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Shabbat Shalom
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Let’s Pray
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My ministry is to bring up topics in the Bible that have never been
discussed, mentioned or deleted in your life that God wants you to know.
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Today w use the Gregorian calendar (Pope Gregory,
1500's) – August 7,
2010
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We
restore the calendar of God
We are now in 5th
month of God, 25th day, which has no name
Change your Judaism calendars; Judaism
is wrong again by calling the 5th month Av, which is totally made
up.
No name Av in scripture for the 5th month.
***Reminder
Next Wednesday evening is the New
Moon – Rosh Chodesh, the 6th month of God,
we will be online to read scripture
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All my studies may be viewed at:
You can read them
on my site at http://oneinmessiah.net/subjects.htm
You can hear them
on my site at http://oneinmessiah.net/av.htm
You can see them
on my site at http://oneinmessiah.net/videoFiles.htm
I would love to come and give a talk
at your congregation, school or home on the Jewish / Hebrew roots of your faith
from the Scriptures, not Judaism.
http://oneinmessiah.net/ScheduleMe.htm
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I explain the Sabbath, the 7th day, each week
This is how simple it is:
Exod. 20
[8] Remember the Sabbath day, to keep
it holy.
[9] Six days shalt
thou labour, and do all thy
work:
[10] But the seventh day is the sabbath of Yehovah
thy God:
in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy
manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
[11] For in six days Yehovah
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh
day: wherefore Yehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
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Deut. 5
[12] Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as Yehovah
thy God hath commanded thee.
[13] Six days thou shalt labour,
and do all thy work:
[14] But the seventh day is the sabbath of Yehovah thy God: in it thou shalt
not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor
thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy
maidservant may rest as well as thou.
[15] And remember that thou wast
a servant in the land of Egypt, and that Yehovah thy
God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore Yehovah thy God
commanded thee to keep the sabbath
day.
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Lev. 23
[3] Six days shall work be done:
but
the seventh day is the Sabbath of rest, an holy convocation;
ye shall do no work therein:
it is the Sabbath of Yehovah in all your dwellings.
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Isa. 58 [13] If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy
pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath
a delight, the holy of Yehovah, honourable; and shalt honour him,
1 - not doing thine own ways,
2 - nor
finding thine own pleasure,
3 - nor
speaking thine own words:
[14] Then shalt
thou delight thyself in Yehovah; and I will
cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the
heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of Yehovah hath spoken it.
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Buying and selling is evil on the Sabbath
Neh. 13 [16] There dwelt men of Tyre also
therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the Sabbath unto the children of Judah,
and in Jerusalem.
[17] Then I
contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, what evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the Sabbath
day?
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We read from law and the prophets every Sabbath like they did in the
Book of Acts
60 times in the Gospels
and letters it uses the word Sabbath!
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Let's see what Yeshua, Paul and
the Apostles did on the Sabbath:
Acts 13 [13] Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos,
they came to Perga in Pamphylia:
and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem. [14] But when
they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and sat down. [15]
And after the reading of the law and the prophets the
rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye
men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.
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Acts 15 [21] For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him,
being read in the synagogues every Sabbath day.
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Luke 4 [16] And he, Yeshua
came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom (prescribed by God's law) was, he went into the
synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up for
to read. [17] And there was delivered unto him
the book of the prophet Esaias.
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Acts 13: [27] For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and
their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets
which are read every sabbath
day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
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Acts 13 [42] And when the Jews were gone out of the
synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these
words might be preached to them the next sabbath.
[44] And the
next sabbath day came
almost the whole city together to hear the word
of God.
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First day of the Feast of Unleavened
Bread
Luke. 23 [56] And they
returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested
the sabbath day according to the commandment.
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"Sabbath in the future"
Yeshua
said:
Matt. 24 [20] But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day
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Isa. 66 - A Sabbath, even after the
new heavens and the new earth are created
[22] For as
the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall
remain before me, saith Yehovah,
so shall your seed and your name remain.
