiba in the second century C.E.
Although one of the foremost achievements of the early years of modern
Jewish studies, Geiger’s <i>Urschrift</i> was never translated
into English.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Geiger’s main thesis is
expressed clearly by the titles of the opening chapter of the book’s first
two parts, which are really a sequential whole: Part I opens with a
chapter on “Die Zadokiden,” the Zadokite clan (<i>b’nei Zadok</i>) of high
priests that was prominent in Judea in the post-exilic era, while Part II
opens with a chapter on “Sadducäer und Pharisäer,” Sadducees and
Pharisees.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Given human nature, and given
Geiger’s own central role in the lively and often acerbic inner-Jewish
disputes of the mid-nineteenth century, it is not surprising that he
tended to view the Pharisees as not only non-priestly but also <i>anti</i>-priestly.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">See esp. Josephus, <i>Ant</i>.
18.16, Luke 20:27, and Acts 23:6, also <i>m. Sanhedrin</i> 10:1.
Editor’s note: See also discussion in Devorah Dimant, <a href="https://www.thetorah.com/article/the-valley-of-dry-bones-and-the-resurrection-of-the-dead">“The
Valley of Dry Bones and the Resurrection of the Dead,”</a> <i>TheTorah</i> (2018).<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">All translations from 2
Maccabees are my own. See also in the story of the mother and her seven
sons (7:22–23). Editor’s note: For a discussion of this story’s ideology,
including the belief in resurrection, see Malka Z. Simkovich, <a href="https://www.thetorah.com/article/the-faith-of-the-martyred-mother-and-her-seven-sons">“The
Faith of the Martyred Mother and her Seven Sons,”</a> <i>TheTorah</i> (2015).<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The first four chapters are
somewhat exceptional in this regard. This may be because the story of the
rededication of the Temple, which appears in this section of the book, may
have derived from a separate source.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Distinguishing between what
makes something Judean versus what makes it Judaic, and how this relates
to the Sadducee/Pharisee divide, is a complicated topic. With the help of
predecessors and colleagues, I have done some of that in my <i>Judeans
and Jews: Four Faces of Dichotomy in Ancient Jewish History</i> (Toronto:
Univ. of Toronto Press, 2014) and my commentaries 2 Maccabees (De Gruyter,
2008) and <i>1 Maccabees</i> (soon to be published by Yale
University Press).<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></li>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Acts 5:17</span></sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> Ἀναστὰς
δὲ ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς καὶ πάντες οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ, ἡ οὖσα αἵρεσις τῶν Σαδδουκαίων, ἐπλήσθησαν
ζήλου <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">[Translation:
As the hierarchs and all those who are in them, the services of the Sadducees,
were filled with zeal.]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<ol start="10" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The king is unnamed in the
story, though in context, it is referring to Seleucus IV Philopator (187–175
B.C.E.).<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">See also 2 Maccabees 5:16,
which refers to how Antiochus IV took from the Temple “the votive
offerings which had been given by other kings for the aggrandizement,
honor and respect of the Place.”<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">See also, on their
perfidiousness, 1 Maccabees 6:62; 7:10; 10:46; 15:27.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">For the sin-and-atonement
scheme of Moses’s Song in Deut 32 as the basic scaffolding of 2 Maccabees,
see my <i>2 Maccabees</i> (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2008), 20–22.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Note especially the author’s
explicit lectures to his readers at 4:16–17; 5:17–20, and 6:12–17.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Note J. W. Van Henten, <i>The
Maccabean Martyrs as Saviours of the Jewish People: A Study of 2 and 4
Maccabee</i>s (Leiden: Brill, 1997). 4 Maccabees is a later work based on
2 Maccabees. Editor’s note: See also, Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz, <a href="https://www.thetorah.com/article/2-and-4-maccabees-evolving-responses-to-hellenism">“2
and 4 Maccabees: Evolving Responses to Hellenism,”</a> <i>TheTorah</i> (2018);
Martin Lockshin, <a href="https://www.thetorah.com/article/chanukah-the-greek-influence-of-martyrdom">“Chanukah:
The Greek Influence of Martyrdom,”</a> <i>TheTorah</i> (2017).<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">See especially 1 Maccabees
2:29–41 and 7:11–18.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As noted above, the
reclamation of the Temple story in this section, which also includes
references to prayer, may stem from a separate source.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As has been observed, “the
priestly office did not correspond well to what the family really did;
that was probably recognized by the author of 1 Maccabees himself. . . of
high priesthood one notices [in 1 Maccabees, DRS] nothing but the title.”
Diego Arenhoevel, <i>Die Theokratie nach dem 1. und 2. Makkabäerbuch</i> (Mainz:
Matthias-Grünewald Verlag. 1967), 45–46.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Similarly, note the ingenuous
report at 16:11–12 that “Ptolemy son of Aboubos had been appointed
governor of the plain of Jericho and had much silver and gold, for he was
the son-in-law of the high priest.”<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">See Hanan Eshel, <i>The
Dead Sea Scrolls and the Hasmonean State</i> (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans,
and Jerusalem: Yad Ben-Zvi Press, 2008).<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Judea%20vs%20Judaism.docx#_ednref4" name="_edn4" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[iv]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> <b>Author’s note</b>:
Throughout this study I may be using the NET Bible® and the NET Notes®: within
the notes you will see symbols like this: (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">א </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">B Ψ 892* 2427 sys). These are
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Judea%20vs%20Judaism.docx#_ednref5" name="_edn5" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[v]</span></span></span></a> From
<a href="https://www.thetorah.com/article/judea-versus-judaism-between-1-and-2-maccabees">Judea
versus Judaism: Between 1 and 2 Maccabees - TheTorah.com</a> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Schwartz, D. R. (2021). Judea
versus Judaism: Between 1 and 2 Maccabees. TheTorah.com. <a href="https://thetorah.com/article/judea-versus-judaism-between-1-and-2-maccabees">https://thetorah.com/article/judea-versus-judaism-between-1-and-2-maccabees</a>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Judea%20vs%20Judaism.docx#_ednref6" name="_edn6" style="mso-endnote-id: edn6;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"> Minor grammatical and punctuation
errors corrected by David Robinson. Any translations are done with the help of the Google® Translator. If there are any
mistakes, I apologize. Also, the picture I arranged in a different place for appearance on this blog only.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />David_seedofabrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779218562279412780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808052277561745789.post-72311238439123007422021-11-13T15:33:00.002-08:002022-01-05T16:02:58.182-08:00Lessons from the Wilderness, Volume 42: Today, we begin a discussion on Halakah, our walk, and how we as Messianic believers must show a humbleness for the customs of our Jewish Brethren<p> <a href="https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2022/01/today-we-continue-our-discussion-about.html">Go to Part Two</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©2021,
David E. Robinson: At the Gates of Yerushalayim Ministries<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lessons
from the Wilderness, Volume 42<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy";">Halakah, Part 1… the Tallit Gadol…<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy";">The Great Shawl </span></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" style="mso-endnote-id: edn1;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[i]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></i></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn2" name="_ednref2" style="mso-endnote-id: edn2;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[ii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn3" name="_ednref3" style="mso-endnote-id: edn3;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[iii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn4" name="_ednref4" style="mso-endnote-id: edn4;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[iv]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Luke
8:42b-48<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">…As Jesus went, the people <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn5" name="_ednref5" style="mso-endnote-id: edn5;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup>s</sup></i></a>pressed
around him. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>43 </sup></b><span style="color: black;">And</span> there was a woman <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn6" name="_ednref6" style="mso-endnote-id: edn6;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup>t</sup></i></a>who
had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and though she had spent all her
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn7" name="_ednref7" style="mso-endnote-id: edn7;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup>u</sup></i></a>living on physicians,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn8" name="_ednref8" style="mso-endnote-id: edn8;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup>6</sup></i></a> she could not be healed
by anyone. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>44 </sup></b>She
came up behind him and touched <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn9" name="_ednref9" style="mso-endnote-id: edn9;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup>v</sup></i></a>the
<b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">fringe</span></b> of
his garment, and <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn10" name="_ednref10" style="mso-endnote-id: edn10;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup>w</sup></i></a>immediately
her discharge of blood ceased. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>45 </sup></b>And
Jesus said, “<span style="color: red;">Who was it that touched me?</span>” When
all denied it, Peter<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn11" name="_ednref11" style="mso-endnote-id: edn11;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup>7</sup></i></a>
said, “Master, the crowds surround you and are pressing in on you!” <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>46 </sup></b>But Jesus said, “<span style="color: red;">Someone touched me, for I perceive that <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn12" name="_ednref12" style="mso-endnote-id: edn12;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup>x</sup></i></a>power has gone out from me.</span>” <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>47 </sup></b>And when the woman
saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him
declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him, and how she
had been immediately healed. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>48 </sup></b>And
he said to her, “<span style="color: red;">Daughter, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn13" name="_ednref13" style="mso-endnote-id: edn13;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup>y</sup></i></a>your faith has made you well; <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn14" name="_ednref14" style="mso-endnote-id: edn14;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup>y</sup></i></a>go in peace.</span>” <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn15" name="_ednref15" style="mso-endnote-id: edn15;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[v]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Today I will begin a new series on <b><i>Halakah</i></b>,
or the way to walk. The topic I have chosen to start with is a simple
explanation of the <i>Tallit and Tzitzit </i>(and for those who read me
regularly you know it will be anything but simple, lol)<i>.</i> Before we go
there, let us take another look at this incident, only this time in Mark’s
Gospel:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Mark 5:24-34 (NET® Bible)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0in 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">5:24 </span></sup></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Jesus<sup>3<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn16" name="_ednref16" style="mso-endnote-id: edn16;" title="">5</a></sup>
went with him, and a large crowd followed and pressed around him. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">5:25 </span></sup></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Now<sup>3<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn17" name="_ednref17" style="mso-endnote-id: edn17;" title="">6</a></sup> a woman was there who had been suffering
from a hemorrhage<sup>3<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn18" name="_ednref18" style="mso-endnote-id: edn18;" title="">7</a></sup> for twelve years.<sup>3<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn19" name="_ednref19" style="mso-endnote-id: edn19;" title="">8</a></sup>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>5:26 </sup></b>She had endured
a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all that she had. Yet
instead of getting better, she grew worse. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>5:27 </sup></b>When
she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his
cloak,<sup>3<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn20" name="_ednref20" style="mso-endnote-id: edn20;" title="">9</a></sup> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>5:28 </sup></b>for
she kept saying,<sup>4<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn21" name="_ednref21" style="mso-endnote-id: edn21;" title="">0</a></sup> “If only I touch his clothes, I will be
healed.”<sup>4<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn22" name="_ednref22" style="mso-endnote-id: edn22;" title="">1</a></sup> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>5:29 </sup></b>At
once the bleeding stopped,<sup>4<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn23" name="_ednref23" style="mso-endnote-id: edn23;" title="">2</a></sup> and she felt in her body that she was
healed of her disease. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>5:30 </sup></b>Jesus
knew at once that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd
and said, “<span style="color: red;">Who touched my clothes?</span>” <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>5:31 </sup></b>His disciples said
to him, “You see the crowd pressing against you and you say, ‘Who touched me?’”
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>5:32 </sup></b>But<sup>4<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn24" name="_ednref24" style="mso-endnote-id: edn24;" title="">3</a></sup>
he looked around to see who had done it. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>5:33 </sup></b>Then
the woman, with fear and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came, and
fell down before him and told him the whole truth. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>5:34 </sup></b>He said to her, “<span style="color: red;">Daughter,
your faith has made you well.</span><sup>4<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn25" name="_ednref25" style="mso-endnote-id: edn25;" title="">4</a></sup> <span style="color: red;">Go
in peace and be healed of your disease.”</span> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn26" name="_ednref26" style="mso-endnote-id: edn26;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vi]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a>
(Jesus/Yeshua’s) words in red for clarity-<b>Author</b>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vWrKkK_sHnxizcSKdV6F7zrmzNVVyMcUIWimRkiS131odkD8lOiygrJ63oAsmvhb0HuEQMbE9wqIVxlW7NMvSCyCi9JbXGquLsVgFG9wntXbGdnLg_6siHg3HSGq8kpJNQkc0n1bjf5s/s540/Line.gif" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vWrKkK_sHnxizcSKdV6F7zrmzNVVyMcUIWimRkiS131odkD8lOiygrJ63oAsmvhb0HuEQMbE9wqIVxlW7NMvSCyCi9JbXGquLsVgFG9wntXbGdnLg_6siHg3HSGq8kpJNQkc0n1bjf5s/w640-h4/Line.gif" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>As noted in the endnotes,
this incident can also be found in Matthew 9:18-26, but we will use these two
for the basis of discussion. First, a bit of explanation of how Yeshua might
have been dressed, this from the Lexham Bible Dictionary:</span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">… “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Outer Garments.</b> The most common outer
garment of this time was the cloak (</span><span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">ἱμάτιον</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">himation</i>).
Cloaks were generally rectangular in shape—which distinguished them from the
toga and other kinds of Roman outer garments—and were available in different
sizes. Cloaks could be worn draped around the body and/or over the shoulder
without being fastened (Cleland et al., <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Greek
and Roman Dress</i>, 92). The Gospels describe people taking off their cloaks
when working in the field (Mark 13:16), approaching Jesus (Mark 10:50), and
welcoming Jesus into Jerusalem (Mark 11:7–8). Some cloaks had fringes, as seen
in Jesus’ cloak (</span><span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">κράσπεδον</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">kraspedon</i>;
Matt 9:20) and those of Pharisees (</span><span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">κράσπεδον</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">kraspedon</i>;
and </span><span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">φυλακτήριον</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">phylaktērion</i>; Matt 23:5) …”
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn27" name="_ednref27" style="mso-endnote-id: edn27;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vii]</span></sup></span></sup></a></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">So, let us surmise that in Jesus’s time, He wore as an outer garment a
cloak. Being rectangular in shape would have given Him four corners onto which
were tied the Tzitziot (plural form). I must also conjecture that the cloak did
not extend to the ground, as that would have made His Tzitziot drag on the
ground, something He would not do, for it would show disrespect to the
commandment to wear the Tzitzit: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span><i>Bəmīḏbar</i> (<b>בְּמִדְבַּר</b>, literally <i>"In the desert
[of]"</i>) – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Numbers" title="Book of Numbers"><i>15:37-41</i></a></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">[Numbers 15:37-41] Tanakh]<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.25in;"><sup><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">37</span></sup><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Lord
said to Moses as follows: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.25in;"><sup><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">38</span></sup><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Speak to
the Israelite people and instruct them to make for themselves fringes on the
corners of their garments throughout the ages; let them attach a cord of blue
to the fringe at each corner. <sup>39</sup>That shall be your fringe; look at
it and recall all the commandments of the Lord and observe them, so that you do
not follow your heart and eyes in your lustful urge. <sup>40</sup>Thus you
shall be reminded to observe all My commandments and to be holy to your God. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.25in;"><sup><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">41</span></sup><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I the Lord
am your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God: I, the
Lord your God.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn28" name="_ednref28" style="mso-endnote-id: edn28;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[viii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b> </b>Again,
when we surmise what Yeshua wore, it is not the images we see in art or in
movies. He might have dressed like this:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVqjHM02s7156wAZez90V-siM64eH9a4EA8tFW6MzLnephSt-AL7Q66R3c6zWv7J4wJ_nT10XruDkSFVwSmTsP9mIEVjpSpMTzPjpCBMxsGuLt2IIMRv8tjdvPz5Q-M8ko4nnYSN8EM5TE/s819/1st_century_wear.jpg" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="819" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVqjHM02s7156wAZez90V-siM64eH9a4EA8tFW6MzLnephSt-AL7Q66R3c6zWv7J4wJ_nT10XruDkSFVwSmTsP9mIEVjpSpMTzPjpCBMxsGuLt2IIMRv8tjdvPz5Q-M8ko4nnYSN8EM5TE/s320/1st_century_wear.jpg" width="234" /></a></div><br /><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Figure 1:
<a href="https://images.theconversation.com/files/204866/original/file-20180205-19937-1kc98g3.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=600&h=819&fit=crop&dpr=1">https://images.theconversation.com/files/204866/original/file-20180205-19937-1kc98g3.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=600&h=819&fit=crop&dpr=1</a></p><p align="center" class="MsoCaption" style="text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The short tunic he most likely wore was in keeping with his
background: a carpenter used to manual labor. The tunic was short, knee length
or slightly below to allow for movement in this type of work. His cloak might
have been wore as shone, or it could have fitted over his head and tied with a
sash about the waist. What He would not have dressed like is this:<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixqBHO7YyI7jvVC5TlmZ415muQiveGQFPOjJNdF5G_MwV4YSdFVGh11t6iucLE7ZJm0k7mfPFl82IDixGnHvof0C2jKxOAepSlECBjtTLiQgNbXDJ1LH1Rb7CQSfgrjWVmyFIPBbu1E-he/s225/nope.jpeg" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixqBHO7YyI7jvVC5TlmZ415muQiveGQFPOjJNdF5G_MwV4YSdFVGh11t6iucLE7ZJm0k7mfPFl82IDixGnHvof0C2jKxOAepSlECBjtTLiQgNbXDJ1LH1Rb7CQSfgrjWVmyFIPBbu1E-he/s0/nope.jpeg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"> For
one, his outer garment would not have been long. How do we know this?</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
<b>Mark 12:38-40(NASB)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">38</b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn29" name="_ednref29" style="mso-endnote-id: edn29;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>In
His teaching He was saying: “<span style="color: red;">Beware of the scribes who
like to walk around in <b>long robes</b> </span><b><i>[</i></b><b><i><span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL;">στολή</span>; </i></b><b><i><span lang="X-NONE" style="mso-ansi-language: X-NONE;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Transliteration: Stole</span> or </i></b><b><i><span lang="X-NONE" style="mso-ansi-language: X-NONE;">Phonetic: stol-ay'</span></i></b>]<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn30" name="_ednref30" style="mso-endnote-id: edn30;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[ix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="color: red;">, and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">like</i> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn31" name="_ednref31" style="mso-endnote-id: edn31;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>respectful
greetings in the marketplaces, </span>39 <span style="color: red;">and chief
seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets, </span>40<span style="color: red;"> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn32" name="_ednref32" style="mso-endnote-id: edn32;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>who devour widows’ houses, and for
appearance’s sake offer long prayers; these will receive greater condemnation.”</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn33" name="_ednref33" style="mso-endnote-id: edn33;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[x]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In the time of Yeshua/Jesus<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn34" name="_ednref34" style="mso-endnote-id: edn34;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>,
it was the wealthy men who would don long robes on special occasions, or to
show off their status in public. Thus, the scorn Yeshua spoke of in Mark
12:38-40 tends us to believe He did not wear the <b><i>stolai.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn35" name="_ednref35" style="mso-endnote-id: edn35;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xii]</span></b></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><sup>
(</sup> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn36" name="_ednref36" style="mso-endnote-id: edn36;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xiii]</span></b></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a></i></b><span class="MsoEndnoteReference">)</span><sup><o:p></o:p></sup></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On another note, we can also deduce that Yeshua did not have
long hair (see 1 Corinthians 11:14), but He did most likely wear a beard (Leviticus
19:27, 21:5). We are so used to seeing the Byzantine depictions of our Lord,
that we do not even try to see him as He really was; a Semitic Jew. Maybe He
resembled one of these: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>Figure 2 ©Rendition by Akiane Kramarik</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjELCeCWUNwWQGwD28QhBPy16KepfeX60iJ7rj2sQcD5AB3rQakBt2i7_E7WS2rrO7jzkG8tFKQE4HXlNxj32DX6DKQazWLHtQZD5sgJhFj8WLu6LHky_7pgcIvN6FYoFjaWWXzgmPjRWGL/s236/3be301652c60da56dabe59fd7640f5c1.jpg" referrerpolicy="origin" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="175" data-original-width="236" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjELCeCWUNwWQGwD28QhBPy16KepfeX60iJ7rj2sQcD5AB3rQakBt2i7_E7WS2rrO7jzkG8tFKQE4HXlNxj32DX6DKQazWLHtQZD5sgJhFj8WLu6LHky_7pgcIvN6FYoFjaWWXzgmPjRWGL/w320-h238/3be301652c60da56dabe59fd7640f5c1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>or this: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoCaption" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiecatoeVx98Or0L7lYRgTs1jJyp-nCp4BWMLPRckIw2ba6-CVjPP9oqOcOGYtky3YxBIercEA_uKlqOoqO32P_15znjnmRpeRFadwxPGACRLhQol7CrJFMrwRlfLB-X6RQkeb8Kcfag27w/s225/Semetic_2.jpg" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiecatoeVx98Or0L7lYRgTs1jJyp-nCp4BWMLPRckIw2ba6-CVjPP9oqOcOGYtky3YxBIercEA_uKlqOoqO32P_15znjnmRpeRFadwxPGACRLhQol7CrJFMrwRlfLB-X6RQkeb8Kcfag27w/s0/Semetic_2.jpg" width="225" /></a></p><p class="MsoCaption" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: right;"> <span style="text-align: right;"> </span><span style="text-align: right;">Figure </span><span style="text-align: right;">3</span><span style="text-align: right;">
©Rendition by Bas Uterwijk</span></p><p class="MsoCaption" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vWrKkK_sHnxizcSKdV6F7zrmzNVVyMcUIWimRkiS131odkD8lOiygrJ63oAsmvhb0HuEQMbE9wqIVxlW7NMvSCyCi9JbXGquLsVgFG9wntXbGdnLg_6siHg3HSGq8kpJNQkc0n1bjf5s/s540/Line.gif" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: 24px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vWrKkK_sHnxizcSKdV6F7zrmzNVVyMcUIWimRkiS131odkD8lOiygrJ63oAsmvhb0HuEQMbE9wqIVxlW7NMvSCyCi9JbXGquLsVgFG9wntXbGdnLg_6siHg3HSGq8kpJNQkc0n1bjf5s/w640-h4/Line.gif" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Now, what I know is this: He looks like no image we have
ever seen. Isaiah stated it thus:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Isaiah 53:1-2
(NASB95)<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">1</span></b> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn37" name="_ednref37" style="mso-endnote-id: edn37;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Who has believed our message? And to whom
has the arm of the Lord been revealed?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">2</span> <span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">For He grew up before Him like a </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn38" name="_ednref38" style="mso-endnote-id: edn38;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">tender </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn39" name="_ednref39" style="mso-endnote-id: edn39;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">shoot, and like a root out of parched ground; He
has </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn40" name="_ednref40" style="mso-endnote-id: edn40;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">no <i>stately
</i>form or majesty that we should look upon Him, nor appearance that we should
</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn41" name="_ednref41" style="mso-endnote-id: edn41;" title=""><sup>2</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">be attracted to Him. </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn42" name="_ednref42" style="mso-endnote-id: edn42;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xiv]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">3</span> <span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">He was </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn43" name="_ednref43" style="mso-endnote-id: edn43;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">despised and forsaken of men, a man of </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn44" name="_ednref44" style="mso-endnote-id: edn44;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">sorrows and </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn45" name="_ednref45" style="mso-endnote-id: edn45;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">acquainted with </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn46" name="_ednref46" style="mso-endnote-id: edn46;" title=""><sup>2</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">grief; And like one from whom men hide their face.
He was </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn47" name="_ednref47" style="mso-endnote-id: edn47;" title=""><sup>c</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">despised,
and we did not </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn48" name="_ednref48" style="mso-endnote-id: edn48;" title=""><sup>d</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">esteem Him. </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn49" name="_ednref49" style="mso-endnote-id: edn49;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xv]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vWrKkK_sHnxizcSKdV6F7zrmzNVVyMcUIWimRkiS131odkD8lOiygrJ63oAsmvhb0HuEQMbE9wqIVxlW7NMvSCyCi9JbXGquLsVgFG9wntXbGdnLg_6siHg3HSGq8kpJNQkc0n1bjf5s/s540/Line.gif" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: 24px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vWrKkK_sHnxizcSKdV6F7zrmzNVVyMcUIWimRkiS131odkD8lOiygrJ63oAsmvhb0HuEQMbE9wqIVxlW7NMvSCyCi9JbXGquLsVgFG9wntXbGdnLg_6siHg3HSGq8kpJNQkc0n1bjf5s/w640-h4/Line.gif" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">What a glorious day it will be to
stand before Him face to face. I say this with all humility, that I am not
worthy enough to gaze upon His face, yet I long for that day. What I want to
show is that He is not white, with long blonde hair and blue eyes. He would be
of olive-toned skin, or perhaps he is as depicted here:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhfKPM5LPtOuH6KC8W3Yqs29CRQ89uNikQJ-9jCnmT1A2Klk4lKi_2pPdiFOTUdMea78ZWYOe3IfKH5N2Y3jRhZWHpwaidyfZkn07KaY9RMfx0Q0k0xMpFBKK3m3drkFW_Qw_CyHvXNES/s338/53f81ea83404a78913a3a50420d99326--jesus-art-jesus-christ.jpg" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="250" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhfKPM5LPtOuH6KC8W3Yqs29CRQ89uNikQJ-9jCnmT1A2Klk4lKi_2pPdiFOTUdMea78ZWYOe3IfKH5N2Y3jRhZWHpwaidyfZkn07KaY9RMfx0Q0k0xMpFBKK3m3drkFW_Qw_CyHvXNES/s320/53f81ea83404a78913a3a50420d99326--jesus-art-jesus-christ.jpg" width="237" /></a><span style="text-align: center;">Figure </span><span style="text-align: center;">4</span><span style="text-align: center;">
©"Father forgive them" by Alix Beaujour</span><p class="MsoCaption" style="text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Was Yeshua black? Do any of us
really know? Would it make a difference to you? He is the King of kings and
the Lord of lords… We divide each other, through class, race, gender, and ethnicity: we want Him to look like us or we want
Him to <b><i>fit our lifestyle and habits</i></b>. You can see Him drawn by
every race, every creed, and nationality. Yet how many of us <b><i>want to be
like Him</i></b>? How many of us do what He says, live like He directed? He did
no more than His Father told Him to do. He said no more than His Father
instructed Him to do. Yes, you might say, what does this have to do with the
Tallit!?! <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Nothing.
Everything.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn50" name="_ednref50" style="mso-endnote-id: edn50;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xvi]</span></b></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The Law
of God, or better, the Torah, is what our Master lived by. It was how He was
raised, how His family lived, and what He taught. So, I ask the question again:
how many of us want to be like Him? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I want
to lovingly voice a caution here. When Gentiles (meaning non-Jews) come to the
root of their faith, the Torah and the Tanakh, they desire to emulate their
Jewish/Israelite brethren. They adopt the kippah<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn51" name="_ednref51" style="mso-endnote-id: edn51;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xvii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>,
the Tallit<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn52" name="_ednref52" style="mso-endnote-id: edn52;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xviii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>,
the Tzitzit<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn53" name="_ednref53" style="mso-endnote-id: edn53;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>.
They may or may not eat kosher (which depends on how far they want to take
their faith), they might even adopt the Tefillin<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn54" name="_ednref54" style="mso-endnote-id: edn54;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xx]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>.
But do they do this out of love and respect for HaShem, and do so with the
fullness of their heart, or is it because they think it is, well, for lack of a
better word, “stylish”? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>There
is a lesson here. We, as Gentile believers in Messiah Yeshua and the Torah, must remember we
are not Jewish. In this age of those that scream about cultural appropriation, any
follower that comes into Messianic Judaism should recognize that there are
protocols involved in adopting the Jewish ways. I am talking about respect and
consideration for the faith that delivered once for all – and for the covenant
people it was given to. Remember, the Scriptures were not written to us, but
they were written for us. We must be cognizant of this basic fact. It is the
Hebraic perspective of life that must first be adopted before we can even begin
to think about the wearing of the <a name="_Hlk87702258">Tzitziyot</a> or the
Tallit or anything else. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>It has
been said, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but imitation for the
sake of imitation is only an insult to those who have practiced their faith for
thousands of years. The Hebrew faith, what we call Judaism, has gone through
cycles of change, adapting, and surviving in times of trouble and terrors; for
that reason alone, we must approach it with a humbleness and consideration that
speaks to honor the sacrifices that the Jewish people have had to withstand
over the past, and which occur even to this present age. We cannot don the
items that represent a faith if we do it causally, or carelessly: this only
adds insult to injury. For an observant Jew, even his own Talmud and Mishnah say
a Gentile should not be taught the Torah as seen from this article from the
Jerusalem Post:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“…In contemporary society, non-Jews learn Jewish texts in
many forums, including university classrooms and Internet sites.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sometimes this study occurs even without Jewish instruction,
such as in South Korea, where schoolchildren study a selection of Talmudic
stories. This phenomenon is the latest development in the historical discussion
regarding the propriety of teaching Torah to non-Jews.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Torah states, “Moses has commanded us the Torah, an
inheritance for the community of Jacob” (Deuteronomy 33:4). Deeming this
inheritance, the exclusive property of Jews, the sages prohibited gentiles from
learning Torah and Jews from teaching it to them. A strident prohibition was
also expressed in the Zohar.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">While the Talmud elsewhere mentions that non-Jews were
taught Torah, some of those cases were clearly under the coercive pressure of
the dominant rulers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Scholars have offered various rationales for the Talmudic
prohibition, which broadly impacted its scope. Based on Talmudic exegesis, some
scholars understood any non-Jewish study as a betrayal of the unique bond
between Jews and God or a misappropriation of national treasure, with a few
even contending that this included potential converts who had not yet joined
the nation. Some went so far as to ban teaching the Hebrew alphabet, although other
sources indicated that this was a pragmatic step to prevent polemical abuses by
hostile anti-Semites. In a similarly polemical vein, one medieval source
suggested that gentiles can learn the Prophets and Hagiography (Writings)
because its prophecies prove that God has not abandoned the Jewish people.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Yet most scholars limited the prohibition in one form of
another. The Talmud itself contends that gentiles may learn material necessary
to properly observe the seven Noahide laws. In this spirit, Rabbi David Tzvi
Hoffman argued that one may teach non-Jews the narrative portions of the Torah
which will inspire belief in the grandeur of God. Beyond that, rabbis Naftali
Berlin and Tzvi Hirsch Chajes contended that the prohibition only applies to
aspects of the Oral Law but not to the written Scriptures.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Alternatively, Rabbi Samuel Eidels argued that the
prohibition only included the “reasons and secrets” of the Torah but not the
basic texts or laws, with Rabbi Eliyahu Mizrahi further contending that the
prohibition could be waived if one cannot extract oneself from a situation
without discussing that information…”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn55" name="_ednref55" style="mso-endnote-id: edn55;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>So, if
the study of the Torah itself by Gentiles seems problematic, think about how
watching Gentiles wear the Tallit, Tzitziyot, or the Tefillin affect the
faithful Jew. One writer puts it this way:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“When I was studying biblical counseling at a conservative
Baptist seminary five years ago, a student invited me to a Passover Seder on
campus. I was reluctant to respond because the student was a Messianic Judaism major,
and the Seder was being hosted by his department. My relationship with this
student was already fraught because we had major theological disagreements —
often in the middle of lecture — about whether or not the Messianic movement
was a branch of Judaism, or a denomination of Christianity. His position was
the former: mine the latter.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Because he already purchased a ticket in my name, I agreed
to attend the Seder and tried to keep an open mind about it. But the truth was,
despite embracing the Christian faith in college, a sizeable part of me felt
defensive about my Jewish traditions. I knew that an event that treated the
bowl of salt water as the tears Christ shed on the cross, rather than the tears
shed by the Jews when they were slaves in Egypt, wasn’t really a Seder in any
traditional sense. If it were called a “Last Supper Commemoration Ceremony,” or
“Good Friday Service,” I would have felt differently — but words mean things,
and a Seder this was not.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This is just one of the ways that many Christian groups
think they are honoring Judaism and the Jewish roots of the Christian faith.
But as someone with one foot in both worlds — a Christian with Jewish identity
— honor is not what it feels like. Rather, it comes off as exploitative.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Christian faith has plenty going for it by its own
merit: a personal God who loved his creation so much that he came down to earth
in the flesh, offered himself up as a sacrifice for our sins, and promised
redemption from a cruel world. There’s no need to denigrate Judaism by
manipulating its rituals or presenting caricatures of what they look like in
practice…”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_edn56" name="_ednref56" style="mso-endnote-id: edn56;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vWrKkK_sHnxizcSKdV6F7zrmzNVVyMcUIWimRkiS131odkD8lOiygrJ63oAsmvhb0HuEQMbE9wqIVxlW7NMvSCyCi9JbXGquLsVgFG9wntXbGdnLg_6siHg3HSGq8kpJNQkc0n1bjf5s/s540/Line.gif" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vWrKkK_sHnxizcSKdV6F7zrmzNVVyMcUIWimRkiS131odkD8lOiygrJ63oAsmvhb0HuEQMbE9wqIVxlW7NMvSCyCi9JbXGquLsVgFG9wntXbGdnLg_6siHg3HSGq8kpJNQkc0n1bjf5s/w640-h4/Line.gif" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"> Now, to
be fair, there are differing opinions in the Jewish community, both positive
and negative. For the Messianic believer though, it is always proper to put
our best face forward and do nothing that would bring dishonor to God, Yeshua,
and our Jewish brethren by acting in an inappropriate way.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I have
just touched on the basics of Halakah, our walk. Next post, I will speak to
these subjects again, but to keep the post brief, let us stop here.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>May HaShem,
blessed forever is His name, richly bless you all, my beloved.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Amein<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div style="mso-element: endnote-list;">
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subjects discussed.</span></p></div><div id="edn3" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref4" name="_edn4" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[iv]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> <b>Author’s note</b>:
Throughout this study I may be using the NET Bible® and the NET Notes®: within
the notes you will see symbols like this: (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">א </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">B Ψ 892* 2427 sys). These are
abbreviations used by the NET Bible® for identifying the principal manuscript
evidence that they (authors and translators of the NET Bible®) used in
translating the New Testament. Please go to https://bible.org/netbible/ and see
their section labeled “NET Bible Principals of Translation” for a more complete
explanation on these symbols and other items pertinent to the way the NET Bible
uses them.</span></p></div><div id="edn4" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref5" name="_edn5" title=""><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">s</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">
ver. 45; Mark 3:9</span></p></div>
<div id="edn6" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref6" name="_edn6" style="mso-endnote-id: edn6;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">t</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lev. 15:25<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn7" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref7" name="_edn7" style="mso-endnote-id: edn7;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">u</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
ch. 21:4; Mark 12:44<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn8" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref8" name="_edn8" style="mso-endnote-id: edn8;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">6</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Some manuscripts omit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and though she had
spent all her living on physicians</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn9" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref9" name="_edn9" style="mso-endnote-id: edn9;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">v</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Matt. 14:36; 23:5; [Num. 15:38, 39; Deut. 22:12]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn10" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref10" name="_edn10" style="mso-endnote-id: edn10;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">w</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Matt. 15:28; 17:18<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn11" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref11" name="_edn11" style="mso-endnote-id: edn11;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">7</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Some manuscripts add <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and those who were
with him</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn12" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref12" name="_edn12" style="mso-endnote-id: edn12;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">x</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
ch. 5:17; 6:19; [Acts 10:38]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn13" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref13" name="_edn13" style="mso-endnote-id: edn13;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">y</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
See ch. 7:50<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn14" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref14" name="_edn14" style="mso-endnote-id: edn14;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">y</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
See ch. 7:50<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn15" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref15" name="_edn15" style="mso-endnote-id: edn15;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[v]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/esv?ref=BibleESV.Lk8.42&off=81&ctx=and+she+was+dying.+%0a~As+%E2%80%A2Jesus+went%2c+the+"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The Holy Bible: English Standard
Version</span></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Lk
8:42–48.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a name="_Hlk84855648" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[The following notes are taken from the NET
Bible® footnotes, copyright (c) 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press L.L.C. All
rights reserved. Used by permission from www.bible.org, n.d. Numbering system
is unique to NET® Notes. Scripture quoted by permission; Quotations designated
(NET) are from The NET Bible®, Copyright © 2005 by Biblical Studies Press,
L.L.C. </span></b></a><a href="http://www.netbible.com/" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">www.netbible.com</span></b></a><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">
All rights reserved<sup><b><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[v]</span></sup></b></sup>]</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="margin-left: 0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref16" name="_edn16" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">35</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">
<b>tn</b> <i>Grk</i> “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the
translation for clarity.</span></p></div>
<div id="edn17" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref17" name="_edn17" style="mso-endnote-id: edn17;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">36</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Grk</i> “And.” Here </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">καί</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">kai</i>)
has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn18" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref18" name="_edn18" style="mso-endnote-id: edn18;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">37</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Grk</i> “a flow of blood.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn19" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref19" name="_edn19" style="mso-endnote-id: edn19;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">38</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">sn</b> This story of the woman <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">who had been suffering from hemorrhages for
twelve years</i> is recounted in the middle of the story about Jairus’
daughter. Mark’s account (as is often the case) is longer and more detailed
than the parallel accounts in Matt 9:18–26 and Luke 8:40–56. Mark’s fuller
account may be intended to show that the healing of the woman was an
anticipation of the healing of the little girl.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn20" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref20" name="_edn20" style="mso-endnote-id: edn20;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">39</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Grk</i> “garment,” but here </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ἱμάτιον</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">himation</i>)
denotes the outer garment in particular.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn21" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref21" name="_edn21" style="mso-endnote-id: edn21;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">40</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> The imperfect verb is here taken
iteratively, for the context suggests that the woman was trying to muster up
the courage to touch Jesus’ cloak.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn22" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref22" name="_edn22" style="mso-endnote-id: edn22;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">41</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Grk</i> “saved.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">sn</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
In this pericope the author uses a term for being <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">healed</i> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Grk</i> “saved”) that
would have spiritual significance to his readers. It may be a double entendre
(cf. parallel in Matt 9:21 which uses the same term), since elsewhere he uses
verbs that simply mean “heal“: If only the reader would “touch” Jesus, he too
would be “saved.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn23" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref23" name="_edn23" style="mso-endnote-id: edn23;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">42</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Grk</i> “the flow of her blood dried up.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">sn</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
The woman was most likely suffering from a vaginal hemorrhage, in which case
her <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">bleeding</i> would make her ritually
unclean.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn24" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref24" name="_edn24" style="mso-endnote-id: edn24;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">43</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Grk</i> “And.” Here </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">καί</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">kai</i>)
has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn25" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref25" name="_edn25" style="mso-endnote-id: edn25;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">44</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> Or “has delivered you”; <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Grk</i> “has saved you.” This should not be
understood as an expression for full salvation in the immediate context; it
refers only to the woman’s healing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><a name="_Hlk85458444"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">End “NET®” notes</span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk85458444;"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref26" name="_edn26" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[vi]</span></sup></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">
Biblical Studies Press, </span><a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/gs-netbible?ref=BibleNET.Mk5.24&off=0&ctx=e+healed+and+live.%E2%80%9D+~5%3a24%C2%A0%E2%80%A2Jesus%EF%BB%BF35%EF%BB%BF+went"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The NET Bible First Edition; Bible.
English. NET Bible.; The NET Bible</span></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"> (Biblical
Studies Press, 2005), Mk 5:24–34.</span></p></div>
<div id="edn27" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref27" name="_edn27" style="mso-endnote-id: edn27;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> Janghoon Park, </span><a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/lbd?art=clothing.headdress_and_footwear2&off=397"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“Clothing,”</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
ed. John D. Barry et al., <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Lexham
Bible Dictionary</i> (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2016).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn28" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref28" name="_edn28" style="mso-endnote-id: edn28;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[viii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> Jewish Publication Society, </span><a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/tanakh?ref=BibleBHS2.Nu15.37&off=0&ctx=d+commanded+Moses.+%0a~37%EF%BB%BFThe+Lord+said+to+"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Tanakh: The Holy
Scriptures</span></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> (Philadelphia: Jewish
Publication Society, 1985), Nu 15:37–41.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn29" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref29" name="_edn29" style="mso-endnote-id: edn29;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a> Mark 12:38–40: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Matt 23:1–7; Luke 20:45–47</i><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="edn30" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref30" name="_edn30" style="mso-endnote-id: edn30;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[ix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <span lang="X-NONE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: X-NONE;">an
equipment in clothes, clothing <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: X-NONE;">spec. a loose outer garment for men extending to the
feet, worn by kings, priests, and persons of rank</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">. Definition from the BTSCTVM Concordance, E-sword®
electronic edition, ©2000-2021 Rick Myers</span></p><p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref31" name="_edn31" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">
Matt 23:7; Luke 11:43</span></p></div>
<div id="edn32" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref32" name="_edn32" style="mso-endnote-id: edn32;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Luke 20:47<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn33" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref33" name="_edn33" style="mso-endnote-id: edn33;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[x]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/nasb95?ref=BibleNASB95.Mk12.38&off=0&ctx=d+listening+to+Him.%0a~+38+%EF%BB%BFa%EF%BB%BF%E2%80%A2In+His+teach"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">New American Standard Bible: 1995
Update</span></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation,
1995), Mk 12:38–40.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn34" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref34" name="_edn34" style="mso-endnote-id: edn34;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">From this point on, I will refer to
Jesus with His Hebraic name “Yeshua”. In biblical passages, if it says Jesus in
the quote, it is because I won’t alter the text; but His name is Yeshua (<b>Y'shua</b>
(</span><span class="script-hebrew"><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">ישוע</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span dir="LTR"></span> with vowel pointing </span><span class="script-hebrew"><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">יֵשׁוּעַ</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span dir="LTR"></span>
– <i>Yēšūaʿ</i> in </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Hebrew</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">; alternative form of the name </span><span class="script-hebrew"><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">יְהוֹשֻׁעַ</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span dir="LTR"></span>
(<i>Yəhōšūaʿ</i> – </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua#Name" title="Joshua"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Joshua</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">))<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn35" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref35" name="_edn35" style="mso-endnote-id: edn35;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> See </span><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35120965"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35120965</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn36" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref36" name="_edn36" style="mso-endnote-id: edn36;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xiii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> For a more detailed look at the
types of clothing worn, see the discussions at: </span><a href="https://www.biblicalcyclopedia.com/D/dress.html"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">https://www.biblicalcyclopedia.com/D/dress.html</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> or at </span><a href="https://www.internationalstandardbible.com/D/dress.html"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">https://www.internationalstandardbible.com/D/dress.html</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> .</span><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="edn37" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference">a </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">John 12:38; Rom 10:16</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref37" name="_edn37" style="mso-endnote-id: edn37;" title=""></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="edn38" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref38" name="_edn38" style="mso-endnote-id: edn38;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">a </span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Is 11:1</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn39" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref39" name="_edn39" style="mso-endnote-id: edn39;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">1</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Lit <i>suckling</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn40" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref40" name="_edn40" style="mso-endnote-id: edn40;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">b</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Is 52:14</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn41" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref41" name="_edn41" style="mso-endnote-id: edn41;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">2 </span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Lit <i>desire</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn42" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref42" name="_edn42" style="mso-endnote-id: edn42;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xiv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>New American Standard Bible : 1995 update</i>.
1995. LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref43" name="_edn43" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference">a </span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ps 22:6; Is 49:7; Luke 18:31–33</span></p></div>
<div id="edn44" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref44" name="_edn44" style="mso-endnote-id: edn44;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">1 </span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Or <i>pains</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn45" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref45" name="_edn45" style="mso-endnote-id: edn45;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">b</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Is 53:10</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn46" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref46" name="_edn46" style="mso-endnote-id: edn46;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">2</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Or <i>sickness</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn47" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref47" name="_edn47" style="mso-endnote-id: edn47;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">c</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Mark 10:33, 34</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn48" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref48" name="_edn48" style="mso-endnote-id: edn48;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">d </span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">John 1:10, 11</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn49" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref49" name="_edn49" style="mso-endnote-id: edn49;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>New American Standard Bible : 1995 update</i>.
1995. LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref50" name="_edn50" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xvi]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> From the movie “<b><i>The Kingdom
of Heaven</i></b>”,</span><span style="background: rgb(250, 250, 250); font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> a </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">2005 historical epic directed by
Ridley Scott. At the end of the movie, Balian (Orlando Bloom) asks what the
city of Jerusalem is worth. Saladin’s (Ghassan Massoud) response is
"Nothing" turns around and walks towards his camp, then turns back
around to face Balian and says "Everything" with a smile on his face,
and then returns to his camp.</span></p></div><div id="edn50" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref51" name="_edn51" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xvii]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> “…A <i>kippah </i>(skullcap
or <i>yarmulke</i>) is a small hat or head covering. In traditional
Jewish communities only, men wear <i>kippot</i> (the plural of
kippah) and they are worn at all times (except when sleeping and bathing)… It
is considered a sign of reverence for God.” (See <a href="https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/kippah/">What Is A Kippah? | My
Jewish Learning</a> ).</span></p></div><div id="edn51" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref52" name="_edn52" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xviii]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> “…A tallit (also called tallit
gadol or by its Yiddish name, tallis) is a Jewish prayer shawl worn by men and
women during morning prayer services and on the Sabbath and on holidays. They
are used to prepare the mind and heart for prayer and inspire elation and
reverence for God…” (See the article <a href="https://jewishgiftplace.com/pages/symbolism-of-the-tallit">Symbolism of
the Tallit (jewishgiftplace.com)</a> )</span></p></div><div id="edn52" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref53" name="_edn53" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xix]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> The word <a href="https://www.chabad.org/multimedia/video_cdo/aid/2202007/jewish/String-Theory-Part-1.htm" title="String Theory"><b><i>tzitzit</i></b></a> (צִיצִית) is literally
defined as “<b>fringes</b>,” and refers to the strings attached to the <b>corners
of the <i>tallit</i>, the Jewish prayer shawl</b>. The eight strings and
five knots are a physical representation of the Torah's 613 mitzvahs.
(See <a href="https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/537949/jewish/What-Is-Tzitzit-and-Tallit.htm#:~:text=The%20word%20tzitzit%20%28%D7%A6%D6%B4%D7%99%D7%A6%D6%B4%D7%99%D7%AA%29%20is%20literally%20defined%20as,Here%E2%80%99s%20how%20the%20mini-%20tallit%20came%20to%20be.">What
Is Tzitzit (and Tallit)? - Mitzvahs & Traditions (chabad.org)</a> )</span></p></div><div id="edn53" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref54" name="_edn54" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xx]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> “…<i>Tefillin</i> is one of
the most important <i>Mitzvot</i> (precepts) of the Torah. It
has been observed and treasured for thousands of years, right down to the present
day. The <a href="https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1426382/jewish/Torah.htm" title="Torah">Torah</a> mentions it more than once, but most explicitly
in <a href="https://www.chabad.org/9970#v8">Deut. 6:8</a> "And
you shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for ornaments
between your eyes." <a href="https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1918251/jewish/What-Are-Tefillin.htm" title="What Are Tefillin?"><i>Tefillin</i></a> consists of two small
leather boxes attached to leather straps. The two boxes each contain four
sections of the Torah inscribed on parchment…” (See <a href="https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/81814/jewish/Tefillin-and-Its-Significance.htm">Tefillin
and Its Significance - Tefillin (chabad.org)</a> )</span></p></div><div id="edn54" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref55" name="_edn55" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xxi]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> <a href="https://www.jpost.com/magazine/judaism/ask-the-rabbi-may-a-jew-teach-torah-to-a-gentile">Ask
the rabbi: May a Jew teach Torah to a gentile? - The Jerusalem Post (jpost.com)</a>
by Shlomo Brody, online version published July 12, 2012. <i>The writer, online
editor of Tradition and its blog, Text & Texture (text.rcarabbis.org),
teaches at Yeshivat Hakotel.</i></span></p></div><div id="edn55" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Tallit_Gadol.docx#_ednref56" name="_edn56" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xxii]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> <a href="https://sojo.net/articles/how-some-christians-mistake-honoring-jewish-culture-appropriating-it">How
Some Christians Mistake Honoring Jewish Culture With Appropriating It |
Sojourners</a> Article by Sarahbeth Caplin, published August 29, 2018</span></p></div>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lessons from the Wilderness, Volume 41<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>…This
Fragile Breath… <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" style="mso-endnote-id: edn1;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[i]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn2" name="_ednref2" style="mso-endnote-id: edn2;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[ii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn3" name="_ednref3" style="mso-endnote-id: edn3;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[iii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn4" name="_ednref4" style="mso-endnote-id: edn4;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[iv]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Spirit of Fear <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Part Four<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>1:6 </sup></b>Because of this I
remind you to rekindle God’s gift that you possess<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn5" name="_ednref5" style="mso-endnote-id: edn5;" title=""><sup>9</sup></a> through the
laying on of my hands. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>1:7 </sup>For God did not give us
a Spirit<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn6" name="_ednref6" style="mso-endnote-id: edn6;" title="">0</a></sup> of fear but of power and love and self-control.</b> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>1:8 </sup></b>So do not be
ashamed of the testimony about our Lord<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn7" name="_ednref7" style="mso-endnote-id: edn7;" title="">1</a></sup> or of me, a prisoner for his
sake, but by<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn8" name="_ednref8" style="mso-endnote-id: edn8;" title="">2</a></sup> God’s power accept your share of suffering<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn9" name="_ednref9" style="mso-endnote-id: edn9;" title="">3</a></sup>
for the gospel. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>1:9 </sup></b>He
is the one who saved us<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn10" name="_ednref10" style="mso-endnote-id: edn10;" title="">4</a></sup> and called us with a holy calling, not
based on<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn11" name="_ednref11" style="mso-endnote-id: edn11;" title="">5</a></sup> our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us
in Christ Jesus before time began,<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn12" name="_ednref12" style="mso-endnote-id: edn12;" title="">6</a></sup> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>1:10 </sup></b>but now made visible through the appearing of
our Savior Christ Jesus. He<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn13" name="_ednref13" style="mso-endnote-id: edn13;" title="">7</a></sup> has broken the power of death and brought
life and immortality to light through the gospel! <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>1:11 </sup></b>For this gospel<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn14" name="_ednref14" style="mso-endnote-id: edn14;" title="">8</a></sup> I was appointed a
preacher and apostle and teacher.<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn15" name="_ednref15" style="mso-endnote-id: edn15;" title="">9</a></sup> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>1:12 </sup></b>Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do.<sup>2<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn16" name="_ednref16" style="mso-endnote-id: edn16;" title="">0</a></sup>
But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set<sup>2<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn17" name="_ednref17" style="mso-endnote-id: edn17;" title="">1</a></sup>
and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me<sup>2<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn18" name="_ednref18" style="mso-endnote-id: edn18;" title="">2</a></sup>
until that day.<sup>2<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn19" name="_ednref19" style="mso-endnote-id: edn19;" title="">3</a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn20" name="_ednref20" style="mso-endnote-id: edn20;" title=""><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[v]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></a><o:p></o:p></sup></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy";">The Spirit of Fear</span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vWrKkK_sHnxizcSKdV6F7zrmzNVVyMcUIWimRkiS131odkD8lOiygrJ63oAsmvhb0HuEQMbE9wqIVxlW7NMvSCyCi9JbXGquLsVgFG9wntXbGdnLg_6siHg3HSGq8kpJNQkc0n1bjf5s/s540/Line.gif" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vWrKkK_sHnxizcSKdV6F7zrmzNVVyMcUIWimRkiS131odkD8lOiygrJ63oAsmvhb0HuEQMbE9wqIVxlW7NMvSCyCi9JbXGquLsVgFG9wntXbGdnLg_6siHg3HSGq8kpJNQkc0n1bjf5s/w640-h4/Line.gif" width="640" /></a></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Deuteronomy 32:19-30 (AMP)</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="text-indent: 0.25in;">19 And the Lord
saw it and He spurned </span><i style="text-indent: 0.25in;">and</i><span style="text-indent: 0.25in;"> rejected them, out of indignation with His
sons and His daughters.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">20 And He said, I
will hide My face from them, I will see what their end will be; for they are a
perverse generation, children in whom is no faithfulness.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">21 They have
moved Me to jealousy with what is not God; they have angered Me with their idols.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">So, I will move
them to jealousy with those who are not a people; I will anger them with a
foolish nation.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">22 For a fire is
kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol, devours the earth
with its increase, and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">23 And I will
heap evils upon them; I will spend My arrows upon them.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">24 They shall be
wasted with hunger and devoured with burning heat and poisonous pestilence; and
the teeth of beasts will I send against them, with the poison of crawling
things of the dust.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">25 From without
the sword shall bereave, and in the chambers shall be terror, destroying both
young man and virgin, the sucking child with the man of gray hairs.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">26 I said, I
would scatter them afar and I would have made the remembrance of them to cease
from among men,</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">27 Had I not
feared the provocation of the foe, lest their enemies misconstrue it and lest
they should say, Our own hand has prevailed; all this was not the work of the
Lord.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: .25in;"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">28 For they are a nation void of counsel, and there is no understanding in
them.</span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: .25in;"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">29 O that they were wise and would see through this [present triumph] to
their ultimate fate!</span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: .25in;"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">30 How could one have chased a thousand, and two put ten thousand to
flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had delivered them up? </span></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn21" name="_ednref21" style="mso-endnote-id: edn21;" title=""><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vi]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></b></a><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lessons from
the wilderness… </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Ever wonder where I got this theme? Why do I
call my epistles “Lessons from the Wilderness”? Well, there are two reasons.
The minor reason is that I had traveled in the wilderness of this world for forty
years exactly to the day. I suffer defeat and joy, anguish and happiness, good times,
and madness. Addiction plagued me; mental depression haunted me. I worked successfully
for a long time as a functional addict but failed as a father and a husband for
the same reason. At times I felt like Nebuchadnezzar, lost to his madness and
dwelling as a beast in the field…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="text-align: center;">Daniel
4:19-37 (AV 1873)</b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><sup><span lang="EN">19</span></sup><span lang="EN"> Then Daniel, </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn22" name="_ednref22" title=""><sup>m</sup></a><span lang="EN">whose name <i>was</i> Belteshazzar, was astonied </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn23" name="_ednref23" title=""><sup>o</sup></a><span lang="EN">for one hour, and </span><sup>o<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn24" name="_ednref24" title="">o</a></sup><span lang="EN">his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not
the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered
and said, My lord, </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn25" name="_ednref25" title=""><sup>p</sup></a><span lang="EN">the dream <i>be</i> to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof
to thine enemies. <sup>20</sup> </span><sup>p<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn26" name="_ednref26" title="">p</a></sup><span lang="EN">The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached
unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth; <sup>21</sup> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn27" name="_ednref27" title=""><sup>q</sup></a><span lang="EN">whose leaves <i>were</i> fair, and the fruit thereof
much, and in it <i>was</i> meat for all; </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn28" name="_ednref28" title=""><sup>q</sup></a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn29" name="_ednref29" title=""><sup>r</sup></a><span lang="EN">under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the
fowls of the heaven had their habitation: <sup>22</sup> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn30" name="_ednref30" title=""><sup>r</sup></a><span lang="EN">it <i>is</i> thou, O king, that art grown and become
strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn31" name="_ednref31" title=""><sup>s</sup></a><span lang="EN">thy dominion </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn32" name="_ednref32" title=""><sup>t</sup></a><span lang="EN">to the end of the earth. <sup>23</sup> And whereas </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn33" name="_ednref33" title=""><sup>u</sup></a><span lang="EN">the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from
heaven, and saying, </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn34" name="_ednref34" title=""><sup>v</sup></a><span lang="EN">Hew the tree down, and destroy it; </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn35" name="_ednref35" title=""><sup>w</sup></a><span lang="EN">yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of
iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the
dew of heaven, and <i>let</i> his portion <i>be</i> with the beasts of the
field, </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn36" name="_ednref36" title=""><sup>d</sup></a><span lang="EN">till seven times pass
over him; <sup>24</sup> this <i>is</i> the interpretation, O king, and
this <i>is</i> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn37" name="_ednref37" title=""><sup>e</sup></a><span lang="EN">the decree of </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn38" name="_ednref38" title=""><sup>j</sup></a><span lang="EN">the most High, which is come upon my lord the king: <sup>25</sup> that
</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn39" name="_ednref39" title=""><sup>x</sup></a><span lang="EN">they <i>shall</i> drive thee from men, and thy dwelling
shall be with the beasts of the field, and </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn40" name="_ednref40" title=""><sup>x</sup></a><span lang="EN">they shall make thee </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn41" name="_ednref41" title=""><sup>y</sup></a><span lang="EN">to eat grass as oxen, and they <i>shall</i> wet thee with the dew of heaven,
and </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn42" name="_ednref42" title=""><sup>d</sup></a><span lang="EN">seven times shall pass
over thee, </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn43" name="_ednref43" title=""><sup>x</sup></a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn44" name="_ednref44" title=""><sup>z</sup></a><span lang="EN">till thou know </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn45" name="_ednref45" title=""><sup>i</sup></a><span lang="EN">that </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn46" name="_ednref46" title=""><sup>j</sup></a><span lang="EN">the most High ruleth in
the kingdom of men, and </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn47" name="_ednref47" title=""><sup>i</sup></a><span lang="EN">giveth it to whomsoever he will. <sup>26</sup> And whereas they
commanded </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn48" name="_ednref48" title=""><sup>w</sup></a><span lang="EN">to leave the stump of the
tree roots; thy kingdom <i>shall be</i> sure unto thee, after that thou shalt
have known that </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn49" name="_ednref49" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span lang="EN">the heavens do rule. <sup>27</sup> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn50" name="_ednref50" title=""><sup>b</sup></a><span lang="EN">Wherefore, O king, let my counsel </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn51" name="_ednref51" title=""><sup>c</sup></a><span lang="EN">be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn52" name="_ednref52" title=""><sup>d</sup></a><span lang="EN">righteousness, and </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn53" name="_ednref53" title=""><sup>e</sup></a><span lang="EN">thine iniquities by </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn54" name="_ednref54" title=""><sup>f</sup></a><span lang="EN">shewing mercy to the poor; </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn55" name="_ednref55" title=""><sup>g</sup></a><span lang="EN">if it may be </span><sup>|<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn56" name="_ednref56" title="">|</a></sup><span lang="EN">a </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn57" name="_ednref57" title=""><sup>k</sup></a><span lang="EN">lengthening of thy </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn58" name="_ednref58" title=""><sup>l</sup></a><span lang="EN">tranquillity.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">28</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> All this came upon
the king Nebuchadnezzar. <sup>29</sup> At the end of twelve months he
walked </span><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">|<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn59" name="_ednref59" style="mso-endnote-id: edn59;" title="">|</a></span></sup><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in the palace of the
kingdom of Babylon.<sup>30</sup> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn60" name="_ednref60" style="mso-endnote-id: edn60;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">m</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The king spake, and said, <i>Is</i> not this great Babylon, that I have
built for </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn61" name="_ednref61" style="mso-endnote-id: edn61;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">n</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the house of the kingdom
by </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn62" name="_ednref62" style="mso-endnote-id: edn62;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">o</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the might of </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn63" name="_ednref63" style="mso-endnote-id: edn63;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">o</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">my power, and for </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn64" name="_ednref64" style="mso-endnote-id: edn64;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">o</span></sup></a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn65" name="_ednref65" style="mso-endnote-id: edn65;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">p</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the honour of </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn66" name="_ednref66" style="mso-endnote-id: edn66;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">p</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">my majesty? <sup>31</sup> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn67" name="_ednref67" style="mso-endnote-id: edn67;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">*</span></sup></a><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">p<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn68" name="_ednref68" style="mso-endnote-id: edn68;" title="">p</a></span></sup><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">While the word <i>was</i> in the king’s mouth, there fell
a voice from heaven, </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn69" name="_ednref69" style="mso-endnote-id: edn69;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">q</span></sup></a><i><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">saying</span></i><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">, O king Nebuchadnezzar,
to thee </span><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">q<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn70" name="_ednref70" style="mso-endnote-id: edn70;" title="">q</a></span></sup><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">it is spoken; The kingdom
is departed from thee. <sup>32</sup> And </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn71" name="_ednref71" style="mso-endnote-id: edn71;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">r</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">they <i>shall</i> drive thee from men, and thy dwelling <i>shall be</i>
with the beasts of the field: </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn72" name="_ednref72" style="mso-endnote-id: edn72;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">r</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn73" name="_ednref73" style="mso-endnote-id: edn73;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">r</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and seven times shall pass over thee, </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn74" name="_ednref74" style="mso-endnote-id: edn74;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">r</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn75" name="_ednref75" style="mso-endnote-id: edn75;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">r</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and giveth it to whomsoever he will. <sup>33</sup> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn76" name="_ednref76" style="mso-endnote-id: edn76;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">s</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon
Nebuchadnezzar: and he <i>was</i> driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen,
and </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn77" name="_ednref77" style="mso-endnote-id: edn77;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">t</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">his body was wet with the
dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles’ <i>feathers</i>, and his
nails like birds’ <i>claws</i>. <sup>34</sup> And </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn78" name="_ednref78" style="mso-endnote-id: edn78;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">†</span></sup></a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn79" name="_ednref79" style="mso-endnote-id: edn79;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">u</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lift up </span><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">u<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn80" name="_ednref80" style="mso-endnote-id: edn80;" title="">u</a></span></sup><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned
unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn81" name="_ednref81" style="mso-endnote-id: edn81;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">v</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">honoured him </span><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">v<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn82" name="_ednref82" style="mso-endnote-id: edn82;" title="">v</a></span></sup><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">that liveth for ever, </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn83" name="_ednref83" style="mso-endnote-id: edn83;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">w</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">whose dominion <i>is</i> an everlasting dominion, and </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn84" name="_ednref84" style="mso-endnote-id: edn84;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">w</span></sup></a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn85" name="_ednref85" style="mso-endnote-id: edn85;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">x</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">his kingdom <i>is</i> from generation to generation: <sup>35</sup> and
all </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn86" name="_ednref86" style="mso-endnote-id: edn86;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">y</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the inhabitants of the
earth </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn87" name="_ednref87" style="mso-endnote-id: edn87;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">z</span></sup></a><i><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">are</span></i><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> reputed as nothing: and </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn88" name="_ednref88" style="mso-endnote-id: edn88;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">a</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and <i>among</i> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn89" name="_ednref89" style="mso-endnote-id: edn89;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">y</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the inhabitants of the earth: and </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn90" name="_ednref90" style="mso-endnote-id: edn90;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">b</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">none can stay his hand, </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn91" name="_ednref91" style="mso-endnote-id: edn91;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">c</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">or say unto him, </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn92" name="_ednref92" style="mso-endnote-id: edn92;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">c</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">What doest thou? <sup>36</sup> At the same time </span><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">u<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn93" name="_ednref93" style="mso-endnote-id: edn93;" title="">u</a></span></sup><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">my reason returned unto me; and for </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn94" name="_ednref94" style="mso-endnote-id: edn94;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">e</span></sup></a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn95" name="_ednref95" style="mso-endnote-id: edn95;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">d</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the glory of my kingdom, </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn96" name="_ednref96" style="mso-endnote-id: edn96;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">d</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">mine honour and </span><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">d<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn97" name="_ednref97" style="mso-endnote-id: edn97;" title="">d</a></span></sup><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">brightness
returned unto me; and my </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn98" name="_ednref98" style="mso-endnote-id: edn98;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">e</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">counsellers and my </span><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">e<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn99" name="_ednref99" style="mso-endnote-id: edn99;" title="">e</a></span></sup><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">lords sought unto
me; and I </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn100" name="_ednref100" style="mso-endnote-id: edn100;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">f</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn101" name="_ednref101" style="mso-endnote-id: edn101;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">g</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">was added unto me. <sup>37</sup> Now I
Nebuchadnezzar </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn102" name="_ednref102" style="mso-endnote-id: edn102;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">h</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">praise and extol and </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn103" name="_ednref103" style="mso-endnote-id: edn103;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">h</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">honour </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn104" name="_ednref104" style="mso-endnote-id: edn104;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">i</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the King of heaven, </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn105" name="_ednref105" style="mso-endnote-id: edn105;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">k</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">all whose works <i>are</i> truth, and </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn106" name="_ednref106" style="mso-endnote-id: edn106;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">l</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">his ways judgment: and </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn107" name="_ednref107" style="mso-endnote-id: edn107;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">m</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">those that walk in pride he <i>is</i> able to abase.</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn108" name="_ednref108" style="mso-endnote-id: edn108;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b> </b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vWrKkK_sHnxizcSKdV6F7zrmzNVVyMcUIWimRkiS131odkD8lOiygrJ63oAsmvhb0HuEQMbE9wqIVxlW7NMvSCyCi9JbXGquLsVgFG9wntXbGdnLg_6siHg3HSGq8kpJNQkc0n1bjf5s/s540/Line.gif" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vWrKkK_sHnxizcSKdV6F7zrmzNVVyMcUIWimRkiS131odkD8lOiygrJ63oAsmvhb0HuEQMbE9wqIVxlW7NMvSCyCi9JbXGquLsVgFG9wntXbGdnLg_6siHg3HSGq8kpJNQkc0n1bjf5s/w640-h4/Line.gif" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;">In my pride and ignorance, I wandered for
forty years. </b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I was as the wicked man Job spoke of:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b style="text-align: center;">Job
15:20-33 (CJB)</b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 27.0pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.5in;"><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">20 </span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“The
wicked is in torment all his life, for all the years allotted to the tyrant.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 27.0pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.5in;"><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">21 </span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Terrifying
sounds are in his ears; in prosperity, robbers swoop down on him.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 27.0pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.5in;"><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">22 </span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He
despairs of returning from darkness— he is destined to meet the sword.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 27.0pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.5in;"><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">23 </span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He
wanders and looks for food, which is not there. He knows the day of darkness is
ready, at hand.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 27.0pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.5in;"><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">24 </span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Distress
and anguish overwhelm him, assaulting him like a king about to enter battle.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 27.0pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.5in;"><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">25 </span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“He
raises his hand against God and boldly defies <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Shaddai</i>,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 27.0pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.5in;"><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">26 </span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>running
against him with head held high and thickly ornamented shield.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 27.0pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.5in;"><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">27 </span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“He
lets his face grow gross and fat, and the rest of him bulges with blubber;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 27.0pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.5in;"><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">28 </span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>he
lives in abandoned cities, in houses no one would inhabit, houses about to
become ruins;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 27.0pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.5in;"><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">29 </span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>therefore
he will not remain rich, his wealth will not endure, his produce will not bend [the
grain stalks] to the earth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 27.0pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.5in;"><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">30 </span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“He
will not escape from darkness. The flame will dry up his branches. By a breath
from the mouth of [God], he will go away.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 27.0pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.5in;"><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">31 </span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Let
him not rely on futile methods, thereby deceiving himself; for what he will
receive in exchange will be only futility.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 27.0pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.5in;"><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">32 </span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>This
will be accomplished in advance of its day. His palm frond will not be fresh
and green;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 27.0pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.5in;"><sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">33 </span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>he
will be like a vine that sheds its unripe grapes, like an olive tree that drops
its flowers. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn109" name="_ednref109" style="mso-endnote-id: edn109;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[viii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I could go on and on, but on the day of
my fortieth year, from my birthday of thirteen to my fifty-third birthday this
word came to me:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="text-align: center;">Deuteronomy
8:1-3 (HCSB)</b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">8</span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> “You must
carefully follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and
increase, and may enter and take possession of the land <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn110" name="_ednref110" style="mso-endnote-id: edn110;" title=""><sup>v</sup></a> the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> swore to your fathers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><sup><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">2 </span></sup></b><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Remember that the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> your God led you on the entire
journey these 40 years in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test
you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commands.</span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><sup><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">3 </span></sup><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">He humbled you by
letting you go hungry; then He gave you manna to eat, which you and your
fathers had not known, so that you might learn that man does not live on bread
alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn111" name="_ednref111" style="mso-endnote-id: edn111;" title=""><sup>w</sup></a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn112" name="_ednref112" style="mso-endnote-id: edn112;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[ix]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br clear="all" /></span></b><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This is the minor reason I call my epistles
“Lessons from the Wilderness”. The real reason, the major one? It is because
from the wilderness we are to take our cue, <b><i>we are to learn what not to
do and what we must do</i></b>. It is not about what I have learned that I then
try to pass on to you, my beloved. It is because from the wilderness came the
Torah. From the wilderness came the Prophets of Old. From 40 days and nights in
the wilderness came our Messiah. From the wilderness, the voice of God speaks
to us, so that with our fragile breaths we may pass on what we have heard. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">What
I have heard instead of His words, I have heard fragile breaths in fear. Fear
of the pestilence by night and the sword by day. Fear of the government as they
struggle to control the masses. Fear of the masses as the government struggles
to contain them. Economic fears. Fears of the strangers pouring across our
borders, for we know it all portends an ill wind. Fears from lies told to us by
those who profit off our fear, by the lies of the government/corporate run
media complex. We are told what to think, what to wear, where to go, how to
keep our jobs (take the jab!). Fear, Fear, Fear, Fear. That is all I hear. I
hear not these words:</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Isaiah
51:12-23 (NASB)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .75in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">12 </span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“<span style="color: black;">I</span>,
even I, am He who <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>comforts you. Who are you that you are afraid of <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>man
who dies and of the son of man who is made <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>like grass,</span>13 That you have <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>forgotten the <span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> your Maker, Who <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>stretched
out the heavensAnd laid the
foundations of the earth, That you <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>fear continually all day long because
of the fury of the oppressor, As he makes ready to destroy? But where is the
fury of the <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" title=""><sup>d</sup></a>oppressor?14 “The <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8" title=""><sup>1</sup></a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ftn9" name="_ftnref9" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>exile will soon be
set free, and will not die in the dungeon, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ftn10" name="_ftnref10" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>nor will his bread be
lacking.15 “For I am the <span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>
your God, who <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ftn11" name="_ftnref11" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>stirs up the sea and its waves roar (the <span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> of hosts is His name). 16 “I have <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn113" name="_ednref113" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>put My words in your
mouth and have <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn114" name="_ednref114" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>covered you with the shadow of My
hand, to <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn115" name="_ednref115" title=""><sup>1</sup></a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn116" name="_ednref116" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>establish the heavens, to found the
earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’ ”</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .75in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b>17</b> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn117" name="_ednref117" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>Rouse yourself! Rouse yourself!
Arise, O Jerusalem, You who have <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn118" name="_ednref118" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>drunk
from the <span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord’s</span> hand the cup of
His anger; The <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn119" name="_ednref119" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>chalice of reeling you have <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn120" name="_ednref120" title=""><sup>2</sup></a>drained
to the dregs.</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .75in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;">18 There is <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn121" name="_ednref121" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>none to guide her
among all the sons she has borne, nor is there one to take her by the hand
among all the sons she has reared.19 These two things have befallen you; Who will
mourn for you? The <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn122" name="_ednref122" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>devastation and destruction, famine
and sword;</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">How shall I comfort
you?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .75in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">20 <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Your sons have fainted, They <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn123" name="_ednref123" style="mso-endnote-id: edn123;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>lie
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">helpless</i> at the head of every street,
like an <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn124" name="_ednref124" style="mso-endnote-id: edn124;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>antelope in a net, full of the wrath of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>, The <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn125" name="_ednref125" style="mso-endnote-id: edn125;" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>rebuke of your God.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .75in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">21</span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> Therefore, please hear this,
you <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn126" name="_ednref126" style="mso-endnote-id: edn126;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>afflicted,
Who are <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn127" name="_ednref127" style="mso-endnote-id: edn127;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>drunk, but not with wine:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .75in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">22 <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Thus says your Lord, the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>, even your God Who <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn128" name="_ednref128" style="mso-endnote-id: edn128;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>contends
for His people,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">“Behold, I have
taken out of your hand the <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn129" name="_ednref129" style="mso-endnote-id: edn129;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>cup of reeling, The <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn130" name="_ednref130" style="mso-endnote-id: edn130;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>chalice
of My anger;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">You will never
drink it again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">23 “I will <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn131" name="_ednref131" style="mso-endnote-id: edn131;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>put
it into the hand of your tormentors,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Who have said to <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn132" name="_ednref132" style="mso-endnote-id: edn132;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>you,
‘<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn133" name="_ednref133" style="mso-endnote-id: edn133;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>Lie
down that we may walk over <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">you.</i>’ You
have even made your back like the ground And like the street for those who walk
over <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">it.</i>” <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn134" name="_ednref134" style="mso-endnote-id: edn134;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[x]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vWrKkK_sHnxizcSKdV6F7zrmzNVVyMcUIWimRkiS131odkD8lOiygrJ63oAsmvhb0HuEQMbE9wqIVxlW7NMvSCyCi9JbXGquLsVgFG9wntXbGdnLg_6siHg3HSGq8kpJNQkc0n1bjf5s/s540/Line.gif" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vWrKkK_sHnxizcSKdV6F7zrmzNVVyMcUIWimRkiS131odkD8lOiygrJ63oAsmvhb0HuEQMbE9wqIVxlW7NMvSCyCi9JbXGquLsVgFG9wntXbGdnLg_6siHg3HSGq8kpJNQkc0n1bjf5s/w640-h4/Line.gif" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><span style="text-align: left;">The curse against humankind will be lifted to the Jew/Israelite
first, then to the Gentiles who believe, but this peace comes with a price. Contrary
to what one might have been taught, there comes the correction, then suffering,
then the winnowing. The process is simple; we are called, then tried and
threshed, and the chaff is separated from the wheat – the winnowing. We must be
tried, purified by fire, else we are impure vessels, not fit for holy work. How
can one tell what is pure or not? By the word.</span> </p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Psalm 12<sup>3<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn135" name="_ednref135" style="mso-endnote-id: edn135;" title="">2</a><o:p></o:p></sup></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">For the music director; according to the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">sheminith</i> style;<sup>3<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn136" name="_ednref136" style="mso-endnote-id: edn136;" title="">3</a></sup> a psalm of David.</span><b><sup>12:1 </sup></b>Deliver, <span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>! For the
godly<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn137" name="_ednref137" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>
have disappeared;<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn138" name="_ednref138" title=""><sup>2</sup></a> people of integrity<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn139" name="_ednref139" title=""><sup>3</sup></a>
have vanished.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn140" name="_ednref140" title=""><sup>4</sup></a> <b><sup>12:2 </sup></b>People lie to one another;<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn141" name="_ednref141" title=""><sup>5</sup></a> they flatter and
deceive.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn142" name="_ednref142" title=""><sup>6</sup></a><b><sup>12:3 </sup></b>May the <span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> cut off<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn143" name="_ednref143" title=""><sup>7</sup></a>
all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts!<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn144" name="_ednref144" title=""><sup>8</sup></a> <b><sup>12:4 </sup></b>They say,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn145" name="_ednref145" title=""><sup>9</sup></a> “We speak persuasively;<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn146" name="_ednref146" title="">0</a></sup>
we know how to flatter and boast.<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn147" name="_ednref147" title="">1</a></sup> Who is our master?”<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn148" name="_ednref148" title="">2</a> </sup><b><sup>12:5 </sup></b>“Because of the violence done to the oppressed,<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn149" name="_ednref149" title="">3</a></sup>
because of the painful cries<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn150" name="_ednref150" title="">4</a></sup> of the needy, I will
spring into action,”<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn151" name="_ednref151" title="">5</a></sup> says the <span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>.
“I will provide the safety they so desperately desire.”<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn152" name="_ednref152" title="">6</a> </sup> </p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">12:6 </span></sup></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>’s words are absolutely reliable.<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn153" name="_ednref153" style="mso-endnote-id: edn153;" title="">7</a></sup>
They are as untainted as silver purified in a furnace on the ground, where it
is thoroughly refined.<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn154" name="_ednref154" style="mso-endnote-id: edn154;" title="">8</a><o:p></o:p></sup></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b><sup>12:7 </sup></b>You, <span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>, will protect
them;<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn155" name="_ednref155" title="">9</a></sup> you will continually shelter each one from these evil
people,<sup>2<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn156" name="_ednref156" title="">0</a> </sup><b><sup>12:8 </sup></b>for the wicked seem to be everywhere,<sup>2<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn157" name="_ednref157" title="">1</a></sup> when people
promote evil.<sup>2<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn158" name="_ednref158" title="">2</a></sup> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn159" name="_ednref159" title=""><sup><sup><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xi]</span></sup></sup></a></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">And again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Psalm 66:8-14
(NASB95)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"> <b>8 </b>Bless our God, O peoples, and <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn160" name="_ednref160" title=""><sup>1</sup></a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn161" name="_ednref161" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>sound His
praise abroad,</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>9 Who <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn162" name="_ednref162" style="mso-endnote-id: edn162;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn163" name="_ednref163" style="mso-endnote-id: edn163;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>keeps
us in life and <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn164" name="_ednref164" style="mso-endnote-id: edn164;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>does not allow our feet to <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn165" name="_ednref165" style="mso-endnote-id: edn165;" title=""><sup>2</sup></a>slip.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><b>10 For You have <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn166" name="_ednref166" style="mso-endnote-id: edn166;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>tried
us, O God; You have <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn167" name="_ednref167" style="mso-endnote-id: edn167;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>refined us as silver is refined.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>11 You <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn168" name="_ednref168" style="mso-endnote-id: edn168;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>brought us
into the net; You laid an oppressive burden upon our loins.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>12 You made men <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn169" name="_ednref169" style="mso-endnote-id: edn169;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>ride
over our heads; We went through <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn170" name="_ednref170" style="mso-endnote-id: edn170;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>fire and through water,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Yet You <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn171" name="_ednref171" style="mso-endnote-id: edn171;" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>brought
us out into <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">a place of</i> abundance.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>13 I shall <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn172" name="_ednref172" style="mso-endnote-id: edn172;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>come into
Your house with burnt offerings; I shall <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn173" name="_ednref173" style="mso-endnote-id: edn173;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>pay You my vows,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>14 Which my lips uttered and my
mouth spoke when I was <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn174" name="_ednref174" style="mso-endnote-id: edn174;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>in distress.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn175" name="_ednref175" style="mso-endnote-id: edn175;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>These are but
two portions of scripture which show us the process of turning us into vessels
of holiness, worthy to be used for the Kingdom of God. Two other portions
describe it this way:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="text-align: center;">Zechariah
13:8-9 (ESV)</b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><sup><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">8 </span></sup></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In the whole land, declares the Lord, two thirds shall be
cut off and perish,</span><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> s</span></sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and one third shall be left alive.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><sup><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">9 </span></sup></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And </span></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn176" name="_ednref176" style="mso-endnote-id: edn176;" title=""><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">t</span></sup></b></a><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as
one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested.</span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn177" name="_ednref177" style="mso-endnote-id: edn177;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">u</span></sup></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">They will call upon my name, and </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn178" name="_ednref178" style="mso-endnote-id: edn178;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">v</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I will answer them. </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn179" name="_ednref179" style="mso-endnote-id: edn179;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">w</span></sup></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I will say, ‘They are my people’; and they will say, ‘The
Lord is my God.’ ” </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn180" name="_ednref180" style="mso-endnote-id: edn180;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xiii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>1 Peter
1:3-9 (ESV)</b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><sup><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">3 </span></sup></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn181" name="_ednref181" style="mso-endnote-id: edn181;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">g</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn182" name="_ednref182" style="mso-endnote-id: edn182;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">h</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">According to his great mercy, </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn183" name="_ednref183" style="mso-endnote-id: edn183;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">i</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">he has caused us to be born again to a living hope </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn184" name="_ednref184" style="mso-endnote-id: edn184;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">j</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, <b><sup>4
</sup></b>to </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn185" name="_ednref185" style="mso-endnote-id: edn185;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">k</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn186" name="_ednref186" style="mso-endnote-id: edn186;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">l</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">unfading, </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn187" name="_ednref187" style="mso-endnote-id: edn187;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">m</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">kept in heaven for you, <b><sup>5 </sup></b>who by God’s power are being
guarded </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn188" name="_ednref188" style="mso-endnote-id: edn188;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">n</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">through faith for a salvation </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn189" name="_ednref189" style="mso-endnote-id: edn189;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">o</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ready to be revealed in the last time. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><sup><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">6 </span></sup></b><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In this you
rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by </span></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn190" name="_ednref190" style="mso-endnote-id: edn190;" title=""><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">p</span></sup></b></a><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">various trials, <sup>7 </sup>so that </span></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn191" name="_ednref191" style="mso-endnote-id: edn191;" title=""><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">q</span></sup></b></a><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than
gold that perishes </span></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn192" name="_ednref192" style="mso-endnote-id: edn192;" title=""><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">r</span></sup></b></a><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">though it is tested by </span></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn193" name="_ednref193" style="mso-endnote-id: edn193;" title=""><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">s</span></sup></b></a><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">fire—may be found to result in </span></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn194" name="_ednref194" style="mso-endnote-id: edn194;" title=""><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">t</span></sup></b></a><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus
Christ.</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><sup><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">8 </span></sup></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn195" name="_ednref195" style="mso-endnote-id: edn195;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">u</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Though you have not seen him, you love him. </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn196" name="_ednref196" style="mso-endnote-id: edn196;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">v</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that
is inexpressible and filled with glory, <b><sup>9 </sup></b>obtaining </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn197" name="_ednref197" style="mso-endnote-id: edn197;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">w</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn198" name="_ednref198" style="mso-endnote-id: edn198;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xiv]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">Therefore
brethren, if we know we must go through the process of refinement, why do we
fear? In fact, what is there to fear? Even the death of our body cannot deprive
us of the glory that awaits us. Hear today the Master’s own words:</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b>Matthew 10:16-39 (NASB95)</b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -27.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">16</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn199" name="_ednref199" style="mso-endnote-id: edn199;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">a</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves;
so </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn200" name="_ednref200" style="mso-endnote-id: edn200;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">be </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn201" name="_ednref201" style="mso-endnote-id: edn201;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">b</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">shrewd as serpents and </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn202" name="_ednref202" style="mso-endnote-id: edn202;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">c</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">innocent as doves. </span><span lang="EN" style="text-indent: -27pt;">17</span><span style="text-indent: -27pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-indent: -27pt;">“But beware of men, for they will hand you over
to <i>the </i></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn203" name="_ednref203" style="text-indent: -27pt;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-indent: -27pt;">courts and scourge you </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn204" name="_ednref204" style="text-indent: -27pt;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-indent: -27pt;">in their synagogues; </span><span lang="EN" style="text-indent: -27pt;">18</span><span style="text-indent: -27pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-indent: -27pt;">and you will even be brought before governors
and kings for My sake, </span><span style="color: red; text-indent: -27pt;">as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -27.0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">19</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><b><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn205" name="_ednref205" style="mso-endnote-id: edn205;" title=""><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">a</span></sup></b></a><b><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">But when they hand you over, </span></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn206" name="_ednref206" style="mso-endnote-id: edn206;" title=""><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">b</span></sup></b></a><b><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">do not worry about how or what you are to say;
for it will be given you in that hour what you are to say.</span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -27.0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">20</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“For </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn207" name="_ednref207" style="mso-endnote-id: edn207;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">a</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">it is not you who speak, but <i>it is </i>the Spirit of
your Father who speaks in you. </span><b style="text-indent: -27pt;"><span lang="EN">21</span></b><span style="text-indent: -27pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-indent: -27pt;">“</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn208" name="_ednref208" style="text-indent: -27pt;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-indent: -27pt;">Brother will betray brother to death, and a father <i>his
</i>child; and </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn209" name="_ednref209" style="text-indent: -27pt;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-indent: -27pt;">children will rise up against parents and </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn210" name="_ednref210" style="text-indent: -27pt;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-indent: -27pt;">cause them to be put to death.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -27.0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">22</span> <b> </b><b><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn211" name="_ednref211" style="mso-endnote-id: edn211;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">a</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">You will be hated by all because of My name, </span><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-indent: -27pt;">but </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn212" name="_ednref212" style="text-indent: -27pt;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-indent: -27pt;">it is the one who has endured to the end who will be
saved.</span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -27.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">23</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“But whenever they </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn213" name="_ednref213" style="mso-endnote-id: edn213;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">a</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">persecute you in </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn214" name="_ednref214" style="mso-endnote-id: edn214;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">one city, flee to </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn215" name="_ednref215" style="mso-endnote-id: edn215;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the next; for truly I say to you, you will not finish <i>going
through </i>the cities of Israel </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn216" name="_ednref216" style="mso-endnote-id: edn216;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">b</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">until the Son of Man comes. </span><b style="text-indent: -27pt;"><span lang="EN">24</span></b><span style="text-indent: -27pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-indent: -27pt;">“</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn217" name="_ednref217" style="text-indent: -27pt;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-indent: -27pt;">A </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn218" name="_ednref218" style="text-indent: -27pt;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-indent: -27pt;">disciple is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his
master. </span><span lang="EN" style="text-indent: -27pt;">25</span><span style="text-indent: -27pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-indent: -27pt;">“It is enough for the disciple that he become
like his teacher, and the slave like his master. </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn219" name="_ednref219" style="text-indent: -27pt;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-indent: -27pt;">If they have called the head of the house </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn220" name="_ednref220" style="text-indent: -27pt;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn221" name="_ednref221" style="text-indent: -27pt;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-indent: -27pt;">Beelzebul, how much more <i>will they malign </i>the
members of his household! </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -27.0pt;"><b style="text-indent: -27pt;"><span lang="EN">26</span></b><b style="text-indent: -27pt;"> </b><b style="text-indent: -27pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Therefore do not </span></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn222" name="_ednref222" style="text-indent: -27pt;" title=""><b><sup>a</sup></b></a><b style="text-indent: -27pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">fear them, </span></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn223" name="_ednref223" style="text-indent: -27pt;" title=""><b><sup>b</sup></b></a><b style="text-indent: -27pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">for there is nothing concealed that will not be
revealed, or hidden that will not be known.</span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -27.0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">27</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn224" name="_ednref224" style="mso-endnote-id: edn224;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">a</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and
what you hear <i>whispered </i>in <i>your </i>ear, proclaim </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn225" name="_ednref225" style="mso-endnote-id: edn225;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">b</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">upon the housetops.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -27.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">28</span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Do not fear those who kill the body but are
unable to kill the soul; but rather </span></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn226" name="_ednref226" style="mso-endnote-id: edn226;" title=""><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">a</span></sup></b></a><b><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and
body in </span></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn227" name="_ednref227" style="mso-endnote-id: edn227;" title=""><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1</span></sup></b></a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn228" name="_ednref228" style="mso-endnote-id: edn228;" title=""><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">b</span></sup></b></a><b><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">hell.</span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -27.0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">29</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn229" name="_ednref229" style="mso-endnote-id: edn229;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">a</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Are not two sparrows sold for a </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn230" name="_ednref230" style="mso-endnote-id: edn230;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">cent? </span><span style="color: red; text-indent: -27pt;">And </span><i style="color: red; text-indent: -27pt;">yet </i><span style="color: red; text-indent: -27pt;">not one of them will fall to the
ground apart from your Father. </span><span lang="EN" style="text-indent: -27pt;">30</span><span style="text-indent: -27pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-indent: -27pt;">“But </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn231" name="_ednref231" style="text-indent: -27pt;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-indent: -27pt;">the very hairs of your head are all numbered.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -27.0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">31</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><b><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“So do not fear; </span></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn232" name="_ednref232" style="mso-endnote-id: edn232;" title=""><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">a</span></sup></b></a><b><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">you are more valuable than many sparrows.</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -27.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">32</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Therefore </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn233" name="_ednref233" style="mso-endnote-id: edn233;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">a</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">everyone who </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn234" name="_ednref234" style="mso-endnote-id: edn234;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">confesses Me before men, I will also confess </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn235" name="_ednref235" style="mso-endnote-id: edn235;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">him before My Father who is in heaven. </span><span lang="EN" style="text-indent: -27pt;">33</span><span style="text-indent: -27pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-indent: -27pt;">“But </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn236" name="_ednref236" style="text-indent: -27pt;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-indent: -27pt;">whoever </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn237" name="_ednref237" style="text-indent: -27pt;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-indent: -27pt;">denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My
Father who is in heaven. </span><b style="text-indent: -27pt;"><span lang="EN">34</span></b><span style="text-indent: -27pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-indent: -27pt;">“</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn238" name="_ednref238" style="text-indent: -27pt;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-indent: -27pt;">Do not think that I came to </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn239" name="_ednref239" style="text-indent: -27pt;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-indent: -27pt;">bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace,
but a sword. </span><span lang="EN" style="text-indent: -27pt;">35</span><span style="text-indent: -27pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-indent: -27pt;">“For I came to </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn240" name="_ednref240" style="text-indent: -27pt;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-indent: -27pt;">set a man</span><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-indent: -27pt;"> <span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">against his father</span>,
<span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">and a daughter</span> <span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">against her mother</span>, <span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">and a daughter-in-law</span> <span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">against her mother-in-law</span>; </span><span lang="EN" style="text-indent: -27pt;">36</span><span style="text-indent: -27pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-indent: -27pt;">and </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn241" name="_ednref241" style="text-indent: -27pt;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-indent: -27pt;">a man’s</span><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-indent: -27pt;"> <span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">enemies will be
the members of his household</span>. </span><b style="text-indent: -27pt;"><span lang="EN">37</span></b><span style="text-indent: -27pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-indent: -27pt;">“</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn242" name="_ednref242" style="text-indent: -27pt;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-indent: -27pt;">He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy
of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -27.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">38</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“And </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn243" name="_ednref243" style="mso-endnote-id: edn243;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">a</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not
worthy of Me.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -27.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">39</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn244" name="_ednref244" style="mso-endnote-id: edn244;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">a</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">He who has found his </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn245" name="_ednref245" style="mso-endnote-id: edn245;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">life will lose it, and he who has lost his </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn246" name="_ednref246" style="mso-endnote-id: edn246;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">life for My sake will find it. </span></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn247" name="_ednref247" style="mso-endnote-id: edn247;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>[xv]</b></span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vWrKkK_sHnxizcSKdV6F7zrmzNVVyMcUIWimRkiS131odkD8lOiygrJ63oAsmvhb0HuEQMbE9wqIVxlW7NMvSCyCi9JbXGquLsVgFG9wntXbGdnLg_6siHg3HSGq8kpJNQkc0n1bjf5s/s540/Line.gif" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vWrKkK_sHnxizcSKdV6F7zrmzNVVyMcUIWimRkiS131odkD8lOiygrJ63oAsmvhb0HuEQMbE9wqIVxlW7NMvSCyCi9JbXGquLsVgFG9wntXbGdnLg_6siHg3HSGq8kpJNQkc0n1bjf5s/w640-h4/Line.gif" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 27pt;">Here in this troubled time, it is not
time to fear, but to be bold, to proclaim freedom from all that seems to beset
us: freedom from fear, from the tyranny of the governments, from the “woke” mob
who scream for our heads. I rarely quote fictional characters, but this quote
comes the tv show “Black Sails”. It sums up my feelings today…</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="text-align: center;">“These
men, who brought me here today, do not fear me. They brought me here today
because they fear you and because they know that my voice, the voice that
refuses to be enslaved, once lived in you. And may yet still. They brought me
here today to show you death and use it to frighten you into ignoring that
voice. But know this. We are many. They are a few. To face death is a choice.
And they can't hang us all. Get on with it…”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn248" name="_ednref248" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xvi]</span></b></span></span></a></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Those familiar with this know it ends with a swear-word which I
will leave out here. But there is truth in these words. Those that taunt us
with fear – it is they that are afraid. Did not Jacob (James) the brother of
Yeshua tell us this very thing?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">James 2:14-19<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">14 </span></sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">What good
is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can
his faith <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn249" name="_ednref249" style="mso-endnote-id: edn249;" title=""><sup>z</sup></a> save him? </span><sup>15 </sup>If a
brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily food <sup>16 </sup>and
one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well,” but you do not
give them what the body needs, what good is it? <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn250" name="_ednref250" title=""><sup>a</sup></a> <sup>17 </sup>In the
same way faith, if it does not have works, is dead by itself. <sup>18 </sup>But
someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn251" name="_ednref251" title=""><sup>b</sup></a> Show me
your faith without works, and I will show you faith from my works. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn252" name="_ednref252" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn253" name="_ednref253" title=""><sup>d</sup></a></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">19 </span></sup></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">You
believe that God is one; you do well. The demons also believe—and they shudder.
</span></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn254" name="_ednref254" style="mso-endnote-id: edn254;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">e</span></sup></a><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_edn255" name="_ednref255" style="mso-endnote-id: edn255;" title=""><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xvii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></a></span></sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">How can we fear man when it is the
demons within man that fear Him? They are afraid you will find that fragile
breath to shout out “<b>No More!</b>” that you will draw the line in the sand
and shout “<b>No Further!</b>” This world wants us to cower, to submit to its
rule, yet it is they who are afraid. They fear Him; if He is in you, they fear
you.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We are the
many. They are the few.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Fear not.
Stand up. Declare the one whom you are allied with.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Fight.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">May He who
sits on the throne bless you this day my beloved, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Amein.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><sup>c</sup></a> Is 40:6, 7; 1 Pet 1:24<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ftnref4" name="_ftn4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a> Deut 6:12; 8:11; Is 17:10<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ftnref5" name="_ftn5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a> Job 9:8; Ps 104:2; Is 40:22; 45:12, 18; 48:13<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ftnref7" name="_ftn7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><sup>d</sup></a> Is 49:26; 54:14<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ftnref8" name="_ftn8" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn8;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a> Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">one in
chains</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ftnref9" name="_ftn9" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn9;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a> Is 48:20; 52:2<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ftnref10" name="_ftn10" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn10;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a> Is 33:6; 49:10<o:p></o:p></p>
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evidence that they (authors and translators of the NET Bible®) used in
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref5" name="_edn5" style="mso-endnote-id: edn5;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">9</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Grk</i>
“that is in you.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn6" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref6" name="_edn6" style="mso-endnote-id: edn6;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">10</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> Or “a spirit,” denoting the human
personality under the Spirit’s influence as in 1 Cor 4:21; Gal 6:1; 1 Pet 3:4.
But the reference to the Holy Spirit at the end of this section (1:14) makes it
likely that it begins this way also, so that the Holy Spirit is the referent.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn7" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref7" name="_edn7" style="mso-endnote-id: edn7;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">11</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Grk</i>
“the testimony of our Lord.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn8" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref8" name="_edn8" style="mso-endnote-id: edn8;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">12</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> Or “according to.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn9" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref9" name="_edn9" style="mso-endnote-id: edn9;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">13</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Grk</i>
“suffer hardship together,” implying “join with me in suffering.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn10" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref10" name="_edn10" style="mso-endnote-id: edn10;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">14</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> More literally, “who saved us,”
as a description of God in v. 8. Because of the length and complexity of the
Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn11" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref11" name="_edn11" style="mso-endnote-id: edn11;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">15</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> Or “according to,” or “by.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn12" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref12" name="_edn12" style="mso-endnote-id: edn12;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">16</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Grk</i> “before eternal times.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn13" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref13" name="_edn13" style="mso-endnote-id: edn13;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">17</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Grk</i> “having broken … and having brought …” (describing Christ).
Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was
started here (and at the beginning of v. 11) in the translation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn14" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref14" name="_edn14" style="mso-endnote-id: edn14;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">18</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Grk</i> “for which.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn15" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref15" name="_edn15" style="mso-endnote-id: edn15;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">19</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tc</b> Most <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">mss</span> (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">א</span><span dir="LTR"></span><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>2</span></sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
C D F G </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Ψ</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
1739 1881 𝔐 latt sy co) have </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ἐθνῶν</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ethnōn</i>, “of the Gentiles”) after “teacher.” The shorter reading has
poorer external credentials (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">א</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>*
A I 1175 <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">pc</i>), but is preferred because
</span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ἐθνῶν</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
probably represents a gloss added by copyists familiar with 1 Tim 2:7. There is
no easy explanation for the omission of the word if it were original here.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn16" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref16" name="_edn16" style="mso-endnote-id: edn16;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">20</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Grk</i> “suffer these things.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn17" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref17" name="_edn17" style="mso-endnote-id: edn17;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">21</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> Or “in whom I have believed.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn18" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref18" name="_edn18" style="mso-endnote-id: edn18;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">22</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">sn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">What has been entrusted to me</i> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Grk</i>
“my entrustment,” meaning either (1) “what I have entrusted to him” [his life,
destiny, etc.] or (2) “what he has entrusted to me” [the truth of the gospel]).
The parallel with v. 14 and use of similar words in the pastorals (1 Tim 6:20;
2 Tim 2:2) argue for the latter sense.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref19" name="_edn19" style="mso-endnote-id: edn19;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">23</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">sn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">That day</i> is a reference to the day when Paul would stand before
Christ to give account for his service (cf. 2 Tim 1:18; 1 Cor 3:13; 2 Cor
5:9–10).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;"><a name="_Hlk85458444"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">End “NET®” notes</span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk85458444;"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref20" name="_edn20" style="mso-endnote-id: edn20;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[v]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Biblical Studies Press, <a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/gs-netbible?ref=BibleNET.2Ti1.6&off=0&ctx=re%E2%80%A2%E2%80%A2%EF%BB%BF8%EF%BB%BF+is+in+you.+%0a~1%3a6%C2%A0Because+of+this+"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The NET Bible First Edition; Bible. English.
NET Bible.; The NET Bible</i></a> (Biblical Studies Press, 2005), 2 Ti 1:6–12.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref21" name="_edn21" style="mso-endnote-id: edn21;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">[vi]</span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>The Amplified Bible, containing the
amplified Old Testament and the amplified New Testament.</i> 1987. La Habra,
CA: The Lockman Foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref22" name="_edn22" style="mso-endnote-id: edn22;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">m</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">See ver. 8.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref23" name="_edn23" style="mso-endnote-id: edn23;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">o</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2 Cor. 7. 8. Gal. 2. 5. Comp. ver. 33. ch. 5. 5.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref24" name="_edn24" style="mso-endnote-id: edn24;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">oo</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ch. 5. 6.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref25" name="_edn25" style="mso-endnote-id: edn25;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">p</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Comp. 1 Sam. 25. 26. 2 Sam. 18. 32.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref26" name="_edn26" style="mso-endnote-id: edn26;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">pp</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 10, 11.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref27" name="_edn27" style="mso-endnote-id: edn27;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">q</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 12.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref28" name="_edn28" style="mso-endnote-id: edn28;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">q</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 12.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn29" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref29" name="_edn29" style="mso-endnote-id: edn29;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">r</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Comp. ch. 2. 38.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref30" name="_edn30" style="mso-endnote-id: edn30;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">r</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Comp. ch. 2. 38.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref31" name="_edn31" style="mso-endnote-id: edn31;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">s</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Comp. Jer. 27. 6–8.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref32" name="_edn32" style="mso-endnote-id: edn32;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">t</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 11.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref33" name="_edn33" style="mso-endnote-id: edn33;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">u</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 13.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref34" name="_edn34" style="mso-endnote-id: edn34;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">v</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 14.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref35" name="_edn35" style="mso-endnote-id: edn35;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">w</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 15, 26.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref36" name="_edn36" style="mso-endnote-id: edn36;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">d</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 23, 25, 32. Comp. 1 Chr. 29. 30. ch. 7. 25. &
11. 13. & 12. 7.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref37" name="_edn37" style="mso-endnote-id: edn37;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">e</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 24.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref38" name="_edn38" style="mso-endnote-id: edn38;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">j</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 24, 25, 32, 34. ch. 7. 25. See ch. 3. 26.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref39" name="_edn39" style="mso-endnote-id: edn39;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">x</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 32. ch. 5. 21.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref40" name="_edn40" style="mso-endnote-id: edn40;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">x</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 32. ch. 5. 21.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref41" name="_edn41" style="mso-endnote-id: edn41;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">y</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">So Ps. 106. 20.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref42" name="_edn42" style="mso-endnote-id: edn42;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">d</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 23, 25, 32. Comp. 1 Chr. 29. 30. ch. 7. 25. &
11. 13. & 12. 7.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref43" name="_edn43" style="mso-endnote-id: edn43;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">x</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 32. ch. 5. 21.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref44" name="_edn44" style="mso-endnote-id: edn44;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">z</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Comp. 2 Chr. 33. 13.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref45" name="_edn45" style="mso-endnote-id: edn45;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">i</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 25, 32. ch. 5. 21.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref46" name="_edn46" style="mso-endnote-id: edn46;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">j</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 24, 25, 32, 34. ch. 7. 25. See ch. 3. 26.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref47" name="_edn47" style="mso-endnote-id: edn47;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">i</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 25, 32. ch. 5. 21.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref48" name="_edn48" style="mso-endnote-id: edn48;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">w</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 15, 26.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref49" name="_edn49" style="mso-endnote-id: edn49;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">a</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Comp. Luke 15. 18, 21.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref50" name="_edn50" style="mso-endnote-id: edn50;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">b</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">See ch. 2. 6.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref51" name="_edn51" style="mso-endnote-id: edn51;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">c</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">So ver. 2 (Chald.).</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref52" name="_edn52" style="mso-endnote-id: edn52;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">d</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">See Matt. 6. 1 [marg.].</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref53" name="_edn53" style="mso-endnote-id: edn53;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">e</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">See Prov. 16. 6. & Ecclus. 3. 30.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref54" name="_edn54" style="mso-endnote-id: edn54;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">f</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Ps. 41. 1. So Ecclus. 29. 11. Matt. 25. 35. See Luke 3.
11 & 16. 9.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref55" name="_edn55" style="mso-endnote-id: edn55;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">g</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">So Acts 8. 22. 2 Tim. 2. 25. Comp. Jer. 18. 7, 8. Jonah
3. 5.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref56" name="_edn56" style="mso-endnote-id: edn56;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">||</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Or, <sup>h</sup> <i>a healing of thine</i> <sup>i</sup> <i>error</i>.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref57" name="_edn57" style="mso-endnote-id: edn57;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">k</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ch. 7. 12. Comp. 1 Kin. 21. 29.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref58" name="_edn58" style="mso-endnote-id: edn58;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">l</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">So ver. 4 (Chald.).</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref59" name="_edn59" style="mso-endnote-id: edn59;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">||</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Or, <i>upon</i>.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref60" name="_edn60" style="mso-endnote-id: edn60;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">m</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">So ch. 5. 20.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref61" name="_edn61" style="mso-endnote-id: edn61;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">n</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Amos 7. 13. See Jer. 51. 41.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref62" name="_edn62" style="mso-endnote-id: edn62;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">o</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ch. 2. 37 (Chald.).</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref63" name="_edn63" style="mso-endnote-id: edn63;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">o</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ch. 2. 37 (Chald.).</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref64" name="_edn64" style="mso-endnote-id: edn64;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">o</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ch. 2. 37 (Chald.).</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref65" name="_edn65" style="mso-endnote-id: edn65;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">p</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 36 (Chald.).</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref66" name="_edn66" style="mso-endnote-id: edn66;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">p</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 36 (Chald.).</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref67" name="_edn67" style="mso-endnote-id: edn67;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">*</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">About B.C. 569.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref68" name="_edn68" style="mso-endnote-id: edn68;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">pp</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Comp. ch. 5. 5. Luke 12. 20.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref69" name="_edn69" style="mso-endnote-id: edn69;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">q</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 8. See Ex. 18. 4.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref70" name="_edn70" style="mso-endnote-id: edn70;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">qq</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ch. 3. 4. marg.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref71" name="_edn71" style="mso-endnote-id: edn71;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">r</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 25.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref72" name="_edn72" style="mso-endnote-id: edn72;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">r</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 25.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref73" name="_edn73" style="mso-endnote-id: edn73;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">r</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 25.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref74" name="_edn74" style="mso-endnote-id: edn74;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">r</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 25.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref75" name="_edn75" style="mso-endnote-id: edn75;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">r</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 25.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref76" name="_edn76" style="mso-endnote-id: edn76;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">s</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">See ver. 19.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref77" name="_edn77" style="mso-endnote-id: edn77;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">t</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ch. 5. 21.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref78" name="_edn78" style="mso-endnote-id: edn78;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">†</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">About B.C. 563. Comp. ver. 16?</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref79" name="_edn79" style="mso-endnote-id: edn79;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">u</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Comp. ver. 26.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref80" name="_edn80" style="mso-endnote-id: edn80;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">uu</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 36 (Chald.).</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref81" name="_edn81" style="mso-endnote-id: edn81;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">v</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ch. 5. 23 (Chald.).</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref82" name="_edn82" style="mso-endnote-id: edn82;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">vv</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ch. 12. 7. So ch. 6. 26. See Rev. 4. 10.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref83" name="_edn83" style="mso-endnote-id: edn83;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">w</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 3. See ch. 2. 44.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref84" name="_edn84" style="mso-endnote-id: edn84;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">w</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 3. See ch. 2. 44.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref85" name="_edn85" style="mso-endnote-id: edn85;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">x</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">See Ps. 10. 16.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref86" name="_edn86" style="mso-endnote-id: edn86;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">y</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 1 (Chald.).</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref87" name="_edn87" style="mso-endnote-id: edn87;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">z</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Isai. 40. 17.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref88" name="_edn88" style="mso-endnote-id: edn88;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">a</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">See Ps. 115. 3.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref89" name="_edn89" style="mso-endnote-id: edn89;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">y</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 1 (Chald.).</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref90" name="_edn90" style="mso-endnote-id: edn90;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">b</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">So Isai. 14. 27.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref91" name="_edn91" style="mso-endnote-id: edn91;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">c</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">See Job 9. 12. & Rom. 9. 20.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref92" name="_edn92" style="mso-endnote-id: edn92;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">c</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">See Job 9. 12. & Rom. 9. 20.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref93" name="_edn93" style="mso-endnote-id: edn93;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">uu</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 36 (Chald.).</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref94" name="_edn94" style="mso-endnote-id: edn94;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">e</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">See ch. 3. 24.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref95" name="_edn95" style="mso-endnote-id: edn95;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">d</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 30 (Chald.). ch. 5. 18.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref96" name="_edn96" style="mso-endnote-id: edn96;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">d</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 30 (Chald.). ch. 5. 18.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref97" name="_edn97" style="mso-endnote-id: edn97;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">dd</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">See ch. 5. 6 marg.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref98" name="_edn98" style="mso-endnote-id: edn98;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">e</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">See ch. 3. 24.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref99" name="_edn99" style="mso-endnote-id: edn99;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">ee</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">See ch. 5. 1.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref100" name="_edn100" style="mso-endnote-id: edn100;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">f</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">See Eccles. 7. 13.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref101" name="_edn101" style="mso-endnote-id: edn101;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">g</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">So Job 42. 12. Matt. 6. 33.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref102" name="_edn102" style="mso-endnote-id: edn102;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">h</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 34. Comp. ch. 5. 4.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref103" name="_edn103" style="mso-endnote-id: edn103;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">h</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ver. 34. Comp. ch. 5. 4.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref104" name="_edn104" style="mso-endnote-id: edn104;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">i</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">See 1 Esdr. 4. 46. Comp. ch. 5. 23.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref105" name="_edn105" style="mso-endnote-id: edn105;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">k</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Ps. 33. 4. Rev. 15. 3.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref106" name="_edn106" style="mso-endnote-id: edn106;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">l</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Deut. 32. 4. See Rev. 15. 3.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref107" name="_edn107" style="mso-endnote-id: edn107;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">m</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">So ch. 5. 20. See Prov. 29. 23. Comp. ver. 17.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref108" name="_edn108" style="mso-endnote-id: edn108;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">[vii]</span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>The Cambridge Paragraph Bible: Of the
Authorized English Version</i>. 2006. Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems,
Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref109" name="_edn109" style="mso-endnote-id: edn109;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[viii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
David H. Stern, <a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/cjbib?ref=BibleCJB.Job15.20&off=0&ctx=assed+among+them.+%0a%0a~20%C2%A0+%E2%80%9CThe+wicked+is+i"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Complete Jewish Bible: An English Version of
the Tanakh (Old Testament) and B’rit Hadashah (New Testament)</i></a>, 1st ed.
(Clarksville, MD: Jewish New Testament Publications, 1998), Job 15:20–33.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref110" name="_edn110" style="mso-endnote-id: edn110;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">v</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">8:1</b> Dt 3:12<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref111" name="_edn111" style="mso-endnote-id: edn111;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">w</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">8:3</b> Mt 4:4; Lk 4:4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref112" name="_edn112" style="mso-endnote-id: edn112;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[ix]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/hcsb?ref=BibleHCSB.Dt8.1&off=18&ctx=Remember+the+Lord%0a~8+%E2%80%9CYou+must+carefully+"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Holy Bible: Holman Christian Standard
Version.</i></a> (Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers, 2009), Dt 8:1–3.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref113" name="_edn113" style="mso-endnote-id: edn113;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a> Deut 18:18; Is 59:21<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref114" name="_edn114" style="mso-endnote-id: edn114;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a> Ex 33:22; Is 49:2<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref115" name="_edn115" style="mso-endnote-id: edn115;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a> Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">plant</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref116" name="_edn116" style="mso-endnote-id: edn116;" title=""><sup>c</sup></a> Is 66:22<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref117" name="_edn117" style="mso-endnote-id: edn117;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a> Is 51:9; 52:1<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref118" name="_edn118" style="mso-endnote-id: edn118;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a> Job 21:20; Is 29:9; 63:6; Jer 25:15;
Rev 14:10; 16:19<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref119" name="_edn119" style="mso-endnote-id: edn119;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a> Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">bowl of the cup of reeling</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref120" name="_edn120" style="mso-endnote-id: edn120;" title=""><sup>2</sup></a> Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">drunk</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref121" name="_edn121" style="mso-endnote-id: edn121;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a> Ps 88:18; 142:4; Is 49:21<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref122" name="_edn122" style="mso-endnote-id: edn122;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a> Is 8:21; 9:20; 14:30<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref123" name="_edn123" style="mso-endnote-id: edn123;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a> Is 5:25; Jer 14:16<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref124" name="_edn124" style="mso-endnote-id: edn124;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a> Deut 14:5<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref125" name="_edn125" style="mso-endnote-id: edn125;" title=""><sup>c</sup></a> Is 66:15<o:p></o:p></p>
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<div id="edn126" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref126" name="_edn126" style="mso-endnote-id: edn126;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a> Is 54:11<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref127" name="_edn127" style="mso-endnote-id: edn127;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a> Is 29:9; 51:17; 63:6<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref128" name="_edn128" style="mso-endnote-id: edn128;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a> Is 3:12, 13; 49:25; Jer 50:34<o:p></o:p></p>
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<div id="edn129" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref129" name="_edn129" style="mso-endnote-id: edn129;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a> Is 51:17<o:p></o:p></p>
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<div id="edn130" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref130" name="_edn130" style="mso-endnote-id: edn130;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a> Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">bowl of the cup of</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref131" name="_edn131" style="mso-endnote-id: edn131;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a> Is 49:26; Jer 25:15–17, 26, 28; Zech
12:2<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref132" name="_edn132" style="mso-endnote-id: edn132;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a> Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">your soul</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref133" name="_edn133" style="mso-endnote-id: edn133;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a> Josh 10:24<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref134" name="_edn134" style="mso-endnote-id: edn134;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[x]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/nasb95?ref=BibleNASB95.Is51.12&off=0&ctx=ing+will+flee+away.%0a~+12+%EF%BB%BF%E2%80%9CI%2c+even+I%2c+am+"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update</i></a>
(La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), Is 51:12–Is 52.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref135" name="_edn135" style="mso-endnote-id: edn135;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">32</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">sn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Psalm 12</i>. The psalmist asks the Lord to intervene, for society is
overrun by deceitful, arrogant oppressors and godly individuals are a dying
breed. When the Lord announces his intention to defend the oppressed, the
psalmist affirms his confidence in the divine promise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span></sup><!--[endif]--><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref136" name="_edn136" style="mso-endnote-id: edn136;" title=""><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[The following notes are taken from the NET </span></b></a><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Bible®
footnotes, copyright (c) 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press L.L.C. All rights
reserved. Used by permission from www.bible.org, n.d. Numbering system is
unique to NET® Notes. Scripture quoted by permission; Quotations designated
(NET) are from The NET Bible®, Copyright © 2005 by Biblical Studies Press,
L.L.C. </span></b><a href="http://www.netbible.com/"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">www.netbible.com</span></b></a><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">
All rights reserved<sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xi]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup>]</span></b><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></sup></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">33</span></sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> The meaning of the Hebrew term </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">שְׁמִינִית</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">shéminit</i>) is uncertain;
perhaps it refers to a particular style of music. See 1 Chr 15:21.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref137" name="_edn137" style="mso-endnote-id: edn137;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> The singular form is collective
or representative. Note the plural form “faithful [ones]” in the following
line. A “godly [one]” (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">חָסִיד</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">khasid</i>) is one who does what is right in
God’s eyes and remains faithful to God (see Pss 4:3; 18:25; 31:23; 37:28; 86:2;
97:10).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref138" name="_edn138" style="mso-endnote-id: edn138;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> Or “have come to an end.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn139" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref139" name="_edn139" style="mso-endnote-id: edn139;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">3</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “the faithful [ones] from the sons of man.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn140" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref140" name="_edn140" style="mso-endnote-id: edn140;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">4</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> The Hebrew verb </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">פָּסַס</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">pasas</i>) occurs only
here. An Akkadian cognate means “efface, blot out.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn141" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref141" name="_edn141" style="mso-endnote-id: edn141;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">5</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “falsehood they speak, a man with his neighbor.” The imperfect
verb forms in v. 2 describe what is typical in the psalmist’s experience.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn142" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref142" name="_edn142" style="mso-endnote-id: edn142;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">6</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “[with] a lip of smoothness, with a heart and a heart they
speak.” Speaking a “smooth” word refers to deceptive flattery (cf. Ps 5:9; 55:21;
Prov 2:16; 5:3; 7:5, 21; 26:28; 28:23; Isa 30:10). “Heart” here refers to their
mind, from which their motives and intentions originate. The repetition of the
noun indicates diversity (see GKC 396 §123.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">f</i>,
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">IBHS</i> 116 §7.2.3c, and Deut 25:13,
where the phrase “weight and a weight” refers to two different measuring
weights). These people have two different types of “hearts.” Their flattering
words seem to express kind motives and intentions, but this outward display
does not really reflect their true motives. Their real “heart” is filled with
evil thoughts and destructive intentions. The “heart” that is seemingly
displayed through their words is far different from the real “heart” they keep
disguised. (For the idea see Ps 28:3.) In 1 Chr 12:33 the phrase “without a
heart and a heart” means “undivided loyalty.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn143" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref143" name="_edn143" style="mso-endnote-id: edn143;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">7</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> The verb form is a jussive,
indicating that the statement is imprecatory (“May the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> cut off”), not indicative (“The <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> will cut off”; see also Ps 109:15 and Mal 2:12). The
psalmist appeals to God to destroy the wicked, rather than simply stating his
confidence that he will. In this way he seeks to activate divine judgment by
appealing to God’s just character. For an example of the power of such a curse,
see Judg 9:7–57.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn144" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref144" name="_edn144" style="mso-endnote-id: edn144;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">8</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “a tongue speaking great [things].”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn145" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref145" name="_edn145" style="mso-endnote-id: edn145;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">9</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “which say.” The plural verb after the relative pronoun
indicates a plural antecedent for the pronoun, probably “lips” in v. 3.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn146" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref146" name="_edn146" style="mso-endnote-id: edn146;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">10</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “to our tongue we make strong.” The Hiphil of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">גָבַר</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">gavar</i>) occurs only
here and in Dan 9:27, where it refers to making strong, or confirming, a
covenant. Here in Ps 12 the evildoers “make their tongue strong” in the sense
that they use their tongue to produce flattering and arrogant words to
accomplish their purposes. The preposition -</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">לְ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">l</i>) prefixed to “our
tongue” may be dittographic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn147" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref147" name="_edn147" style="mso-endnote-id: edn147;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">11</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “our lips [are] with us.” This odd expression probably means,
“our lips are in our power,” in the sense that they say what they want, whether
it be flattery or boasting. For other cases where </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">אֵת</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">’et</i>, “with”) has the
sense “in the power of,” see Ps 38:10 and other texts listed by BDB 86 s.v.
3.a.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn148" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref148" name="_edn148" style="mso-endnote-id: edn148;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">12</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">sn</b> The rhetorical question expresses
the arrogant attitude of these people. As far as they are concerned, they are
answerable to no one for how they speak.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn149" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref149" name="_edn149" style="mso-endnote-id: edn149;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">13</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> The term translated “oppressed”
is an objective genitive; the oppressed are the recipients/victims of violence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn150" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref150" name="_edn150" style="mso-endnote-id: edn150;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">14</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> Elsewhere in the psalms this noun
is used of the painful groans of prisoners awaiting death (79:11; 102:20). The
related verb is used of the painful groaning of those wounded in combat (Jer
51:52; Ezek 26:15) and of the mournful sighing of those in grief (Ezek 9:4;
24:17).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn151" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref151" name="_edn151" style="mso-endnote-id: edn151;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">15</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “I will rise up.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn152" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref152" name="_edn152" style="mso-endnote-id: edn152;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">16</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “I will place in deliverance, he pants for it.” The final two
words in Hebrew (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">יָפִיחַ לוֹ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>,
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">yafiakh lo</i>) comprise an asyndetic
relative clause, “the one who pants for it.” “The one who pants” is the object
of the verb “place” and the antecedent of the pronominal suffix (in the phrase
“for it”) is “deliverance.” Another option is to translate, “I will place in
deliverance the witness for him,” repointing </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">יָפִיחַ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (a Hiphil imperfect from </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">פּוּחַ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">puakh</i>, “pant”) as </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">יָפֵחַ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">yafeakh</i>), a noun
meaning “witness.” In this case the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>
would be promising protection to those who have the courage to support the
oppressed in the court of law. However, the first part of the verse focuses on
the oppressed, not their advocates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn153" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref153" name="_edn153" style="mso-endnote-id: edn153;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">17</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “the words of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>
are pure words,” i.e., untainted by falsehood or deception (in contrast to the
flattery of the evildoers, v. 2).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn154" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref154" name="_edn154" style="mso-endnote-id: edn154;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">18</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “[like] silver purified in a furnace of [i.e., “on”] the
ground, refined seven times.” The singular participle </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">מְזֻקָּק</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">mézuqqaq</i>, “refined”)
modifies “silver.” The number seven is used rhetorically to express the
thorough nature of the action. For other rhetorical/figurative uses of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">שִׁבְעָתָיִם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">shiv’atayim</i>, “seven
times”), see Gen 4:15, 24; Ps 79:12; Prov 6:31; Isa 30:26.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn155" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref155" name="_edn155" style="mso-endnote-id: edn155;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">19</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> The third person plural
pronominal suffix on the verb is masculine, referring back to the “oppressed”
and “needy” in v. 5 (both of those nouns are plural in form), suggesting that
the verb means “protect” here. The suffix does not refer to </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">אִמֲרוֹת</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">’imarot</i>, “words”) in
v. 6, because that term is feminine gender.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn156" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref156" name="_edn156" style="mso-endnote-id: edn156;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">20</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “you will protect him from this generation permanently.” The
third masculine singular suffix on the verb “protect” is probably used in a
distributive sense, referring to each one within the group mentioned previously
(the oppressed/needy, referred to as “them” in the preceding line). On this
grammatical point see GKC 396 §123.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">f</i>
(where the present text is not cited). (Some Hebrew <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">mss</span> and ancient textual witnesses read “us,” both here and
in the preceding line.) The noun </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">דוֹר</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">dor</i>, “generation”)
refers here to the psalmist’s contemporaries, who were characterized by deceit
and arrogance (see vv. 1–2). See BDB 189–90 s.v. for other examples where
“generation” refers to a class of people.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn157" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref157" name="_edn157" style="mso-endnote-id: edn157;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">21</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “the wicked walk all around.” One could translate v. 8a as an
independent clause, in which case it would be a concluding observation in proverbial
style. The present translation assumes that v. 8a is a subordinate explanatory
clause, or perhaps a subordinate temporal clause (“while the wicked walk all
around”). The adverb </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">סָבִיב</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">saviv</i>, “around”), in combination with
the Hitpael form of the verb “walk” (which indicates repeated action), pictures
the wicked as ubiquitous. They have seemingly overrun society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref158" name="_edn158" style="mso-endnote-id: edn158;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">22</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “when evil is lifted up by the sons of man.” The abstract noun </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">זֻלּוּת</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">zulut</i>, “evil”)
occurs only here. On the basis of evidence from the cognate languages (see <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">HALOT</i> 272 s.v.), one might propose the
meaning “base character,” or “morally foolish behavior.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">End “NET®” notes</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref159" name="_edn159" style="mso-endnote-id: edn159;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xi]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Biblical Studies Press, <a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/gs-netbible?ref=BibleNET.Ps12&off=309"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The NET Bible First Edition; Bible. English.
NET Bible.; The NET Bible</i></a> (Biblical Studies Press, 2005), Ps 12.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn160" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref160" name="_edn160" style="mso-endnote-id: edn160;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">cause to hear the sound of His praise</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn161" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref161" name="_edn161" style="mso-endnote-id: edn161;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ps 98:4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn162" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref162" name="_edn162" style="mso-endnote-id: edn162;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">puts our soul in life</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn163" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref163" name="_edn163" style="mso-endnote-id: edn163;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ps 30:3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn164" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref164" name="_edn164" style="mso-endnote-id: edn164;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ps 121:3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn165" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref165" name="_edn165" style="mso-endnote-id: edn165;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">dodder, stumble</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn166" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref166" name="_edn166" style="mso-endnote-id: edn166;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Job 23:10; Ps 7:9; 17:3; 26:2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn167" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref167" name="_edn167" style="mso-endnote-id: edn167;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Is 48:10; Zech 13:9; Mal 3:3; 1 Pet 1:7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn168" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref168" name="_edn168" style="mso-endnote-id: edn168;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lam 1:13; Ezek 12:13<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn169" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref169" name="_edn169" style="mso-endnote-id: edn169;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Is 51:23<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn170" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref170" name="_edn170" style="mso-endnote-id: edn170;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ps 78:21; Is 43:2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn171" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref171" name="_edn171" style="mso-endnote-id: edn171;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ps 18:19<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn172" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref172" name="_edn172" style="mso-endnote-id: edn172;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ps 96:8; Jer 17:26<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn173" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref173" name="_edn173" style="mso-endnote-id: edn173;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ps 22:25; 116:14; Eccl 5:4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn174" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref174" name="_edn174" style="mso-endnote-id: edn174;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ps 18:6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn175" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref175" name="_edn175" style="mso-endnote-id: edn175;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/nasb95?ref=BibleNASB95.Ps66.8&off=0&ctx=+themselves.%0aSelah.%0a~+8+%EF%BB%BFBless+our+God%2c+O"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update</i></a>
(La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), Ps 66:8–14.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn176" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref176" name="_edn176" style="mso-endnote-id: edn176;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">t</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Ps. 66:10, 12; Isai. 48:10; Mal. 3:2, 3; 1 Pet. 1:7</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref177" name="_edn177" style="mso-endnote-id: edn177;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">u</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">[Ps. 50:15]</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref178" name="_edn178" style="mso-endnote-id: edn178;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">v</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ch. 10:6</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref179" name="_edn179" style="mso-endnote-id: edn179;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">w</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ch. 8:8; See Ezek. 11:20</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref180" name="_edn180" style="mso-endnote-id: edn180;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">[xiii]</span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>The Holy Bible : English standard version.</i>
2001. Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref181" name="_edn181" style="mso-endnote-id: edn181;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">g</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2 Cor. 1:3; Eph. 1:3</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref182" name="_edn182" style="mso-endnote-id: edn182;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">h</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Tit. 3:5</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref184" name="_edn184" style="mso-endnote-id: edn184;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">j</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ch. 3:21; [1 Cor. 15:20]</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref185" name="_edn185" style="mso-endnote-id: edn185;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">k</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Rom. 8:17</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref186" name="_edn186" style="mso-endnote-id: edn186;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">l</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">[ch. 5:4]</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref187" name="_edn187" style="mso-endnote-id: edn187;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">m</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">[Col. 1:5; 2 Tim. 4:8]</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref188" name="_edn188" style="mso-endnote-id: edn188;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">n</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Eph. 2:8</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref189" name="_edn189" style="mso-endnote-id: edn189;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">o</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">[ch. 5:10; Rom. 8:18; 2 Cor. 4:17; Heb. 12:11]</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref190" name="_edn190" style="mso-endnote-id: edn190;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">p</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">James 1:2; [ch. 4:12]</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref191" name="_edn191" style="mso-endnote-id: edn191;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">q</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">James 1:3</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref192" name="_edn192" style="mso-endnote-id: edn192;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">r</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Job 23:10; Ps. 66:10; Prov. 17:3; Isai. 48:10</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref193" name="_edn193" style="mso-endnote-id: edn193;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">s</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1 Cor. 3:13</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref194" name="_edn194" style="mso-endnote-id: edn194;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">t</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Rom. 2:7, 10; 1 Cor. 4:5; [2 Thess. 1:7-12]</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref195" name="_edn195" style="mso-endnote-id: edn195;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">u</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">[1 John 4:20]</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref196" name="_edn196" style="mso-endnote-id: edn196;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">v</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">[Heb. 11:27]; See John 20:29</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref197" name="_edn197" style="mso-endnote-id: edn197;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">w</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Rom. 6:22</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref198" name="_edn198" style="mso-endnote-id: edn198;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">[xiv]</span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>The Holy Bible : English standard version.</i>
2001. Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref199" name="_edn199" style="mso-endnote-id: edn199;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">a</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Luke 10:3</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref200" name="_edn200" style="mso-endnote-id: edn200;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">1</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Or <i>show yourselves to be</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref201" name="_edn201" style="mso-endnote-id: edn201;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">b</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Gen 3:1; Matt 24:25; Rom 16:19</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref202" name="_edn202" style="mso-endnote-id: edn202;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">c</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Hos 7:11</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref203" name="_edn203" style="mso-endnote-id: edn203;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">a</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Matt 5:22</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref204" name="_edn204" style="mso-endnote-id: edn204;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">b</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Matt 23:34; Mark 13:9; Luke 12:11; Acts 5:40; 22:19;
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref205" name="_edn205" style="mso-endnote-id: edn205;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">a</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Matt 10:19–22: <i>Mark 13:11–13; Luke 21:12–17</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref206" name="_edn206" style="mso-endnote-id: edn206;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">b</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Matt 6:25; Luke 12:11, 12</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref207" name="_edn207" style="mso-endnote-id: edn207;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">a</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Luke 12:12; Acts 4:8; 13:9; 2 Cor 13:3</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref208" name="_edn208" style="mso-endnote-id: edn208;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">a</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Matt 10:35, 36; Mark 13:12</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref209" name="_edn209" style="mso-endnote-id: edn209;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">b</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Mic 7:6</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref210" name="_edn210" style="mso-endnote-id: edn210;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">1</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Lit <i>put them to death</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref211" name="_edn211" style="mso-endnote-id: edn211;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">a</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Matt 24:9; Luke 21:17; John 15:18ff</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref212" name="_edn212" style="mso-endnote-id: edn212;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">b</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Matt 24:13; Mark 13:13</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref213" name="_edn213" style="mso-endnote-id: edn213;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">a</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Matt 23:34</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref214" name="_edn214" style="mso-endnote-id: edn214;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">1</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Lit <i>this</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref215" name="_edn215" style="mso-endnote-id: edn215;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">2</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Lit <i>the other</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref216" name="_edn216" style="mso-endnote-id: edn216;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">b</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Matt 16:27f</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref217" name="_edn217" style="mso-endnote-id: edn217;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">a</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Luke 6:40; John 13:16; 15:20</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref218" name="_edn218" style="mso-endnote-id: edn218;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">1</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Or <i>student</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref219" name="_edn219" style="mso-endnote-id: edn219;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">a</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Matt 9:34</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref220" name="_edn220" style="mso-endnote-id: edn220;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">1</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Or <i>Beezebul</i>: ruler of demons</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref221" name="_edn221" style="mso-endnote-id: edn221;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">b</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2 Kin 1:2; Matt 12:24, 27; Mark 3:22; Luke 11:15, 18, 19</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref222" name="_edn222" style="mso-endnote-id: edn222;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">a</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Matt 10:26–33: <i>Luke 12:2–9</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref223" name="_edn223" style="mso-endnote-id: edn223;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">b</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Mark 4:22; Luke 8:17; 12:2; 1 Cor 4:5</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref224" name="_edn224" style="mso-endnote-id: edn224;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">a</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Luke 12:3</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref225" name="_edn225" style="mso-endnote-id: edn225;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">b</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Matt 24:17; Acts 5:20</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref226" name="_edn226" style="mso-endnote-id: edn226;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">a</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Heb 10:31</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref227" name="_edn227" style="mso-endnote-id: edn227;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">1</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Gr <i>Gehenna</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref228" name="_edn228" style="mso-endnote-id: edn228;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">b</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Matt 5:22; Luke 12:5</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref229" name="_edn229" style="mso-endnote-id: edn229;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">a</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Luke 12:6</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref230" name="_edn230" style="mso-endnote-id: edn230;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">1</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Gr <i>assarion</i>, the smallest copper coin</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref231" name="_edn231" style="mso-endnote-id: edn231;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">a</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1 Sam 14:45; 2 Sam 14:11; 1 Kin 1:52; Luke 21:18; Acts
27:34</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref232" name="_edn232" style="mso-endnote-id: edn232;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">a</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Matt 12:12</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref233" name="_edn233" style="mso-endnote-id: edn233;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">a</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Luke 12:8; Rev 3:5</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref234" name="_edn234" style="mso-endnote-id: edn234;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">1</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Lit <i>will confess in Me</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref235" name="_edn235" style="mso-endnote-id: edn235;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">2</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Lit <i>in him</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref236" name="_edn236" style="mso-endnote-id: edn236;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">a</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Mark 8:38; Luke 9:26; 2 Tim 2:12</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref237" name="_edn237" style="mso-endnote-id: edn237;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">1</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Lit <i>will deny</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref238" name="_edn238" style="mso-endnote-id: edn238;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">a</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Matt 10:34, 35: <i>Luke 12:51–53</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref239" name="_edn239" style="mso-endnote-id: edn239;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">1</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Lit <i>cast</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref240" name="_edn240" style="mso-endnote-id: edn240;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">a</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Mic 7:6; Matt 10:21; Luke 12:53</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref241" name="_edn241" style="mso-endnote-id: edn241;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">a</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Mic 7:6; Matt 10:21</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref242" name="_edn242" style="mso-endnote-id: edn242;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">a</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Deut 33:9; Luke 14:26</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref243" name="_edn243" style="mso-endnote-id: edn243;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">a</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Matt 16:24; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23; 14:27</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref244" name="_edn244" style="mso-endnote-id: edn244;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">a</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Matt 16:25; Mark 8:35; Luke 9:24; 17:33; John 12:25</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref245" name="_edn245" style="mso-endnote-id: edn245;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">1</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Or <i>soul</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref246" name="_edn246" style="mso-endnote-id: edn246;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">1</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Or <i>soul</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref247" name="_edn247" style="mso-endnote-id: edn247;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">[xv]</span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>New American Standard Bible : 1995 update</i>.
1995. LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref248" name="_edn248" style="mso-endnote-id: edn248;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xvi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">— <a href="https://quotecatalog.com/communicator/captain-charles-vane"><b>Captain
Charles Vane</b></a>, <i><a href="https://quotecatalog.com/quotes/tv/black-sails">Black Sails</a>, <a href="https://quotecatalog.com/quotes/tv/black-sails#black-sails-season-3">Season
3</a>: <a href="https://quotecatalog.com/quotes/tv/black-sails#black-sails-season-3-xxvii">XXVII.</a></i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2:14</b> Or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Can faith</i>, or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Can that faith</i>,
or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Can such faith</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref250" name="_edn250" style="mso-endnote-id: edn250;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2:14–16</b> Mt 25:35–36; Lk 3:11; 1Jn
3:16–18<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref251" name="_edn251" style="mso-endnote-id: edn251;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2:18</b> The quotation may end here or
after v. 18b or v. 19.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref252" name="_edn252" style="mso-endnote-id: edn252;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2:18</b> Other mss read <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Show me your faith from your works, and from
my works I will show you my faith.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref253" name="_edn253" style="mso-endnote-id: edn253;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">d</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2:18</b> Rm 3:28; Heb 11:33; Jms 3:13<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref254" name="_edn254" style="mso-endnote-id: edn254;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">e</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2:19</b> Dt 6:4; Mt 8:29; Lk 4:34<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20Vol%2041.docx#_ednref255" name="_edn255" style="mso-endnote-id: edn255;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xvii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/hcsb?ref=BibleHCSB.Jas2.14&off=16&ctx=t.+%0aFaith+and+Works%0a~14%C2%A0What+good+is+it%2c+"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Holy Bible: Holman Christian Standard
Version.</i></a> (Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers, 2009), Jas 2:14–19.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />David_seedofabrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779218562279412780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808052277561745789.post-72531822256933556942021-10-22T15:23:00.008-07:002021-10-22T15:27:42.519-07:00Freedom from Fear, learn the truth.<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©2021,
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I do so knowing that this may be my last post, that I could be censored, but you, my beloved, are worth the risk. </i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><i>It is time we learn the truth, and become free from fear.</i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><i>Get angry. Change the world. Upload and download these videos. Tell the Truth.</i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><i>Follow the download instructions, you do not need an account, the downloads are safe. Please, our world, our health , our freedoms are at stake if we do not learn the truth.</i></b></p><div class="thrv_wrapper thrv_text_element" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.82); font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><h2 data-css="tve-u-17a90656e25" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 26px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">BE A SUPERSPREADER OF TRUTH!</span></h2></div><div class="thrv_wrapper thrv-columns" data-css="tve-u-17a906e3c60" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.82); font-family: Muli, sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="tcb-flex-row v-2 tcb--cols--2" data-css="tve-u-17ada6b5e3f" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="tcb-flex-col" data-css="tve-u-17a91dcd9cc" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="tcb-col" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="thrv_wrapper thrv_text_element" data-css="tve-u-17b60d23eab" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><p data-css="tve-u-17b60b6e6de" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">STEP 1<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />DOWNLOAD</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">PLANDEMIC 1 <a class="tve-froala fr-basic" data-css="tve-u-17b60b95ebc" data-tcb_hover_state_parent="" href="https://plandemicseries.com/dl_pt1" rel="noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #a70510; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></p></div></div></div><div class="tcb-flex-col" data-css="tve-u-17a91df5270" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="tcb-col" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="thrv_wrapper thrv_text_element" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><p data-css="tve-u-17b60b7e69a" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">STEP 2 </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">UPLOAD & SHARE EVERYWHERE</span></p><div class="thrv_wrapper thrv_text_element" data-css="tve-u-17b6526a273" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6a6b6c; font-family: "NeoGram Extended Medium"; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 1px;"><h2 data-css="tve-u-17b60ca9cf4" style="--tcb-applied-color: var$(--tcb-color-3) !important; --tcb-typography-font-family: "NeoGram Extended Medium"; --tve-applied-color: var$(--tcb-color-3) !important; box-sizing: inherit; color: #56a3fa; font-family: "NeoGram Extended Light"; font-size: 54px; font-weight: var(--g-bold-weight,bold) !important; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;">BE A SUPERSPREADER OF TRUTH!</h2></div><p data-css="tve-u-17b60b7e69a" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><div class="thrv_wrapper thrv-columns" data-css="tve-u-17a906e3c60" style="--tcb-col-el-width: 1060; --tve-applied-border: none; --tve-border-radius: 15px; --tve-border-width: 2px; background-color: black; border-radius: 15px; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6a6b6c; font-family: "NeoGram Extended Medium"; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"><div class="tcb-flex-row v-2 tcb--cols--2" data-css="tve-u-17b6526766b" style="-webkit-box-align: stretch; -webkit-box-direction: normal; -webkit-box-orient: horizontal; -webkit-box-pack: justify; align-items: stretch; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-flow: row nowrap; justify-content: space-between; margin-left: -15px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 15px !important; padding-right: 15px !important; padding-top: 15px; padding: 15px;"><div class="tcb-flex-col" data-css="tve-u-17b6526518f" style="-webkit-box-flex: 1; box-sizing: border-box; flex: 1 1 auto; max-width: 50%; padding-left: 15px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="tcb-col" style="-webkit-box-direction: normal; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; height: 140px; position: relative;"><div class="thrv_wrapper thrv_text_element tcb-mobile-hidden" data-css="tve-u-17b60d11a3d" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 1px;"><p data-css="tve-u-17b60c346bc" style="--tcb-applied-color: var$(--tcb-color-1); --tcb-typography-font-family: "NeoGram Extended Medium"; --tve-applied-color: var$(--tcb-color-1) !important; box-sizing: inherit; color: white; font-weight: var(--g-regular-weight,normal) !important; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="font-size: large;">STEP 1<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />DOWNLOAD INDOCTORNATION <a class="tve-froala fr-basic" data-css="tve-u-17b60b95ebc" data-tcb_hover_state_parent="" href="https://plandemicseries.com/dl_pt2" style="--eff: thin !important; --tcb-applied-color: var$(--tcb-color-3); --tcb-typography-font-family: "NeoGram Extended Medium"; --tve-applied-color: var$(--tcb-color-3) !important; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #56a3fa; cursor: pointer; font-weight: var(--g-bold-weight,bold) !important; line-height: inherit; outline: none; text-decoration-color: var(--eff-color,currentColor) !important;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></p></div></div></div><div class="tcb-flex-col" data-css="tve-u-17a91df5270" style="-webkit-box-flex: 1; box-sizing: border-box; flex: 1 1 auto; max-width: 50%; padding-left: 15px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="tcb-col" style="-webkit-box-direction: normal; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; height: 140px; position: relative;"><div class="thrv_wrapper thrv_text_element" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 1px;"><p data-css="tve-u-17b60c337d2" style="--tcb-applied-color: var$(--tcb-color-1); --tcb-typography-font-family: "NeoGram Extended Medium"; --tve-applied-color: var$(--tcb-color-1) !important; box-sizing: inherit; color: white; font-weight: var(--g-regular-weight,normal) !important; 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</div>David_seedofabrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779218562279412780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808052277561745789.post-9819048025859721112021-10-18T14:55:00.002-07:002021-10-18T17:51:28.475-07:00Lessons from the Wilderness, Vol. 40: With our fragile breaths, we can heal our land<p> <a href="https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2021/09/lessons-from-wilderness-vol-38-this.html" target="">Back to Part One</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©2021,
David E. Robinson: At the Gates of Yerushalayim Ministries<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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from the Wilderness, Volume 40<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>…This Fragile Breath… <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" style="mso-endnote-id: edn1;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[i]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a>
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn2" name="_ednref2" style="mso-endnote-id: edn2;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[ii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn3" name="_ednref3" style="mso-endnote-id: edn3;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[iii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn4" name="_ednref4" style="mso-endnote-id: edn4;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[iv]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">…Heal this Land…<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1 Then the word of the Lord came to me saying, 2 “Son
of man, prophesy against the <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn5" name="_ednref5" style="mso-endnote-id: edn5;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say
to <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn6" name="_ednref6" style="mso-endnote-id: edn6;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>those
shepherds, ‘Thus says the Lord <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn7" name="_ednref7" style="mso-endnote-id: edn7;" title=""><sup>2</sup></a>God, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Woe, shepherds of Israel who have
been <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn8" name="_ednref8" style="mso-endnote-id: edn8;" title=""><sup>3</sup></a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn9" name="_ednref9" style="mso-endnote-id: edn9;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>feeding
themselves! Should not the shepherds <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn10" name="_ednref10" style="mso-endnote-id: edn10;" title=""><sup>3</sup></a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn11" name="_ednref11" style="mso-endnote-id: edn11;" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>feed the flock?</span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: center;">3 “You <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn12" name="_ednref12" style="mso-endnote-id: edn12;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>eat the fat and clothe yourselves
with the wool, you <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn13" name="_ednref13" style="mso-endnote-id: edn13;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>slaughter the fat sheep without <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn14" name="_ednref14" style="mso-endnote-id: edn14;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>feeding
the flock.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4 “Those who are
sickly you have not strengthened, the <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn15" name="_ednref15" style="mso-endnote-id: edn15;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>diseased you have not
healed, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn16" name="_ednref16" style="mso-endnote-id: edn16;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>the
broken you have not bound up, the scattered you have not brought back, nor have
you <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn17" name="_ednref17" style="mso-endnote-id: edn17;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>sought
for the lost; but with force and with severity you have dominated them. 5 “They
were <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn18" name="_ednref18" style="mso-endnote-id: edn18;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>scattered
for lack of a shepherd, and they became <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn19" name="_ednref19" style="mso-endnote-id: edn19;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>food for every beast
of the field and were scattered. 6 “My flock <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn20" name="_ednref20" style="mso-endnote-id: edn20;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>wandered through all
the mountains and on every high hill; <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn21" name="_ednref21" style="mso-endnote-id: edn21;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>My flock was scattered
over all the surface of the earth, and there was <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn22" name="_ednref22" style="mso-endnote-id: edn22;" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>no one to search or
seek for them.”’”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7 Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8 “As I live,” declares the Lord God, “surely
because My flock has become a <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn23" name="_ednref23" style="mso-endnote-id: edn23;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>prey, My flock has even become food
for all the beasts of the field for lack of a shepherd, and My shepherds did
not search for My flock, but rather the shepherds fed themselves and did not
feed My flock; 9 therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10 ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn24" name="_ednref24" style="mso-endnote-id: edn24;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>against
the shepherds, and I will demand My <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn25" name="_ednref25" style="mso-endnote-id: edn25;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>sheep <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn26" name="_ednref26" style="mso-endnote-id: edn26;" title=""><sup>2</sup></a>from
them and make them <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn27" name="_ednref27" style="mso-endnote-id: edn27;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>cease from feeding <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn28" name="_ednref28" style="mso-endnote-id: edn28;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>sheep.
So the shepherds will not <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn29" name="_ednref29" style="mso-endnote-id: edn29;" title=""><sup>3</sup></a>feed themselves anymore, but I will <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn30" name="_ednref30" style="mso-endnote-id: edn30;" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>deliver
My flock from their mouth, so that they will not be food for
them.” ’ ”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: center;">11 For thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I Myself
will <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn31" name="_ednref31" style="mso-endnote-id: edn31;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>search
for My sheep and seek them out. 12 “<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn32" name="_ednref32" style="mso-endnote-id: edn32;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>As a shepherd <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn33" name="_ednref33" style="mso-endnote-id: edn33;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>cares
for his herd in the day when he is among his scattered <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn34" name="_ednref34" style="mso-endnote-id: edn34;" title=""><sup>2</sup></a>sheep, so I
will <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn35" name="_ednref35" style="mso-endnote-id: edn35;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn36" name="_ednref36" style="mso-endnote-id: edn36;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>care
for My <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn37" name="_ednref37" style="mso-endnote-id: edn37;" title=""><sup>2</sup></a>sheep
and will deliver them from all the places to which they were scattered on a <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn38" name="_ednref38" style="mso-endnote-id: edn38;" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>cloudy
and gloomy day. 13 “I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from
the countries and bring them to their own land; and I will <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn39" name="_ednref39" style="mso-endnote-id: edn39;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>feed them on
the mountains of Israel, by the <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn40" name="_ednref40" style="mso-endnote-id: edn40;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>streams, and in all the inhabited
places of the land. 14 “I will feed them in a <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn41" name="_ednref41" style="mso-endnote-id: edn41;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>good pasture, and
their grazing ground will be on the mountain heights of Israel. There they will
lie down on good grazing ground and feed in <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn42" name="_ednref42" style="mso-endnote-id: edn42;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn43" name="_ednref43" style="mso-endnote-id: edn43;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>rich pasture on
the mountains of Israel. 15 “I will <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn44" name="_ednref44" style="mso-endnote-id: edn44;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>feed My flock and I
will <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn45" name="_ednref45" style="mso-endnote-id: edn45;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>lead
them to rest,” declares the Lord God. 16 “I will seek the lost, bring back the
scattered, bind up the broken and strengthen the sick; but the <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn46" name="_ednref46" style="mso-endnote-id: edn46;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>fat
and the strong I will destroy. I will <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn47" name="_ednref47" style="mso-endnote-id: edn47;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>feed them with
judgment. 17 “As for you, My flock, thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I will <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn48" name="_ednref48" style="mso-endnote-id: edn48;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>judge
between one <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn49" name="_ednref49" style="mso-endnote-id: edn49;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>sheep and another, between the rams and the male
goats. 18 ‘Is it too <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn50" name="_ednref50" style="mso-endnote-id: edn50;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>slight a thing for you that you
should feed in the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the
rest of your pastures? Or that you should drink of the clear waters, that you
must <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn51" name="_ednref51" style="mso-endnote-id: edn51;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>foul
the rest with your feet? 19 ‘As for My flock, they must eat what you tread down
with your feet and drink what you <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn52" name="_ednref52" style="mso-endnote-id: edn52;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>foul with your feet!’ ” 20 Therefore,
thus says the Lord God to them, “Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat
sheep and the lean sheep. 21 “Because you push with side and with shoulder, and
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn53" name="_ednref53" style="mso-endnote-id: edn53;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>thrust
at all the <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn54" name="_ednref54" style="mso-endnote-id: edn54;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>weak with your horns until you have scattered them <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn55" name="_ednref55" style="mso-endnote-id: edn55;" title=""><sup>2</sup></a>abroad,
22 therefore, I will <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn56" name="_ednref56" style="mso-endnote-id: edn56;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>deliver My flock, and they will no
longer be a prey; and I will judge between one sheep and another. 23 “Then I
will <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn57" name="_ednref57" style="mso-endnote-id: edn57;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>set
over them one <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn58" name="_ednref58" style="mso-endnote-id: edn58;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>shepherd, My servant <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn59" name="_ednref59" style="mso-endnote-id: edn59;" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>David, and he will
feed them; he will feed them himself and be their shepherd. 24 “And I, the Lord,
will be their God, and My servant <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn60" name="_ednref60" style="mso-endnote-id: edn60;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>David will be prince among them; I
the Lord have spoken. 25 “I will make a <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn61" name="_ednref61" style="mso-endnote-id: edn61;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>covenant of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>peace with them and <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn62" name="_ednref62" style="mso-endnote-id: edn62;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>eliminate
harmful beasts from the land so that they may <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn63" name="_ednref63" style="mso-endnote-id: edn63;" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>live securely in the
wilderness and sleep in the woods. 26 “I will make them and the places around
My hill a <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn64" name="_ednref64" style="mso-endnote-id: edn64;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>blessing. And I will cause <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn65" name="_ednref65" style="mso-endnote-id: edn65;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>showers to come
down in their season; they will be showers of <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn66" name="_ednref66" style="mso-endnote-id: edn66;" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>blessing. 27 “Also the
tree of the field will yield its fruit and the earth will yield its increase,
and they will be <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn67" name="_ednref67" style="mso-endnote-id: edn67;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>secure on their land. Then they will know that I am
the Lord, when I have <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn68" name="_ednref68" style="mso-endnote-id: edn68;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>broken the bars of their yoke and
have delivered them from the hand of those who enslaved them.</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">28 “They will no longer be a prey to the nations,
and the beasts of the earth will not devour them; but they will <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn69" name="_ednref69" style="mso-endnote-id: edn69;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>live
securely, and no one will make them afraid. 29 “I will establish for them a <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn70" name="_ednref70" style="mso-endnote-id: edn70;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>renowned
planting place, and they will <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn71" name="_ednref71" style="mso-endnote-id: edn71;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>not again be <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn72" name="_ednref72" style="mso-endnote-id: edn72;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>victims of
famine in the land, and they will not <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn73" name="_ednref73" style="mso-endnote-id: edn73;" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>endure the insults of
the nations anymore. 30 “Then they will know that <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn74" name="_ednref74" style="mso-endnote-id: edn74;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>I, the Lord
their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people,”
declares the Lord God. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">31 “As for you, My <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn75" name="_ednref75" style="mso-endnote-id: edn75;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>sheep,
the <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn76" name="_ednref76" style="mso-endnote-id: edn76;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>sheep
of My pasture, you are men, and I am your God,” declares the Lord God.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn77" name="_ednref77" style="mso-endnote-id: edn77;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[v]</span></sup></b></span></sup></a></span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A psalm of Asaph. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">82:1</span></sup></b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">God stands in<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn79" name="_ednref79" style="mso-endnote-id: edn79;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>
the assembly of El;<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn80" name="_ednref80" style="mso-endnote-id: edn80;" title=""><sup>2</sup></a> in the midst of the gods<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn81" name="_ednref81" style="mso-endnote-id: edn81;" title=""><sup>3</sup></a>
he renders judgment.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn82" name="_ednref82" style="mso-endnote-id: edn82;" title=""><sup>4</sup></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">82:2</span></sup></b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He says,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn83" name="_ednref83" style="mso-endnote-id: edn83;" title=""><sup>5</sup></a>
“How long will you make unjust legal decisions and show favoritism to the
wicked?<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn84" name="_ednref84" style="mso-endnote-id: edn84;" title=""><sup>6</sup></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(Selah) <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">82:3</span></sup></b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Defend the cause of
the poor and the fatherless!<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn85" name="_ednref85" style="mso-endnote-id: edn85;" title=""><sup>7</sup></a> Vindicate the oppressed and
suffering! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">82:4 </span></sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rescue the poor and needy! Deliver them from the
power<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn86" name="_ednref86" style="mso-endnote-id: edn86;" title=""><sup>8</sup></a>
of the wicked! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">82:5</span></sup></b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">They<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn87" name="_ednref87" style="mso-endnote-id: edn87;" title=""><sup>9</sup></a>
neither know nor understand. They stumble<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn88" name="_ednref88" style="mso-endnote-id: edn88;" title="">0</a></sup> around in the dark, while
all the foundations of the earth crumble.<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn89" name="_ednref89" style="mso-endnote-id: edn89;" title="">1</a></sup> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">82:6</span></sup></b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I thought,<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn90" name="_ednref90" style="mso-endnote-id: edn90;" title="">2</a></sup>
‘You are gods; all of you are sons of the Most High.’<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn91" name="_ednref91" style="mso-endnote-id: edn91;" title="">3</a></sup> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">82:7</span></sup></b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Yet you will die
like mortals;<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn92" name="_ednref92" style="mso-endnote-id: edn92;" title="">4</a></sup> you will fall like all the other rulers.”<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn93" name="_ednref93" style="mso-endnote-id: edn93;" title="">5</a></sup>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">82:8 </span></sup></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rise up, O God,
and execute judgment on the earth! For you own<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn94" name="_ednref94" style="mso-endnote-id: edn94;" title="">6</a></sup> all the nations. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn95" name="_ednref95" style="mso-endnote-id: edn95;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vi]</span></sup></b></span></sup></a></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie2JKBOG1m2HiaqBaqEhgSqq88nw1uUuGFTApZaW3-ICSBAEvJDaS94THfhu2o_qkSgruPxWNAGhSdH787idVwygCJlRnKXfmQRFY6kZFNu2G9eQRbSgaAMEWrr1rIO3Gdf38GJCnFQqQp/s540/Line.gif" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie2JKBOG1m2HiaqBaqEhgSqq88nw1uUuGFTApZaW3-ICSBAEvJDaS94THfhu2o_qkSgruPxWNAGhSdH787idVwygCJlRnKXfmQRFY6kZFNu2G9eQRbSgaAMEWrr1rIO3Gdf38GJCnFQqQp/w640-h4/Line.gif" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I come before you all, my
beloved, and my God and His Messiah: I come before you with this fragile
breath, one that has no sound, no power, no “Tik-Tok” influencers, no platform
save this blog, and I beseech you with all my strength to please listen, read
these words and “</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">mich’tam”</span></i></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;">, ponder them,
contemplate upon them, for they are but a warning to you and myself. </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;">I have covered this same subject in previous posts,
most notably in a post I called “the Fading Voice” <a name="_Hlk85380786">(</a><a href="https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2013/01/the-fading-voice.html"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk85380786;">https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2013/01/the-fading-voice.html</span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk85380786;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk85380786;"></span>)
and also addressed the issues we face in the world today in the post “An
Audience of One” (<a href="https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2020/01/why-has-world-gone-mad-because-there-is.html">https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2020/01/why-has-world-gone-mad-because-there-is.html</a>)
The issue is not that God is quiet – it is we choose not to hear. There is also
the problem of the “noise” of the world. It is doing all it can to silence any
voices that speak truth and shouts aloud for the culture of death and shame to
be predominate in our world today. By “shame” I do not mean that which people
are told to be ashamed of the past, but to be ashamed because of the color of
our skin, or the weight of our pocketbook. We are “shamed” if we choose not to
put an untried and unvested medicine in our bodies, or our children’s bodies,
because these experimental drugs have no history – we simply cannot tell what
they will do to our children five, ten, fifteen years down the road.</span></p></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I am not anti-vax. I took the
jab, the more traditional one (using viral vector technology), the J&J.
Why? Not because I fully trust it, but because I have too many underlying issues
that I had to factor into my decision. What was best for me overall, is the
question I had to answer. The mRNA vaccines are experimental: they are made
with “new” technology, hence “experimental” which has no data to support long
term effects. So just be informed, no matter what you choose. But let us be
honest. The voices of the world seek to take that choice away from you with
their “mandates,” which are totally against the Nuremberg Code which states:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vWrKkK_sHnxizcSKdV6F7zrmzNVVyMcUIWimRkiS131odkD8lOiygrJ63oAsmvhb0HuEQMbE9wqIVxlW7NMvSCyCi9JbXGquLsVgFG9wntXbGdnLg_6siHg3HSGq8kpJNQkc0n1bjf5s/s540/Line.gif" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vWrKkK_sHnxizcSKdV6F7zrmzNVVyMcUIWimRkiS131odkD8lOiygrJ63oAsmvhb0HuEQMbE9wqIVxlW7NMvSCyCi9JbXGquLsVgFG9wntXbGdnLg_6siHg3HSGq8kpJNQkc0n1bjf5s/w640-h4/Line.gif" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The voluntary consent of the human subject is
absolutely essential.</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-indent: -0.25in;"> This means that the person involved should have legal capacity to give
consent; should be so situated as to be able to exercise free power of choice,
without the intervention of any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress,
overreaching, or other ulterior form of constraint or coercion; and should have
sufficient knowledge and comprehension of the elements of the subject matter
involved as to enable him to make an understanding and enlightened decision.
This latter element requires that before the acceptance of an affirmative
decision by the experimental subject there should be made known to him the
nature, duration, and purpose of the experiment; the method and means by which
it is to be conducted; all inconveniences and hazards reasonably to be
expected; and the effects upon his health or person which may possibly come
from his participation in the experiment.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The duty and responsibility for ascertaining the quality of the consent
rests upon each individual who initiates, directs or engages in the experiment.
It is a personal duty and responsibility which may not be delegated to another
with impunity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. The experiment should be such as to yield
fruitful results for the good of society, unprocurable by other methods or
means of study, and not random and unnecessary in nature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. The experiment should be so designed and based on
the results of animal experimentation and a knowledge of the natural history of
the disease or other problem under study that the anticipated results will
justify the performance of the experiment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. The experiment should be so conducted as to avoid
all unnecessary physical and mental suffering and injury.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. No experiment should be conducted where there is
an a priori reason to believe that death or disabling injury will occur;
except, perhaps, in those experiments where the experimental physicians also
serve as subjects.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. The degree of risk to be taken should never
exceed that determined by the humanitarian importance of the problem to be
solved by the experiment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7. Proper preparations should be made and adequate
facilities provided to protect the experimental subject against even remote
possibilities of injury, disability, or death.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8. The experiment should be conducted only by
scientifically qualified persons. The highest degree of skill and care should
be required through all stages of the experiment of those who conduct or engage
in the experiment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9. During the course of the experiment the human
subject should be at liberty to bring the experiment to an end if he has
reached the physical or mental state where continuation of the experiment seems
to him to be impossible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10. During the course of the experiment the
scientist in charge must be prepared to terminate the experiment at any stage,
if he has probable cause to believe, in the exercise of the good faith,
superior skill, and careful judgment required of him, that a continuation of
the experiment is likely to result in injury, disability, or death to the
experimental subject. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn96" name="_ednref96" style="mso-endnote-id: edn96;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vWrKkK_sHnxizcSKdV6F7zrmzNVVyMcUIWimRkiS131odkD8lOiygrJ63oAsmvhb0HuEQMbE9wqIVxlW7NMvSCyCi9JbXGquLsVgFG9wntXbGdnLg_6siHg3HSGq8kpJNQkc0n1bjf5s/s540/Line.gif" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vWrKkK_sHnxizcSKdV6F7zrmzNVVyMcUIWimRkiS131odkD8lOiygrJ63oAsmvhb0HuEQMbE9wqIVxlW7NMvSCyCi9JbXGquLsVgFG9wntXbGdnLg_6siHg3HSGq8kpJNQkc0n1bjf5s/w640-h4/Line.gif" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dr. Shuster goes on
to say:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“…The Nuremberg Code
is the most important document in the history of the ethics of medical
research.<sup><a href="https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejm199711133372006"><b>1-6</b></a></sup> The
Code was formulated 50 years ago, in August 1947, in Nuremberg, Germany, by
American judges sitting in judgment of Nazi doctors accused of conducting
murderous and torturous human experiments in the concentration camps (the
so-called Doctors' Trial).<sup><a href="https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejm199711133372006"><b>7</b></a></sup> It
served as a blueprint for today's principles that ensure the rights of subjects
in medical research. Because of its link with the horrors of World War II and
the use of prisoners in Nazi concentration camps for medical experimentation,
debate continues today about the authority of the Code, its applicability to
modern medical research, and even its authorship.<sup><a href="https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejm199711133372006"><b>1,2,4,5,8</b></a></sup> The
chief prosecutor at the Doctors' Trial, General Telford Taylor, believed that
one of the three U.S. judges, Harold Sebring, was the author of the Code.<sup><a href="https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejm199711133372006"><b>2</b></a></sup> Two
American physicians who helped prosecute the Nazi doctors at Nuremberg, Leo
Alexander and Andrew Ivy, have each been identified as the Code's author.<sup><a href="https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejm199711133372006"><b>5,8-11</b></a></sup> A
careful reading of the transcript of the Doctors' Trial, background documents,
and the final judgment reveals that authorship was shared and that the famous
10 principles of the Code grew out of the trial itself…”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn97" name="_ednref97" style="mso-endnote-id: edn97;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[viii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn98" name="_ednref98" style="mso-endnote-id: edn98;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[ix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>What is the significance here?
The Nuremberg code has been used over the last 7 decades since the end of the
Second World War to govern the use of experimental drugs on human subjects –
willing or unwilling. The article goes on to state:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span>“…The judges at
Nuremberg, although they realized the importance of Hippocratic ethics and the
maxim <i>primum non nocere,</i> recognized that more was necessary to
protect human research subjects. Accordingly, the judges articulated a
sophisticated set of ten research principles centered not on the physician but
on the research subject. These principles, which we know as the Nuremberg Code,
included a new, comprehensive, and absolute requirement of informed consent
(principle 1), and a new right of the subject to withdraw from participation in
an experiment (principle 9). The judges adopted much of the language proposed
by Alexander and Ivy but were more emphatic about the necessity and attributes
of the subject's consent and explicitly added the subject's right to withdraw… Informed
consent, the core of the Nuremberg Code, has rightly been viewed as the
protection of subjects' human rights. The key contribution of Nuremberg was to
merge Hippocratic ethics and the protection of human rights into a single code.
The Nuremberg Code not only requires that physician-researchers protect the
best interests of their subjects (principles 2 through 8 and 10) but also
proclaims that subjects can actively protect themselves as well (principles 1
and 9). Most strikingly, for example, in Hippocratic ethics the subject relies
on the physician to determine when it is in the subject's best interest to end
his or her participation in an experiment. In the Nuremberg Code, the judges
gave the subject as much authority as the physician-researcher to end the
experiment before its conclusion (principle 9).” <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn99" name="_ednref99" style="mso-endnote-id: edn99;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[x]</span></span></span></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vWrKkK_sHnxizcSKdV6F7zrmzNVVyMcUIWimRkiS131odkD8lOiygrJ63oAsmvhb0HuEQMbE9wqIVxlW7NMvSCyCi9JbXGquLsVgFG9wntXbGdnLg_6siHg3HSGq8kpJNQkc0n1bjf5s/s540/Line.gif" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vWrKkK_sHnxizcSKdV6F7zrmzNVVyMcUIWimRkiS131odkD8lOiygrJ63oAsmvhb0HuEQMbE9wqIVxlW7NMvSCyCi9JbXGquLsVgFG9wntXbGdnLg_6siHg3HSGq8kpJNQkc0n1bjf5s/w640-h4/Line.gif" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Our fragile breath, that only
comes from God Himself, is being shouted down by the noise of the world.
Churches are shut, pastors are arrested and/or fined, congregations are
chastised and branded “super-spreaders” while the world’s brown shirts in black
clothing can burn, loot, and kill at will. Fear dominates the airwaves, and the
headlines. Entire countries have gone into de facto martial law (see France, Australia,
New Zealand, England for staters). We in America are counted as sheep by the
number of masks we are told to wear, and by the lies and half-truths promulgated
by what has become essentially, a state-run media complex. We follow the race
baiters, the race hucksters, and the divide between us grows and grows, and
each fragile breath grows quieter and quieter. In “The Fading Voice” I wrote:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“…</span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">There
are many voices out there. Some are harsh, filled with hate and rage. Some are
smooth and soothing, but the venom they drip is no less poisonous than the
voices of hate. Some are filled with cries of piety, yet a hint of hypocrisy
drips from their lips; others will tell you exactly what they think and defy
you to shout them down. These are all the voices of the world, not God…”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn100" name="_ednref100" style="mso-endnote-id: edn100;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xi]</span></span></span></span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>This is the real issue, the
pressing one for believers. If we are listening to a voice that does not belong
to God, then to whom are we listening? What path are we being herded down? Look
again at the scriptures I started this epistle with <b>Ezekiel 34:1–31</b></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Look also at Psalms 82. What is the
significance of what these words from Scripture are? Within these verses are
all you need to know about who it is that is pulling the strings today, while
we all twirl around like little marionettes. Elohim only tugs at our heart
strings, to gently guide us back to Him. So then, these “shepherds” are not of
God. If it is not of God, then it must be from the darkness, the enemy of our
souls.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></o:p></span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">When I say something is not from God, I do not
mean that He has no control over the events that are transpiring across this ball
of confusion. No, He is very much in charge. It is we who are not paying heed.
Voices cry out against oppression, yet deliverance does not come. Voices scream
about the death and destruction of our planet, yet they continue to use and
demand the very devices that are made from the rape of the earth. Voices yell
and argue about deviant teachings to our children, yet they are now labeled
domestic terrorists. Voices plead for accountability from those we chose to
represent us, but all these do is press down harder to still the voice that
cries in the wilderness. Why is there no relief?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">There is no relief because we have shepherds who
feed themselves and starve the flock. When Ezekiel spoke of “shepherds,” he was
speaking against those in power; those in leadership; those who pretend to
speak for God; those who own the businesses and commerce. The same warning the
Lord rang against those leaders in 2</span><sup style="text-indent: 0.5in;">nd</sup><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> Chronicles, fits the leaders,
the elites, of our time, and of all times past. Where did the ancient
civilizations go? Where have those that occupied the seats of power gone? Governments
have risen and fallen, but in their death throes they have left a wake of
destruction that carries on to this day. The shepherds did not heed the
warnings, and their bones lie in the dust of the earth, along with countless
souls whose voices were not or could not be heard. This is not the real tragedy
though. The All-Mighty God has been waiting to hear from voices that could
change everything, yet all He hears is discord and defiance. This is where Psalm 82 plays in: I said there were enemies of our souls - these are the ones Paul spoke of in Ephesians 6:12:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens. [<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Biblical Studies Press, The NET Bible First Edition; Bible. English. NET Bible.; The NET Bible (Biblical Studies Press, 2005), Eph 6:12.]</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">These are those He choose to rule over the nations, and they also are the "shepherds" that have failed God, and why He renders judgment upon them also. Is there relief? Yes, for Father gives us the answer:</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2<sup>nd</sup>
Chronicles 7:12-22 (NASB)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12 </span></sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Then the Lord appeared to Solomon at night and
said to him:</span>I have heard your
prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a temple of sacrifice. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn101" name="_ednref101" style="mso-endnote-id: edn101;" title=""><sup>e</sup></a>
<sup>13 </sup>If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the
grasshopper to consume the land, or if I send pestilence on My people, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn102" name="_ednref102" style="mso-endnote-id: edn102;" title=""><sup>f</sup></a> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>14 </sup>and My people who are called by My name humble
themselves, pray and seek My face, and turn from their evil ways, then I will
hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn103" name="_ednref103" style="mso-endnote-id: edn103;" title=""><sup>g</sup></a></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">15 </span></sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My eyes will now be open and My ears attentive
to prayer from this place. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn104" name="_ednref104" style="mso-endnote-id: edn104;" title=""><sup>h</sup></a> <sup>16 </sup>And I have now
chosen and consecrated this temple so that My name may be there forever; My
eyes and My heart will be there at all times. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn105" name="_ednref105" style="mso-endnote-id: edn105;" title=""><sup>i</sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">17 </span></sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As for you, if you walk before Me as your
father David walked, doing everything I have commanded you, and if you keep My
statutes and ordinances, <sup>18 </sup>I will establish your royal throne,
as I promised your father David: You will never fail to have a man ruling in
Israel. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn106" name="_ednref106" style="mso-endnote-id: edn106;" title=""><sup>j</sup></a><sup><o:p></o:p></sup></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">19 </span></sup></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">However, if you turn away and abandon My
statutes and My commands that I have set before you and if you go and serve
other gods and worship them, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn107" name="_ednref107" style="mso-endnote-id: edn107;" title=""><sup>k</sup></a> <sup>20 </sup>then I will
uproot Israel from the soil that I gave them, and this temple that I have
sanctified for My name I will banish from My presence; <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn108" name="_ednref108" style="mso-endnote-id: edn108;" title=""><sup>l</sup></a> I will make
it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn109" name="_ednref109" style="mso-endnote-id: edn109;" title=""><sup>m</sup></a> <sup>21 </sup>As
for this temple, which was exalted, everyone who passes by will be appalled and
will say: <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn110" name="_ednref110" style="mso-endnote-id: edn110;" title=""><sup>n</sup></a> Why did the Lord do this to this land and this
temple? <sup>22 </sup>Then they will say: Because they abandoned the Lord
God of their ancestors who brought them out of the land of Egypt. They clung to
other gods and worshiped and served them. Because of this, He brought all this
ruin on them. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn111" name="_ednref111" style="mso-endnote-id: edn111;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xii]</span></sup></b></span></sup></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Though there are those who will say that the
context of these verses applies only to Israel, they miss the ever-lasting
truth behind Scripture. YHVH has a people. Those that are the chosen of Israel,
and those that are grafted into the Commonwealth of Israel. I ask the question:
have we, who are called by His name, humbled ourselves, prayed and sought His
Face, and then turned from our evil ways? Which YHVH do we pray to? The Hebrew
God of Israel or the Christian version, be it Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian,
Orthodox, Episcopal, Catholic, Lutheran, Reformed or the Spirit-filled God? Which
denomination has the correct theology? What church group or denomination has
unity? I can go on and on, but if you wish to go deeper, just look at the lists
in Wikipedia at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations</a>
. This does not include the Messianic denominations out there, or the Jewish
ones. So which people are supposed to humble themselves and pray so YHVH will
hear and heal the land? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>It
is the true believer that the Father hears. It is the sinner in their darkest hour
that He Hears. This is the individual relationship He wants. But what about the
corporate relationship, the wider body of believers? Is this what 2 Chronicles is
referring to? I believe so. The issues we face today in America and across the
world are a result of the corporate failure of believers to humble themselves
and accept YHVH <b><i>as He is and as He says</i></b>. We must lay aside all
our own preconceptions of what we think God should be and accept Him as He is:
the Holy, Unchangeable God of Israel, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He
is the One who issued forth through Moses the Law. He gave to the Prophets the
wisdom to know what He expects from His people. He sent Yeshua as our Redeemer,
our payment for the penalty of forgetting His ways, statues, and commandments.
He wants every fragile breath to humble themselves and accept His ways. We must
turn from the baseless hatred of the modern world. We must turn away from our “gods”
of commerce, greed, sex, “hero” worship, and return, tesuvah (</span><b style="mso-ansi-font-weight: normal;"><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">תשובה</span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, literally, "return") just as Yeshua and John the Immerser
called us to do, to repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. How do we
repent though?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-indent: 0.25in;">According to </span><i style="text-indent: 0.25in;">Gates
of Repentance</i><span style="text-indent: 0.25in;">, a standard work of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_ethics" style="text-indent: 0.25in;" title="Jewish ethics">Jewish
ethics</a><span style="text-indent: 0.25in;"> written by </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yonah_Gerondi" style="text-indent: 0.25in;" title="Yonah Gerondi">Rabbenu
Yonah of Gerona</a><span style="text-indent: 0.25in;">, a sinner repents by:</span><sup style="text-indent: 0.25in;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repentance_in_Judaism#cite_note-5"></a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn112" name="_ednref112" style="mso-endnote-id: edn112;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xiii]</span></span></span></span></a></sup></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">regretting/acknowledging the sin.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">forsaking the sin.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">worrying about the future consequences of the sin.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">acting and speaking with humility.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">acting in a way opposite to that of the sin (for example, for the
sin of lying, one should speak the truth).<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">understanding the magnitude of the sin.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">refraining from lesser sins for the purpose of safeguarding oneself
against committing greater sins.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viduy" title="Viduy">confessing
the sin</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_prayer" title="Jewish prayer">praying</a> for atonement.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">correcting the sin however possible (for example, if one stole an
object, the stolen item must be returned; or, if one slanders another, the
slanderer must ask the injured party for forgiveness).<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">pursuing works of <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesed" title="Chesed">chesed</a></i> and
truth.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">remembering the sin for the rest of one's life.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn113" name="_ednref113" style="mso-endnote-id: edn113;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xiv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">refraining from committing the same sin if the opportunity presents
itself again.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">teaching others not to sin. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn114" name="_ednref114" style="mso-endnote-id: edn114;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xv]</span></span></span></span></a></span></li></ul><br />None of this is
possible without the proof of repentance, the proof of a changed life. Regret
does not translate into a change of behavior, a change of heart. Just because
one turns away from sin (which is transgression of God’s Laws or Torah) does
not mean that person has repented. All can turn away from sinful behavior
because one does not wish to face the consequence – but this is not repentance.