[23] And it
shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to
another, shall all (new body) flesh come to worship before me, saith Yehovah.
[24] And they shall go forth, and look
upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed
against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched;
and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
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Pauls tells us: in Colossians 2:16,
http://oneinmessiah.net/col216b.asf
Col.
2:16: Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an
holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
17: Which are a shadow of
"things to come"; (future tense) but the body is of Messiah.
Let’s go over a few words:
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judge - κρινω krino: to try to condemn, to separate, put
asunder, to pick out, to be of opinion, judge, to pronounce an opinion
concerning right and wrong, to contend, to dispute
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Holyday - εορτη
heorte -heh-or-tay'
- a festival: - feast, holyday
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new moon -
νουμηνία
- noumēnia - noo-may-nee'-ah
- the festival of new moon: - new moon.
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sabbath days - σάββατον - sabbaton
sab'-bat-on Of Hebrew origin - the Sabbath (that
is, Shabbath), 7th day of week repose from secular
avocations (also the observance or institution itself); Also there are sabbaths in the feasts of Yehovah.
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Shadow - σκια skia : shadow, an image cast by
an object and representing the form of that object, a sketch, outline
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Today’s Topic
Mockers of the God of Israel
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Yeshua the Messiah said:
John 15 [20] Remember the word that I said unto you,
The servant is not greater than his lord.
If they have persecuted me, they
will also persecute you;
if they have kept my
saying, they will keep yours also.
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The words below are from the Book of Lamentations chapters
1 to 5 - They can be applied exactly to our days in 2010
Lam. 1 [3] ... captivity
âÌÈìÀúÈä
and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest:
[4] The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: îåÉòÅã
[5] Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for Yehovah
hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions:
her children are gone into captivity
before the enemy.
[7] Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her
miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her
people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her:
the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths.
H4868 îùÑáÌú mishbâth - mish-bawth' - From H7673;
cessation - Sabbath
[10]
The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy
congregation.
[18]
Yehovah is righteous;
for I have rebelled
against his commandment:
hear, I pray you, all people,
and behold my sorrow: my virgins
and my young men are gone
into captivity.
Lam. 2
[6]
And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle
[7]
Yehovah hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his
sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her
palaces; they have made a noise in the house of Yehovah, as in the day of a
solemn feast. ëÌÀéåÉí îåÉòÅã
[9]
Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king
and her princes are among the Gentiles:
the law (torah) is
no more; àÅéï úÌåÉøÈä
her prophets also
find no vision from Yehovah.
[14]
Thy prophets have seen
vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen
for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.
Lam. 4
[12]
The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have
believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of
Jerusalem.
[13]
For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of
her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,
[14]
They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that
men could not touch their garments.
[15]
They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean
èÈîÅà;
depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and
wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no
more sojourn there.
Lam. 5
[7]
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne
their iniquities.
[16]
... woe unto us, that we have sinned!
[19] Thou, YEHOVAH, remainest for ever;
thy throne from generation to generation.
[20] Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and
forsake us so long time?
[21] Turn thou us unto thee, YEHOVAH, and we shall be turned; renew our days as
of old.
[22]
But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth
against us.
Jer. 15 [17] I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy
hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
Jer. 20 [7] YEHOVAH, thou hast deceived me, and I
was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision
daily, every one mocketh
me.
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Consider,
these words sound like today
We are in captivity
We dwell among the heathen (nations)
None come to the solemn feasts
The Sabbaths are mocked
The heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom
thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.
All have transgressed and rebelled against His commandment
He hath violently taken away his tabernacle (His Presence is gone)
The law (Torah) is no more
Prophets find no vision from Yehovah
The prophets have seen vain and foolish things
For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests,
that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her
They (we) have polluted themselves with blood
Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their
iniquities
Woe unto us that we have sinned!
Thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
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No written law for a long time
(There is
approximately 338 years from King Asa to King Josiah)
2 Chr.12 [1] And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had
strengthened himself, he forsook the law of Yehovah,
and all Israel with him.
2 Chr.15 [1] And the Spirit of God
came upon Azariah the son of Oded:
[2] And he went out to meet Asa,
and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa,
and all Judah and Benjamin;
Yehovah is with you, while ye be
with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him,
he will forsake you.
[3] Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and
without a teaching priest, and without law.
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Mockers of God
Matt. 27
[11] And Yeshua stood before the governor: and the governor asked
him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Yeshua
said unto him, Thou sayest.
[12] And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he
answered nothing.
[13] Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou
not how many things they witness against thee?
[14] And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.
[15] Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people
a prisoner, whom they would.
[16] And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
[17] Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas,
or Yeshua which is called Messiah?
[18] For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
[19] When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him,
saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many
things this day in a dream because of him.
[20] But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they
should ask Barabbas, and destroy Yeshua.
[21] The governor answered and said unto them, Whether
of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.
[22] Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Yeshua
which is called Messiah? They all say unto him, Let
him be crucified.
[23] And the governor said, Why, what evil hath
he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
[24] When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a
tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude,
saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye
to it.
[25] Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on
our children.
[26] Then released he Barabbas unto them: and
when he had scourged Yeshua, he delivered him to be
crucified.
[27] Then the soldiers of the governor took Yeshua
into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.
[28] And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
[29] And when they had platted a crown of thorns,
they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the
knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
[30] And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and
smote him on the head.
[31] And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and
put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.
[32] And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name:
him they compelled to bear his cross.
[33] And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to
say, a place of a skull,
[34] They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had
tasted thereof, he would not drink.
[35] And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that
it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They
parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
[36] And sitting down they watched him there;
[37] And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS Yeshua THE KING OF THE JEWS.
[38] Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right
hand, and another on the left.
[39] And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
[40] And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and
buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be
the Son of God, come down from the cross.
[41] Likewise also the chief priests mocking him,
with the scribes and elders, said,
[42] He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let
him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
[43] He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he
said, I am the Son of God.
[44] The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his
teeth.
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Luke 18 [31] Then he took unto him the twelve,
and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are
written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
[32] For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles,
and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:[33] And they shall scourge him, and put him to death:
and the third day he shall rise again.
Luke 23 [11] And Herod with his men of war set him
at nought, and mocked him,
and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
[36]
And the soldiers also mocked him, coming
to him, and offering him vinegar,[37] And
saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.
Acts 2 During Feast of Weeks - Pentecost -[13] Others mocking said,
These men are full of new wine.
Jude 1 [18] How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who
should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
[19]
These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having
not the Spirit.
[20] But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying
in the Holy Ghost,
[21] Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah unto eternal life.
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2 Chr. 36
[9]
Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that
which was evil in the sight of Yehovah.
[10] And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent,
and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of Yehovah, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and
Jerusalem.
[11] Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
[12] And he did that which was evil in the sight of Yehovah
his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the
mouth of Yehovah.
[13] And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him
swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning
unto Yehovah God of Israel.
[14] Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed
very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of Yehovah which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.
[15] And Yehovah God of their fathers sent to
them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had
compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:
[16]
But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised
his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of Yehovah arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
[17]
Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees,
who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and
had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for
age: he gave them all into his hand.
[18] And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the
treasures of the house of Yehovah, and the treasures
of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.
[19] And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of
Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the
goodly vessels thereof.
[20] And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to
Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the
kingdom of Persia:
[21] To fulfil the word of Yehovah
by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths:
for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
[22] Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Yehovah spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be
accomplished, Yehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus
king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put
it also in writing, saying,
[23] Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the
kingdoms of the earth hath Yehovah God of heaven
given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is
in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? Yehovah
his God be with him, and let him go up.
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Neh. 4 [1] But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded
the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
[2]
And he spake before his brethren and the army of
Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will
they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish
which are burned?