To truly repent, we must not only turn away, but also turn toward something,
that something being God. All are tempted: what separates the truly repentant
is that when given the opportunity or the temptation to commit the sin, they
choose not to because they love God more than the sin. Psalms Fifty-One
describes this best:<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Psalm 51<sup>4<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn115" name="_ednref115" style="mso-endnote-id: edn115;" title="">2</a></sup></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For the music director, a psalm of David,
written when Nathan the prophet confronted him after David’s affair with
Bathsheba.<sup>4<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn116" name="_ednref116" style="mso-endnote-id: edn116;" title="">3</a><o:p></o:p></sup></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">51:1 </span></sup></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Have mercy on me, O
God, because of<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn117" name="_ednref117" style="mso-endnote-id: edn117;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a> your loyal love! Because of<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn118" name="_ednref118" style="mso-endnote-id: edn118;" title=""><sup>2</sup></a>
your great compassion, wipe away my rebellious acts!<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn119" name="_ednref119" style="mso-endnote-id: edn119;" title=""><sup>3</sup></a></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">51:2 </span></sup></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wash away my
wrongdoing!<sup>4</sup> Cleanse me of my sin!<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn120" name="_ednref120" style="mso-endnote-id: edn120;" title=""><sup>5</sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">51:3 </span></sup></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For I am aware of<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn121" name="_ednref121" style="mso-endnote-id: edn121;" title=""><sup>6</sup></a>
my rebellious acts; I am forever conscious of my sin.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn122" name="_ednref122" style="mso-endnote-id: edn122;" title=""><sup>7</sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">51:4 </span></sup></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Against you—you
above all<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn123" name="_ednref123" style="mso-endnote-id: edn123;" title=""><sup>8</sup></a>—I have sinned; I have done what is evil in your
sight. So<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn124" name="_ednref124" style="mso-endnote-id: edn124;" title=""><sup>9</sup></a> you are just when you confront me;<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn125" name="_ednref125" style="mso-endnote-id: edn125;" title="">0</a></sup>
you are right when you condemn me.<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn126" name="_ednref126" style="mso-endnote-id: edn126;" title="">1</a></sup><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">51:5 </span></sup></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Look, I was guilty
of sin from birth, a sinner the moment my mother conceived me.<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn127" name="_ednref127" style="mso-endnote-id: edn127;" title="">2</a></sup><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">51:6 </span></sup></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Look,<sup>13</sup> you
desire<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn128" name="_ednref128" style="mso-endnote-id: edn128;" title="">4</a></sup> integrity in the inner man;<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn129" name="_ednref129" style="mso-endnote-id: edn129;" title="">5</a></sup> you want me to
possess wisdom.<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn130" name="_ednref130" style="mso-endnote-id: edn130;" title="">6</a></sup><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">51:7 </span></sup></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sprinkle me<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn131" name="_ednref131" style="mso-endnote-id: edn131;" title="">7</a></sup>
with water<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn132" name="_ednref132" style="mso-endnote-id: edn132;" title="">8</a></sup> and I will be pure;<sup>1<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn133" name="_ednref133" style="mso-endnote-id: edn133;" title="">9</a></sup>
wash me<sup>2<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn134" name="_ednref134" style="mso-endnote-id: edn134;" title="">0</a></sup> and I will be whiter than snow.<sup>2<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn135" name="_ednref135" style="mso-endnote-id: edn135;" title="">1</a></sup><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">51:8 </span></sup></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Grant me the
ultimate joy of being forgiven!<sup>2<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn136" name="_ednref136" style="mso-endnote-id: edn136;" title="">2</a></sup> May the bones<sup>2<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn137" name="_ednref137" style="mso-endnote-id: edn137;" title="">3</a></sup>
you crushed rejoice!<sup>2<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn138" name="_ednref138" style="mso-endnote-id: edn138;" title="">4</a></sup><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">51:9 </span></sup></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hide your face<sup>2<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn139" name="_ednref139" style="mso-endnote-id: edn139;" title="">5</a></sup>
from my sins! Wipe away<sup>2<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn140" name="_ednref140" style="mso-endnote-id: edn140;" title="">6</a></sup> all my guilt!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">51:10 </span></sup></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Create for me a pure heart, O God!<sup>2<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn141" name="_ednref141" style="mso-endnote-id: edn141;" title="">7</a></sup>
Renew a resolute spirit within me!<sup>2<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn142" name="_ednref142" style="mso-endnote-id: edn142;" title="">8</a></sup></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">51:11 </span></sup></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Do not reject me!<sup>2<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn143" name="_ednref143" style="mso-endnote-id: edn143;" title="">9</a></sup>
Do not take your Holy Spirit<sup>3<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn144" name="_ednref144" style="mso-endnote-id: edn144;" title="">0</a></sup> away from me!<sup>3<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn145" name="_ednref145" style="mso-endnote-id: edn145;" title="">1</a></sup></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">51:12 </span></sup></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Let me again
experience the joy of your deliverance! Sustain me by giving me the desire to
obey!<sup>3<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn146" name="_ednref146" style="mso-endnote-id: edn146;" title="">2</a></sup><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">51:13 </span></sup></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Then I will teach<sup>3<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn147" name="_ednref147" style="mso-endnote-id: edn147;" title="">3</a></sup>
rebels your merciful ways,<sup>3<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn148" name="_ednref148" style="mso-endnote-id: edn148;" title="">4</a></sup> and sinners will turn<sup>3<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn149" name="_ednref149" style="mso-endnote-id: edn149;" title="">5</a></sup>
to you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">51:14 </span></sup></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rescue me from the
guilt of murder,<sup>3<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn150" name="_ednref150" style="mso-endnote-id: edn150;" title="">6</a></sup> O God, the God who delivers me! Then my
tongue will shout for joy because of your deliverance.<sup>3<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn151" name="_ednref151" style="mso-endnote-id: edn151;" title="">7</a><o:p></o:p></sup></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">51:15 </span></sup></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">O Lord, give me the words!<sup>3<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn152" name="_ednref152" style="mso-endnote-id: edn152;" title="">8</a></sup>
Then my mouth will praise you.<sup>3<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn153" name="_ednref153" style="mso-endnote-id: edn153;" title="">9</a></sup></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">51:16 </span></sup></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Certainly<sup>4<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn154" name="_ednref154" style="mso-endnote-id: edn154;" title="">0</a></sup> you do not want a
sacrifice, or else I would offer it;<sup>4<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn155" name="_ednref155" style="mso-endnote-id: edn155;" title="">1</a></sup> you do not desire a
burnt sacrifice.<sup>4<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn156" name="_ednref156" style="mso-endnote-id: edn156;" title="">2</a></sup><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">51:17 </span></sup></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The sacrifices God desires are a humble spirit<sup>4<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn157" name="_ednref157" style="mso-endnote-id: edn157;" title="">3</a></sup>—
O God, a humble and repentant heart<sup>4<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn158" name="_ednref158" style="mso-endnote-id: edn158;" title="">4</a></sup> you will not reject.<sup>4<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn159" name="_ednref159" style="mso-endnote-id: edn159;" title="">5</a><o:p></o:p></sup></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">51:18 </span></sup></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Because you favor
Zion, do what is good for her!<sup>4<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn160" name="_ednref160" style="mso-endnote-id: edn160;" title="">6</a></sup> Fortify<sup>4<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn161" name="_ednref161" style="mso-endnote-id: edn161;" title="">7</a></sup>
the walls of Jerusalem!<sup>4<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn162" name="_ednref162" style="mso-endnote-id: edn162;" title="">8</a></sup></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">51:19 </span></sup></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Then you will accept<sup>4<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn163" name="_ednref163" style="mso-endnote-id: edn163;" title="">9</a></sup>
the proper sacrifices, burnt sacrifices and whole offerings; then bulls will be
sacrificed<sup>5<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn164" name="_ednref164" style="mso-endnote-id: edn164;" title="">0</a></sup> on your altar.<sup>5<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn165" name="_ednref165" style="mso-endnote-id: edn165;" title="">1</a></sup> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn166" name="_ednref166" style="mso-endnote-id: edn166;" title=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xvi]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></i></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">Yes, a repentant
heart seeks to be broken, to be contrite.</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_edn167" name="_ednref167" style="mso-endnote-id: edn167; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xvii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">
Truly David wept between fragile breaths as he confessed his sin before God.
Isn’t this the heart all believers should reach for? If we did, and we put away
the denominations, the sects, the congregations, the playing at religion and
adopted the broken and contrite heart – God would hear and heal not only our
land, but the whole earth.</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></span></p>
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thunder and lightning. He crushes the earth and sends forth waves of despair
and darkness because we, His people, refuse to turn from our wicked ways. We
are responsible for this broken world, not the unbeliever, not </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ha
‘satan</span></i></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">… We are. We need to humble ourselves, and with each fragile, weeping
breath, ask for forgiveness, seek repentance, love justice and mercy, and
praise Him, just praise Him. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It is not a question of “Can
We?”</span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It is an answer of “we must.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Join me today brethren, and lift
your fragile breath to Him<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And heal this land.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">May He hear from heaven and
bless you today, my beloved,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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Throughout this study I may be using the NET Bible® and the NET Notes®: within
the notes you will see symbols like this: (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-language: HE;">א </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">B Ψ 892* 2427 sys). These are
abbreviations used by the NET Bible® for identifying the principal manuscript
evidence that they (authors and translators of the NET Bible®) used in
translating the New Testament. Please go to https://bible.org/netbible/ and see
their section labeled “NET Bible Principals of Translation” for a more complete
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<div id="edn5" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref5" name="_edn5" style="mso-endnote-id: edn5;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Jer 2:8; 3:15; 10:21; 12:10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn6" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref6" name="_edn6" style="mso-endnote-id: edn6;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">them, the shepherds</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn7" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref7" name="_edn7" style="mso-endnote-id: edn7;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Heb <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">YHWH,</i> usually rendered <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>,</i>
and so throughout the ch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn8" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref8" name="_edn8" style="mso-endnote-id: edn8;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">3</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">pasturing, pasture</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn9" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref9" name="_edn9" style="mso-endnote-id: edn9;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Jer 23:1; Ezek 22:25; 34:8–10; Mic 3:1–3, 11<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn10" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref10" name="_edn10" style="mso-endnote-id: edn10;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">3</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">pasturing, pasture</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn11" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref11" name="_edn11" style="mso-endnote-id: edn11;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ps 78:71, 72; Is 40:11; Ezek 34:14, 15; John 10:11; 21:15–17<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn12" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref12" name="_edn12" style="mso-endnote-id: edn12;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Zech 11:16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn13" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref13" name="_edn13" style="mso-endnote-id: edn13;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ezek 22:25, 27<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn14" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref14" name="_edn14" style="mso-endnote-id: edn14;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">pasturing</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn15" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref15" name="_edn15" style="mso-endnote-id: edn15;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">sick</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn16" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref16" name="_edn16" style="mso-endnote-id: edn16;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Zech 11:16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn17" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref17" name="_edn17" style="mso-endnote-id: edn17;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Matt 9:36; 10:6; 18:12, 13; Luke 15:4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn18" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref18" name="_edn18" style="mso-endnote-id: edn18;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Num 27:17; 2 Chr 18:16; Jer 10:21; 23:2; 50:6, 7; Matt 9:36; Mark 6:34<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn19" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref19" name="_edn19" style="mso-endnote-id: edn19;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ezek 34:8, 28<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn20" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref20" name="_edn20" style="mso-endnote-id: edn20;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Jer 40:11, 12; Ezek 7:16; 1 Pet 2:25<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn21" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref21" name="_edn21" style="mso-endnote-id: edn21;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
John 10:16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn22" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref22" name="_edn22" style="mso-endnote-id: edn22;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ps 142:4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn23" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref23" name="_edn23" style="mso-endnote-id: edn23;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Acts 20:29<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn24" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref24" name="_edn24" style="mso-endnote-id: edn24;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Jer 21:13; Ezek 5:8; 13:8; 34:2; Zech 10:3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn25" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref25" name="_edn25" style="mso-endnote-id: edn25;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Or (a) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">flock</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn26" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref26" name="_edn26" style="mso-endnote-id: edn26;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">from their hand</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn27" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref27" name="_edn27" style="mso-endnote-id: edn27;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
1 Sam 2:29, 30; Jer 52:24–27<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn28" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref28" name="_edn28" style="mso-endnote-id: edn28;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Or (a) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">flock</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn29" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref29" name="_edn29" style="mso-endnote-id: edn29;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">3</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">pasture,</i> and so throughout the ch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn30" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref30" name="_edn30" style="mso-endnote-id: edn30;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ps 72:12–14; Ezek 13:23<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn31" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref31" name="_edn31" style="mso-endnote-id: edn31;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ezek 11:17; 20:41<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn32" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref32" name="_edn32" style="mso-endnote-id: edn32;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Jer 31:10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn33" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref33" name="_edn33" style="mso-endnote-id: edn33;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">seek(s) out</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn34" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref34" name="_edn34" style="mso-endnote-id: edn34;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">flock</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn35" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref35" name="_edn35" style="mso-endnote-id: edn35;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">seek(s) out</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn36" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref36" name="_edn36" style="mso-endnote-id: edn36;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Is 40:11; 56:8; Jer 23:3; 31:8; Luke 19:10; John 10:16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn37" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref37" name="_edn37" style="mso-endnote-id: edn37;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">flock</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn38" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref38" name="_edn38" style="mso-endnote-id: edn38;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Jer 13:16; Ezek 30:3; Joel 2:2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn39" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref39" name="_edn39" style="mso-endnote-id: edn39;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ezek 34:23; 36:29, 30; Mic 7:14<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn40" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref40" name="_edn40" style="mso-endnote-id: edn40;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Is 30:25<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn41" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref41" name="_edn41" style="mso-endnote-id: edn41;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ps 23:2; Jer 31:12–14, 25; John 10:9<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn42" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref42" name="_edn42" style="mso-endnote-id: edn42;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">fat</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn43" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref43" name="_edn43" style="mso-endnote-id: edn43;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ezek 28:25, 26; 36:29, 30<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn44" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref44" name="_edn44" style="mso-endnote-id: edn44;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ps 23:1, 2; Ezek 34:23<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn45" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref45" name="_edn45" style="mso-endnote-id: edn45;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">cause them to lie down</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn46" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref46" name="_edn46" style="mso-endnote-id: edn46;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Is 10:16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn47" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref47" name="_edn47" style="mso-endnote-id: edn47;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Is 49:26<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn48" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref48" name="_edn48" style="mso-endnote-id: edn48;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ezek 20:38; 34:20–22; Mal 4:1; Matt 25:32<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn49" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref49" name="_edn49" style="mso-endnote-id: edn49;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">lamb</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn50" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref50" name="_edn50" style="mso-endnote-id: edn50;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Num 16:9, 13; 2 Sam 7:19; Is 7:13<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn51" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref51" name="_edn51" style="mso-endnote-id: edn51;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">foul by trampling</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn52" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref52" name="_edn52" style="mso-endnote-id: edn52;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">foul by trampling</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn53" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref53" name="_edn53" style="mso-endnote-id: edn53;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Deut 33:17; Dan 8:4; Luke 13:14–16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn54" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref54" name="_edn54" style="mso-endnote-id: edn54;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">sick</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn55" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref55" name="_edn55" style="mso-endnote-id: edn55;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">to the outside</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn56" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref56" name="_edn56" style="mso-endnote-id: edn56;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ps 72:12–14; Jer 23:3; Ezek 34:10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn57" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref57" name="_edn57" style="mso-endnote-id: edn57;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Rev 7:17<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn58" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref58" name="_edn58" style="mso-endnote-id: edn58;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Is 40:11; John 10:11<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn59" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref59" name="_edn59" style="mso-endnote-id: edn59;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Jer 30:9; Ezek 37:24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn60" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref60" name="_edn60" style="mso-endnote-id: edn60;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Is 55:3; Jer 30:9; Ezek 37:24, 25; Hos 3:5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn61" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref61" name="_edn61" style="mso-endnote-id: edn61;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ezek 16:60; 20:37; 37:26<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn62" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref62" name="_edn62" style="mso-endnote-id: edn62;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Job 5:22, 23; Is 11:6–9<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn63" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref63" name="_edn63" style="mso-endnote-id: edn63;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Jer 33:16; Ezek 28:26; 34:27, 28<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn64" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref64" name="_edn64" style="mso-endnote-id: edn64;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Gen 12:2; Ezek 34:14<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn65" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref65" name="_edn65" style="mso-endnote-id: edn65;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Deut 11:13–15; 28:12<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn66" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref66" name="_edn66" style="mso-endnote-id: edn66;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lev 25:21; Is 44:3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn67" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref67" name="_edn67" style="mso-endnote-id: edn67;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ezek 38:8, 11<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn68" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref68" name="_edn68" style="mso-endnote-id: edn68;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lev 26:13; Is 52:2, 3; Jer 30:8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn69" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref69" name="_edn69" style="mso-endnote-id: edn69;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Jer 30:10; Ezek 39:26<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn70" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref70" name="_edn70" style="mso-endnote-id: edn70;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Is 4:2; 60:21; 61:3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn71" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref71" name="_edn71" style="mso-endnote-id: edn71;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ezek 34:26, 27; 36:29<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn72" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref72" name="_edn72" style="mso-endnote-id: edn72;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">those gathered</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn73" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref73" name="_edn73" style="mso-endnote-id: edn73;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ezek 36:6, 15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn74" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref74" name="_edn74" style="mso-endnote-id: edn74;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ps 46:7, 11; Ezek 14:11; 36:28<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn75" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref75" name="_edn75" style="mso-endnote-id: edn75;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ps 78:52; 80:1; Ezek 36:38<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn76" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref76" name="_edn76" style="mso-endnote-id: edn76;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ps 100:3; Jer 23:1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn77" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref77" name="_edn77" style="mso-endnote-id: edn77;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[v]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/nasb95?ref=BibleNASB95.Eze34.1-31"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update</i></a>.
La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<div id="edn78" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref78" name="_edn78" style="mso-endnote-id: edn78;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2</span></sup></a><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">9</span></sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">sn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Psalm 82</i>. The psalmist pictures God standing in the “assembly of
El” where he accuses the “gods” of failing to promote justice on earth. God
pronounces sentence upon them, announcing that they will die like men. Having
witnessed the scene, the psalmist then asks God to establish his just rule over
the earth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn79" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref79" name="_edn79" style="mso-endnote-id: edn79;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> Or “presides over.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn80" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref80" name="_edn80" style="mso-endnote-id: edn80;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> The phrase </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עֲדַת אֵל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">’adat ’el</i>, “assembly
of El”) appears only here in the OT. (1) Some understand “El” to refer to God
himself. In this case he is pictured presiding over his own heavenly assembly.
(2) Others take </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">אֵל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> as a superlative
here (“God stands in the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">great</i>
assembly”), as in Pss 36:6 and 80:10. (3) The present translation assumes this
is a reference to the Canaanite high god El, who presided over the Canaanite
divine assembly. (See Isa 14:13, where El’s assembly is called “the stars of
El.”) In the Ugaritic myths the phrase <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">’dt
’ilm</i> refers to the “assembly of the gods,” who congregate in King Kirtu’s
house, where Baal asks El to bless Kirtu’s house (see G. R. Driver, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Canaanite Myths and Legends</i>, 91). If the
Canaanite divine assembly is referred to here in Ps 82:1, then the psalm must
be understood as a bold polemic against Canaanite religion. Israel’s God
invades El’s assembly, denounces its gods as failing to uphold justice, and
announces their coming demise. For an interpretation of the psalm along these
lines, see W. VanGemeren, “Psalms,” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">EBC</i>
5:533–36.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn81" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref81" name="_edn81" style="mso-endnote-id: edn81;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">3</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">sn</b> The present translation assumes
that the Hebrew term </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">אֱלֹהִים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>
(<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">’elohim</i>, “gods”) here refers to the
pagan gods who supposedly comprise El’s assembly according to Canaanite
religion. Those who reject the polemical view of the psalm prefer to see the
referent as human judges or rulers (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">אֱלֹהִים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> sometimes refers to officials appointed by God, see Exod 21:6;
22:8–9; Ps 45:6) or as angelic beings (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">אֱלֹהִים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> sometimes refers to angelic beings, see Gen 3:5; Ps 8:5).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn82" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref82" name="_edn82" style="mso-endnote-id: edn82;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">4</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">sn</b> The picture of God rendering <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">judgment</i> among the gods clearly depicts
his sovereign authority as universal king (see v. 8, where the psalmist boldly
affirms this truth).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn83" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref83" name="_edn83" style="mso-endnote-id: edn83;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">5</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> The words “he says” are supplied
in the translation to indicate that the following speech is God’s judicial
decision (see v. 1).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn84" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref84" name="_edn84" style="mso-endnote-id: edn84;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">6</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “and the face of the wicked lift up.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn85" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref85" name="_edn85" style="mso-endnote-id: edn85;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">7</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> The Hebrew noun </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">יָתוֹם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">yatom</i>) refers to one
who has lost his father (not necessarily his mother, see Ps 109:9). Because
they were so vulnerable and were frequently exploited, fatherless children are
often mentioned as epitomizing the oppressed (see Pss 10:14; 68:5; 94:6; 146:9;
as well as Job 6:27; 22:9; 24:3, 9; 29:12; 31:17, 21).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref86" name="_edn86" style="mso-endnote-id: edn86;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">8</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “hand.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref87" name="_edn87" style="mso-endnote-id: edn87;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">9</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">sn</b> Having addressed the defendants,
God now speaks to those who are observing the trial, referring to the gods in
the third person.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref88" name="_edn88" style="mso-endnote-id: edn88;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">10</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “walk.” The Hitpael stem indicates iterative action, picturing
these ignorant “judges” as stumbling around in the darkness.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref89" name="_edn89" style="mso-endnote-id: edn89;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">11</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">sn</b> These gods, though responsible
for justice, neglect their duty. Their self-imposed ignorance (which the
psalmist compares to stumbling around in the dark) results in widespread
injustice, which threatens the social order of the world (the meaning of the
phrase <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">all the foundations of the earth
crumble</i>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn90" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref90" name="_edn90" style="mso-endnote-id: edn90;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">12</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “said.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn91" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref91" name="_edn91" style="mso-endnote-id: edn91;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">13</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">sn</b> Normally in the OT the title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Most High</i> belongs to the God of Israel,
but in this context, where the mythological overtones are so strong, it
probably refers to the Canaanite high god El (see v. 1, as well as Isa 14:13).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn92" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref92" name="_edn92" style="mso-endnote-id: edn92;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">14</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “men.” The point in the context is mortality, however, not
maleness.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">sn</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">You will die like mortals</i>. For the
concept of a god losing immortality and dying, see Isa 14:12–15, which alludes
to a pagan myth in which the petty god “Shining One, son of the Dawn,” is
hurled into Sheol for his hubris.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn93" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref93" name="_edn93" style="mso-endnote-id: edn93;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">15</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “like one of the rulers.” The comparison does not necessarily
imply that they are not rulers. The expression “like one of” can sometimes mean
“as one of” (Gen 49:16; Obad 11) or “as any other of” (Judg 16:7, 11).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref94" name="_edn94" style="mso-endnote-id: edn94;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">16</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> The translation assumes that the
Qal of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">נָחַל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">nakhal</i>) here means “to own; to possess,”
and that the imperfect emphasizes a general truth. Another option is to
translate the verb as future, “for you will take possession of all the nations”
(cf. NIV “all the nations are your inheritance”).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><a name="_Hlk85458444"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">End “NET®” notes</span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk85458444;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk85458444;"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref95" name="_edn95" style="mso-endnote-id: edn95;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vi]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Biblical Studies Press, <a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/gs-netbible?ref=BibleNET.Ps82&off=670"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The NET Bible First Edition; Bible. English.
NET Bible.; The NET Bible</i></a> (Biblical Studies Press, 2005), Ps 82.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<h1 style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref96" name="_edn96" style="mso-endnote-id: edn96;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="color: #2f5496; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">[vii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">
See <a href="https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejm199711133372006">https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejm199711133372006</a>
, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">from the article “Fifty
Years Later: The Significance of the Nuremberg Code” by Evelyne Shuster, Ph.D. </span><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref97" name="_edn97" style="mso-endnote-id: edn97;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[viii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> …Ibid…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref98" name="_edn98" style="mso-endnote-id: edn98;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[ix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> References used in the article listed
above follow:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Annas GJ, Grodin MA, eds. The Nazi doctors and
the Nuremberg Code: human rights in human experimentation. New York: Oxford
University Press, 1992.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Biomedical
ethics and the shadow of Nazism: a conference on the proper use of the Nazi
analogy in ethical debate/April 8, 1976Hastings Cent Rep 1976;6:Suppl:1-20<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Katz
J. The consent principle of the Nuremberg Code: its significance then and now.
In: Annas GJ, Grodin MA, eds. The Nazi doctors and the Nuremberg Code: human
rights in human experimentation. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992:227-39.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Ambroselli
C. L'éthique médicale. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, Que Sais-je?,
1988.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Advisory
Committee on Human Radiation Experiments. Final report. Washington, D.C.:
Government Printing Office, 1995.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Grodin
MA, Annas GJ. Legacies of Nuremberg: medical ethics and human rights. JAMA 1996;276:1682-1683<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">International
Military Tribunal. Trials of war criminals before the Nuremberg Military
Tribunals under Control Council law no. 10. Washington, D.C.: Government
Printing Office, 1950.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Moreno
JD. Reassessing the influence of the Nuremberg Code on American medical
ethics. J Contemp Health Law Policy 1997;13:347-360 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">11.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bayle F. Croix gammée contre caducée: les
expériences humaines en Allemagne pendant la Deuxième Guerre Mondiale. Berlin,
Germany: Commission Scientifique des Crimes de Guerre, 1950.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref99" name="_edn99" style="mso-endnote-id: edn99;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[x]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> See <a href="https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejm199711133372006">https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejm199711133372006</a>
, from the article “Fifty Years Later: The Significance of the Nuremberg Code”
by Evelyne Shuster, Ph.D. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref100" name="_edn100" style="mso-endnote-id: edn100;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2013/01/the-fading-voice.html">https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2013/01/the-fading-voice.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref101" name="_edn101" style="mso-endnote-id: edn101;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">e</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">7:12</b> Dt 12:5, 11<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref102" name="_edn102" style="mso-endnote-id: edn102;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">f</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">7:13</b> 2Ch 6:26–28<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn103" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref103" name="_edn103" style="mso-endnote-id: edn103;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">g</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">7:14</b> 2Ch 6:37–39<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn104" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref104" name="_edn104" style="mso-endnote-id: edn104;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">h</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">7:15</b> 2Ch 6:20, 40<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn105" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref105" name="_edn105" style="mso-endnote-id: edn105;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">i</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">7:16</b> 2Ch 7:12<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn106" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref106" name="_edn106" style="mso-endnote-id: edn106;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">j</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">7:18</b> 2Ch 6:16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn107" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref107" name="_edn107" style="mso-endnote-id: edn107;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">k</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">7:19</b> Lv 26:14; Dt 28:15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn108" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref108" name="_edn108" style="mso-endnote-id: edn108;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">l</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">7:20</b> Lv 26:33; Dt 29:28; 1Kg 14:15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref109" name="_edn109" style="mso-endnote-id: edn109;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">m</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">7:20</b> Dt 28:37<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref110" name="_edn110" style="mso-endnote-id: edn110;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">n</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">7:21–22</b> Dt 29:24–25<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref111" name="_edn111" style="mso-endnote-id: edn111;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/hcsb?ref=BibleHCSB.2Ch7.12&off=20&ctx=The+Lord%E2%80%99s+Response%0a~12%C2%A0Then+the+Lord+app"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Holy Bible: Holman Christian Standard Version.</i></a>
(Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers, 2009), 2 Ch 7:12–22.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref112" name="_edn112" style="mso-endnote-id: edn112;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xiii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yonah_Gerondi">Yonah Ben Avraham of Gerona</a>. <i>Shaarei
Teshuva: The Gates of Repentance</i>. Trans. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shraga_Silverstein" title="Shraga Silverstein">Shraga Silverstein</a>. Jerusalem, Israel: Feldheim
Publishers, 1971. Print.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn113" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref113" name="_edn113" style="mso-endnote-id: edn113;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xiv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <i>Thus, “He guards Lovingkindness
for thousands”— even though a person has sinned thousands of times and made
thousands of blemishes, God can and will forgive him, i.e. all sins</i> (if
he repents) (Rebbe <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nachman_of_Breslov" title="Nachman of Breslov">Nachman of Breslov</a>. <i>Likutey Halakhot</i> I,
p. 1b)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref114" name="_edn114" style="mso-endnote-id: edn114;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Adapted from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repentance_in_Judaism">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repentance_in_Judaism</a>
.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[The following notes are taken from the NET
Bible® footnotes, copyright (c) 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press L.L.C. All
rights reserved. Used by permission from www.bible.org, n.d. Numbering system
is unique to NET® Notes. Scripture quoted by permission; Quotations designated
(NET) are from The NET Bible®, Copyright © 2005 by Biblical Studies Press,
L.L.C. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.netbible.com/"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">www.netbible.com</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> All rights reserved<sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xv]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup>]</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref115" name="_edn115" style="mso-endnote-id: edn115;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">42</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">sn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Psalm 51</i>. The psalmist confesses his sinfulness to God and begs for
forgiveness and a transformation of his inner character. According to the psalm
superscription, David offered this prayer when Nathan confronted him with his
sin following the king’s affair with Bathsheba (see 2 Sam 11–12). However, the
final two verses of the psalm hardly fit this situation, for they assume the
walls of Jerusalem have been destroyed and that the sacrificial system has been
temporarily suspended. These verses are probably an addition to the psalm made
during the period of exile following the fall of Jerusalem in 586 <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">b.c</span>. The exiles could relate to David’s
experience, for they, like him, and had been forced to confront their sin. They
appropriated David’s ancient prayer and applied it to their own circumstances.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref116" name="_edn116" style="mso-endnote-id: edn116;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">43</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “a psalm by David, when Nathan the prophet came to him when he
had gone to Bathsheba.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn117" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref117" name="_edn117" style="mso-endnote-id: edn117;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> Or “according to.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn118" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref118" name="_edn118" style="mso-endnote-id: edn118;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> Or “according to.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn119" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref119" name="_edn119" style="mso-endnote-id: edn119;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">3</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> Traditionally “blot out my
transgressions.” Because of the reference to washing and cleansing in the
following verse, it is likely that the psalmist is comparing forgiveness to
wiping an object clean (note the use of the verb </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">מָחָה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">makhah</i>) in the sense
of “wipe clean; dry” in 2 Kgs 21:13; Prov 30:20; Isa 25:8). Another option is
that the psalmist is comparing forgiveness to erasing or blotting out names
from a register (see Exod 32:32–33). In this case one might translate, “erase
all record of my rebellious acts.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn120" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref120" name="_edn120" style="mso-endnote-id: edn120;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">5</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">sn</b> In vv. 1b–2 the psalmist uses
three different words to emphasize the multifaceted character and degree of his
sin. Whatever one wants to call it (“rebellious acts,” “wrongdoing,” “sin”), he
has done it and stands morally polluted in God’s sight. The same three words
appear in Exod 34:7, which emphasizes that God is willing to forgive sin in all
of its many dimensions. In v. 2 the psalmist compares forgiveness and
restoration to physical cleansing. Perhaps he likens spiritual cleansing to the
purification rites of priestly law.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn121" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref121" name="_edn121" style="mso-endnote-id: edn121;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">6</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “know.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn122" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref122" name="_edn122" style="mso-endnote-id: edn122;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">7</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “and my sin [is] in front of me continually.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn123" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref123" name="_edn123" style="mso-endnote-id: edn123;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">8</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “only you,” as if the psalmist had sinned exclusively against
God and no other. Since the Hebrew verb </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">חָטָא</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">hata’</i>, “to sin”) is
used elsewhere of sinful acts against people (see BDB 306 s.v. 2.a) and David
(the presumed author) certainly sinned when he murdered Uriah (2 Sam 12:9), it
is likely that the psalmist is overstating the case to suggest that the attack
on Uriah was ultimately an attack on God himself. To clarify the point of the
hyperbole, the translation uses “especially,” rather than the potentially
confusing “only.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn124" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref124" name="_edn124" style="mso-endnote-id: edn124;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">9</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> The Hebrew term </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">לְמַעַן</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">léma’an</i>) normally
indicates purpose (“in order that”), but here it introduces a logical
consequence of the preceding statement. (Taking the clause as indicating
purpose here would yield a theologically preposterous idea—the psalmist
purposely sinned so that God’s justice might be vindicated!) For other examples
of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">לְמַעַן</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> indicating result,
see 2 Kgs 22:17; Jer 27:15; Amos 2:7, as well as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">IBHS</i> 638–40 §38.3.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn125" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref125" name="_edn125" style="mso-endnote-id: edn125;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">10</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “when you speak.” In this context the psalmist refers to God’s
word of condemnation against his sin delivered through Nathan (cf. 2 Sam
12:7–12).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn126" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref126" name="_edn126" style="mso-endnote-id: edn126;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">11</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “when you judge.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn127" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref127" name="_edn127" style="mso-endnote-id: edn127;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">12</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “Look, in wrongdoing I was brought forth, and in sin my mother
conceived me.” The prefixed verbal form in the second line is probably a
preterite (without <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">vav</i> [</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">ו</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>] consecutive), stating a simple historical fact. The psalmist
is not suggesting that he was conceived through an inappropriate sexual
relationship (although the verse has sometimes been understood to mean that, or
even that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">all</i> sexual relationships
are sinful). The psalmist’s point is that he has been a sinner from the very
moment his personal existence began. By going back beyond the time of birth to
the moment of conception, the psalmist makes his point more emphatically in the
second line than in the first.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn128" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref128" name="_edn128" style="mso-endnote-id: edn128;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">14</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> The perfect is used in a
generalizing sense here.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn129" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref129" name="_edn129" style="mso-endnote-id: edn129;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">15</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “in the covered [places],” i.e., in the inner man.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn130" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref130" name="_edn130" style="mso-endnote-id: edn130;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">16</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “in the secret [place] wisdom you cause me to know.” The Hiphil
verbal form is causative, while the imperfect is used in a modal sense to
indicate God’s desire (note the parallel verb “desire”).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">sn</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">You want me to possess wisdom</i>. Here
“wisdom” does not mean “intelligence” or “learning,” but refers to moral
insight and skill.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn131" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref131" name="_edn131" style="mso-endnote-id: edn131;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">17</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> The imperfect verbal form is used
here to express the psalmist’s wish or request.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn132" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref132" name="_edn132" style="mso-endnote-id: edn132;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">18</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “cleanse me with hyssop.” “Hyssop” was a small plant (see 1 Kgs
4:33) used to apply water (or blood) in purification rites (see Exod 12:22; Lev
14:4–6, 49–52; Num 19:6–18. The psalmist uses the language and imagery of such
rites to describe spiritual cleansing through forgiveness.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn133" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref133" name="_edn133" style="mso-endnote-id: edn133;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">19</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> After the preceding imperfect,
the imperfect with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">vav</i> (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">ו</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>) conjunctive indicates result.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn134" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref134" name="_edn134" style="mso-endnote-id: edn134;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">20</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> The imperfect verbal form is used
here to express the psalmist’s wish or request.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn135" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref135" name="_edn135" style="mso-endnote-id: edn135;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">21</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">sn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I will be whiter than snow</i>. Whiteness here symbolizes the moral
purity resulting from forgiveness (see Isa 1:18).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn136" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref136" name="_edn136" style="mso-endnote-id: edn136;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">22</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “cause me to hear happiness and joy.” The language is
metonymic: the effect of forgiveness (joy) has been substituted for its cause.
The psalmist probably alludes here to an assuring word from God announcing that
his sins are forgiven (a so-called oracle of forgiveness). The imperfect verbal
form is used here to express the psalmist’s wish or request. The synonyms
“happiness” and “joy” are joined together as a hendiadys to emphasize the
degree of joy he anticipates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn137" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref137" name="_edn137" style="mso-endnote-id: edn137;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">23</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">sn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">May the bones you crushed rejoice</i>. The psalmist compares his sinful
condition to that of a person who has been physically battered and crushed.
Within this metaphorical framework, his “bones” are the seat of his emotional
strength.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn138" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref138" name="_edn138" style="mso-endnote-id: edn138;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">24</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> In this context of petitionary
prayer, the prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive, expressing the
psalmist’s wish or request.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn139" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref139" name="_edn139" style="mso-endnote-id: edn139;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">25</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">sn</b> In this context <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hide your face from my sins</i> means “Do
not hold me accountable for my sins.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn140" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref140" name="_edn140" style="mso-endnote-id: edn140;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">26</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> See the note on the similar
expression “wipe away my rebellious acts” in v. 1.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn141" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref141" name="_edn141" style="mso-endnote-id: edn141;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">27</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">sn</b> The <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">heart</i> is viewed here as the seat of the psalmist’s motives and moral
character.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn142" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref142" name="_edn142" style="mso-endnote-id: edn142;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">28</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “and a reliable spirit renew in my inner being.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn143" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref143" name="_edn143" style="mso-endnote-id: edn143;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">29</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “do not cast me away from before you.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn144" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref144" name="_edn144" style="mso-endnote-id: edn144;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">30</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">sn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Your Holy Spirit</i>. The personal Spirit of God is mentioned
frequently in the OT, but only here and in Isa 63:10–11 is he called “your/his
Holy Spirit.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn145" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref145" name="_edn145" style="mso-endnote-id: edn145;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">31</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">sn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Do not take … away</i>. The psalmist expresses his fear that, due to
his sin, God will take away the Holy Spirit from him. NT believers enjoy the
permanent gift of the Holy Spirit and need not make such a request nor fear
such a consequence. However, in the OT God’s Spirit empowered certain
individuals for special tasks and only temporarily resided in them. For
example, when God rejected Saul as king and chose David to replace him, the
divine Spirit left Saul and came upon David (1 Sam 16:13–14).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn146" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref146" name="_edn146" style="mso-endnote-id: edn146;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">32</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “and [with] a willing spirit sustain me.” The psalmist asks
that God make him the kind of person who willingly obeys the divine
commandments. The imperfect verbal form is used here to express the psalmist’s
wish or request.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn147" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref147" name="_edn147" style="mso-endnote-id: edn147;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">33</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> The cohortative expresses the
psalmist’s resolve. This may be a vow or promise. If forgiven, the psalmist
will “repay” the Lord by declaring God’s mercy and motivating other sinners to
repent.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn148" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref148" name="_edn148" style="mso-endnote-id: edn148;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">34</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “your ways.” The word “merciful” is added for clarification.
God’s “ways” are sometimes his commands, but in this context, where the
teaching of God’s ways motivates repentance (see the next line), it is more
likely that God’s merciful and compassionate way of dealing with sinners is in
view. Thanksgiving songs praising God for his deliverance typically focus on
these divine attributes (see Pss 34, 41, 116, 138).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn149" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref149" name="_edn149" style="mso-endnote-id: edn149;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">35</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> Or “return,” i.e., in repentance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn150" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref150" name="_edn150" style="mso-endnote-id: edn150;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">36</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “from bloodshed.” “Bloodshed” here stands by metonymy for the
guilt which it produces.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn151" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref151" name="_edn151" style="mso-endnote-id: edn151;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">37</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “my tongue will shout for joy your deliverance.” Another option
is to take the prefixed verbal form as a jussive, “may my tongue shout for
joy.” However, the pattern in vv. 12–15 appears to be prayer/request (see vv.
12, 14a, 15a) followed by promise/vow (see vv. 13, 14b, 15b).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn152" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref152" name="_edn152" style="mso-endnote-id: edn152;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">38</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “open my lips.” The imperfect verbal form is used here to
express the psalmist’s wish or request.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn153" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref153" name="_edn153" style="mso-endnote-id: edn153;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">39</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “and my mouth will declare your praise.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn154" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref154" name="_edn154" style="mso-endnote-id: edn154;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">40</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> Or “For.” The translation assumes
the particle is asseverative (i.e., emphasizing: “certainly”). (Some
translations that consider the particle asseverative leave it untranslated.) If
taken as causal or explanatory (“for”, cf. NRSV), the verse would explain why
the psalmist is pleading for forgiveness, rather than merely offering a
sacrifice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn155" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref155" name="_edn155" style="mso-endnote-id: edn155;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">41</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> The translation assumes that the
cohortative is used in a hypothetical manner in a formally unmarked conditional
sentence, “You do not want a sacrifice, should I offer [it]” (cf. NEB). For
other examples of cohortatives in the protasis (“if” clause) of a conditional
sentence, see GKC 320 §108.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">e</i>. (It
should be noted, however, that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">GKC</i>
understands this particular verse in a different manner. See GKC 320 §108.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">f</i>, where it is suggested that the
cohortative is part of an apodosis with the protasis being suppressed.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn156" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref156" name="_edn156" style="mso-endnote-id: edn156;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">42</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">sn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">You do not desire a burnt sacrifice</i>. The terminology used in v. 16
does not refer to expiatory sacrifices, but to dedication and communion
offerings. This is not a categorical denial of the sacrificial system in
general or of the importance of such offerings. The psalmist is talking about
his specific situation. Dedication and communion offerings have their proper
place in worship (see v. 19), but God requires something more fundamental, a
repentant and humble attitude (see v. 17), before these offerings can have real
meaning.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn157" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref157" name="_edn157" style="mso-endnote-id: edn157;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">43</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “a broken spirit.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn158" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref158" name="_edn158" style="mso-endnote-id: edn158;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">44</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “a broken and crushed heart.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn159" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref159" name="_edn159" style="mso-endnote-id: edn159;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">45</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> Or “despise.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn160" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref160" name="_edn160" style="mso-endnote-id: edn160;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">46</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “do what is good for Zion in your favor.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn161" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref161" name="_edn161" style="mso-endnote-id: edn161;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">47</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> Or “Build.” The imperfect verbal
form is used here to express the psalmist’s wish or request.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn162" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref162" name="_edn162" style="mso-endnote-id: edn162;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">48</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">map</b> For location see Map5-B1;
Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn163" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref163" name="_edn163" style="mso-endnote-id: edn163;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">49</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> Or “desire, take delight in.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn164" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref164" name="_edn164" style="mso-endnote-id: edn164;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">50</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tn</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heb</i> “then they will offer up bulls.” The third plural subject is
indefinite.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn165" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref165" name="_edn165" style="mso-endnote-id: edn165;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">51</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">sn</b> Verses 18–19 appear to reflect
the exilic period, when the city’s walls lay in ruins and the sacrificial
system had been disrupted.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn166" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref166" name="_edn166" style="mso-endnote-id: edn166;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xvi]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Biblical Studies Press, <a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/gs-netbible?ref=BibleNET.Ps51&off=1506"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The NET Bible First Edition; Bible. English.
NET Bible.; The NET Bible</i></a> (Biblical Studies Press, 2005), Ps 51–52.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn167" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20From%20the%20Wilderness_This%20Fragile%20Breath_Part3.docx#_ednref167" name="_edn167" style="mso-endnote-id: edn167;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xvii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> To be remorseful, repentant,
penitent, regretful, full of regret, sorry, apologetic, self-reproachful,
rueful, sheepish…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>David_seedofabrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779218562279412780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808052277561745789.post-56786316388106224222021-10-11T16:03:00.010-07:002021-10-18T17:52:26.363-07:00This is Part Two of "This Fragile Breath-Ball of Confusion"; There will be more to come. Shalom<div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVwbCZeJc0M1F_2g15pKQXPJbbhfGRo91bTVtvWSxFm6_oRqatD3_K3rM71s_ta7kwzdpZUG8Zv6JrGx73SD09meH5PVf3zg94V2SQhsaRuxvlGJVhpgpFLAXoG8hTmXXr3dq1H-psf2k/s540/a_line1.gif" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVwbCZeJc0M1F_2g15pKQXPJbbhfGRo91bTVtvWSxFm6_oRqatD3_K3rM71s_ta7kwzdpZUG8Zv6JrGx73SD09meH5PVf3zg94V2SQhsaRuxvlGJVhpgpFLAXoG8hTmXXr3dq1H-psf2k/w640-h4/a_line1.gif" width="640" /></a></div><p> <a href="https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2021/09/lessons-from-wilderness-vol-38-this.html" target="">Go to Part One</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©2021,
David E. Robinson: At the Gates of Yerushalayim Ministries<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> <a href="https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2021/10/lessons-from-wilderness-vol-40-with-our.html" target="">Go to Part Three</a></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lessons
from the Wilderness, Volume 39<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>…This Fragile Breath… <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" style="mso-endnote-id: edn1;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[i]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a>
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn2" name="_ednref2" style="mso-endnote-id: edn2;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[ii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn3" name="_ednref3" style="mso-endnote-id: edn3;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[iii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn4" name="_ednref4" style="mso-endnote-id: edn4;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[iv]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">…Ball
of Confusion…<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Part
Two<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVSBO1h7Af477uZLpSyU0wkLozikv82a2PMinaMpEAc4_CM3odwZlABqn6WHrPF02QXe8xKMh9eSC1Zue5uiZo5KpSencm4wPhRDu1EqR6Ef65vx7RECHE4CemGWczuUVJSBvCK-BMCtr3/s2048/gal5-20.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1049" data-original-width="2048" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVSBO1h7Af477uZLpSyU0wkLozikv82a2PMinaMpEAc4_CM3odwZlABqn6WHrPF02QXe8xKMh9eSC1Zue5uiZo5KpSencm4wPhRDu1EqR6Ef65vx7RECHE4CemGWczuUVJSBvCK-BMCtr3/w400-h205/gal5-20.png" width="400" /></a></i></b></p><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vWrKkK_sHnxizcSKdV6F7zrmzNVVyMcUIWimRkiS131odkD8lOiygrJ63oAsmvhb0HuEQMbE9wqIVxlW7NMvSCyCi9JbXGquLsVgFG9wntXbGdnLg_6siHg3HSGq8kpJNQkc0n1bjf5s/s540/Line.gif" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="5" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vWrKkK_sHnxizcSKdV6F7zrmzNVVyMcUIWimRkiS131odkD8lOiygrJ63oAsmvhb0HuEQMbE9wqIVxlW7NMvSCyCi9JbXGquLsVgFG9wntXbGdnLg_6siHg3HSGq8kpJNQkc0n1bjf5s/w640-h5/Line.gif" width="640" /></a></div><br /></i></b></div></i></b><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Galatians 5:17–23 (NET) <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5:17 </span></sup></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For the flesh has
desires that are opposed to the Spirit, and the Spirit has desires<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn5" name="_ednref5" style="mso-endnote-id: edn5;" title=""><sup>30</sup></a>
that are opposed to the flesh, for these are in opposition to<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn6" name="_ednref6" style="mso-endnote-id: edn6;" title=""><sup>31</sup></a>
each other, so that you cannot do what you want. <b><sup>5:18 </sup></b>But
if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. <b><sup>5:19 </sup></b>Now
the works of the flesh<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn7" name="_ednref7" style="mso-endnote-id: edn7;" title=""><sup>32</sup></a> are obvious:<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn8" name="_ednref8" style="mso-endnote-id: edn8;" title=""><sup>33</sup></a> sexual
immorality, impurity, depravity, <b><sup>5:20 </sup></b>idolatry, sorcery,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn9" name="_ednref9" style="mso-endnote-id: edn9;" title=""><sup>34</sup></a>
hostilities,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn10" name="_ednref10" style="mso-endnote-id: edn10;" title=""><sup>35</sup></a> strife,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn11" name="_ednref11" style="mso-endnote-id: edn11;" title=""><sup>36</sup></a> jealousy, outbursts of anger,
selfish rivalries, dissensions,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn12" name="_ednref12" style="mso-endnote-id: edn12;" title=""><sup>37</sup></a> factions, <b><sup>5:21 </sup></b>envying,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn13" name="_ednref13" style="mso-endnote-id: edn13;" title=""><sup>38</sup></a>
murder,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn14" name="_ednref14" style="mso-endnote-id: edn14;" title=""><sup>39</sup></a>
drunkenness, carousing,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn15" name="_ednref15" style="mso-endnote-id: edn15;" title=""><sup>40</sup></a> and similar things. I am warning
you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not
inherit the kingdom of God! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5:22 </span></sup></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But the fruit of the
Spirit<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn16" name="_ednref16" style="mso-endnote-id: edn16;" title=""><sup>41</sup></a>
is love,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn17" name="_ednref17" style="mso-endnote-id: edn17;" title=""><sup>42</sup></a>
joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn18" name="_ednref18" style="mso-endnote-id: edn18;" title=""><sup>43</sup></a> <b><sup>5:23 </sup></b>gentleness,
and<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn19" name="_ednref19" style="mso-endnote-id: edn19;" title=""><sup>44</sup></a>
self-control. Against such things there is no law. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn20" name="_ednref20" style="mso-endnote-id: edn20;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[v]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br /></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/QmRsWdK0PRI"><b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://youtu.be/QmRsWdK0PRI</span></b></a></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ball of
Confusion (That’s what the World is Today)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1, 2... 1, 2, 3, 4, Ow!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">People moving out, people
moving in. </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why, because of the color of their skin.<br />
Run, run, run but you sure can't hide.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span>An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
Vote for me and I'll set you free. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rap on, brother, rap on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Well, the only person talking about love thy brother is the...(preacher.)<br />
And it seems nobody's interested in learning but the...(teacher.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Segregation, determination, demonstration, integration, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aggravation, humiliation, obligation to our nation.</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">Ball of confusion. Oh yeah, that's what the world is today. Woo,
hey, hey.</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The sale of pills are at an all-time high.<br />
Young folks walking round with their heads in the sky.<br />
The cities ablaze in the summer time.<br />
And oh, the beat goes on.<br />
<br />
Evolution, revolution, gun control, sound of soul.<br />
Shooting rockets to the moon, kids growing up too soon.<br />
Politicians say more taxes will solve everything.<br />
<br /><b>
And the band played on.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So, round, and around and around we go.<br />
Where the world's headed, nobody knows.<br />
<br />
Oh, great Googa-mooga, can't you hear me talking to you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just a ball of confusion.<br />
Oh yeah, that's what the world is today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Woo, hey, hey.<br />
<br />
Fear in the air, tension everywhere.<br />
Unemployment rising fast, the Beatles new record's a gas.<br />
<br />
And the only safe place to live is on an Indian reservation.<br />
<br /><b>
And the band played on.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eve of destruction, tax deduction, city inspectors, bill collectors,<br />
Mod clothes in demand, population out of hand, suicide, too many bills,<br />
Hippies moving to the hills. People all over the world are shouting, 'End the
war. '<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>And the band played on.</b><br />
<br />
Great Googa-mooga, can't you hear me talking to you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sayin'... Ball of confusion.<br />
That's what the world is today, hey, hey.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Let me hear ya, let me hear ya, let me hear ya.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sayin'... Ball of confusion.<br />
That's what the world is today, hey, hey.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Let me hear ya, let me hear ya, let me hear ya, let me hear ya, let me hear ya.<br />
Sayin'... <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">Ball of confusion.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn21" name="_ednref21" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vi]</span></span></span></a></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vWrKkK_sHnxizcSKdV6F7zrmzNVVyMcUIWimRkiS131odkD8lOiygrJ63oAsmvhb0HuEQMbE9wqIVxlW7NMvSCyCi9JbXGquLsVgFG9wntXbGdnLg_6siHg3HSGq8kpJNQkc0n1bjf5s/s540/Line.gif" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vWrKkK_sHnxizcSKdV6F7zrmzNVVyMcUIWimRkiS131odkD8lOiygrJ63oAsmvhb0HuEQMbE9wqIVxlW7NMvSCyCi9JbXGquLsVgFG9wntXbGdnLg_6siHg3HSGq8kpJNQkc0n1bjf5s/w640-h4/Line.gif" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">Sometimes,
we think that what we see in this world is something new – yet it has gone on
since Adam ate the forbidden fruit offered to him by Eve. From this came the
curse of the land, bearing thorns and thistles (see Genesis 3:6-19). Then,
sprang discontent, jealousy, and anger, driving Cain to kill his brother Abel.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>…And the band played
on…</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I
opened this epistle with a scripture describing the fruit and works of the flesh,
then a link to a video and song. This song was written and performed by the
R&B band the Temptations in 1970, yet it could have been written 10 minutes
ago. Except for one dated reference to a Beatles<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn22" name="_ednref22" style="mso-endnote-id: edn22;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
song, this song exemplifies our world today, a ball of confusion. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Scripture
also tells us though that:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Ecclesiastes
1:8-11<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>8
All things are wearisome; Man is not able to tell <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">it. </i><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn23" name="_ednref23" style="mso-endnote-id: edn23;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>The eye is not satisfied with seeing,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Nor is the ear filled with hearing. 9 <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn24" name="_ednref24" style="mso-endnote-id: edn24;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>That which has
been, is that which will be,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">And that which has been done is that which will be done. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>So, there is nothing new under the sun.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>10
Is there anything of which one might say, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>“See this, it is new”?<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Already it has
existed for ages Which were before us. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">11 There is <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn25" name="_ednref25" style="mso-endnote-id: edn25;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>no remembrance of <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn26" name="_ednref26" style="mso-endnote-id: edn26;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>earlier
things; and also, of the <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn27" name="_ednref27" style="mso-endnote-id: edn27;" title=""><sup>2</sup></a>later things which will occur, there
will be for them no remembrance Among those who will come <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn28" name="_ednref28" style="mso-endnote-id: edn28;" title=""><sup>2</sup></a>later <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">still</i><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn29" name="_ednref29" style="mso-endnote-id: edn29;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[viii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-align: left;">What we see today in our world is nothing new, as was
predicted by the Apostle Sha’ul [Paul]:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Romans 1:18-32<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">18</span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> For
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn30" name="_ednref30" style="mso-endnote-id: edn30;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>the
wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and
unrighteousness of men who <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn31" name="_ednref31" style="mso-endnote-id: edn31;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>suppress the truth <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn32" name="_ednref32" style="mso-endnote-id: edn32;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>in
unrighteousness, 19 because <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn33" name="_ednref33" style="mso-endnote-id: edn33;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>that which is known about God is
evident <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn34" name="_ednref34" style="mso-endnote-id: edn34;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>within
them; for God made it evident to them. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.5in;"><b><span style="background: yellow; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: yellow;">20
For <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn35" name="_ednref35" style="mso-endnote-id: edn35;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>since
the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and
divine nature, have been clearly seen, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn36" name="_ednref36" style="mso-endnote-id: edn36;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>being understood
through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.</span></b><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">21 For even though they knew God, they
did not <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn37" name="_ednref37" style="mso-endnote-id: edn37;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>honor
Him as God or give thanks, but they became <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn38" name="_ednref38" style="mso-endnote-id: edn38;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>futile in their
speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">22<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn39" name="_ednref39" style="mso-endnote-id: edn39;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>Professing
to be wise, they became fools, 23<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>and
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn40" name="_ednref40" style="mso-endnote-id: edn40;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>exchanged
the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man
and of birds and four-footed animals and <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn41" name="_ednref41" style="mso-endnote-id: edn41;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>crawling creatures.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">24 </span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Therefore
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn42" name="_ednref42" style="mso-endnote-id: edn42;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>God
gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies
would be <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn43" name="_ednref43" style="mso-endnote-id: edn43;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>dishonored among them. 25 For they exchanged the truth
of God for <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn44" name="_ednref44" style="mso-endnote-id: edn44;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>a <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn45" name="_ednref45" style="mso-endnote-id: edn45;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>lie and worshiped and served the
creature rather than the Creator, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn46" name="_ednref46" style="mso-endnote-id: edn46;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>who is blessed <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn47" name="_ednref47" style="mso-endnote-id: edn47;" title=""><sup>2</sup></a>forever. Amen. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">26 </b><span style="color: black;">For</span>
this <span style="color: black;">reason</span> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn48" name="_ednref48" style="mso-endnote-id: edn48;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>God gave them over to <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn49" name="_ednref49" style="mso-endnote-id: edn49;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>degrading
passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn50" name="_ednref50" style="mso-endnote-id: edn50;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>unnatural,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">27 <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>and
in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and
burned in their desire toward one another, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn51" name="_ednref51" style="mso-endnote-id: edn51;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>men with men
committing <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn52" name="_ednref52" style="mso-endnote-id: edn52;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>indecent acts and receiving in <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn53" name="_ednref53" style="mso-endnote-id: edn53;" title=""><sup>2</sup></a>their own
persons the due penalty of their error. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">28 <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">And just as they did not
see fit <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn54" name="_ednref54" style="mso-endnote-id: edn54;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>to
acknowledge God any longer, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn55" name="_ednref55" style="mso-endnote-id: edn55;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>God gave them over to a depraved
mind, to do those things which are not proper, 29 being filled with <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.5in;"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.5in;"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed,
evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">they are</i> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn56" name="_ednref56" style="mso-endnote-id: edn56;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>gossips,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.5in;"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">30 <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>slanderers,
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn57" name="_ednref57" style="mso-endnote-id: edn57;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn58" name="_ednref58" style="mso-endnote-id: edn58;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>haters
of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn59" name="_ednref59" style="mso-endnote-id: edn59;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>disobedient to
parents,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.5in;"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">31<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> without
understanding, untrustworthy, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn60" name="_ednref60" style="mso-endnote-id: edn60;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>unloving, unmerciful; <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.5in;"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.5in;"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">32 and although they know the ordinance
of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn61" name="_ednref61" style="mso-endnote-id: edn61;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>death, they not
only do the same, but also <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn62" name="_ednref62" style="mso-endnote-id: edn62;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>give hearty approval to those who
practice them.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn63" name="_ednref63" style="mso-endnote-id: edn63;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[ix]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.5in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vWrKkK_sHnxizcSKdV6F7zrmzNVVyMcUIWimRkiS131odkD8lOiygrJ63oAsmvhb0HuEQMbE9wqIVxlW7NMvSCyCi9JbXGquLsVgFG9wntXbGdnLg_6siHg3HSGq8kpJNQkc0n1bjf5s/s540/Line.gif" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vWrKkK_sHnxizcSKdV6F7zrmzNVVyMcUIWimRkiS131odkD8lOiygrJ63oAsmvhb0HuEQMbE9wqIVxlW7NMvSCyCi9JbXGquLsVgFG9wntXbGdnLg_6siHg3HSGq8kpJNQkc0n1bjf5s/w640-h4/Line.gif" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Dear
ones, please let me explain something to all who read this. These verses, taken
from Romans, can be and are construed as being “hate speech.” My just inserting
them here can get me labeled as a homophobe, a bigot, a racist, an intolerant
rube, a deplorable, and other invectives that could be thrown at me. Why? These
are not my words – they come from the Scriptures. I could give you more
examples, such as: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="Normal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Gen_13:13; Gen_19:5; Lev_18:22; Lev_20:13; Deu_23:17; Jdg_19:22;
1Ki_15:12; 1Ki_22:46; 2Ki_23:7; Psa_81:12, Eze_16:50 - 1Co_6:9 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Normal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>But
is this needed? Do we have to show repeatedly what is offensive to God? Allow
me to make something clear about myself: I do not care how you live your life.
God clearly does, and there are sexual situations He finds abhorrent and aberrant.
God created man and woman, and then declared them “Good.” A man cannot be a
woman, a woman cannot be a man, it is simple science, simple genetics, simple
biology. Again, I do not care how one lives their life – and deviation from God’s
sacred plan is between them and God. I can tolerate different lifestyles, but
please do not let how you enjoy sex be the only factor that defines you. Who I
sleep with (in the confines of my marriage) does not define me; how I treat my
mate, how I allow God’s character flow through me is what defines my character.
Takes this for instance:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="Normal" style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in; text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Admonitions and Warnings against Dangerous and Destructive Acts<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn64" name="_ednref64" style="mso-endnote-id: edn64;" title=""><sup>58</sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="Normal" style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">6:1 </span></sup></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">My child,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn65" name="_ednref65" style="mso-endnote-id: edn65;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a> if you have
made a pledge<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn66" name="_ednref66" style="mso-endnote-id: edn66;" title=""><sup>2</sup></a> for your neighbor,</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn67" name="_ednref67" style="mso-endnote-id: edn67;" title=""><sup>3</sup></a> have become a
guarantor<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn68" name="_ednref68" style="mso-endnote-id: edn68;" title=""><sup>4</sup></a> for a stranger,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn69" name="_ednref69" style="mso-endnote-id: edn69;" title=""><sup>5</sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Normal" style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">6:2 </span></sup></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">if<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn70" name="_ednref70" style="mso-endnote-id: edn70;" title=""><sup>6</sup></a> you have been
ensnared<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn71" name="_ednref71" style="mso-endnote-id: edn71;" title=""><sup>7</sup></a>
by the words you have uttered,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn72" name="_ednref72" style="mso-endnote-id: edn72;" title=""><sup>8</sup></a></span><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and have been caught by the words
you have</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">spoken,</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">6:3 </span></sup></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">then, my child, do this in order
to deliver yourself,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn73" name="_ednref73" style="mso-endnote-id: edn73;" title=""><sup>9</sup></a></span><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">because you have fallen into your
neighbor’s power:<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn74" name="_ednref74" style="mso-endnote-id: edn74;" title=""><sup>10</sup></a></span><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">go, humble yourself,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn75" name="_ednref75" style="mso-endnote-id: edn75;" title=""><sup>11</sup></a></span><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and appeal firmly<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn76" name="_ednref76" style="mso-endnote-id: edn76;" title=""><sup>12</sup></a>
to your neighbor.</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">6:4 </span></sup></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Permit no sleep to your eyes<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn77" name="_ednref77" style="mso-endnote-id: edn77;" title=""><sup>13</sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Normal" style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in; text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">or slumber to your eyelids.</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">6:5 </span></sup></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a snare,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn78" name="_ednref78" style="mso-endnote-id: edn78;" title=""><sup>14</sup></a></span><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and
like a bird from the trap<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn79" name="_ednref79" style="mso-endnote-id: edn79;" title=""><sup>15</sup></a> of the fowler.</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">6:6 </span></sup></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Go to the ant, you sluggard;<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn80" name="_ednref80" style="mso-endnote-id: edn80;" title=""><sup>16</sup></a></span><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">observe its ways and be wise!</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">6:7 </span></sup></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It has no commander,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Normal" style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in; text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">overseer, or<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn81" name="_ednref81" style="mso-endnote-id: edn81;" title=""><sup>17</sup></a> ruler,</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">6:8 </span></sup></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">yet it prepares its food in the summer;</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">it gathers at the harvest what it
will eat.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn82" name="_ednref82" style="mso-endnote-id: edn82;" title=""><sup>18</sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Normal" style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">6:9 </span></sup></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">How long, you sluggard, will you
lie there?</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">When
will you rise from your sleep?<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn83" name="_ednref83" style="mso-endnote-id: edn83;" title=""><sup>19</sup></a></span><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></sup><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">6:10 </span></sup></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A little sleep, a little slumber,</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">a little folding of the hands to
relax,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn84" name="_ednref84" style="mso-endnote-id: edn84;" title=""><sup>20</sup></a></span><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></sup><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">6:11 </span></sup></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and your poverty will come like a robber,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn85" name="_ednref85" style="mso-endnote-id: edn85;" title=""><sup>21</sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Normal" style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in; text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and your need like an armed man.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn86" name="_ednref86" style="mso-endnote-id: edn86;" title=""><sup>22</sup></a></span><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></sup><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></sup></p>
<p align="center" class="Normal" style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in; text-align: center;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></sup><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">6:12 </span></sup><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt;">A worthless and wicked person<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn87" name="_ednref87" title=""><sup>23</sup></a></span><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></sup><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt;">walks
around saying perverse<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn88" name="_ednref88" title=""><sup>24</sup></a> things;<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn89" name="_ednref89" title=""><sup>25</sup></a></span><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></sup><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">6:13 </span></sup><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt;">he winks with his eyes,</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt;">signals with his feet,</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt;">and points with his fingers;<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn90" name="_ednref90" title=""><sup>26</sup></a></span><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></sup><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">6:14 </span></sup><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt;">he plots evil with perverse thoughts<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn91" name="_ednref91" title=""><sup>27</sup></a> in his heart,</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt;">he
spreads contention<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn92" name="_ednref92" title=""><sup>28</sup></a> at all times.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="Normal" style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in; text-align: center;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">6:15 </span></sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Therefore, his disaster will come
suddenly;</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in
an instant<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn93" name="_ednref93" style="mso-endnote-id: edn93;" title=""><sup>29</sup></a> he will be broken, and there will be no remedy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Normal" style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: yellow;">6:16 </span></sup></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: yellow;">There are six things that
the Lord hates,</span></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: yellow;">even<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn94" name="_ednref94" title=""><sup>30</sup></a> seven<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn95" name="_ednref95" title=""><sup>31</sup></a>
things that are an abomination to him:<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn96" name="_ednref96" title=""><sup>32</sup></a></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Normal" style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: yellow;">6:17 </span></sup></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: yellow;">haughty eyes,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn97" name="_ednref97" style="mso-endnote-id: edn97;" title=""><sup>33</sup></a>
a lying tongue,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn98" name="_ednref98" style="mso-endnote-id: edn98;" title=""><sup>34</sup></a></span></b><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span></sup></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: yellow;">and hands that shed
innocent blood,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn99" name="_ednref99" style="mso-endnote-id: edn99;" title=""><sup>35</sup></a></span></b><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span></sup></b><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: yellow;">6:18 </span></sup></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: yellow;">a heart that devises wicked
plans,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn100" name="_ednref100" style="mso-endnote-id: edn100;" title=""><sup>36</sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Normal" style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: yellow;">feet that are swift to run<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn101" name="_ednref101" style="mso-endnote-id: edn101;" title=""><sup>37</sup></a>
to evil,</span></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span></b><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: yellow;">6:19 </span></sup></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: yellow;">a false witness who pours
out lies,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn102" name="_ednref102" style="mso-endnote-id: edn102;" title=""><sup>38</sup></a></span></b><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span></sup></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: yellow;">and a person who spreads
discord<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn103" name="_ednref103" style="mso-endnote-id: edn103;" title=""><sup>39</sup></a> among family members.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn104" name="_ednref104" style="mso-endnote-id: edn104;" title=""><sup>40</sup></a></span></b><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></sup></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Normal" style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in; text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">6:20 </span></sup></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt;">My child,
guard the commands of your father</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt;">and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="Normal" style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></sup></b><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">6:21 </span></sup></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Bind them<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn105" name="_ednref105" title=""><sup>41</sup></a>
on your heart continually;</span></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">fasten them around your neck.</span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Normal" style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">6:22 </span></sup></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">When you walk
about,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn106" name="_ednref106" style="mso-endnote-id: edn106;" title=""><sup>42</sup></a> they<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn107" name="_ednref107" style="mso-endnote-id: edn107;" title=""><sup>43</sup></a> will guide you;</span></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">when
you lie down, they will watch over you;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Normal" style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">when you wake up,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn108" name="_ednref108" style="mso-endnote-id: edn108;" title=""><sup>44</sup></a> they will talk<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn109" name="_ednref109" style="mso-endnote-id: edn109;" title=""><sup>45</sup></a> to you.</span></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn110" name="_ednref110" style="mso-endnote-id: edn110;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[x]</span></b></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></b></span></a><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></b><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">6:23 </span></sup></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For the commandments<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn111" name="_ednref111" style="mso-endnote-id: edn111;" title=""><sup>46</sup></a> are like<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn112" name="_ednref112" style="mso-endnote-id: edn112;" title=""><sup>47</sup></a>
a lamp,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn113" name="_ednref113" style="mso-endnote-id: edn113;" title=""><sup>48</sup></a></span></b><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></sup></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">instruction
is like a light,</span></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and rebukes of discipline are like<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn114" name="_ednref114" style="mso-endnote-id: edn114;" title=""><sup>49</sup></a> the road leading
to life,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn115" name="_ednref115" style="mso-endnote-id: edn115;" title=""><sup>50</sup></a><sup><o:p></o:p></sup></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Normal" style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">6:24 </span></sup></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt;">by keeping<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn116" name="_ednref116" title=""><sup>51</sup></a>
you from the evil woman,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn117" name="_ednref117" title=""><sup>52</sup></a></span><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></sup><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt;">from the smooth tongue of<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn118" name="_ednref118" title=""><sup>53</sup></a>
the loose woman.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn119" name="_ednref119" title=""><sup>54</sup></a></span><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></sup><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">6:25 </span></sup></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt;">Do not lust<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn120" name="_ednref120" title=""><sup>55</sup></a> in your heart for her beauty,</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt;">and
do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes;<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn121" name="_ednref121" title=""><sup>56</sup></a></span><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></sup><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">6:26 </span></sup></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt;">for on account<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn122" name="_ednref122" title=""><sup>57</sup></a> of a prostitute one is brought
down to a loaf of bread,</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt;">but the wife of another man<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn123" name="_ednref123" title=""><sup>58</sup></a> preys on your
precious life.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn124" name="_ednref124" title=""><sup>59</sup></a></span><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></sup><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">6:27 </span></sup></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt;">Can a man
hold<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn125" name="_ednref125" title=""><sup>60</sup></a>
fire<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn126" name="_ednref126" title=""><sup>61</sup></a>
against his chest<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn127" name="_ednref127" title=""><sup>62</sup></a></span><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></sup><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt;">without<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn128" name="_ednref128" title=""><sup>63</sup></a> burning
his clothes?</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">6:28 </span></sup></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt;">Can<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn129" name="_ednref129" title=""><sup>64</sup></a> a man walk on hot coals</span></p>
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with<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn130" name="_ednref130" style="mso-endnote-id: edn130;" title=""><sup>65</sup></a>
the one who has sex with<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn131" name="_ednref131" style="mso-endnote-id: edn131;" title=""><sup>66</sup></a> his neighbor’s wife;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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escape<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn134" name="_ednref134" style="mso-endnote-id: edn134;" title=""><sup>69</sup></a> punishment.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn135" name="_ednref135" style="mso-endnote-id: edn135;" title=""><sup>70</sup></a></span><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></sup><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></sup></p>
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do not despise a thief when he steals</span></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">to fulfill
his need<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn137" name="_ednref137" title=""><sup>72</sup></a> when he is hungry.<sup>6:31 </sup>Yet<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn138" name="_ednref138" title=""><sup>73</sup></a>
if he is caught<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn139" name="_ednref139" title=""><sup>74</sup></a> he must repay<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn140" name="_ednref140" title=""><sup>75</sup></a> seven
times over,</span></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">he might even have to give<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn141" name="_ednref141" title=""><sup>76</sup></a> all the wealth of
his house.</span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="Normal" style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">6:32 </span></sup></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A man who
commits adultery with a woman lacks wisdom,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn142" name="_ednref142" style="mso-endnote-id: edn142;" title=""><sup>77</sup></a></span><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">whoever
does it destroys his own life.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn143" name="_ednref143" style="mso-endnote-id: edn143;" title=""><sup>78</sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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beaten and despised,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn144" name="_ednref144" style="mso-endnote-id: edn144;" title=""><sup>79</sup></a></span><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and his reproach will not be wiped
away;<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn145" name="_ednref145" style="mso-endnote-id: edn145;" title=""><sup>80</sup></a></span><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></sup><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">6:34 </span></sup></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">for jealousy kindles<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn146" name="_ednref146" style="mso-endnote-id: edn146;" title=""><sup>81</sup></a> a husband’s<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn147" name="_ednref147" style="mso-endnote-id: edn147;" title=""><sup>82</sup></a>
rage,</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and
he will not show mercy<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn148" name="_ednref148" style="mso-endnote-id: edn148;" title=""><sup>83</sup></a> when he takes revenge.</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">6:35 </span></sup></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">He will not consider<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn149" name="_ednref149" style="mso-endnote-id: edn149;" title=""><sup>84</sup></a> any compensation;<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn150" name="_ednref150" style="mso-endnote-id: edn150;" title=""><sup>85</sup></a></span><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">he
will not be willing, even if you multiply the compensation.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn151" name="_ednref151" style="mso-endnote-id: edn151;" title=""><sup>86</sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_edn152" name="_ednref152" style="mso-endnote-id: edn152;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: X-NONE; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xi]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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is a reason I include so much scripture: context is “king.” You must see it as
it was written to the Hebrews, the Israelites. The scriptures were written to
those chosen ones of God, but also written for us. Yes, there are consequences
for sexual immorality, sexual sins. Each of us will stand before Him and must
give an account. Those who engage in the “gay” lifestyle, I do not judge you. The
words of God are the plumbline, the measuring stick by which all are judged.
Just as there will be heterosexuals who fail the test, so will others. Live your
life – but for every action, there is a consequence. Find what defines you. It
is only my task to warn, not condemn. The seven things He hates are listed
above; these character flaws will be the first He looks at. The rest of our
transgressions, if we are not in step with the word of God and His Messiah, are
like rolling the dice, hoping for that lucky seven but always rolling
snake-eyes. Friends, all of us know deep within our souls that there is a God.
Those who choose to ignore Him have no excuse. All we can do is cry out with
this fragile breath for mercy.</span></div><p></p>
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are running into that place where Part Two should be broken up or go on for
thirty more pages, so, I elect to break it up. We will continue soon. Please
take no offense, for all I have for each is love, that is why I write. I have a
log in my own eye, so how could I pick the splinter out of yours?</span></p>
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you, my beloved.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref5" name="_edn5" style="mso-endnote-id: edn5;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">30</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The words “has desires” do not occur in the Greek text a second time, but are
repeated in the translation for clarity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn6" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref6" name="_edn6" style="mso-endnote-id: edn6;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">31</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
Or “are hostile toward” (L&N 39.1).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref7" name="_edn7" style="mso-endnote-id: edn7;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">32</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
See the note on the word “flesh” in Gal 5:13.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn8" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref8" name="_edn8" style="mso-endnote-id: edn8;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">33</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
Or “clear,” “evident.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref9" name="_edn9" style="mso-endnote-id: edn9;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">34</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
Or “witchcraft.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn10" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref10" name="_edn10" style="mso-endnote-id: edn10;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">35</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
Or “enmities,” “[acts of] hatred.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn11" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref11" name="_edn11" style="mso-endnote-id: edn11;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">36</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
Or “discord” (L&N 39.22).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn12" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref12" name="_edn12" style="mso-endnote-id: edn12;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">37</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
Or “discord(s)” (L&N 39.13).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn13" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref13" name="_edn13" style="mso-endnote-id: edn13;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">38</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
This term is plural in Greek (as is “murder” and “carousing”), but for clarity
these abstract nouns have been translated as singular.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn14" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref14" name="_edn14" style="mso-endnote-id: edn14;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">39</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tc</b> ‡
</span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">φόνοι</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> (<i>phonoi</i>, “murders”) is absent in such
important <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">mss</span> as </span><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math";">𝔓</span><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">46</span></sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">א</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> B 33 81 323 945 <i>pc</i> sa,
while the majority of <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">mss</span> (A C D F
G </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">Ψ</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">
0122 0278 1739 1881 </span><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math";">𝔐</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> lat) have the word. Although the
pedigree of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">mss</span> which lack the
term is of the highest degree, homoioteleuton may well explain the shorter
reading. The preceding word has merely one letter difference, making it quite
possible to overlook this term (</span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">φθόνοι φόνοι</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">, <i>phthonoi
phonoi</i>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn15" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref15" name="_edn15" style="mso-endnote-id: edn15;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">40</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
Or “revelings,” “orgies” (L&N 88.287).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn16" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref16" name="_edn16" style="mso-endnote-id: edn16;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">41</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
That is, the fruit the Spirit produces.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn17" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref17" name="_edn17" style="mso-endnote-id: edn17;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">42</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>sn</b>
Another way to punctuate this is “love” followed by a colon (<i>love: joy,
peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control</i>).
It is thus possible to read the eight characteristics following “love” as
defining love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn18" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref18" name="_edn18" style="mso-endnote-id: edn18;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">43</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
Or “reliability”; see BDAG 818 s.v. </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">πίστις</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> 1.a.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn19" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref19" name="_edn19" style="mso-endnote-id: edn19;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">44</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
“And” is supplied here as a matter of English style, which normally inserts
“and” between the last two elements of a list or series.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref20" name="_edn20" style="mso-endnote-id: edn20;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[v]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Biblical
Studies Press. (2005). </span><a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/gs-netbible?ref=BibleNET.Ga5.17-23"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">The NET Bible
First Edition; Bible. English. NET Bible.; The NET Bible</span></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> (Ga 5:17–23).
Biblical Studies Press.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref21" name="_edn21" style="mso-endnote-id: edn21;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Performed by The Temptations. Songwriters:
NORMAN WHITFIELD, BARRETT STRONG: Ball Of Confusion lyrics © Sony/ATV Music
Publishing LLC </span><span style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); color: #030303; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; letter-spacing: 0.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">℗ A Motown Records
Release; ℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref22" name="_edn22" style="mso-endnote-id: edn22;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> If one doesn’t know, “</span><b><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">The Beatles</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"> were
an English </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music"><span style="background: white; color: #0645ad; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">rock</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"> band
formed in </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool"><span style="background: white; color: #0645ad; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">Liverpool</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"> in
1960. The group, whose best-known line-up comprised </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon" title="John Lennon"><span style="background: white; color: #0645ad; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">John Lennon</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney" title="Paul McCartney"><span style="background: white; color: #0645ad; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">Paul McCartney</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Harrison" title="George Harrison"><span style="background: white; color: #0645ad; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">George Harrison</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"> and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringo_Starr" title="Ringo Starr"><span style="background: white; color: #0645ad; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">Ringo Starr</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">, are
regarded as the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_impact_of_the_Beatles" title="Cultural impact of the Beatles"><span style="background: white; color: #0645ad; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">most
influential band of all time</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">.” From the
article “The Beatles”, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref23" name="_edn23" style="mso-endnote-id: edn23;" title=""></a><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></sup></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Prov 27:20; Eccl 4:8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn24" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref24" name="_edn24" style="mso-endnote-id: edn24;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Eccl 1:10; 2:12; 3:15; 6:10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn25" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref25" name="_edn25" style="mso-endnote-id: edn25;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Eccl 2:16; 9:5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn26" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref26" name="_edn26" style="mso-endnote-id: edn26;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">first</i> or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">former</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn27" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref27" name="_edn27" style="mso-endnote-id: edn27;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">latter</i> or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">after</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn28" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref28" name="_edn28" style="mso-endnote-id: edn28;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">latter</i> or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">after</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn29" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref29" name="_edn29" style="mso-endnote-id: edn29;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[viii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/nasb95?ref=BibleNASB95.Ec1.8&off=2&ctx=hey+1%EF%BB%BFflow+again.%0a+8~+All+%E2%80%A2things+are+wea"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New American Standard Bible: 1995 update</i></a>.
(1995). (Ec 1:8–11). La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn30" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref30" name="_edn30" style="mso-endnote-id: edn30;" title=""></a><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></sup></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Rom 5:9; Eph 5:6; Col 3:6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn31" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref31" name="_edn31" style="mso-endnote-id: edn31;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
2 Thess 2:6f<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn32" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref32" name="_edn32" style="mso-endnote-id: edn32;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">by</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn33" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref33" name="_edn33" style="mso-endnote-id: edn33;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Acts 14:17; 17:24ff<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn34" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref34" name="_edn34" style="mso-endnote-id: edn34;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">among</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn35" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref35" name="_edn35" style="mso-endnote-id: edn35;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Mark 10:6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn36" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref36" name="_edn36" style="mso-endnote-id: edn36;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Job 12:7–9; Ps 19:1–6; Jer 5:21f<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn37" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref37" name="_edn37" style="mso-endnote-id: edn37;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">glorify</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn38" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref38" name="_edn38" style="mso-endnote-id: edn38;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
2 Kin 17:15; Jer 2:5; Eph 4:17f<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn39" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref39" name="_edn39" style="mso-endnote-id: edn39;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Jer 10:14; 1 Cor 1:20<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn40" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref40" name="_edn40" style="mso-endnote-id: edn40;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Deut 4:16–18; Ps 106:20; Jer 2:11; Acts 17:29<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn41" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref41" name="_edn41" style="mso-endnote-id: edn41;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">reptiles</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn42" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref42" name="_edn42" style="mso-endnote-id: edn42;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Rom 1:26, 28; Eph 4:19<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn43" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref43" name="_edn43" style="mso-endnote-id: edn43;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Eph 2:3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn44" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref44" name="_edn44" style="mso-endnote-id: edn44;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">the lie</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn45" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref45" name="_edn45" style="mso-endnote-id: edn45;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Is 44:20; Jer 10:14; 13:25; 16:19<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn46" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref46" name="_edn46" style="mso-endnote-id: edn46;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Rom 9:5; 2 Cor 11:31<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn47" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref47" name="_edn47" style="mso-endnote-id: edn47;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">unto the ages</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn48" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref48" name="_edn48" style="mso-endnote-id: edn48;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Rom 1:24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn49" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref49" name="_edn49" style="mso-endnote-id: edn49;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
1 Thess 4:5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn50" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref50" name="_edn50" style="mso-endnote-id: edn50;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">against nature</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn51" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref51" name="_edn51" style="mso-endnote-id: edn51;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lev 18:22; 20:13; 1 Cor 6:9<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn52" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref52" name="_edn52" style="mso-endnote-id: edn52;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">the shameless deed</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn53" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref53" name="_edn53" style="mso-endnote-id: edn53;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">themselves</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn54" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref54" name="_edn54" style="mso-endnote-id: edn54;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Lit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">to have God in knowledge</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn55" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref55" name="_edn55" style="mso-endnote-id: edn55;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Rom 1:24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn56" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref56" name="_edn56" style="mso-endnote-id: edn56;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
2 Cor 12:20<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn57" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref57" name="_edn57" style="mso-endnote-id: edn57;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">hateful to God</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn58" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref58" name="_edn58" style="mso-endnote-id: edn58;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Ps 5:5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn59" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref59" name="_edn59" style="mso-endnote-id: edn59;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
2 Tim 3:2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn60" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref60" name="_edn60" style="mso-endnote-id: edn60;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
2 Tim 3:3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn61" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref61" name="_edn61" style="mso-endnote-id: edn61;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Rom 6:21<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn62" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref62" name="_edn62" style="mso-endnote-id: edn62;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Luke 11:48; Acts 8:1; 22:20<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn63" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref63" name="_edn63" style="mso-endnote-id: edn63;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[ix]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/nasb95?ref=BibleNASB95.Ro1.18&off=30&ctx=nd+Its+Consequences%0a~+18+%EF%BB%BFFor+a%EF%BB%BFthe+wrath"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New American Standard Bible: 1995 update</i></a>.
(1995). (Ro 1:18–32). La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">[The
following notes are taken from the NET Bible® footnotes, copyright (c)
1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press L.L.C. All rights reserved. Used by
permission from www.bible.org, n.d. Numbering system is unique to NET®
Notes. Scripture quoted by permission; Quotations designated (NET) are
from The NET Bible®, Copyright © 2005 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="http://www.netbible.com/"><b>www.netbible.com</b></a><b> All rights
reserved]<sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[ix]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></b><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn64" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref64" name="_edn64" style="mso-endnote-id: edn64;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">58</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>sn</b>
The chapter advises release from foolish indebtedness (1–5), admonishes
avoiding laziness (6–11), warns of the danger of poverty (9–11) and deviousness
(12–15), lists conduct that the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>
hates (16–19), and warns about immorality (20–35).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn65" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref65" name="_edn65" style="mso-endnote-id: edn65;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“my son” (likewise in vv. 3, 20).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn66" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref66" name="_edn66" style="mso-endnote-id: edn66;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">2</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>sn</b>
It was fairly common for people to put up some kind of financial security for
someone else, that is, to underwrite another’s debts. But the pledge in view
here was foolish because the debtor was a neighbor who was not well known (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">זָר</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>,
<i>zar</i>), perhaps a misfit in the community. The one who pledged security
for this one was simply gullible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn67" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref67" name="_edn67" style="mso-endnote-id: edn67;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">3</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The conjunction “and” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in
the translation for the sake of smoothness.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn68" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref68" name="_edn68" style="mso-endnote-id: edn68;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">4</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“struck your hands”; NIV “have struck hands in pledge”; NASB “have given a
pledge.” The guarantee of a pledge was signaled by a handshake (e.g., 11:15;
17:18; 22:26).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn69" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref69" name="_edn69" style="mso-endnote-id: edn69;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">5</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“stranger.” The term </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">זוּר</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>zur</i>, “stranger”)
probably refers to a neighbor who was not well-known. Alternatively, it could
describe a person who is living outside the norms of convention, a moral misfit
in the community. In any case, this “stranger” is a high risk in any financial
arrangement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn70" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref70" name="_edn70" style="mso-endnote-id: edn70;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">6</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The term “if” does not appear in this line but is implied by the parallelism.
It is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn71" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref71" name="_edn71" style="mso-endnote-id: edn71;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">7</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The verb </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">יָקַשׁ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>yaqash</i>) means “to lay a bait; to lure; to lay snares.”
In the Niphal it means “to be caught by bait; to be ensnared”—here in a
business entanglement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn72" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref72" name="_edn72" style="mso-endnote-id: edn72;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">8</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“by the words of your mouth.” The same expression occurs at the end of the
following line (cf. KJV, ASV, NASB). Many English versions vary the wording slightly,
presumably for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy (e.g., NAB, NIV, NRSV,
NLT).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn73" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref73" name="_edn73" style="mso-endnote-id: edn73;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">9</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The syntactical construction of imperative followed by an imperative + <i>vav</i>
consecutive denotes purpose: “in order to be delivered.” The verb means “to
deliver oneself, be delivered” in the Niphal. The image is one of being
snatched or plucked quickly out of some danger or trouble, in the sense of a
rescue, as in a “brand snatched [Hophal stem] from the fire” (Zech 3:2).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn74" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref74" name="_edn74" style="mso-endnote-id: edn74;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">10</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“have come into the hand of your neighbor” (so NASB; cf. KJV, ASV). The idiom
using the “hand” means that the individual has come under the control or the
power of someone else. This particular word for hand is used to play ironically
on its first occurrence in v. 1.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn75" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref75" name="_edn75" style="mso-endnote-id: edn75;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">11</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
In the Hitpael the verb </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">רָפַס</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>rafas</i>) means “to stamp
oneself down” or “to humble oneself” (cf. KJV, NASB, NIV). BDB 952 s.v. Hithp
suggests “become a suppliant.” G. R. Driver related it to the Akkadian cognate <i>rapasu</i>,
“trample,” and interpreted as trampling oneself, swallowing pride, being
unremitting in effort (“Some Hebrew Verbs, Nouns, and Pronouns,” <i>JTS</i> 30
[1929]: 374).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn76" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref76" name="_edn76" style="mso-endnote-id: edn76;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">12</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“be bold.” The verb </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">רָהַב</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>rahav</i>) means “to act
stormily; to act boisterously; to act arrogantly.” The idea here is a strong
one: storm against (beset, importune) your neighbor. The meaning is that he
should be bold and not take no for an answer. Cf. NIV “press your plea”; TEV
“beg him to release you.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn77" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref77" name="_edn77" style="mso-endnote-id: edn77;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">13</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“do not give sleep to your eyes.” The point is to go to the neighbor and seek
release from the agreement immediately (cf. NLT “Don’t rest until you do”).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn78" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref78" name="_edn78" style="mso-endnote-id: edn78;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">14</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“from the hand.” Most translations supply “of the hunter.” The word “hand” can
signify power, control; so the meaning is that of a gazelle freeing itself from
a snare or a trap that a hunter set.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn79" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref79" name="_edn79" style="mso-endnote-id: edn79;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">15</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tc</b> <i>Heb</i>
“hand” (so KJV, NAB, NRSV). Some <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">mss</span>
and versions have it as “trap,” which may very well represent an interpretation
too.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn80" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref80" name="_edn80" style="mso-endnote-id: edn80;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">16</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>sn</b>
The sluggard (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עָצֵל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>, <i>’atsel</i>) is the lazy or sluggish person (cf. NCV “lazy
person”; NRSV, NLT “lazybones”).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn81" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref81" name="_edn81" style="mso-endnote-id: edn81;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">17</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The conjunction <i>vav</i> (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">ו</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>) here has the classification of
alternative, “or” (R. J. Williams, <i>Hebrew Syntax</i>, 71, §433).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn82" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref82" name="_edn82" style="mso-endnote-id: edn82;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">18</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tc</b>
The LXX adds a lengthy section at the end of the verse on the lesson from the
bee: “Or, go to the bee and learn how diligent she is and how seriously she
does her work—her products kings and private persons use for health—she is
desired and respected by all—though feeble in body, by honoring wisdom she
obtains distinction.” The Greek translator thought the other insect should be
mentioned (see C. H. Toy, <i>Proverbs</i> [ICC], 124).<b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i> “its
food.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn83" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref83" name="_edn83" style="mso-endnote-id: edn83;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">19</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>sn</b>
The use of the two rhetorical questions is designed to rebuke the lazy person
in a forceful manner. The sluggard is spending too much time sleeping.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn84" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref84" name="_edn84" style="mso-endnote-id: edn84;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">20</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>sn</b>
The writer might in this verse be imitating the words of the sluggard who just
wants to take “a little nap.” The use is ironic, for by indulging in this
little rest the lazy one comes to ruin.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn85" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref85" name="_edn85" style="mso-endnote-id: edn85;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">21</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“like a wayfarer” or “like a traveler” (cf. KJV). The LXX has “swiftness like a
traveler.” It has also been interpreted as a “highwayman” (cf. NAB) or a
“dangerous assailant.” W. McKane suggests “vagrant” (<i>Proverbs</i> [OTL],
324); cf. NASB “vagabond.” Someone traveling swiftly would likely be a robber.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn86" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref86" name="_edn86" style="mso-endnote-id: edn86;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">22</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The Hebrew word for “armed” is probably connected to the word for “shield” and
“deliver” (s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">גָּנַן</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>). G. R. Driver connects it to
the Arabic word for “bold; insolent,” interpreting its use here as referring to
a beggar or an insolent man (“Studies in the Vocabulary of the Old Testament,
IV,” <i>JTS</i> 33 [1933]: 38–47).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn87" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref87" name="_edn87" style="mso-endnote-id: edn87;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">23</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>sn</b>
The terms describe one who is both worthless and wicked. Some suggest that </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">בְּלִיַּעַל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>
(<i>béliyya’al</i>) is a compound of the negative </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">בְּלִי</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>béli</i>)
and a noun </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">יַעַל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>ya’al</i>, “profit; worth”). Others suggest that the root
is from </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">בַּעַל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>ba’al</i>, “lord [of goats]”) or a derivative of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">בָּלַע</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>
(<i>bala’</i>) with reduplication (“confusion” or “engulfing ruin”), or a
proper name from Babylonian <i>Bililu</i>. See B. Otzen, <i>TDOT</i> 2:131–36;
and D. W. Thomas, “</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">בְּלִיַּעַל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> in the Old
Testament,” <i>Biblical and Patristic Studies in Memory of Robert Pierce Casey</i>,
11–19. Whatever the etymology, usage shows that the word describes people who
violate the law (Deut 15:9; Judg 19:22; 1 Kgs 21:10, 13; Prov 16:27; et al.) or
act in a contemptuous and foolish manner against cultic observance or social
institutions (1 Sam 10:27; 25:17; 30:22); cf. NRSV “a scoundrel and a villain”
(NAB and NIV similar). The present instruction will focus on the devious
practice of such wicked and worthless folk.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn88" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref88" name="_edn88" style="mso-endnote-id: edn88;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">24</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“crooked” or “twisted.” This term can refer to something that is physically
twisted or crooked, or something morally perverse. Cf. NAB “crooked talk”; NRSV
“crooked speech.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn89" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref89" name="_edn89" style="mso-endnote-id: edn89;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">25</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“walks around with a perverse mouth.” The term “mouth” is a metonymy of cause,
an organ of speech put for what is said. This is an individual who says
perverted or twisted things.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn90" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref90" name="_edn90" style="mso-endnote-id: edn90;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">26</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>sn</b>
The sinister sign language and gestures of the perverse individual seem to
indicate any kind of look or gesture that is put on and therefore a form of
deception if not a way of making insinuations. W. McKane suggests from the
presence of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">חֹרֵשׁ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>khoresh</i>) in v. 14 that there may be some use of magic
here (<i>Proverbs</i> [OTL], 325).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn91" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref91" name="_edn91" style="mso-endnote-id: edn91;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">27</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The noun is an adverbial accusative of manner, explaining the circumstances
that inform his evil plans.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn92" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref92" name="_edn92" style="mso-endnote-id: edn92;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">28</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The word “contention” is from the root </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">דִּין</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>din</i>);
the noun means “strife, contention, quarrel.” The normal plural form is
represented by the <i>Qere</i>, and the contracted form by the <i>Kethib.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn93" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref93" name="_edn93" style="mso-endnote-id: edn93;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">29</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
This word is a substantive that is used here as an adverbial accusative—with
suddenness, at an instant.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn94" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref94" name="_edn94" style="mso-endnote-id: edn94;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">30</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The conjunction has the explicative use here (R. J. Williams, <i>Hebrew Syntax</i>,
71, §434).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn95" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref95" name="_edn95" style="mso-endnote-id: edn95;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">31</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>sn</b>
This saying involves a numerical ladder, paralleling six things with seven
things (e.g., also 30:15, 18, 21, 24, 29). The point of such a numerical
arrangement is that the number does not exhaust the list (W. M. Roth, “The
Numerical Sequence <i>x / x +1</i> in the Old Testament,” <i>VT</i> 12 [1962]:
300–311; and his “Numerical Sayings in the Old Testament,” <i>VT</i> 13 [1965]:
86).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn96" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref96" name="_edn96" style="mso-endnote-id: edn96;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">32</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“his soul.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn97" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref97" name="_edn97" style="mso-endnote-id: edn97;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">33</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>sn</b>
The expression “high/ lofty [</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">רָמוֹת</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>, <i>ramot</i>]
eyes” refers to a proud look suggesting arrogant ambition (cf. NCV “a proud
look”). The use of “eyes” is a metonymy of adjunct, the look in the eyes accompanying
the attitude. This term “high” is used in Num 15:30 for the sin of the “high
hand,” i.e., willful rebellion or defiant sin. The usage of “haughty eyes” may
be illustrated by its use with the pompous Assyrian invader (Isa 10:12–14) and
the proud king of the book of Daniel (11:12). God does not tolerate anyone who
thinks so highly of himself and who has such ambition.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn98" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref98" name="_edn98" style="mso-endnote-id: edn98;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">34</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“a tongue of deception.” The genitive noun functions attributively. The term
“tongue” functions as a metonymy. The term is used of false prophets who
deceive (Jer 14:14), and of a deceiver who betrays (Ps 109:2). The <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> hates deceptive speech because it
is destructive (26:28).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn99" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref99" name="_edn99" style="mso-endnote-id: edn99;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">35</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>sn</b> The
hands are the instruments of murder (metonymy of cause), and God hates
bloodshed. Gen 9:6 prohibited shedding blood because people are the image of
God. Even David being a man of blood (in war mostly) was not permitted to build
the Temple (1 Chr 22:8). But shedding innocent blood was a greater crime—it
usually went with positions of power, such as King Manasseh filling the streets
with blood (2 Kgs 21:16), or princes doing it for gain (Ezek 22:27).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn100" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref100" name="_edn100" style="mso-endnote-id: edn100;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">36</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“heart that devises plans of wickedness.” The latter term is an attributive
genitive. The heart (metonymy of subject) represents the will; here it plots
evil schemes. The heart is capable of evil schemes (Gen 6:5); the heart that
does this is deceitful (Prov 12:20; 14:22).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn101" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref101" name="_edn101" style="mso-endnote-id: edn101;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">37</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tc</b>
The MT reads “make haste to run,” that is, be eager to seize the opportunity.
The LXX omits “run,” that is, feet hastening to do evil. It must have appeared
to the LXX translator that the verb was unnecessary; only one verb occurs in
the other cola.<b>sn</b> The word “feet” is here a synecdoche, a part for the
whole. Being the instruments of movement, they represent the swift and eager
actions of the whole person to do some harm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn102" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref102" name="_edn102" style="mso-endnote-id: edn102;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">38</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>sn</b>
The <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> hates perjury and a lying
witness (e.g., Ps 40:4; Amos 2:4; Mic 1:4). This is a direct violation of the
law (Exod 20).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn103" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref103" name="_edn103" style="mso-endnote-id: edn103;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">39</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>sn</b>
Dissension is attributed in Proverbs to contentious people (21:9; 26:21; 25:24)
who have a short fuse (15:8).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn104" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref104" name="_edn104" style="mso-endnote-id: edn104;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">40</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“brothers,” although not limited to male siblings only. Cf. NRSV, CEV “in a
family”; TEV “among friends.”<b>sn</b> These seven things the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> hates. To discover what the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> desires, one need only list the
opposites: humility, truthful speech, preservation of life, pure thoughts,
eagerness to do good, honest witnesses, and peaceful harmony. In the NT the
Beatitudes present the positive opposites (Matt 5). It has seven blessed things
to match these seven hated things; moreover, the first contrasts with the first
here (“poor in spirit” of 5:5 with “haughty eyes”), and the seventh
(“peacemakers” of 5:7) contrasts with the seventh here (“sows dissension”).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn105" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref105" name="_edn105" style="mso-endnote-id: edn105;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">41</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>sn</b>
The figures used here are hypocatastases (implied comparisons). There may also
be an allusion to Deut 6 where the people were told to bind the law on their
foreheads and arms. The point here is that the disciple will never be without
these instructions. See further, P. W. Skehan, <i>Studies in Israelite Poetry
and Wisdom</i> (CBQMS), 1–8.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn106" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref106" name="_edn106" style="mso-endnote-id: edn106;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">42</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The verbal form is the Hitpael infinitive construct with a preposition and a
suffixed subjective genitive to form a temporal clause. The term </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">הָלַךְ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>
(<i>halakh</i>) in this verbal stem means “to go about; to go to and fro.” The
use of these terms in v. 22 also alludes to Deut 6:7.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn107" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref107" name="_edn107" style="mso-endnote-id: edn107;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">43</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“it will guide you.” The verb is singular, and the instruction is the subject.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn108" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref108" name="_edn108" style="mso-endnote-id: edn108;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">44</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
In both of the preceding cola an infinitive construct was used for the temporal
clauses; now the construction uses a perfect tense with <i>vav</i> (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">ו</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)
consecutive. The verb would then be equivalent to an imperfect tense but
subordinated as a temporal clause here.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn109" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref109" name="_edn109" style="mso-endnote-id: edn109;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">45</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>sn</b>
The Hebrew verb means “talk” in the sense of “to muse; to complain; to
meditate”; cf. TEV, NLT “advise you.” Instruction bound to the heart will speak
to the disciple on awaking.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn110" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref110" name="_edn110" style="mso-endnote-id: edn110;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[x]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Compare this with Moshe’s
admonishment in Det 6:4-9.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn111" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref111" name="_edn111" style="mso-endnote-id: edn111;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">46</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“the commandment” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn112" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref112" name="_edn112" style="mso-endnote-id: edn112;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">47</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The comparative “like” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is implied by
the metaphor; it is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn113" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref113" name="_edn113" style="mso-endnote-id: edn113;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">48</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>sn</b>
The terms “lamp,” “light,” and “way” are all metaphors. The positive teachings
and commandments will illumine or reveal to the disciple the way to life; the
disciplinary correctives will provide guidance into fullness of life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn114" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref114" name="_edn114" style="mso-endnote-id: edn114;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">49</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The comparative “like” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is implied by
the metaphor; it is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn115" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref115" name="_edn115" style="mso-endnote-id: edn115;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">50</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“the way of life” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NIV, NLT “the way to life.” The noun
“life” is a genitive following the construct “way.” It could be an attributive
genitive modifying the kind of way/course of life that instruction provides,
but it could also be objective in that the course of life followed would
produce and lead to life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn116" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref116" name="_edn116" style="mso-endnote-id: edn116;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">51</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The infinitive construct is epexegetical here, explaining how these teachings
function as lights: “by keeping you.” This verse is the transition from the
general admonition about heeding the teachings to the practical application.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn117" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref117" name="_edn117" style="mso-endnote-id: edn117;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">52</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tc</b>
The word translated “woman” is modified by </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">רַע</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>ra’</i>,
“evil”) in the sense of violating the codes of the community and inflicting
harm on others. The <i>BHS</i> editors propose changing it to read “strange
woman” as before, but there is not support for that. Some commentaries follow
the LXX and read </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">רַע</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> as “wife of a neighbor” (cf.
NAB; also NRSV “the wife of another”; CEV “someone else’s wife”) but that seems
to be only a clarification.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn118" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref118" name="_edn118" style="mso-endnote-id: edn118;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">53</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The word “tongue” is not in construct; the word “foreign woman” is in
apposition to “smooth of tongue,” specifying whose it is. The word “smooth”
then is the object of the preposition, “tongue” is the genitive of
specification, and “foreign woman” in apposition.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn119" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref119" name="_edn119" style="mso-endnote-id: edn119;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">54</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>sn</b>
The description of the woman as a “strange woman” and now a “loose [<i>Heb</i>
“foreign”] woman” is within the context of the people of Israel. She is a
“foreigner” in the sense that she is a nonconformist, wayward, and loose. It
does not necessarily mean that she is not ethnically an Israelite.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn120" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref120" name="_edn120" style="mso-endnote-id: edn120;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">55</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The negated jussive gives the young person an immediate warning. The verb </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">חָמַד</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>
(<i>khamad</i>) means “to desire,” and here in the sense of lust. The word is
used in the Decalogue of Deut 5:21 for the warning against coveting.<b>sn</b>
Lusting after someone in the heart, according to Jesus, is a sin of the same
kind as the act, not just the first step toward it (Matt 5:28). Playing with
temptation in the heart—the seat of the will and the emotions—is only the heart
reaching out after the sin.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn121" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref121" name="_edn121" style="mso-endnote-id: edn121;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">56</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“her eyelids” (so KJV, NASB); NRSV “eyelashes”; TEV “flirting eyes”). This term
is a synecdoche of part (eyelids) for the whole (eyes) or a metonymy of
association for painted eyes and the luring glances that are the symptoms of
seduction (e.g., 2 Kgs 9:30). The term “alluring” is not in the Hebrew text but
is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarification.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn122" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref122" name="_edn122" style="mso-endnote-id: edn122;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">57</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The word </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">בְעַד</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>bé’ad</i>) may be taken either as “on account of” (= by
means of a) prostitute (cf. ASV, NASB), or “for the price of” a prostitute (cf.
NAB). Most expositors take the first reading, though that use of the preposition
is unattested, and then must supply “one is brought to.” The verse would then
say that going to a prostitute can bring a man to poverty but going to another
man’s wife can lead to death. If the second view were taken, it would mean that
one had a smaller price than the other. It is not indicating that one is
preferable to the other; both are to be avoided.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn123" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref123" name="_edn123" style="mso-endnote-id: edn123;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">58</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“the wife of a man.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn124" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref124" name="_edn124" style="mso-endnote-id: edn124;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">59</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
These two lines might be an example of synthetic parallelism, that is, “A,
what’s more B.” The A-line describes the detrimental moral effect of a man
going to a professional prostitute; the B-line heightens this and describes the
far worse effect—moral and mortal! —of a man committing adultery with another
man’s wife. When a man goes to a prostitute, he lowers himself to become
nothing more than a “meal ticket” to sustain the life of that woman; however,
when a man commits adultery, he places his very life in jeopardy—the rage of
the husband could very well kill him.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn125" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref125" name="_edn125" style="mso-endnote-id: edn125;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">60</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The Qal imperfect (with the interrogative) here has a potential nuance—“Is it
possible to do this?” The sentence is obviously a rhetorical question making an
affirmation that it is not possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn126" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref126" name="_edn126" style="mso-endnote-id: edn126;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">61</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>sn</b>
“Fire” provides the analogy for the sage’s warning: Fire represents the sinful
woman (hypocatastasis) drawn close, and the burning of the clothes the
inevitable consequences of the liaison. See J. L. Crenshaw, “Impossible
Questions, Sayings, and Tasks,” <i>Semeia</i> 17 (1980): 19–34. The word “fire”
(</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">אֵשׁ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>, <i>’esh</i>) plays on the words “man” (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">אִישׁ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>,<i>’ish</i>)
and “woman” (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">אִשָּׁה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>, <i>’ishah</i>); a passage like this probably inspired R.
Gamaliel’s little explanation that what binds a man and a woman together in a
holy marriage is </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">י</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>yod</i>) and </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">ה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>
(<i>he</i>), the two main letters of the holy name <i>Yah</i>. But if the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> is removed from the relationship,
that is, if these two letters are removed, all that is left is the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">אֵשׁ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>—the
fire of passion. Since Gamaliel was the teacher of Paul, this may have
influenced Paul’s advice that it was better to marry than to burn (1 Cor 7:9).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn127" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref127" name="_edn127" style="mso-endnote-id: edn127;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">62</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“snatch up fire into his bosom.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn128" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref128" name="_edn128" style="mso-endnote-id: edn128;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">63</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The second colon begins with the <i>vav</i> (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">ו</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>) disjunctive on the
noun, indicating a disjunctive clause; here it is a circumstantial clause.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn129" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref129" name="_edn129" style="mso-endnote-id: edn129;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">64</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The particle indicates that this is another rhetorical question like that in v.
27.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn130" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref130" name="_edn130" style="mso-endnote-id: edn130;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">65</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“thus is the one.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn131" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref131" name="_edn131" style="mso-endnote-id: edn131;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">66</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“who goes in to” (so NAB, NASB). The Hebrew verb </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">בּוֹא</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>bo’</i>,
“to go in; to enter”) is used throughout scripture as a euphemism for the act
of sexual intercourse. Cf. NIV, NRSV, NLT “who sleeps with”; NCV “have sexual
relations with.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn132" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref132" name="_edn132" style="mso-endnote-id: edn132;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">67</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“anyone who touches her will not.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn133" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref133" name="_edn133" style="mso-endnote-id: edn133;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">68</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>sn</b>
The verb “touches” is intended here to be a euphemism for illegal sexual
contact (e.g., Gen 20:6).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn134" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref134" name="_edn134" style="mso-endnote-id: edn134;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">69</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“will be exempt from”; NASB, NLT “will not go unpunished.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn135" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref135" name="_edn135" style="mso-endnote-id: edn135;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">70</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The verb is </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">יִנָּקֶה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>yinnaqeh</i>), the Niphal imperfect from </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">נָקָה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>
(<i>naqah</i>, “to be empty; to be clean”). From it we get the adjectives
“clean,” “free from guilt,” “innocent.” The Niphal has the meanings (1) “to be
cleaned out” (of a plundered city; e.g., Isa 3:26), (2) “to be clean; to be
free from guilt; to be innocent” (Ps 19:14), (3) “to be free; to be exempt from
punishment” [here], and (4) “to be free; to be exempt from obligation” (Gen
24:8).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn136" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref136" name="_edn136" style="mso-endnote-id: edn136;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">71</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“they do not despise.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn137" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref137" name="_edn137" style="mso-endnote-id: edn137;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">72</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“himself” or “his life.” Since the word </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">נֶפֶשׁ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>nefesh</i>,
traditionally “soul”) refers to the whole person, body, and soul, and since it
has a basic idea of the bundle of appetites that make up a person, the use here
for satisfying his hunger is appropriate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn138" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref138" name="_edn138" style="mso-endnote-id: edn138;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">73</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The term “yet” is supplied in the translation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn139" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref139" name="_edn139" style="mso-endnote-id: edn139;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">74</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“is found out.” The perfect tense with the <i>vav</i> (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">ו</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>) consecutive is
equivalent to the imperfect nuances. Here it introduces either a conditional or
a temporal clause before the imperfect.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn140" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref140" name="_edn140" style="mso-endnote-id: edn140;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">75</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The imperfect tense has an obligatory nuance. The verb in the Piel means “to
repay; to make restitution; to recompense”; cf. NCV, TEV, CEV “must pay back.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn141" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref141" name="_edn141" style="mso-endnote-id: edn141;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">76</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
This final clause in the section is somewhat cryptic. The guilty thief must pay
back sevenfold what he stole, even if it means he must use the substance of his
whole house. The verb functions as an imperfect of possibility: “he might even
give.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>
</div>
<div id="edn142" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref142" name="_edn142" style="mso-endnote-id: edn142;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">77</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“heart.” The term “heart” is used as a metonymy of association for discernment,
wisdom, good sense. Cf. NAB “is a fool”; NIV “lacks judgment”; NCV, NRSV “has
no sense.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn143" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref143" name="_edn143" style="mso-endnote-id: edn143;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">78</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“soul.” The noun </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">נֶפֶשׁ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>nefesh</i>, “soul”)
functions as a metonymy of association for “life” (BDB 659 s.v. 3.c).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn144" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref144" name="_edn144" style="mso-endnote-id: edn144;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">79</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“He will receive a wound and contempt.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn145" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref145" name="_edn145" style="mso-endnote-id: edn145;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">80</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>sn</b>
Even though the text has said that the man caught in adultery ruins his life,
it does not mean that he was put to death, although that could have happened.
He seems to live on in ignominy, destroyed socially and spiritually. He might
receive blows and wounds from the husband and shame and disgrace from the
spiritual community. D. Kidner observes that in a morally healthy society the
adulterer would be a social outcast (<i>Proverbs</i> [TOTC], 75).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn146" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref146" name="_edn146" style="mso-endnote-id: edn146;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">81</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The word “kindles” was supplied in the translation; both “rage” and “jealousy”
have meanings connected to heat.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn147" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref147" name="_edn147" style="mso-endnote-id: edn147;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">82</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“a man’s.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn148" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref148" name="_edn148" style="mso-endnote-id: edn148;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">83</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The verb </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">חָמַל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>khamal</i>) means “to show mercy; to show compassion; to
show pity,” usually with the outcome of sparing or delivering someone. The idea
here is that the husband will not spare the guilty man any of the punishment
(cf. NRSV “he shows no restraint”).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn149" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref149" name="_edn149" style="mso-endnote-id: edn149;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">84</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i>
“lift up the face of,” meaning “regard.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn150" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref150" name="_edn150" style="mso-endnote-id: edn150;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">85</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The word rendered “compensation” is </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">כֹּפֶר</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>cofer</i>);
it is essentially a ransom price, a sum to be paid to deliver another from
debt, bondage, or crime. The husband cannot accept payment as a ransom for a life
since what has happened cannot be undone so easily.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn151" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref151" name="_edn151" style="mso-endnote-id: edn151;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">86</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
BDB 1005 s.v. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">שֹׁחַד</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> suggests that this term means “hush money” or “bribe” (cf. NIV,
NRSV, NLT). C. H. Toy takes it as legal compensation (<i>Proverbs</i> [ICC],
142).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">End “NET®” notes</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn152" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2039.docx#_ednref152" name="_edn152" style="mso-endnote-id: edn152;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xi]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Biblical
Studies Press. (2005). <a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/gs-netbible?ref=BibleNET.Pr6.1-35"><i>The NET
Bible First Edition; Bible. English. NET Bible.; The NET Bible</i></a> (Pr
6:1–35). Biblical Studies Press.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div><br />David_seedofabrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779218562279412780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808052277561745789.post-49248981954961936142021-09-23T12:51:00.041-07:002021-10-18T17:51:52.091-07:00Lessons from the Wilderness, Vol. 38: This Fragile Breath, Part One. What is it and what are we to do with it? Let us begin...<div id="i4c-draggable-container" style="height: 0px; position: fixed; width: 0px; z-index: 1499;"><div class="resolved" data-reactroot="" style="all: initial;"></div></div><p> <b><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©2021,
David E. Robinson: At the Gates of Yerushalayim Ministries</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <a href="https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2021/10/this-is-part-two-of-this-fragile-breath.html" target="">Go to Part Two</a></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lessons
from the Wilderness, Volume 38<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <i>…This Fragile Breath… <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[i]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></sup></a>
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn2" name="_ednref2" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[ii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn3" name="_ednref3" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[iii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn4" name="_ednref4" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[iv]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></sup></a> <o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Part One<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMM84KtxBA81LGMv_mPgXlxmVyezpNO0dfRSDCMJ7WsonBpHnPf13KsEUYs3gk2TwFhBc4rMnx36zMcfZdIiPoQGGbSUmghV8BSzic5AX7w44Oli4nonUB4RHArTuoDF50Ca2YcT5WCiEv/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1049" data-original-width="2048" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMM84KtxBA81LGMv_mPgXlxmVyezpNO0dfRSDCMJ7WsonBpHnPf13KsEUYs3gk2TwFhBc4rMnx36zMcfZdIiPoQGGbSUmghV8BSzic5AX7w44Oli4nonUB4RHArTuoDF50Ca2YcT5WCiEv/w400-h205/image.png" width="400" /></a></i></b></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: right 0in .25in left .75in; text-align: center;"><b>Psalm 144 (Tanakh)</b><br />
<sup>1 </sup><span lang="EN">Of David.</span><span lang="EN"> </span><span lang="EN">Blessed is the Lord,
my rock,</span><span lang="EN"> </span><span lang="EN">who trains my hands for battle,</span><span lang="EN"> </span><span lang="EN">my fingers for warfare;</span><span lang="EN"> </span><sup>2
</sup><span lang="EN">my faithful one, my fortress,</span><span lang="EN"> </span><span lang="EN">my haven and my
deliverer,</span><span lang="EN"> </span><span lang="EN">my shield, in whom I take shelter,</span><span lang="EN"> </span><span lang="EN">who makes peoples subject to me.</span><span lang="EN"> </span><sup>3 </sup><span lang="EN">O Lord,
what is man that You should care about him,</span><span lang="EN"> </span><span lang="EN">mortal man, that You should think of him?</span> </p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: right 0in .25in left .75in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>4 </sup></b><b><span lang="EN">Man is like a breath;</span><span lang="EN">
</span></b><b><span lang="EN">his days are like a
passing shadow.</span></b><b> </b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: right 0in .25in left .75in; text-align: center;"><sup>5 </sup><span lang="EN">O Lord, bend Your sky and come down;</span><span lang="EN"> </span><span lang="EN">touch the mountains
and they will smoke.</span><span lang="EN"> </span><sup>6 </sup><span lang="EN">Make lightning flash and scatter them;</span><span lang="EN"> </span><span lang="EN">shoot Your arrows
and rout them.</span><span lang="EN"> </span><sup>7 </sup><span lang="EN">Reach Your hand down from on high;</span><span lang="EN"> </span><span lang="EN">rescue me, save me
from the mighty waters,</span><span lang="EN"> </span><span lang="EN">from the hands of foreigners,</span><span lang="EN">
</span><sup>8 </sup><span lang="EN">whose mouths
speak lies,</span><span lang="EN"> </span><span lang="EN">and whose oaths are false.</span><span lang="EN"> </span><sup>9 </sup><span lang="EN">O God, I will sing You a new song,</span><span lang="EN"> </span><span lang="EN">sing a hymn to You
with a ten-stringed harp,</span><span lang="EN"> </span><sup>10 </sup><span lang="EN">to You who give victory to kings,</span><span lang="EN"> </span><span lang="EN">who rescue His
servant David from the deadly sword.</span><span lang="EN"> </span><sup>11 </sup><span lang="EN">Rescue me, save me from the hands of
foreigners,</span><span lang="EN"> </span><span lang="EN">whose mouths speak lies,</span><span lang="EN"> </span><span lang="EN">and whose oaths are false.</span><span lang="EN"> </span><sup>12
</sup><span lang="EN">For our sons are like
saplings,</span><span lang="EN"> </span><span lang="EN">well-tended in their youth;</span><span lang="EN"> </span><span lang="EN">our daughters are like cornerstones</span><span lang="EN"> </span><span lang="EN">trimmed to give
shape to a palace.</span><span lang="EN"> </span><sup>13 </sup><span lang="EN">Our storehouses are full,</span><span lang="EN"> </span><span lang="EN">supplying produce of all kinds;</span><span lang="EN"> </span><span lang="EN">our flocks number
thousands,</span><span lang="EN"> </span><span lang="EN">even myriads, in our fields;</span><span lang="EN"> </span><sup>14 </sup><span lang="EN">our cattle are well cared for.</span><span lang="EN"> </span><span lang="EN">There is no
breaching and no sortie,</span><span lang="EN"> </span><span lang="EN">and no wailing in our streets.</span><span lang="EN"> </span><sup>15 </sup><span lang="EN">Happy
the people who have it so;</span><span lang="EN"> </span><span lang="EN">happy the people whose God is the Lord. </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn5" name="_ednref5" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[v]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: right 0in .25in left .75in; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlNZbaWurci-9hsy4j4Y0-PDU_CtVVxc2VSjCSnp4Fv2fmTrMbsufv7JY_T2GrSnf-DsGmG2wPOZYbeaGJcqzWKNjNPU58vbauQIRYlXTNWWzeszTZPXxr0gVeR5bjEh9V3zNAK18wS4GQ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2" data-original-width="320" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlNZbaWurci-9hsy4j4Y0-PDU_CtVVxc2VSjCSnp4Fv2fmTrMbsufv7JY_T2GrSnf-DsGmG2wPOZYbeaGJcqzWKNjNPU58vbauQIRYlXTNWWzeszTZPXxr0gVeR5bjEh9V3zNAK18wS4GQ/w640-h4/image.png" width="640" /></a></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">“…I searched the
world for a song that I could sing<br />
Praise to my King, a gift that I could bring<br />
But no music I found could compare to You<br />
Not one could do justice to Your glory<br />
What are my songs compared to Yours<br />
<br />
You speak with thunder and lightning<br />
Your voice shakes the mountains<br />
The foundations of the earth<br />
All I can offer is this fragile breath<br />
With each one I'll praise You<br />
With each one I'll praise You more…”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn6" name="_ednref6" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxByNf1_8dw2YElJiju14v4Ej61NR-tZOSqxilbhGRSSyx2rh04Ib4tYJGeUz6awkdhYTv45cCVXZDK3Tq3w6YP5DLh-omaKuB_RAN3xO3x5hC_sfS45HCzvx-VDZHbQqSMB6ujuaX0zGU/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2" data-original-width="320" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxByNf1_8dw2YElJiju14v4Ej61NR-tZOSqxilbhGRSSyx2rh04Ib4tYJGeUz6awkdhYTv45cCVXZDK3Tq3w6YP5DLh-omaKuB_RAN3xO3x5hC_sfS45HCzvx-VDZHbQqSMB6ujuaX0zGU/w640-h4/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">To my beloved readers: no, I have not forgotten our study on
Revelation, but my study of the Book has taken me to different places, and it
takes awhile to sort it all out. Know this, when we return to it, all that is
taking place in the world today may seem to make more since and give you a better
perspective of where we are on the prophetic timeline of history. That is not
to say my take has any weight: that is why each must read those words, study
those words, and then come to their own conclusion. What I hope to do is give
you insight into looking at these from a proper cultural and audience based
(i.e., a First Century viewpoint) perspective that will lead you to right
conclusions. So, more to come on that, we will finish the study. For know
though, let us step back and reflect where we are today. We are, according to
the Jewish calendar, amid Sukkot, the Feast of Booths. This is, according to
the Jewish calendar, the year 5782 (secular year began on Rosh Hashanah, the
Feast of Trumpets). To fully explain the how and why of the setting of the
Jewish calendar by Hillel II, is way beyond the scope of this epistle. I would
encourage those who wish to hold to the Jewish calendar to go to <a href="http://www.chabad.org/">www.chabad.org</a> and look at their series on the
Jewish calendar – and start here: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/55194/jewish/Introduction.htm">https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/55194/jewish/Introduction.htm</a>
.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">For those who have the opposing view I offer this [with
style edits such as font etc., being mine to better fit this format]:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 120%; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><a href="http://awakenedchurch.com/uncategorized/cbb/validating-the-different-calendar-methods"><b><span style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;">Validating the Different
Calendar Methods</span></b></a><b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">28 Sep, 2012 - 5772 / 5773</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="display: none;"><a href="http://awakenedchurch.com/author/cbb" title="Posts by cbb"><span style="color: #cc6600; text-decoration-line: none;">cbb</span></a></span><span style="color: #333333; display: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hide: all;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 130%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">The
Biblical Calendar<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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and Validation</span></b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 8.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 8.25pt; margin: 8.25pt 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By
Clint Branham 9-28-2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I am not attempting to justify
one method over another, <b>I am acknowledging and recognizing that no matter
how much other methods appear to line up with scripture, only one method is
consistently validated through events spanning hundreds of years!</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here is an overview of my
understanding of the Biblical calendar.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Universally agreed upon facts:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 37.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 37.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Year starts in the Spring.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 37.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 37.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Year is Lunar based<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 37.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 37.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">3.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Year has 12 or 13 months.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Not agreed upon:</span></b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 37.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 37.5pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">* </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How
does the Month Start?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 73.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 73.5pt; mso-list: l4 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";">o<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sighting
of the sliver<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 109.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 109.5pt; mso-list: l4 level3 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">§<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">From
Jerusalem?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 109.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 109.5pt; mso-list: l4 level3 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">§<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">From
your current location?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 73.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 73.5pt; mso-list: l4 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";">o<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Conjunction?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 73.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 73.5pt; mso-list: l4 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";">o<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
calculated day? (i.e., Jewish Calendar)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 73.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 73.5pt; mso-list: l4 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";">o<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On
the full Moon?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 37.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 37.5pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">* </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How
does the Year begin?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 73.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 73.5pt; mso-list: l4 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";">o<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sighting
of the Barley?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 109.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 109.5pt; mso-list: l4 level3 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">§<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Where?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 109.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 109.5pt; mso-list: l4 level3 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">§<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Who
has authority?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 109.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 109.5pt; mso-list: l4 level3 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">§<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By
who’s authority?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 73.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 73.5pt; mso-list: l4 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";">o<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">New
Moon <b>after</b> the Equinox?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 73.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 73.5pt; mso-list: l4 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";">o<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">New
Moon <b>before</b> the Equinox where Passover falls after the Equinox?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 73.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 73.5pt; mso-list: l4 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";">o<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
calculated start? (i.e., Jewish Calendar)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Each method has basis in
scripture </span></b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and
earnest men believe strongly about each method. <b>BUT it doesn’t matter what
WE feel or believe to be true. The only thing that matters is what the Father
intended.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Very Important Questions:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> *</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Do
any of these methods have any evidence that they are the method that is
endorsed by the Father?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 37.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 37.5pt; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 73.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 73.5pt; mso-list: l6 level2 lfo3; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span> </span>o<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In other words, have any
historical events happened that would confirm one method over another?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 73.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 73.5pt; mso-list: l6 level2 lfo3; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span> </span>o<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Are there any astrological
events that confirm one method over another?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 55.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 55.5pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To my knowledge<b> there is only
one method that has any real evidence that it is the correct one. <i>It is the
most unlikely; the calculated Jewish Calendar. </i></b>This method has historic
events that could possibly have been manipulated by Satan or men, but it also
has Astrological events that could not have been manipulated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The First Set of Events:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tisha B’Av or the 9<sup>th</sup>
of Av. Historically a day of great calamity for the Jews. (These events <b><i>could
possibly</i></b> have been manipulated to occur on the 9<sup>th</sup> of Av) …<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-left: 37.5pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Second Temple was supposedly destroyed on the 9<sup>th</sup> of AV 70 AD.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
First Crusade was declared by Pope Urban II in 1095, killing 10,000 Jews in its
first month and destroying Jewish communities in France and the Rhineland.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Jews
were expelled from England in 1290.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Jews
were expelled from Spain in 1492.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On
Tisha B’Av 1914 (August 1, 1914), World War I broke out, causing unprecedented
devastation across Europe and set the stage for World War II and the Holocaust.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On
the eve of Tisha B’Av 1942, the mass deportation began of Jews from the Warsaw
Ghetto, enroute to Treblinka.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-left: 37.5pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 8.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 8.25pt; margin: 8.25pt 0in;"><b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Second Set of Events: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Blood Red Moons also known as a
Tetrad (these could NOT have been manipulated.) Four consecutive lunar eclipses
are all total eclipses, the group is known as a Tetrad.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333;">In the past 500 years there have
ONLY been three Tetrads (sets of blood-red moons), ALL of them corresponded to
significant events with the Jewish People or Nation, and ALL occurred on feast
days on the Jewish calendar.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">All blood-red moons on these
following feast dates… All had back-to-back, blood-red moons occur on the first
day of Passover and Sukkot the following two years or beginning the same year
as the Event.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(242, 243, 244); line-height: 160%; margin-bottom: 8.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 8.25pt; margin: 8.25pt 0in;"><b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Spanish Inquisition — 1492</span></b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
* Passover, April 2, 1493<br />
* Sukkot, Sept. 25, 1493<br />
* Passover, March 22, 1494<br />
* Sukkot, Sept. 15, 1494<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(242, 243, 244); line-height: 160%; margin-bottom: 8.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 8.25pt; margin: 8.25pt 0in;"><i><u><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">From 1494 until 1949 there were <b>ZERO</b>
sets of blood Red Moons! </span></u></i><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(242, 243, 244); line-height: 160%; margin-bottom: 8.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 8.25pt; margin: 8.25pt 0in;"><b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The War of Independence — 1948</span></b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
* Passover, April 13, 1949<br />
* Sukkot, Oct. 7, 1949<br />
* Passover, April 2, 1950<br />
* Sukkot, Sept. 26, 1950<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(242, 243, 244); line-height: 160%; margin-bottom: 8.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 8.25pt; margin: 8.25pt 0in;"><b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Six-Day War — 1967</span></b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
* First Day of Passover, April 24, 1967<br />
* First Day of Sukkot, Oct. 18, 1967<br />
* First Day of Passover, April 13, 1968<br />
* First Day of Sukkot, Oct. 6, 1968<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is a fourth Tetrad (set of
Blood Red Moons) scheduled to occur in 2014-2015,</span></b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> exactly on feast days that are
on the calculated Jewish calendar.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333;">What major event will occur in
the 2014–2015 time-period involving the Hebrew people?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="background-color: #f2f3f4; color: #333333;">* First Day of Passover, April
15, 2014</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(242, 243, 244); line-height: 160%; margin-bottom: 8.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 8.25pt; margin: 8.25pt 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
* First Day of Sukkot, Oct. 8, 2014<br />
* First Day of Passover, April 4, 2015<br />
* First Day of Sukkot, Sept. 28, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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2:31: The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before
the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Act
2:20: The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before
that great and notable day of the Lord come…<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rev
6:12: And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a
great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon
became as blood…<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-left: 37.5pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Third Set of Events</span></b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><span style="color: #333333;">In </span><b style="color: #333333;">2014-2015 there will be 4 lunar eclipses
and 2 solar eclipses, all falling on Jewish holidays on the calculated
Calendar,</b><span style="color: #333333;"> including Rosh Hashanah in 2015! This will not happen again in
this century.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fourth Set of Events:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><span style="color: #333333;">Additional Eclipses on Specific Dates:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">August 1, 2008<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Total Solar Eclipse<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">July 22, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These dates don’t match the
feasts on the sighted moon calendar, BUT they match EXACTLY on the Calculated
Jewish calendar.</span></b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Additional info:</span></i></b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In Esther 3:1, we are told that
Haman is an Agagite. Agag was the king of Amalek (1 Sam. 15:8). Therefore,
Haman and his sons were Amalekites. Rabbi Elijah Solomon, a prominent
Lithuanian rabbi of the 18th century known as “the great one of Vilna,” held
the tradition that the German nation was descended from Amalek.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333;">During World War II, the Nazis
in Germany tried to wipe the Jewish race from the face of the earth. Six
million Jews were killed by the Germans. After the end of the war, the
surviving Nazi leaders were tried at Nuremberg for this and other war crimes.
These trials began on November 20, 1945, for 22 German Nazi leaders.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333;">On October 1, 1946, 12 of the
German defendants were sentenced to death by hanging for their part in the
atrocities committed against the Jews and others. One of those convicted was
Martin Bormann, who was sentenced </span><b style="color: #333333;"><i>in absentia</i></b><span style="color: #333333;">. A second was
Hermann Goering, who committed suicide in his cell just hours before the
executions by taking cyanide poison. The remaining 10 Germans were hanged to
death on October 16, 1946.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The following excerpt from the 9<sup>th</sup>
chapter of Esther. Contains some extremely interesting information:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhemptB3wjPgw5Vwtrz5VkKFixbl3l3hTzwcCWlAN5QjABj3MtJTmwnVj7I4O98TjmY4V-N4cYLaIRGbDWD2-LrZ-piSsM_oj3iuuvykV-yD2AUG-dfRoCLi-bAfySnxxCKIYUZ5FV6NXk3/s624/Awakened+Church+graph.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="305" data-original-width="624" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhemptB3wjPgw5Vwtrz5VkKFixbl3l3hTzwcCWlAN5QjABj3MtJTmwnVj7I4O98TjmY4V-N4cYLaIRGbDWD2-LrZ-piSsM_oj3iuuvykV-yD2AUG-dfRoCLi-bAfySnxxCKIYUZ5FV6NXk3/w640-h312/Awakened+Church+graph.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 8.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 8.25pt; margin: 8.25pt 0in;"><b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">21 <i>TISHRI </i></span></b><span style="color: #333333;">(white letters on red
background)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Jewish date “21 Tishri” (<b><i>kaph-aleph-tav-shin-resh-yod</i></b>) is
encoded at an ELS of 216, beginning in Esther 9:12 and ending in Esther 9:27.
This is the date upon which the 10 Nazi war criminals were hanged.
Statistically, the odds of this date occurring in this passage by random chance
are less than one in 1 million!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5707 </span></b><span style="color: #333333;">(blue letters on light blue)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Running diagonally through “21 Tishri” is the Jewish year “5707″ (<b><i>tav-shin-zayin</i></b>),
which corresponds to 1946. This year is found at an ELS of 442, beginning in
Esther 9:15 and ending in Esther 9:27. It shares the <b><i>shin</i></b> with “<b><i>Tishri</i></b>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">NAZI </span></b><span style="color: #333333;">(white letters on black)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
Beginning underneath “hanged,” the Hebrew transliteration of Nazi (<b><i>nun-aleph-tsadi-yod</i></b>)
occurs. This word is found at an ELS of -650, beginning in Esther 9:19 and
ending in Esther 8:9.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">HANGED </span></b><span style="color: #333333;">(yellow letters on dark green)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
On the top left part of the matrix, running vertically, the Hebrew word
“hanged” (<b><i>tav-lamed-vav-yod</i></b>) appears at an ELS of 432. It begins
in Esther 8:6 and ends in Esther 9:3.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">AMALEKITE </span></b><span style="color: #333333;">(yellow letters on black)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Crossing the bottom of “21 <b><i>Tishri</i></b>” is the Hebrew word for
“Amalekite” (<b><i>ayin-mem-lamed-koph-yod</i></b>). This word is found at an
ELS of -7, beginning in Esther 9:27 and ending in Esther 9:26. According to
Jewish tradition, the nation of Germany is thought to have descended from the
biblical Amalekites (Exo. 17:8).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ARYAN </span></b><span style="color: #333333;">(purple letters on yellow)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Right above the top of “21 <b><i>Tishri</i></b>” is the Hebrew word “Aryan” (<b><i>aleph-resh-yod</i></b>).
It appears at an ELS of 1 in Esther 9:8. Hitler’s objective in eradicating the
Jews was to have a pure Aryan race.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">HAMAN </span></b><span style="color: #333333;">(white letters on blue)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At the top of the matrix, at an ELS of 1, the name “Haman” (<b><i>hey-mem-nun</i></b>)
appears in Esther 8:3.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">TEN </span></b><span style="color: #333333;">(black letters on light blue)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Underneath “Haman,” the Hebrew word “ten” (<b><i>ayin-shin-resh-hey</i></b>)
appears at an ELS of 1 in Esther 8:12.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SONS </span></b><span style="color: #333333;">(white letters on maroon)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Underneath “ten,” at an ELS of 20, the Hebrew word “sons” (<b><i>beth-nun-yod</i></b>)
appears. It begins in Esther 8:15 and ends in Esther 8:16.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333;">The information in the surface
text, as well as that encoded underneath the apparent text, is incredible! Only
God, in His infinite power, could have inspired these things to be recorded in
the book of Esther and then cause them to come to pass more than 2 millennia
later. And the dates only work on the calculated Jewish calendar!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 8.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 8.25pt; margin: 8.25pt 0in;"><span face=""Tahoma",sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Additional Info
Source: </span><a href="http://www.herealittletherealittle.net/index.cfm?page_name=Bible-Code-Ten-Sons-Haman"><span style="color: #cc6600; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; text-decoration-line: none;">http://www.herealittletherealittle.net/index.cfm?page_name=Bible-Code-Ten-Sons-Haman</span></a><span face=""Tahoma",sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 8.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 8.25pt; margin: 8.25pt 0in;"><b><span face=""Tahoma",sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Again, I am not attempting to
justify the methodology of the calculated Jewish calendar, <b>I am
acknowledging and recognizing that no matter how much other methods appear to
line up with scripture, none of the other methods are validated through events!</b>
Only the calculated Jewish calendar is validated in such an un-forgeable
method.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">This undeniable evidence is why
we follow the calculated Jewish calendar.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Tahoma",sans-serif" style="color: #333333; display: none; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hide: all;">http://awakenedchurch.com/uncategorized/cbb/validating-the-different-calendar-methods<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 130%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span face=""Tahoma",sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 130%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5 Responses [ Author's note: for space only one comment shown]<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: 160%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.5pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Tahoma",sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 160%; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><i><span face=""Tahoma",sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 160%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bryan Huie</span></i><span face=""Tahoma",sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 160%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: 160%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.5pt;"><a href="http://awakenedchurch.com/uncategorized/cbb/validating-the-different-calendar-methods/comment-page-1#comment-329"><span style="color: #cc6600; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 160%; text-decoration-line: none;">September 28, 2012 - 12 Tishrei
5773 at 11:08 am</span></a><span face=""Tahoma",sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 160%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Many think God made a mistake by
entrusting His oracles to the Jews (Rom. 3:2). They think THEY need to correct
God’s mistake by sighting their own moons and creating their own calendars.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have been asked numerous
times: “By what authority did a man (“Hillel II”) establish the modern Jewish
calendar?” The simple answer is that he had the authority given to him by God
as the leader of the Sanhedrin. Hillel II was the nasi (“president”) of the
Sanhedrin at the time he instituted the calendar in 358/359 CE. As the nasi, he
had the divinely granted authority to establish how the calendar would be
determined.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Wait just a second,” one might
say. “The Jews as a nation rejected Yeshua as Messiah. Therefore, they gave up
the authority God had earlier given them!” Sounds like a logical argument, but
do the Scriptures support it?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At the time of Yeshua’s ministry
(and later that of Paul), the Jewish high priest was essentially a Roman
political appointment. In his 4th-century Ecclesiastical History, Eusebius
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“…When Herod was appointed king
by the Romans, he no longer nominated the chief priests from the ancient
lineage, but conferred the honor upon certain obscure individuals…. Herod was
the first that locked up the sacred vesture of the high priest, and having
secured it under his own private seal, no longer permitted the high priests to
have it at their disposal. (p. 31, ch. VI, pop. ed.)…”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This selection method broke the
custom of the high priesthood being attached to the family of Aaron. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Herod also abolished the
practice of the high priest holding the position for life. According to Josephus,
in the 107 years from the beginning of Herod’s reign to the fall of Jerusalem,
there were 28 high priests.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Jewish Talmud records that
by the time of Messiah, the high priest bought the office from the government
and the position could be changed as frequently as every year. But even after
he was out of office, the ex-high priest kept his rights to the dignity of the
office. These policies resulted in a group of wealthy Sadducean priestly
families (primarily the Boethus, Anan, and Phiabi families) being appointed to
the office on a regular basis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Since the high priest was
clearly not legitimate according to the guidelines found in the Torah, many
assume he was invalid and had no authority. Actually, the Scriptures show just
the opposite:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">JOHN 11:47: Then the chief
priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, “What shall we do? For
this man works many signs. [48] If we let him alone like this, everyone will
believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and
nation.” [49] And one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to
them, “You know nothing at all, [50] nor do you consider that it is expedient
for us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation
should perish.” [51] Now this he did not say on his own authority; but being
high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, (NKJV)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here we see that BECAUSE
Caiaphas was the high priest (even though he was illegitimate according to
Torah), his pronouncement against Yeshua was not his own, but rather a prophecy
given by God through him. Clearly God recognized Caiaphas’ authority as high
priest. As Paul tells us, no authority exists apart from God (Rom. 13:1);
therefore, Caiaphas’ position WAS from God.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Next, let’s look at the later
example of Paul testifying before the Sanhedrin:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ACTS 23:1 “Then Paul, looking
earnestly at the council, said, “Men and brethren, I have lived in all good
conscience before God until this day.” [2] And the high priest Ananias
commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth. [3] Then Paul said
to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! For you sit to judge me
according to the Law, and do you command me to be struck contrary to the Law?”<br />
[4] And those who stood by said, “Do you revile God’s high priest?” [5] Then
Paul said, “I did not know, brethren, that he was the high priest; for it is
written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a RULER OF YOUR PEOPLE.’” (NKJV)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rather than point out that
Ananias was NOT “God’s high priest,” but instead an illegitimate Roman
appointee, Paul acknowledges him as a “ruler” of the Jewish people. Even though
Ananias’ position was not derived according to Torah, Paul recognized his
authority to be from God.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Given that background, what are
we to make of the following statement by Paul?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ROMANS 3:1 “What, then, is the
superiority of the Jew? Or what is the advantage of circumcision?<br />
[2] Much in every way! First of all, they were entrusted with the oracles of
God. [3] What if some of them were faithless? Shall their faithlessness nullify
the faithfulness of God? [4] By no means! Let God be true and every man false…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Paul here acknowledges that even
though many of the Jews at that time were faithless, God continued to honor the
position and authority He had earlier given them. It was God who inspired the
following acknowledgment of Jewish authority:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">GENESIS 49:10 The scepter shall
not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh
comes; and to him [i.e., Judah] shall be the obedience of the people. (NKJV)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">PSALM 60:7 Gilead is Mine, and
Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is the helmet for My head; Judah is My lawgiver.
(NKJV)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">PSALM 108:8 Gilead is Mine;
Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is the helmet for My head; Judah is My lawgiver.
(NKJV)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The word translated “lawgiver”
in Gen. 49:10 and Psa. 60:7 & 108:8 is from the Hebrew root chaqaq. It
literally means “to engrave”; by extension, it means “to be a scribe.” Judah is
the one who was given the authority to document, record and transmit down
through the ages the “oracles” of God.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I believe the “oracles” that the
Jews were given charge of as the “lawgivers” include the writings we know as
the Old Testament. It is in the OT that we find the holy days of YHVH defined.
By necessity, the “oracles” would then also include the sacred calendar. Just
as we shouldn’t discard the Hebrew Tanakh (OT) and consider a Greek or English
version authoritative in its place, we should also not throw out the Hillel II
calendar and assume that we can create our own.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Those who would remove the
authority of the nasi of the Sanhedrin (in this case, Hillel II) to determine
the calendar do so without scriptural sanction. Regardless of the faithlessness
of the Jews, to usurp that particular power is to deny that God is faithful,
and that He can use faithless Jews to do His will.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have had this question arise
many times, and I have seen many people claim that THEY have the authority to
determine “God’s true sacred calendar.” What always arises from the unlawful
exercise of such authority is CONFUSION (1 Cor. 14:33).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Groups that determine their own
calendars are often days or even a full month different from other groups.
Consequently, these groups cannot observe the holy days together, because they
aren’t keeping the SAME holy days. What should be a time for holy convocation
among God’s people becomes a time of division.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(236, 239, 242); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 31.7pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.7pt;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Confusion and division are NOT
of God, but rather of Satan. One of Satan’s principal problems has always been
accepting authority. Even if the current calendar is inaccurate, the blame must
be placed on God, who gave this authority to the Jews. Yet where will the blame
lie if we reject this authority delegated by God? I believe WE are guilty if we
usurp this authority…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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ARTICLE]<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzxP6pItAcUKJ-QjqFVuFBi9i7fxwCbpk2tMrR3YABoG93brAoyUb7o07zfSyWCkV8DSYHf9Arbxx-KJMQb_TdKN_VpgxjQaIX6UEiLUzyJV-LGdCZz82g5OY1rM0bwzXbk2zVAcYbQjz3/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2" data-original-width="320" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzxP6pItAcUKJ-QjqFVuFBi9i7fxwCbpk2tMrR3YABoG93brAoyUb7o07zfSyWCkV8DSYHf9Arbxx-KJMQb_TdKN_VpgxjQaIX6UEiLUzyJV-LGdCZz82g5OY1rM0bwzXbk2zVAcYbQjz3/w640-h4/image.png" width="640" /></a></div> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">The above article was written in
2012. The late (and sorely missed) Brian Huie, author of the website at <a href="http://www.herealittletherealittle.net/index.cfm">http://www.herealittletherealittle.net/index.cfm</a>
is the only comment I added here, but I can provide the entire article with all
five comments should anyone ask. He is right with what he says about Romans 3:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p><b style="text-align: center;">Romans 3:1-4 (NASB95)</b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<sup>1 </sup><span lang="EN">Then what advantage has
the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?</span><span lang="EN"> </span><sup>2
</sup><span lang="EN">Great in every respect. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN">First of all,
that they were entrusted with the oracles of God.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN"> </span><sup>3
</sup><span lang="EN">What then? If some did not
believe, their unbelief will not nullify the faithfulness of God, will it?</span><span lang="EN"> </span><sup>4 </sup><span lang="EN">May it
never be! Rather, let God be found true, though every man <i>be found </i>a
liar, as it is written, “That You may be justified in Your words, And prevail when
You are judged.”</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn7" name="_ednref7" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">The oracles of God belong to the Jewish People. I
bring up the calendar issue only because I believe we must trust those who God
has set in place to carry forth His plans. Otherwise, there is much confusion
within the Messianic believers, each trying to assert their own authority over
God’s ways. This is strange fire, and the result is always bad for those who
bring it. Unity is what God wants, not confusion. I believe that those who
introduce these “alternate” calendars do so with good intentions, for they
desperately seek to follow God and want to do His bidding, but in my humble
opinion they are just usurpers, and they encroach upon the sancta of God, by
declaring God was wrong to give this authority over to the Jews. Maybe I’m
wrong about this – only time will tell… I speak with a fragile breath, and so
begins our study.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj29j-avzq_aJRzVELtuDqqv2bwAXA-kfx1Hd8JapiOsi5r4mDHaVx9puakBOg2BICpQQzf5wgMn3Js2LEHv71VKxVYb12lONL8DrwH6ojDEhLUdgOJx5nocirU53_QzR3iZuyVDXctWncl/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2" data-original-width="320" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj29j-avzq_aJRzVELtuDqqv2bwAXA-kfx1Hd8JapiOsi5r4mDHaVx9puakBOg2BICpQQzf5wgMn3Js2LEHv71VKxVYb12lONL8DrwH6ojDEhLUdgOJx5nocirU53_QzR3iZuyVDXctWncl/w640-h4/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">What voice speaks loudest today? I have touched on
this before, but we, as believers, must decide what it is that we will listen
to. We all know these verses:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN"> </span><b style="text-align: center;">1 Kings 19:9-13 (ESV)</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup>9 </sup><span lang="EN">There he came to a cave
and lodged in it. And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said to
him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”</span><span lang="EN"> </span><sup>10 </sup><span lang="EN">He said, “I have been very jealous for the
Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant,
thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I
only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.”</span><span lang="EN"> </span><sup>11
</sup><span lang="EN">And he said, “Go out and stand
on the mount before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and
strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord,
but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord
was not in the earthquake.</span><span lang="EN"> </span><sup>12 </sup><span lang="EN">And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord
was not in the fire.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN">And after the
fire the sound of a low whisper</span></b><span lang="EN">.</span><span lang="EN"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup>13 </sup><span lang="EN">And
when Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood
at the entrance of the cave. And behold, there came a voice to him and said,
“What are you doing here, Elijah?” </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn8" name="_ednref8" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[viii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">Not in the wind, earthquake, or fire was
YHVH. He was in the low whisper, the quiet still voice that asks, “What are you
doing here?” What are we doing here? With each breath, we move closer to the
end, with each breath we can either praise or curse. With each breath, we can
speak life, or we pursue death. What is it we do with this fragile breath, a
breath that can be taken and silenced by oh so many different things? We argue interpretations,
perspectives, law versus grace, grace versus law; we argue and disagree on the
name of our Messiah, is it Jesus, Yeshua, Yahushua, Yehoshua, Yahuwah, or any
other combination we can come up with. We debate over saying the sacred name of
YHVH: </span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">is it Jehovah, Yehovah, Yahweh,
Yahveh, HaShem, on and on… We spend our time watching news of the day, and we
rail at injustice, politicians, and incompetent, manipulative newscasters yet
rarely do we just go still and offer a prayer for the lost, for the hurting,
for those who have simply refused to believe that there is a God. The low
whisper is drowned out in the background noise, and our fragile breath is
wasted on what is unimportant.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="EN"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I began this study with the calendar for
this reason, that the breath we spend debating this subject is wasted: no man
can say what is right. Scripture can be twisted and misread to justify anything
under the sun, and there is always someone willing to hear the falsehoods, or
the misunderstandings, just if only it fits their own agenda. We open our
mouths and a fragile breath escapes, never to return, never to heal, never to
bless, never to reconcile another to the God who speaks in the low whisper,
never to praise or worship the way it should.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnPhbQAlc2evzITlhqdHETncWjNac30q9V_sgD65Cf3A2fLqjkbpNOi55_AoBwR0t04Ab3NIboVydcbYjWyhoS3iFWhb1kKJMJog37BCyktAxcrb56wJTv-i8RYlhTDFeyeEKQfBmGvrcH/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2" data-original-width="320" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnPhbQAlc2evzITlhqdHETncWjNac30q9V_sgD65Cf3A2fLqjkbpNOi55_AoBwR0t04Ab3NIboVydcbYjWyhoS3iFWhb1kKJMJog37BCyktAxcrb56wJTv-i8RYlhTDFeyeEKQfBmGvrcH/w640-h4/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><i>Psalm 39<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn9" name="_ednref9" title=""><sup>33</sup></a><o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>39:1 </sup></b>I decided,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn10" name="_ednref10" title=""><sup>1</sup></a> “I will watch
what I say and make sure I do not sin with my tongue.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn11" name="_ednref11" title=""><sup>2</sup></a><sup> </sup>I
will put a muzzle over my mouth while in the presence of an evil man.”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn12" name="_ednref12" title=""><sup>3</sup></a><sup>
<b>39:2 </b></sup>I was stone silent;<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn13" name="_ednref13" title=""><sup>4</sup></a><sup> </sup>I held
back the urge to speak.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn14" name="_ednref14" title=""><sup>5</sup></a> My frustration grew;<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn15" name="_ednref15" title=""><sup>6</sup></a><sup> <b>39:3 </b></sup>my
anxiety intensified.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn16" name="_ednref16" title=""><sup>7</sup></a><sup> </sup>As I thought about it, I
became impatient.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn17" name="_ednref17" title=""><sup>8</sup></a></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Finally, I spoke these words:<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn18" name="_ednref18" title=""><sup>9</sup></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>39:4 </sup>“O Lord, help me understand my
mortality and the brevity of life!<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn19" name="_ednref19" title=""><sup>10</sup></a><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>Let me realize how quickly my life will pass!<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn20" name="_ednref20" title=""><sup>11</sup></a><sup>
39:5 </sup>Look, you make my days short-lived,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn21" name="_ednref21" title=""><sup>12</sup></a><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>and my life span is nothing from your perspective.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn22" name="_ednref22" title=""><sup>13</sup></a><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are
nothing but vapor.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn23" name="_ednref23" title=""><sup>14</sup></a><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>39:6 </sup></b>Surely people go through life
as mere ghosts.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn24" name="_ednref24" title=""><sup>15</sup></a><sup> </sup>Surely, they accumulate worthless wealth<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">without knowing who will eventually haul it away.”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn25" name="_ednref25" title=""><sup>16</sup></a><sup>
<b>39:7 </b></sup>But now, O Lord, upon what am I relying?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">You are my only hope!<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn26" name="_ednref26" title=""><sup>17</sup></a><sup> <b>39:8 </b></sup>Deliver
me from all my sins of rebellion! Do not make me the object of fools’ insults!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>39:9 </sup></b>I am silent and cannot open my
mouth because of what you have done.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn27" name="_ednref27" title=""><sup>18</sup></a><sup> <b>39:10 </b></sup>Please
stop wounding me!<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn28" name="_ednref28" title=""><sup>19</sup></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">You have almost beaten me to death!<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn29" name="_ednref29" title=""><sup>20</sup></a><sup> <b>39:11 </b></sup>You
severely discipline people for their sins;<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn30" name="_ednref30" title=""><sup>21</sup></a><sup> </sup>like a
moth you slowly devour their strength.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn31" name="_ednref31" title=""><sup>22</sup></a><sup> </sup>Surely
all people are a mere vapor.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">(Selah)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>39:12 </sup></b>Hear my prayer, O Lord! Listen
to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing!<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn32" name="_ednref32" title=""><sup>23</sup></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">For I am dependent on you, like one residing outside his
native land; I am at your mercy, just as all my ancestors were.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn33" name="_ednref33" title=""><sup>24</sup></a><sup>
<b>39:13 </b></sup>Turn your angry gaze away from me, so I can be happy before
I pass away.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn34" name="_ednref34" title=""><sup>25</sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_edn35" name="_ednref35" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[ix]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqyfk5YoUV-scaIQYe7P19b02rm7fYCHq3OrfBnT3T2hYIH1XMICnMn8brKXDtLHLzEdcY_83pZs6y4W3Q9ZV9vbUeCvG0OgWhjBFFgGxhwL2kJK9gMPQp5pJsu52qupdYlEa00R330pBS/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2" data-original-width="320" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqyfk5YoUV-scaIQYe7P19b02rm7fYCHq3OrfBnT3T2hYIH1XMICnMn8brKXDtLHLzEdcY_83pZs6y4W3Q9ZV9vbUeCvG0OgWhjBFFgGxhwL2kJK9gMPQp5pJsu52qupdYlEa00R330pBS/w640-h4/image.png" width="640" /></a></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">In the above Psalm, the psalmist understands the
fragile breath. This breath is as fleeting as the seconds of the day, none of
which are guaranteed. It is here we will continue our study in our next post.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN">May the
Father richly bless you and keep you all my beloved,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN">In the name
of Yeshua our Messiah<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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1995. LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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2001. Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Symbol; text-indent: -0.25in;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
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Bible® footnotes, copyright (c) 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press L.L.C. All
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is unique to NET® Notes. Scripture quoted by permission; Quotations designated
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reserved<sup><b><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[viii]</span></sup></b></sup>]</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_ednref9" name="_edn9" title=""><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt;">3</span></sup></a><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt;">3</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <b>sn</b> <i>Psalm 39</i>. The psalmist laments
his frailty and mortality as he begs the Lord to take pity on him and remove
his disciplinary hand.</span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_ednref10" name="_edn10" title=""><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
<b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i> “I said.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_ednref11" name="_edn11" title=""><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2</span></sup></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
<b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i> “I will watch my ways, from sinning with my tongue.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_ednref12" name="_edn12" title=""><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt;">3</span></sup></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
<b>sn</b> The psalmist wanted to voice a lament to the <span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> (see vv. 4–6), but he hesitated to do so in the
presence of evil men, for such words might be sinful if they gave the wicked an
occasion to insult God. See C. A. Briggs and E. G. Briggs, <i>Psalms</i> (ICC),
1:345.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_ednref13" name="_edn13" title=""><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt;">4</span></sup></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
<b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i> “I was mute [with] silence.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_ednref14" name="_edn14" title=""><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt;">5</span></sup></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
<b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i> “I was quiet from good.” He kept quiet, resisting the urge
to find emotional release and satisfaction by voicing his lament.<b>sn</b> <i>I
held back the urge to speak</i>. For a helpful discussion of the relationship
(and tension) between silence and complaint in ancient Israelite lamentation,
see E. S. Gerstenberger, <i>Psalms, Part I</i> (FOTL), 166–67.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_ednref15" name="_edn15" title=""><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt;">6</span></sup></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
<b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i> “and my pain was stirred up.” Emotional pain is in view
here.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_ednref16" name="_edn16" title=""><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt;">7</span></sup></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
<b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i> “my heart was hot within me.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_ednref17" name="_edn17" title=""><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt;">8</span></sup></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
<b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i> “In my reflection fire burned.” The prefixed verbal form
is either a preterite (past tense) or an imperfect being used in a past
progressive or customary sense (“fire was burning”).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_ednref18" name="_edn18" title=""><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt;">9</span></sup></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
<b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i> “I spoke with my tongue.” The phrase “these words” is
supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_ednref19" name="_edn19" title=""><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt;">10</span></sup></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
<b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i> “Cause me to know, O <span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>,
my end; and the measure of my days, what it is!”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_ednref20" name="_edn20" title=""><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt;">11</span></sup></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
<b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i> “Let me know how transient I am!”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn21">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_ednref21" name="_edn21" title=""><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt;">12</span></sup></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
<b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i> “Look, handbreadths you make my days.” The “handbreadth”
(equivalent to the width of four fingers) was one of the smallest measures used
by ancient Israelites. See P. C. Craigie, <i>Psalms 1–50</i> (WBC), 309.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn22">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_ednref22" name="_edn22" title=""><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt;">13</span></sup></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
<b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i> “is like nothing before you.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn23">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_ednref23" name="_edn23" title=""><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt;">14</span></sup></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
<b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i> “surely, all vapor [is] all mankind, standing firm.”
Another option is to translate, “Surely, all mankind, though seemingly secure,
is nothing but a vapor.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn24">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_ednref24" name="_edn24" title=""><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt;">15</span></sup></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
<b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i> “surely, as an image man walks about.” The preposition
prefixed to “image” indicates identity here.<b>sn</b> <i>People go through life</i>
(<i>Heb</i> “man walks about”). “Walking” is here used as a metaphor for
living. The point is that human beings are here today, gone tomorrow. They have
no lasting substance and are comparable to mere images or <i>ghosts</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn25">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_ednref25" name="_edn25" title=""><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt;">16</span></sup></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
<b>tc</b> <i>Heb</i> “Surely [in] vain they strive, he accumulates and does not
know who gathers them.” The MT as it stands is syntactically awkward. The verb
forms switch from singular (“walks about”) to plural (“they strive”) and then
back to singular (“accumulates and does not know”), even though the subject
(generic “man”) remains the same. Furthermore, there is no object for the verb
“accumulates” and no plural antecedent for the plural pronoun (“them”) attached
to “gathers.” These problems can be removed if one emends the text from </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הֶבֶל יֶהֱמָיוּן</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>hevel yehemaun</i>, “[in]
vain they strive”) to </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הֶבְלֵי הָמוֹן</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>hevley
hamon</i>, “vain things of wealth”). This assumes a mis-division in the MT and
a virtual dittography of <i>vav</i> (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ו</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)
between the <i>mem</i> and <i>nun</i> of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">המון</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>. The present translation follows this emendation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_ednref26" name="_edn26" title=""><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt;">17</span></sup></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
<b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i> “my hope, for you it [is].”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_ednref27" name="_edn27" title=""><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt;">18</span></sup></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
<b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i> “because you acted.” The psalmist has in mind God’s
disciplinary measures (see vv. 10–13).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_ednref28" name="_edn28" title=""><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt;">19</span></sup></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
<b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i> “remove from upon me your wound.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn29">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_ednref29" name="_edn29" title=""><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt;">20</span></sup></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
<b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i> “from the hostility of your hand I have come to an end.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_ednref30" name="_edn30" title=""><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt;">21</span></sup></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
<b>tn</b> “with punishments on account of sin you discipline a man.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_ednref31" name="_edn31" title=""><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt;">22</span></sup></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
<b>tc</b> <i>Heb</i> “you cause to dissolve, like a moth, his desired [thing].”
The translation assumes an emendation of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חֲמוּדוֹ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>khamudo</i>, “his desirable [thing]”) to </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חֶמְדוֹ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>khemdo</i>, “his
loveliness” [or “beauty”]), a reading that is supported by a few medieval
Hebrew <span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">mss</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_ednref32" name="_edn32" title=""><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt;">23</span></sup></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
<b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i> “do not be deaf to my tears.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_ednref33" name="_edn33" title=""><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt;">24</span></sup></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
<b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i> “For a resident alien [am] I with you, a sojourner like
all my fathers.”<b>sn</b> Resident aliens were <i>dependent</i> on the <i>mercy</i>
and goodwill of others. The Lord was concerned that resident aliens be treated
properly. See Deut 24:17–22, Ps 146:9.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_ednref34" name="_edn34" title=""><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt;">25</span></sup></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
<b>tn</b> <i>Heb</i> “Gaze away from me and I will smile before I go and am
not.” The precise identification of the initial verb form (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הָשַׁע</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>, <i>hasha’</i>) is uncertain. It could be from
the root </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">שָׁעָע</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>sha’a’</i>, “smear”), but “your eyes” would
be the expected object in this case (see Isa 6:10). The verb may be an
otherwise unattested Hiphil form of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">שָׁעָה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>sha’ah</i>, “to gaze”) meaning “cause your gaze to be.”
Some prefer to emend the form to the Qal </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">שְׁעֵה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> (<i>shé’eh</i>, “gaze”; see Job 14:6). If one does read a form
of the verb “to gaze,” the angry divine “gaze” of discipline would seem to be
in view (see vv. 10–11). For a similar expression of this sentiment see Job
10:20–21.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">End “NET®” notes</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20in%20the%20Wilderness%2038_this%20Fragile%20Breath.docx#_ednref35" name="_edn35" title=""><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[ix]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Biblical Studies Press. (2005). <a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/gs-netbible?ref=BibleNET.Ps39"><i>The NET Bible
First Edition; Bible. English. NET Bible.; The NET Bible</i></a> (Ps 39).
Biblical Studies Press.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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[1]<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>“…Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house…”</b></div><br /><br />These words, this blessed promise made to a jailer almost two thousand years ago leap off the pages of Scripture and burn within my heart today. For it is here in this promise that all my past sins melt away – it is here that no matter the hurt, no matter the guilt or the shame, no matter what I was or did before – here in this promise life and liberty await. When I was deep in the depth of my sin, when in deepest despair and little hope of reconciliation to my loved ones and my God, when all I could see was the bitterness of loneliness and the darkness of shame – YHVH Elohim spoke to me, just one word:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>“…Believe…”</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTn8Y0ycMfOBnTlBZjH3e1cW3xxAmZ1y7tF4HWoPW4vPmgYcWnXTn5mB57M1XiohtPh8qWXU0BymQd9b4lB8vYNIVsD2bWHxE6_eZhyphenhyphen0nboVoCBtaQsE_aU14zKvV2K7iM7RS0hi1Rihxl/s540/Line.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="5" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTn8Y0ycMfOBnTlBZjH3e1cW3xxAmZ1y7tF4HWoPW4vPmgYcWnXTn5mB57M1XiohtPh8qWXU0BymQd9b4lB8vYNIVsD2bWHxE6_eZhyphenhyphen0nboVoCBtaQsE_aU14zKvV2K7iM7RS0hi1Rihxl/w640-h5/Line.gif" width="640" /></a><br /><div><br />That word, that first word… “…Believe…” What did this mean? Slowly, the realization began to dawn within my fevered soul: it was more than trust, more than faith… It was more than an abstract idea – this was a command sent from the Throne Room of Heaven: a call to obedience. But obedience to whom, or to what?<br /><br />The answer was to be found in the words of the promise. “Look” came the call… What words came next? “…on the Lord…” The word “Lord” here or in some manuscripts “Adonai” is truthfully a weak translation (or “transliteration”). The Greek word is κύριος [See Stg: <G2962>] kúrios[2], and is defined as: “…gen. kuríou, masc. noun from kúros (n.f.), might, power. Lord, master, owner. Also the NT Gr. equivalent for the OT Hebr. Jehovah. See kuróō <G2964>, to give authority, confirm, which is also from kúros (n.f.).<br />(I) Generally:<br />(A) As the possessor, owner, master, e.g., of property (Matt. 20:8; 21:40; Gal. 4:1; Sept.: Ex. 21:28, 29, 34); master or head of a house (Matt. 15:27; Mark 13:35; Sept.: Ex. 22:8); of persons, servants, slaves (Matt. 10:24; 24:45, 46, 48, 50; Acts 16:16, 19; Rom. 14:4; Eph. 6:5, 9; Col. 3:22; 4:1; Sept.: Gen. 24:9f.; Judg. 19:11). Spoken of a husband (1 Pet. 3:6; Sept.: Gen. 18:12). Followed by the gen. of thing and without the art., lord, master of something and having absolute authority over it, e.g., master of the harvest (Matt. 9:38; Luke 10:2); master of the Sabbath (Matt. 12:8; Mark 2:28)…”[3]<br /><br />Notice what I highlighted; In our English Bibles, we have taken liberties with the word of God and substituted “lesser” words where the All Mighty, All Powerful Holy Name of the Living God should be… Another form of this verse reads: “…31 And they said, “Believe on the Master יהושע [author’s note: Hebrew for Yeshua] Messiah, and you shall be saved, you and your household.” John 3:16; John 3:36; John 6:47; 1John 5:10…”[4] So understand what is being said: if we see “Lord”, or “LORD” or “Adonai”, substitute back in what is really being spoken, “Yahoveh”, “Elohim”, “Almighty GOD”, “Master”…. Savior.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>“…Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved…”</b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>can also be read now as:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>“…Trust and Obey on Yahoveh, Master…”</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>..Jesus Christ...</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>..יהושע [ Y’shua] Messiah..</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>..Yeshua Ha’Machiach...</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>or</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>“Obey on Yahoveh, All Mighty God, Everlasting Father,</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>King of kings, Adonai of lords,</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Holy One of Isra’el…</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Yeshua Ha’Machiach;</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>ιησουνG2424 N-ASM χριστονG5547 N-ASM</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>ιησουν [Iēsous ee-ay-sooce'] χριστον [Christos khris-tos'][5]</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Jesus the Anointed</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Yeshua the Messiah”</b></div></b><br /><br />Here in one promise, is the Who, The Why, the Way...<br /><br /><br />The Who: The One who was slain before the foundation of the world; the One who laid His life down; the One who took away the sins of the world – mine and yours…<br /><br />The Why: YHVH Tzva’ot [YHVH, God of Hosts]; YHVH Yirah [YHVH our Provider]; YHVH Shalom [YHVH our Peace]; YHVH Tz’kenu [YHVH our Righteousness]; YHVH Ro’i [YHVH my Shepherd]; YHVH Raptha [YHVH that healeth]; YHVH Niss’i [YHVH our Banner]; Yahvey Shammah [Yahoveh is Present];<br />Tzur Isra’el—"Rock of Isra’el"[6]<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>He is YHVH Elohim</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>The self-creating Eternal God</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>He is the “Why” we are saved…</b></div><br />He is also the Way. He is Machiach, the Messiah.<br />He is: Beginning of the Creation of God; Good Master; King of Peace; Our Banner; God Manifest in the Flesh; Lion of the Tribe of Judah; Mighty to Save; Savior of the World; Holy One of God; Horn of Salvation; The Man Messiah Yeshua; Messenger of the Covenant; Jesus Christ; Surety of a Better Testament; Yeshua the Righteous; First Fruits; the Righteous Judge;[7]<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b> I AM</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">Call Him:</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">Emmanuel</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">Salvation</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">Our Righteousness</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">Our Peace</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">Our Chastisement</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">Our Everlasting Father</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">Wonderful</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">Counselor</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">El Gibbor</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">Call Him:</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">Yah’ho’shua</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">Y’shua</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">Iesous</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">Jesus</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">God</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">Son of God</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">Son of Man</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">Lamb of God</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>But just call Him.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>“…Obey (or because He is) Yahvey, Yeshua Ha’Machiach…”</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>“…And thou…”<br />Stop. Ponder this word. Think on it (they are not the same, ponder and think…)<br />Stop. “thou” …. O bow your head O man, O Woman; O bow your knees…<br />Stop what you are doing, and give a shout to the heavens for the mercy that is found in that one word:<br />“…thou…”<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>You.</b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>“…shall be saved…”</b></div></b><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>O glorious mercy, O wondrous grace, O matchless beauty! What divine love, what favor unwarranted... In tears I cry out, “O be still my trembling heart, for ‘...thou shall be saved...’”<br /><br />Saved from what though?<br /><br /> Death. Either it would have been by mine/our own hand(s), or by the sin of the world, no matter, it would still be death… It would be separation, darkness, loneliness, guilt, shame, rejection, horror! It would encompass eternal suffering, deep pitiless anguish, tribulation, hopelessness, regret, anger; there would be weeping and wailing, the gnashing of teeth; fire, damnation, and tears! O what fear there would be for all eternity! No God, no Yeshua, No Holy Spirit, no life, save the life of the condemned, reeking in the smell of the death of one's soul and the pain that exists in it.<br /><br />That’s what we are saved from.<br /><br />But the question is asked, and then saved to what?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Light, liberty, honor, worship, and praise. Salvation, sanctification, justification, joy. O no more tears or fears, no more suffering or pain, just peace and rest for our souls…</div><div style="text-align: center;">An eternity with God</div><div style="text-align: center;">An eternity with our Messiah</div><div style="text-align: center;">An eternity with the Ruach HaKodesh</div><div style="text-align: center;">Still waters, green pastures</div><div style="text-align: center;">Rest.</div><div style="text-align: center;">“Come to me all you who are weary and heavy laden, and I’ll give you rest…”</div><div style="text-align: center;">Another promise from the Eternal One.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Is there more? Yes, for next was spoken the words that my heart steeped in despair needed to hear: “…and thy house…” O how I broke, o how the sobs wrenched from a soul so beset by sin... “thy house”; sons I had abandoned, a wife I had betrayed; a family I had neglected, a mess I had made…<br /><br />Here, here in this one promise, o forgiven, Precious Savior: You have forgiven me. And with Thy forgiveness a promise if only I would obey and believe – my house would be saved. In your time sweet Savior, in the right season, they will be saved.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>...All I love...</b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b>Saved.</b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTn8Y0ycMfOBnTlBZjH3e1cW3xxAmZ1y7tF4HWoPW4vPmgYcWnXTn5mB57M1XiohtPh8qWXU0BymQd9b4lB8vYNIVsD2bWHxE6_eZhyphenhyphen0nboVoCBtaQsE_aU14zKvV2K7iM7RS0hi1Rihxl/s540/Line.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="5" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTn8Y0ycMfOBnTlBZjH3e1cW3xxAmZ1y7tF4HWoPW4vPmgYcWnXTn5mB57M1XiohtPh8qWXU0BymQd9b4lB8vYNIVsD2bWHxE6_eZhyphenhyphen0nboVoCBtaQsE_aU14zKvV2K7iM7RS0hi1Rihxl/w640-h5/Line.gif" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div>Here then, fourteen words… “…Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house…”<br />In the darkest night, there is always hope...<br /> In the blackest shadow, there is a way to escape...<br /> Amid pain and fear, Glory shines through!<br /> In the depths of bitterness, comes the sweet taste of salvation...<br /> In the trouble of the day, there is peace.<br /><br /><br />O is still my soul, rest in the One who loves you.<br />O be still my mind, rest in the Goodness of His mercy.<br />O be glad my heart for the rejoicing in heaven for a sinner redeemed!<br />For in this promise He has said “O rests my weary children, let Me dry your tears...”<br />O that which awaits my wife, my children if I but just obey; O what there is that awaits your family if you hear also…<br /><br /><br />Salvation rests not in ourselves, nor in the actions we take. We strive hard against this life, pushed, and shoved from all sides, from a culture of greed and vice that threatens to suck the very fiber from our souls. We rail against the tide that forever swells, then recedes, only to come roaring back again, crashing against the walls we’ve tried in vain to build to stem its flow. Governments take and take, nations wield a sword against their neighbors, children die before they even become exposed to the day, and no answer seems to be in sight… Hunger and homelessness abound in a nation of plenty; old folks are shunted off to fade away in living graveyards, and the merchants of death laugh all the way to the bank... Just when all seems lost, as the family is torn apart by those who desire to redefine the natural order, fourteen words change everything:<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>“…Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house…”</b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b>He has given a promise, and He never lies.</b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b>He never abandons</b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b>He never hurts you</b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b>He will never forsake you</b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b>He will always love you</b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b>He will always be there</b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b>He will heal the broken heart</b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b>For my children, and yours, He will be the Father none of us ever could be:</b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b>To the lonely, the Friend closer than a brother</b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b>To the lost, the way home.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">“…Thou…”</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">“…And Thy House…”</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>What does it matter what the world will do, or how it will crumble, and crumble it must, for in a world that has no Savior, there is no hope?<br />But if we believe, then at the end of it all, you and I brethren, and our house, will stand together on the shore of the Crystal Sea, worshipping our God together,<br />And there will be rest for our weary souls.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>May God richly bless you this day</b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Amein…</b></div></b><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTn8Y0ycMfOBnTlBZjH3e1cW3xxAmZ1y7tF4HWoPW4vPmgYcWnXTn5mB57M1XiohtPh8qWXU0BymQd9b4lB8vYNIVsD2bWHxE6_eZhyphenhyphen0nboVoCBtaQsE_aU14zKvV2K7iM7RS0hi1Rihxl/s540/Line.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="5" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTn8Y0ycMfOBnTlBZjH3e1cW3xxAmZ1y7tF4HWoPW4vPmgYcWnXTn5mB57M1XiohtPh8qWXU0BymQd9b4lB8vYNIVsD2bWHxE6_eZhyphenhyphen0nboVoCBtaQsE_aU14zKvV2K7iM7RS0hi1Rihxl/w640-h5/Line.gif" width="640" /></a></div><div><br />[1] The Holy Bible: King James Version. 1995 (electronic ed. of the 1769 edition of the 1611 Authorized Version.). Bellingham WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.<br />[2] Warren Baker and Eugene Carpenter, The Complete Word Study Dictionary – Old Testament, (Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers, 2003), WORDsearch CROSS e-book.<br />[3] Warren Baker and Eugene Carpenter, The Complete Word Study Dictionary – Old Testament, (Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers, 2003), WORDsearch CROSS e-book.<br />[4] "Scripture taken from The Scriptures, © by Institute for Scripture Research. Used by permission".<br />[5] Scriveners Textus Receptus (1894) (basis of KJV or AV); e-Sword® electronic edition, ver. 9.9.1, ©2000-2011 Rick Meyers<br />[6] Author’s Adaptations of names found in the article @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_God_in_Judaism : Text made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. 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<p align="center" class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 3.0pt; margin: 3pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, <span style="color: #da3737;">"I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will
not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life."</span> So the
Pharisees said to Him, "You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony
is not true." Jesus answered and said to them, <span style="color: #da3737;">"Even
if I testify about Myself, My testimony is true, for I know where I came from
and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from or where I am
going.</span> <span style="color: #da3737;">"You judge according to the
flesh; I am not judging anyone.</span> <span style="color: #da3737;">"But
even if I do judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone </span><i><span style="color: #757575;">in it,</span></i><span style="color: #da3737;"> but I and
the Father who sent Me.</span> <span style="color: #da3737;">"Even in your
law it has been written that the testimony of two men is true.</span> <span style="color: #da3737;">"I am He who testifies about Myself, and the Father
who sent Me testifies about Me."</span> So they were saying to Him,
"Where is Your Father?" Jesus answered, <span style="color: #da3737;">"You
know neither Me nor My Father; if you knew Me, you would know My Father
also."</span> These words He spoke in the treasury, as He taught in the
temple; and no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come. Then He said
again to them, <span style="color: #da3737;">"I go away, and you will seek
Me, and will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come."</span>
So the Jews were saying, "Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since
He says, <span style="color: #da3737;">'Where I am going, you cannot come'</span>?"
And He was saying to them, <span style="color: #da3737;">"You are from
below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world.</span> <span style="color: #da3737;">"Therefore I said to you that you will die in your
sins; for unless you believe that I am </span><i><span style="color: #757575;">He,</span></i><span style="color: #da3737;"> you will die in your sins."</span> So they were
saying to Him, "Who are You?" Jesus said to them, <span style="color: #da3737;">"What have I been saying to you </span><i><span style="color: #757575;">from</span></i><span style="color: #da3737;"> the beginning?</span>
<span style="color: #da3737;">"I have many things to speak and to judge
concerning you, but He who sent Me is true; and the things which I heard from
Him, these I speak to the world."</span> They did not realize that He had
been speaking to them about the Father. So Jesus said, <span style="color: #da3737;">"When
you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am </span><i><span style="color: #757575;">He,</span></i><span style="color: #da3737;"> and I do
nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me.</span>
<span style="color: #da3737;">"And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not
left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him."</span>
As He spoke these things, many came to believe in Him. So Jesus was saying to
those Jews who had believed Him, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 3.0pt; margin: 3pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; color: #da3737; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: yellow;">"If you continue in My word, </span></b><b><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; color: #757575; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: yellow;">then</span></i></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; color: #da3737; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: yellow;"> you are truly disciples of Mine;</span></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: yellow;"> <span style="color: #da3737;">and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you
free."</span></span></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 3.0pt; margin: 3pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">They answered Him, "We are Abraham's
descendants and have never yet been enslaved to anyone; how is it that You say,
<span style="color: #da3737;">'You will become free'?"</span> Jesus answered
them, <span style="color: #da3737;">"Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone
who commits sin is the slave of sin.</span> <span style="color: #da3737;">"The
slave does not remain in the house forever; the son does remain forever.</span>
<span style="color: #da3737;">"So if the Son makes you free, you will be
free indeed.</span> <span style="color: #da3737;">"I know that you are
Abraham's descendants; yet you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in
you.</span> <span style="color: #da3737;">"I speak the things which I have
seen with </span><i><span style="color: #757575;">My</span></i><span style="color: #da3737;"> Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard
from </span><i><span style="color: #757575;">your</span></i><span style="color: #da3737;"> father."</span> They answered and said to Him,
"Abraham is our father." Jesus *said to them, <span style="color: #da3737;">"If you are Abraham's children, do the deeds of Abraham.</span> <span style="color: #da3737;">"But as it is, you are seeking to kill Me, a man who
has told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do.</span>
<span style="color: #da3737;">"You are doing the deeds of your father."</span>
They said to Him, "We were not born of fornication; we have one Father:
God." Jesus said to them, <span style="color: #da3737;">"If God were
your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from God,
for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me.</span> <span style="color: #da3737;">"Why do you not understand what I am saying? </span><i><span style="color: #757575;">It is</span></i><span style="color: #da3737;"> because you
cannot hear My word.</span> <span style="color: #da3737;">"You are of </span><i><span style="color: #757575;">your</span></i><span style="color: #da3737;"> father the
devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from
the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in
him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own </span><i><span style="color: #757575;">nature,</span></i><span style="color: #da3737;"> for he is
a liar and the father of lies.</span> <span style="color: #da3737;">"But
because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me.</span> <span style="color: #da3737;">"Which one of you convicts Me of sin? If I speak
truth, why do you not believe Me?</span> <span style="color: #da3737;">"He
who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear </span><i><span style="color: #757575;">them,</span></i><span style="color: #da3737;"> because you
are not of God."</span> The Jews answered and said to Him, "Do we not
say rightly that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?" Jesus answered, <span style="color: #da3737;">"I do not have a demon; but I honor My Father, and
you dishonor Me.</span> <span style="color: #da3737;">"But I do not seek My
glory; there is One who seeks and judges.</span> <span style="color: #da3737;">"Truly,
truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he will never see death."</span>
The Jews said to Him, "Now we know that You have a demon. Abraham died,
and the prophets <i><span style="color: #757575;">also;</span></i> and You say, <span style="color: #da3737;">'If anyone keeps My word, he will never taste of death.'</span>
"Surely You are not greater than our father Abraham, who died? The
prophets died too; whom do You make Yourself out <i><span style="color: #757575;">to
be?</span></i>" Jesus answered, <span style="color: #da3737;">"If I
glorify Myself, My glory is nothing; it is My Father who glorifies Me, of whom
you say, 'He is our God';</span> <span style="color: #da3737;">and you have not
come to know Him, but I know Him; and if I say that I do not know Him, I will
be a liar like you, but I do know Him and keep His word.</span> <span style="color: #da3737;">"Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he
saw </span><i><span style="color: #757575;">it</span></i><span style="color: #da3737;">
and was glad."</span> So the Jews said to Him, "You are not yet fifty
years old, and have You seen Abraham?" Jesus said to them, <span style="color: #da3737;">"Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was
born, I am."</span></span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="color: #da3737; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_edn7" name="_ednref7" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #da3737; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%;">[vii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #da3737; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 3.0pt; margin: 3pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIYeOhx1yzhFebMPZ5Ss5ENbMfuJETFpbSFDWWVqJq9YuRXfQS6g42LM1Gi1rc6WJcfcCTGTByzbsZdcrE3tZHiHeFUNJZvexpGNnl_BotyZ7_hc8fVSo9OAEMhBfA0eeCAlJa6Y5lFDCc/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIYeOhx1yzhFebMPZ5Ss5ENbMfuJETFpbSFDWWVqJq9YuRXfQS6g42LM1Gi1rc6WJcfcCTGTByzbsZdcrE3tZHiHeFUNJZvexpGNnl_BotyZ7_hc8fVSo9OAEMhBfA0eeCAlJa6Y5lFDCc/w640-h4/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">A Note to my beloved Readers</span></i></b></div><p></p>
<p class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 3.0pt; margin: 3pt 0in; mso-pagination: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Welcome back. It has been a while since I posted, and I apologize for
that. I have been in recovery from yet another surgery, but I also needed a
break from our study in Revelation so that I could get my notes for the next
segment together. It takes quite a bit of study – and all who have waded
through the past twelve parts of that study, I am humbled, and I thank you.