[3] Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he
said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he
shall even break down their stone wall.
[4] Hear, O our God; for we are despised:
and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the
land of captivity:
[5] And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out
from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
[6]
So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined
together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
[7] But it came to pass, that when Sanballat,
and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and
the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem
were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very
wroth,
[8] And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against
Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
[9] Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch
against them day and night, because of them.
[10] And Judah said, The strength of the
bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not
able to build the wall.
[11] And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we
come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
[12] And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came,
they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye
shall return unto us they will be upon you.
[13] Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the
higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords,
their spears, and their bows.
[14] And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the
rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember Yehovah,
which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your
daughters, your wives, and your houses.
[15] And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto
us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that
we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
[16] And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my
servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons;
and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
[17] They which builded on the wall, and they
that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one
with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a
weapon.
[18] For the builders, every one had his sword
girded by his side, and so builded. And he that
sounded the trumpet was by me.
[19] And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of
the people, The work is great and large, and we are
separated upon the wall, one far from another.
[20] In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye
thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
[21] So we laboured in the work: and half of
them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
[22] Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in
the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on
the day.
[23] So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the
guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one
put them off for washing.
Job 12 [4] I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth
him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
Job 17 [2] Are there not mockers with me? and doth
not mine eye continue in their provocation?
Job 21 [3] Suffer me that I may speak; and after
that I have spoken, mock on.
Prov. 14 [9] Fools make a
mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
Prov.17 [5] Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities
shall not be unpunished.
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Heb. 11
Here are some short histories of your brothers and sisters lives
from the past
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[4]
By faith Abel offered unto God a more
excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was
righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
[5]
By faith Enoch was translated that he
should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for
before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
[6] But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he
is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
[7]
By faith Noah, being warned of God of
things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his
house; by the which he
condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is
by faith.
[8]
By faith Abraham, when he was called
to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance,
obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
[9] By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange
country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of
the same promise:
[10] For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and
maker is God.
[11] Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed,
and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him
faithful who had promised.
[12]
Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the
stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore
innumerable.
[13] These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but
having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and
confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
[14] For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a
country.
[15] And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence
they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
[16] But now they desire a better country, that is, an
heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
[17]
By faith Abraham, when he was tried,
offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only
begotten son,
[18] Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called
[19]
Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence
also he received him in a figure
[20]
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau
concerning things to come.
[21]
By faith Jacob, when he was a dying,
blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his
staff.
[22] By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the
children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
[23] By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his
parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of
the king's commandment.
[24]
By faith Moses, when he was come to
years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
[25] Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than
to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
[26] Esteeming the reproach of Messiah greater riches than the treasures
in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of
the reward.
[27] By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for
he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
[28] Through faith he kept the passover,
and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch
them.
[29] By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the
Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
[30]
By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven
days.
[31] By faith the harlot Rahab perished not
with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
[32]
And what shall I more say? for
the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae;
of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
[33] Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness,
obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
[34] Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of
weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies
of the aliens.
[35] Women received
their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting
deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
[36] And others had trial of cruel mockings
and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and
imprisonment:
[37] They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with
the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute,
afflicted, tormented;
[38] (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in
mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
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God is not mocked
Gal. 6 [7] Be not deceived; God is
not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that
shall he also reap.
[8] For he that soweth
to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life
everlasting.
[9] And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if
we faint not.
[24]
Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man
regarded;
[25] But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and
would none of my reproof:
[26]
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when
your fear cometh;
[27] When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as
a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
[28] Then shall they call upon me, but I will not
answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall
not find me:
[29] For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Yehovah:
[30] They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
[31] Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with
their own devices.
[32] For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of
fools shall destroy them.
[33] But
whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and
shall be quiet from fear of evil.
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In every generation, I believe, there are always a few chosen
people of God that try to restore God's laws, commandments and feasts before He
comes back.
Shabbat Shalom