This has been a labor, one that I started back in 2003, and it is
time-consuming, yet needed, especially in the light of world events today
(2021). One thing I will attempt to do from this post forward: keep the posts
short.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_edn8" name="_ednref8" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%;">[viii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
I know, I know, I keep saying this, but God willing, I’ll keep to it this time…
Today I would like to address the topic of “Under Command.” Join me, will you?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 3.0pt; margin: 3pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">From our scriptures today, please take note
of the highlighted portion, for it is the crux of the matter at hand.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 3.0pt; margin: 3pt 0in; mso-pagination: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 3.0pt; margin: 3pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; color: #da3737; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: yellow;">"If you continue in My word, </span></b><b><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; color: #757575; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: yellow;">then</span></i></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; color: #da3737; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: yellow;"> you are truly disciples of Mine;</span></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="background: yellow; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: yellow;"> <span style="color: #da3737;">and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you
free."</span></span></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 3.0pt; margin: 3pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">These words spoken by Messiah Yeshua – what do
they mean today? And more importantly, what did they mean to His audience in
the first century? To paraphrase His words, He said under the Son, those who continue
(abide, keep, “hold fast to My teachings and live-in accordance with them”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_edn9" name="_ednref9" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%;">[ix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>)
would be free for they would know the truth. Well, that begs two or three,
questions we can ask of the text:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 63.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 3.0pt; margin: 3pt 0in 3pt 63pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><a name="_Hlk77957006"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">What is truth?<o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
<p class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 63.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 3.0pt; margin: 3pt 0in 3pt 63pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">How does this “truth”
free us?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 63.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 3.0pt; margin: 3pt 0in 3pt 63pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Free to do
what?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 3.0pt; margin: 3pt 0in; mso-pagination: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 3.0pt; margin: 3pt 0in; mso-pagination: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Some will say that all three questions are subjective<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_edn10" name="_ednref10" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%;">[x]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
or can only be answered by relativism<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_edn11" name="_ednref11" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%;">[xi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>.
Let me give you two examples of relativism first:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">These two illustrations are examples of what Kwame Anthony
Appiah speaks of in “<i>Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a world of Strangers</i>”: <o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“…if relativism
about ethics and morality were true, then, at the end of many discussions, we.
would each have to end up by saying, “From where I stand, I am right. From
where you stand, you are right.” And there would be nothing further to say.
From our different perspectives, we. would be living effectively in different
worlds. And without a shared world, what is there to discuss? People often
recommend relativism because they think it will lead to tolerance. But if we
cannot learn from one another what it is right to think and feel and do, then
conversation between us will be pointless. Relativism of that sort isn't a way
to encourage conversation; it's just a reason to fall silent…”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_edn12" name="_ednref12" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%;">[xii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></h1>
<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">What about
subjective thinking? Look at the illustration below…<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></h1><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4GNFlE9BjW5YjhjMvt0OJLokTJayPgS4qGkLPVSjsEMPP4QvZVXB2IEaExvraekc1ccavwSV-3g9bm3VDSdvPHSCwgyuc82hPX2NvuMVTP-y3_JmeJOyOivNnu3JqB9eIw8yyoksij90D/s700/cognitive-bias-scene-change.jpg" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="368" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4GNFlE9BjW5YjhjMvt0OJLokTJayPgS4qGkLPVSjsEMPP4QvZVXB2IEaExvraekc1ccavwSV-3g9bm3VDSdvPHSCwgyuc82hPX2NvuMVTP-y3_JmeJOyOivNnu3JqB9eIw8yyoksij90D/s320/cognitive-bias-scene-change.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<p align="center" class="MsoCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Figure </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:8.0pt'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>SEQ Figure \* ARABIC <span style='mso-element:
field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="font-size: 8pt;">3</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:8.0pt'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="font-size: 8pt;">: Unconcious Bias </span><span style="font-size: 8pt;">https://scenechange.co.uk/biased-surely-not/</span></p>
<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></h1>
<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It is simply another way to look at “is the glass half-empty
or half-full”. Being subjective is relative to the holder of the thought, not
the object of what the thought deals with. So, back to our questions. Can they
be answered in an objective way?<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></h1>
<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Studying the word of God can be done objectively. It relies
upon context to see it correctly, and that context means we must look at the
text within the framework of the writer’s worldview and culture. A twenty-first
century worldview will not give us the proper context for a first century or
earlier document. As Dr. Michael S. Heiser (a </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">graduate of the University of Pennsylvania [M.A., Ancient History] and
the University of Wisconsin- Madison [M.A., Ph.D., Hebrew Bible and Semitic
Studies]; see his CV [Curriculum Vitae] here: <a href="https://drmsh.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Cumulative-Resume-2020.pdf">https://drmsh.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Cumulative-Resume-2020.pdf</a>)
is fond of saying, </span></h1><h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></h1><h1 style="margin: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">“The Bible was written for us, but not to us.” </span></h1><h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></h1><h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Now while
this may not be his own “original” quote (several iterations of it can be found
on the internet), it does speak to the issue of objectivity [for a quick
treatment of this theme, see one of Dr. Heiser’s interviews here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG3RFaPhSrU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG3RFaPhSrU</a>
]<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_edn13" name="_ednref13" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%;">[xiii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>). So,
here are my objective answers to our three questions and yes, these are
opinions, but opinions based upon careful study of the word: <o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></h1>
<p class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 99.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 3.0pt; margin: 3pt 0in 3pt 99pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">What is truth?</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> Truth, in the Tanakh, is the Hebrew word אֱמֶת, 'emet' [Strong’s H571].
It is translated as “truth” in the following verses: </span></p><p class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 99.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 3.0pt; margin: 3pt 0in 3pt 99pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Gen_24:27; Gen_32:10;
Gen_42:16; Exo_18:21; Exo_34:6; Deu_13:14; Jos_24:14; Jdg_9:15; 1Sa_12:24;
2Sa_2:6; 2Sa_15:20; 1Ki_2:4; 1Ki_3:6; 1Ki_17:24; 2Ki_20:3; 2Ki_20:19;
2Ch_18:15; 2Ch_31:20; Est_9:30; Psa_15:2; Psa_25:5; Psa_25:10; Psa_26:3;
Psa_30:9; Psa_31:5; Psa_40:10; Psa_40:11; Psa_43:3; Psa_45:4; Psa_51:6;
Psa_54:5; Psa_57:3; Psa_57:10; Psa_61:7; Psa_69:13; Psa_71:22; Psa_85:10;
Psa_85:11; Psa_86:11; Psa_86:15; Psa_89:14; Psa_91:4; Psa_108:4; Psa_111:8;
Psa_115:1; Psa_117:2; Psa_119:43; Psa_119:142; Psa_119:151; Psa_132:11;
Psa_138:2; Psa_145:18; Psa_146:6; Pro_3:3; Pro_8:7; Pro_12:19; Pro_14:22;
Pro_16:6; Pro_20:28; Pro_22:21(2); Pro_23:23; Ecc_12:10; Isa_10:20; Isa_16:5;
Isa_38:3; Isa_38:18; Isa_38:19; Isa_39:8; Isa_42:3; Isa_43:9; Isa_48:1;
Isa_59:14; Isa_59:15; Isa_61:8; Jer_4:2; Jer_9:5; Jer_26:15; Jer_33:6;
Dan_8:12; Dan_9:13; Dan_10:21; Dan_11:2; Hos_4:1; Mic_7:20; Zec_8:3; Zec_8:8;
Zec_8:16(2); Zec_8:19; Mal_2:6. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 45.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 3.0pt; margin: 3pt 0in 3pt 45pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 45.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 3.0pt; margin: 3pt 0in 3pt 45pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I will leave it up to you to search the context in these verses but pay
particular attention to the Psalms and Proverbs. Here the idea of “truth”, in
context, is almost always tied to God’s Torah, or His instructions in
righteousness, loyalty, justice, faithfulness, and more. Truth can then be
established as being either the direct result or the object of God’s own
character and the character of His statues, ordinances, commandments, and His
providence. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 45.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 3.0pt; margin: 3pt 0in 3pt 45pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 117.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 3.0pt; margin: 3pt 0in 3pt 117pt; mso-list: l3 level2 lfo2; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">a.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">How does this truth “free us”?</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> In the Messianic Writings, “truth” is the word ἀλήθεια,
transliteration as “Aletheia” or pronounced phonetically as al-ay'-thi-a. It
can be defined in the following manner: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 153.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 3.0pt; margin: 3pt 0in 3pt 153pt; mso-list: l3 level3 lfo2; mso-pagination: none; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -153pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>i.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">objectively <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 189.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 3.0pt; margin: 3pt 0in 3pt 189pt; mso-list: l3 level4 lfo2; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">what is true
in any matter under consideration <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 189.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 3.0pt; margin: 3pt 0in 3pt 189pt; mso-list: l3 level4 lfo2; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">truly, in
truth, according to truth <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 189.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 3.0pt; margin: 3pt 0in 3pt 189pt; mso-list: l3 level4 lfo2; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> of a truth in fact, certainly <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 153.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 3.0pt; margin: 3pt 0in 3pt 153pt; mso-list: l3 level3 lfo2; mso-pagination: none; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -153pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>ii.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">what is true
in things appertaining to God and the duties of man, moral and religious truth <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 153.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 3.0pt; margin: 3pt 0in 3pt 153pt; mso-list: l3 level3 lfo2; mso-pagination: none; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -153pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>iii.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Even
subjectively:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 189.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 3.0pt; margin: 3pt 0in 3pt 189pt; mso-list: l3 level4 lfo2; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">truth as a
personal excellence <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BODY" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 189.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 3.0pt; margin: 3pt 0in 3pt 189pt; mso-list: l3 level4 lfo2; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">that candor of
mind, which is free from affection, pretense, simulation, falsehood, deceit <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_edn14" name="_ednref14" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%;">[xiv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This can be found in the following passages:</span></h1><h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></h1><h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> Mat_22:16;
Mar_5:33; Mar_12:14; Mar_12:32; Luk_22:59; Joh_1:14; Joh_1:17; Joh_18:38;
Act_4:27; Act_10:34; Act_26:25; Rom_1:18; Rom_1:25; Rom_2:2; Rom_2:8; Rom_2:20;
Rom_3:7; Rom_9:1; Rom_15:8; 1Co_5:8; 1Co_13:6; 2Co_4:2; 2Co_6:7; 2Co_7:14(2);
2Co_11:10; 2Co_12:6; 2Co_13:8(2); Gal_2:5; Gal_2:14; Gal_3:1; Gal_5:7;
Eph_1:13; Eph_4:21; Eph_4:25; Eph_5:9; Eph_6:14; Php_1:18; Col_1:5; Col_1:6;
2Th_2:10; 2Th_2:12; 2Th_2:13; 1Ti_2:4; 1Ti_2:7; 1Ti_3:15; 1Ti_4:3; 1Ti_6:5;
2Ti_2:15; 2Ti_2:18; 2Ti_2:25; 2Ti_3:7; 2Ti_3:8; 2Ti_4:4; Tit_1:1; Tit_1:14;
Heb_10:26; Jam_1:18; Jam_3:14; Jam_5:19; 1Pe_1:22; 2Pe_1:12; 2Pe_2:2; 1Jn_1:6;
1Jn_1:8; 1Jn_2:4; 1Jn_2:21(2); 1Jn_3:18; 1Jn_3:19; 1Jn_4:6; 1Jn_5:6;
2Jn_1:1(2); 2Jn_1:3; 2Jn_1:4; 3Jn_1:1; 3Jn_1:3(2); 3Jn_1:4; 3Jn_1:8; 3Jn_1:12. <o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Again, I will leave it up to you to search the context and
see the sense, the usage in the passages, but you will find similar results as
found in the Tanakh, or Old Testament.<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">With all this, what is the bottom line then? What are we
free to do?<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We are to decide.<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We are free to
choose how we will walk.<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We are free to make
up our minds about what we will do with this great salvation that has been
offered to us.<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Ask yourself what
does this all mean? There is responsibility in this freedom, bought with
precious blood.<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 1in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Are you willing to
be commanded?<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 1in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Are you willing to
step away from yourself, from your pre-judgements (prejudices), pre-conceptions
of how things should be and step into and under the command of God?<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></h1>
<h1 style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">My blog is titled “A
Search for Messiah” for a reason. It is about how we all are to follow the
Messiah, to follow Yeshua.</span> </h1>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Matthew 6:19–25 (NASB95)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><b>19</b> <span style="color: red;">“</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_edn15" name="_ednref15" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span style="color: red;">Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth
and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. </span>20 <span style="color: red;">But store up for yourselves </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_edn16" name="_ednref16" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span style="color: red;">treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys,
and where thieves do not break in or steal; </span>21 <span style="color: red;">for
</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_edn17" name="_ednref17" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span style="color: red;">where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><b>22</b> <span style="color: red;">“</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_edn18" name="_ednref18" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span style="color: red;">The eye is the lamp of the body; so, then if your eye is </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_edn19" name="_ednref19" title=""><sup>1</sup></a><span style="color: red;">clear, your whole body will be full of light. </span>23 <span style="color: red;">“But
if </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_edn20" name="_ednref20" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span style="color: red;">your eye is </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_edn21" name="_ednref21" title=""><sup>1</sup></a><span style="color: red;">bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the
light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><b>24</b> <span style="color: red;">“</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_edn22" name="_ednref22" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span style="color: red;">No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one
and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You
cannot serve God and </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_edn23" name="_ednref23" title=""><sup>1</sup></a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_edn24" name="_ednref24" title=""><sup>b</sup></a><span style="color: red;">wealth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">25 <span style="color: red;">“</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_edn25" name="_ednref25" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span style="color: red;">For this
reason I say to you, </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_edn26" name="_ednref26" title=""><sup>1</sup></a><span style="color: red;">do not be </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_edn27" name="_ednref27" title=""><sup>b</sup></a><span style="color: red;">worried about your </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_edn28" name="_ednref28" title=""><sup>2</sup></a><span style="color: red;">life, <i>as to</i> what you will eat or what you will drink;
nor for your body, <i>as to</i> what you will put on. Is not life more than
food, and the body more than clothing?</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_edn29" name="_ednref29" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b><sup><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%;">[xv]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></sup></a></span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">What
does it mean to truly follow Messiah? To truly find Him. Look again at Matthew
6:25… It means take no more thought for your life. It means that it is not just
the physical needs and aspects of life, but the Spiritual part that also comes under command.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Just
as a Jewish boy or girl experience the change in their lives when they reach
the age for the bar mitzvah or the bat mitzvah, when we reach the point of
change, we can see the difference between someone who is commanded and those
who come under a different type of command.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaR6nkoyyImOp5r7xFxop72b3Hn0toz7IZN74jzMMvZFCWpZp7CoPlzhRdCeqs8XaKqBLM-jxdroNIK0mxwZ2f0dNvYnF5op112XdlePMgj2x__fIZ44dDEuh_jeuKIt0WkiF6Rp8zP0Eh/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaR6nkoyyImOp5r7xFxop72b3Hn0toz7IZN74jzMMvZFCWpZp7CoPlzhRdCeqs8XaKqBLM-jxdroNIK0mxwZ2f0dNvYnF5op112XdlePMgj2x__fIZ44dDEuh_jeuKIt0WkiF6Rp8zP0Eh/w640-h4/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />The
bar mitzvah or the bat mitzvah means that a child has come to the age of
commandment. Even Gentiles have heard of these ceremonies – the “bar mitzvah”
for a son, and the “bat mitzvah” for a daughter. Indeed, that is the definition
of the words “bar” and bat” – son or daughter. In the context of adding the word
“mitzvah” to these words, there is a change in the meaning of the phrase: it
means to become “subject to” command.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_edn30" name="_ednref30" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xvi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p>This change in
the life of a child to the life of one responsible for their actions, words and
thoughts mark the transition from being told what you are to becoming what you
were meant to be – what you should be and what it is you should do.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">This
answers our second question:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b> </b><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;">2.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></b><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;">How
does this “truth” free us? </b><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">When we find the truth, we then become free to
be ourselves. Or does it? Being “free” has obligations and responsibilities. We
have to choose, be under God’s command and live free, or choose our own path,
which is nothing short of rebellion. The issue is under whose command we find
ourselves – either to righteousness or sin.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 40.5pt;">In all that I do, in all that I try to teach or enlighten another, the
one thing I am not trying to do is convince you to change to my way of
thinking. I just present to you what God wants from you, not what I want from
you. What I tell you about is not secret knowledge – it is right in your own
Bible. When I speak of the Torah, it is there, right before you, from Genesis
to Revelation. If you heed the words written for you, if you try to understand
them in the context of who they were written to, then you would be able to see
and understand what the commandments of God are about: they are the means of
change. They are the way to change from the domain of the dead to the realm of
the living. Change brings about the ways of living, the ways of seeing the
world (as in changing your worldview) and coming under the ways of God and His
Messiah Yeshua – Jesus, if you prefer. By the change, you are joining yourself to a
people – the Jewish people and to the land of Israel – and you become their
brother, their sister</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 40.5pt;">What, though, if you do not follow this path, this ancient way? What if
you decide to choose your own path? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>The Bible is full of example of those who did.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>Their bodies littered the wilderness,<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>Their bodies filled the streets.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>Their offspring went into captivity, and through their
choices, the world became chaos,<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>And is so today.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">Think
of it this way: imagine yourself on a team: a track team, swim team, football
team, or whatever. To be a part of the team you do what the team does.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></o:p><span style="text-align: center;">If you are on the track team – you run.</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">If you are on the swim team, you swim or dive.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Football team? You punt, pass, kick, catch, or block.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">What happens if you do not play your role in the team?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">You are no longer a part of it – you are off the team.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Why is it we
imagine or believe that God is any different? You can follow your own path for
sure – just do not expect God to follow you. If you walk away from Him, the
consequences are yours, not His.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">The
Jewish sages say, “Greater is the one who is commanded and does something than
the one who is not commanded and does it.”</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_edn31" name="_ednref31" style="text-indent: 0.5in;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xvii]</span></span></span></a><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
What does this mean? Allow me to try and explain it.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Say
there are two people, a devout Jew, and a devout Gentile. Both are going about
their day when they come across (at different times) a homeless person panhandling.
The devout Gentile decides he is going to give this person five dollars because
he hopes it will be used for something good and because it makes him feel good.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<h1 style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Now, when the
Jewish person comes upon the same individual, what does he do? They think
mitzvot; they think </span><a name="_Hlk78010764"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">tzedakah</span></i></a><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">. What is </span><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">tzedakah</span></i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">? <o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></h1>
<h1 style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“…While the word is
used interchangeably for charity, tzedakah is seen as a form of social justice
provided by the donor as well as those who utilize the support to do their work
and those who allow the support into their lives. As is the case with justice, this critical
social responsibility cannot be done </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">to</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> someone – rather, it must be
done </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">with</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> someone…”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_edn32" name="_ednref32" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%;">[xviii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></h1>
<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The word of God is filled with the mitzvah for the poor or
needy:<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></h1>
<h1 align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">From the Tanakh:<o:p></o:p></span></i></h1>
<p align="center" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0in;"><b>Deuteronomy 15:7: </b></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt; padding: 0in;">“If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of
your towns within your land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not
harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother.</span>”</p>
<p align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16.8pt; margin-block: 1rem; margin: 0in; outline: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; outline: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0in;"><b>Deuteronomy
15:11</b>: </span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt;">For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore, I
command you, “You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and
to the poor, in your land.”</span></p>
<p align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16.8pt; margin-block: 1rem; margin: 0in; outline: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; outline: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0in;"><b>1
Samuel 2:7-8</b>: </span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt;">The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low, and he exalts. </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt;">He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the
ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the
pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and on them he has set the world.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16.8pt; margin-block: 1rem; margin: 0in; outline: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; outline: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0in;"><b>Psalm
9:18: </b></span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt;">For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the
poor shall not perish forever.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16.8pt; margin-block: 1rem; margin: 0in; outline: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; outline: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0in;"><b>Psalm
34:6: </b></span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt;">This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him and saved him out of
all his troubles.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16.8pt; margin-block: 1rem; margin: 0in; outline: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; outline: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0in;"><b>Psalm
35:10: </b></span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt;">All my bones shall say, “O Lord, who is like you, delivering the
poor from him who is too strong for him, the poor and needy from him who robs
him?”</span></p>
<p align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16.8pt; margin-block: 1rem; margin: 0in; outline: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; outline: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0in;"><b>Psalm
37:21: </b></span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt;">The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but the righteous is
generous and gives.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16.8pt; margin-block: 1rem; margin: 0in; outline: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; outline: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0in;"><b>Psalm
40:17: </b></span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt;">As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me.
You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God!</span></p>
<p align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16.8pt; margin-block: 1rem; margin: 0in; outline: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; outline: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0in;"><b>Psalm
41:1: </b></span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt;">Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble,
the Lord delivers him…</span></p>
<p align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16.8pt; margin-block: 1rem; margin: 0in; outline: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; outline: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0in;"><b>Psalm
72:12: </b></span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt;">For he delivers the needy when he calls, the poor and him who has
no helper.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16.8pt; margin-block: 1rem; margin: 0in; outline: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; outline: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0in;"><b>Proverbs
14:21: </b></span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt;">Whoever despises his neighbor is a sinner but blessed is he who is
generous to the poor.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16.8pt; margin-block: 1rem; margin: 0in; outline: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; outline: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0in;"><b>Proverbs
14:31: </b></span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt;">Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is
generous to the needy honors him.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16.8pt; margin-block: 1rem; margin: 0in; outline: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; outline: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0in;"><b>Proverbs
16:19: </b></span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt;">It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to divide
the spoil with the proud.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16.8pt; margin-block: 1rem; margin: 0in; outline: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; outline: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0in;"><b>Proverbs
19:17: </b></span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt;">Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will
repay him for his deed.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16.8pt; margin-block: 1rem; margin: 0in; outline: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; outline: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0in;"><b>Proverbs
22:9: </b></span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt;">The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food
with the poor.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16.8pt; margin-block: 1rem; margin: 0in; outline: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; outline: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0in;"><b>Proverbs
22:16: </b></span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt;">Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to
the rich, will only come to poverty.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0in;"><b>Isaiah 29:19: </b></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt;">The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the Lord, and the poor among
mankind shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16.8pt; margin-block: 1rem; margin: 0in; outline: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; outline: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0in;"><b>Isaiah
41:17: </b></span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt;">When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their
tongue is parched with thirst, I the Lord will answer them; I the God of Israel
will not forsake them.</span></p>
<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></h1>
<span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; outline: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">
<h1 align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">From the Messianic Writings:</span></i><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></h1>
<p align="center" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0in;"><b>Matthew 5:3: </b></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt;">Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16.8pt; margin-block: 1rem; margin: 0in; outline: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; outline: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0in;"><b>Mark
10:21: </b></span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt;">And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack
one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have
treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”</span></p>
<p align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16.8pt; margin-block: 1rem; margin: 0in; outline: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; outline: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0in;"><b>Luke
6:20: </b></span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt;">And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples and said: “Blessed are
you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16.8pt; margin-block: 1rem; margin: 0in; outline: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; outline: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0in;"><b>2
Corinthians 8:9: </b></span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt;">For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he
was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might
become rich.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16.8pt; margin-block: 1rem; margin: 0in; outline: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; outline: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0in;"><b>2
Corinthians 9:11: </b></span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt;">You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way,
which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16.8pt; margin-block: 1rem; margin: 0in; outline: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; outline: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0in;"><b>Galatians
2:10: </b></span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt;">Only, they asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was
eager to do.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16.8pt; margin-block: 1rem; margin: 0in; outline: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; outline: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0in;"><b>Ephesians
4:28: </b></span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt;">Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing
honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with
anyone in need.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16.8pt; margin-block: 1rem; margin: 0in; outline: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; outline: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0in;"><b>1
Timothy 6:18: </b></span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt;">They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and
ready to share.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16.8pt; margin-block: 1rem; margin: 0in; outline: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; outline: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0in;"><b>James
2:5: </b></span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt;">Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor
in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has
promised to those who love him?</span></p>
<p align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16.8pt; margin-block: 1rem; margin: 0in; outline: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; outline: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0in;"><b>James
2:14-17: </b></span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #30302f; font-size: 11pt;">What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but
does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly
clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace,
be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what
good is that? So also, faith by itself if it does not have works, is dead.</span></p>
<h1 align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h1>
<h1 align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Here then, is the answer to our
third question:<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 99.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 99pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Free to do what?<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Freedom to make a choice, to choose to make a difference. The
difference comes in the motivation behind the good act. Is it because it feels
good, or is it because one is under command? Why do it at all? Why do good
things to another? The heart is fickle, but under command, the heart is made
holy, for the act it does then is not used for any other purpose but to honor
God and help those in need. Remember, it is not that the act of doing right is
done </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">to</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> someone, but </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">with</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> someone. The “</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">with</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">” is God.<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h1>
<h1 align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“…Blessed are You, O Lord our God, who has sanctified us by the
commandments…”<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Just to do something is a position of the head – to a
lesser degree, maybe of the heart also (compassion) - but to do so under
command is where the difference comes. Think about a candle – you light one
when the power goes out, or for a romantic setting. It is still only a candle. But if you kindle a candle on the Shabbat –
what does the candle become? It becomes Holy, for a candle is only a Sabbath
candle if you are under command. It is also as Yeshua commanded a follower of
God to be salt and light to the world. They are sanctified (made holy) by His
commandment.<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">So, what are we to do? Do we walk away from our sanctification
– the learning of how to be holy – to do our own thing? No matter how right it
seems, if it isn’t ordered or commanded by Him, through Him, and for Him – it is
just our thing, born from selfish motives, the ones hidden deep in our hearts. <o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Resistance is still resistance if it is our will being put
out there, not His. We who keep to the Torah do so for two reasons: one,
because we love Him. Two, because to do His will is to do what He commands. This
is how we show our love, by keeping His commandments. To do otherwise is to
walk proud before God – to say, “I do not need you to command me, for I already
know what is right.”<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h1>
<h1 align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Ask yourself, what position of the heart is this?<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">What needs to be done is to take upon ourselves the yoke of
heaven, to hallow the name of HaShem by walking in His paths, His statutes, His
ordinances, His commandments. They may not seem to be easy to do, they may not be
convenient, they may interfere with what we want or what we like; it may be a
matter of what we do not feel! All these do not matter in the end. If we are to
walk as He did, and as He decrees, then we must come under His command. Neuser puts
it this way:<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“…There is nothing just plain natural, or simply human,
about obeying these rules. There is nothing normal or everyday in giving up
what you want to keep or not doing what you want to do. But you decide, by
choosing, why you do one thing and why you do not do something else – and that
makes all the difference. The reason is mitzvah: commandment.<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If you are commanded to do something, or if you are
commanded and so do not do something, then you are a </span><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">bar mitzvah</span></i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> or </span><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">bat
mitzvah</span></i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">. Then you have the
power, which otherwise you do not have, to turn what is ordinary and routine
into something extraordinary and holy…”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_edn33" name="_ednref33" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 106%;">[xix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In writing this, I am not trying to mis-appropriate what
belongs to the Jewish people, that which gives them their unique identity under
the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But all humans will one day be under the
command of God, so why not start now for those of us who are not Jews? Let us
join with them and rejoice in the King of Glory, let us all come together for
the day when a Jew </span><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">WILL</span></i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> rule the world as Messiah-King! We all must change
the ordinary for the extraordinary. It is under command that this change takes
place within us. With the change, we can see the Holy from the profane. We can
walk a life sanctified; we will know how and why we can stand before a Holy God
and live, and how we are to treat our fellow man and woman. <o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This world we live in is broken. It is a world where most
go their own way, and that is a way unto death. Hate fills our streets, the
halls of our governments, the airwaves, the internet, the churches, the
mosques, the synagogues… Our schools indoctrinate the young and brainwash the adolescents
in a system of “wokeness” that is only a path of destruction that takes them
away from the true path of peace and love – the Way of God. A broken world
cannot fix itself. A broken world cannot put forth the right answers to that
which plague our societies. A broken world only breeds more hatred, more racism,
more degeneracy, more pain, more suffering, more war, on and on. There is but
one solution, only one that works:<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h1>
<h1 align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">…Coming Under Command…<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob’s Command and His Son, Yeshua Ha’Machiach<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h1>
<h1 align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Seek this, for yourselves and for your children.<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h1>
<h1 align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Make the choice to come Under Command.<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h1>
<h1 align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Till next time, may He richly bless you my beloved,<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: X-NONE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Amein.<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_ednref3" name="_edn3" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;">[iii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <b>Author’s note</b>: This site is
for education only and is not affiliated with any institution, organization, or
religious group. It is the sole production of its editor. Use of information
from Jewish-themed websites (or any other source material) should not be
construed as these sites endorsing or confirming any thesis introduced by the
author of this epistle. I present the information from their respective sites
for instructional purposes only and/or to aid in the readers understanding of
the subjects discussed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_ednref4" name="_edn4" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;">[iv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <b>Author’s note</b>:
Throughout this study I may be using the NET Bible® and the NET Notes®: within
the notes you will see symbols like this: (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-language: HE;">א </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">B Ψ 892* 2427 sys). These are
abbreviations used by the NET Bible® for identifying the principal manuscript
evidence that they (authors and translators of the NET Bible®) used in
translating the New Testament. Please go to https://bible.org/netbible/ and see
their section labeled “NET Bible Principals of Translation” for a more complete
explanation on these symbols and other items pertinent to the way the NET Bible
uses them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_ednref5" name="_edn5" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;">[v]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<b>Author’s Note:</b> In these studies, I have used the notes that come along
with the passages I cite from the sources that I cite: these need a bit of a
disclaimer though. As in all things, not everything that is footnoted is
something that I necessarily agree with, especially if it contradicts what I
believe pertains to any matters of the Torah or the commandments of God. I give
you the notes as they are written by the authors of the material I cite from,
so that you can see the information contained within them. It truly is not my
place to edit or correct them; if they state anything that is in opposition to
what I teach, then so be it. I will address these issues if requested. That is
not to say I should not challenge something I believe, in my humble opinion,
might contradict the truth of God’s word; that I will do in the main body of my
epistles for that is where my gentle dissent belongs. Most (but not all) of the
differences will come when I quote from a source that displays a decidedly
Western/Greek mindset, as opposed to a Hebraic perspective. I must be
intellectually honest – I am biased toward the God of Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob, and His son, Yeshua the Messiah. I pray then we all can find common
ground as we study the Scriptures.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_ednref6" name="_edn6" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;">[vi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> This epistle was inspired by the
book <i>“Mitzvah” </i>by Jacob Neusner, copyright ©1981, Published by Rossel
Books. May HaShem be praised and glorified, Blessed is His Name forever and
ever.</span></p><p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_ednref7" name="_edn7" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;">[vii]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> New American Standard Bible: 1995
update. (1995). (Jn 8:12–58). La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation; electronic
edition, e-Sword, Version 13.0.0, Copyright© 2000-2021, by Rick Meyers. All
Rights Reserved Worldwide</span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_ednref8" name="_edn8" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;">[viii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Oops. Already violated this
promise… </span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">☹</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Sorry!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_ednref9" name="_edn9" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;">[ix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Notes as seen in The Amplified
Bible, <span style="background: white; color: #333333;">“Scripture quotations taken
from the Amplified® Bible (AMPC),</span> Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964,
1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation</span>. Used by permission. <a href="https://www.lockman.org/" style="cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;"><span style="background: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #1b5787; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">www.lockman.org</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_ednref10" name="_edn10" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;">[x]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> From <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/subjective">https://www.dictionary.com/browse/subjective</a>:
“…<span class="one-click-content">existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking
subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to <a data-linkid="nn1ov4" href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/objective">objective</a>)…”</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_ednref11" name="_edn11" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;">[xi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> One could say the doctrine that
knowledge, truth, and morality exist in relation to culture, society, or
historical context, and are not absolute. See epistle for extra comments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_ednref12" name="_edn12" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;">[xii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> “<i>Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a
World of Strangers (Issues of Our Time), </i>by Kwame Anthony Appiah,
copyright© <span class="a-list-item">W. W. Norton & Company; Illustrated
edition (February 17, 2007)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_ednref13" name="_edn13" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;">[xiii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> As with all links, please view
with objectivity, and prayerfully. I, in recommending certain points of view by
differing authors, do not necessarily support or endorse nor do I seek to
contradict them. You, beloved, should approach all things and test all things
against the Word of God. I just try to give you a broad lens to look through
when you approach God’s words.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_ednref14" name="_edn14" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;">[xiv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Strong’s Module containing the following:
Brown, Drivers, and Biggs; Thayer’s; King James Concordance, electronic
edition, e-Sword, Version 13.0.0, copyright © 2000-2021 by Rick Meyers. All
Rights Reserved Worldwide.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn15">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_ednref15" name="_edn15" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Prov 23:4;
Matt 19:21; Luke 12:21, 33; 18:22; 1 Tim 6:9, 10; Heb 13:5; James 5:2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn16">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_ednref16" name="_edn16" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Matt 19:21;
Luke 12:33; 1 Tim 6:19<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn17">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_ednref17" name="_edn17" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Luke 12:34<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn18">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_ednref18" name="_edn18" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Matt 6:22,
23: <i>Luke 11:34, 35</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn19">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_ednref19" name="_edn19" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Or <i>healthy</i>;
or <i>sincere</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn20">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_ednref20" name="_edn20" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Matt 20:15;
Mark 7:22<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn21">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_ednref21" name="_edn21" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Or <i>evil</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn22">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_ednref22" name="_edn22" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> 1 Kin
18:21; Luke 16:13; Gal 1:10; James 4:4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn23">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_ednref23" name="_edn23" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Gr <i>mamonas,</i>
for Aram </span><i><span lang="LA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: LA;">mammon</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> (mammon); i.e. wealth, etc., personified
as an object of worship<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn24">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_ednref24" name="_edn24" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Luke 16:9,
11, 13<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn25">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_ednref25" name="_edn25" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Matt
6:25–33: <i>Luke 12:22–31</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn26">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_ednref26" name="_edn26" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Or <i>stop
being worried</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn27">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_ednref27" name="_edn27" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Matt 6:27,
28, 31, 34; Luke 10:41; 12:11, 22; Phil 4:6; 1 Pet 5:7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn28">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_ednref28" name="_edn28" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">2</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Lit <i>soul</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn29">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_ednref29" name="_edn29" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;">[xv]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/nasb95?ref=BibleNASB95.Mt6.19-25"><i>New American
Standard Bible: 1995 update</i></a>. (1995). (Mt 6:19–25). La Habra, CA: The
Lockman Foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn30">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_ednref30" name="_edn30" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;">[xvi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> From <i>“Mitzvah” </i>by Jacob
Neusner, copyright ©1981, Published by Rossel Books. Pg. 3.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_ednref31" name="_edn31" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;">[xvii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> From the Talmud, Kiddushin 30a.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_ednref32" name="_edn32" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;">[xviii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> From the article <i>Jewish
Philanthropy: The Concept of Tzedakah</i> written by Jacquelyn DeGroot <a href="https://www.learningtogive.org/resources/jewish-philanthropy-concept-tzedakah">https://www.learningtogive.org/resources/jewish-philanthropy-concept-tzedakah</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_v_37_Under_Command.docx#_ednref33" name="_edn33" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%;">[xix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> From <i>“Mitzvah” </i>by Jacob
Neusner, copyright ©1981, Published by Rossel Books. Pg. 18. [Emphasis mine.]<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>
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</div></span><div id="i4c-dialogs-container"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div id="i4c-dialogs-container"></div><div id="i4c-dialogs-container"></div>David_seedofabrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779218562279412780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808052277561745789.post-89470862012656826572021-05-16T00:58:00.008-07:002022-11-02T21:08:46.893-07:00Lessons from the Wilderness, Vol. 36: We continue our Study in Revelation, Part 12<div id="i4c-draggable-container" style="height: 0px; position: fixed; width: 0px; z-index: 1499;"><div class="resolved" data-reactroot="" style="all: initial;"></div></div><p> <b><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©2021,
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from the Wilderness, Volume 36<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <i>…A Study in Revelation… Part Twelve<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
Search for Truth at the End of the Age <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[i]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn2" name="_ednref2" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[ii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn3" name="_ednref3" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[iii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn4" name="_ednref4" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[iv]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn5" name="_ednref5" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[v]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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reproof give wisdom: but a child left<i> to himself</i> bringeth his mother to
shame.</span><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.25in;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">16</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> When the wicked are multiplied, transgression
increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.</span><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.25in;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">17</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he
shall give delight unto thy soul.</span><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">18</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> Where<i> there
is</i> no vision, the people perish</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn6" name="_ednref6" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">f</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">: but he that keepeth the </span><span lang="EN" style="background: yellow; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: yellow;">law</span><span lang="EN"> (</span><b>H8451
</b><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">תּרה תּורה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> tôrâh tôrâh <i>to-raw',</i> <i>to-raw'</i>)<span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">, happy<i> is</i> he. </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn7" name="_ednref7" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[vi]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiRXDE8QunlC2ACipvaxAt7wuMJ-aQ9ehsHVJjIzSGEMO2nuZGwse1iPxs-1hEhOKI5l1G19ieSDEQFV6gbFwW9IMiHHphsOzOqmINysxnkozZXGJ8aumebsK8TBMxgB8c1QqjNwdDGUJS/s540/Vol36_2.gif" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiRXDE8QunlC2ACipvaxAt7wuMJ-aQ9ehsHVJjIzSGEMO2nuZGwse1iPxs-1hEhOKI5l1G19ieSDEQFV6gbFwW9IMiHHphsOzOqmINysxnkozZXGJ8aumebsK8TBMxgB8c1QqjNwdDGUJS/w640-h4/Vol36_2.gif" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">This post will continue from where we left off in
Part Eleven, expounding our understanding of the Feasts and more importantly,
the calendar of God. Now, what does this have to do with the Book of Revelation
you may ask? Everything – and nothing. To understand Revelation is to
understand Messiah. I have said this before – the Revelation gives us the
clearest picture of who Messiah is, His character and majesty, and His role as
the ultimate regent of YHVH Elohim. Look at verse 18 from above, with a
definition included (emphasis mine):<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> </o:p>Keil and Delitzsch have this to say on this
verse:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> </o:p><sup style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">18</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; text-align: center;"> Where<i> there
is</i> no vision, the people perish</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn8" name="_ednref8" style="text-align: center;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">f</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; text-align: center;">: but he that keepeth the </span><span lang="EN" style="background: yellow; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: yellow; text-align: center;">law</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN">(</span><b>H8451
</b><b><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">תּרה תּורה</span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> tôrâh tôrâh <i>to-raw',</i> <i>to-raw'</i></b>)<span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">, happy<i> is</i>
he.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-align: left;">“…Tôra denotes divine teaching, the word of God;
whether that of the Sinaitic or that of the prophetic law (</span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: green;"><b>2Ch_15:3</b></span></span><span style="text-align: left;">, cf. </span><i style="text-align: left;">e.g.</i><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: green;"><b>Isa_1:10</b></span></span><span style="text-align: left;">). While, on the one hand, a people is
in a dissolute condition when the voice of the preacher, speaking from divine
revelation, and enlightening their actions and sufferings by God's word, is
silent amongst them (</span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: green;"><b>Psa_74:9</b></span></span><span style="text-align: left;"><b>,</b> cf. </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: green;"><b>Amo_8:12</b></span></span><span style="text-align: left;">); on the other hand, that same people
are to be praised as happy when they show due reverence and fidelity to the
word of God, both as written and as preached. That the word of God is preached
among a people belongs to their condition of life; and they are only truly
happy when they earnestly and willingly subordinate themselves to the word of
God which they possess and have the opportunity of hearing…” </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn9" name="_ednref9" style="text-align: left;" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[vii]</span></sup></sup></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></o:p> Are we
happy brethren when we hear and obey the Word of YHVH? Do we know our YHVH as He presents Himself to
us, or do we fashion a god that does not offend us or require of us the one
true test that we fight so hard against, the test of repentance? Repentance in word and deed, in beliefs and
doctrines, in our mindset… To be free,
we must surrender. We must put ourselves
under His <i>Torah</i>, His instructions of
righteousness. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">To this end, let us look at the points I laid out
for our being able to understand the Word of YHVH…</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 40.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 40.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l16 level1 lfo31; tab-stops: list 40.5pt; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">1.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">We must
allow His Word and His Spirit to interpret what we read.</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 40.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 40.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l16 level1 lfo31; tab-stops: list 40.5pt; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><o:p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 40.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 40.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l16 level1 lfo31; tab-stops: list 40.5pt; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><o:p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </o:p><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">We all know of this rule. What did Peter say again? </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="color: blue;">2 Peter 1:16-21 (KJV)</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">16</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> For we have not
followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and
coming of our Lord Jesus Messiah, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. <sup>17</sup>
For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a
voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am
well pleased. <sup>18</sup> And this voice which came from heaven we heard,
when we were with him in the holy mount.</span><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.25in;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">19</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye
do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until
the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: <sup>20</sup> <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Knowing this first, that no
prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.</span> <sup>21</sup>
For the prophecy came not in old time</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn10" name="_ednref10" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">d</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> by the will of man: but holy men of God spake<i> as they
were</i> moved by the Holy Ghost. </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn11" name="_ednref11" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[viii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> </o:p><b>What is a prophet
but one that speaks the Word of the Adonai? </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Who are they moved
by?</b>
“…<span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">the Holy Ghost</span><span lang="EN">…” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span lang="EN">What is the sure word of prophecy? </span></b><span lang="EN">“…<span style="color: blue;">a light that shineth in a dark place</span>…” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span lang="EN">What is this light?</span></b><span lang="EN"> <span style="color: blue;">Yeshua Ha’Machiach,
Jesus the Messiah.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN"> </span><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">John 1:4-9 (NKJV)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">…</span><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">4</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn12" name="_ednref12" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">g</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">In Him was life, and </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn13" name="_ednref13" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">h</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">the life was the light of men. <sup>5</sup> And </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn14" name="_ednref14" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">i</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did
not </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn15" name="_ednref15" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">1</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">comprehend
it. <sup>6</sup> There was a </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn16" name="_ednref16" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">j</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">man sent from God, whose name <i>was</i> John. <sup>7</sup>
This man came for a </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn17" name="_ednref17" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">k</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through
him might </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn18" name="_ednref18" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">l</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">believe. <sup>8</sup>
He was not that Light, but <i>was sent</i> to bear witness of that </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn19" name="_ednref19" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">m</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Light. <sup>9</sup> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn20" name="_ednref20" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">n</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">That </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn21" name="_ednref21" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">2</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">was the true Light which gives light to every man coming
into the world…</span><span lang="EN">]</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn22" name="_ednref22" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[ix]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a><span lang="EN">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN"> </span>Now the word used
in 2 Pet. 1:20 for “prophecy” is (G4394) <span style="color: blue;">προφητεία </span>prophēteia (<i>prof-ay-ti'-ah</i>). Thayer
defines it as thus:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b> </b><b>[Thayer’s Definition:]</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;">1)<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> prophecy</span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;">1a) <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">a
discourse emanating from divine inspiration and declaring the purposes of God,
whether by </span><span style="background-color: yellow; text-indent: -0.25in;">reproving and admonishing the wicked, or comforting the afflicted,
or revealing things hidden; </span><span style="background-color: yellow; text-indent: -0.25in;">especially by foretelling future events </span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span> </span><span> <span> 1b) </span></span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">U</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">sed in the NT of the utterance of OT prophets</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;">1b1) of the prediction of events relating to Messiah’s
kingdom and its speedy triumph, together with the consolations and admonitions
pertaining to it, the spirit of prophecy, the divine mind, to which the
prophetic faculty is due</p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;">1b2) of the endowment and speech of the Christian
teachers called prophets</p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;">1b3) the gifts and utterances of these prophets,
especially of the predictions of the works of which, set apart to teach the
gospel, will accomplish for the kingdom of Messiah</p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b>Part of Speech:</b> noun feminine</p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; layout-grid-mode: line; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: </span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; layout-grid-mode: line; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">from <u><span style="color: green;">G4396</span></u> (“prophecy”)” <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">[i]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a></span></blockquote><div><!--[if !supportEndnotes]-->
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref1" name="_edn1" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[i]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <i>A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament, </i>by Joseph H. Thayer,
Copyright ©1977, Baker Book House Company<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">Now one can
discourse the word “prophecy” to death.
A study on most commentaries, however, reveals a common thread, that
“prophecy” emanates from YHVH, and that it is His Word. “prophēteia” comes from the Greek word (G4396) <span style="color: blue;">προφήτης </span>prophētēs
(<i>prof-ay'-tace</i>), formed from a
compound of <span style="color: green;">G4253</span> and <span style="color: green;">G5346</span>:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">G4253 <span style="color: blue;">πρό </span>pro (<i>pro</i>): <span style="color: purple;">A primary preposition; “fore”,
that is, <i>in</i> <i>front</i> <i>of</i>, <i>prior</i> (figuratively <i>superior</i>) <i>to</i>. In
compounds it retains the same significations: - above, ago, before, or ever. In
compounds it retains the same significations. </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn24" name="_ednref24" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; layout-grid-mode: line; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xi]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">G5346 <span style="color: blue;">φημί </span>phēmi (<i>fay-mee'</i>): <span style="color: purple;">Properly the same as the base
of</span> <span style="color: green;">G5457</span> <span style="color: purple;">and</span> <span style="color: green;">G5316</span>; <span style="color: purple;">to <i>show</i> or <i>make</i> <i>known</i>
one’s thoughts, that is, <i>speak</i> or <i>say</i>: - affirm, say. Compare</span> <span style="color: green;">G3004</span>. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn25" name="_ednref25" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; layout-grid-mode: line; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xii]</span></sup></sup></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-align: justify;">“prophētēs” means a “foreteller” or an “inspired
speaker”. All Scripture is the Word of YHVH;
therefore the argument can be made that all Scripture is prophecy, and
therefore not open to our interpretation, but only that of the Spirit’s. I’m not here to engage in pointless
discussions on definitions: I present
what I believe that I am led to present – that all things come from YHVH, and
must be examined only in His light, not a “churchs’” or a pastor’s or a
teacher’s. Let YHVH’s word and His
Spirit prove out what is correct, in study and ordinances.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p><b style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">2.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">We must
be on His timetable, His calendar.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 22.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 22.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 22.5pt;">While we have
touched on this matter previously, we still have not truly answered the simplest
question – why? Why does it matter so
much? What does it mean to be on YHVH’s
timetable and what does His calendar bring to our lives? </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 22.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 22.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 22.5pt;">Look again at Leviticus 23.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 22.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> </o:p><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Leviticus 23 (KJV)</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">1</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> And the LORD
spake unto Moses, saying, <sup>2</sup> Speak unto the children of Israel, and
say unto them,<i> Concerning</i> the feasts of the LORD, which ye <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall</span> </b>proclaim<i> to
be</i> holy convocations,<i> even</i> these<i> are</i> my feasts. <sup>3</sup>
Six days<b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"> shall</span></b>
work be done: but the seventh day<i> is</i> the sabbath of rest, an holy
convocation; ye <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall</span></b>
do no work<i> therein</i>: it<i> is</i> the sabbath of the LORD in all your
dwellings.</span><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.25in;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">4</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> These<i> are</i> the feasts of the LORD,<i> even</i>
holy convocations, which ye <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall </span></b>proclaim in their seasons. <sup>5</sup> In the
fourteenth<i> day</i></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn26" name="_ednref26" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">†</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> of the first month at even<i> is</i> the LORD’S
passover. <sup>6</sup> And on the fifteenth day of the same month<i> is</i> the
feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened
bread. <sup>7</sup> In the first day ye <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall </span></b>have an holy convocation: ye <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall </span></b>do no servile
work therein. <sup>8</sup> But ye <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall</span></b> offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven
days: in the seventh day<i> is</i> an holy convocation: ye <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall</span></b> do no servile
work<i> therein</i>. <sup>9</sup> And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <sup>10</sup>
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the
land which I give unto you, and <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall </span></b>reap the harvest thereof, then ye <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall </span></b>bring a sheaf</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn27" name="_ednref27" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">a</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: <sup>11</sup>
And he <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall </span></b>wave
the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the
sabbath the priest <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall
</span></b>wave it. <sup>12</sup> And ye <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall </span></b>offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an
he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD. <sup>13</sup>
And the meat offering thereof<b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"> shall</span></b><i> be</i> two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with
oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD<i> for</i> a sweet savour: and the
drink offering thereof<i> </i><b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall</span></b><i> be</i> of wine, the fourth<i> part</i> of an hin. <sup>14</sup>
And ye <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall</span></b>
eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day
that ye have brought an offering unto your God:<i> it</i><b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"> shall</span></b><i> be</i> a
statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.</span><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.25in;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">15</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> And ye<b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"> shall</span></b> count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath,
from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall </span></b>be complete: <sup>16</sup>
Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall </span></b>ye number fifty days; and ye <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall </span></b>offer a new
meat offering unto the LORD. <sup>17</sup> Ye <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall</span></b> bring out of your habitations two wave
loaves of two tenth deals: they <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall </span></b>be of fine flour; they <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shal</span></b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">l</span> be baken with leaven;<i> they are</i> the
firstfruits unto the LORD. <sup>18</sup> And ye <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall</span></b> offer with the bread seven lambs
without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall</span></b> be<i> for</i> a
burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their drink
offerings,<i> even</i> an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the LORD.
<sup>19</sup> Then ye<b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"> shall</span></b>
sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first
year for a sacrifice of peace offerings. <sup>20</sup> And the priest <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall </span></b>wave them with
the bread of the firstfruits<i> for</i> a wave offering before the LORD, with
the two lambs: they <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall</span></b>
be holy to the LORD for the priest. <sup>21</sup> And ye <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall </span></b>proclaim on the
selfsame day,<i> that</i> it may be a holy convocation unto you: ye <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall </span></b>do no servile
work<i> therein: it </i><b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall
</span></b><i>be</i> a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your
generations. <sup>22</sup> And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou
shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest,
neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them
unto the poor, and to the stranger: I<i> am</i> the LORD your God.</span><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.25in;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">23</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <sup>24</sup>
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first<i>
day</i> of the month, <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall
</span></b>ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy
convocation. <sup>25</sup> Ye <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall </span></b>do no servile work<i> therein</i>: but ye <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall </span></b>offer an
offering made by fire unto the LORD. <sup>26</sup> And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, <sup>27</sup> Also on the tenth<i> day</i> of this seventh month<i>
there</i><b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"> shall</span></b><i>
be</i> a day of atonement: it <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall</span></b> be a holy convocation unto you; and ye <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall</span></b> afflict your
souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. <sup>28</sup> And ye <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall </span></b>do no work in
that same day: for it<i> is</i> a day of atonement, to make an atonement for
you before the LORD your God. <sup>29</sup> For whatsoever soul<i> it be</i>
that <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall </span></b>not
be afflicted in that same day, he <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall </span></b>be cut off from among his people. <sup>30</sup> And
whatsoever soul<i> it be</i> that doeth any work in that same day, the same
soul will I destroy from among his people. <sup>31</sup> Ye<b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"> shall </span></b>do no manner
of work:<i> it </i><b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall</span></b><i>
be</i> a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. <sup>32</sup>
It<i> </i><b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall</span></b><i>
be</i> unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall </span></b>afflict your souls: in the ninth<i> day</i>
of the month at even, from even unto even, <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall </span></b>ye celebrate</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn28" name="_ednref28" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">b</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> your sabbath.</span><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.25in;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">33</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <sup>34</sup>
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, the fifteenth day of this seventh
month<i> </i><b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall</span></b><i>
be</i> the feast of tabernacles<i> for</i> seven days unto the LORD. <sup>35</sup>
On the first day<i> </i><b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall</span></b><i>
be</i> a holy convocation: ye <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall</span></b> do no servile work<i> therein</i>. <sup>36</sup> Seven
days ye <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall </span></b>offer
an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall</span></b> be a holy
convocation unto you; and ye <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall</span></b> offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it<i> is</i>
a solemn assembly;<i> and</i> ye <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall</span></b> do no servile work<i> therein</i>. <sup>37</sup> These<i>
are</i> the feasts of the LORD, which ye <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall </span></b>proclaim<i> to be</i> holy convocations,
to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat
offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, everything upon his day: <sup>38</sup>
Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your
vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD. <sup>39</sup>
Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the
fruit of the land, ye <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall</span></b>
keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day<i> </i><b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall</span></b><i> be</i> a
sabbath, and on the eighth day<i> </i><b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall </span></b><i>be</i> a sabbath. <sup>40</sup> And
ye <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall</span></b>
take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees,
and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall</span></b> rejoice before
the LORD your God seven days. <sup>41</sup> And ye <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall</span></b> keep it a feast unto the LORD
seven days in the year.<i> It <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall</span> be</i> a statute forever in your generations: ye <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall </span></b>celebrate it in
the seventh month. <sup>42</sup> Ye <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall</span></b> dwell in booths seven days; all that are
Israelites born <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall</span></b>
dwell in booths: <sup>43</sup> That your generations may know that I made the
children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt:
I<i> am</i> the LORD your God. <sup>44</sup> And Moses declared unto the
children of Israel the feasts of the LORD.” </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn29" name="_ednref29" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">[xiii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">I have included all of Leviticus 23 for a reason. Over sixty times is the word “shall” used in
this chapter. The action verbs in
Leviticus 23 are different: תִּקְרְא֥וּ “shall proclaim”; תַעֲשׂ֑וּ “shall do
or not to do [ an action]”; תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃ “shall eat”, etc. What is similar in
each case is the morphology which is: verb, Qal, yiqtōl (imperfect), second
person, masculine, plural.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="text-indent: 0.25in;">Noah Webster’s dictionary defines </span><b style="text-indent: 0.25in;">“shall”</b><span style="text-indent: 0.25in;"> in this sense:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.25in;">“…2. In the second and third persons, <b><i><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shall</span></i><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"> implies a promise, command, or
determination</span></b>. "You<i> shall </i>receive your wages,"
"he <i>shall </i>receive his wages," imply that you or he <i>ought </i>to
receive them; but usage gives these phrases the force of a <i>promise </i>in
the person uttering them…” <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn30" name="_ednref30" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xiv]</span></sup></sup></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> </o:p>There is implied by the Voice of the Adonai
Himself in Leviticus 23 (“…<sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">1</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> And the LORD spake</span><span lang="EN">…”) that these holy
convocations are not optional; they are commandments. What did the Adonai say about His
commandments? </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN">Examples are seen below:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT8eke4-nzfDWsFUqjw1eQXlyv6sxP9arDsladysXUrm2T2D4z7tq-C8TcREAVgq50u4FW5pEI4WnWl_3J7MMb5-cK5Ra4SLGsEX3O-tNGD6O2Y8Fr_ZrQp5aENmiVWTIhPk6-frinijXr/s540/Vol36_2.gif" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT8eke4-nzfDWsFUqjw1eQXlyv6sxP9arDsladysXUrm2T2D4z7tq-C8TcREAVgq50u4FW5pEI4WnWl_3J7MMb5-cK5Ra4SLGsEX3O-tNGD6O2Y8Fr_ZrQp5aENmiVWTIhPk6-frinijXr/w640-h4/Vol36_2.gif" width="640" /></a></div>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN">…</span>And
the LORD said unto Moses, <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">How
long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?</span></b> <b><span style="color: teal;">(Exo 16:28)</span><span> </span><span style="color: teal; text-align: left;">(Barnes)</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>Exo 16:28</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>How long - </b>The reference to <span style="color: green;"><b>Exo_16:4</b></span>
is obvious. The prohibition involved a trial of faith, in which as usual the
people were found wanting. Every miracle formed some part, so to speak, of an
educational process.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-align: center;">And shewing mercy
unto thousands of them that love me and </span><span style="background: yellow; text-align: center;">keep my commandments</span><span style="text-align: center;">.</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="color: teal; text-align: center;"><b>(Exo 20:6)</b></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="background: yellow;">Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I <i><span style="color: grey;">am</span></i> the LORD</span>. <span style="color: teal;"><b>(Lev 22:31)</b></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> </o:p>If ye walk in my
statutes, and <span style="background: yellow;">keep my
commandments</span>, and do them; <b>(<span style="color: teal;">Lev 26:3) </span><span style="color: teal; text-align: left;">(Barnes)</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>Lev 26:3-45</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;">As “the book of the covenant” <b>Exo. 20:22–23:33</b>
concludes with promises and warnings <span style="color: green;"><b>Exo_23:20-33</b></span>,
so does this collection of laws (which are) contained in the Book of Leviticus.
But the former passage relates to the conquest of the land of promise, this one
to the subsequent history of the nation. The longer similar passage in
<b>Deuteronomy 27–30</b> is marked by broader and deeper promises and denunciations
having immediate reference not only to outward consequences, but to the
spiritual death incurred by transgressing the divine will.<span style="text-indent: 0.15in;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: #073763; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lev_26:4</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;"><b>Rain in due season - </b>The periodical
rains, on which the fertility of the holy land so much depends, are here spoken
of. There are two wet seasons, called in Scripture the former and the latter
rain <b><span style="color: green;">Deu_11:14</span>; <span style="color: green;">Jer_5:24</span>; <span style="color: green;">Joe_2:23</span>;
<span style="color: green;">Hos_6:3</span>; <span style="color: green;">Jam_5:7</span>.</b>
The former or Autumn rain falls in heavy showers in November and December. In
March the latter or Spring rain comes on, which is precarious in quantity and
duration, and rarely lasts more than two days.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lev_26:5</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;">Compare the margin reference; <b><span style="color: green;">Joe_2:19</span>; <span style="color: green;">Job_11:18</span>.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lev_26:8</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;"><b>Five of you shall chase - </b>A proverbial mode
of expression for superiority in warlike prowess <b><span style="color: green;">Deu_32:30</span>;
<span style="color: green;">Isa_30:17</span>.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lev_26:9</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;"><b>Establish my covenant - </b>All material
blessings were to be regarded in the light of seals of the “everlasting
covenant.” Compare <b><span style="color: green;">Gen_17:4-8</span>; <span style="color: green;">Neh_9:23</span>.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lev_26:10</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;"><b>Bring forth the old because of the new - </b>Rather, clear away
the old before the new; that is, in order to make room for the latter. Compare
the margin reference.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lev_26:16</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;">The first warning for disobedience is disease.
“Terror” (literally trembling) is rendered trouble in <b><span style="color: green;">Psa_78:33</span>; <span style="color: green;">Isa_65:23</span></b>.
It seems here to denote that terrible affliction, an anxious temperament, the
mental state ever at war with Faith and Hope. This might well be placed at the
head of the visitations on a backslider who had broken the covenant with his
God. Compare <b><span style="color: green;">Deu_32:25</span>; <span style="color: green;">Jer_15:8</span>; <span style="color: green;">Pro_28:1</span>;
<span style="color: green;">Job_24:17</span>; <span style="color: green;">Psa_23:4</span>.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;"><b>Consumption, and the burning ague - </b>Compare the margin
reference. The first of the words in the original comes from a root signifying
to waste away; the latter (better, fever), from one signifying to kindle a
fire. Consumption is common in Egypt and some parts of Asia Minor, but it is
more rare in Syria. Fevers of different kinds are the commonest of all diseases
in Syria and all the neighboring countries. The opposite promise to the threat
is given in <b><span style="color: green;">Exo_15:26</span>; <span style="color: green;">Exo_23:25</span>.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><b>Lev_26:18</b></span><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;"><b>For all this - </b>i. e. for all the afflictions in<u><b> <span style="color: green;">Lev_26:16-17</span></b></u>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;"><b>Seven times - </b>The sabbatical number is here proverbially used
to remind the people of the covenant. Compare <b><span style="color: green;">Gen_4:15</span>,
<span style="color: green;">Gen_4:24</span>; <span style="color: green;">Psa_119:164</span>;
<span style="color: green;">Pro_24:16</span>; <span style="color: green;">Luk_17:4</span>.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lev_26:19</span></b><b>, <span style="color: green;">Lev_26:20</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;">The second warning is utter sterility of the
soil. Compare <b><span style="color: green;">Deu_11:17</span>; <span style="color: green;">Deu_28:18</span>; <span style="color: green;">Eze_33:28</span>;
<span style="color: green;">Eze_36:34-35</span>.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lev_26:21</span></b><b>, <span style="color: green;">Lev_26:22</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;">The third warning is the multiplication of
destructive animals, etc. Compare <b><span style="color: green;">Deu_32:24</span>;
<span style="color: green;">Eze_5:17</span>; <span style="color: green;">Eze_14:15</span>;
<span style="color: green;">Jdg_5:6-7</span>; <span style="color: green;">Isa_33:8</span>.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lev_26:23-26</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;">The fourth warning. Yahweh now places Himself as
it were in a hostile position toward His people who “will not be reformed”
(rather, brought unto God:<b><u> <span style="color: green;">Jer_2:30</span></u></b>).
He will avenge the outraged cause of His covenant, by the sword, pestilence,
famine, and captivity.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><b>Lev_26:26</b></span><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;">Omit “and.” “To break the staff of bread,” was a
proverbial expression for cutting off the supply of bread, the staff of life (<b><span style="color: green;">Psa_105:16</span>; <span style="color: green;">Eze_4:16</span>;
<span style="color: green;">Eze_5:16</span>; <span style="color: green;">Eze_14:13</span></b>;
compare <span style="color: green;"><b>Isa_3:1</b></span>). The supply was to be
so reduced that one oven would suffice for baking the bread maple by ten women
for ten families, and when made it was to be dealt out in sparing rations by
weight. See <b><span style="color: green;">2Ki_6:25</span>; <span style="color: green;">Jer_14:18</span>; <span style="color: green;">Lam_4:9</span>;
<span style="color: green;">Eze_5:12</span>; <span style="color: green;">Hos_4:10</span>;
<span style="color: green;">Mic_6:14</span>; <span style="color: green;">Hag_1:6</span>.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lev_26:27-33</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;">The fifth warning. For <b><span style="color: green;">Lev_26:29</span> </b>see <span style="color: green;"><b>2Ki_6:28-29</b></span><b>;
<span style="color: green;">Jer_19:8-9</span>; <span style="color: green;">Lam_2:20</span>;
<span style="color: green;">Lam_4:10</span>; <span style="color: green;">Eze_5:10</span></b>,
for <span style="color: green;"><b>Lev_26:30</b></span> see <span style="color: green;">2<b>Ch_34:3</b></span><b>; <span style="color: green;">Eze_6:4</span>;
<span style="color: green;">Jer_14:19</span>, </b>for<b> <span style="color: green;">Lev_26:31</span> </b>see <span style="color: green; font-weight: bold;">2Ki_25:9</span><b>;
</b><span style="color: green; font-weight: bold;">Psa_74:6-7</span> : for <span style="color: green;"><b>Lev_26:32-33</b></span> see <b><span style="color: green;">Deu_28:37</span>;
<span style="color: green;">Psa_44:11</span>; <span style="color: green;">Jer_9:16</span>;
<span style="color: green;">Jer_18:16</span>; Ezek</b>. <b>5:1-17; <span style="color: green;">Jer_4:7</span>; <span style="color: green;">Eze_9:6</span>;
<span style="color: green;">Eze_12:15</span>; <span style="color: green;">Zec_7:14</span>.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lev_26:30</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;"><b>High places - </b>There is no doubt that the word here denotes
elevated spots dedicated to false worship (see <span style="color: green;"><b>Deu_12:2</b></span>),
and especially, it would seem, to that of Baal <b><span style="color: green;">Num_22:41</span>;
<span style="color: green;">Jos_13:17</span></b>. Such spots were, however,
employed and approved for the worship of Yahweh, not only before the building
of the temple, but afterward <b>(<span style="color: green;">Jdg_6:25-26</span>;
<span style="color: green;">Jdg_13:16-23</span>; <span style="color: green;">1Sa_7:10</span>; <span style="color: green;">1Sa_16:5</span>;
<span style="color: green;">1Ki_3:2</span>; <span style="color: green;">1Ki_18:30</span>;
<span style="color: green;">2Ki_12:3</span>; <span style="color: green;">1Ch_21:26</span>,</b>
etc.). The three altars built by Abraham at Shechem, between Bethel and Ai, and
at Mamre, appear to have been on heights, and so was the temple.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.15in;">The high places in the holy land may thus have
been divided into those dedicated to the worship of Yahweh, and those which had
been dedicated to idols. And it would seem as if there was a constant struggle
going on. The high places polluted by idol worship were of course to be wholly
condemned. They were probably resorted to only to gratify a degraded
superstition. See </span><b><span style="text-indent: 0.15in;"><span style="color: green;">Lev_19:31</span></span><span style="text-indent: 0.15in;">; </span><span style="text-indent: 0.15in;"><span style="color: green;">Lev_20:2-5</span></span></b><span style="text-indent: 0.15in;">. The others might have been innocently
used for prayer and religious teaching. But the temptation appears to have been
too great for the temper of the people. They offered sacrifice and burnt
incense on them; and hence, thorough reformers of the national religion, such
as Hezekiah and Josiah, removed the high places altogether </span><b><span style="text-indent: 0.15in;"><span style="color: green;">2Ki_18:4</span></span><span style="text-indent: 0.15in;">; </span><span style="text-indent: 0.15in;"><span style="color: green;">2Ki_23:5</span></span></b><span style="text-indent: 0.15in;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.15in;">Your images - </b><span style="text-indent: 0.15in;">The original word is rendered in the margin of
our Bible sun images (</span><b><span style="text-indent: 0.15in;"><span style="color: green;">2Ch_14:5</span></span><span style="text-indent: 0.15in;">; </span><span style="text-indent: 0.15in;"><span style="color: green;">Isa_17:8</span></span><span style="text-indent: 0.15in;">; </span><span style="text-indent: 0.15in;"><span style="color: green;">Eze_6:4</span></span></b><span style="text-indent: 0.15in;">,
etc.). Phoenician inscriptions prove that the word was commonly applied to
images of Baal and Astarte, the god of the sun and the goddess of the moon.
This exactly explains </span><span style="font-weight: bold; text-indent: 0.15in;"><span style="color: green;">2Ch_34:4</span></span><span style="text-indent: 0.15in;">
following.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;"><b>Idols - </b>The Hebrew word here literally means things which
could be rolled about, such as a block of wood or a lump of dirt. It was no
doubt a name given in derision. Compare <b><span style="color: green;">Isa_40:20</span>;
<span style="color: green;">Isa_44:19</span>; <span style="color: green;">2Ki_1:2</span>.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lev_26:31</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;"><b>Sanctuaries - </b>The holy places in the tabernacle and the temple
(<span style="color: green;"><b>Psa_68:35</b></span>. Compare <span style="color: green;"><b>Psa_74:7</b></span>).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;"><b>I will not smell the savor ... - </b>See <b><span style="color: green;">Lev_1:9</span>.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lev_26:35</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;">More literally: All the days of its desolation
shall it rest that time which it rested not in your Sabbaths while ye dwelt
upon it. That is, the periods of rest of which the land had been deprived would
be made up to it. Compare <span style="color: green;"><b>2Ch_36:20-21</b></span>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lev_26:38</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;"><b>The land of your enemies shall eat you up - </b>Compare <b><span style="color: green;">Num_13:32</span>; <span style="color: green;">Eze_36:13</span></b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lev_26:39</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;"><b>Iniquity - </b>The meaning here is, in the punishment of their
iniquity, and, in the next clause, in the punishment of the iniquity (as in <b><span style="color: green;">Lev_26:41</span>, <span style="color: green;">Lev_26:43</span></b>)
of their fathers. In the next verse the same Hebrew word is accurately
represented by “iniquity.” Our translators have in several places put one of
the English words in the text and the other in the margin (<b><span style="color: green;">Gen_4:13</span>; <span style="color: green;">Gen_19:15</span>;
<span style="color: green;">2Ki_7:9</span>; <span style="color: green;">Psa_69:27</span></b>,
etc.). The language of Scripture does not make that trenchant division between
sin and punishment which we are accustomed to do. Sin is its own punishment, having,
from its very commencement, the germ of death. “Sin, when it is finished,
bringeth forth death” <b><span style="color: green;">Jam_1:15</span>; <span style="color: green;">Rom_2:5</span>; <span style="color: green;">Rom_5:12</span></b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lev_26:40</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;"><b>trespass - </b>The Hebrew word signifies an injury inflicted on
the rights of a person, as distinguished from a sin or iniquity regarded as an
outrage of the divine law. Every wrong act is of course both a sin and a
trespass against God. In this place Yahweh takes the breach of the covenant as
a personal trespass.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lev_26:41</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;"><b>Uncircumcised hearts - </b>The outward sign of
the covenant might be preserved, but the answering grace in the heart would be
wanting (<b><span style="color: green;">Act_7:51</span>; <span style="color: green;">Rom_2:28-29</span>; <span style="color: green;">Jer_6:10</span>;
<span style="color: green;">Jer_9:26</span></b>; compare <span style="color: green;"><b>Col_2:11</b></span>).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;"><b>Accept of the punishment of their iniquity - </b>literally, enjoy
their iniquity. The word here and in <span style="color: green;"><b>Lev_26:43</b></span>
rendered “accept” in this phrase, is the same as is rendered “enjoy” in the
expression “the land shall enjoy her sabbaths” <span style="color: green;"><b>Lev_26:34</b></span>.
The antithesis in <span style="color: green;"><b>Lev_26:43</b></span> is this:
The land shall enjoy her sabbaths - and they shall enjoy the punishment of
their iniquity. The meaning is, that the land being desolate shall have the
blessing of rest, and they are have repented shall have the blessing of
chastisement. The feelings of a devout captive Israelite are beautifully
expressed in <b>Tobit 13:1-18</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;">And shewing mercy
unto thousands of them that love me and <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">keep my commandments</span>. <span style="color: teal;"><b>(Deu 5:10)</b></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;">O that there were
such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">keep all my commandments</span> always, that it
might be well with them, and with their children forever! <span style="color: teal;"><b>(Deu 5:29)</b></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> </o:p>And if thou wilt
walk in my ways, to <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">keep
my statutes and my commandments</span>, as thy father David did walk, then I
will lengthen thy days. <b> <span style="color: teal;">(1Ki 3:14) </span></b><span style="color: teal; text-align: left;"><b>(Barnes)</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>1Ki 3:14</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>I will lengthen thy days - </b>The promise here
was only conditional. As the condition was not observed <span style="color: green;"><b>1Ki_11:1-8</b></span>, the right to the promise was
forfeited, and it was not fulfilled. Solomon can scarcely have been more than
fifty-nine or sixty at his death.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><i><span style="color: grey; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Concerning</span></i> this house which
thou art in building, <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">if
thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my
commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee</span>,
which I spake unto David thy father: <b>(<span style="color: teal;">1Ki 6:12) </span></b><span style="color: teal; text-align: left;"><b>(Barnes)</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>1Ki 6:12</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">The meaning is, “So far as this house goes, thou
art obedient (<b><span style="color: green;">2Sa_7:13</span>; <span style="color: green;">1Ch_17:12</span>,</b> etc.); if thou wilt be obedient in
other things also, then will I perform My word,” etc., God’s promises being
always conditional. The promises made to David were:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;">(1) that he should be succeeded by one of his
sons <b><span style="color: green;">2Sa_7:12</span>; <span style="color: green;">Psa_132:11</span>;</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;">(2) that the kingdom should be established in the
line of his descendants forever, if they were faithful <b><span style="color: green;">Psa_132:12</span>;</b> and<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;">(3) that the Israelites should be no more afflicted
as beforetime <b><span style="color: green;">2Sa_7:10</span>.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">These promises are now confirmed to Solomon, but
on the express condition of obedience, and two further promises are added.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><i><span style="color: grey; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">But</span></i> <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">if ye shall at all turn from
following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments <i><span style="color: grey;">and</span></i> my statutes which I have set before you</span>,
but go and serve other gods, and worship them: <b>(<span style="color: teal;">1Ki
9:6)</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: teal; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><b>(Barnes)</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>1Ki 9:6</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>At all turn - </b>Rather, “If ye shall wholly turn from following
Me.” (See <b><span style="color: green;">2Ch_7:19</span>.</b>) The Israelites
were not to be cut off, except for an entire defection.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;">And it shall be, <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">if thou wilt hearken unto all
that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do <i><span style="color: grey;">that is</span></i> right in my sight, to keep my statutes
and my commandments</span>, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee,
and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto
thee. </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: teal;">(1Kings 11:38) </span><span style="color: teal; text-align: left;">(Barnes)</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>1Ki 11:38</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">See the marginal references. To “build a sure
house,” or “give a house,” is to give a continuity of offspring, and so secure
the perpetuity of a family. The promise, it will be observed, is conditional;
and as the condition was not complied with, it did not take effect (see <span style="color: green;"><b>1Ki_14:8-14</b></span>). The entire house of Jeroboam was
destroyed by Baasha <span style="color: green;"><b>1Ki_15:29</b></span>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;">Yet the LORD
testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, <i><span style="color: grey;">and by</span></i> all the seers, saying, “<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Turn ye from your evil ways, and
keep my commandments <i><span style="color: grey;">and</span></i> my statutes,
according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to
you by my servants the prophets</span>.” </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: teal;">(2Ki 17:13) </span><span style="color: teal; text-align: left;">(Barnes)</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">2Ki 17:13<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">God raised up a succession of prophets and seers,
who repeated and enforced the warnings of the Law, and breathed into the old
words a new life. Among this succession were, in Israel, Ahijah the Shilonite <span style="color: green;"><b>1Ki_14:2</b></span>, Jehu the son of Hanani <span style="color: green;"><b>1Ki_16:1</b></span>, Elijah, Micaiah the son of Imlah <span style="color: green;"><b>1Ki_22:8</b></span>, Elisha, Jonah the son of Amittai <span style="color: green;"><b>2 Ki_14:25</b></span>, Oded <span style="color: green;"><b>2 Ch_28:9</b></span>,
Amos, and Hosea; in Judah, up to this time, Shemaiah <span style="color: green;"><b>2 Ch_11:2</b></span>; <span style="color: green;"><b>2Ch_12:5</b></span>,
Iddo <b><span style="color: green;">2 Ch_12:15</span>; <span style="color: green;">2 Ch_13:22</span></b>, Azariah the son of Oded <span style="color: green;"><b>2 Ch_15:1</b></span>, Hanani <span style="color: green;"><b>2 Ch_16:7</b></span>,
Jehu his son <span style="color: green;"><b>2 Ch_19:2</b></span>, Jahaziel the son
of Zechariah <span style="color: green;"><b>2Ch_20:14</b></span>, Eliezer the son
of Dodavah (<span style="color: green;"><b>2 Ch_20:37</b></span>), Zechariah the
son of Jehoiada <span style="color: green;"><b>2 Ch_24:20</b></span>, another
Zechariah <span style="color: green;"><b>2 Ch_26:5</b></span>, Joel, Micah, and
Isaiah, besides several whose names are not known. Some of these persons are
called “prophets,” others “seers.” Occasionally, the same person has both
titles (as Iddo and Jehu the son of Hanani), which seems to show that there was
no particularly important distinction between them.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">Probably the conjecture is right that “prophet” <span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">נביא</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>
<i>nâbı̂y'</i> in strictness designates the official members of the
prophetical order only, while “seer” <span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: blue;">חזה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> <i>chôzeh</i> is applicable to all, whether
members of the order or not, who receive a prophetical revelation.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;">And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy
statutes</span>, and to do all <i><span style="color: grey;">these things,</span></i>
and to build the palace, <i><span style="color: grey;">for</span></i> the which </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;">I
have made provision. <b> <span style="color: teal;">(1Ch 29:19)</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="background: yellow; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: yellow;">But <i><span style="color: grey;">if</span></i>
ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of
you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, <i><span style="color: grey;">yet</span></i>
will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have
chosen to set my name there.</span> <span style="color: teal;"><b>(Neh 1:9)</b></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="background: yellow; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: yellow;">If they break my statutes, and keep
not my commandments</span>; <b>(<span style="color: teal;">Psa
89:31) </span></b><span style="color: teal; text-align: left;"><b>(Barnes)</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>Psa 89:31</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>If they break my statutes - </b>Margin, “profane.” The Hebrew word means to pollute or defile; and the idea
is, If they practically contemn them; if they regard them as things of nought,
or treat them with disdain as a polluted or defiled thing. It is in this way
that the mass of mankind do regard the commands of God. They treat them with no
respect; they practically class them among objects that are polluted, and that are
to be avoided as defiled and defiling.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>And keep not my commandments
- </b>If they do not regulate their conduct by my laws.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><br /></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="background: yellow; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: yellow;">Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I
will keep the commandments of my God.</span> <b><span style="color: teal;">(Psa 119:115)</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: teal; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><b>(Barnes)</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>Psa 119:115</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>Depart from me, ye evil-doers
- </b>Workers of iniquity, bad men. See the notes at <span style="color: green;"><b>Psa_6:8</b></span>. This indicates a determined purpose
that nothing should deter or allure him from the service of God. A man who
wishes to serve God, and lead a religious life, must separate himself from the
society, as such, of unprincipled people.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>For I will keep the
commandments of my God - </b>This is my fixed resolution.
It may be remarked here.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;">(1) that bad people will
turn away from the society of one who has formed such a resolution, and who
carries it out;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;">(2) the resolution is a
necessary one to be formed and executed, if a man will serve God;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;">(3) the formation and
execution of such a purpose, is the best way to get rid of the society of bad
people.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;">My son, forget not my law; but <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">let thine heart keep my commandments</span>: <span style="color: teal;"><b>(Pro 3:1)</b></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;">He taught me also, and said unto me, <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments,
and live</span>. <span style="color: teal;"><b>(Pro 4:4) </b></span><b style="color: teal; text-align: left;">(Barnes)</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Pro 4:4-20 </span></b><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span>The counsel which has come
to him, in substance, from his father. Compare it with <span style="color: green;"><b>2Sa_23:2</b></span> etc.; <span style="color: green;"><b>1Ch_28:9</b></span>;
<span style="color: green;"><b>1Ch_29:17</b></span>;<b> <span style="color: green;">Psa_15:1-5</span></b>;
<span style="color: green;"><b>Psa_24:1-10</b></span>;<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> Ps. 37</span></b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Pro 4:7</span></b><b><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></b>Or, “The beginning of wisdom is - get wisdom.” To seek is to find, to
desire is to obtain.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Pro 4:12</span></b><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span>The ever-recurring parable
of the journey of life. In the way of wisdom, the path is clear and open,
obstacles disappear; in the quickest activity (“when thou runnest”) there is no
risk of falling.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Pro 4:13</span></b><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><b>She is thy life - </b>Another parallel between
personified Wisdom in this book and the Incarnate Wisdom in <span style="color: green;"><b>Joh_1:4</b></span>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><b> </b> </span>A fearful stage of
debasement. Sin is the condition without which there can be no repose.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Pro 4:17</span></b><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span>i. e., Bread and wine gained
by unjust deeds. Compare<b> <span style="color: green;">Amo_2:8</span></b>. A
less probable interpretation is, “They eat wickedness as bread, and drink
violence as wine.” Compare <span style="color: green;"><b>Job_15:16</b></span>; <span style="color: green;"><b>Job_34:7</b></span>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><b>Pro 4:</b></span><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><b>18</b> </span>Shining<b> ... shineth - </b>The two Hebrew words are different; the first having the sense of bright or
clear. The beauty of a cloudless sunshine growing on, shining as it goes, to
the full and perfect day, is chosen as the fittest figure of the ever-increasing
brightness of the good man’s life. Compare the marginal reference.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><b>Pro 4:19</b></span><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span>Compare our Lord’s teaching <b><span style="color: green;">Joh_11:10</span>; <span style="color: green;">Joh_12:35</span></b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Pro 4:20</span></b><span style="color: green; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span>The teacher speaks again in
his own person.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="background: yellow; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: yellow;">My son, keep my words, and lay up my
commandments with thee.</span> <b> <span style="color: teal;">(Pro 7:1) </span></b><b style="color: teal; text-align: left;">(Barnes)</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">Pro 7:1</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">The harlot adulteress of an
Eastern city is contrasted with the true feminine ideal of the Wisdom who is to
be the “sister” and “kinswoman”<b> <span style="color: green;">Pro_7:4</span></b>
of the young man as he goes on his way through life. See Prov. 8 in the
introduction.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="background: yellow; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: yellow;">Keep my commandments, and live; and
my law as the apple of thine eye.</span> <span style="color: teal;"><b>(Pro 7:2)</b></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;">And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">O Lord, the great and dreadful
God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that
keep his commandments;</span> <span style="color: teal;"><b>(Dan 9:4) </b></span><b style="color: teal; text-align: left;">(Barnes)</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Dan 9:4</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;"><b>And I prayed unto the Lord
my God - </b>Evidently a set and formal prayer. It would seem probable
that; he offered this prayer, and then recorded the substance of it afterward.
We have no reason to suppose that we have the whole of it, but we have
doubtless its principal topics.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;"><b>And made my confession - </b>Not as an individual, or not of his own sins only, but a confession in
behalf of the people, and in their name. There is no reason to suppose that
what he here says did “not” express their feelings. They had been long in
captivity - far away from their desolate city and temple. They could not but be
sensible that these calamities had come upon them on account of their sins; and
they could not but feel that the calamities could not be expected to be removed
but by confession of their sins, and by acknowledging the justice of the Divine
dealings toward them. When we have been afflicted - when we are called to pass
through severe trials - and when, borne down by trial, we go to God, and pray
that the evil may be removed, the first thing that is demanded is, that we
should confess our sins, and acknowledge the justice of God in the judgments
that have come upon us. If we attempt to vindicate and justify ourselves, we
can have no hope that the judgment will be averted. Daniel, therefore, in the
name of the people, began his prayer with the humble and penitent acknowledgment
that all that they had suffered was deserved.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;"><b>O Lord, the great and
dreadful God - </b>A God great, and to be
feared or venerated - <span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: blue;">הנורא</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> <i>hanôrâ'</i>. This does not mean
“dreadful” in the sense that there is anything stern or unamiable in his character,
but mainly that he is to be regarded with veneration.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;"><b>Keeping the covenant and
mercy - </b>Keeping his covenant and showing mercy. This is often
ascribed to God, that he is faithful to his covenant; that is, that he is
faithful to his promises to his people, or to those who sustain a certain
relation to him, and who are faithful to “their” covenant vows. If there is
alienation and estrangement, and want of faithfulness on either side, it does
not begin with him. He is faithful to all his promises, and his fidelity may
always be assumed as a basis of calculation in all our intercourse with him.
See the word “covenant,” in Cruden’s “Concordance.” The word mercy seems to be
added here to denote that mercy enters his dealings with us even in keeping the
covenant. We are so sinful and so unfaithful ourselves, that if “he” is
faithful to his covenant, it must be by showing mercy to us.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.15in;"><b>To them that love him ... - </b>The conditions of the covenant extend no farther than this, since, in a
compact of any kind, one is bound to be faithful only while the terms are
maintained by the other party. So, God binds himself to show favor only while
we are obedient, and we can plead his covenant only when we are obedient, when
we confess our sins and plead his promises in this sense - that he has assured
us that he will restore and receive us if we are penitent. It was this which
Daniel pleaded on this occasion. He could not plead that his people had been obedient
and had thus any claims to the Divine favor; but he could cast himself and them
on the mercy of a covenant-keeping God, who would remember his covenant with
them if they were penitent, and who would graciously pardon.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="color: red; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">If ye love me, <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">keep my commandments</span></b>.</span> <span style="color: teal;"><b>(Joh
14:15) </b></span><span style="color: teal; text-align: left;"><b>(Barnes)</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>Joh 14:15</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>If ye love me - </b>Do not show your love by grief at my departure merely, or by profession,
but by obedience.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>Keep my commandments - </b>This is the only proper evidence of love to Jesus, for mere profession is
no proof of love; but that love for him which leads us to do all his will, to
love each other, to deny ourselves, to take up our cross, and to follow him
through evil report and through good report, is true attachment. The evidence
which we have that a child loves its parents is when that child is willing,
without hesitation, gainsaying, or complaining, to do all that the parent
requires him to do. So, the disciples of Messiah are required to show that they
are attached to him supremely by yielding to all his requirements, and by
patiently doing his will in the face of ridicule and opposition, <b><span style="color: green;">1Jo_5:2-3</span>.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><br /></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: red; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: yellow;">If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love;
even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.</span></b> <span style="color: teal;"><b>(Joh
15:10) </b></span><span style="color: teal; text-align: left;"><b>(Barnes)</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Joh 15:10</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">See <span style="color: green;"><b>Joh_14:23-24</b></span>…” <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn31" name="_ednref31" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xv]</span></sup></sup></a> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxGnBIPra4vQIA9-bPiW9VcGdQU8OdnsLXeUmhgZKoHAHZ16o5kOg5-HQtpnWPr6AWhkuD__TmqrxRgXxTtWEf9enwEe8gDnWjYThBJFL4S4CsoISWSMtXR_UoKW6nKNjfI0Rtk-hU5hem/s540/Vol36_2.gif" referrerpolicy="origin" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: 0.5in;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="5" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxGnBIPra4vQIA9-bPiW9VcGdQU8OdnsLXeUmhgZKoHAHZ16o5kOg5-HQtpnWPr6AWhkuD__TmqrxRgXxTtWEf9enwEe8gDnWjYThBJFL4S4CsoISWSMtXR_UoKW6nKNjfI0Rtk-hU5hem/w640-h5/Vol36_2.gif" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.5in;">I have added these
notes and Scriptures to make a point; to disobey YHVH’s commandments brings
about many heartaches. To obey brings
about favor and blessings. This is the
“why” of obeying YHVH. The calendar of YHVH
is based upon His Feasts; keeping them is mandatory, not optional. Keeping them is to fulfill and prove what
Messiah said to us in John 14:15: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"> <span style="color: red; text-align: center; text-indent: 22.5pt;">“…If ye love me, </span><b style="color: red; text-align: center; text-indent: 22.5pt;">keep
my commandments</b><span style="color: red; text-align: center; text-indent: 22.5pt;">…”</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 22.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"> Walking
in YHVH’s commandments means walking in His <i>Torah</i>,
His holy instructions on how we are to live and love not only Him, but one
another. It is not being in bondage or
trying to earn salvation through works; it is an act of love. Recall what Messiah said when asked about the
greatest commandment:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-align: center;">Matthew
22:34-40 (1901 ASV)</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN">But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had put the
Sadducees to silence, gathered themselves together. </span><sup>35</sup><span lang="EN">And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, trying him: </span><sup>36</sup><span lang="EN">Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law? </span><sup>37</sup><span lang="EN">And he said unto him,<span style="color: red;"> Thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.</span> </span><sup>38</sup><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">This is the great and first commandment.</span><span lang="EN"> </span><sup>39</sup><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">And a second like <i>unto it</i> is this, Thou shalt love
thy neighbor as thyself.</span><span lang="EN"> </span><sup>40</sup><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">On these two commandments the whole law hangeth, and the
prophets. </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn32" name="_ednref32" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xvi]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> </o:p>Upon this hangs all the law and prophecy and
wisdom and knowledge – all hang upon love.
What Messiah did here wasn’t new to His listeners: indeed there is
precedence in the Jewish Talmud about summarizing the commandments and the <i>Torah</i>:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> </o:p>“… <span style="color: #3366ff;">In the Talmud, in <b>Makkot 23b-24a</b> we read of a number of
such summarizations from the Bible: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="color: #3366ff; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">…'Rabbi Simlai said, Six hundred and thirteen Commandments
were given to Moses' (a traditional 'count' of the number of Commandments in
the Law). 'David came and reduced them to eleven' (<b>Psalm 15</b>). 'Then Isaiah
reduced them to six' (<b>Is. 33:15-16</b>), 'Micah to three' (<b>Micah 6:8</b>), 'and Isaiah
again to two, as it is said, 'Keep judgment and do righteousness' (<b>Is. 66:1</b>).
'Then Amos reduced them to one, 'Seek Me and live' (<b>Amos 5:4</b>). 'Or one could
say Habakkuk: 'the righteous shall live by his faith' (<b>Hab. 2:4</b>)…<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn33" name="_ednref33" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xvii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="color: #3366ff; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.5in;">Again from the sages;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #3366ff; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">'A
pagan came before Shammai (a famous rabbi), and said to him, 'Make me a
proselyte but on condition that you teach me the entire Torah while I am
standing on one foot!' Shammai drove him off with the builder's measuring rod
which he had in his hand. When he appeared before' (another famous rabbi)
'Hillel,' he 'told him, 'What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor.
That is the whole Torah. The rest is commentary.' Now go 'and learn it!' <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn34" name="_ednref34" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xviii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Today the church says that we are not “under the
law but grace”. This assumption is
usually based upon what Messiah said in <b>Matt. 5:17-19</b>:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-align: center;">Matthew
5:17-19 (NKJV)</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<sup><span lang="EN">17</span></sup><span lang="EN"> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn35" name="_ednref35" title=""><sup>v</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">“Do not think that
I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to
fulfill.</span><span lang="EN"> <sup>18</sup> <span style="color: red;">For assuredly, I
say to you, </span></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn36" name="_ednref36" title=""><sup>w</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">till heaven and
earth pass away, one </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn37" name="_ednref37" title=""><sup>2</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">jot or one </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn38" name="_ednref38" title=""><sup>3</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is
fulfilled.</span><span lang="EN"> <sup>19</sup> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn39" name="_ednref39" title=""><sup>x</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Whoever therefore
breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be
called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches <i>them,</i>
he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn40" name="_ednref40" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xix]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">What
is almost universally misunderstood is what <i>Ha’Machiach</i>
meant when He said, “<span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I did not come to
destroy but to fulfill.</span><span lang="EN">” This Jewish idiom was understood by those in
Messiah’s time, but in the 1980 years since Yeshua’s time its meaning has been
lost to the Hellenized-Greek mindset.
That is why our roots are important.
Our Hebraic roots will tell us what these words meant, so that we can
correctly divide the word of Truth. The
phrase “…not…to destroy but to fulfill…” meant Messiah had not come to do away
with the <i>Torah</i>, the law nor had He
come to <b><i>incorrectly interpret it</i></b> which is what “to destroy” means. He had come to “<b><i>fulfill</i></b>” the law, that is
to <b><i>correctly
interpret it</i></b>, according to the original intent of YHVH.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="EN"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="EN"> Another writer of the New Testament who speaks
of the <i>Torah</i> is universally
misunderstood also, and that is Paul. </span>The Epistle to the Romans gives us a unique glance
into the mind of Paul and while it isn’t what modern day scholars regard as
systematic theology<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn41" name="_ednref41" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xx]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a>, it
is still the closest one can come to in the New Testament. While I will only cite one chapter of Romans
here, the first three chapters are the Holy Spirit’s indictment (through Paul)
of mankind; this indictment is laid out in the following verses: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b><o:p> </o:p><st1:bcv_smarttag style="text-align: center;" w:st="on"><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Romans 2:1-10</span></st1:bcv_smarttag><span style="color: blue; text-align: center;"> (<st1:translation_smarttag w:st="on">N<st1:translation_smarttag w:st="on">KJV</st1:translation_smarttag></st1:translation_smarttag>)</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">2</span></b><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Therefore you are </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn42" name="_ednref42" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">a</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">inexcusable, O man, whoever you are who judge, </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn43" name="_ednref43" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">b</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">for in whatever you judge another you condemn yourself;
for you who judge practice the same things. <sup>2</sup> But we know that the
judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things. <sup>3</sup>
And do you think this, O man, you who judge those practicing such things, and
doing the same, that you will escape the judgment of God? <sup>4</sup> Or do
you despise </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn44" name="_ednref44" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">c</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">the riches of His goodness, </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn45" name="_ednref45" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">d</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">forbearance, and </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn46" name="_ednref46" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">e</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">longsuffering, </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn47" name="_ednref47" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">f</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to
repentance? <sup>5</sup> But in accordance with your hardness and your </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn48" name="_ednref48" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">1</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">impenitent heart </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn49" name="_ednref49" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">g</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">you are </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn50" name="_ednref50" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">2</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and
revelation of the righteous judgment of God, <sup>6</sup> who </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn51" name="_ednref51" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">h</span></sup></a><i><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">“will render to each one according to his deeds”</span></i><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">: <sup>7</sup> eternal life to those who by patient
continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality; <sup>8</sup>
but to those who are self-seeking and </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn52" name="_ednref52" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">i</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">do not obey the truth, but obey
unrighteousness—indignation and wrath, <sup>9</sup> tribulation and anguish, on
every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn53" name="_ednref53" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">j</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">first and also of the </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn54" name="_ednref54" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">3</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Greek; <sup>10</sup> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn55" name="_ednref55" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">k</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is
good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn56" name="_ednref56" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">[xxi]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">And in verse 31 of </span><st1:bcv_smarttag style="text-align: left;" w:st="on">Romans 3</st1:bcv_smarttag><span style="text-align: left;">, we see the reason for all things:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><o:p> </o:p><st1:bcv_smarttag style="text-align: center;" w:st="on"><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Romans 3:31</span></st1:bcv_smarttag><span style="color: blue; text-align: center;"> (<st1:translation_smarttag w:st="on">N<st1:translation_smarttag w:st="on">KJV</st1:translation_smarttag></st1:translation_smarttag>)</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> Do we
then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we
establish the law. </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn57" name="_ednref57" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">[xxii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">This
is the reason for the law, or more correctly, the </span><i style="text-align: justify;">Torah</i><span style="text-align: justify;">. In its fullest sense,
</span><i style="text-align: justify;">Torah</i><span style="text-align: justify;"> exists for one purpose, to
teach us what is hateful to YHVH and to instruct us on a moral course that we
are to live by. As stated before, there
is in Christianity today the idea that the </span><i style="text-align: justify;">Torah</i><span style="text-align: justify;">
is done away with, that we are not “under the law” anymore for it is grace
which abounds. But what is grace? Is
grace license to sin? What is sin if we
are not under the law? For Paul tells us:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: teal; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">“…Rom
7:7</span>…<span style="color: #000099;">Therefore, what are we to say? That the Torah is sinful?
Heaven forbid! Rather, the function of the Torah was that without it, I would
not have known what sin is. For example, I would not have become conscious of
what greed is if the Torah had not said, "Thou shalt not covet." 8 But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by
the commandment, worked in me all kinds of evil desires — for apart from Torah,
sin is dead. 9 I was once alive outside
the framework of Torah. But when the commandment really encountered me, sin
sprang to life, 10 and I died. The commandment
that was intended to bring me life was found to be bringing me death! 11 For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by
the commandment, deceived me; and through the commandment, sin killed me. 12 So the Torah is holy; that is, the
commandment is holy, just and good. 13
Then did something good become for me the source of death? Heaven
forbid! Rather, it was sin working death in me through something good, so that
sin might be clearly exposed as sin, so that sin through the commandment might
come to be experienced as sinful beyond measure. 14 For we know that the Torah is of the Spirit;
but as for me, I am bound to the old nature, sold to sin as a slave. 15 I don't understand my own behavior — I don't
do what I want to do; instead, I do the very thing I hate! 16 Now if I am doing what I don't want to do, I
am agreeing that the Torah is good. 17
But now it is no longer "the real me" doing it, but the sin
housed inside me. 18 For I know that
there is nothing good housed inside me — that is, inside my old nature. I can
want what is good, but I can't do it! 19
For I don't do the good I want; instead, the evil that I don't want is
what I do! 20 But if I am doing what "the
real me" doesn't want, it is no longer "the real me" doing it
but the sin housed inside me. 21 So I
find it to be the rule, a kind of perverse "torah," that although I
want to do what is good, evil is right there with me! 22 For in my inner self I completely agree with
God's Torah; 23 but in my various parts,
I see a different "torah," one that battles with the Torah in my mind
and makes me a prisoner of sin's "torah," which is operating in my
various parts. 24 What a miserable
creature I am! Who will rescue me from this body bound for death? 25 Thanks be to God <i>[, he will]</i>! — through
Yeshua the Messiah, our Lord! To sum up: with my mind, I am a slave of God's
Torah; but with my old nature, I am a slave of sin's "Torah”…</span>”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn58" name="_ednref58" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xxiii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">No,
what Paul is telling us is not that the law dictates to us all that is sinful,
but rather is the agency that YHVH has used to awaken within us the knowledge
of our depraved souls, the sin nature.
If, as Ravi Sha’ul (Rabbi Paul) says “…apart from Torah, sin is dead…”,
then what is sin? We are not as some
profess free of the law, for these are the commandments of YHVH, and He changes
not. What He decreed to the Is’raelites,
He decreed to believers today. If all
the law (<i>Torah</i>) hangs upon the two
greatest commandments: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><o:p> </o:p><st1:bcv_smarttag style="text-align: center;" w:st="on"><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Matthew 22:36-40</span></st1:bcv_smarttag><span style="color: blue; text-align: center;"> (<st1:translation_smarttag w:st="on">N<st1:translation_smarttag w:st="on">KJV</st1:translation_smarttag></st1:translation_smarttag>)</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">
“</span><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">36</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”</span><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><sup><span lang="EN">37</span></sup><span lang="EN"> <span style="color: blue;">Jesus
said to him,</span> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn59" name="_ednref59" title=""><sup>x</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">‘You shall love the <span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>
your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’</span><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><sup><span lang="EN">38</span></sup><span lang="EN"> <span style="color: red;">This is the
first and great commandment. </span><sup>39</sup> <span style="color: red;">And the second is like it: </span></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn60" name="_ednref60" title=""><sup>y</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’</span><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><sup><span lang="EN">40</span></sup><span lang="EN"> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn61" name="_ednref61" title=""><sup>z</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">On these two commandments hang all the Law and the
Prophets.” </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn62" name="_ednref62" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xxiv]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a><span lang="EN">”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN"> </span><span lang="EN" style="text-align: justify;">How then is <i>Torah</i>
put aside, seeing as how <i>Torah</i> is
based on love? The bottom line here is,
if apart from the law sin is dead, then why does man need a Savior? If there is no law, there is no sin. If no sin, Messiah need not have died. Hell’s best kept secret is in convincing man
that we no longer are under <i>Torah</i>. If man has no sin, then for what does he seek
salvation for? John the Baptist asked
the Pharisees “…</span><span style="text-align: justify;">who
hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?” </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn63" name="_ednref63" style="text-align: justify;" title=""><sup><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xxv]</span></sup></sup></a><span style="text-align: justify;"> Charles Spurgeon once said:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p> “…<b><span style="color: #ff6600;">Lower the Law, and you dim the light by
which man perceives his guilt. This is a
very serious loss to the sinner, rather than a gain; for it lessens the likekihood
of his conviction and conversion…I say you have deprived the Gospel of its
ablest auxiliary [most powerful weapon] when you have set aside the Law. You have taken away from it the schoolmaster
that is to bring men to Messiah…<i>They will
never accept grace till they tremble before a just and holy Law. </i>Therefore,
the Law serves a most necessary and blessed purpose, and it must not be removed
from its place</span></b>…”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn64" name="_ednref64" title=""><sup><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xxvi]</span></sup></sup></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p><i style="text-align: justify;">Torah </i><span style="text-align: justify;">then represents not the end, but the means by
which man’s need for salvation is realized.
Much too often, we picture Messiah as pleading with sinners to come, to
accept Him as Lord so that He can save them.
We approach salvation as “man-centered”, not Messiah centered. Oh, but you say, “Not so!” “We give an altar call by telling them of
what Messiah can do for them!” Friends,
this is attraction. We try to make
Yeshua “appealing”, so that the masses will find Him attractive and want to
“try” Him out. This is not
salvation! How does the sinner turn
himself around? How can a dead man make
himself live? For Scripture tells us in
<b>Romans 3:10-18 (</b></span><st1:translation_smarttag style="text-align: justify;" w:st="on"><b>N<st1:translation_smarttag w:st="on">KJV</st1:translation_smarttag></b></st1:translation_smarttag><span style="text-align: justify;"><b>)</b>:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p><sup style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">10</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; text-align: center;"> As it is written: </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn65" name="_ednref65" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">l</span></sup></a><i style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">“There is none righteous, no, not one; </span></i><sup style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">11</span></sup><i style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">There is none who understands;</span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><i><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">There is none who
seeks after God.</span></i><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">12</span></sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><i><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">They have all turned aside; </span></i><i style="text-indent: -0.5in;"><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">They have together
become unprofitable; </span></i><i style="text-indent: -0.5in;"><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">There is none who
does good, no, not one.”</span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">13</span></sup><i><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">“Their </span></i><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn66" name="_ednref66" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">m</span></sup></a><i><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">throat is an open </span></i><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn67" name="_ednref67" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">4</span></sup></a><i><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">tomb; </span></i><i style="text-indent: -0.5in;"><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">With their
tongues they have practiced deceit”;</span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn68" name="_ednref68" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">n</span></sup></a><i><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">“The poison of asps is under their lips”;</span></i><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">14</span></sup><i><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">“Whose </span></i><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn69" name="_ednref69" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">o</span></sup></a><i><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.” </span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><sup style="text-indent: -0.5in;"><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">15</span></sup><i style="text-indent: -0.5in;"><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">“Their </span></i><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn70" name="_ednref70" style="text-indent: -0.5in;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">p</span></sup></a><i style="text-indent: -0.5in;"><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">feet are swift to shed blood;</span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">16</span></sup><i><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Destruction and misery are in their ways;</span></i><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">17</span></sup><i><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">And the way of peace they have not known.”</span></i><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">18 ”</span></sup><i><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">There </span></i><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn71" name="_ednref71" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">q</span></sup></a><i><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">is no fear of God before their eyes.” </span></i><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn72" name="_ednref72" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">[xxvii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><i><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><i><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="EN">The
natural man thinks not of the things of God <b>(1 Cor. 2:14)</b>; only YHVH through
His Spirit makes men live:<b> (</b></span><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><b>Zechariah 4:6 (<st1:translation_smarttag w:st="on">N<st1:translation_smarttag w:st="on">KJV</st1:translation_smarttag></st1:translation_smarttag>)</b>
“ </span><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">6</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> …So he answered
and said to me: “This <i>is</i> the word of the <span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>
to </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn73" name="_ednref73" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">f</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Zerubbabel: </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn74" name="_ednref74" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">g</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the <span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> of hosts… </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn75" name="_ednref75" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">[xxviii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">”) </span><span lang="EN">and again in<span style="color: blue;"> </span></span><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><b>John 1:12-13 (NKJV)</b>; “</span><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">12</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> …But </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn76" name="_ednref76" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">q</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">as many as received Him, to them He gave the </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn77" name="_ednref77" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">5</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">right to become children of God, to those who believe in
His name: <sup>13</sup> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn78" name="_ednref78" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">r</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the
flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God…” </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn79" name="_ednref79" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">[xxix]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">The result is that the
common way of “seeking converts” holds no promise of true repentance, no
promise of eternal life for we seek dead men to save themselves, instead of
allowing YHVH to do His work. We expect
dead men to trust their salvation to a decision they have made, instead of
relying on the Providence of YHVH to move in their lives. The Spirit must quicken the dead heart, must
restore it to life, and then that man would seek to flee the wrath that is to
come when he comes face to face with the certain judgment of a Holy YHVH. He must be brought into the knowledge of self
before he can be brought to the knowledge of the Savior and salvation. Every hope in the flesh must be cast down
before they can be brought to the cross; such is the fallen manner of man. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span><span style="text-align: justify;">There must be a reckoning of self; no “invitation” is
sufficient for the sinful man; you must </span><b style="text-align: justify;"><i><u>break their hearts!</u></i></b><span style="text-align: justify;"> Plow the hearts till the Spirit of YHVH
brings them to their knees! Forget the
invitation – the ground must be worked, must be torn asunder, must be broken by
the harrow and the tooth, by the disc and the plow – for if we just talk to
them, just give them some “nice” points to ponder – then we have made them into
a two-fold son of hell, never to be open to the gospel again because of the
damnable easy lies we have told – asking them to pray a “sinner’s prayer” or a
prayer of “invitation” to “make a decision” </span><i style="text-align: justify;">when they are dead</i><span style="text-align: justify;"> and have no life within them to even begin to
ask such a thing. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span>This religious lie is a spewing lukewarm paste in our
mouths. When we treat sin as an
exercise, as a thing that can be tossed about casually, then we are fighting
against the Holy Spirit who has come to convict the world of its sin! Why do preachers today want to give you your
best life now when they should be concerned with your eternity! Think about it brethren! When a man or preacher does not preach or
mention sin, repentance, daily dying to oneself, or of the daily carrying our
cross in his sermons, then I have to say that the Holy Spirit has nothing to do
with his ministry, unless it is to work against it. If we do not preach against sin, if we say
our ministry isn’t concerned about sin, then we are in contradiction with the
Holy Spirit because His ministry is about sin!
It is His primary ministry, to convict men of sin, to bring them to the
truth, to reveal to them Jesus Messiah!
If we do not deal with men in their sin, in their depraved condition
with passion, conviction, TRUTH and love – then the Holy Spirit is nowhere near
us, and YHVH is <b><i><u>not</u></i></b> in the house.
We are also deceivers if we deal not with the sin of men or treat it
lightly [compare with <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on"><b>Jeremiah 8</b></st1:bcv_smarttag>]:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><o:p> </o:p><st1:bcv_smarttag style="text-align: center;" w:st="on"><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Jeremiah 6:8-19</span></st1:bcv_smarttag><span style="color: blue; text-align: center;"> (<st1:translation_smarttag w:st="on">KJV</st1:translation_smarttag>)</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">8</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> Be thou
instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn80" name="_ednref80" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">c</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not
inhabited.</span><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.25in;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">9</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean
the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into
the baskets. <sup>10</sup> To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they
may hear? behold, their ear<i> is</i> uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken:
behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in
it. <sup>11</sup> Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with
holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly
of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the
aged with<i> him that is</i> full of days. <sup>12</sup> And their houses shall
be turned unto others,<i> with their</i> fields and wives together: for I will
stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD. <sup>13</sup>
For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them everyone<i> is</i>
given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one
dealeth falsely. <sup>14</sup> They have healed also the hurt</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn81" name="_ednref81" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">d</span></sup></a><i><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> of the daughter</span></i><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn82" name="_ednref82" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">†</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when<i>
there is</i> no peace. <sup>15</sup> Were they ashamed when they had committed
abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore,
they shall fall among them that fall: at the time<i> that</i> I visit them they
shall be cast down, saith the LORD. <sup>16</sup> Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye
in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where<i> is</i> the good way,
and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will
not walk<i> therein</i>. <sup>17</sup> Also I set watchmen over you,<i> saying</i>,
Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.</span><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.25in;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">18</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation,
what<i> is</i> among them. <sup>19</sup> Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring
evil upon this people,<i> even</i> the fruit of their thoughts, because they
have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it. </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn83" name="_ednref83" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">[xxx]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> <span> </span></o:p><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in;"> <span> </span> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in;">Not only are we deceivers, but we are immoral,
for we shy away from the truth so that those around us will not be angry with
us. “Oh, but they’ll be so mad- they’ll
be sad…” And yet how can we justify
keeping the one truth from them that will save their lives? Teachers and pastors will say though, “My
sheep are weak, they can’t bear the truth! We just must bring them along
slowly… Why even Paul tells them in<b> </b></span><st1:bcv_smarttag style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in;" w:st="on"><b>1 Cor. 3:1-2</b></st1:bcv_smarttag><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in;">:
</span><span lang="EN" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in;"> “<span style="color: blue;">And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual,
but as unto carnal,<i> even</i> as unto babes in Messiah. <sup>2</sup> I have
fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able<i> to bear
it</i>, neither yet now are ye able.” </span></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn84" name="_ednref84" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><sup><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">[xxxi]</span></sup></span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in;">Even Jesus told them in <b>John 16:12</b>: “…<span style="color: red;"> I have yet
many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now…”</span>!”<span style="color: red;"> </span></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn85" name="_ednref85" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in;" title=""><sup><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xxxii]</span></sup></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in;">In response, let me say
this: man has never been able to bear the truth of YHVH’s word. Either he will react to it with anger, reject
it with finality, or he’ll be broken by it, crushed by the weight of his
iniquity and be saved. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN">“Oh but,” says the pastor, “it’ll crush what little
self-esteem they have!”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I say, what little self-esteem? SELF is all they esteem! More than they esteem YHVH! We are all thieves when we speak not of
sin. Look at the morning sky- bright is
the sun. The stars have gone (though not
really!) but what they are, is dwarfed by the light. In the absence of light, when the sun goes
down and the sky darkens, the whole of the visible cosmos shines and we see the
stars everywhere. This is how sin
is. In the absence of the Son of Man, the
darkness takes over and sin abounds, unabashed and unashamed to be seen, standing
tall in its pride and in the power of itself.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">When we refuse to preach and speak on the utter depravity of man, we refuse
to give glory to YHVH, His Son and His Spirit.
There can be no glory in self!
Found there is only darkness and the revealed sin, unabashed,
unashamed. YHVH is only glorified when
we see Him in and as the light, when He is the light dwarfing our darkness in
Glory, Power and Honor. Only the cross
of Messiah and its glory is revealed in the backdrop of our own depravity. It is impossible to bring Glory to YHVH, His
Messiah and His Cross if we fail to teach about man’s sin. Consider the following story:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN"> </span><st1:bcv_smarttag style="text-align: center;" w:st="on"><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><b>Luke 7:36-48</b></span></st1:bcv_smarttag><span style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><b> (1901 <st1:translation_smarttag w:st="on">ASV</st1:translation_smarttag>)</b></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">And one of the Pharisees desired him that he
would eat with him. And he entered into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to
meat. </span><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">37</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">And behold, a
woman who was in the city, a sinner; and when she knew that he was sitting at
meat in the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster cruse of ointment, </span><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">38</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">and standing behind at his feet, weeping, she began to
wet his feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and
kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. </span><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">39</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Now when the Pharisee that had bidden him saw it, he
spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived
who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him, that she is a sinner. </span><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">40</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">And Jesus answering said unto him,</span><span lang="EN"> <span style="color: red;">Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee.</span> <span style="color: blue;">And he saith, Teacher, say on</span>. </span><sup>41</sup><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">A certain lender had two debtors: the one owed five hundred
shillings, and the other fifty.</span><span lang="EN"> </span><sup>42</sup><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">When they had not <i>wherewith</i> to pay, he forgave
them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?</span><span lang="EN"> </span><sup>43</sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Simon answered and said, He, I suppose, to whom he
forgave the most. And he said unto him, </span><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Thou hast rightly
judged.</span><span lang="EN"> </span><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">44</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">And turning to the woman, he said unto Simon</span><span lang="EN">, <span style="color: red;">Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house,
thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath wetted my feet with her
tears, and wiped them with her hair.</span> </span><sup>45</sup><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Thou gavest me no
kiss: but she, since the time I came in, hath not ceased to kiss my feet.</span><span lang="EN"> </span><sup>46</sup><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but she hath
anointed my feet with ointment.</span><span lang="EN"> </span><sup>47</sup><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are
forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, <i>the same</i>
loveth little.</span><span lang="EN"> </span><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">48</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">And he said unto her</span><span lang="EN">, <span style="color: red;">Thy sins are forgiven.</span></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn86" name="_ednref86" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xxxiii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">She loved much for she was forgiven much and she was forgiven much for she
knew how wretched she was… </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN"> </span> Man
can never know or love YHVH unless we tell him how wicked he really is, by
showing him the <i>Torah</i> and all YHVH’s
counsel. We have robbed them of the
opportunity to put aside self, to not boast of himself by failing to exalt the Adonai
and letting them boast of His salvation and grace. One thing is for sure; we
need to stop protecting people from their bibles. Only by the heartfelt study
of YHVH’s word will the multitudes come to learn of true salvation, for the
fluff and milk that is taught today makes more converts to Hell than to the
Kingdom of God.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Therefore, I must agree with Avram Yehoshua,
Elder and Teacher At The Seed Of Abraham:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> </o:p>“…The Church's
interpretation of <b>Matthew 5:17-19</b> is wrong, as well as their theology that the
Law of Moses has been done away with. So, what does 'fulfill' mean?</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Here are seven ways in which the word fulfill can and should be interpreted
without destroying the English language, or the Law of Moses:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo33; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">1.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Yeshua
came to fulfill the Promise of YHVH, to Adam and Eve, that YHVH would send a
Redeemer:<br />
Our need for a Redeemer is first mentioned in Gen. 3:15, where God speaks of
the hatred between the Seed of the woman and the Snake. That Seed of the woman
is Messiah Yeshua. Yeshua's Sacrifice 'accomplished' and 'fulfilled'
this. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol start="2" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo34; tab-stops: list .5in;">YHVH promised that He would be the
God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob AND their descendants. And that Israel
would be YHVH's people. Yeshua came to fulfill this part of the Law by
bringing Israel closer to her God. Yeshua's Sacrifice 'accomplished' and
'fulfilled' this. It made the way possible for Israel to truly be God's
people.<br />
With the giving of the holy Torah (Law) to Israel, we find that Israel was
not able to keep God's Way. Israel went more the way of the Snake than the
Way of God. It wasn't the fault of the Torah, but of the heart of the
Israeli. God speaks of circumcising the Israeli heart, to follow Him, in
Deut. 30:6. And in Ezekiel 36:24-27, He speaks of cleansing Israel's heart
and giving Israel His Spirit, so that Israel can walk in God's Torah. God
speaks of giving Israel a New Covenant (Jer. 31:31-34), so they could walk
in His Law. It was the giving of the Spirit and the Blood to transform the
nature of the Israeli that allows him to walk in God's holy Torah. This is
one major way Yeshua 'fulfills' the Torah and the Prophets. God promised
Man and Israel a Savior and Yeshua came in direct response to that need.
As part of that fulfillment, the Messiah would suffer and die for the sins
of Israel (Is. 52:13-53:12). He would take their place and suffer the just
requirements or punishment of all who broke God's Law (Deut. 27:26; Ezk.
18:4, Gen. 2:17, etc.). Yeshua was pierced through and crushed in our
place (Is. 53:5). He died for all the times we wanted to be holy and
weren't. And all the times in our lives where we have rebelled against God
and told Him, either verbally or unconsciously, that we would not follow
and submit to Him, that we would do what we wanted. Yeshua was crushed for
perverse hearts. And so He fulfilled the righteous requirements of the Law
which says that those who sin (grievously against God), must die. And that
only the High Priest, once a year, could come into the very Presence of YHVH.
Yeshua has made a way for us to be with YHVH eternally, by giving to us
the righteousness of YHVH (Jer. 23:5-6). This is His very nature. This too
is part of the promise. God has promised Israel a new heart (Ezk. 36:26).
The Anointed One would be crucified (Psalm 22), etc. Yeshua has
'fulfilled' all those prophecies about Him and this would have nothing to
do with casting away God's holy Law. <o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>
<ol start="3" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo35; tab-stops: list .5in;">The Redeemer would be a prophet like
Moses (Deut. 18:18). He would be anointed above his brothers, and so would
be called 'the Messiah' or 'the Anointed One'. The Torah speaks of 'one
being like Moses' in that Moses not only saw God face to face, but God
'put the words' into Moses' mouth that Moses gave to Israel. In John, many
times Yeshua speaks of 'being sent by the Father' and the words that He
spoke were not His, but the Father's (John 14:24, etc.). This is a direct
reference back to Deut. 18:18 and His coming to fulfill the Law. <o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>
<ol start="4" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l37 level1 lfo36; tab-stops: list .5in;">The Mosaic Sacrifices, with their
substitutionary animals that died in place of the Israeli, were a picture
of Messiah taking the punishment of death for all those that sinned in
Israel, who would believe. Yeshua's Sacrifice epitomized the essence of
all the Mosaic Sacrifices. Yeshua's Sacrifice 'fulfilled' this. As for the
sacrifices still being valid among believers, please see Acts 21:20-24,
where the whole believing community continues to practice not only the Law
of Moses but sacrifice as well. <o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>
<ol start="5" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo37; tab-stops: list .5in;">Yeshua also shows us another meaning
of fulfill as He fulfills the Torah by showing us what it means to love
God with all our heart and our soul and our strength, and our neighbor as ourselves.
He lays His life down, for us, because of His Love for us. He is the
Example par excellence of God's Love, found in the Law of Moses. <o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>
<ol start="6" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo38; tab-stops: list .5in;">Yeshua is the ideal Israeli who both
is fully devoted to God His Father and is fully devoted to, and
identifies, with us. We needed a High Priest, a heavenly intercessor for
us, and in this sense, Yeshua fulfills that position as is stated in
passages like Psalm 110:4 where God calls Messiah a (High) Priest forever,
after the type or order of Melchizedek. And Yeshua also fulfills the concept
of the King and High Priest being 'one' in Zechariah 6:12-13 where the
High Priest-King builds the Temple or dwelling place of YHVH (the Body of
Messiah). Yeshua fulfills our need for an eternal High Priest and King,
something that is seen in the Law and the Prophets. <o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>
<ol start="7" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l33 level1 lfo39; tab-stops: list .5in;">Yeshua explains the deeper
foundational meanings of the Torah as the rest of chapter five in Matthew
tells us. He states, 'You have heard that you must not murder, but I say
to you that you must not hate your brother.' The Rabbis of old said that,
'When Messiah comes, He will tell us the deeper meanings of Torah.' Yeshua
reveals the essence of the Commandments but this hardly could do away with
the actual Commandment itself. For instance, with the illustration of
murder being linked to hatred, Yeshua in no way invalidates the
Commandment 'not to murder' anymore, but brings us all under conviction.
For who among us has not hated at least once in our lifetime?<span color="windowtext" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">”
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</ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p>And therefore, “…We
need to remember, as Paul said, Yeshua was our final SIN offering, and the only
way to obtain eternal life is to believe in His shed blood on the cross. When
Torah observant believers talk about "walking in Torah" and keeping
the feasts, however, people jump to conclusions and accuse of us doing it to
receive eternal life; this is absolutely not true. Man is not "saved"
by works! We must keep Torah because YHVH commanded it; and because we <b>want
to</b> (once it is written on our hearts); and because God never "did away
with" His original divine teaching and instruction!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p><b><i><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Matthew
5:</span></i></b><i><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><b> 17</b> "Don't think that I have come to abolish the Torah or the
Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to complete. 18 Yes indeed! I tell you
that until heaven and earth pass away, not so much as a yud or a stroke will
pass from the Torah - not until everything that must happen has happened. 19 So
whoever disobeys the least of these mitzvot and teaches others to do so will be
called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven. But whoever obeys them and so
teaches will be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. 20 For I tell you that
unless your righteousness is far greater than that of the Torah-teachers and
P'rushim, you will certainly not enter the Kingdom of Heaven!" (Stern's)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Psalm
89:33</span></i></b><i><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> But I won't withdraw my grace from him or be false to my
faithfulness. 34 I will not profane my covenant or change what my lips have
spoken. 35 I have sworn by my holiness once and for all; I will not lie to
David... (Stern's)</span></i> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">John
14:15</span></i></b><i><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> If you love me, you will keep My Commands; (Stern's)</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">John
14:21</span></i></b><i><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me,
and the one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and
reveal myself to him." (Stern's)</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Jeremiah
31:33</span></i></b><i><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> "For this is the covenant I will make with the house of
Isra'el after those days," says ADONAI: "I will put my Torah within
them and write it on their hearts; I will be their God, and they will be my
people. (Stern's)</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Ezekiel
11: 19-21</span></i></b><i><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> "... I will put a New Spirit in
them ... I will give them a heart of flesh, so that they will keep My Laws and
respect My Observances and put them into practice. Then shall they be My People
..."</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Matthew
5:17</span></i></b><i><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> "I tell you solemnly, till heaven and earth disappear, not
one little stroke shall disappear from the Law until its purpose is
achieved....<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p>Let us also
remember <b>Romans 3:31</b> which says:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">"Do we then nullify the Law through faith? May it never be! On
the contrary, we establish the Law...."</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">A good question for
a doubter to ask himself is: Are there <b><i>ANY</i></b> passages in the
"Old Testament" or in the New Covenant that suggest Messiah would
bring with Him a new religion? He fulfilled YHVH's "New Covenant"
that would ensure eternal life for those who believed that Yeshua was the final
Sin offering, but <b><i>NOTHING</i></b> suggested a new "religion" or
the instructions to ignore God's original FOREVER covenant! <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #e10000; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The
bottom line is: Yeshua's arrival, and ultimate death on the cross did NOT
abolish Torah! He said so, Himself. He kept the feasts; He ate only kosher
foods; He worshipped and taught in synagogues. Everything He did was completely
and thoroughly Jewish and exactly according to Scripture - and He instructed
His disciples to do the same…”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn88" name="_ednref88" title=""><sup><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #e10000; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xxxv]</span></sup></b></sup></a></span></i></p>
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That is why we follow Torah, and why we keep the Feasts. To know the times and seasons is why we keep
to YHVH’s calendar. Next, I ask you bear
with me a bit longer as I present to you two articles taken from </span><span style="color: navy; text-align: justify;">Gavin
Finley MD at endtimepilgrim.org; </span><span style="text-align: justify;">I hope they will explain to you a bit more about YHVH’s
timing and His days that are to be…</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo6L3YY8hwx7i-kVFsRtwOYwU6IO3ZGmMXDl5eB-aq4ZF1DOT8mX4qLAyWRDICrBxLWGFBuGh7_Bvi_dvUYa7pvw7KUid1e3vxafoHePPX27koycXnm-jXVNH5qSNbmlH3P3lnVZzS2aCC/s520/Vol36_3.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="520" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo6L3YY8hwx7i-kVFsRtwOYwU6IO3ZGmMXDl5eB-aq4ZF1DOT8mX4qLAyWRDICrBxLWGFBuGh7_Bvi_dvUYa7pvw7KUid1e3vxafoHePPX27koycXnm-jXVNH5qSNbmlH3P3lnVZzS2aCC/w400-h372/Vol36_3.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #900000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">BIBLICAL TIME AND THE SEVENTY WEEKS OF DANIEL</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">360 DEGREES TO A CIRCLE, AND 360 DAYS TO A YEAR.</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12 SECTORS OF 30 DEGREES, AND 12 MONTHS OF 30 DAYS.</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">THE SOLAR CYCLES AND LUNAR CYCLES IN THE MATHEMATICAL AND GEOMETRIC
PERFECTION OF GOD.</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">By Gavin Findley, MD,
@ www.endtimepilgrim.org</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>BIBLICAL TIME, (OR PROPHETIC TIME);</b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>
IT IS DISPENSED TO US FROM THE THRONE OF GOD. <br />
SO HOW MANY DAYS ARE IN THOSE MONTHS AND YEARS <br />
WE SEE MENTIONED IN HOLY PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE?<o:p></o:p></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>#1</b> In <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Daniel%2012:7;&version=50;" target="_blank"><b>Daniel
12:7</b> </a>we read:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">7 Then I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters
of the river, <br />
when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by Him
who lives forever, <br />
that it shall be for <b>a time, times, and half a time</b>; <br />
and when the power of the holy people has been completely shattered, <br />
all these things shall be finished."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">The holy people, </span><a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/elect.htm" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">God's Elect</a><span style="text-align: left;">, (His covenant
people), will be disenfranchised, shattered, and without political power. for a
time, times, and half a time; or </span><b style="text-align: left;">three and a half years</b><span style="text-align: left;">. This is the
final half of the </span><a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/chart2.htm" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">70th
Week </a><span style="text-align: left;">of
Daniel, the final </span><b style="text-align: left;">3.5 years</b><span style="text-align: left;"> of this age. How many </span><b style="text-align: left;">days</b><span style="text-align: left;"> are in
those three and a half or 3.5 years?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
<b>#2</b> In <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2011:1-2;&version=50;" target="_blank"><b>Revelation
11:2</b> </a>the Apostle John
was told that the Gentiles, the heathen or goyim, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">.... will tread the holy city underfoot for <b>forty-two months</b>."</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">How many <b>days</b>
are in those 42 months? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
<b>#3</b> In <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2012:14;&version=50;" target="_blank"><b>Revelation
12:14</b></a> we are
told, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">"....the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she
might fly into the wilderness to her place, <br />
where she is nourished for <b>a time and times and half a time</b>, from the
presence of the serpent.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">How many <b>days</b>
are in those three and a half or 3.5 years? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
<b>#4</b> And in <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2013:5;&version=50;" target="_blank"><b>Revelation
13:5</b></a> the
Apostle John was told that the future AntiMessiah <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">" .... was given a mouth speaking great things and
blasphemies, <br />
and he was given authority to continue[a] for <b>forty-two months</b>."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">So how many </span><b style="text-align: left;">days</b><span style="text-align: left;">
are in those 42 months?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p>The answers to
these questions are noticeably clear and very definite. They are to be found in
the following connecting scriptures. Because the Holy Spirit has not finished.
He still has more to tell us about the final 3.5 years of this age. Indeed, He
has two more verses to show us. And in these next two verses He is going to lay
out the exact number of days!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
<b>#5</b> In <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Rev.%2011:3;&version=50;" target="_blank"><b>Revelation
11:3</b></a> we see the
time set forth for the ministry of the two witnesses. This is the first of our
two Bible verses that speak of those latter day 3.5 years of trial and our
scripture here tells us plainly and accurately that they will last <b>1260 days</b>.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">3 "And I will give power to my two witnesses, <br />
and they will prophesy <b>one thousand two hundred and sixty days</b>, clothed
in sackcloth."</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
<b>#6</b> In <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2012:6;&version=50;" target="_blank"><b>Revelation
12:6</b> </a>the Apostle John
was told what will happen to the "woman", God's covenant people,
during the <a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/chart2a.htm" target="_blank">Great
Tribulation Period</a>, the final half of the <a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/chart2.htm" target="_blank">70th Week of Daniel</a>, those final 7
years of this age before Messiah comes. The 666 economic system of the Beast
will be in play during those final 3.5 years. Quite obviously she will be in
deadly peril. John saw the woman being threatened by the Dragon, Lucifer. This
very drama is laid out in the heavens in the constellations revolving around
Polaris, the north star. The <a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/starchart2.htm" target="_blank">lesser sheepfold</a> is being encircled
by the constellation of Draco. A similar scene is pictured in the constellation
of Andromeda and the story has been told down through time. In the ancient oral
legend of Andromeda the woman is threatened by a monster emerging from the sea,
even as God's people in the latter days are threatened by a sea of nations
raging against them. This is the drama of the Apocalypse. And here we see
Hashem, the God of Israel, responding and beginning to come into His end time
role as the <a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/bozrahdeliv.htm" target="_blank">Deliverer</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="color: navy; text-align: center;">6 "Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a
place prepared by God,</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">
that they should feed her there <b>one thousand two hundred and sixty days</b>."</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I</span><span style="text-align: left;">t seems that God
will be taking care of His covenant people during the Great Tribulation. He
will be leading them out "on wings of eagles" just like He did in the
former time. The exodus brought the children of Israel out of Egypt, the
superpower of that time. Again, He will be taking His chosen on a journey, into
an adventure, and away from the destructive systems of this world. They will
arrive at a place of mystery, a geographical location the Holy Spirit merely
identifies as "Bozrah". There they will be nurtured and fed for those
1260 days.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><o:p> </o:p>It seems that once
again the God of Israel will be stepping into history. At Jerusalem central and
out at the ends of the earth He will be performing His wonders before the
angelic host and before the watching world. All this will be happening during
the very time-period of the Great Tribulation. Hashem will be carrying His
covenant people across a bridal threshold. He will be carrying His beloved
saints on "wings of eagles", even on the wings of a "great
eagle". This is the <a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/bozexile.htm" target="_blank">Bozrah
Exile</a>. This
Bozrah Exile and the Bozrah Deliverance at the end of the 70th Week is more
than just a Jewish story. <b>All</b> of the 12 tribes of Israel will be there.
And a remnant shall return.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">These inspiring
Apocalyptic scriptures in Rev. 12 and Micah 2 are almost never addressed by our
Bible teachers today. The prophet Micah picks up the story. He describes this
epic end time gathering in exile of </span><a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/elect.htm" style="text-indent: 0.5in;" target="_blank">God's Elect</a><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> as
"Jacob". And in this end-time drama the trickster and dodger of
covenant matters is going to meet his brother Esau once again as he journeys.
The covenant matters he has tried to avoid will be addressed, once and for all.
And Jacob the shyster, the deceiver, will become "Israel",
"prince with God".</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">Our Old Testament
Bozrah scripture relating to the flight and exile of the woman in Rev. 12 is
found in <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Micah%202:12-13;&version=50;" target="_blank">Micah
2:12-13</a>. Here is <a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/Micah2.htm" target="_blank">an article</a> on the subject.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p>The two verses we
see in Revelation 12 up above make up our "Rosetta Stone" for
Biblical time.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
We shall have more to say on this extraordinary duo of verses further down in
this article. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p><b style="text-align: center;">GOD DISPENSES TIME TO US IN BEAUTY AND IN TRUTH</b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b>
ACCORDING TO THE MATHEMATICS AND THE GEOMETRY OF A CIRCLE. <br />
A 360 DEGREE CIRCLE OF 12 SEGMENTS EACH OF 30 DEGREES <br />
SETS OUT A PERFECT SOLAR SYSTEM AND A PERFECT CALENDAR <br />
ACCORDING TO THE ORDER AND PERFECTION OF A HOLY GOD.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b> </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">In this article we
shall discover that the Holy Spirit in the Bible itself has given us clear and
unequivocal answers to all these questions relating to the latter half of the
70th Week of Daniel and indeed the whole of the 70 weeks. The God of Israel,
the Ancient of Days, has foreordained the "set times" of Bible
prophecy, both past and future. YHVH-God has not left us in the dark or left us
with vagaries concerning the chronology of Bible prophecy as important as <a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/70wks1.htm" target="_blank">Daniel's Prophecy
of the 70 Weeks</a>. This applies to the <a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/chart2.htm" target="_blank">future 70th week</a> that will
terminate with the <a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/posttribrap.htm" target="_blank"><b>second
coming of Messiah</b></a> as well to the past history of the former <a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/70wks8.htm" target="_blank">69 weeks</a> which terminated
with the <a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/70wks6.htm" target="_blank">first coming of
Messiah</a>.
And the time-periods and chronologies pertaining to past and future events in
holy history have been plainly written down for our benefit. <o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_XfTYDRMZUvBlW9bEIIY8QD8RH46KKVExI_XNMSRGuyYPXiSPAwa6lJnHtIlCs8jlV7pYKnWJaoXXj5Qjy1EEyhyeliVS93zaejybX-pYGqH5LgYySTnI3Ge5ICa6BVV60J1D-q8u0qwT/s255/Vol36_4.jpg" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_XfTYDRMZUvBlW9bEIIY8QD8RH46KKVExI_XNMSRGuyYPXiSPAwa6lJnHtIlCs8jlV7pYKnWJaoXXj5Qjy1EEyhyeliVS93zaejybX-pYGqH5LgYySTnI3Ge5ICa6BVV60J1D-q8u0qwT/s0/Vol36_4.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p>Our first teachings
about the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob demonstrate for us that God is holy.
Accordingly, we must assume that His Holy Word as it comes to us from His
throne is laid out for us in perfect order and beauty. So when God sends
information to us regarding time-periods related to the unfolding of holy
history here on earth we must find out what units of time He is using. As we
proceed in this study, we shall come to understand that God issues the time-period
into Bible prophecy the years are not years of 365.24219 days or lunar cycles
of 29.530589 days. These are the solar and lunar passages of our present-day
damaged cosmos. When God issues time to us in terms of years and months He does
it according to what the passages of the sun and moon would be in the mechanics
of a perfect solar system conforming to the mathematical and geometric
perfection of a perfect circle. We serve a Holy God. That is the way He is.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTfky-UZ066y9R48IikAAbm6eQUWMBIspxMA1GBSxPXYUI04lxAIG7kcV_XRTnFr5X7zsDKM0c6fq3wu1vjQ7TogScWK3h8mfV0_L92OADezGBtr7BCaGonAEOy2kz-ZQn11Yc7iDNnrC0/s400/Vol36_5.jpg" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTfky-UZ066y9R48IikAAbm6eQUWMBIspxMA1GBSxPXYUI04lxAIG7kcV_XRTnFr5X7zsDKM0c6fq3wu1vjQ7TogScWK3h8mfV0_L92OADezGBtr7BCaGonAEOy2kz-ZQn11Yc7iDNnrC0/s320/Vol36_5.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><br />This would be a perfect solar system in which the earth revolved around the sun every
360.000000 (etc.) days and the new moon to new moon lunar cycle of the moon
would be 30.0000etc. days. This would then set the sun and moon to describe and
mark out a perfect circle and a perfect calendar. This, in fact, is what we see
in our two "Rosetta Stones" for Biblical time. We shall describe
these a bit further on in this article. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">The <a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/70wks1.htm" target="_blank">Seventy Weeks of
Daniel</a> is
correctly and successfully laid out only when we reckon the years and months of
Bible prophecy in this way. This is how Biblical time comes down to us from the
Holy Scripture. Indeed, the 360-day year and the 30 day month is the currency
of time we see issued to us from the throne of God. Proof of this is given in
the books of Genesis, (for the Biblical/prophetic month), and the book of
Revelation, (for the Biblical/prophetic year).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p><b style="text-align: center;">SCRIPTURAL PROOF #1, - THE FLOOD ACCOUNT. </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>A </b><b>ROSETTA STONE" IN GENESIS 7 IDENTIFIES THE </b><b>BIBLICAL OR PROPHETIC <u>MONTH</u> AS <u>30 DAYS</u>.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">In Genesis we are
told that the flood of Noah began on the 17th day of the 2nd month. -Gen.7:11)
On that day the "fountains of the deep were broken up and the windows of
heaven were opened". Exactly five months later on the 17th day of the 7th month
"the floodwaters receded and the ark came to rest on Mount Ararat".
This five-month span of time is stated twice in Genesis to be 150 days.
-Gen.7:24 and 8:3):</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">150 divided by 5 = 30 days.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
This is a bit different from what we see in our damaged solar system today.
Five of our present months/lunar cycles would be 5 x 29.530 = 147.5 days. But
the Genesis account records a span of precisely 150 days. So, we must conclude
that edicts coming to us from the throne of God up in the third heaven
regarding time involve perfect months containing 30.0000000000 days each.<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b>SCRIPTURAL PROOF #2, - THE EXILE OF THE WOMAN <br />
THIS "ROSETTA STONE" IN REVELATION 12 IDENTIFIES <br />
THE BIBLICAL OR PROPHETIC <u>YEAR</u> AS <u>360 DAYS</u>.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p>So much for the
Biblical month. How about the Biblical year? We are not left to guess about the
biblical year. We have a single passage of scripture that tells us straight out
how many days there are in three and a half Biblical years. Here is our
scripture.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: teal; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><b>REVELATION 12</b><br />
5. She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And
her Child was caught up to God and His throne. 6. Then the woman fled into the
wilderness, where she has <b>a place prepared by God,</b> that they should <b>feed</b>
her there <b>one thousand two hundred and sixty days. </b></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">And eight verses later
this same message is restated using different time units.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
The exile of the woman is stated in terms of of 'times' (or years) rather than
days. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="color: teal; text-align: center;">14. But the woman was given </span><b style="color: teal; text-align: center;">two wings of a great eagle,</b><span style="color: teal; text-align: center;"> that
she might </span><b style="color: teal; text-align: center;">fly into the wilderness to her place,</b><span style="color: teal; text-align: center;"> where she is </span><b style="color: teal; text-align: center;">nourished
for a time and times and half a time,</b><span style="color: teal; text-align: center;"> from the presence of the serpent.</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/bozexile.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: #900000; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Flight to Bozrah during the Great Tribulation.<br /></span></a><br /><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVm8WLtLZJv8UfsP_CkojeonDNrbOZxEvcOrGX-ODx8hAOOQP-_OImz1SWxg6SbY8OmCS5xferTxw23I8KAEDQ55yYiXUBpOJtPAWyTs-kBgUzprTH63IQ1mmy8tg3mfox_0wqGtApmKW6/s275/Vol36_plane.jpg" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVm8WLtLZJv8UfsP_CkojeonDNrbOZxEvcOrGX-ODx8hAOOQP-_OImz1SWxg6SbY8OmCS5xferTxw23I8KAEDQ55yYiXUBpOJtPAWyTs-kBgUzprTH63IQ1mmy8tg3mfox_0wqGtApmKW6/w400-h308/Vol36_plane.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">This scripture
passage above speaks of the end time flight into exile of </span><a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/woman.htm" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;" target="_blank">the Woman,</a><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"> (a Biblical
picture of God's covenant people). She flies into exile from the face of </span><a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/dragon.htm" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;" target="_blank">the Dragon</a><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"> to a place of
safety. This will be the most massive airlift of people this world has ever
seen. As we saw in the scriptures above, the Apostle John gives us the time-period
of this epic exile in two verses. The time given is during the </span><a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/chart2.htm" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;" target="_blank">final 3.5 years</a><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"> of this age, the time-period
of the Great Tribulation. See the article on the </span><a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/bozflight.htm" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;" target="_blank">flight to Bozrah</a><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"> and the </span><a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/bozexile.htm" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;" target="_blank">Bozrah exile</a><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">John the Beloved in
two sentences eight verses apart gives </span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;">two different descriptions</b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> of the
flight of the woman and her subsequent exile at a wilderness place of safety
and nurturing. In the first instance the time-period is stated in terms of </span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;">days</b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">.
Then, eight verses later, in the same chapter the Holy Spirit restates the very
same story using </span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;">'times'</b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> (or years) rather than days.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">So, our
"Rosetta stone" for the Biblical year in Revelation 12 identifies 3.5
years as being <b>1260 days</b>. 1260 divided by 3.5 = 360. So, our biblical year is 360 days. This information
is essential as we lay out the timeline of the 70 weeks of Daniel. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">Surely God did this
to inform His people that <b>one 'time' or one year</b>, whenever it is issued
to us as a period of years in scripture equals <b>360 days</b>. A Biblical year
is not the 365.24 days we presently observe in our solar system. This 360-day
year is the Biblical standard for time which is consistently kept throughout
God's Holy Word from Genesis to Revelation.<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>This is critically
important. This understanding of the biblical/perfect year being 360 days and
the biblical/perfect cycle of the moon being 12 months of 30 days was the key
to <a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/70wks2.htm" target="_blank">Sir Robert Anderson</a>'s success in the
19th Century. Sir Isaac Newton, two centuries earlier, had missed this and
failed to lay out the timeline of the 69 weeks. Sir Robert Anderson was the
first, (that we know of), in our modern era to succeed. Using Biblical years of
<b>360 days</b> he was able to unlock the mystery of Daniel's prophecy of the
seventy weeks. He laid out the first <a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/70wks8.htm" target="_blank">69 weeks</a> of the 70
weeks/sevens. He discovered that there was an amazingly accurate timeline
stretching out between the Nisan new moon of <a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/70wks3.htm" target="_blank">Edict of Artaxerxes</a> Longinus in 445
B.C. and <a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/70wks6.htm" target="_blank">Palm Sunday</a>, on the tenth day
of the Nisan moon, 5,888 moons later during the Passover moon of 32 A.D.. </p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b>THE 69 WEEKS (OR SEVENS) OF YEARS <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b>CONNECT THE EDICT OF ARTAXERXES <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b>IN 445 B.C. WITH PALM SUNDAY, 32 A.D. <br />
THE TIMELINE FITS ACCURATELY <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b>FOR 69 x 7 = 483 YEARS RECKONED AS 360 DAYS.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>The
first 69 weeks of years is a time-period of </span><span style="text-align: center;">69 x 7 x 360 = 173,880 days.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">This was the number
of days used by Sir Robert Anderson to successfully lay out the timeline
between the edict of Nehemiah 2 and the Palm Sunday political appearance of
Messiah as "Messiah the Prince". Knowing that we have a God of order
and complete integrity we can be certain that He is consistent in all that He
does. So the calendar God uses to count the days of the the final half of the
70th week will be precisely the same as the calendar He uses to count out the
days of the 69 weeks that preceded it. All of the seventy weeks of Daniel will
be reckoned in terms of 360-day years. The biblical timeline will be issued to
us using a 360.0000000-day year and a 30.0000000 day month. We serve a God of
perfect order. And He is not one to change His mind about how He does things in
mid-stream. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p>It seems that in
holy writ <b>one year = 360 days</b> and <b>one month = 30 days.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtbxq5fQiJozsXnXpxnzfLR695T8GgXVSiMGPH-dhEqEuq88EoiLRNr3wgFo6rAo-4Y0sJ8QUBdPIVObXBqQ1lSu3-LqeXpfHHbUXxAbg58QZIc6riBCPdZpyLpM_JYZD8I4KmV8aoMa5k/s416/Vol36_6.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="392" data-original-width="416" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtbxq5fQiJozsXnXpxnzfLR695T8GgXVSiMGPH-dhEqEuq88EoiLRNr3wgFo6rAo-4Y0sJ8QUBdPIVObXBqQ1lSu3-LqeXpfHHbUXxAbg58QZIc6riBCPdZpyLpM_JYZD8I4KmV8aoMa5k/w400-h378/Vol36_6.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">As the saying goes; </span><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: orange; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">God
said it. </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: orange; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I believe it. </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: orange; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">That settles it! </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"> </b><b>THE BIBLICAL WORLD VIEW IS DIFFICULT FOR US TO
GRASP.</b></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b>
IT CLASHES WITH OUR NATURAL WORLD VIEW, THE COSMOS WE <br />
SEE AROUND US AND THE THE HUMAN VOICES WE HEAR IN OUR EARS.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Being earthbound
creatures, we find it difficult to think this way. That 360 day/30 day
reckoning of years and months does not fit what we see of our present solar
system. The earthly orbit around the sun and our present lunar cycle is not a
circle of 360 days. The orbit takes 365.2422 days, and it is not a circle but
rather an ellipse. But the final half of the 70th week as given to us in the
Book of Revelation is quite clear. 3.5 years = 42 months = 1260 days. So, we
must conclude that as issued from the God's throne the standard is as follows.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></o:p><span style="text-align: center;">One year =
360 days = 12 months.</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
And each month is a time-period of precisely 30 days. <br />
The biblical or prophetic year is made up of twelve 30 day months.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">So, the biblical
year does not match our present cosmos. It is not 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes
and 45.51 seconds.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">It is not 365.2422 days.<br />
It is precisely <b>360</b> days.<br />
<b>This matches perfectly the 360 degrees of a circle. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
If the orbit of the earth around the sun were a perfect circle, (actually, it
is an ellipse), then the passage of the earth through space would neatly and
perfectly mark out exactly one degree each day. Such an ideal would be the
perfect holy solar system of God. <br clear="right" />
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b>HOLY, BIBLICAL, OR PROPHETIC TIME VS. </b><b>THE TIME WE
SEE IN THE NATURAL ORDER.</b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b>
THINKING BIBLICALLY VS. THINKING IN TERMS OF THE OBSERVED NATURAL ORDER.<span style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span></b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">With the Bible as
our source, we do something very unnatural. We go with what the Holy Scriptures
say. We discount the current solar and lunar cycles and go with what the Bible
says. The scripture record gives us our foundation. We do not need to wander
off into gnostic mystical reveries, allegories, or occultisms or other medieval
manipulations. As we have seen we have six direct scriptural references to the
final 3.5 years of thois age. They are found in the books of Daniel and
Revelation. These six scriptures show us precisely how the final week/heptad/7
years is reckoned by God Himself. All we need to do is to close our eyes to
what we see in the present natural order and cosmos and follow along with what
God has said. Let us put our hand in His hand and go with the Bible says on the
matter.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Is this difficult?
For those of us who are of a naturalistic bent and who grew up in the
scientific disciplines it is quite difficult. It was difficult for Sir Isaac
Newton. But here was a man who not only studied the heavens and laid out the
mathematics of the laws of motion and gravity but a man who wrote 1.5 million
words about the Bible and Bible prophecy. Evangelical Scotland Yard Inspector
Sir Robert Anderson was more successful. Using 360-day years he was able to
make the jump to Biblical time. And our inspector was the one who cracked the
case of the Seventy Weeks prophecy. See </span><a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/70wks2.htm" style="text-indent: 0.5in;" target="_blank">this article.</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p><b style="text-align: center;">APPLYING BIBLICAL/PROPHETIC TIME</b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b>
<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>TO DANIEL'S PROPHECY OF THE 70 WEEKS<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: left;"><b><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </b><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">So here we are with
Daniel's prophecy of the 70 weeks. It is a period of 70 x 7 = 490 years. But
490 years of how many days? Which measuring rod of time do we use? Do we use
our current earthly measuring rod of 365.2422 days? The Bible uses a measuring
rod of 360 days for the biblical year. So, which one do we go with? Both cannot
be true where the seventy weeks is concerned.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>This is where we
must close our eyes here and go with God. And as we shut off the things of this
world and this damaged cosmos, in our minds eye we can begin to see a
beautifully choreographed solar system tracing out its cycles in a perfect
universe. We would see the earth circle around the sun in a precise orbit of
360.00000000 days. As we would look closer, we would see a moon tracing out a
perfect lunar month with a new moon to new moon interval of precisely
30.00000000 days. The moon would trace this out 12 times a year for the perfect
number of 12.00000000 months. The full moon would arrive faithfully at the
spring equinox every year. Every year that first Hebrew month of Nisan would
start the year for a perfect calendar of 12 months each comprising 30 days. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-align: center;">OK. Now we
can now open our eyes.</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">This idealized vision of a perfect solar system <b>is</b> the biblical year. In
scripture a year comprises 360 days.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">A week or heptade,
(like a decade but containing seven years) would be 7 x 360 days = 2520 days. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">A "time, times
and half a time (Dan.12:7) is half a heptade or half a "week" or 3.5
years.<br />
Half a "week" would be 7/2 = 3.5 years x 360 days = 1260 days<br />
Half a "week" would be 3.5 x 12 = 42 months each of 30 days = 1260
days. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> <span> </span><span> </span></o:p>This, dear saints,
is not esoteric or arcane. The arithmetic here is quite straightforward and
simple.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>As we have seen, these well-known numbers, <b>1260 days,</b> and <b>42 weeks</b>
are found in Daniel 12 <b>and</b> in Revelation 11, 12 and 13. These days have
been well marked out for us. We have no excuse for missing the message here as
the Pharisees did in 32 A.D. Our God has a precise timeline in which He will
wrap up His business for this present age. The age of human gentile government
under the four horsemen will come to an end in the Apocalypse. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">God is sincere
about bringing down tyrants and restoring this creation. This present world and
this ecosystem are in a mess. Human government is only making it worse. This
mis-ruled, war-torn, sin-sick, starving, polluted world desperately needs the
coming of Messiah. During some future fall season of the year </span><a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/trumpets.htm" style="text-indent: 0.5in;" target="_blank">the trumpets</a><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> begin to sound.
And the </span><a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/chart2.htm" style="text-indent: 0.5in;" target="_blank">70th week of Daniel</a><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> will open. The
final seven years of God's determined dealings with His Judeo-Christian people
will have just begun.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p>Having established
our yardstick for holy time according to the denominations of time God
dispenses from His throne up in the third heaven we can now proceed on to the
next article in our study of Daniel's prophecy of the 70 weeks.… [End of Section 4]</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p><b style="text-align: center;">LUNAR CYCLES A</b><b>ND THE </b><b>HEBREW CALENDAR.</b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b>
<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">[Section 5] For an
excellent online resource on the Hebrew calendar Claus Tondering has <a href="http://www.tondering.dk/claus/calendar.html" target="_blank">a website </a>with some highly
informative articles on calendars. There is also an excellent Jewish resource
giving valuable and helpful details on the Hebrew Calendar at <a href="http://www.jewfaq.org/calendar.htm" target="_blank">this website</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">Like many calendars
before Roman times the Hebrew calendar was a lunar calendar. It was based on
the moon as well as the sun. It was a wonderful calendar in that the phase of
the moon gave an indication of the day of the month. Anyone looking up into the
night sky could get some idea of the day of the month. If they had recorded
when they first saw the new moon, then they had a celestial calendar they could
use with some good accuracy. And amongst the populace at large they knew the
month of the year in which the moon above them was shining. The first day of
any given month was determined by the first sighting of the new moon.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">The key to all this
was the sighting of the new moon. The new moon is not usually visible to the
naked eye until it is 24 hours old.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhphyqlSBqPOVx-JuubwdcTyX9JvKjhia4UZq80C0E8IAvkquo6TTmSuBwmQh6uNNPqtxSzv4QjJmQpuRGVxs_-q8ZOtfqafiYVznbfDxvwE_wQo1QZFPD6LLLygKElwBJAMnHTDYDZw-Eo/s940/Vol36_New-Moon.jpg" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhphyqlSBqPOVx-JuubwdcTyX9JvKjhia4UZq80C0E8IAvkquo6TTmSuBwmQh6uNNPqtxSzv4QjJmQpuRGVxs_-q8ZOtfqafiYVznbfDxvwE_wQo1QZFPD6LLLygKElwBJAMnHTDYDZw-Eo/w200-h168/Vol36_New-Moon.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> The lunar
calendar was used by Semitic peoples and many others. It was the Romans who
decided that in they would totally ignore the lunar cycles with their calendar.
This solar calendar continued with Roman Church. Pope Gregory adjusted Roman
calendar which after many centuries had come out of proper synchronization with
the solar equinoxes. The Papal Gregorian calendar is the one we have in the
west today. It tracks along with the annual orbit of the earth around the sun
and is completely independent of the monthly passages of the moon.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">In the early days
of lunar calendars were agricultural calendars. They were important for
planting and harvesting. The Hebrew calendar was set by the priests of Israel
every spring. The beginning month of the year was the month of Abib. The word
"Abib", meaning "ripe" was the moon which would see the
ripening of the barley harvest. This month of Abib was also the month of Nisan.
Nisan was determined by a celestial event. The Nisan moon was the first moon
that would become a full moon after the passing of the spring equinox. Nisan
thereby marked the first month of the year on the Hebrew calendar for the
religious year. The Nisan moon, confirmed by the ripening of the barley harvest
determined the month in which Passover would be celebrated.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">The lunar calendar
sets forth years of 12 months and 13 months. Every seven years in every nineteen
years the religious authorities would find that after the passage of 12 moons
the upcoming moon was going to come to fullness short of the spring equinox. It
would therefore fail to qualify for the Nisan moon. In such a situation this
moon was reckoned to be a second month of Adar and therefore a 13th month for
that year. This extra or </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">embolismal month
would "push" the next moon, (which of course was now the moon of
Nisan), up across the threshold to be the first full moon after the spring
equinox.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQdK1dDjBIsu40Y8DR0S_HOPjQO8r8Iqmiuon1mvMjxGyzk-g8iLBP_9oZbU9yJ80XaX7T_vxC0FyVWtWeZVlYE0NsOx5xV7_p81Ahmua_TBp9WHIeea_H11O7I82bRiPa3I-Vd0KjxWPW/s412/Vol36_7.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="380" data-original-width="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQdK1dDjBIsu40Y8DR0S_HOPjQO8r8Iqmiuon1mvMjxGyzk-g8iLBP_9oZbU9yJ80XaX7T_vxC0FyVWtWeZVlYE0NsOx5xV7_p81Ahmua_TBp9WHIeea_H11O7I82bRiPa3I-Vd0KjxWPW/s320/Vol36_7.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />So, in an
embolismal year with an extra month the Paschal month of Nisan would come later
than usual and for that particular year. Passover in such years would be
celebrated well into our Roman month of April. The next year Nisan would fall
back 11.24 days and the following year back another 11.24 days until the moon
after the 12th moon again failed to come to fullness before the spring equinox.
Once again, the lunar calendar would have to be adjusted. Another embolismal
month would need to be inserted. These extra months would be considered a
second month of Adar or "Adar 2" on the Hebrew Calendar. They would
push the month of Nisan up into the threshold of the spring equinox and the
time when the barley ripened. <p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">The lunar calendar
worked well in its time. For agriculturally based societies and for pilgrim
travelers this solar-lunar calendar was especially useful. It did not have the
accuracy to the day that the Roman solar calendar provided. But their
solar-lunar calendar was very practical and handy. It was, in effect, a
calendar that God had provided for the people. It was posted up in the sky at
night for everyone to see.<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>In its early days
of the Semitic peoples and before the 19-year Metonic cycle was disc overed the
lunar calendar needed attention early every spring. The adjustment of adding in
another month was called for 7 years out of 19. The early Hebrew priest would
make their determination of Nisan in the early springtime. When the new moon on
approach to the spring equinox was first seen they would determine if it were
going to come to fullness before the spring equinox. If so, then it was going
to qualify for the month of Nisan. If it failed to qualify, they would consider
it a 13th month and declare it as the month of Adar 2. The next moon following
it would be the month of Nisan. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/70wks4.htm" target="_blank"></a><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Twelve months of
29.53 days makes for a lunar year of close to 354 days. This is 11.24 days
short of the solar year which is 365.24 days. So, a calendar containing 12
lunar months falls back 11.24 days every year. Hence the leap months added
seven years out of 19. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p><b style="text-align: center;">THE DISCOVERY OF METON IN 432 B.C.</b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b>
19 YEARS = 235 LUNAR MONTHS. <br />
AND SO THE LUNAR CYCLE = 29.53 DAYS. <br />
THE 19 YEAR "METONIC CYCLE" IS DISCOVERED <br />
WHICH PREDICTS THE LUNAR-SOLAR CALENDAR.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b> </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">Meton of Athens
(Greek: Μέτων ὁ Ἀθηναῖος) was a Greek mathematician, astronomer, geometer, and
engineer. He lived in Athens in the 5th century BCE. This remarkable scholar
was doing what the Greeks did well. He was using Greek logic. He was looking
for patterns in nature to quantify the natural world. He was deliberately
seeking a deeper understanding of the rhyme and reason of things in the
universe. When he looked back at what the lunar calendar had been doing down
through the years, he made a very important discovery. Meton noticed that <b>19
solar years</b> was exceedingly close to being exactly <b>235 moons</b> in
length. He saw that 19 solar years and 235 lunar months <b>both</b> add up to <b>6940
days</b>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">This was a great
discovery. And it had a wonderful application in the solar-lunar calendar. 7
extra months could be neatly inserted into the lunar calendar every 19 years.
This would make the solar-lunar calendar predictable over 19 years. In <b>432
BC</b> Meton introduced the 19-year Metonic cycle into the lunisolar Attic
calendar. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">This was truly a
"Eureka" moment in the history of the solar-lunar calendar. The <a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/metatonic.htm" target="_blank">Metonic Cycle</a> had been
discovered! The discovery proved to be of great value. The solar-lunar calendar
could be determined ahead of time. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b>THE CADENCE OF THE METONIC CYCLES.<o:p></o:p></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p>
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METONIC CYCLE</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: middle; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(1) . </span><b><span style="color: lime; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">0</span></b><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> . . 0
. . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 </span>( PA )<span style="color: navy;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: middle; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(2) </span><b><span style="color: lime; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">0</span></b><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> . . 0
. . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . .0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . </span><b><span style="color: #900000; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">0 </span></b>(<b>OOMP)</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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. . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0. . 0 . . 0 </span>( PA )<span style="color: navy;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: middle; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(4) . </span><b><span style="color: lime; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">0</span></b><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> . . 0
. . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 (</span> PA )<span style="color: navy;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: middle; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(5) </span><b><span style="color: lime; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">0</span></b><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> . . 0
. . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . </span><b><span style="color: #900000; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">0 </span></b>(<b>OOMP</b>) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: middle; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(6)
. </span><b><span style="color: lime; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">0</span></b><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 .
. 0 . . 0 </span>( PA )<span style="color: navy;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: middle; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(7) . </span><b><span style="color: lime; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">0</span></b><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> . . 0
. . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0
</span>( PA )<span style="color: navy;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: middle; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(8) </span><b><span style="color: lime; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">0</span></b><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> . . 0
. . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . </span><b><span style="color: #900000; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">0</span></b> (<b>OOMP</b>) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: middle; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(9) . . </span><b><span style="color: lime; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">0</span></b><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> . . 0
. . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0
</span>( PA )<span style="color: navy;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: middle; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(10) . </span><b><span style="color: lime; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">0</span></b><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> . . 0
. . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 </span>( PA )<span style="color: navy;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: middle; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(11) </span><b><span style="color: lime; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">0</span></b><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> . . 0
. . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . </span><b><span style="color: #900000; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">0</span></b> (<b>OOMP</b>) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: middle; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(12) . </span><b><span style="color: lime; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">0</span></b><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> . . 0
. . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 </span>( PA )<span style="color: navy;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: middle; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(13)
</span><b><span style="color: lime; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">0</span></b><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 .
. 0 . . 0 . . </span><b><span style="color: #900000; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">0</span></b> (<b>OOMP</b>) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: middle; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(14)
. . </span><b><span style="color: lime; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">0</span></b><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 .
. 0 . . 0 </span>( PA )<span style="color: navy;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: middle; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(15)
. </span><b><span style="color: lime; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">0</span></b><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 .
. 0 . . 0 </span>( PA )<span style="color: navy;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: middle; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(16)
</span><b><span style="color: lime; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">0</span></b><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 .
. 0 . . 0 . . </span><b><span style="color: #900000; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">0</span></b> (<b>OOMP</b>) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: middle; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(17) . . </span><b><span style="color: lime; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">0</span></b><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> . . 0
. . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0
</span>( PA )<span style="color: navy;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: middle; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(18) . </span><b><span style="color: lime; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">0</span></b><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> . . 0
. . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0
</span>( PA )<span style="color: navy;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: middle; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(19)
</span><b><span style="color: lime; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">0</span></b><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 .
. 0 . . 0 . . </span><b><span style="color: #900000; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">0 </span></b>(<b>OOMP</b>) </span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">The lunar calendar
down through history is observed to have a certain cadence to it. See the chart
below. Those 7 extra moons coming into the calendar had a certain pattern of
appearance over those 19 years. The extra months of Adar are shown in red. Note
how this extra month of Adar 2 pushes the following lunar calendar year up
29.53 - 11.24 = 18.3 days ahead in an embolismal year. This is about two thirds
of a month further than the year before it. The first month, (in bold lime
color), is the springtime month of Nisan. This is the first full moon to appear
after the spring equinox. Five times out of the seven, (as can be seen in the
schematic), the embolism lunges that one big step forwards up into the solar
year to be followed by <b>two</b> smaller steps backwards in the two years
following. Twice in the 19 year cycle the calendar only goes <b>one</b> more
year before encountering another embolismal year. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b>RABBI HILLEL PICKS UP ON THE METONIC CYCLE. <br />
IN 360 B.C. HE INCORPORATES IT INTO THE HEBREW CALENDAR.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b> </b><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">The discovery of
Meton of Athens was picked up by the great Jewish scholar Rabbi Hillel II
around 360 B.C. He incorporated the </span><a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/metonic.htm" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;" target="_blank">Metonic cycle</a><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"> into the Hebrew
lunar calendar. This saved the authorities of the day from having to reset the
month of Nisan every spring based on how they saw the moon come through on
approach to the spring equinox.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">Here is the math on
the Metonic Cycle. The Hebrew calendar year was 12 months of 29 or 30 days. A
lunar cycle was close to 29.5 days. So, this made for 12 months averaging 29.5
days or 354 days. But the solar year was 365.24 days. With each 12 month cycle
the calendar would fall back 365.25 - 354 = <b>11.24 days</b> earlier. So, the
calendar needed to be adjusted by adding in an extra month of Adar every 3
years or sometimes two years.<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">The discovery of
the <a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/metatonic.htm" target="_blank">Metonic Cycle</a> by Meton was a
great boon. It predicted what an observer would see each spring. This 19-year
calendar would predict whenever the new moon following Adar was going to fall
short of the spring equinox. It would therefore predict the Nisan moon ahead of
time and quite accurately from year to year.<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b>THE SOLAR CALENDAR STORMS IN WITH THE ROMANS. <br />
THEY PUSH THE LUNAR CALENDAR ASIDE.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">The Romans had some
different ideas for their calendar. Julius Caesar established the Julian
calendar which was strictly a solar calendar. He wanted to lock in the days of
the year based upon the solar cycle, period. The starting time for his Roman
calendar would be determined by the equinoxes. Then he would set it off and
running.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
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</v:shape><![endif]--><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib9Kp4BDwTvPxSENvRvAVU0kj5UA1xqHUAwGP7lWAZXDoDkvhW-m_djPvt_Vu0TqaPvQsPWWycRZLvQ3IFUi3t9Rb7zc_jVUxi77lbdD9ck0f_Tmua8Pvha-h4iTVNXYZkJn-bhaBy0B1h/s378/Vol36_8.jpg" referrerpolicy="origin" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="378" data-original-width="220" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib9Kp4BDwTvPxSENvRvAVU0kj5UA1xqHUAwGP7lWAZXDoDkvhW-m_djPvt_Vu0TqaPvQsPWWycRZLvQ3IFUi3t9Rb7zc_jVUxi77lbdD9ck0f_Tmua8Pvha-h4iTVNXYZkJn-bhaBy0B1h/s320/Vol36_8.jpg" /></a></div><br />The Romans were all
about forceful even brutish unification. For the Romans rigid establishment of
the passage of the year was the main imperative. To them the lunar cycles in the
passage of the moon were irrelevant. The Roman Calendar completely divorced the
lunar cycles from any consideration whatsoever. Roman calendar months were
named for the Caesars. And they were shackled to their place in the solar year.
The calendar months were no longer connected to the celestial lunar cycles. 12
"months" were rigidly locked into the year of 365 days. An extra day
was added in the leap years, (one in four). And so, during the Roman era the
Julian calendar set forth into history. It was a calendar year which averaged
365.25 days. <o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">The solar Julian
calendar of the Romans continued in the west through the Byzantine and Medieval
eras. The Islamic world and the Jewish communities in the Diaspora continued to
use the lunar calendar. But as the centuries wore on in the west the old
calendar of the Romans was wearing thin. It was coming seriously out of step
with the solar cycles. By the 16th century the Julian calendar of the Romans
was off by several weeks. Clearly something had to be done. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">A refined solar
calendar was first proposed by the Calabrian doctor Aloysius Lilius. This
calendar came to the attention of Church authorities in the 16th Century. It
was authorized by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom it was named. The new calendar
was decreed by papal bull Inter gravissimas on 24 February 1582. This reform of
the Julian calendar has not been changed since then. The Gregorian calendar is
the most widely used calendar in the world today.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b>LUNAR CYCLES: USING THE HEBREW CALENDAR AS A TIMEPIECE TO DETERMINE THE EXACT DAY IN WHICH THE EDICT OF ARTAXERXES WAS GIVEN TO </b><b>NEHEMIAH TO START OFF THE SEVENTY WEEKS OF
DANIEL. </b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b> </b><span style="text-align: left;">The 20th year of Artaxerxes is well established from historical records
as being 445 B.C. Nehemiah records that he went before the king "in the
month of Nisan". - Neh.chapter 2. Sir Robert Anderson assumed that the
edict came forth at the very beginning of the month on the first day of the
month and at the time of the new moon. This was traditionally the time when
royal edicts were made.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><o:p> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">The arrival of the
Passover moon for the exiles of Judah in Susa and out in the Persian Empire
would have been a sombre time. Each year at this time they would see the
Passover moon and remember what it meant to them. Something inside them would
be grieving as they pondered just how far away from home they were. The pious
among them, like Nehemiah, would have remembered the idolatry their nation had
engaged in which had brought them down as a sovereign people and had sent them
off into exile.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Using astronomical data,
we can know quite accurately when that Nisan moon came up in the 20th year of
Ataxerxes. Sir Robert Anderson's data from the Astronomer Royal in 1877 is
extremely accurate. The lunar data for 445 B.C. shows us that the true new moon
for the Passover month of Nisan, (the first moon to come to fullness after the
spring equinox), occurred in Jerusalem on March 13 at 07:09 hrs. 500 miles to
the east over in Susa it would have occurred just a half an hour earlier. As we
have seen, the new moon is not visible to the naked eye until it is at least 24
hours old. Nehemiah would not have seen the new moon until the following day,
the morning of March 14 as the new moon arose with the sun in the eastern sky.
Perhaps it was not seen until even the morning of March 15.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">The new moon rises
and sets with the sun. It is sometimes difficult to see especially in those
days when the spring rains come, or clouds obscure the thin crescent of the new
moon as it arises in the eastern sky.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Thus the 1st day of
Nisan for the year 445 B.C. was probably on March 14th. This is precisely as
Sir Robert Anderson had stated. As we shall discover in </span><a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/70wks8.htm" style="text-indent: 0.5in;" target="_blank">article 8</a><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> the consensus of
both the solar and lunar cycles is that the actual edict came a day later on
March 15 of 445 B.C. and this was probably on Nisan 2 or 3. This was a day or
so later than the March 14 and Nisan 1 date that Sir Robert Anderson had
calculated. Is this a big discrepancy? Not at all. Our </span><a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/70wks8.htm" style="text-indent: 0.5in;" target="_blank">calculations </a><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">later in this study
will have us hitting near a </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><!--[if !vml]-->bullseye. We shall
be hitting the mark within just one or two days after a long passage of 173,880
days or 476 years! <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b>THE LUNAR CYCLES, THE HEBREW MONTH OF NISAN, AND
THE DETERMINATION OF THE EXACT DAY IN WHICH JESUS MESSIAH PRESENTED HIMSELF TO
HIS OWN PEOPLE IN JERUSALEM AS 'MESSIAH THE PRINCE' TO CONCLUDE THE FIRST 69
WEEKS OF THE SEVENTY WEEKS OF DANIEL. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoQUtNVpQGTUCzzFkL3nq7pDwvCCSXEvsn6NIzJgZHayertby-TJjPs1r17P6jywZt1phPsR-J4PuopzKn9OEVG8pSC8wtyjZTs_qX6hsCE49cAN0gz0UntxClonrg_fyj4axz4JnFV5WJ/s344/Vol36_9.jpg" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="344" data-original-width="230" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoQUtNVpQGTUCzzFkL3nq7pDwvCCSXEvsn6NIzJgZHayertby-TJjPs1r17P6jywZt1phPsR-J4PuopzKn9OEVG8pSC8wtyjZTs_qX6hsCE49cAN0gz0UntxClonrg_fyj4axz4JnFV5WJ/w268-h400/Vol36_9.jpg" width="268" /></a>S<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">o much for the
beginning date of the 70 weeks/69 weeks. Let us now turn our attention to the </span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i>terminus</i></b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
of the 69 weeks’ timeline. The new moon of Nisan (the Paschal Moon) of 32 A.D.
was March 29 at approx. 8 p.m. UTC or 11 p.m. Jerusalem time according to U.S
Naval Observatory data. This is like the 22 hrs 57 min time for the new moon
Sir Robert Anderson had received from the Astronomer Royal, Greenwhich
Observatory, in 1877. Since the Rabbis in Jerusalem in 32 A.D. (or their
observers from wider Israel) would not have seen the new moon with the naked
eye until it was at least 24 hour old then there is no way they could have seen
the new moon on the following morning of March 30th when it was just 7 hours
old nor the following evening when it was 19 hours old and before it set with
the sun. The morning of March 31st would have given them their first
opportunity to see the new moon. By that time, it would have been 31 hours old.
Accordingly, they would have called March 31st the first Day of the Passover
month of Nisan. The 10th of Nisan, Palm Sunday and four days before the
crucifixion of our Lord, the date of His "Triumphal Entry" into
Jerusalem as "Messiah the Prince" or "Messiah the King"
would therefore have been 9 days later on </span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;">April 9th of 32 A.D.</b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> This
tenth day of Nisan was the day when the Passover lambs began to be presented to
the priests. They had to be accepted as spotless and without fault before they
could be sacrificed. This was that crucial day for which all of Israel should
have been watching.</span></div><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /><b>
Their Messiah was the promised Sacrifice Lamb.<br />
He was prophesied to appear on this very day.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">Alas, the people of
Israel were not watching. They had gone with rabbinical Judaism and taken the
road down into religious legalism. They had drifted away from a true devotional
faith in YHVH, the God who was, is, and evermore shall be. Faith in God had
always been a matter of the heart. They had turned it into a head trip and
merely an exercise in legalism. They did not recognize their Suffering Servant
when he came amongst them. There He was, teaching, healing the sick, and
casting out evil spirits. But they did not recognize Him.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">As for diligence in
the matter of the prophecy of the 70 weeks the scholars and scribes should have
been able to count out 69 weeks (sevens) of years and lay out a timeline from
the Nisan month and the year Artaxerxes's edict which Daniel had said came in
the 20th year of his reign. This had been given to Nehemiah at the beginning of
the Nisan moon of 445 B.C.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Unfortunately,
Rabbinical Judaism in the first century A.D. no longer held to a literal
interpretation of scripture. They lacked the diligence in devotion and
knowledge to recognize their Messiah. He came into Jerusalem riding on a donkey
precisely as prophesied. - Zech.9:9 It was on that day, (and that day only),
that Jesus/Yeshua entered Jerusalem at the head of a royal procession. He
presented Himself to His people as 'Messiah the Prince'. And yet how few there
were there to greet Him. When Jesus rode into Jerusalem on that first Palm
Sunday He lamented,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">"</span><span style="color: red; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">If you,
even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace -- but now it is
hidden from your eyes. The days will come upon you when your enemies build an
embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side. They will
dash you to the ground, you, and the children within your walls. They will not
leave one stone on another, <b>because you did not recognize the time of God's
coming to you</b></span><b><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">.</span></b><span style="color: navy; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> -Luke 19:42</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Some, no doubt,
were indeed watching. They knew the date of this epic day had arrived. And so,
they were waiting for His appearance. These people </span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;">knew</b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> their Messiah.
There He was! He was entering the city through the Eastern Gate! They greeted
Him with shouts of "Hosanna!" as He came into Jerusalem riding upon a
donkey. They laid palm branches out before Him as their victorious coming King.
But they were not a quorum. The learned priests, the Pharisees, the Sadducees,
and the High priest himself were not watching. They had access to all the data.
They had the very same book of Daniel and chapter nine as we are studying right
now. And they could count the years. Had not the Magi, gentile kings from the
east, come to bring gifts to Jesus at His birth in Bethlehem years before? But
the Pharisees and Sadducees were not inclined to treat God's Word with the reverence
which it was due. They had </span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;">not</b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> done their homework.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><o:p style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </o:p><span style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">The
Pharisees were to be the watchmen of Israel. </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">And here it was, their own Messiah was at the gate. And they
were </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><u>not</u></i></span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> keeping watch.</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></o:p>What can be said
about us in the church today? Have we taken time to acquaint ourselves with <b>our
part</b> of the seventy weeks of Daniel? Do we know something of the <a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/chart2.htm" target="_blank"><b>the 70th week of
Daniel</b></a> and the
final seven years of this age? Have we checked out what the Bible says will
happen at its beginning, its midpoint, and at the end? All we need is a rough
thumbnail sketch. Shouldn't we get a basic understanding of what will happen?
And wouldn't it be wise of us to make the preparations of heart that we are
being called to do?…” <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn89" name="_ednref89" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xxxvi]</span></sup></sup></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
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of the heart… We have come a long way on
our quest for Truth. You can see that
this is no ordinary study for it takes us places that most would not go. That is how the Spirit of YHVH works. He takes us places that we never imagined,
challenges us in all our assumptions and then gently guides us to the place of
revelation. The Feasts of the Adonai are
designed to allow us to make the preparations of the heart. We see that these
convocations are rehearsals, shadows, and types of the worship we will do in
heaven before the Throne of Grace. The
Feasts are where we can put into practice here on earth the honor, we will be
giving YHVH in heaven. Messiah fulfilled
the Spring Feasts to the day; there are only three feasts left for Him to
fulfill. Shouldn’t we be preparing for
these times? Shouldn’t our hearts be turned to the timing of the Father in
anticipation of the return of the Son?
We have looked at several different representations of these appointed
times of the Adonai; they are repeated for they bear repeating.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p><b style="text-align: center;">Matthew
24:42-47 (KJV)</b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<sup><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">42</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> Watch therefore:
for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. <sup>43</sup> But know this,
that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come,
he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. <sup>44</sup>
Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man
cometh. <sup>45</sup> Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord
hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? <sup>46</sup>
<b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Blessed<i> is</i> that servant, whom his lord when he
cometh shall find so doing.</span></b> <sup>47</sup> Verily I say unto you,
That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn90" name="_ednref90" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xxxvii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p><span> </span> </o:p><span style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"> <span> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlP6TYVSkytIsCXHAN4jqnxJvOxOAq2fgXJjELJ-Y6p2w9t9z1MAIWkM0vJksPUC-TjWdS-UyBh0eZ-YwfDljSogHtRn1e25RBZIySqoslQDcuQEPZDe-5mWlD4hPQG7VWLlkWPv0ITXNk/s1202/Vol36_10.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="1202" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlP6TYVSkytIsCXHAN4jqnxJvOxOAq2fgXJjELJ-Y6p2w9t9z1MAIWkM0vJksPUC-TjWdS-UyBh0eZ-YwfDljSogHtRn1e25RBZIySqoslQDcuQEPZDe-5mWlD4hPQG7VWLlkWPv0ITXNk/w665-h391/Vol36_10.png" width="665" /></a></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Are
you preparing your heart? Are you doing
what the Master has set before you to do?
He shall be coming as the conquering King, full of Power and Glory. He has told us if we love Him, keep His
commandments. Time to set our watch
accordingly.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 40.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 40.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo44; tab-stops: list 40.5pt; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: red; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">3.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">We must
get to know Him, His nature and that can only be accomplished by the hearing
and doing of the Word, His <i>Torah</i>…</span><span style="color: red; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 22.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 22.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: red; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><b> </b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 22.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 22.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: red; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I am convinced a great problem we have
in the<i> Ekklesia </i>today is due to An
Ignorance of YHVH.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 22.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 22.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: red; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"> What do you know of YHVH? What are you taught of YHVH? What do you know of the following?</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;"> The Solitariness of God</b></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b>The
Decrees of God </b></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;">The
Knowledge of God</b></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;">The
Foreknowledge of God</b></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;">The
Supremacy of God</b></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;">The
Sovereignty of God</b></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;">The
Immutability of God</b></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;">The
Holiness of God</b></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;">The
Power of God</b></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;">The
Faithfulness of God</b></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;">The
Goodness of God</b></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;">The
Patience of God</b></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;">The
Grace of God</b></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;">The
Mercy of God</b></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;">The
Love of God</b></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;">The
Wrath of God</b></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;">The
Contemplation of God <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn92" name="_ednref92" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xxxix]</span></sup></b></sup></a></b></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></o:p><span style="text-align: justify;">I
ask this for a reason. If the truth be
told, YHVH is controversial. If the
truth of the attributes of YHVH were to be taught within most churches today
(especially those that concern YHVH’s justice, His wrath, sovereignty, His
Supremacy and His Glory), a large part of the church, if I may dare say most of
it would likely reject those teachings and most would declare: “That’s not my
God! I could never love a God like that!”
What a large part of Christianity has grown to love is not the true YHVH
or Messiah: they are in love with the image that they have made, with the god
that best fits their lifestyle. Most
want the easy way, the way of the flow, the way that will have a minimal impact
on their ambitions, possessions, and their pleasures. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">We
as a body suffer from the lack of the knowledge of YHVH, the lack of the
understanding of the attributes of YHVH.
Instead of a daily diet of repentance, self-sacrifice, carrying our
cross and dying to ourselves, instead of a steadfast plan to keep ourselves
immersed in the word of YHVH, what do we do?
We work, we worry, we stress, we climb the ladder, we exercise our
bodies so that we “look good”, we read all the latest “self-help” books to gain
an edge; we covet, we strive, we envy, we gossip… Because we do not know YHVH we need all these
little tricks of the flesh to fill in the gaps, those deep yawning chasms of
emptiness that mark a life that is without the knowledge of YHVH. Worse of all, we mistake grace for license
and the result is rampant sinning!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b> <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on"><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">1 Corinthians 15:34</span></st1:bcv_smarttag><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> (<st1:translation_smarttag w:st="on">KJV</st1:translation_smarttag>)</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">34</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> Awake to
righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak<i>
this</i> to your shame.</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn93" name="_ednref93" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">[xl]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">The
question we must ask is “Why this lack of the knowledge of the one true YHVH?” The answer is simple. We are not taught who YHVH is. We are told in Ecclesiastes:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p><st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on"><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><b>Ecclesiastes 11:5</b></span></st1:bcv_smarttag><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><b> (<st1:translation_smarttag w:st="on">KJV</st1:translation_smarttag>)</b></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">5</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> As thou knowest
not what<i> is</i> the way of the spirit,<i> nor</i> how the bones<i> do grow</i>
in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of
God who maketh all. </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn94" name="_ednref94" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">[xli]</span></sup></span></sup></a></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="text-align: left;">In Ecclesiastes, Solomon tells us in Chapter 11, verses 1-6, four times
“…thou knowest not…” He says in verse 2
“… <span style="color: blue;">Give a portion to seven, and also to eight;
for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth…” </span></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn95" name="_ednref95" style="text-align: left;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">[xlii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="text-align: left;">; “…<span style="color: blue;">knowest not what<i> is</i> the way of the
spirit</span>…” and “…<span style="color: blue;">thou knowest not the works of
God who maketh all</span>…” in verse 5 [ this is also translated in the Greek
Septuagint as “…you shall not know the actions of YHVH, as much as He shall do
in all things…”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn96" name="_ednref96" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xliii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a>];<span style="color: blue;"> </span>and finally in verse 6 he says<span style="color: blue;"> “…In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold
not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that,
or whether they both shall be alike good</span>…”</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn97" name="_ednref97" style="text-align: left;" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xliv]</span></sup></sup></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><o:p> </o:p>Shame be upon us
brethren! I know we cannot know all
about Him, for Scripture tells us that:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-align: center;">(</span><span style="color: blue; text-align: center;">Isaiah 55:8-9 </span><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; text-align: center;">For my thoughts
are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah. </span><sup style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">9</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; text-align: center;">For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my
ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts</span><span lang="EN" style="text-align: center;">.)</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn98" name="_ednref98" style="text-align: center;" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xlv]</span></sup></sup></a></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-align: left;">Also we are
told: </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><b>Psalm 139:1-6</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.25in;"><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">1</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known <i>me</i>. </span><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">2</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou
understandest my thought afar off. </span><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">3</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, And art
acquainted with all my ways. </span><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">4</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah,
thou knowest it altogether. </span><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">5</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Thou hast beset me behind and before, And laid thy hand
upon me. </span><b><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">6</span></sup></b><b><i><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Such</span></i></b><b><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> knowledge is too
wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it.</span></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn99" name="_ednref99" title=""><b><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b><sup><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">[xlvi]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></b></a><b><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-align: justify;">But
we must ask ourselves this: why </span><b style="text-align: justify;"><i><u>are not</u></i></b><span style="text-align: justify;"> our lives (to the
point that we are allowed) so entwined with His that we share in His most
intimate secrets? In </span><st1:bcv_smarttag style="text-align: justify;" w:st="on">Amos 3:7</st1:bcv_smarttag><span style="text-align: justify;"> the Word of YHVH states: “…</span><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; text-align: justify;">Surely the Lord <span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">God</span>
does nothing, Unless </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn100" name="_ednref100" style="text-align: justify;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">d</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; text-align: justify;">He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets…”</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn101" name="_ednref101" style="text-align: justify;" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xlvii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; text-align: justify;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="text-align: justify;">Yeshua Ha’Machiach addressed this in John’s Gospel:</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">John 15:15-16</st1:bcv_smarttag> (<st1:translation_smarttag w:st="on">N<st1:translation_smarttag w:st="on">KJV</st1:translation_smarttag></st1:translation_smarttag>)</b><br />
<sup><span lang="EN">15</span></sup><span lang="EN"> <span style="color: red;">No
longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is
doing; but I have called you friends, </span></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn102" name="_ednref102" title=""><sup>s</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">for all things
that I heard from My Father I have made known to you. </span><sup><span lang="EN">16</span></sup><span lang="EN"> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn103" name="_ednref103" title=""><sup>t</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">You did not choose
Me, but I chose you and </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn104" name="_ednref104" title=""><sup>u</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">appointed you that
you should go and bear fruit, and <i>that</i> your fruit should remain, that
whatever you ask the Father </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn105" name="_ednref105" title=""><sup>v</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">in My name He may
give you. </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn106" name="_ednref106" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xlviii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN" style="text-align: left;">If this then is the case, if we are truly His friend, why
do we then “…knowest not…”? <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">Deuteronomy 29:29</st1:bcv_smarttag> says “…<span style="color: blue;">“The
secret <i>things belong</i> to the <span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>
our God, but those <i>things which are</i> revealed <i>belong</i> to us and to
our children forever, <b><i>that we
may do all the words of this law</i></b></span>…(emphasis mine)”<span style="color: blue;"> </span></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn107" name="_ednref107" style="text-align: left;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">[xlix]</span></sup></span></sup></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Bear with me now. To understand YHVH’s
word, we must define the terms. Let us
define “servant”. When looking at the
word in <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">Amos 3:7</st1:bcv_smarttag>, servant is the
Hebrew word (Strong’s #</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">H5650) </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; text-indent: 0.5in;">עבד </span><span dir="LTR" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"></span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">‛ebed </span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">eh'-bed</i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">.
While technically defined as “slave” or “servant”, a broader context of
the word is “one chosen and beloved by YHVH”.</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn108" name="_ednref108" style="text-indent: 0.5in;" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[l]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> In the context of John 15:15, the word for
“servant” is (G1401) </span><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; text-indent: 0.5in;">δοῦλος </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">doulos </span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">doo'-los</i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">,
which carries with it the same general connotation, along with the idea
that “…Often the service involved
is voluntary, in which a person willingly offers obedience, devotion, and
loyalty to another, subordinating his will to him…”</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn109" name="_ednref109" style="text-indent: 0.5in;" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[li]</span></sup></sup></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I believe we must
look even deeper still to find the more subtle use of the word by Messiah. I deduce this from the new name Messiah uses
to describe them with – the word for “friend” (G5384) </span><span style="color: blue; text-indent: 0.5in;">φίλος </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">philos. Jesus Messiah, by His use of this word, has
drawn them into a deeper relationship with Him, from one that is subject or
bound to Him (even if willingly), to one He associates with, the bridegroom’s
friend who on His behalf, asks for the hand of the bride and then renders to
Him various services in closing the marriage and then joining in the
celebration of the nuptials.</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn110" name="_ednref110" style="text-indent: 0.5in;" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[lii]</span></sup></sup></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">You can see my friends, how we are held in esteem
by our Adonai. Think of your friends –
who are they to you? Dare I say that
there are few if any you hold close enough for you to send them to the one you
love to ask them for their hand in marriage to you, yet this is precisely the
distinction Messiah holds us in as His “philos.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b>O brethren! “…Thou
knowest not!...”<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b>O pastors! Why do you
not teach who YHVH is!<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b>O teach upon His
attributes, His infinite Glory; get to know Him!</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: left; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></o:p><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">This is our eternal
life! Eternal life begins not at the
gate of heaven: it starts at the regeneration of our heart! It started before the foundation of the
world! Look at how He trusts His own -
are we included in this trust? We, who
by our former natures were at such odds with Him, yet now are held by Him as </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">עבד </span><span dir="LTR" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"></span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">‛ebed – one chosen and
beloved. O shame I say again
Christian! That we know not Him so
deeply. O how His heart must ache for our closeness, for the familiarity that
He desires, that He craves! Yes, Craves!
Our Master longs for our love, our undivided, unfettered love! How can we be so fickle, so hard-hearted as
to deny Him this intimacy that He seeks?
What holds you away beloved? Why
thou knowest not? </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: left; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></o:p><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Start now! Study
the Bible – all of it - get to know Him!
It would be better not to have Sunday morning… Sunday morning is the
greatest example of idolatry in America today, because most people are not
worshipping the one true YHVH. People
are worshipping the god they have created out of their own minds, out of their
own flesh. The great masses worship
satanic devices and worldly intelligence.
They made a god just like themselves and he looks more like Santa Claus
than YHVH. I tell you this, YHVH
Almighty is a Holy YHVH! Infinite in power, absolute Sovereign in all He does,
says and is.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b> <span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Psalm
111:10 (<st1:translation_smarttag w:st="on">N<st1:translation_smarttag w:st="on">KJV</st1:translation_smarttag></st1:translation_smarttag>)</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">10</span></sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn111" name="_ednref111" title=""><b><sup>k</sup></b></a></span><b><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The fear of the <span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> <i>is</i> the beginning of wisdom;</span></b><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">A good
understanding have all those who do <i>His commandments.</i></span><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">His praise
endures forever.</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn112" name="_ednref112" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">[liii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on"><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><b>Proverbs 1:7</b></span></st1:bcv_smarttag><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><b> (<st1:translation_smarttag w:st="on">KJV</st1:translation_smarttag>)</b><br />
</span><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">7</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <b>The fear of the LORD<i> is</i> the
beginning</b></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn113" name="_ednref113" title=""><b><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">d</span></sup></b></a><b><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> of knowledge</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">:<i> but</i> fools despise wisdom and instruction. </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn114" name="_ednref114" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">[liv]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on"><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><b>Proverbs 2:5</b></span></st1:bcv_smarttag><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><b> (<st1:translation_smarttag w:st="on">KJV</st1:translation_smarttag>)</b><br />
</span><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">5</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <b>Then shalt thou understand the fear of the
LORD, and find the knowledge of God.</b> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn115" name="_ednref115" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">[lv]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">There is no fear of YHVH before us today because
we have no YHVH before us! </span><b style="text-align: left;"><i>No
knowledge.</i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>...Woe
unto us...</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">What is one of the
most quoted Scriptures today? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><b>Hosea 4:6</b></span><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></sup></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">6</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> …My people are destroyed</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn116" name="_ednref116" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">c</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> for lack of knowledge…</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn117" name="_ednref117" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">[lvi]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span>This is the part of the verse most are familiar with. What the majority do not know is the rest of
this verse and the context it should be studied in:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><o:p> </o:p><span style="color: blue; text-align: center;">Hosea 4:6-11 (KJV)</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">6</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> My people are
destroyed</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn118" name="_ednref118" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">c</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected
knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing
thou hast forgotten the law <b>[Torah]</b> of thy God, I will also forget thy
children. <sup>7</sup> As they were increased, so they sinned against me:<i> therefore,</i>
will I change their glory into shame. <sup>8</sup> They eat up the sin of my
people, and they set</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn119" name="_ednref119" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">d</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> their heart on their iniquity. <sup>9</sup> And there
shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn120" name="_ednref120" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">e</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> them for their ways and reward them their doings. <sup>10</sup>
For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall
not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD. <sup>11</sup>
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart. </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn121" name="_ednref121" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">[lvii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p>Let us look at
another translation of these verses:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: teal; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><b>Hos
4:6-11</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: teal; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(6)</span> My people are destroyed for want of
knowledge. Because you rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as cohen for
me. Because you forgot the Torah of your God, I will also forget your children.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: teal; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(7)</span> The more they increased in number, the more
they sinned against me. I will change their glory into shame.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: teal; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(8)</span> They feed on the sin of my people and are
greedy for their crimes.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: teal; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(9)</span> But the cohen will fare no better than the
people; I will punish him for his ways and pay him back for his deeds.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: teal; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(10)</span> They will eat but not have enough and consort
with whores but have no children, because they stopped listening to Adonai.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: teal; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(11)</span> Whoring and wine, both old and new, take away
my people's wits.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn122" name="_ednref122" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[lviii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmlbJF3I5FQwdJWP0wO1Ooa5FMVmZIJrH2n-g1GzViEtnwHNskEgFm7T6WErcYUqbG52iuKJyVbR_DO-ybDHDc93dTvxivo20Vf34czlWQake2ohnOgmw88Ay-5IlgN42NTl0Ycu200LLx/s540/Vol36_2.gif" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmlbJF3I5FQwdJWP0wO1Ooa5FMVmZIJrH2n-g1GzViEtnwHNskEgFm7T6WErcYUqbG52iuKJyVbR_DO-ybDHDc93dTvxivo20Vf34czlWQake2ohnOgmw88Ay-5IlgN42NTl0Ycu200LLx/s320/Vol36_2.gif" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b>“…Hos 4:6</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge</b>... </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">This is not to
be understood of those who are the Lord's people by special grace; for they
cannot he destroyed, at least with everlasting destruction; God's love to them,
his choice of them, covenant with them, the redemption of them by Messiah, and
the grace of God in them, secure them from such destruction: nor can they
perish through want of knowledge; for though they are by nature as ignorant as
others, yet it is the determinate will of God to bring them to the knowledge of
the truth, in order to salvation; and that same decree which fixes salvation as
the end, secures the belief of the truth as the means; and the covenant of
grace provides for their knowledge of spiritual things, as well as other
spiritual blessings; in consequence of which their minds are enlightened by the
Spirit of wisdom and understanding, and they have the knowledge of God and
Messiah given them, which is life eternal. But this is to he understood of the
people of the ten tribes of Israel, who were nationally and nominally the people
of God, were so by profession; they called themselves the people of God; and
though they were idolaters, yet they professed to worship God in their idols;
and as yet God's "loammi" had not taken place upon them; he still
sent his prophets among them, to reprove and reform them, and they were not as
yet finally rejected by him, and cast out of their land. These may be said to
be "destroyed", because they were threatened with destruction, and it
was near at hand, they were just upon the brink of it; and because of the
certainty of it, and this "through the lack of knowledge": either in
the people, who were ignorant of God, his mind, and will, and worship, and
without fear and reverence of him, which was the cause of all the abominations
they ran into, for which they were threatened with ruin; or in the priests,
whose business it was to teach and instruct the people; but instead of teaching
them true doctrine, and the true, manner of worship, taught them false
doctrine, and led them into superstition and idolatry; and so they perished
through the default of the priests in performing their office; which sense is
confirmed by what follows: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> </o:p><b>because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also
reject thee, that thou shall be no priest to me</b>; the priests that
Jeroboam made were of the lowest of the people, ignorant and illiterate men, <u><span style="color: green;">1Ki_12:31</span></u> and they chose to continue such; they
rejected with contempt and abhorrence, as the word signifies, the knowledge of
God, and of all divine things; of the law of God, concerning what was to be
done, or not to be done, by the people; and of all statutes and ordinances
relating to divine worship, and the performance of the priestly office: and
though there might be some of Aaron's line that continued in the land of
Israel, and in their office; yet these affected the same ignorance, and
therefore the Lord threatens them with a rejection from the priesthood; or,
however, that they should be no priests to him, or in his account, but should
be had in the utmost abhorrence and contempt, The word here used has a letter
in it more than usual <span style="color: maroon;">(s)</span>, which may signify
the utter rejection of them, and the great contempt they were had in by the
Lord; this was to take place, and did, at the captivity by Shalmaneser.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> </o:p><b>Seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God</b>: </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">which he had given them, who was
their God by profession; and which they had forgot as if they never had read or
learnt it; and so as not to observe and keep it themselves, nor teach and
instruct others in it:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> </o:p><b>I will also forget thy children</b>; </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">have no regard to
them, take no notice and care of them, as if they were never known by him;
meaning either the people in general, their disciples and spiritual children;
or else their natural children, who should be cut off, and not succeed them in
the priesthood. The words are very emphatic, "I will forget them, even
I" <span style="color: maroon;">(t)</span>; which expresses the certainty of
it more fully, as well as more clearly points at the justness of the
retaliation.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: maroon; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(s)</span> <span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">ואמאסאך</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>; the last <span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: blue;">א</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>
is superfluous; the reason of the word being so written. Ben Melech confesses
his ignorance of. <span style="color: maroon;">(t)</span> <span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: blue;">גם אני</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> "etiam ego", Pagninus, Montanus,
Zanchius, Cocceius, Rivet, Schmidt.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2w-t8LMWp-8M7fzK4zgCFvpu9P5RkrVw66L0d1rVkxaDv_7hOd20j48M0mj4GvHIfIqN1aOLDUuTAwjBSgnR9p_FuNU0NdVylAVjhMfJs1sbnYN0JoL6qYvCBEeOXvJl4g_MRlnQA_kYQ/s540/Vol36_2.gif" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2w-t8LMWp-8M7fzK4zgCFvpu9P5RkrVw66L0d1rVkxaDv_7hOd20j48M0mj4GvHIfIqN1aOLDUuTAwjBSgnR9p_FuNU0NdVylAVjhMfJs1sbnYN0JoL6qYvCBEeOXvJl4g_MRlnQA_kYQ/s320/Vol36_2.gif" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: teal; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(7)</span> The more they increased in number,
the more they sinned against me. I will change their glory into shame.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>Hos 4:7</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>As they were increased, so
they sinned against me</b>...</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"> As the children of the
priests increased and grew up, they sinned against the Lord, imitating their
parents; they were as many sinners as they were persons, not one to be
excepted: this expresses their universal depravity and corruption. Some
understand it of their increase, as in number, so in riches, wealth, honour,
dignity, and authority, and yet they sinned more and more, which shows their
ingratitude. So, the Targum, “as I have multiplied fruits unto them, &c.'' <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>Therefore will I change
their glory into sham...</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">take away their priesthood
from them, so that they shall be no more priests, and as if they never had
been; and reduce them to a state of poverty, meanness, and disgrace; and cause
them to go into captivity with the meanest of the people; and be in no more
honor, but subject to as much scorn and contempt as they.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNaY23BZmrKFdVb9mhwKOEYEGzOPGtYxOxXAB3T3SIcOOCfj5H8e0fdOrJ8YxSR6sjY8DVt8FnLdjqcYzwj21kNcCa_fdkimHBzUB1gHCrxGjLjW82KGAhNvJ9_Lr5ANTYDJKsQDcJTdaH/s540/Vol36_2.gif" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNaY23BZmrKFdVb9mhwKOEYEGzOPGtYxOxXAB3T3SIcOOCfj5H8e0fdOrJ8YxSR6sjY8DVt8FnLdjqcYzwj21kNcCa_fdkimHBzUB1gHCrxGjLjW82KGAhNvJ9_Lr5ANTYDJKsQDcJTdaH/s320/Vol36_2.gif" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: teal; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(8)</span> They feed on the sin of my people
and are greedy for their crimes.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>Hos 4:8</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>They eat up the sin of my
people...</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">That is, the priests did so, as the Targum, the
priests of Jeroboam; they ate up the sacrifices which the people brought for
their sins: and their fault was, either that they ate that which belonged to
the true priests of the Lord, so Jarchi; or they did that, and had no concern
to instruct the people in the right way; all that they regarded were good
eating and drinking, and living voluptuously; and were altogether careless
about instructing the people in the nature of sacrifices, and in the way of
their duty: or this may regard the Bacchanalian feasts, as some think, which
the people made in the temples of idols, and so sinned; and of which the
priests greatly partook, and encouraged them in, and so were partakers not only
of their banquets, but of their sins. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> </o:p><b>They set their heart on
their iniquity...</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">either their offerings for their iniquity, or their
iniquity itself: or, "lift up their soul" <span style="color: maroon;">(u)</span>
to it; diligently looking after it, not caring how much they committed; since
the more sin offerings would be brought which would be to their advantage.
Though some think the sin of whoredom, frequently and impudently committed at
these idol feasts, is meant, which the priests were much addicted to, and very
greedy of; they committed cleanness with greediness, <u><span style="color: green;">Eph_4:19</span></u>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="color: maroon; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(u)</span> <span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: blue;">ואל עונם ישאו נפשו</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>
"et ad iniquitatem eorum levaverunt animam suam", Montanus, Pagninus,
Tigurine version; "attollunt", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator;
"et ad iniquitatem eorum tollunt anumam suam", Schmidt.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxscDDbMOLXVFWCft-RUb6d9w85_trUxPgHpnCjMkSbaiMX-viZEbmpoXuqyxyia1V83HIZQpokOwpcx8Z7nGWSSx5e1ESUAocftUw0lnaWozq54QeySWhGpnivHBwK3ZvUrKr_pQb_AO6/s540/Vol36_2.gif" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxscDDbMOLXVFWCft-RUb6d9w85_trUxPgHpnCjMkSbaiMX-viZEbmpoXuqyxyia1V83HIZQpokOwpcx8Z7nGWSSx5e1ESUAocftUw0lnaWozq54QeySWhGpnivHBwK3ZvUrKr_pQb_AO6/s320/Vol36_2.gif" width="320" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </o:p><span style="color: teal; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -0.25in;">(9)</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> But the cohen( priests) will fare
no better than the people; I will punish him for his ways and pay him back for
his deeds.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>Hos 4:9</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>And there shall be, like
people, like priest...</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">No difference between
them in their festivals, the one being as greedy of committing intemperance and
uncleanness as the other, and in their common conversation of life; though the
priests ought both to have given good instructions, and to have set good
examples; but instead of that were equally guilty as the people, and so would
be alike in their punishment, as it follows: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>and I will punish them for
their ways...</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">their evil ways, as the Targum; their wicked manner of
life and conversation, both of the people and the priests; especially the
latter are meant or, "I will visit upon him his ways" <span style="color: maroon;">(w)</span>; upon every one of the priests, as well as the
people; which visit must be understood in a way of wrath and vengeance: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> </o:p><b>and reward them their doings</b>; reward them according to their doings, as their sins deserve, and as it
is explained in the next verse: or "I will return their doings to
them" <span style="color: maroon;">(x)</span>; bring them back again, when
they seemed to be past and gone, and set them before them, and charge them with
them, and punish for them.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="color: maroon; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(w)</span> <span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: blue;">ופקדתי עליו דרכיו</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>
"et visitabo super eum vias ejus", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus,
Cocceius, Schmidt. <span style="color: maroon;">(x)</span> <span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: blue;">ומעלליו אשיב לו</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> "et opera ejus redire faciam",
Zanchius.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: teal; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(10)</span> They will eat but not have enough
and consort with whores but have no children, because they stopped listening to
Adonai.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b>Hos 4:10</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>For they shall eat, and not
have enough...</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">Namely, the priests; for of them the words are
continued, who ate of the sacrifices of the people, and of feasts made in honor
of idols; and yet, either what they ate did not satisfy or nourish them, or
else their appetites were still greedy after more of the same kind: or this may
respect a famine, either at the siege of Samaria, or in their captivity; when
they who had lived so voluptuously should have so little to eat, that it should
not satisfy them: or though, as others, they eat to the honor of their idols,
expecting to be blessed with plenty by them, they shall not have it: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> </o:p><b>they shall commit whoredom
and shall not increase...</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">that is, their offspring;
they shall not beget children, so the Targum, Jarchi, and Kimchi; or the
children they beget shall quickly die; yea, though they commit whoredom in the
idol's temple with that view, where the women prostituted themselves for that
purpose:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>because they have left off
to take heed to the Lord...</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">to his word, and worship,
and ordinances, which they formerly had some regard unto, but now had
relinquished: or, "the Lord they have forsaken", or "left off to
observe" <span style="color: maroon;">(y)</span>; his ways, his word, and
worship. R. Saadiah connects this with the following words, they have forsaken
the Lord to observe fornication and wine; but wrongly.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="color: maroon; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(y)</span> <span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: blue;">את יהוה עזבו לשמר</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>
"Jehovam desierunt observare", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator,
Rivetus, Liveleus; "ad observandum", Schmidt; "reliquerunt
observare", Cocceius; "deseruerunt observare", so some in
Vatablus.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirnmPflSOFSNTRbgeGZiPR5ZSmE4HtaQ60kmpTYDzPxGwgia36E0ecw0pFbmStbWGpImxdALVpyOKOeoYlvZz72Rka8ktC7AOASBD-l9PjshztRu2CmGc0VI5UEanLmYg9ho3rKuLoIwhN/s540/Vol36_2.gif" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirnmPflSOFSNTRbgeGZiPR5ZSmE4HtaQ60kmpTYDzPxGwgia36E0ecw0pFbmStbWGpImxdALVpyOKOeoYlvZz72Rka8ktC7AOASBD-l9PjshztRu2CmGc0VI5UEanLmYg9ho3rKuLoIwhN/s320/Vol36_2.gif" width="320" /></a></div> <p></p>
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take away my people's wits. <span style="color: teal;">(Gill)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b>Hos 4:11</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="background: yellow; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: yellow;">Whoredom and wine, and new wine, take away the heart</span></b><b>.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"> Uncleanness and intemperance besot men, deprive them of
reason and judgment, and even of common sense, make them downright fools, and
so stupid as to do the following things; or they take away the heart from
following the Lord, and taking heed to him, and lead to idolatry; or they
"occupy" <span style="color: maroon;">(z)</span> the heart, and fill it
up, and cause it to prefer sensual lusts and pleasures to the fear and love of
God: their stupidity brought on hereby is exposed in the next verse; though it
seems chiefly to respect the priests, who erred in vision through wine and
strong drink, and stumbled in judgment, <u><span style="color: green;">Isa_28:7</span></u>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p> (</o:p><span style="color: maroon; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">z)</span> <span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: blue;">יקח לב</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> "occupant
cor", so some in Calvin and Rivet; "occupavit cor", Schmidt…” <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_edn123" name="_ednref123" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[lix]</span></sup></sup></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
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advantage we have in our time is the insights of many learned men throughout
the ages. Here John Gill (1697-1771) was
a great theologian of his day, yet we have come to know what the phrase “…</span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: yellow; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: yellow;">Whoredom and wine, and new wine,
take away the heart</span></b><span style="text-align: justify;"> …” truly means.
Hosea was not just talking about the people being engaged in the sins of
chasing prostitutes and getting drunk; no, we must look deeper. The “whoredom” had to do with going after
strange gods; the “wine and the new wine” were references to false teachings.</span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p>And that is a good place to stop. We will continue this line
of thinking in our next study.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Till then, May
Adonai richly bless you all, my beloved, Amein.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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Throughout this study I will be using the NET Bible® and the NET Notes®: within
the notes you will see symbols like this: ( </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-language: HE;">א </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">B Ψ 892* 2427 sys). These are
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evidence that they (authors and translators of the NET Bible®) used in
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their section labeled “NET Bible Principals of Translation” for a more complete
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<b>Author’s Note:</b> In these studies, I have used the notes that come along
with the passages I cite from the sources that I cite: these need a bit of a
disclaimer though. As in all things, not everything that is footnoted is
something that I necessarily agree with, especially if it contradicts what I
believe pertains to any matters of the Torah or the commandments of God. I give
you the notes as they are written by the authors of the material I cite from,
so that you can see the information contained within them. It truly is not my
place to edit or correct them; if they state anything that is in opposition to
what I teach, then so be it. I will address these issues if requested. That is
not to say I should not challenge something I believe, in my humble opinion,
might contradict the truth of God’s word; that I will do in the main body of my
epistles for that is where my gentle dissent belongs. Most (but not all) of the
differences will come when I quote from a source that displays a decidedly
Western/Greek mindset, as opposed to a Hebraic perspective. I must be
intellectually honest – I am biased toward the God of Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob, and His son, Yeshua the Messiah. I pray then we all can find common
ground as we study the Scriptures.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref6" name="_edn6" title=""><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></a><a name="_ftn1"></a><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ftnref1"><i><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">i</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"> See ch. 1:4, 16</span></p></div><div id="edn6">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">f </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">perish: or, is made
naked</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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electronic ed. of the 1769 edition of the 1611 Authorized Version. Bellingham
WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 1995.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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naked</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref9" name="_edn9" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[vii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">
<i>Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on
the Old Testament, ,(</i>electronic edition<i>),
</i>e-Sword<sup>®</sup>, ver. 9.5.1,
copyright ©2000-2009 by Rick Myers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn10">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref10" name="_edn10" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">d </span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">in old time: or, at
any time</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref11" name="_edn11" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[viii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <i>The Holy Bible : King James Version.</i>
electronic ed. of the 1769 edition of the 1611 Authorized Version. Bellingham
WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 1995.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn12">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref12" name="_edn12" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">g </span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">[1 John 5:11]</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref13" name="_edn13" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">h</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">John 8:12; 9:5; 12:46</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref14" name="_edn14" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">i </span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">[John 3:19]</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn15">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref15" name="_edn15" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Or <i>overcome</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn16">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref16" name="_edn16" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">j </span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Mal. 3:1; Matt.
3:1–17; Mark 1:1–11; Luke 3:1–22</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn17">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref17" name="_edn17" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">k </span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">John 3:25–36; 5:33–35</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn18">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref18" name="_edn18" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">l </span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">[John 3:16]</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn19">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref19" name="_edn19" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">m </span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Is. 9:2; 49:6</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn20">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref20" name="_edn20" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">n </span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Is. 49:6</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn21">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref21" name="_edn21" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2 </span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Or <i>That was the
true Light which, coming into the world, gives light to every man.</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn22">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref22" name="_edn22" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[ix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <i>The New King James Version.</i> Nashville:
Thomas Nelson, 1982.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn23">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref23" name="_edn23" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[x]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <i>A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament, </i>by Joseph H. Thayer,
Copyright ©1977, Baker Book House Company<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn24">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref24" name="_edn24" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <i>Strong’s Dictionary,( </i>electronic edition<i>), </i>e-Sword<sup>®</sup>, ver. 9.5.1,
copyright ©2000-2009 by Rick Myers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn25">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref25" name="_edn25" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <i>Strong’s Dictionary,( </i>electronic edition<i>), </i>e-Sword<sup>®</sup>, ver. 9.5.1,
copyright ©2000-2009 by Rick Myers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn26">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref26" name="_edn26" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3pt;">†</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">A Hebrew word occurs that is not directly translated in the <i>King James
Version</i>. <br />
Hebrew Strongs: 6240</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn27">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref27" name="_edn27" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3pt;">a</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">sheaf: or, handful: Heb. omer</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn28">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref28" name="_edn28" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b </span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">celebrate: Heb. rest</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn29">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref29" name="_edn29" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xiii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <i>The Holy Bible : King James Version.</i>
electronic ed. of the 1769 edition of the 1611 Authorized Version. Bellingham
WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 1995.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn30">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref30" name="_edn30" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xiv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <i>Webster’s Dictionary, 1828 Edition</i>, (electronic edition) e-Sword®,
ver. 9.5.1, Copyright ©2000-2009 by Rick Myers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn31">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref31" name="_edn31" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Scripture verses from <i>King James Version, Red-Letter Bible, </i>by
James Strong, (<i> </i>electronic edition<i>), </i>e-Sword<sup>®</sup>, v. 9.5.1, copyright ©2000-2009 by Rick Myers;
commentary notes from <i>Barnes’ Notes on
the Bible, </i>by Albert Barnes, (<i> </i>electronic
edition<i>), </i>e-Sword<sup>®</sup>, ver.
9.5.1, copyright ©2000-2009 by Rick
Myers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn32">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref32" name="_edn32" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; position: relative; top: -3pt;">[xvi]</span><!--[endif]--></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <i>American Standard Version.</i> Electronic
edition. Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 1995.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn33">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref33" name="_edn33" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xvii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <a name="1"><span style="color: red;">Dr.
David H. Stern, Jewish New Testament Commentary (Clarksville, MD: Jewish New
Testament Publications, 1992), p. 96.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn34">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref34" name="_edn34" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xviii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <a name="2"><span style="color: red;">Ibid.
p. 33. From the Talmud, Shabbat 31a.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn35">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref35" name="_edn35" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">v</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Rom. 10:4</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn36">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref36" name="_edn36" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">w</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Matt. 24:35; Luke
16:17</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn37">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref37" name="_edn37" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2 </span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Gr. <i>iota,</i> Heb.
<i>yod,</i> the smallest letter</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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in a Heb. letter</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref39" name="_edn39" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">x </span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">[James 2:10]</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref40" name="_edn40" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span></span><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">The
New King James Version.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref41" name="_edn41" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xx]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> “…<b>Systematic theology</b> is a
discipline of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_theology" title="Christian theology"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Christian
theology</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> that
attempts to formulate an orderly, rational, and coherent account of the
Christian faith and beliefs. Inherent to a system of theological thought is
that a method is developed, one which can be applied both broadly and
particularly. Systematic theology draws on the foundations of the sacred texts
of Christianity, and also looks to the development of doctrine over the course
of history, philosophy, science, and ethics to produce as full a view and as
versatile a philosophical approach as possible…” From <i>Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, @ </i>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systematic_theology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref42" name="_edn42" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a
</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">[Rom. 1:20]</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref43" name="_edn43" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">b </span></span></a><st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">2
Sam. 12:5</span></span></st1:bcv_smarttag><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">–7; [Matt. 7:1–5; <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">Luke 6:37</st1:bcv_smarttag>]; <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">John 8:9</st1:bcv_smarttag>;
<st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">Rom. 14:22</st1:bcv_smarttag><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref44" name="_edn44" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">c
</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Rom. 9:23; 11:33</span></st1:bcv_smarttag><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">; [2 Cor. 8:2; <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">Eph. 1:7, 18; 2:7</st1:bcv_smarttag>;
<st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">Phil. 4:19</st1:bcv_smarttag>; <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">Col. 1:27; 2:2</st1:bcv_smarttag>; <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">Titus
3:6</st1:bcv_smarttag>] </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref45" name="_edn45" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">d</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">[Rom. 3:25]</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref46" name="_edn46" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">e
</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Ex. 34:6</span></st1:bcv_smarttag><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">; [Rom. 9:22; <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">1 Tim. 1:16</st1:bcv_smarttag>]; <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">1 Pet. 3:20</st1:bcv_smarttag></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref47" name="_edn47" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">f
</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Is. 30:18; [2 Pet.
3:9, 15]</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref48" name="_edn48" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">1</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">unrepentant</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref49" name="_edn49" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">g
</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">[Deut. 32:34]; <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">Prov. 1:18</st1:bcv_smarttag>; <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">James 5:3</st1:bcv_smarttag></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref50" name="_edn50" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">2
</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">storing</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref51" name="_edn51" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">h
</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">[Job 34:11]; <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">Ps. 62:12</st1:bcv_smarttag>; <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">Prov. 24:12</st1:bcv_smarttag>;
<st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">Jer. 17:10</st1:bcv_smarttag>; [2 Cor. 5:10; <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">Rev. 20:12, 13</st1:bcv_smarttag>]</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref52" name="_edn52" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">i
</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Job 24:13</span></st1:bcv_smarttag><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">; [2 Thess. 1:8]</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref53" name="_edn53" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">j
</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Amos 3:2</span></st1:bcv_smarttag><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">; <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">Luke 12:47</st1:bcv_smarttag>; <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">Acts 3:26</st1:bcv_smarttag>; <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">Rom. 1:16;
1</st1:bcv_smarttag> Pet. 4:17</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref54" name="_edn54" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">3
</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Gentile</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref55" name="_edn55" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">k </span></span></a><st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Rom. 2:7</span></st1:bcv_smarttag><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">; <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">Heb. 2:7</st1:bcv_smarttag>; [1 Pet. 1:7]</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref56" name="_edn56" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xxi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <i>The New King James Version.</i> ©1982.
Nashville: Thomas Nelson.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref57" name="_edn57" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xxii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <i>The New King James Version.</i> ©1982.
Nashville: Thomas Nelson.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref58" name="_edn58" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xxiii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <i>The Complete Jewish bible, </i>translated by David H. Stern ©1998 by
David H. Stern, Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc, Clarksville Maryland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref59" name="_edn59" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">x </span></span></a><st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Deut. 6:5; 10:12; 30:6</span></st1:bcv_smarttag><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref60" name="_edn60" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">y
</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Lev. 19:18</span></st1:bcv_smarttag><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">; <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">Matt. 19:19</st1:bcv_smarttag>; <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">Mark 12:31</st1:bcv_smarttag>; <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">Luke 10:27</st1:bcv_smarttag>;
[Rom. 13:9; <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">Gal. 5:14</st1:bcv_smarttag>; <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">James 2:8</st1:bcv_smarttag>]</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref61" name="_edn61" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">z
</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">[Matt. 7:12; <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">Rom. 13:10; 1</st1:bcv_smarttag> Tim. 1:5]</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref62" name="_edn62" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xxiv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <i>The New King James Version.</i> 1982.
Nashville: Thomas Nelson.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref63" name="_edn63" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xxv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> The King James
Version</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">,
(Cambridge: Cambridge) 1769.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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House, Grand Rapids, MI<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref65" name="_edn65" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">l
</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Ps. 14:1</span></st1:bcv_smarttag><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">–3; 53:1–3; Eccl. 7:20</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref66" name="_edn66" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">m
</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Ps. 5:9</span></st1:bcv_smarttag><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref67" name="_edn67" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">4</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">grave</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref68" name="_edn68" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">n
</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Ps. 140:3</span></st1:bcv_smarttag><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref69" name="_edn69" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">o</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Ps. 10:7</span></st1:bcv_smarttag><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref70" name="_edn70" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">p
</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Prov. 1:16</span></st1:bcv_smarttag><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">; Is. 59:7, 8</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref71" name="_edn71" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">q
</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Ps. 36:1</span></st1:bcv_smarttag><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref72" name="_edn72" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xxvii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <i>The New King James Version.</i> 1982.
Nashville: Thomas Nelson.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref73" name="_edn73" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">f </span></span></a><st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Hag. 1:1</span></st1:bcv_smarttag><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref74" name="_edn74" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">g
</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Is. 30:1; <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">Hos. 1:7</st1:bcv_smarttag>; <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">Hag. 2:4, 5</st1:bcv_smarttag></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref75" name="_edn75" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xxviii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <i>The New King James Version.</i> 1982.
Nashville: Thomas Nelson.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn76">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref76" name="_edn76" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">q
</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">[John 11:52]; <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">Gal. 3:26</st1:bcv_smarttag></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref77" name="_edn77" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">5</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">authority</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref78" name="_edn78" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">r
</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">[John 3:5]; <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">James 1:18</st1:bcv_smarttag>; [1 Pet. 1:23; <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">1
John 2:29; 3:9</st1:bcv_smarttag>]</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref79" name="_edn79" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xxix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <i>The New King James Version.</i> 1982.
Nashville: Thomas Nelson.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref80" name="_edn80" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">c
</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">depart: Heb. be
loosed, or, disjointed</span></p></div>
<div id="edn81">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref81" name="_edn81" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">d
</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">hurt: Heb. bruise,
or, breach</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn82">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref82" name="_edn82" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">†</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">A Hebrew word occurs
that is not directly translated in the <i>King James Version</i>.<br />
Hebrew Strongs: 1323<br />
Stem, Mood: 8676</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn83">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref83" name="_edn83" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xxx]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <i>The Holy Bible : King James Version.</i>
1995 (electronic ed. of the 1769 edition of the 1611 Authorized Version.).
Bellingham WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref84" name="_edn84" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xxxi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <i>The Holy Bible : King James Version.</i>
1995 (electronic ed. of the 1769 edition of the 1611 Authorized Version.).
Bellingham WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn85">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref85" name="_edn85" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xxxii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <i>The Holy Bible : King James Version.</i>
1995 (electronic ed. of the 1769 edition of the 1611 Authorized Version.).
Bellingham WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn86">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref86" name="_edn86" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xxxiii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <i>American Standard Version.</i> 1995
(Electronic edition.). Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref87" name="_edn87" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xxxiv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> From </span><a href="http://www.seedofabraham.net/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">http://www.seedofabraham.net</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">, the article titled “<i>Seven Ways Yeshua Fulfilled the Law</i>” by
Avram Yehoshua.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref88" name="_edn88" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xxxv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> From the article </span><a href="http://www.therefinersfire.org/original_commandments1.htm"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">"</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">But,
didn't Jesus abolish the Law and those original 613 commandments?<b>"</b></span></a><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">©
http://www.therefinersfire.org/index.htm, all rights reserved; Scriptures taken
from <i>The Complete Jewish bible, </i>translated
by David H. Stern ©1998 by David H. Stern, Jewish New Testament Publications,
Inc, Clarksville Maryland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref89" name="_edn89" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xxxvi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <i>Devotional/Exhortational Articles on End Time Themes</i>, (Sections 4
&5) by Gavin Finley MD, at http://endtimepilgrim.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn90">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref90" name="_edn90" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xxxvii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <i>The Holy Bible : King James Version.</i>
electronic ed. of the 1769 edition of the 1611 Authorized Version. Bellingham
WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 1995. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn91">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref91" name="_edn91" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xxxviii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
From </span><b><i><span style="color: #900000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Day of Atonement at the Last Day </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">A
study by Gavin Finley MD (http://EndTimePilgrim.org - 2003)</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref92" name="_edn92" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xxxix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Contents from “<i>The Attributes of God</i>”, by A. W. Pink,
first published in the booklets “Studies in the Scriptures”, published without
interruption from 1922 to 1953; Reprints now available from Chapel Library;
they may be contacted at
www.mountzion.org<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <i>The Holy Bible : King James Version.</i>
©1995 (electronic ed. of the 1769 edition of the 1611 Authorized Version.).
Bellingham WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref94" name="_edn94" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xli]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <i>The Holy Bible : King James Version.</i>
©1995 (electronic ed. of the 1769 edition of the 1611 Authorized Version.).
Bellingham WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref95" name="_edn95" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xlii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Darby, J. N. ©(1996). <i>The Holy Scriptures :
A new translation from the original languages</i>. Oak Harbor: Logos Research
Systems.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref96" name="_edn96" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xliii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <i>The Septuagint with Apocrypha: Greek and English, </i>by Sir Lancelot
C.L. Brenton, originally published 1851, ©2007 Hendrickson Publishers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref97" name="_edn97" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xliv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Darby, J. N. ©(1996). <i>The Holy Scriptures :
A new translation from the original languages</i>. Oak Harbor: Logos Research
Systems.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref98" name="_edn98" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xlv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">American Standard Version.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> 1995 (Electronic
edition.). Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref99" name="_edn99" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xlvi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <i>American Standard Version.</i> ©1995
(Electronic edition.). Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn100">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref100" name="_edn100" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">d </span></span></a><st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Gen. 6:13; 18:17</span></st1:bcv_smarttag><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">; [Jer. 23:22]; Dan. 9:22; [John 15:15]</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref101" name="_edn101" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xlvii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <i>The New King James Version.</i> ©1982.
Nashville: Thomas Nelson.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn102">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref102" name="_edn102" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">s</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Gen. 18:17</span></st1:bcv_smarttag><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref103" name="_edn103" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">t </span></span></a><st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">John 6:70; 13:18; 15:19; 1</span></st1:bcv_smarttag><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">John 4:10</st1:bcv_smarttag></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref104" name="_edn104" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">u
</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">[Matt. 28:19; <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">Mark 16:15</st1:bcv_smarttag>; <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">Col. 1:6</st1:bcv_smarttag>]</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref105" name="_edn105" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">v
</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">John 14:13; 16:23, 24</span></st1:bcv_smarttag><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref106" name="_edn106" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xlviii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <i>The New King James Version.</i> ©1982.
Nashville: Thomas Nelson.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref107" name="_edn107" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[xlix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <i>The New King James Version.</i> ©1982.
Nashville: Thomas Nelson.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref108" name="_edn108" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[l]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <i>Gesenius’ Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament Scriptures, </i>translated
by Samuel Prideaux Tregelles, LL.D., (first issued 1847) ©1979 Baker Book House
Company, Grand Rapids, MI: pp 599.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref109" name="_edn109" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[li]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Hayford, J. W.,
& Thomas Nelson Publishers. ©(1995). <i>Hayford's Bible handbook</i>.
Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref110" name="_edn110" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[lii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <i>Thayer’s Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament, </i>by Joseph H.
Thayer, (published originally 1896), 2007 Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody MA;
pp 665.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref111" name="_edn111" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">k
</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Job 28:28</span></st1:bcv_smarttag><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">; [Prov. 1:7; 9:10]; <st1:bcv_smarttag w:st="on">Eccl. 12:13</st1:bcv_smarttag></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref112" name="_edn112" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[liii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <i>The New King James Version.</i> 1982.
Nashville: Thomas Nelson.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref113" name="_edn113" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">d
</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">the beginning: or,
the principal part</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref114" name="_edn114" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[liv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <i>The Holy Bible : King James Version.</i>
1995 (electronic ed. of the 1769 edition of the 1611 Authorized Version.).
Bellingham WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref115" name="_edn115" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[lv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <i>The Holy Bible : King James Version.</i>
1995 (electronic ed. of the 1769 edition of the 1611 Authorized Version.).
Bellingham WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref116" name="_edn116" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">c</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">destroyed: Heb. cut
off</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref117" name="_edn117" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[lvi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <i>The Holy Bible : King James Version.</i>
electronic ed. of the 1769 edition of the 1611 Authorized Version. Bellingham
WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 1995.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref118" name="_edn118" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">c </span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">destroyed: Heb. cut
off</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref119" name="_edn119" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">d</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">set...: Heb. lift up
their soul to</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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upon</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref121" name="_edn121" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[lvii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <i>The Holy Bible : King James Version.</i>
electronic ed. of the 1769 edition of the 1611 Authorized Version. Bellingham
WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 1995.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref122" name="_edn122" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[lviii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Scripture from <i>The Complete Jewish bible, </i>translated by David H. Stern ©1998 by
David H. Stern, Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc, Clarksville Maryland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/c118e983f920f433/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness%20vol%2037_Revelation.docx#_ednref123" name="_edn123" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[lix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Notes from John Gills <i>Exposition Of the Entire Bible,</i>
electronic edition, e-Sword<sup>®</sup>, ver. 9.5.1, copyright ©2000-2009 by Rick Myers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</div><div id="i4c-dialogs-container"></div><div id="i4c-dialogs-container"></div><div id="i4c-dialogs-container"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div id="i4c-dialogs-container"></div>David_seedofabrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779218562279412780noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808052277561745789.post-62989403711674149582021-04-05T22:44:00.003-07:002021-05-16T01:31:27.463-07:00We Continue on our Study in Revelation: Part 11, A Search For Truth at the end of the Age... <div id="i4c-draggable-container" style="height: 0px; position: fixed; width: 0px; z-index: 1499;"><div class="resolved" data-reactroot="" style="all: initial;"></div></div><p> <span style="text-align: center;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©2021, David E. Robinson: At the Gates of Yerushalayim
Ministries</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2021/02/we-come-back-again-to-our-study-in.html" target="_blank">Go to Part 10</a><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2020/09/as-we-work-on-asif-doctrine-not-given.html" target="_blank">Go to Part One</a><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.asearchformessiah.net/2021/05/lessons-from-wilderness-vol-36-we.html" target="_blank">Go to Part Twelve</a><br /></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lessons from the Wilderness, Volume 35<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>…A Study in
Revelation…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Part Eleven<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A Search for Truth at the End of the Age<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" style="mso-endnote-id: edn1;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[i]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn2" name="_ednref2" style="mso-endnote-id: edn2;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[ii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn3" name="_ednref3" style="mso-endnote-id: edn3;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[iii]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn4" name="_ednref4" style="mso-endnote-id: edn4;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[iv]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn5" name="_ednref5" style="mso-endnote-id: edn5;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[v]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vWrKkK_sHnxizcSKdV6F7zrmzNVVyMcUIWimRkiS131odkD8lOiygrJ63oAsmvhb0HuEQMbE9wqIVxlW7NMvSCyCi9JbXGquLsVgFG9wntXbGdnLg_6siHg3HSGq8kpJNQkc0n1bjf5s/s540/Line.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vWrKkK_sHnxizcSKdV6F7zrmzNVVyMcUIWimRkiS131odkD8lOiygrJ63oAsmvhb0HuEQMbE9wqIVxlW7NMvSCyCi9JbXGquLsVgFG9wntXbGdnLg_6siHg3HSGq8kpJNQkc0n1bjf5s/w640-h4/Line.gif" width="640" /></a></b></div><b><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"> </b><span style="text-align: left;">We are at a crossroad in our study. I would like to take
the first part of our journey and do some review. No doubt, if any of you have
“slogged” their way through this series, You have found many definition, many
quotes, much discussion about the state of things. One can rightly ask the
question “What has been the point? We are eleven (<b><i>REALLY</i></b>) long posts
into this study, and we have only covered eight verses in the first chapter!”</span></div></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">Here is where we start, with the understanding that the Book of Revelation carries with
it two distinct things – blessing(s) and curse(s).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><b>First the blessing(s):</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="text-align: center;">Revelation 1:1–3 (NET)</b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1:1 </span></sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The revelation of Jesus Christ,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn6" name="_ednref6" style="mso-endnote-id: edn6;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a> which God gave
him to show his servants<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn7" name="_ednref7" style="mso-endnote-id: edn7;" title=""><sup>2</sup></a> what must happen very soon.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn8" name="_ednref8" style="mso-endnote-id: edn8;" title=""><sup>3</sup></a>
He made it clear<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn9" name="_ednref9" style="mso-endnote-id: edn9;" title=""><sup>4</sup></a> by sending his angel to his servant<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn10" name="_ednref10" style="mso-endnote-id: edn10;" title=""><sup>5</sup></a>
John, <sup>1:2 </sup>who then<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn11" name="_ednref11" style="mso-endnote-id: edn11;" title=""><sup>6</sup></a> testified to everything that he saw
concerning the word of God and the testimony about<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn12" name="_ednref12" style="mso-endnote-id: edn12;" title=""><sup>7</sup></a> Jesus Christ. <sup>1:3 </sup><i>Blessed
is the one who reads the words of this<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn13" name="_ednref13" style="mso-endnote-id: edn13;" title=""><sup>8</sup></a> prophecy aloud,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn14" name="_ednref14" style="mso-endnote-id: edn14;" title=""><sup>9</sup></a>
and blessed are<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn15" name="_ednref15" style="mso-endnote-id: edn15;" title=""><sup>10</sup></a> those who hear and obey<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn16" name="_ednref16" style="mso-endnote-id: edn16;" title=""><sup>11</sup></a> the things
written in it, because the time is near!<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn17" name="_ednref17" style="mso-endnote-id: edn17;" title=""><sup>12</sup></a> </i><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn18" name="_ednref18" style="mso-endnote-id: edn18;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vi]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b>Revelation 22:6–7
(NASB95)</b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><b>6</b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>And <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn19" name="_ednref19" style="mso-endnote-id: edn19;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>he said to me, “<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn20" name="_ednref20" style="mso-endnote-id: edn20;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>These
words are faithful and true”; and the Lord, the <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn21" name="_ednref21" style="mso-endnote-id: edn21;" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>God of the spirits of
the prophets, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn22" name="_ednref22" style="mso-endnote-id: edn22;" title=""><sup>d</sup></a>sent His angel to show to His bondservants the things
which must soon take place.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><b>7</b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="color: red;">“And behold, </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn23" name="_ednref23" style="mso-endnote-id: edn23;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span style="color: red;">I am coming quickly. </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn24" name="_ednref24" style="mso-endnote-id: edn24;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a><span style="color: red;">Blessed is he who </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn25" name="_ednref25" style="mso-endnote-id: edn25;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a><span style="color: red;">heeds </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn26" name="_ednref26" style="mso-endnote-id: edn26;" title=""><sup>c</sup></a><span style="color: red;">the words of
the prophecy of this book.”</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn27" name="_ednref27" style="mso-endnote-id: edn27;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p><b>The Curse(s):</b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Message to Ephesus<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b><b>Revelation 2:4–7 (NET)</b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><sup>2:4 </sup></b>But I have this against you: You
have departed<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn28" name="_ednref28" style="mso-endnote-id: edn28;" title=""><sup>12</sup></a> from your first love! <b><sup>2:5 </sup></b>Therefore,
remember from what high state<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn29" name="_ednref29" style="mso-endnote-id: edn29;" title=""><sup>13</sup></a> you have fallen and repent! Do<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn30" name="_ednref30" style="mso-endnote-id: edn30;" title=""><sup>14</sup></a>
the deeds you did at the first;<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn31" name="_ednref31" style="mso-endnote-id: edn31;" title=""><sup>15</sup></a> if not, I will come to you and
remove your lampstand from its place—that is, if you do not repent.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn32" name="_ednref32" style="mso-endnote-id: edn32;" title=""><sup>16</sup></a>
<b><sup>2:6 </sup></b>But you do have this going for you:<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn33" name="_ednref33" style="mso-endnote-id: edn33;" title=""><sup>17</sup></a>
You hate what the Nicolaitans<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn34" name="_ednref34" style="mso-endnote-id: edn34;" title=""><sup>18</sup></a> practice<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn35" name="_ednref35" style="mso-endnote-id: edn35;" title=""><sup>19</sup></a>—practices I
also hate. <b><sup>2:7 </sup></b>The one who has an ear had better hear
what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers,<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn36" name="_ednref36" style="mso-endnote-id: edn36;" title=""><sup>20</sup></a>
I will permit<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn37" name="_ednref37" style="mso-endnote-id: edn37;" title=""><sup>21</sup></a> him to eat from the tree of life that is<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn38" name="_ednref38" style="mso-endnote-id: edn38;" title=""><sup>22</sup></a>
in the paradise of God.’<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn39" name="_ednref39" style="mso-endnote-id: edn39;" title=""><sup>23</sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn40" name="_ednref40" style="mso-endnote-id: edn40;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[viii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p><b><i>Message to
Pergamum</i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>Revelation 2:14–17 (NASB95)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;">14<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="color: red;">‘But </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn41" name="_ednref41" style="mso-endnote-id: edn41;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span style="color: red;">I have a few things against you, because you have there some
who hold the </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn42" name="_ednref42" style="mso-endnote-id: edn42;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a><span style="color: red;">teaching of
Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of
Israel, </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn43" name="_ednref43" style="mso-endnote-id: edn43;" title=""><sup>c</sup></a><span style="color: red;">to eat things sacrificed to
idols and to commit <i>acts of</i> immorality. </span>15<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="color: red;">‘So you also have some who in the same
way hold the teaching of the </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn44" name="_ednref44" style="mso-endnote-id: edn44;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span style="color: red;">Nicolaitans. </span>16<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="color: red;">‘Therefore </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn45" name="_ednref45" style="mso-endnote-id: edn45;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span style="color: red;">repent; or else </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn46" name="_ednref46" style="mso-endnote-id: edn46;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a><span style="color: red;">I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them
with </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn47" name="_ednref47" style="mso-endnote-id: edn47;" title=""><sup>c</sup></a><span style="color: red;">the sword of My mouth.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; tab-stops: right .25in left .5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;">17<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="color: red;">‘</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn48" name="_ednref48" style="mso-endnote-id: edn48;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span style="color: red;">He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the
churches. </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn49" name="_ednref49" style="mso-endnote-id: edn49;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a><span style="color: red;">To him who overcomes, to him I
will give <i>some</i> of the hidden </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn50" name="_ednref50" style="mso-endnote-id: edn50;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a><span style="color: red;">manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn51" name="_ednref51" style="mso-endnote-id: edn51;" title=""><sup>c</sup></a><span style="color: red;">new name written on the stone </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn52" name="_ednref52" style="mso-endnote-id: edn52;" title=""><sup>d</sup></a><span style="color: red;">which no one knows but he who receives it.’</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn53" name="_ednref53" style="mso-endnote-id: edn53;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[ix]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p><b><i>Message to Thyatira</i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><i><o:p> </o:p></i></b><b>Revelation 2:20–23 (CEV)</b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; text-align: center;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn54" name="_ednref54" style="mso-endnote-id: edn54;" title=""><sup>†20</sup></a>
<span style="color: red;">But I still have something against you because of that
woman Jezebel. </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn55" name="_ednref55" style="mso-endnote-id: edn55;" title=""><sup>s</sup></a> <span style="color: red;">She calls
herself a prophet, and you let her teach and mislead my servants to do immoral
things and to eat food offered to idols.</span> <sup>21</sup> <span style="color: red;">I gave her a chance to turn from her sins, but she did not
want to stop doing these immoral things.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.25in;"><b><sup>22</sup></b> <span style="color: red;">I am going to
strike down Jezebel. Everyone who does these immoral things with her will also
be punished if they do not stop.</span> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn56" name="_ednref56" style="mso-endnote-id: edn56;" title=""><sup>†23</sup></a> <span style="color: red;">I will even kill her followers.</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn57" name="_ednref57" style="mso-endnote-id: edn57;" title=""><sup>t</sup></a> <span style="color: red;">Then all the churches will see that I know everyone’s thoughts
and feelings. I will treat each of you as you deserve.</span> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn58" name="_ednref58" style="mso-endnote-id: edn58;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[x]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p><b style="text-align: center;"><i>To the Church in Sardis</i></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>Revelation 3:1–3 (ESV)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>3 </b><span style="color: red;">“And to the angel of
the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><i><sup>i</sup></i></a>who has the seven
spirits of God and the seven stars. “ ‘I know your works. You have the
reputation <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><i><sup>j</sup></i></a>of being alive, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><i><sup>k</sup></i></a>but you are dead.</span>
<b><sup>2 </sup></b><span style="color: red;">Wake up, and strengthen what
remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><i><sup>l</sup></i></a>complete
in the sight of my God.</span> <b><sup>3 </sup></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><i><sup><span style="color: red;">m</span></sup></i></a><span style="color: red;">Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and
repent. If you will not wake up, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><i><sup>n</sup></i></a>I will come <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><i><sup>o</sup></i></a>like
a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you.</span> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn8;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><i>The Letter to Laodicea</i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>Revelation 3:14–19 (HCSB)</b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.25in;"><sup><span style="color: red;">14 </span></sup><span style="color: red;">“Write to the angel of the church in Laodicea:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="color: red;">“The <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn59" name="_ednref59" style="mso-endnote-id: edn59;" title=""><sup>•</sup></a>Amen,
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn60" name="_ednref60" style="mso-endnote-id: edn60;" title=""><sup>q</sup></a>
the faithful and true Witness, the Originator</span> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn61" name="_ednref61" style="mso-endnote-id: edn61;" title=""><sup>r</sup></a> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn62" name="_ednref62" style="mso-endnote-id: edn62;" title=""><sup>s</sup></a>
<span style="color: red;">of God’s creation says: <sup>15 </sup>I know your
works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were cold or hot. <sup>16 </sup>So,
because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am going to vomit</span> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn63" name="_ednref63" style="mso-endnote-id: edn63;" title=""><sup>t</sup></a>
<span style="color: red;">you out of My mouth. <sup>17 </sup>Because you say,
‘I’m rich; I have become wealthy and need nothing,’ <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn64" name="_ednref64" style="mso-endnote-id: edn64;" title=""><sup>u</sup></a> and you do not
know that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked, <sup>18 </sup>I
advise you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire so that you may be rich, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn65" name="_ednref65" style="mso-endnote-id: edn65;" title=""><sup>v</sup></a>
white clothes so that you may be dressed and your shameful nakedness not be
exposed, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn66" name="_ednref66" style="mso-endnote-id: edn66;" title=""><sup>w</sup></a> and ointment to spread on your eyes so that you may
see. <sup>19 </sup>As many as I love, I rebuke and discipline. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn67" name="_ednref67" style="mso-endnote-id: edn67;" title=""><sup>x</sup></a>
So be committed</span> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn68" name="_ednref68" style="mso-endnote-id: edn68;" title=""><sup>y</sup></a> <span style="color: red;">and repent. </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn69" name="_ednref69" style="mso-endnote-id: edn69;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xi]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>Revelation 22:18–19 (NASB95)</b></p>
<p class="MsoSubtitle"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><b><span color="windowtext">18 </span></b><span color="windowtext">I testify
to everyone who hears <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn77" name="_ednref77" style="mso-endnote-id: edn77;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>the words of the prophecy of this
book: if anyone <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn78" name="_ednref78" style="mso-endnote-id: edn78;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>adds to them, God will add to him <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn79" name="_ednref79" style="mso-endnote-id: edn79;" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>the plagues
which are written in <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn80" name="_ednref80" style="mso-endnote-id: edn80;" title=""><sup>d</sup></a>this book; 19<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>and if anyone <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn81" name="_ednref81" style="mso-endnote-id: edn81;" title=""><sup>a</sup></a>takes away from the <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn82" name="_ednref82" style="mso-endnote-id: edn82;" title=""><sup>b</sup></a>words
of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn83" name="_ednref83" style="mso-endnote-id: edn83;" title=""><sup>c</sup></a>the
tree of life and <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn84" name="_ednref84" style="mso-endnote-id: edn84;" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>from the holy city, <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn85" name="_ednref85" style="mso-endnote-id: edn85;" title=""><sup>d</sup></a>which are written in
this book.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn86" name="_ednref86" style="mso-endnote-id: edn86;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.75pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xiii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: .5in;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> Notice that there are no curses against the ekklesia in Smyrna or Philadelphia; they hold fast to the promises and the way of life. </span>So,
what do these have to do with the crossroad mentioned at the beginning of this
epistle? Again, this review is to remind you, dear reader, that the positioning
of your heart and mind must be on Messiah, for this book reveals Yeshua in all
His glory, splendor, and power. Position yourself anywhere else and you will
miss the entire meaning of the Book. Blessings and curses await; there is only
one line drawn in the sand. Which side do you stand upon?<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiPgZ-wrB4madrrQdirxv0OYQBrpOjN6t9KLyhAbZkqQ72-gTCDtPTUSvVNhs46rXgjVeDUm5Oc_orp0xvYO0HRCh1mmRIA_ORGlquwDHEMeFislPd_LwXB-6WXZE134ASqc42HR-nWBv9/s540/Line.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiPgZ-wrB4madrrQdirxv0OYQBrpOjN6t9KLyhAbZkqQ72-gTCDtPTUSvVNhs46rXgjVeDUm5Oc_orp0xvYO0HRCh1mmRIA_ORGlquwDHEMeFislPd_LwXB-6WXZE134ASqc42HR-nWBv9/w640-h4/Line.gif" width="640" /></a></b></div><b> </b><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Revelation 1:8 (KJV)</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning, and the ending,</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> saith the Lord, which
is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn87" name="_ednref87" style="mso-endnote-id: edn87;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xiv]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-align: justify;"> Here in our King James Red-Letter version, we see
Messiah saying “…</span><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-align: justify;">I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending</span><span lang="EN" style="text-align: justify;">…” In other red-letter versions we see (as in the
NKJV) <sup>8</sup> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn88" name="_ednref88" style="text-align: justify;" title=""><sup>t</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-align: justify;">“I am the Alpha
and the Omega, </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn89" name="_ednref89" style="text-align: justify;" title=""><sup>4</sup></a><i style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the</span></i><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-align: justify;"> Beginning and <i>the</i>
End,”</span><span lang="EN" style="text-align: justify;">
says the </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn90" name="_ednref90" style="text-align: justify;" title=""><sup>5</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="text-align: justify;">Lord, </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn91" name="_ednref91" style="text-align: justify;" title=""><sup>u</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-align: justify;">“who is and who was and who is to come, the </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn92" name="_ednref92" style="text-align: justify;" title=""><sup>v</sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-align: justify;">Almighty.”</span><span lang="EN" style="text-align: justify;"> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn93" name="_ednref93" style="text-align: justify;" title=""><sup><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xv]</span></sup></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="text-align: justify;">. I mention these here to address another problem we have in interpretations. The "Alpha and Omega" or in Hebrew, "the Aleph and the Tav" have for us theological importance - as long as we interpret them correctly. This is simply a matter of how the translator
interpreted the passage in terms of what was said. Where the differences occur from the original
text is: (a) the phrase “…<span style="color: red;">the beginning and the ending</span>…”
and (b) “…saith the Lord…” The first,
(a), is not found in the majority of the ancient texts; it is believed to have
been a note of explanation about “<span style="color: red;">Alpha and Omega</span>”
and over time it found its way into the text.
The second, (b), has in the older mss (manuscripts) according to Gill:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“…saith the Lord</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">; that
is, the Lord Messiah Yeshua; the Alexandrian copy, the Complutensian edition,
and the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions, read, "the Lord
God"; and the Ethiopic version only God…”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn94" name="_ednref94" style="mso-endnote-id: edn94;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xvi]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-align: justify;"> At what length we could delve into the apparent
discrepancies of the English translations versus the original autographs, but
we only need to do so if there is a marked difference in the translation; and not so much as in translation, but the way some have taken liberties with the grammer in both the Hebrew and the Greek. These items are brought out for your
information, so that you get a sense of the importance of study for
yourself. At this juncture, our focus
must rest at the term “</span><span lang="EN" style="color: red; text-align: justify;">Alpha and Omega</span><span lang="EN" style="text-align: justify;">”. The Alpha is symbolized by the Greek letter
“a or <span face=""koine ISA U",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">A</span>”; Omega by the letters “<b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: GreekUniversal; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"></span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><b>(W)<span face="Koine-Medium" lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> </span></b> or
w”. These correspond to the Hebrew
letters ”a” for <i>alef, </i>and “<span style="color: blue; text-align: justify;">ת</span><span lang="EN" style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1MKUESpGnvpAVWXzVuDnU6KXYKkmKOIUwEp7ejDL4BmW6BTg3SR_ady1rOncOuWuNegF5IwaQLZVJ3XGuQH5R_ni_G13Z0BHhCTC6w3tYEm8ac1NTHvBkXw1THXaWJhbFQiZPhakaVvx/s30/Omega.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="30" data-original-width="29" height="27" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1MKUESpGnvpAVWXzVuDnU6KXYKkmKOIUwEp7ejDL4BmW6BTg3SR_ady1rOncOuWuNegF5IwaQLZVJ3XGuQH5R_ni_G13Z0BHhCTC6w3tYEm8ac1NTHvBkXw1THXaWJhbFQiZPhakaVvx/w26-h27/Omega.png" width="26" /></a></b> “ for <i>tav</i>, the first and the
last letters of the Hebraic alphabet. Now some say that there is a hidden
message in the <i>Tanakh/Torah</i> if we
look for it.<i> </i> Let us look at one of “special” cases where
these letters are used in the Hebrew.
Below is <b>Genesis 1:1</b> written in Hebrew (remember Hebrew reads
right to left):</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">בראשית<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ברא<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>אלהים<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>את<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>שמים<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ואת<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>הארץ<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>'erets</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">shâmayim<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>shâmeh</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(eth)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Elohim<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>bara<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">rê'shîyth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span> <sup>6</sup>the earth <sup>5</sup>(and) <sup>4</sup>the heavens <sup>2</sup> Elohim <sup>3</sup>He-created <sup>1</sup>in beginning,</p>
<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">(no
English equivalent)</span></p></blockquote>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">alef-tav</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">It
may be a little hard to visualize here, but without going into an in-depth
study of the Hebrew language, let me point out what it is that they say is
revealed here. There are 7 words in the very first sentence in the Bible (there
is the number 7 again…).</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Six are
translated.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">The first three refer to </span><i style="text-align: justify;">Elohim’s </i><span style="text-align: justify;">power, the power of
creation.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">(for those who are not aware, </span><i style="text-align: justify;">Elohim </i><span style="text-align: justify;">is a plural term for Yahweh,
denoting His status not only as One, but more than (He is Father, Son and Holy
Spirit).</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">On the left side of </span><b style="text-align: justify;">Gen. 1:1</b><span style="text-align: justify;">,
are three more words, denoting what was created.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">In between the Creator and the created stands
– you guessed it – the </span><i style="text-align: justify;">Alef-Tav</i><span style="text-align: justify;">, or
as some translate it, the </span><i style="text-align: justify;">Alpha</i><span style="text-align: justify;"> and </span><i style="text-align: justify;">Omega</i><span style="text-align: justify;">.</span><span style="text-align: justify;">
</span><span style="text-align: justify;">From the very first sentence in the Holy word of Yahweh they say that Messiah
Yeshua is revealed as the one that connects the creation to Yahweh as our
mediator.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">In the English you would never
see this, but in the Hebrew, what Messiah Himself declares that He is, comes to
life in the </span><i style="text-align: justify;">Lashon HaKodesh.</i><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Or does it?</span><span style="text-align: justify;">
</span><span style="text-align: justify;">If we are to seriously study the Word of Yahweh, we must take into
consideration some points: the alef-tav (pronounced </span><i style="text-align: justify;">ate</i><span style="text-align: justify;"> or </span><i style="text-align: justify;">et</i><span style="text-align: justify;">) is generally
used in Hebrew grammar as a marker to point to the word that follows it as
being the definite direct object. </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn95" name="_ednref95" style="text-align: justify;" title=""><sup><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xvii]</span></sup></sup></a><span style="text-align: justify;">
Where some get the notion that the “et” refers to Yeshua is from how </span><b style="text-align: justify;">John
1:1</b><span style="text-align: justify;"> is translated in some Hebrew New Testaments..</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span dir="LTR" style="color: teal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(Joh 1:1)</span><span dir="LTR" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="HE" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">בראשית<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>היה<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>הדבר<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>והדבר<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>היה<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">את</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>האלהים<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>וא לה<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ים<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>היה<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>הדבר׃<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: right; text-autospace: none; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span dir="LTR" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Elohim ha-ya ha-da-var ve-hoo Elohim-ha <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">et</span> ha-ya ve-ha-da-var
ha-da-var ha-ya Be-re-sheet<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Avram Yehoshua continues his explanation: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">“…Yeshua is definitely the
Alpha and the Omega (<b>Rev. 1:8</b>, <b>17</b>; <b>21:6</b>; <b>22:13</b>) which conceptually means He’s the Alef and the Tav. Of
this there is no question. Alef and tav are the first and the last letters in
the Hebrew alphabet corresponding to the first and last letters of the Greek
alphabet, alpha and omega. But note the not insignificant difference in Yeshua
being <i>the Alef and the Tav </i>vs. those who present Him as the Alef–Tav of <b>John
1:1</b>. The first is biblical and the second is kabbalistic.
Yeshua as the Alef and the Tav is also conceptually seen in Yahweh saying that
He is the First and the Last (<b>Is. 44:6;</b></span><a href="http://seedofabraham.net/jat.htm#EN1#EN1" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><b><span color="windowtext" style="text-decoration-line: none;">(1)</span></b></a><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn96" name="_ednref96" title=""><sup><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xviii]</span></sup></sup></a> see also </span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;">41:4</b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">; </span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;">48:12</b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">). But there are serious problems with
anyone trying to present Yeshua as the Alef–Tav of </span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Gen. 1:1</b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> or </span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;">John 1:1</b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">. Yeshua might have spoken in Hebrew to
the Jewish Apostle John on the island of Patmos in Revelation 1:8, etc., but
whether He did or not still allows for it to be translated into Hebrew. But
with the Alef and the Tav in Hebrew it still </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">does
not bring us to any ‘ate’ in Jn. 1:1 because Yeshua does
not say in Revelation, ‘I am the Alef–Tav’ but rather, ‘I am the Alef and the
Tav.’ The former is three letters of the Hebrew alphabet that come into English
as ‘the Alef–Tav’ (<b>האת ha-ate</b>). The
latter is made up of eight Hebrew letters that come into English as five words:
‘the Alef and the Tav’ (<b>האלף והתו ha-alef vih-ha-tav</b>)… The word ‘ate’ in <b>Gen. 1:1</b> is a non–translatable word. It is used in Hebrew grammar
as a marker to point to the word that follows it as being the definite direct
object. Some kabbalistic Rabbis who loved ‘to play with words’ saw ‘all of
creation’ in the ‘ate’ of <b>Gen. 1:1</b>.
This is because ‘all the letters’ of the Hebrew alphabet so to speak are
‘in–between’ alef and tav, and God used words (which are made of letters) to
make His Creation…”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn97" name="_ednref97" title=""><sup><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xix]</span></sup></sup></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span>Avram concludes with this:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span>“…Looking at ‘ate’ in Genesis, the first
verse in Hebrew literally reads, ‘In the Beginning, created God the Heavens and
the Earth.’ There are two places where the definite direct object marker ‘ate’
is found in this verse. One is right before ‘the Heavens’ and the other is
right before ‘the Earth.’ Putting ‘Yeshua’ where the ate’s are gives us this:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: blue; text-align: center;">‘In the
Beginning God created Yeshua the Heavens and Yeshua the Earth.’</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">This not only makes the sentence
incoherent, but it also implies that Yeshua was created, an extremely heretical
concept which goes directly against </span><b style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">John
1:1</b><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"> with
its, ‘and the Word was God.’ God was never created… neither the Father nor the
Son nor the Holy Spirit.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Teaching that ‘ate’ is Yeshua and
therefore that Yeshua is seen twice in the first verse of Genesis displays an
ignorance for linguistic as well as theological reality. There is no direct
parallel with ‘ate’ and Yeshua in either Gen. 1:1 or John 1:1. But there is
much concerning Yeshua as the Light of Gen. 1:3 that, together with His Father
(v. 1 ‘God’), and the Spirit of God (v. 2), created everything (vv. 6-31) as
John tells us in John 1:1-3, 10.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">Biblical commentators strive to find out
what the biblical text is saying. That is called exegesis; taking out of the
text what is in it. There is another ‘teaching method’ and I use that phrase
pejoratively and that is eisegesis; projecting into a text something that is
not there but only within one’s mind.<a href="http://seedofabraham.net/jat.htm#EN14#EN14"><sup><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">(14)</span></sup></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span>People who use eisegesis project their
false ideas and theology onto the biblical text, using the biblical text to
give their erroneous and deceptive doctrines ‘the authority of Scripture.’</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span> In
the first chapter of John, the Apostle was introducing his readers to someone
whom he only first names in <b>1:17 </b>as Yeshua the Messiah. John points to
Him throughout the first chapter with biblically divine conceptual pictures but
the Alef–Tav is not one of them:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .45in; margin-right: .35in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.35in 0in 0.45in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Yeshua is the Word (<b>v. 1</b>) that was ‘in the Beginning’ (v. 1).
The very first Words of God recorded in Scripture are, ‘Be (come <i>forth</i>)
Light!’ Yeshua is literally the Word of Yahweh which became Living Light.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .65in; margin-right: .35in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.35in 0in 0.65in; text-indent: -0.2in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a. Yeshua is the Light of men and the True Light (<b>vv. 4, 9</b>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .45in; margin-right: .35in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.35in 0in 0.45in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Yeshua is the Word that is deity (v. 1) and therefore equal with God
His Father.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .45in; margin-right: .35in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.35in 0in 0.45in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Yeshua is the Word that made everything (<b>v. 3)</b> the Co–Creator.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .45in; margin-right: .35in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.35in 0in 0.45in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Yeshua is Life, and that Life is the Light of Man (<b>v. 4</b>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .45in; margin-right: .35in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.35in 0in 0.45in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Yeshua is the One to whom faith produces true sonship with God (<b>v.
12).</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .45in; margin-right: .35in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.35in 0in 0.45in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Yeshua is the Word that became flesh (v. 14) spoken from Mt. Sinai and
engraved on Stone Tablets and placed in the Ark of the Covenant.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .45in; margin-right: .35in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.35in 0in 0.45in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Yeshua is the Glory that was the Holy Spirit Glory Cloud over the
Tabernacle (<b>v. 14),</b> God’s visible Presence on Earth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .45in; margin-right: .35in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.35in 0in 0.45in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Yeshua is the only begotten Son of God the Father (<b>vv. 14</b>, <b>18</b>,
<b>34</b>, <b>49</b>). ‘Only’ should be translated as ‘unique’ or ‘uniquely’
begotten. This is a direct reference to the miraculous son of promise, Isaac as
the uniquely begotten son of Abraham. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .45in; margin-right: .35in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.35in 0in 0.45in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Abraham
had another son before Isaac (Ishmael) and so Isaac could not have been seen as
the ‘only’ son of Abraham, but Ishmael came through natural means. Isaac was <i>unique
</i>as he was promised by God and the uniqueness was seen in that Sarah was far
too old to conceive. This makes Isaac not the ‘only’ son as many English
translations inaccurately present in <b>Gen. 22:2 </b>(‘Take now your son, your
only son Isaac’) but the unique son of Father Abraham (<b>Rom. 4:12</b>). <b>Gen.
22:2</b> should be translated, ‘Take now your son, your unique son’. Isaac
pictures the miraculous conception of Yeshua in the womb of Miryam and as
Isaac’s conception was unique, so too was Yeshua’s for He was the Promised
Messiah (<b>Is. 7:14</b>). <b>Jn. 1:18</b> should read, ‘The uniquely begotten
Son’.</span><a href="http://seedofabraham.net/jat.htm#EN15#EN15"><sup><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">(15)</span></sup></a><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> We are all sons and daughters of God but
Yeshua is uniquely God’s Son.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .45in; margin-right: .3in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.45in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>9.</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Yeshua is the living embodiment of Yahweh’s
character and nature (<b>v. 14</b>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .45in; margin-right: .3in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.45in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1<b>0. </b>Yeshua is the One who existed
before John. This speaks of Yeshua’s pre–existence (<b>Micah 5:2</b>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .45in; margin-right: .3in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.45in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11.</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Yeshua is the Chesed (Forgiving–Loving–Kindness) and the Emet (Truth)
of God (<b>v. 17</b>), God’s very Being, Character, and actions or deeds toward
Israel. (For chesed; <b>Ex. 34:6</b>; <b>Ps. 25:10</b>; <b>26:3</b>; <b>31:5</b>,
etc. For Truth; <b>Ps. 84:11</b>; <b>Jer. 31:2</b>; <b>Zech. 4:7</b>; <b>12:10</b>,
<b>etc.)<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .45in; margin-right: .3in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.45in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
King James Bible wrongly inserts the conjunction ‘but’ into the translation
which denigrates the Law: ‘For the Law was given by Moses <i>but </i>grace and
truth came by Messiah Yeshua.’<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">John was not contrasting the glorious Law
or Words of God reflected on Stone and parchment that was to be a blessing for
Israel </span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;">(Dt. 4:5-8)</b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> with Jesus. The Law or Torah is a </span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Book </i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">of chesed
and e’met revealing God’s glory and love for Israel. On the contrary, John was
saying,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in 0in 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">‘The Torah (the Book of Chesed and Emet)
was given through Moses; the Chesed and the Emet (in the Book) came (into
being) through Yeshua the Messiah.’<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in 0in 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in 0in 0in;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">God’s
character of chesed and emet pervade the Torah. This was seen by John in Yeshua
as the next verse says that Yeshua </span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">reveals </i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">the Father (</span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;">v. 18</b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">).
Moses was the faithful mediator or ‘go–between’ revealing Yahweh to Israel.
Yeshua embodied what Moses wrote of, further revealing the great chesed and
emet of the Father for Israel through the Person and Work, love, compassion, healings,
and sacrifice of the Son.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .45in; margin-right: .3in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.45in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12.</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> In Yeshua is the Lord (Yahweh; <b>v. 23</b>) referring to their oneness
and Yahweh dwelling within Yeshua. (Yahweh is the name of the God of Israel
occurring approximately 7,000 times in the Hebrew Bible. Unfortunately, it is
presented in English as a title; the Lord with the o–r–d usually in small
capital letters which hides the fact that His Name is Yahweh.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .45in; margin-right: .3in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.45in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Yeshua is the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world (<b>vv.
29</b>, <b>35</b>). Yeshua is the Sacrifice that frees us from sin and Satan’s
Kingdom. This is similar to the way the lamb at the first Passover in Egypt
saved the firstborn of the Hebrews from death. After that Pharaoh told Israel
to leave (from under his authority and kingdom).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .45in; margin-right: .3in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.45in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14.</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Yeshua is the Immerser in the Spirit of Yahweh (v. 33).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .45in; margin-right: .3in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.45in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">15.</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Yeshua is the Rabbi (<b>v. 38</b>) who came to show us and to teach us
Who Yahweh is (<b>Jn. 12:45;</b> <b>14:6-11</b>). As the Rabbi–Teacher He is
the Living Example of one who loves God and Man with all His heart and who
walks in all the Torah that applies to Him (and He was never legalistic about
it). He also shows us the love that our Father has for us in every healing that
He does, every blind eye that He opens, every demon He casts out, every sinner
He forgives and every person that He raised from the dead. Yeshua truly reveals
the power and the compassion of the Father (<b>Jn. 14:8-11</b>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .45in; margin-right: .3in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.45in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">16.</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Yeshua is the long-awaited Jewish Messiah (<b>v. 41</b>). There were
many ‘Messiahs’ or Messiahs in the ancient pagan world who also offered
salvation to people but only Yeshua is the True Savior. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .45in; margin-right: .3in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.45in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">17.</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Yeshua is the King of Israel (<b>v. 49</b>; <b>Mt. 27:11</b>; <b>Lk.
1:30-33</b>; etc.).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .45in; margin-right: .3in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.45in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">18.</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Yeshua is the Son of Man (<b>v. 51</b>), Daniel’s heavenly Messiah who
receives an eternal dominion or kingdom from the Ancient of Days (the Father)
in <b>Daniel 7:9-14</b>. This Son of Man interestingly enough comes on the
Clouds of Heaven, the Shekinah Glory Cloud. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .45in; margin-right: .3in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.45in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.45in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Another
Messianic title is the ‘One who would come on the Glory Clouds.’ This is seen
in Yeshua’s trial before the High Priest and Sanhedrin:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span>“And the High
Priest stood up and said to Him, ‘Do You make no answer?! What is it that these
men are testifying against You?!’ But Yeshua kept silent. And the High Priest
said to Him, ‘I adjure You by the Living God that You tell us whether You are
the Messiah, the Son of God!’ Yeshua said to him, ‘You have said it yourself. Nevertheless,
I tell you, hereafter you shall see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of
the Power and coming on the (Glory) Clouds of Heaven.’” (<b>Mt. 26:62-63)</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><br /></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .45in; margin-right: .3in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.45in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">19.</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Yeshua is also presented as the One that Father Jacob saw that day when
Jacob went to sleep and saw the ladder where the angels of God were <i>ascending
and descending</i>. Yeshua tells them that they too would see those same
Heavens opened up and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son
of Man. Scripture only uses the phrase ‘ascending and descending’ in two
places; one, where it is said that Yaakov (Jacob) saw the angels ascending and
descending and in this cite of John’s (<b>1:51</b>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .45in; margin-right: .3in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.45in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It is not written that the angels were <i>descending
</i>from Heaven first and <i>then ascending </i>as one might normally think of
the scene with Jacob (<b>Gen. 28:12-13</b>) but that the angels were first
ascending and then descending. The English of <b>Gen. 28:13</b> states that
‘the Lord stood above it’ and we are to understand from most commentators that
the Lord stood above the ladder (i.e., that God was in Heaven). But Hebrew
grammar reveals that God was on the Earth standing above Jacob. The word for
‘it’ in Hebrew actually means ‘him.’ Translators using ‘it’ to refer to the
ladder are grammatically correct but biblically wrong. It is not the ladder
that the preposition refers to but Yahweh. The angels of God <i>ascending </i>first
show us where God was, standing over Jacob on the ground next to him. If God
were above the ladder in Heaven the angels would be described as descending
first from Him.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Yeshua was standing over Jacob and the
angels were leaving Yeshua, ascending to the Heavens and descending back to
Him. And that is what Yeshua speaks of that day to Nathanael. That same parade
of angels would be seen by the Apostles as Yeshua Himself says in </span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;">John 1:51</b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">,
ascending from Him and descending back down to Him. God in the form of Man was
now standing upon the Earth. What Father Yaakov (Jacob) had seen and later
called the House of God (i.e., the </span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">dwelling </i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">place of God, another
reference back to the Tabernacle or dwelling place of God), the Apostles would
know as Yeshua. No wonder Yeshua says,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: red;">‘For truly I
say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see and
did not see it, and to hear what you hear and did not hear it’</span> (<b>Mt. 13:17</b>).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As for Yaakov naming the place where he
saw Yeshua, Scripture records that, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span>“He was
afraid and said, ‘How awesome is this place! This is none other than the House
of God and this is the Gate of Heaven!’” (<b>Gen. 28:17</b>)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in 0in 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The term Gate of Heaven is a designation that Yeshua uses of Himself
(John 10:1, 7, 9). A gate, like a door, allows one to come and go from a house
or field. Yeshua is the One who acts like a gate, allowing us to come into the
Sheepfold of the Father.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in 0in 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Finally, to cement for us that Yeshua is
referring to Father Yaakov’s experience, we hear Yeshua say that Nathanael is a
‘guileless’ Israeli (<b>v. 47</b>). The name Yaakov means a ‘deceiver and
conniver’ for he certainly was, but this is Good News for all of us as we are
all born with Yaakov’s nature. Yaakov connived his way to the birthright <b>(Gen.
25:27-34)</b> and deceived his father Isaac out of the blessing that should
have gone to his older twin brother Esau <b>(Gen. 27:1-46)</b>; but God knew
that Yaakov’s heart would bend for Him and God changed his name to Israel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Israel means one who strives or wrestles
with God and man and is blessed. Yeshua calling Nathanael <i>guileless </i>or
one in whom there is no deceit (<b>Jn. 1:47</b>) is the first of two references
to Yaakov’s (the second being Yeshua saying that they would see the angels of
God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man; <b>v. 51</b>). God would make
Yaakov to be Israel and God would make all Yaakov’s Sons to be like their
Father Israel; guileless…without deceit for we all have our spiritual lineage
from Abraham, Isaac, and Israel (<b>Ex. 32:13</b>; see also <b>19:1</b>, <b>6</b>;
<b>20:22</b>; <b>24:17</b>; <b>Lv. 25:55</b>, </span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">27:2</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, <b>34</b>, etc.). Yeshua was saying that
Nathanael was truly a son of Father Israel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">The Apostle John paints an incredible
mosaic of Who Yeshua is in his first chapter by introducing us to at least
nineteen titles and concepts of Yeshua found in the Tanach about Him to reveal
that Yeshua is no ordinary man but the Word of God in flesh, the Creator, the
Light, the Messiah, etc. Nowhere in all these titles and descriptions do we
find any mention of Yeshua being the Alef–Tav or even the concept of Yeshua
being the First and the Last or the Beginning and the End. It is very strange
that if John were alluding to it in a first verse translation (that may or may
not have even used ‘ate’ and if it did, it would not be the mystical ‘ate’),
that neither he (nor the Holy Spirit who was inspiring him to write his
account) ever bring it out in the chapter. The </span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">kabbalistic </i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">concept of
the Alef–Tav is not found in </span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;">John 1:1</b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">The issue is not whether Yeshua is the
Alef–Tav or the Alef and the Tav. He is both as conceptually they are the same.
The issue is that neither </span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Gen. 1:1</b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">, </span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Zech. 12:10</b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> nor </span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;">John 1:1</b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
declare Yeshua to be the Alef–Tav…”</span><sup style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn98" name="_ednref98" style="text-indent: 0.5in;" title="">[xx]</a></span></sup></sup></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie2JKBOG1m2HiaqBaqEhgSqq88nw1uUuGFTApZaW3-ICSBAEvJDaS94THfhu2o_qkSgruPxWNAGhSdH787idVwygCJlRnKXfmQRFY6kZFNu2G9eQRbSgaAMEWrr1rIO3Gdf38GJCnFQqQp/s540/Line.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4" data-original-width="540" height="3" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie2JKBOG1m2HiaqBaqEhgSqq88nw1uUuGFTApZaW3-ICSBAEvJDaS94THfhu2o_qkSgruPxWNAGhSdH787idVwygCJlRnKXfmQRFY6kZFNu2G9eQRbSgaAMEWrr1rIO3Gdf38GJCnFQqQp/w400-h3/Line.gif" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Now there is
more to say on this subject, but the bottom line is this:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span>You can see that there are two
points of view here, so how do we know which is right? I do not know. I could be presumptuous and
give you my answer, but the best thing for me to do is to present to you the
views and let you and the Holy Spirit decide.
Did Yahweh hide messages in His Word? That I can answer with a “yes”.
The “how”, I cannot. All I can do is
look at what was written in the original autographs and if questions come to my
mind, I have to then seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit to lead me to the
Truth. Is Messiah the Alpha and the
Omega, the Alef and the Tav, or is the aleph-tav just a grammatical placeholder
in <span style="background: white;">Hebrew grammar and syntax, “<span dir="RTL" lang="HE">את</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>) “et) is used in the Tanakh for 1) the
definite direct object marker, 2) a preposition meaning “with,” and 3) the
second person feminine singular, and even occasionally the second person
masculine singular, pronoun? <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn99" name="_ednref99" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">[xxi]</span></span></span></a>
Yes. Moreover, the word <span dir="RTL" lang="HE">את</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> is used in other
ancient, non-biblical texts in the languages of Hebrew, Moabite, Edomite,
Aramaic, and Ugaritic (Canaanite). In ancient Israel, Hebrew was a living
language, and the “<span dir="RTL" lang="HE">את</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>,” with its various
vocalizations, has it always been an important component of spoken Hebrew and
other Semitic languages</span>?<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn100" name="_ednref100" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxii]</span></span></span></a> Yes. The questions
abound, and many have sought for answers, but truly I do not present to you an
opinion, just a place to start and ask the Spirit for the wisdom to guide you
in your search. Remember though, every
man that tries to translate the Holy Word is shadowed by his own experiences
and biases; so, we have to be led by Yahweh’s Spirit, or we will get it
wrong. I will not even try to outguess Yahweh;
if He wants to hide clues in the text, then so be it. It is for me to search them out and with His
help, come to the truth and Knowledge of Messiah Yeshua.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">The point to all this is
to show you how the “why” the early translators made a note concerning “the
beginning and the end”…</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">For sure, here in the
Apocalypse, no matter how we have arrived at the conclusion, we see united the </span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Alef</i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> and the </span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Tav</i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">, the </span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Alpha</i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> and the </span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Omega</i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">, and that must once more lead us in
the belief that Yahweh is proving the whole of Scripture from Genesis to
Revelation is one book, one unshakeable Word, one Holy Yahweh pointing to one
Blessed Savior.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Debates will rage on and
on till the Savior comes and teaches us</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">in the perfect.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">The one thing we
cannot do is dismiss half of the word of Yahweh and say it does not apply to
us, because we are of a different covenant; this makes no sense.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">There is but one covenant, and that is the
one stated in Ephesians:</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ephesians
2:8-22 (NKJV)</span></b><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn101" name="_ednref101" style="mso-endnote-id: edn101;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">o</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For by grace
you have been saved </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn102" name="_ednref102" style="mso-endnote-id: edn102;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">p</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">through faith,
and that not of yourselves; </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn103" name="_ednref103" style="mso-endnote-id: edn103;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">q</span></sup></a><i><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">it is</span></i><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> the gift of God, <sup>9</sup> not of </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn104" name="_ednref104" style="mso-endnote-id: edn104;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">r</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">works, lest anyone should </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn105" name="_ednref105" style="mso-endnote-id: edn105;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">s</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">boast. <sup>10</sup> For we are </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn106" name="_ednref106" style="mso-endnote-id: edn106;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">t</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">His workmanship, created in Messiah Jesus for good works, which God
prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.</span><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.25in;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the
flesh—who are called Uncircumcision by what is called </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn107" name="_ednref107" style="mso-endnote-id: edn107;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">u</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the Circumcision made
in the flesh by hands— <sup>12</sup> that at that time you were without
Messiah, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the
covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. <sup>13</sup>
But now in Messiah Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by
the blood of Messiah.</span><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.25in;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> For He Himself is our peace, who has made both
one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, <sup>15</sup> having
abolished in His flesh the enmity, <i>that is,</i> the law of commandments <i>contained</i>
in ordinances, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">so as to create in Himself one </span></b></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn108" name="_ednref108" style="mso-endnote-id: edn108;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="background: yellow; color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">v</span></sup></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="background: yellow; color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">new man <i>from</i>
the two, <i>thus</i> making peace, <sup>16</sup> and that He might </span></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn109" name="_ednref109" style="mso-endnote-id: edn109;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="background: yellow; color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">w</span></sup></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="background: yellow; color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">reconcile
them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby </span></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn110" name="_ednref110" style="mso-endnote-id: edn110;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="background: yellow; color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">x</span></sup></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="background: yellow; color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">putting to
death the enmity.</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <sup>17</sup> And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off
and to those who were near. <sup>18</sup> For </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn111" name="_ednref111" style="mso-endnote-id: edn111;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">y</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">through Him we both have access </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn112" name="_ednref112" style="mso-endnote-id: edn112;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">z</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">by one Spirit to the Father.</span><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.25in;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">19</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and
foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of
God, <sup>20</sup> having been </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn113" name="_ednref113" style="mso-endnote-id: edn113;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">built </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn114" name="_ednref114" style="mso-endnote-id: edn114;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">on the
foundation of the </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn115" name="_ednref115" style="mso-endnote-id: edn115;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">apostles and
prophets, Messiah Yeshua Himself being </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn116" name="_ednref116" style="mso-endnote-id: edn116;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the chief corner<i>stone,</i> <sup>21</sup> in whom the whole building,
being fitted together, grows into </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn117" name="_ednref117" style="mso-endnote-id: edn117;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">e</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a holy temple in the Lord, <sup>22</sup> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn118" name="_ednref118" style="mso-endnote-id: edn118;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">f</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">in whom you also are being built together for a </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn119" name="_ednref119" style="mso-endnote-id: edn119;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">g</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">dwelling place of God
in the Spirit. </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn120" name="_ednref120" style="mso-endnote-id: edn120;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxiii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Yahweh never changes; Messiah Yeshua is the
same yesterday, today and forever- and beyond.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">What applied then is still valid today as the ultimate sacrifice was
paid for.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">The Blood of the Lamb has set
us free and the two, Jew and Gentile, have become one yet we are still under </span><i style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Torah (rightly defined as instruction)</i><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">The devout Jew does not </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">practice </span><i style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Torah</i><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
because he believes it saves him; he practices </span><i style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Torah</i><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> because </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><u>he loves Yahweh! </u></i></b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">This is the reason we should also since we are
grafted in and because we also love Him! Messiah was asked in </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Matt. 22:36</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><sup style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">36</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; text-align: center;"> “Teacher, which <i>is</i> the great
commandment in the law?” </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn121" name="_ednref121" style="text-align: center;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><sup><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">[xxiv]</span></sup></span></sup></a></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.25in;">Messiah answered him by giving the answer as drawn
from Scripture, what is called the <i>sh’ma:</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b><b style="text-align: center;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4</span></sup></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Deuteronomy
6:4-9 (KJV)</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God<i> is</i> one LORD: <sup>5</sup> And
thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul,
and with all thy might. <sup>6</sup> And these words, which I command thee this
day, shall be in thine heart: <sup>7</sup> And thou shalt teach them diligently
unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and
when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest
up. <sup>8</sup> And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they
shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. <sup>9</sup> And thou shalt write them
upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn122" name="_ednref122" style="mso-endnote-id: edn122;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxv]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">He also said:</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><b>Matthew 22:38-40 (NKJV)</b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">38</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="color: red;">This
is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">the</i> first and great commandment. </span><sup>39</sup>
<span style="color: red;">And <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">the</i>
second <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">is</i> like it: </span></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn123" name="_ednref123" style="mso-endnote-id: edn123;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">y</span></sup></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">‘You shall love
your neighbor as yourself.’</span></i><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><sup><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">40</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn124" name="_ednref124" style="mso-endnote-id: edn124;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">z</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On these two commandments hang all the Law and the
Prophets.” </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn125" name="_ednref125" style="mso-endnote-id: edn125;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxvi]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Now, if all of the law and what the prophets said hang
upon these two commandments, then why do Christians insist that the Law (</span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Torah</i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">) is bondage, is legalism?</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">If we are not under the Law, then we are not
under these commandments, which say we are to walk in love!</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">“…So, the Law is not about walking in bondage
but about loving God and our neighbor.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">So,
whoever wants to walk in love will walk according to the Law as Yeshua did…”</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn126" name="_ednref126" style="text-indent: 0.5in;" title=""><sup><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxvii]</span></sup></sup></a><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Without the Law, how would we know how to
live?</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Yahweh redeemed us first, then
gives us His Law, His instructions on how we are to live.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Do we honestly think that we will know how to
live by Yahweh’s grace and mercy if we ignore half of what He said?</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">The use by John here of Scripture, the words
Messiah used to announce Himself, unifies His word; there can be no more excuse
to ignore the Old Testament, to ignore Yahweh.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">The devout Jew lives his life here on earth to please Yahweh; all of
what he does is designed to follow the commandments set forth by Yahweh, not to
be in bondage, but to show his love and respect for Yahweh and His word by
following faithfully what Yahweh said to do.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">What did Yahweh say of Abraham?</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Genesis 15:6
(KJV)<br />
</span></b><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> And he <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">believed</span>
in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn127" name="_ednref127" style="mso-endnote-id: edn127;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxviii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><b><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Genesis 26:1-5
(NKJV)</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">26</span></b><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There was a famine in the land, besides </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn128" name="_ednref128" style="mso-endnote-id: edn128;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the first famine that
was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn129" name="_ednref129" style="mso-endnote-id: edn129;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Abimelech king of the Philistines, in Gerar. <sup>2</sup> Then the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> appeared to him and said: </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn130" name="_ednref130" style="mso-endnote-id: edn130;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Do not go down to
Egypt; live in </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn131" name="_ednref131" style="mso-endnote-id: edn131;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the land of
which I shall tell you. <sup>3</sup> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn132" name="_ednref132" style="mso-endnote-id: edn132;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">e</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dwell in this land, and </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn133" name="_ednref133" style="mso-endnote-id: edn133;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">f</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I will be with you and </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn134" name="_ednref134" style="mso-endnote-id: edn134;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">g</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">bless you; for to you and your descendants </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn135" name="_ednref135" style="mso-endnote-id: edn135;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">h</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I give all these lands, and I will perform </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn136" name="_ednref136" style="mso-endnote-id: edn136;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">i</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. <sup>4</sup> And </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn137" name="_ednref137" style="mso-endnote-id: edn137;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">j</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I will make your descendants
multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these
lands; </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn138" name="_ednref138" style="mso-endnote-id: edn138;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">k</span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and in your
seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed; <sup>5</sup> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn139" name="_ednref139" style="mso-endnote-id: edn139;" title=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">l</span></sup></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">because
Abraham <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">obeyed</span> <u>My</u>
voice and kept <u>My</u> charge, <u>My</u> commandments, <u>My</u> statutes,
and <u>My</u> laws.”</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn140" name="_ednref140" style="mso-endnote-id: edn140;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxix]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(…<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">emphasis mine</i>…)</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in;">The word “believed” in </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in;">Gen. 15:6</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in;"> not only means
“believe”, but it also means “faithful”.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in;">
</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in;">“Obeyed” in </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in;">Gen. 26:5</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in;"> means also “he heard”.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in;">Believing in Yahweh’s commandments means you
hear and obey and are faithful to keep them.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in;">
</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in;">Belief without obedience or the faithfully walking out of the
commandments is not belief!</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in;">These
concepts are so important to learn and to know and do, my beloved!</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in;">How can any of us call ourselves believers if
we do not do what he says?</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in;">Didn’t
Messiah even tell us that?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="text-align: center;">Luke 6:44-46</b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">44 <span style="color: red;">for every tree is known by
its own fruit, for figs are not gathered from thorns, nor grapes vintaged from
a bramble.</span> 45 <span style="color: red;">The good man, out of the good
treasure of his heart, brings forth good; and the wicked <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">man</i> out of the wicked, brings forth what is wicked: for out of the
abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">46 <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: red;">And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things that I
say?</span> </u></b><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn141" name="_ednref141" style="mso-endnote-id: edn141;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxx]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Remember who is before us, the One who was, and is,
and shall be.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Where is your focus? Is it
on just holding on so you can get to heaven (which in itself is a total
misreading of Scripture), or are you focused on walking with Yahweh now?</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Our true focus should be in finding out what
Elohim wants, and then doing that with a passion.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">This one small life we live now should be
lived with Him in our minds and hearts, in obedience and faithfulness; in doing
so, our eternity will be set.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span>“…<span style="color: blue;">ὁ ὢν ὁ ἦν ὁ ἐρχόμενος </span>ho ōn ho ēn ho erchomenos (<i>ho</i> <i>own</i> <i>ho</i>
<i>ane</i> <i>ho</i> <i>er-khom'-enos)…</i>” The one before us: Who was, is, and shall
be. Defined by Strong as “…<i>the</i> one <i>being</i> <i>and</i> <i>the</i> one that <i>was</i> <i>and</i> <i>the</i> one <i>coming</i>, that is, <i>the</i> <i>Eternal</i>, as a divine epithet of Messiah.
(Each “and” … was omitted from the phrase because of limited space.): - which
art (is, was), and (which) wast (is, was), and art (is) to come (shalt be)…”
what a picture of Him this creates. This
truly is the Hebraic mindset at work. A
word on this…</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">To explain the Hebraic mindset would take as much
space as we have already devoted, but I will try to narrow it down to as simple
a concept as I can: time.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">To the Western mind (or the Greek or Hellenized mind),
we tend to view things along a linear path, that is, as a concept, a straight
line.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Not that anything we do is by
nature in a straight path; but rather comes together in a logical or
semi-logical, rational sense.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">We tend to
go from point “a” to point “b” etc., and except where time is concerned, this
“logical” way of dealing with issues is rarely strayed from.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Time is the one variable that always seems to
be out of sync with our plans.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Take a
construction job as an example: the contractor has a schedule to meet.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">When he bid the job, he factored into it most
of the variables he could - material, manpower, weather and so on - and made a
best-guess at how long it would take him to complete the project and the costs
involved based upon this reasoned timeline.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">All goes smoothly at first; then unexpected delays begin to encroach
upon his schedule.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Maybe it is material
deliveries, bad engineering, or a shortage of qualified workers.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Maybe it is worse weather than he
anticipated; the bottom line is that his timing is thrown off, and his costs
escalate, and his profits go down.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">His well-planned
linear schedule goes out the window, and he has to scramble now to salvage his
project.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">“A” is now followed by “D” and
“B” has to wait on “C”; he has to find time to make it all work out and time is
the variable that the western mind has a problem dealing with.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Let us look at a typical timeline:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlvnuhwKcVLZCMwPbFbdLgN9Qb5sbf_BAo4M5zDM8zP4qqQerdUtpbLBttCGULcboDR_iFu4LT3AEa2-wZEluN_Hnd_iLd115T-temZVTOmuTR-S3gSCPY4ZQ6nLDMasNprS1Ft5RsohVg/s920/BC_timeline.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlvnuhwKcVLZCMwPbFbdLgN9Qb5sbf_BAo4M5zDM8zP4qqQerdUtpbLBttCGULcboDR_iFu4LT3AEa2-wZEluN_Hnd_iLd115T-temZVTOmuTR-S3gSCPY4ZQ6nLDMasNprS1Ft5RsohVg/w400-h278/BC_timeline.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Figure </span></b><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14</span></b><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Timeline depicting BC era.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn142" name="_ednref142" title=""><sup><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #4f81bd; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxxi]</span></sup></b></sup></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Time is always seen in a linear progression to the
Western or Greek mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To the Hebrew
mind, time is better expressed as this:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgQk4rHD2jyVIcHt5MeN5Df5qyvnvT9MZXqST9fuEz6YhbaSVV8TzeRi-uiwYItC32-VWcjtJT0P8NN0AXrBa0MuBzYAZclSo4LLBUyi4bYxK0tJnRSANRoBRa9Y0ToV5keCGLITSedlFk/s1031/Time_outside.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="1031" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgQk4rHD2jyVIcHt5MeN5Df5qyvnvT9MZXqST9fuEz6YhbaSVV8TzeRi-uiwYItC32-VWcjtJT0P8NN0AXrBa0MuBzYAZclSo4LLBUyi4bYxK0tJnRSANRoBRa9Y0ToV5keCGLITSedlFk/s320/Time_outside.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="text-align: justify;">The oval represents what time actually means
to the Hebrew or semantic mind, that it goes beyond what we consider a
beginning and an end.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Time exists within
the circle, or oval, yet outside of the constraints of time is Yahweh.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">For the Greek mind, the concept of time
begins and ends, even if infinity is taken into consideration.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">To the Hebrew mind, Yahweh sets the boundary
of time, and He alone exists outside of time, seeing the end from the
beginning, and able to interact within the scope of time at His will and
pleasure.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Yahweh is the measure of time;
He is the mindset of the Jew, of the Hebraic mind.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">The Greek mindset consists of logic and
reason; the Hebraic mind rests on Yahweh…</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span>Of reason, those whose view consists of a Yahweh
view say: </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-align: left;">“…We do not forgo the use of reason; but we know in
our own troubled context that our best reason has around it -- in, with and
under it -- gifts of the "otherness" that make for newness. Our
technological achievements require and permit us to learn again what the
community of faith has known -- and trusted -- from the outset: there is
something outside our controlled management of reality which must be heeded.
Sometimes that something turns out to be a miracle of new life…”</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn143" name="_ednref143" style="text-align: left;" title=""><sup><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxxii]</span></sup></sup></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">While we in the west have
had a tendency to view the Yahweh of history as one who sits on the side lines,
watching but not interacting, the Hebraic mind has a different view of Yahweh.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This mindset of ours, this “side-line Yahweh”
has hurt our interpretations and our grasp of the New and Old Testaments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While each Testament has its own strengths
(and possible “weaknesses”, depending on how we choose to view them), it is as
Rolf P. Knierim (Professor and Theologian of Old Testament Studies) says: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="text-align: left;">“…the New Testament’s legacy consists not only of its
unsurpassable advantages (</span><i style="text-align: left;">in theology</i><span style="text-align: left;">)
but also (</span><i style="text-align: left;">in terms of interpretation of Yahweh’s
will and purpose</i><span style="text-align: left;">) of the deprivation of the vision of God’s presence and
involvement in the totality of reality by neglecting this presence and
involvement in God’s indefinitely ongoing old and imperfect world…” (</span><i style="text-align: left;">parenthesis mine, DER</i><span style="text-align: left;">)</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn144" name="_ednref144" style="text-align: left;" title=""><sup><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxxiii]</span></sup></sup></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">What Professor Knierim is
saying in this essay is that while the New Testament focuses upon what Messiah
has done, in the creation of the “new man”; while this has in its message the
“…unsurpassable advantages…” it also in the Western mind tends to overshadow
the message of the </span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Tanakh</i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">, and by
doing so, we miss out on the identity and splendor of Yahweh Almighty.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">The Western/Greek mindset has seemed to be
concerned with the building of the “Church”, and not the building of the
“Kingdom of Yahweh”.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">And to this end
Ravenhill said:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“What God wants is not to
fill up empty pews. He is not concerned about filling empty churches, He is
concerned about filling empty hearts. And empty lives, and empty eyes that have
no vision; Empty hearts that have no passion, And empty wills that have no
purpose.”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn145" name="_ednref145" style="mso-endnote-id: edn145;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxxiv]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">So, we see at work the two different views; two views
that in reality should be one, as seen through the eyes of Messiah and the Father
but clouded by the vision of man.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Yahweh
is not linear; He exists outside of all that we know or shall ever know.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">How do we, even in an eternity to be spent
with Him, how do we come to know the vastness of His riches, of His mercy, of
His love?</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">The Hebraic mindset concerns
itself with this problem, by delving deep into the dark things of Yahweh, by
plumbing the depths as best as we can, not concerned with the building of a
denomination or of congregations, but of a kingdom that rests upon the
shoulders of He who was, who is and shall ever be.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">This is truly the vision we seek, one outside
of what we are comfortable with, one that takes in the glory of Yahweh and His
Son.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">One more thought on this.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Is the Hebraic mindset superior over the
Western mindset?</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">If we approach it to
this end as looking at Scripture through Yahweh’s eyes in the context of the
old way, the answer would be “Yes, maybe.”</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">But know this: all of man’s ways are inferior to that of Yahweh’s.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I know that this is an understatement in its
own right, but we must be careful of not holding up one train of thought over
the other, at the expense of the commonality that we should be sharing – the love
of Yahweh for us and our love for Yahweh, not for a religion or a way of
thinking.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">The Hebraic Perspective movement is vitally important
in our understanding of Scripture and our Savior, yet we can find ourselves
looking through the lens of the Hebraic mind and find ourselves loathing our
“Christian” brethren for their alleged blindness, as well as repeating many
mistakes of the past and present in our witness to our Jewish brethren.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">If we in the Hebraic roots movement are not
careful, we are at risk (as some have) of developing an arrogance equal to an
elitist mentality, and we then have become no better than the hypocrites that
Messiah chastised in His day.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">To walk
the way of the Master is a fine balancing act, one that calls us to humility
first and foremost as we go forth on our journey of discovery and
sanctification toward holiness.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">We are
also at risk of falling in love with being “Jewish” instead of being in love
with Messiah; these are all real pitfalls and stumbling blocks that we must walk
among on that narrow path that we are commanded to follow, and it is not a
Hebraic path or a Christian path.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">It is Yahweh’s
path – that should be the sum total of our focus.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span>Let us go on:</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Revelation 1:9 (NABWRNT)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></sup><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">†<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn146" name="_ednref146" style="mso-endnote-id: edn146;" title=""> </a></span></sup><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I, John, your brother, who share with you the distress, the kingdom, and
the endurance we have in Jesus, found myself on the island called Patmos </span><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">†<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn147" name="_ednref147" style="mso-endnote-id: edn147;" title=""> </a></span></sup><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">because I proclaimed God’s word and gave testimony to Jesus. </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn148" name="_ednref148" style="mso-endnote-id: edn148;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxxv]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="text-align: left;">Another reading of this
verse is:</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Revelation 1:9<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I John, who also am your brother, and companion in
tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Messiah Yeshua, was in the isle
that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Messiah
Yeshua. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn149" name="_ednref149" style="mso-endnote-id: edn149;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxxvi]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">John
was in trouble; like his brethren, he was persecuted by Domitian, the Roman
emperor.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">The tribulation that was
endured was harsh, yet to what degree was the extent, we do not know.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Even here, there are two camps, one which
says “…there may have been a persecution, but we cannot prove it…” and another
that says “…there was a persecution, but we can’t prove it…”</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">What these two camps argue about is the date
of the writing of the Revelation; they use the dating to support their
individual interpretations of the events of the Apocalypse.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Whatever the reasons they give, or do not
give, I will go out on a limb here and speak as a man; both camps are
wrong.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">For the question is not was there
or was there not a persecution; the question is this: is Scripture
inspired?</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">For if the Scripture is inspired,
and men wrote as the Holy Spirit gave them guidance, using the experiences and
understanding that their lives had been crafted in; it can be presumed then, that
the Spirit would not let them lie, for no lie is of the truth.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">John says that he was their companion in
tribulation; whether or not it came from the Romans, the Jews or the Gentiles
matters not; it happened.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">He was
banished for the testimony of Messiah Yeshua and for the Word of Yahweh.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">You see, the Apocalypse is not about what we
think, or the dates we try to set; it is about Messiah Yeshua.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">All other arguments are wasted time, time
that should be spent in “the kingdom and patience of Jesus the Messiah.”</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">If only the trouble of John came to us today,
trouble that besets us for teaching all of the word of Yahweh, then would there
be power in our preaching and Yahweh be willing, sinners would come to Messiah
and the kingdom would advance.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Instead,
we lock ourselves up in arguments about “Did Yahweh really say that…” and
debate endlessly about whose point of view is correct.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Now
some may say that I do the same with the words I lay out here, that I argue
about whose point of view is right… and I have to admit, yes, that is
correct.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">The difference is that it is
not my point of view I am arguing for, it is Yahweh’s.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">My opinions matters not, but His are always
right and eternal.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">You see, I come to the
word searching for His intent, His meaning, His revelation.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I am not promoting any opinion of mine own,
or at the best I make every effort not too.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">When I do give an opinion, I will tell you (that I speak as a man).</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">It was Yahweh who declared this word, it was Yahweh
who preserved it, and it is Yahweh that reveals it, and He tasks us with the
obligation to seek out the truth.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">If
what I say is of my own, discount it!</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Take not my word for anything for the words of a man are powerless!</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Search the Scriptures to see if these things
are true!</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">If they be from Yahweh, then
will what I put down on this paper be shown to be true.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">If not then discount it!</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">This is all I ask, that you search with me
for the Truth and be set free.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Jesus gave
to John this revelation; if we discount any of it, we run the chance of
discounting the Lord.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Let us change our
way of seeing, and see with the eyes of the Incarnate Yahweh, the Living Messiah
and not argue over whose interpretation is correct – for only His is…</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-align: center;">Revelation 1:10-11 (KJV)</span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I was in the Spirit on
the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, <sup>11</sup>
Saying, <span style="color: red;">I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last:
and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> it</i> unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and
unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto
Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.</span> </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn150" name="_ednref150" style="mso-endnote-id: edn150;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxxvii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN">“I
was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day..”</span></b><span lang="EN" style="text-align: justify;">
much has been said about this section of verse 10, which after all, has
two different translations from the Greek, the other (and more correct
translation) being “…I came to be, in Spirit, in [on] the Lord’s day…” As I have stated before, there is the case of
the curious Greek that the Revelation was written in, hence the differences in
the translation of </span><i style="text-align: justify;">egenomēn en pneumatic. </i><span style="text-align: justify;"> The proper
sense of this phrase is that John had come into “an ecstatic condition”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn151" name="_ednref151" title=""><sup><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxxviii]</span></sup></sup></a>
(in other words a trance). Now, the next
phrase is the problematic one. “…</span><span lang="EN" style="text-align: justify;">on the Lord’s day…”
(Greek </span><span style="text-align: justify;">κυριακη<sup><span style="color: green;">G2960 </span><span style="color: blue;">A-DSF </span></sup> ημερα<sup><span style="color: green;">G2250</span></sup>)
has been almost universally rendered to infer that John was referring to the
first day of the week, or Sunday. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Much has been written
concerning this, but most if not all the scholars that write about this come
with a western mindset, the Hellenistic view.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Remember though, that there is the accepted convention that the writer
of Revelation was putting Hebraic concepts into the Greek language.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Now, John was a polished writer, as the Greek
of his Gospel and subsequent letters attest (we will for now ignore the
textural critics that want to assign all of John’s work to anyone but the
beloved apostle).</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">But John was not in
his house; John had suffered tribulation with his other brethren, how severe we
do not know, but we do know that he was imprisoned on Patmos, a bare, windswept
island in the Aegean Sea that the Romans had converted into a penal
colony.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Under these harsh conditions our
Adonai and Savior gave to John His Revelation.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Most scholars think that John was about the same age as Messiah, but a
closer look at the Gospels will reveal to us that most of the apostles were
young men, in their 20’s more than likely and John was in all likelihood, the
youngest of them all, possibly as young as sixteen to eighteen.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Going on the common
assumption that the Revelation was written about AD 95, John, by then, was well
into his 70’s, or older if one wishes to hold to accounts of him being the same
age as the other apostles.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Under
persecution, exiled to a prison, this old man came, cast in with his brethren,
other Jews, and Gentiles.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">In situations
such as these it could be assumed that one would revert back to their native
tongue; hence as these Revelations from Yahweh flowed through him, John would
have processed them in Hebrew or Aramaic, as he more than likely received them
in the </span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Lashon HaKodesh</i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">As he was instructed to write them down and
send them off to the seven </span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">ekklesias </i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">in
Asia, John would have switched to Greek, the language of the realm, so that he
could impact the most souls. Considering the situation, he was in, struggling
to put down in words what he had seen, it is no wonder that his Greek was a bit
shaky.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">And it is no wonder that modern
scholars miss the symbolism found in Revelation, for you have to go back into
the </span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Tanakh</i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">, the Old Testament, and
the </span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Torah</i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> to understand the
Revelation.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">“κυριακη ημερα” (</span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">koo-ree-ak-os'
hay-mer'-ah) </i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">or the “Lord’s day” is used nowhere else in the New
Testament.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">There are similar occurrences
of </span><span style="color: blue; text-indent: 0.5in;">κυριακός </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">kuriakos (</span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">koo-ree-ak-os'</i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">) [Lord], so that we may get the meaning of it “as
pertaining to (the Lord)…” yet without any other reference to go by, [now this
is my opinion], it is a hard stretch to say that John was referring to
Sunday.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">No other apostle in their
writings ever call the first day of the week “the Lord’s day”; it wasn’t until
AD 150 and beyond that the early church fathers even began to make reference to
Sunday being called the “Lord’s day”.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">So,
what do we make of this?</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">A seemingly
inconsequential reference to the first day of the week, or is it something
more?</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Some think that in John’s original
autograph, he might have written down the Greek word denoting “shabot” or
“Sabbath”, but we have no proof of that.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Since the western mindset is prevalent in most commentaries and
interpretations, seeing the “Lord’s day” as Sunday is understandable, but let
us look once again at the proper interpretation of this verse:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN">“…I came to be, in
Spirit, in [on] the Lord’s day…”</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;">We have to understand and
truly comprehend what is being said here.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;">
</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;">What is the Revelation about?</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;">It
is about Messiah Yeshua, as the glorified Lord, setting forth His righteous and
holy judgment of not only His </span><i style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;">ekklesias</i><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;">
and His Bride, but also of the nations of the earth.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;">Where do these visions occur?</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;">In heaven and on earth.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;">What is taking place?</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;">Judgment my friends, judgment.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;">The whole great theme of the Book of
Revelation is about that Great and Terrible Day of the Lord, where the Lamb of Yahweh
becomes the Lion of Judah and with the two-edged sword that is the Word of Yahweh
comes forth to conquer and reign, to take His rightful place as King of kings
and Lord of lords.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;">Here is where I think
most make their mistakes in interpreting Revelation: they do not understand the
language, they do not let Scripture define the terms, and perhaps they do not
understand the relationship of Yahweh’s appointed times (The Feasts of the Lord)
with – well - with the first advent of Messiah and with His second coming.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;">All I can do for you at this moment is touch
on these things, so that you will begin to see the bigger picture of what Yahweh
is doing.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;">It is marvelous, it is
awesome, and you have probably never been taught this before; I know I
hadn’t.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;">It is vital to understand the
relationship between the Testaments, to do away with the concept that they are
separate.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;">There is only one Bible, and
it consists of a seamless story.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;">The
only thing that is to be separate is ourselves unto Yahweh, to be holy as He is
holy.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;">That is the meaning of holy, don’t
you know?</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;">Holiness is another theme we
might get too, but just understand it like this:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-indent: 8.6pt;">“…The older I grow the more I am convinced
that real practical holiness does not receive the attention it deserves, and
that there is a most painfully low standard of living among many high
professors of religion in the land. But, at the same time, I am increasingly
convinced that the zealous efforts of some well–meaning persons to promote a
higher standard of spiritual life are often not “according to knowledge” and
are really calculated to do more harm than good. Let me explain what I mean.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 8.6pt;"><span style="text-indent: 8.6pt;">It is easy to get crowds together for what
are called “higher life” and “consecration” meetings. Anyone knows that who has
watched human nature and read descriptions of American camp–meetings and
studied the curious phenomena of the “religious affections.” Sensational and
exciting addresses by strange preachers or by women, loud singing, hot rooms,
crowded tents, the constant sight of strong semi–religious feeling in the faces
of all around you for several days, late hours, long protracted meetings,
public profession of experience—all this kind of thing is very interesting at
the time and seems to do good. But is the good real, deeply rooted, solid, lasting?
That is the point. And I should like to ask a few questions about it.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 8.6pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-indent: 8.6pt;">Do those who attend these meetings become
more holy, meek, unselfish, kind, good–tempered, self–denying and Messiah–like
at home? Do they become more content with their position in life, and more free
from restless craving after something different from that which God has given
them? Do fathers, mothers, husbands and other relatives and friends find them
more pleasant and easy to live with? Can they enjoy a quiet Sunday and quiet means
of grace without noise, heat, and excitement? Above all, do they grow in
charity, and especially in charity towards those who do not agree with them in
every jot and tittle of their religion?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 8.6pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-indent: 8.6pt;">These are serious and searching questions
and deserve serious consideration. I hope I am as anxious to promote real
practical holiness in the land as anyone. I admire and willingly acknowledge
the zeal and earnestness of many with whom I cannot cooperate who are trying to
promote it. But I cannot withhold a growing suspicion that the great
“mass–meetings” of the present day, for the ostensible object of promoting
spiritual life, do not tend to promote private home religion, private Bible
reading, private prayer, private usefulness, and private walking with God. If
they are of any real value, they ought to make people better husbands and wives
and fathers and mothers and sons and daughters and brothers and sisters and
masters and mistresses and servants. But I should like to have clear proofs that
they do. I only know it is far easier to be a Christian among singing, praying,
sympathizing Christians in a public room, than to be a consistent Christian in
a quiet, retired, out–of–the–way, uncongenial home. The first position is one
in which there is a deal of nature to help us: the second is one which cannot
be well filled without grace. But, alas, many talk nowadays about </span><b style="text-indent: 8.6pt;"><i>“consecration,”</i></b><span style="text-indent: 8.6pt;">
who seem to be ignorant of the “first principles of the oracles of God”
about </span><b style="text-indent: 8.6pt;"><i>“conversion.”</i></b><i style="text-indent: 8.6pt;">” <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn152" name="_ednref152" title=""><sup><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxxix]</span></sup></b></sup></a></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span>What Ryle is talking
about Messiah speaks to in Chapter 2 and 3 in His letters to the <i>ekklesias.</i> We will get there, but first
a quick overview of the Father’s timeline and His plan for redemption..</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbkpTxMeco_z_sxfc8EIfKTDiEpbksRRTcmlG9XI5wtV0eF8zp758lC5fpfA7GIZyzbhOCHdqbC1Qda_4tIH3wkYj5eFuGNjXRSlGXR_hoZmfssfZ9zhOdpCtFVabl8Lj9WJIsaNszhvQy/s539/Feasts.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="539" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbkpTxMeco_z_sxfc8EIfKTDiEpbksRRTcmlG9XI5wtV0eF8zp758lC5fpfA7GIZyzbhOCHdqbC1Qda_4tIH3wkYj5eFuGNjXRSlGXR_hoZmfssfZ9zhOdpCtFVabl8Lj9WJIsaNszhvQy/w640-h398/Feasts.png" width="640" /></a></b></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Figure </span></b><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">15</span></b><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.
Yahweh's Timeline - The Feasts of the Lord <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn153" name="_ednref153" title=""><sup><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #4f81bd; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xl]</span></sup></b></sup></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Yahweh has a plan.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">It has always been “Plan A”, He doesn’t have a “plan b”.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Plan “A” was always to have His Son come down
to earth and save His chosen ones from the snares of sin, death, and hell.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">To this end, Yahweh gave us His Word so that
we would know and understand the times and seasons and so we could discern what
was happening on the prophetic timeline of redemption.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">We will look back in Leviticus 23, but here
is another overview of the Feasts with accompanying Scriptures and a brief
outline of the months and days associated with each Feast:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span> </p>
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</span>Mar.–Apr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ex. 12:1–14;
Lev. 23:5; Num. 9:1–14; 28:16; Deut. 16:1–7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">*Unleavened Bread</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1
(Ahib/Nissan)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>15–21<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Mar.–Apr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ex. 12:15–20;
13:3–10; Lev. 23:6–8; Num. 28:17–25; Deut. 16:3, 4, 8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Firstfruits</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1 (Ahib) and <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mar.–Apr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3 (Sivan)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>May–June<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lev. 23:9–14;
Num. 28:26<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">*Weeks</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(Harvest of Pentecost)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3 (Sivan)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6 (50 days after barley
harvest)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">May–June<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ex. 13:16;
34:22; Lev. 23:15–21; Num. 28:26–31; Deut. 16:9–12<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Trumpets</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right; text-indent: -0.5in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rosh Hashanah</span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>7 (Tishri)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sept.–Oct.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lev.
23:23–25; Num. 19:1–6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Day of Atonement</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Yom<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kippur<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>7 (Tishri)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sept.–Oct.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lev. 16; 23:26–32,
Num. 29:7–11<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">*Tabernacles</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Booths or ingathering)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>7 (Tishri)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>15–22<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sept.–Oct.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ex. 23:16;
34:22; lev. 23:33–36, 39–43; Num. 29:12–38; Deut. 16:13–15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">*The three major feasts for which all
males of Israel were required to travel to the temple in Jerusalem (Ex.
23:14–19).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Figure </span></b><!--[if supportFields]><b><span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
color:#4F81BD;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>SEQ Figure \* ARABIC <span style='mso-element:
field-separator'></span></span></b><![endif]--><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">16</span></span></b><!--[if supportFields]><b><span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
color:#4F81BD;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span></b><![endif]--><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Dates and Scriptural References to the
Feasts of the Lord <sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn154" style="mso-endnote-id: edn154;" title=""><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #4f81bd; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xli]</span></sup></b></a></span></sup></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">I want you to take notice
now of Leviticus 23, verses 1 and 2:</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: blue; text-align: center;">Leviticus
23:1-2 (KJV)</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <sup>2</sup> Speak unto the
children of Israel, and say unto them,<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">
Concerning</i> the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> to be</i> holy <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">convocations</span>,<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> even</i> <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">these<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> are</i> my feasts</span>. </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn155" name="_ednref155" style="mso-endnote-id: edn155;" title=""><sup><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xlii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-align: justify;">There
have been many definitions given for the word “convocations” yet only two are
truly appropriate for the way Yahweh chose to use this word.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Strong’s Hebrew dictionary defines
“convocation” as:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="text-align: left;">H4744 </b><span style="color: blue; text-align: left;">מקרא </span><span style="text-align: left;"> miqrâ' <i>mik-raw'</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">From <u><span style="color: green;">H7121</span></u>; <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">something <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">called</i>
out</span>, that is, a public <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">meeting</i>
(the act, the persons, or the palce); also a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">rehearsal</span>:
- </i>assembly, calling, convocation, reading. <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn156" name="_ednref156" style="mso-endnote-id: edn156;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xliii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">It is interesting that “convocation” in the Hebrew has
the same meaning as “</span><i style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">ekklesia</i><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">” in the
Greek, namely “called out” or “assembly”.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Aside from this, the definition that we are interested in is “</span><i style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">rehearsal</i><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">”.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Look again at Lev. 23:1-2.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Yahweh is calling for His people to observe a
</span><i style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">holy rehearsal</i><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">; a rehearsal for what
though, and why should believers today be concerned with these “feasts of the Lord?</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Look at His answer to this latter question
given in Lev.23:2: Yahweh says that they are </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><i>His</i></b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> feasts.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Time and again, Yahweh says that these
feasts, which are His, are to be remembered from generation to generation (Lev.
23:14, 21, 31, 41, and 43).</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Now we know
that the common understanding is that these are “Jewish feasts”, yet Yahweh
clearly says that they are His, that they belong to Him.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">The Hebrew word for “feasts “ is (Strong’s
#H4150)</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="color: blue; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">מועדה מעד
מועד</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">mô‛êd</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">mô‛êd</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">mô‛âdâh (</span><i style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">mo-ade',</i><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><i style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">mo-ade',</i><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><i style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">mo-aw-daw'</i><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">)</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn157" name="_ednref157" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;" title=""><sup><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xliv]</span></sup></sup></a><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">,
and is generally translated as “congregation”, but is also translated as
season, time, times appointed or rehearsal.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">The idea of “appointed time” is given by Gesenius as to be “an appointed
sign, a signal”</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn158" name="_ednref158" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;" title=""><sup><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xlv]</span></sup></sup></a><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">This was understood by the Sages as to mean a
“remembrance”.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Matthew Henry says of
them this:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-align: center;">“…They are the feasts of the Lord (</span><i style="text-align: center;">my feasts</i><span style="text-align: center;">), observed to the honour of
his name, and in obedience to his command. 3. They were proclaimed; for they
were not to be observed by the priests only that attended the sanctuary, but by
all the people…”</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn159" name="_ednref159" style="text-align: center;" title=""><sup><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xlvi]</span></sup></sup></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-align: justify;">The
Feasts then are designed to be a gathering of the called-out ones, the
congregation of Yahweh, as a sign and a remembrance of who He is, and what He
has done for His people.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">These are not
Jewish feasts, these are not Christian feasts, these are </span><b style="text-align: justify;"><i>Yahweh’s feasts, </i></b><span style="text-align: justify;">set up
by Him for all generations of believers as remembrances, as signs and signals
of the times and seasons that He has set into motion throughout the history of
the earth and mankind.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">We see this in
Lev. 23:2 where Yahweh says:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: blue; text-align: center;">Leviticus 23:2 (KJV)</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2</span></sup><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them,<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Concerning</i> the feasts of the LORD,
which ye shall <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">proclaim</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> to be</i> holy convocations,<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> even</i> these<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> are</i> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">MY FEASTS</span></i></b>.
</span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn160" name="_ednref160" style="mso-endnote-id: edn160;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xlvii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> (</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">capitals and
italics mine: author</span><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">The word used for
“proclaim” is Strong’s #</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">H7121, <span style="color: blue;">קרא</span> qârâ' (<i>kaw-raw'</i>) which means “…the idea of <i>accosting</i> a person met… to <i>call</i> out to… that is, properly <i>address</i> by name…”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn161" name="_ednref161" title=""><sup><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xlviii]</span></sup></sup></a>
The idea that is conveyed here is of an invitation by Yahweh to His people to
come to His feasts. This is the answer
for those who ask why they are important to us as believers today. Yahweh never changes; He is the same today as
He was yesterday, as He will be tomorrow.
We are a grafted-in people, joined forever to the house of David, the
people of Israel. What Yahweh commanded
them to do and observe bears upon us also.
What the feasts of Yahweh truly represent is His plan for salvation and
they serve as a dress rehearsal for what we will be doing in eternity. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">All throughout the Bible are small clues that reveal
to us Yahweh’s plan; by examining Scripture we can ascertain the times and
seasons of not only Messiah’s return, but also all that was prophesied about
Messiah, His first ascent (birth - we can even know His true birthday, the
clues are there!), His death and resurrection.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">It is all there in Scripture, waiting for us to seek it out.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Now why would we want to miss out on these
dress rehearsals for eternity, just because some man said that the </span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Tanakh<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn162" name="_ednref162" title=""><sup><b><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xlix]</span></sup></b></sup></a>
</i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">was not relevant to believers today?</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">We have discarded our Hebraic roots to our own peril, to our own
shame.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">We know not the things of Yahweh
if we cast away half of His holy word because we are not comfortable with the
image of Yahweh it presents.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Yahweh
preserved His word in the Hebrew and the Greek for a reason.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">With prayer and the right tools, the Holy
Spirit will open our eyes to the magnificence of His holy Writ, and lead us
into all truth, but we must be willing to change our vision, to see through the
Jewish eyes of the fathers and prophets, of the apostles and of our Lord.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">No more can we as believers rely upon men to
interpret Yahweh’s word, we must let Scripture interpret Scripture for only
then can we be set free from this Hellenistic mindset that has clouded our
sight for so long.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-align: center;">So why the Feasts?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span>Following is a chart that
gives a brief overview of the Feasts, their significance, and some other
related information:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Passover (Pesach)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">...speaks of redemption from Egypt or the world.
The 1st Passover and all the<br />
ensuing dress rehearsals point (forward and backward) to the Messiah who is<br />
the Passover Lamb who has paid the penalty we deserve.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Feast of Unleavened Bread <br />
(Chol Moed)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">...speaks of sanctification or being set apart. Leaven
represents the corruption<br />
or sin where we reside (temple, home, body). Messiah's body did not
decay in<br />
the grave.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Feast of Firstfruits<br />
(Yom Bikkerim)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">...speaks of resurrection. Messiah rose
triumphantly from the grave on the third<br />
day because the penalty of death had no legal right to hold Him.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Feast of Weeks or Pentecost <br />
(Shavuot)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">...speaks of the personal intimacy in a
relationship with Him. God poured out<br />
His Holy Spirit after the ascension of the Living Word (Living Torah) as
just as<br />
He did when he gave the written and spoken Word (Torah) on Mt Sinai.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tisha B'Av<i> (fast day)<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
(The 9th of Av in these <br />
tragic years</i> -----------><br />
<i>were anniversaries of the<br />
10 of 12 spies slander of<br />
God's promise to deliver<br />
Israel; only Caleb and <br />
Joshua defended God.)<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
(<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">This time
------------------><br />
is happening right now!</span><br />
</b><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="color: #ff6600; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="color: #ff6600; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This time -------------------><br />
is SOON coming!</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span></i></b><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="color: purple; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So that we all will see<br />
this ---------------------->)</span></i></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">...speaks of consistency in God's plan from the
time of Moses (1312 BCE). The<br />
10 of 12 spies were slanderous of God's Word and promise because He said He<br />
would go before them, fight their battles, and deliver them into the land.
As a<br />
result, we see this very same day cursed throughout history: <br />
<br />
#2/586 BCE - the 1st Temple was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar (100,000 Jews <br />
died/Millions exiled); <br />
#3/70 CE - the 2nd Temple was destroyed by General Titus (2 Million Jews
died/1 <br />
Million exiled);<br />
#4/135 CE - the Bar Kochba revolt was crushed by the Emperor Hadrian
(100,000 <br />
Jews slaughtered);<br />
#5/136 CE - General Turnus Rufus leveled Jerusalem, rebuilt it as a pagan
city to<br />
be called Aelia Capitolina and forbade Jews to enter;<br />
#6/1095 CE - Pope Urban declared the 1st Crusade (Thousands of Jews died/<br />
many communities obliterated);<br />
#7/1492 CE - Spanish Inquisition & the expulsion of Jews from Spain;<br />
#8/1914 CE - WWI started, stemmed the resentment for the Holocaust;<br />
#9/1935 CE - Hitler enacted a law that propelled the nation toward the
infamous <br />
Nuremberg Laws of the Holocaust;<br />
#10/1943 CE - the beginnings of the deportation of the Warsaw Ghetto to<br />
Treblinka.<br />
<br />
Jeremiah 31:10-13, <i><span style="color: blue;">Hear the word of the
Lord, O ye nations, and declare it<br />
in the isles afar off, and say, <u>He that scattered Israel will gather him</u>,
and<br />
keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock. For the Lord hath redeemed
Jacob,<br />
and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he</span><span style="color: #ff6600;">. <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #ff6600; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #ff6600; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Therefore <u>they shall come and
sing in the height of Zion</u>, and shall flow together to the goodness of
the Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young<br />
of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden;
and<br />
they shall not sorrow any more at all. Then shall the virgin rejoice
in the<br />
dance, both young men and old together</span></i><i><span style="color: purple; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">:<b><u> <o:p></o:p></u></b></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><u><span style="color: purple; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><u><span style="color: purple; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">for I will turn their mourning into
joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow</span></u></i></b><span style="color: purple; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Feast of Trumpets<br />
(Yom Teruah)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">...speaks of the peal of trumpets or the Shofar
that will sound to announce the<br />
coronation of the King of Kings - the Judge of the World, who's feet will
land on<br />
the Mt of Olives. Days of Awe (10 day) preparation begins for the
fulfillment of<br />
the Day of Atonement - the closing of the Books, the end of grace.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Day of Atonement<i> (fast day)<br />
</i>(Yom Kippur)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">...speaks of that solemn day when Israel and all
mankind turns to Messiah in<br />
repentance: <i>And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and
of supplications: and they<br />
shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him,<br />
as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as
one<br />
that is in bitterness for his firstborn;</span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
Zechariah 12:10. This annual face to face<br />
meeting reviews the past (year), accounting for every minute and revealing<br />
whether we have "loved the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all
thy soul and<br />
all thy mind... and loved thy neighbor as thyself. On these two
commandments<br />
hang all the law and the prophets." Matthew 22:37-40.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Feast of Tabernacles or <br />
Booths (Succot)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">...speaks of that joyous day when the King of
Kings sets up the Messianic<br />
Kingdom to rule, reign, and tabernacle among men.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Festival of Light (Hanukkah)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">...speaks of the season when the Light of the
World was conceived and entered<br />
this physical realm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Purim<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">...speaks of the season when once and for all, the
iniquity of this world is dealt<br />
with and the earth is made safe again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Figure </span></b><!--[if supportFields]><b><span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
color:#4F81BD;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>SEQ Figure \* ARABIC <span style='mso-element:
field-separator'></span></span></b><![endif]--><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">17</span></span></b><!--[if supportFields]><b><span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
color:#4F81BD;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span></b><![endif]--><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Overview of the Dress Rehearsals, the Feasts of the Lord in Prophecy<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_edn163" name="_ednref163" style="mso-endnote-id: edn163;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #4f81bd; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[l]</span></sup></b><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To answer the question of
why the Feasts there are first things we must do to understand the Word of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yahweh:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 22.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 22.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo30; tab-stops: list 22.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We must
allow His Word and His Spirit to interpret what we read… <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 22.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 22.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo30; tab-stops: list 22.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We must
be on His timetable, His calendar…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 22.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 22.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo30; tab-stops: list 22.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We have
to get to know Him, His nature and that can only be accomplished by the hearing
and doing of the Word, His <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Torah</i>…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 22.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 22.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo30; tab-stops: list 22.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We must
embrace the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Living Torah</i>, Yeshua
Ha’Machiach…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">To understand the times and seasons, Yahweh gave us
His calendar.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">To understand the
Revelation, we must understand Yahweh’s plan, which by the previous tables you
can see, Yahweh will fulfill all things according to HIS plans, HIS will, HIS
timing.</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Doesn’t it just make good sense
for us as believers to put aside our rebellious attitudes and our insistence
that the Yahweh of Heaven and Earth has to mold Himself to our
day-planner?</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Do you want to know the
Truth, or does the lie suffice?</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">O get
angry brethren at the number of years you have been deceived! O weep O Zion you
who believe, for the blessings that have been denied you for your unbelief,
those stolen from you by the one who seeks to change times and seasons!</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">O shepherds cry out for mercy from He who
sits on the Throne of Heaven, for you have led the flock astray!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span> I
speak not to dissuade or condemn anyone for their belief – what you hold onto
is between you and Yahweh. But I would
be amiss if I failed to at least tell you that we have to open our hearts and
minds to Yeshua and to the very real possibility that we have been led astray
by the “church” over the past 1980 years since our Lord was crucified, resurrected,
and ascended to His throne. All of this
is pertinent to our search for the Truth at the end of the Age. That is why I titled this epistle as I did,
and why it is not just a study of the Book of Revelation. We must study more than the words we read, we
must also study the leanings of our hearts and be ready for the correction of
the<i> Ruach HaKodesh</i>. What if I am wrong in all ascertains of
mine? Then may it please <i>HaShem</i> to correct me as He sees fit and
hold me accountable. I am open to
this. I understand I must have this
attitude so that I do not get “puffed-up” in my “wisdom”, so that I truly
remain humble before Him. Can you say
the same, or is your heart and mind hardened to hearing what may be the Truth
that finally sets you free? Freedom is
in the Torah, and in and comes through Yeshua alone.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p><b style="text-align: center;"><i>This has been a
long post. Thank you for staying with it.</i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>May the blessed
One, the Father and His Son, keep you this day, Amein.<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
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religious group. It is the sole production of its editor. Use of information
from Jewish-themed websites (or any other source material) should not be construed
as these sites endorsing or confirming any thesis introduced by the author of
this epistle. I present the information from their respective sites for
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subjects discussed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Throughout this study I will be using the NET Bible® and the NET Notes®: within
the notes you will see symbols like this: ( </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-language: HE;">א</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">B Ψ 892* 2427 sys). These are
abbreviations used by the NET Bible® for identifying the principal manuscript
evidence that they (authors and translators of the NET Bible®) used in
translating the New Testament. Please go to https://bible.org/netbible/ and see
their section labeled “NET Bible Principals of Translation” for a more complete
explanation on these symbols and other items pertinent to the way the NET Bible
uses them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Note:</b> In these studies, I have used the notes that come along with the
passages I cite from the sources that I cite: these need a bit of a disclaimer
though. As in all things, not everything that is footnoted is something that I
necessarily agree with, especially if it contradicts what I believe pertains to
any matters of the Torah or the commandments of God. I give you the notes as
they are written by the authors of the material I cite from, so that you can
see the information contained within them. It truly is not my place to edit or
correct them; if they state anything that is in opposition to what I teach,
then so be it. I will address these issues if requested. That is not to say I
should not challenge something I believe, in my humble opinion, might
contradict the truth of God’s word; that I will do in the main body of my
epistles for that is where my gentle dissent belongs. Most (but not all) of the
differences will come when I quote from a source that displays a decidedly
Western/Greek mindset, as opposed to a Hebraic perspective. I have to be
intellectually honest – I am biased toward the God of Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob, and His son, Yeshua the Messiah. I pray then we all can find common
ground as we study the Scriptures.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title=""><i><sup><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;">i</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> See ch. 1:4, 16</span></p><div><div id="ftn2"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" title=""><i><sup><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;">j</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> 1 Tim. 5:6<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="ftn3"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3" title=""><i><sup><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;">k</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> See Luke 15:24<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="ftn4"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ftnref4" name="_ftn4" title=""><i><sup><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;">l</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Acts 14:26<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="ftn5"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ftnref5" name="_ftn5" title=""><i><sup><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;">m</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> [2 Tim. 1:13]<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="ftn6"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ftnref6" name="_ftn6" title=""><i><sup><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;">n</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> ch. 2:5<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="ftn7"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ftnref7" name="_ftn7" title=""><i><sup><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;">o</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> ch. 16:15; Matt. 24:43; 1 Thess. 5:2, 4; 2 Pet. 3:10<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="ftn8"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ftnref8" name="_ftn8" title=""><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><sup><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.2667px;">[1]</span></sup></span></sup></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/esv?ref=BibleESV.Re3.1-3"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The Holy Bible: English Standard Version</span></i></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">. (2016). (Re 3:1–3). Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div></div></div>
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following notes are taken from the NET Bible® footnotes, copyright (c)
1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press L.L.C. All rights reserved. Used by
permission from www.bible.org, n.d. Numbering system is unique to NET® Notes.]</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref6" name="_edn6" style="mso-endnote-id: edn6;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The phrase </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">ἀποκάλυψις Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> (<i>ajpokalupsis Iēsou Christou</i>,
“the revelation of Jesus Christ”) could be interpreted as either an objective
genitive (“the revelation about Jesus Christ”), subjective genitive (“the
revelation from Jesus Christ”), or both (M. Zerwick’s “general” genitive [<i>“Biblical
Greek”</i>, §§36–39]; D. B. Wallace’s “plenary” genitive [<i>ExSyn</i>
119–21]). In 1:1 and 22:16 it is clear that Jesus has sent his angel to
proclaim the message to John; thus the message is from Christ, and this would
be a subjective genitive. On a broader scale, though, the revelation is about
Christ, so this would be an objective genitive. One important point to note is
that the phrase under consideration is best regarded as the title of the book
and therefore refers to the whole of the work in all its aspects. This fact
favors considering this as a plenary genitive.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref7" name="_edn7" style="mso-endnote-id: edn7;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">2</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Grk</i>
“slaves.” Although this translation frequently renders </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">δοῦλος</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">
(<i>doulos</i>) as “slave,” the connotation is often of one who has sold
himself into slavery; in a spiritual sense, the idea is that of becoming a
slave of God or of Jesus Christ voluntarily. The voluntary notion is not
conspicuous here; hence, the translation “servants.” In any case, the word does
not bear the connotation of a free individual serving another. BDAG notes that
“ ‘servant’ for ‘slave’ is largely confined to Biblical transl. and early
American times … in normal usage at the present time the two words are
carefully distinguished” (BDAG 260 s.v.). The most accurate translation is
“bondservant” (sometimes found in the ASV for </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">δοῦλος</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">),
in that it often indicates one who sells himself into slavery to another. But
as this is archaic, few today understand its force.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn8" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref8" name="_edn8" style="mso-endnote-id: edn8;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">3</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
BDAG 992–93 s.v. </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">τάχος</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> has “<i>quickly, at once, without delay</i> Ac 10:33
D; 12:7; 17:15 D; 22:18; 1 Cl 48:1; 63:4 … <i>soon, in a short time</i> … Rv
1:1; 22:6 … <i>shortly</i> Ac 25:4.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn9" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref9" name="_edn9" style="mso-endnote-id: edn9;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">4</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
Or “He indicated it clearly” (L&N 33.153).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn10" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref10" name="_edn10" style="mso-endnote-id: edn10;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">5</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
See the note on the word “servants” earlier in this verse.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn11" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref11" name="_edn11" style="mso-endnote-id: edn11;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">6</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
“Then” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied to make the chronological
succession clear in the translation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn12" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref12" name="_edn12" style="mso-endnote-id: edn12;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">7</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The genitive phrase “about Jesus Christ” is taken as an objective genitive.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn13" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref13" name="_edn13" style="mso-endnote-id: edn13;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">8</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The word “this” is used to translate the Greek article </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">τῆς</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">
(<i>tēs</i>), bringing out its demonstrative force.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn14" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref14" name="_edn14" style="mso-endnote-id: edn14;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">9</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The word “aloud” has been supplied to indicate that in the original historical
setting reading would usually refer to reading out loud in public rather than
silently to oneself.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn15" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref15" name="_edn15" style="mso-endnote-id: edn15;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">10</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The words “blessed are” are repeated from the beginning of this verse for
stylistic reasons and for clarity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn16" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref16" name="_edn16" style="mso-endnote-id: edn16;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">11</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Grk</i>
“keep.” L&N 36.19 has “to continue to obey orders or commandments—‘to obey,
to keep commandments, obedience.’ ”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn17" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref17" name="_edn17" style="mso-endnote-id: edn17;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">12</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>sn</b> <i>The
time</i> refers to the time when the things prophesied would happen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn18" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref18" name="_edn18" style="mso-endnote-id: edn18;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vi]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Biblical
Studies Press. (2005). </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/gs-netbible?ref=BibleNET.Re1.1-3"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The NET Bible First Edition; Bible. English.
NET Bible.; The NET Bible</span></i></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> (Re 1:1–3). Biblical Studies Press.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo48; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">End NET® Bible Notes</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo48; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[The
following notes are taken from the NET Bible® footnotes, copyright (c)
1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press L.L.C. All rights reserved. Used by
permission from www.bible.org, n.d. Numbering system is unique to NET® Notes.]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref19" name="_edn19" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 1:1; 21:9</span></p></div>
<div id="edn20" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref20" name="_edn20" style="mso-endnote-id: edn20;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 19:9;
21:5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn21" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref21" name="_edn21" style="mso-endnote-id: edn21;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> 1 Cor
14:32; Heb 12:9<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn22" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref22" name="_edn22" style="mso-endnote-id: edn22;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">d</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 1:1;
22:16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn23" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref23" name="_edn23" style="mso-endnote-id: edn23;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 1:3;
3:3, 11; 16:15; 22:12, 20<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn24" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref24" name="_edn24" style="mso-endnote-id: edn24;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 1:3;
16:15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn25" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref25" name="_edn25" style="mso-endnote-id: edn25;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Lit <i>keeps</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn26" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref26" name="_edn26" style="mso-endnote-id: edn26;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 1:11;
22:9, 10, 18f<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn27" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref27" name="_edn27" style="mso-endnote-id: edn27;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/nasb95?ref=BibleNASB95.Re22.6-7"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">New American Standard Bible: 1995 update</span></i></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">. (1995). (Re
22:6–7). La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn28" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref28" name="_edn28" style="mso-endnote-id: edn28;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">12</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The Greek word translated “departed from” (</span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">ἀφίημι</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">,
<i>aphiēmi</i>; L&N 15.48) can actually be used of divorce (L&N 34.78),
so the imagery here is very strong.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn29" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref29" name="_edn29" style="mso-endnote-id: edn29;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">13</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Grk</i>
“from where,” but status is in view rather than physical position. On this term
BDAG 838 s.v. </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">πόθεν</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> 1 states, “<i>from what place? from where?</i>… In
imagery </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">μνημόνευε πόθεν πέπτωκες</span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">remember from what</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> (state) <i>you
have fallen</i> Rv 2:5.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn30" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref30" name="_edn30" style="mso-endnote-id: edn30;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">14</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Grk</i>
“and do” (a continuation of the previous sentence in the Greek text). For
stylistic reasons in English a new sentence was started here in the
translation. The repeated mention of repenting at the end of the verse suggests
that the intervening material (“do the deeds you did at first”) specifies how
the repentance is to be demonstrated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn31" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref31" name="_edn31" style="mso-endnote-id: edn31;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">15</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
Or “you did formerly.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn32" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref32" name="_edn32" style="mso-endnote-id: edn32;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">16</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
Although the final clause is somewhat awkward, it is typical of the style of
Revelation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn33" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref33" name="_edn33" style="mso-endnote-id: edn33;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">17</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b> <i>Grk</i>
“But you do have this.” The words “going for you” are supplied to complete the
English idiom; other phrases like “in your favor” (NIV) or “to your credit” (NRSV)
could also be supplied.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn34" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref34" name="_edn34" style="mso-endnote-id: edn34;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">18</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>sn</b>
The <i>Nicolaitans</i> were a sect (sometimes associated with Nicolaus, one of
the seven original deacons in the church in Jerusalem according to Acts 6:5)
that apparently taught that Christians could engage in immoral behavior with
impunity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn35" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref35" name="_edn35" style="mso-endnote-id: edn35;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">19</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
The expression </span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">τὰ ἔργα τῶν Νικολαϊτῶν</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> (<i>ta erga tōn Nikolaitōn</i>) has been
translated as a subjective genitive.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn36" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref36" name="_edn36" style="mso-endnote-id: edn36;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">20</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
Or “who is victorious”; traditionally, “who overcomes.” The pendent dative is
allowed to stand in the English translation because it is characteristic of the
author’s style in Revelation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn37" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref37" name="_edn37" style="mso-endnote-id: edn37;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">21</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
Or “grant.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn38" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref38" name="_edn38" style="mso-endnote-id: edn38;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">22</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tn</b>
Or “stands.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn39" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref39" name="_edn39" style="mso-endnote-id: edn39;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">23</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>tc</b>
The omission of “my” (</span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">μου</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">, <i>mou</i>) after “God” (</span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">θεοῦ</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">,
<i>theou</i>) is well attested, supported by </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt;">א</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">A C and the
Andreas of Caesarea group of Byzantine <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">mss</span>
(𝔐<sup>A</sup>). Its addition in 1611, the 𝔐<sup>K</sup> group,
latt, and others, seems to be evidence of a purposeful conforming of the text
to 3:2 and the four occurrences of “my God” (</span><span lang="EL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">θεοῦ μου</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">)
in 3:12.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn40" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref40" name="_edn40" style="mso-endnote-id: edn40;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[viii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Biblical
Studies Press. (2005). </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/gs-netbible?ref=BibleNET.Re2.4-7"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The NET Bible First Edition; Bible. English.
NET Bible.; The NET Bible</span></i></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> (Re 2:4–7). Biblical Studies Press.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l16 level1 lfo47; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">End NET® Bible Notes</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn41" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref41" name="_edn41" style="mso-endnote-id: edn41;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 2:20<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn42" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref42" name="_edn42" style="mso-endnote-id: edn42;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Num 31:16;
2 Pet 2:15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn43" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref43" name="_edn43" style="mso-endnote-id: edn43;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Num 25:1f;
Acts 15:29; 1 Cor 10:20; Rev 2:20<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn44" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref44" name="_edn44" style="mso-endnote-id: edn44;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 2:6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn45" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref45" name="_edn45" style="mso-endnote-id: edn45;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 2:5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn46" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref46" name="_edn46" style="mso-endnote-id: edn46;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 22:7, 20<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn47" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref47" name="_edn47" style="mso-endnote-id: edn47;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> 2 Thess
2:8; Rev 1:16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn48" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref48" name="_edn48" style="mso-endnote-id: edn48;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 2:7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn49" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref49" name="_edn49" style="mso-endnote-id: edn49;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 2:7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn50" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref50" name="_edn50" style="mso-endnote-id: edn50;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Ex 16:33;
John 6:49f<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn51" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref51" name="_edn51" style="mso-endnote-id: edn51;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Is 56:5;
62:2; 65:15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn52" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref52" name="_edn52" style="mso-endnote-id: edn52;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">d</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 14:3;
19:12<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn53" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref53" name="_edn53" style="mso-endnote-id: edn53;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[ix]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/nasb95?ref=BibleNASB95.Re2.14-17"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">New American Standard Bible: 1995 update</span></i></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">. (1995). (Re
2:14–17). La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn54" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref54" name="_edn54" style="mso-endnote-id: edn54;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">†</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>2.20</b>
1 K 16.31; 2 K 9.22, 30<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn55" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref55" name="_edn55" style="mso-endnote-id: edn55;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">s</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>2.20</b>
<i>Jezebel</i>: Nothing else is known about her. This may have been her real
name or a name that was given to her because she was like Queen Jezebel, who
opposed the Lord (see 1 Kings 19.1, 2; 21.1–26).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn56" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref56" name="_edn56" style="mso-endnote-id: edn56;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">†</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>2.23</b>
Ps 7.9; Jr 17.10; Ps 62.12<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn57" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref57" name="_edn57" style="mso-endnote-id: edn57;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">t</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>2.23</b>
<i>her followers</i>: Or “her children.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn58" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref58" name="_edn58" style="mso-endnote-id: edn58;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[x]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/cev?ref=Bible.Re2.20-23"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The Holy Bible: The Contemporary English
Version</span></i></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">.
(1995). (Re 2:20–23). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn59" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref59" name="_edn59" style="mso-endnote-id: edn59;" title=""><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">•</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> The
transliteration of a Hebrew word signifying that something is certain, valid, truthful,
or faithful; it is often used at the end of biblical songs, hymns, and prayers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn60" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref60" name="_edn60" style="mso-endnote-id: edn60;" title=""><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">q</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>3:14</b>
2Co 1:20<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn61" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref61" name="_edn61" style="mso-endnote-id: edn61;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">r</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>3:14</b>
Or <i>Ruler</i>, or <i>Source</i>, or <i>Beginning</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn62" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref62" name="_edn62" style="mso-endnote-id: edn62;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">s</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>3:14</b>
Mk 10:6; 13:19; Jn 1:1–5; Col 1:18; 2Pt 3:4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn63" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref63" name="_edn63" style="mso-endnote-id: edn63;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">t</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>3:16</b>
Or <i>spit</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn64" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref64" name="_edn64" style="mso-endnote-id: edn64;" title=""><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">u</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>3:17</b>
Hs 12:8; Zch 11:5; 1Co 4:8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref65" name="_edn65" style="mso-endnote-id: edn65;" title=""><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">v</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>3:18</b>
Zch 13:9; 1Pt 1:7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref66" name="_edn66" style="mso-endnote-id: edn66;" title=""><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">w</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>3:18</b>
Gn 2:25; Is 20:4; Ezk 23:29; Rv 16:15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn67" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref67" name="_edn67" style="mso-endnote-id: edn67;" title=""><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">x</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>3:19</b>
Heb 12:26<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref68" name="_edn68" style="mso-endnote-id: edn68;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">y</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>3:19</b>
Or <i>be zealous</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn69" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref69" name="_edn69" style="mso-endnote-id: edn69;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xi]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/hcsb?ref=BibleHCSB.Re3.14-19"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The Holy Bible: Holman Christian standard
version.</span></i></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">
(2009). (Re 3:14–19). Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn70" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref70" name="_edn70" style="mso-endnote-id: edn70;" title=""><i><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">j</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> 1 Tim. 5:6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn71" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref71" name="_edn71" style="mso-endnote-id: edn71;" title=""><i><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">k</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> See Luke
15:24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn72" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref72" name="_edn72" style="mso-endnote-id: edn72;" title=""><i><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">l</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Acts 14:26<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn73" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref73" name="_edn73" style="mso-endnote-id: edn73;" title=""><i><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">m</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> [2 Tim.
1:13]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn74" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref74" name="_edn74" style="mso-endnote-id: edn74;" title=""><i><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">n</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> ch. 2:5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn75" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref75" name="_edn75" style="mso-endnote-id: edn75;" title=""><i><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">o</span></sup></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> ch. 16:15;
Matt. 24:43; 1 Thess. 5:2, 4; 2 Pet. 3:10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn76" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref76" name="_edn76" style="mso-endnote-id: edn76;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/esv?ref=BibleESV.Re3.1-3"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The Holy Bible: English Standard Version</span></i></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">. (2016). (Re
3:1–3). Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn77" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref77" name="_edn77" style="mso-endnote-id: edn77;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 22:7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn78" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref78" name="_edn78" style="mso-endnote-id: edn78;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Deut 4:2;
12:32; Prov 30:6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn79" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref79" name="_edn79" style="mso-endnote-id: edn79;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev
15:6–16:21<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn80" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref80" name="_edn80" style="mso-endnote-id: edn80;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">d</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 22:7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn81" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref81" name="_edn81" style="mso-endnote-id: edn81;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">a</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Deut 4:2;
12:32; Prov 30:6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn82" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref82" name="_edn82" style="mso-endnote-id: edn82;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">b</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 22:7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn83" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref83" name="_edn83" style="mso-endnote-id: edn83;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">c</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 22:2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn84" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref84" name="_edn84" style="mso-endnote-id: edn84;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">1</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Lit <i>out
of</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn85" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref85" name="_edn85" style="mso-endnote-id: edn85;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">d</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rev 21:10–22:5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn86" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref86" name="_edn86" style="mso-endnote-id: edn86;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xiii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://ref.ly/logosres/nasb95?ref=BibleNASB95.Re22.18-19"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">New American Standard Bible: 1995 update</span></i></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">. (1995). (Re
22:18–19). La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn87" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref87" name="_edn87" style="mso-endnote-id: edn87;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xiv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Holy
Bible : King James Version.</i> ©1995 (electronic ed. of the 1769 edition of
the 1611 Authorized Version.). Bellingham WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn88" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref88" name="_edn88" style="mso-endnote-id: edn88;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">t </span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Is. 41:4; Rev. 21:6;
22:13</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn89" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref89" name="_edn89" style="mso-endnote-id: edn89;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">4</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">NU, M omit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">the Beginning and the End</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn90" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref90" name="_edn90" style="mso-endnote-id: edn90;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">5 </span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">NU, M <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lord God</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn91" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref91" name="_edn91" style="mso-endnote-id: edn91;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">u</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Rev. 4:8; 11:17</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn92" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref92" name="_edn92" style="mso-endnote-id: edn92;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">v </span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Is. 9:6</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn93" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref93" name="_edn93" style="mso-endnote-id: edn93;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The New
King James Version.</i> ©1982. Nashville: Thomas Nelson.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref94" name="_edn94" style="mso-endnote-id: edn94;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xvi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Exposition of the Old and New Testaments: Revelation, </i>by John Gill,
originally published 1731, ©1999 The Baptist Standard Bearer Inc., version 1.0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn95" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref95" name="_edn95" style="mso-endnote-id: edn95;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xvii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> According to <i>Bible Master</i>,
a Hebrew software program, the two letters alef–tav occur 7,084 times in the
Tanach. Most of them are the sign of the definite direct object and have no
ability ‘to connect’ to Messiah. For instance, randomly opening the Torah to
Lev. 13:50 ‘et’ (another form of ‘ate’) precedes the phrase ‘the mildew’. In v.
52 it precedes ‘the clothing’ and ‘the knitted’, etc. Again randomly opening
the Torah to Ex. 2:15, ‘et’ precedes ‘this thing’ referring to when Pharaoh
heard that Moses had killed an Egyptian. (From <a href="http://www.seedofabraham.net/">http://www.seedofabraham.net</a>, the
article titled “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Alef-Tav</i>” by
Avram Yehoshua.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn96" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref96" name="_edn96" style="mso-endnote-id: edn96;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xviii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">The phrase in Hebrew is אֲנִי רִשׁוֹן
וַאֲנִי אַחֲרוֹן. Yahweh is saying, ‘I am First and I am Last.’ There is no אֵת
(‘ate’) in the verse. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">(From
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="http://www.seedofabraham.net/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">http://www.seedofabraham.net</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">, the article
titled </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Alef-Tav</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> by Avram Yehoshua.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn97" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref97" name="_edn97" style="mso-endnote-id: edn97;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <span style="color: red;">Gen. 1:3,
6, 9, 11, 14-15, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28-29. </span>(From <a href="http://www.seedofabraham.net/">http://www.seedofabraham.net</a>, the
article titled “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Alef-Tav</i>” by
Avram Yehoshua.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn98" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref98" name="_edn98" style="mso-endnote-id: edn98;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xx]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<a name="EN14"><span style="color: red;">(</span></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: EN14;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">14</span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">.) From Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisegesis:
Eisegesis is ‘the process of interpretation of an existing text in such a way
as to introduce one’s own ideas. This is best understood when contrasted with
exegesis. While exegesis draws out the meaning from the text, eisegesis occurs
when a reader reads his/her interpretation into the text. As a result, exegesis
tends to be objective when employed effectively while eisegesis is regarded as
highly subjective.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a name="EN15"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">(15</span></a><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">.) See <i>Mosaic
Sacrifice & Jesus </i>at http://www.seedofabraham.net/mosessac.html for
more on the conception of Yeshua in the womb of Miryam</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">. (Quotes and references From <a href="http://www.seedofabraham.net/">http://www.seedofabraham.net</a>, the
article titled “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Alef-Tav</i>” by
Avram Yehoshua.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn99" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref99" name="_edn99" style="mso-endnote-id: edn99;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xxi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Adapted from <a href="https://torahresource.com/seven-steps-aleph-tav/">https://torahresource.com/seven-steps-aleph-tav/</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn100" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref100" name="_edn100" style="mso-endnote-id: edn100;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xxii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Ibid.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn101" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref101" name="_edn101" style="mso-endnote-id: edn101;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">o </span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">[2 Tim. 1:9]</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn102" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref102" name="_edn102" style="mso-endnote-id: edn102;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">p </span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Rom. 4:16</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn103" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref103" name="_edn103" style="mso-endnote-id: edn103;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">q</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">[John 1:12, 13]</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn104" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref104" name="_edn104" style="mso-endnote-id: edn104;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">r </span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Rom. 4:4, 5; 11:6</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn105" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref105" name="_edn105" style="mso-endnote-id: edn105;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">s</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Rom. 3:27</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn106" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref106" name="_edn106" style="mso-endnote-id: edn106;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">t </span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Is. 19:25</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn107" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref107" name="_edn107" style="mso-endnote-id: edn107;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">u </span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">[Rom. 2:28; Col.
2:11]</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn108" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref108" name="_edn108" style="mso-endnote-id: edn108;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">v </span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Gal. 6:15</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn109" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref109" name="_edn109" style="mso-endnote-id: edn109;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">w</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">2 Cor. 5:18; [Col. 1:20–22]</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn110" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref110" name="_edn110" style="mso-endnote-id: edn110;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">x </span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">[Rom. 6:6]</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn111" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref111" name="_edn111" style="mso-endnote-id: edn111;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">y</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">John 10:9</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn112" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref112" name="_edn112" style="mso-endnote-id: edn112;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">z<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">1 Cor. 12:13; Eph. 4:4</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn113" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref113" name="_edn113" style="mso-endnote-id: edn113;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">1 Pet. 2:4</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn114" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref114" name="_edn114" style="mso-endnote-id: edn114;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Matt. 16:18; 1 Cor.
3:10, 11; Rev. 21:14</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref115" name="_edn115" style="mso-endnote-id: edn115;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">c </span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">1 Cor. 12:28; Eph.
3:5</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref116" name="_edn116" style="mso-endnote-id: edn116;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">d</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Ps. 118:22; Luke
20:17</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref117" name="_edn117" style="mso-endnote-id: edn117;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">e</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">1 Cor. 3:16, 17</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref118" name="_edn118" style="mso-endnote-id: edn118;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">f<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">1 Pet. 2:5</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref119" name="_edn119" style="mso-endnote-id: edn119;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">g </span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">John 17:23</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn120" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref120" name="_edn120" style="mso-endnote-id: edn120;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxiii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>The New King James Version.</i> Nashville:
Thomas Nelson, 1982.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn121" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref121" name="_edn121" style="mso-endnote-id: edn121;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxiv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">The New King James
Version.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">
©1982. Nashville: Thomas Nelson</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn122" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref122" name="_edn122" style="mso-endnote-id: edn122;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>The Holy Bible : King James Version.</i>
electronic ed. of the 1769 edition of the 1611 Authorized Version. Bellingham
WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 1995.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn123" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref123" name="_edn123" style="mso-endnote-id: edn123;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3pt;">y</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Lev. 19:18; Matt. 19:19; Mark 12:31; Luke 10:27; [Rom. 13:9; Gal. 5:14;
James 2:8]</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref124" name="_edn124" style="mso-endnote-id: edn124;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3pt;">z</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">[Matt. 7:12; Rom. 13:10; 1 Tim. 1:5]</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn125" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref125" name="_edn125" style="mso-endnote-id: edn125;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxvi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The New
King James Version.</i> ©1982. Nashville: Thomas Nelson.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn126" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref126" name="_edn126" style="mso-endnote-id: edn126;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xxvii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Quote from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Pastor Mark Biltz, </i>El Shaddai Ministries, Bonney Lake WA, [from
Torah Portion Shavuot “The giving of God’s precious gift to mankind: His
Instructions/Torah/Wedding” 30 May, 2009]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn127" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref127" name="_edn127" style="mso-endnote-id: edn127;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxviii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Holy Bible : King James Version.</i> 1995 (electronic ed. of the 1769 edition
of the 1611 Authorized Version.). Bellingham WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn128" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref128" name="_edn128" style="mso-endnote-id: edn128;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3pt;">a</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Gen. 12:10</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn129" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref129" name="_edn129" style="mso-endnote-id: edn129;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3pt;">b</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Gen. 20:1, 2</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref130" name="_edn130" style="mso-endnote-id: edn130;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3pt;">c</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Gen. 12:7; 17:1; 18:1; 35:9</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn131" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref131" name="_edn131" style="mso-endnote-id: edn131;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3pt;">d</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Gen. 12:1</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div id="edn132" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref132" name="_edn132" style="mso-endnote-id: edn132;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3pt;">e</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Gen. 20:1; Ps. 39:12; Heb. 11:9</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn133" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref133" name="_edn133" style="mso-endnote-id: edn133;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3pt;">f</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Gen. 28:13, 15</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn134" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref134" name="_edn134" style="mso-endnote-id: edn134;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3pt;">g</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Gen. 12:2</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref135" name="_edn135" style="mso-endnote-id: edn135;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3pt;">h</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Gen. 12:7; 13:15; 15:18</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref136" name="_edn136" style="mso-endnote-id: edn136;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3pt;">i</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Gen. 22:16; Ps. 105:9</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref137" name="_edn137" style="mso-endnote-id: edn137;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3pt;">j</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Gen. 15:5; 22:17; Ex. 32:13</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref138" name="_edn138" style="mso-endnote-id: edn138;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3pt;">k</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Gen. 12:3; 22:18; Gal. 3:8</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref139" name="_edn139" style="mso-endnote-id: edn139;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3pt;">l</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Gen. 22:16, 18</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref140" name="_edn140" style="mso-endnote-id: edn140;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The New
King James Version.</i> ©1982. Nashville: Thomas Nelson.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref141" name="_edn141" style="mso-endnote-id: edn141;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxx]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
Darby, J. N., <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">1890 Darby Bible</i>, (Oak
Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.) ©1995.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn142" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref142" name="_edn142" style="mso-endnote-id: edn142;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xxxi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Chart by Mike Brown <a href="mailto:brownm@creation-science-prophecy.com">brownm@creation-science-prophecy.com</a>,
Copyright © 1998-2009 by Michael Brown all rights reserved<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref143" name="_edn143" style="mso-endnote-id: edn143;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xxxii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Power of Dreams in the Bible</i> by Walter Brueggemann, Columbia
Theological Seminary; <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Christian
Century</i>, June 28, 2005, pp.28-31. ©Christian Century Foundation; used by
permission. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref144" name="_edn144" style="mso-endnote-id: edn144;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xxxiii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Essay, “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">On Biblical Theology</i>”, by Rolf P. Knierim, reprinted in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Reading the Hebrew Bible for a New
Millennium, Volume 1</i>, ©2000 by the Institute for Antiquity and
Christianity, Trinity Press International<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref145" name="_edn145" style="mso-endnote-id: edn145;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xxxiv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Revival Lecture</i>, by Leonard
Ravenhill, Old Paths Magazine, Edition #10, Greg Gordon editor<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">; </b>magazine archives at: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">www.oldpathsmag.com</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref146" name="_edn146" style="mso-endnote-id: edn146;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3pt;">† </span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">[9–20] In this first vision, the seer is commanded to write what he sees to
the seven churches (Rev 1:9–11). He sees Messiah in glory, whom he depicts in
stock apocalyptic imagery (Rev 1:12–16), and hears him describe himself in
terms meant to encourage Christians by emphasizing his victory over death (Rev
1:17–20). </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="edn147" style="mso-element: endnote;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref147" name="_edn147" style="mso-endnote-id: edn147;" title=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3pt;">† </span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Island called Patmos: one of the Sporades islands in the Aegean Sea, some
fifty miles south of Ephesus, used by the Romans as a penal colony. Because I
proclaimed God’s word: literally, “on account of God’s word.”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref148" name="_edn148" style="mso-endnote-id: edn148;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xxxv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. Board of
Trustees, Catholic Church. National Conference of Catholic Bishops, &
United States Catholic Conference. Administrative Board. (1996, c1986). <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The New American Bible : Translated from the
original languages with critical use of all the ancient sources and the revised
New Testament</i>. Confraternity of Christian Doctrine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref149" name="_edn149" style="mso-endnote-id: edn149;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xxxvi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> The King James Version</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">,
(Cambridge: Cambridge) 1769.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref150" name="_edn150" style="mso-endnote-id: edn150;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xxxvii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Holy Bible : King James Version.</i> 1995 (electronic ed. of the 1769 edition
of the 1611 Authorized Version.). Bellingham WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref151" name="_edn151" style="mso-endnote-id: edn151;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xxxviii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Robertson’s Word Pictures</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> in the New Testament</i>. Nashville,
Tennessee: Broadman Publishing, 1960<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref152" name="_edn152" style="mso-endnote-id: edn152;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xxxix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> HOLINESS: IT’S NATURE,
HINDRANCES, DIFFICULTIES, AND ROOTS By <span style="color: navy; font-variant: small-caps;">J.C. RYLE, </span><span style="color: navy;">THE EPHESIANS FOUR GROUP
</span><span style="color: black;">© 1999 (originally published 1879)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref153" name="_edn153" style="mso-endnote-id: edn153;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xl]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Frame from DVD set “The Feasts of the Lord” by
Mark Biltz, El Shaddai Ministries/www.elshaddaiministries.us</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref154" name="_edn154" style="mso-endnote-id: edn154;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xli]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New Geneva Study Bible</i>. electronic ed.
Nashville : Thomas Nelson, 1997, c1995, S. Le 23:33<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref155" name="_edn155" style="mso-endnote-id: edn155;" title=""><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xlii]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></a><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span></sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Holy Bible : King James Version</i>.
electronic ed. of the 1769 edition of the 1611 Authorized Version. Bellingham
WA : Logos Research Systems, Inc., 1995<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref156" name="_edn156" style="mso-endnote-id: edn156;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xliii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance, </i>by James Strong, (electronic
edition<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">), </i>e-Sword<sup>®</sup>, v.
9.5.1, copyright ©2000-2009 by Rick Myers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref157" name="_edn157" style="mso-endnote-id: edn157;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xliv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance, </i>by James Strong, (electronic
edition<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">), </i>e-Sword<sup>®</sup>, v.
9.5.1, copyright ©2000-2009 by Rick Myers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref158" name="_edn158" style="mso-endnote-id: edn158;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xlv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Gesenius’ Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon of the Old Testament (1847
Edition), </i>by Dr. William Gesenius, ©1979 by Baker Book House Company, pg
457<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref159" name="_edn159" style="mso-endnote-id: edn159;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xlvi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Matthew Henry's Commentary On the whole Bible</i> (electronic ed. of
the complete and unabridged edition.) Matthew Henry,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(1996, ©1991).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Peabody: Hendrickson.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref160" name="_edn160" style="mso-endnote-id: edn160;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[xlvii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Holy
Bible: King James Version</i>. (electronic ed. of the 1769 edition of the 1611
Authorized Version} Bellingham WA : Logos Research Systems, Inc., 1995<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref161" name="_edn161" style="mso-endnote-id: edn161;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xlviii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance, </i>by James Strong, (electronic
edition<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">), </i>e-Sword<sup>®</sup>, v.
9.5.1, copyright ©2000-2009 by Rick Myers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref162" name="_edn162" style="mso-endnote-id: edn162;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[xlix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Hebrew for “The Covenant (what
Christians are want to call the “Old Testament”) actually an anagram: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">TaNaKh</i>= Torah(Law)/Neviim
(Prophets)/Ketuvim(Writings)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/4c7c9d9314b404df/Documents/Lessons%20from%20the%20Wilderness_Volume35_Revelation_Part11%20(1).docx#_ednref163" name="_edn163" style="mso-endnote-id: edn163;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[l]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> From the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hebrew Calendar Primer</i>,
http://www.elshaddaiministries.us/audio/more/calendarprimer.html<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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