One in Messiah Congregation
Shabbat Shalom
The Gregorian calendar (Pope Gregory) - March 14, 2009
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God's calendar - We are now in the 12th month - Adar 16
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Esth.3 [ 7] In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the
twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman
from day to day, and from month to month, to the
twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
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Before I start, here are the dates again for 2009
Spring Feasts and Holydays
New Year! - 1st day of
Aviv/Nissan will be March 28, Saturday - The 1st day of Aviv/Nissan will
start the evening, Friday, March 27th
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Passover: Aviv/Nissan 14 will
be April 10 (Friday)
Friday night we will, (in memorial) have the
Passover.
We will have our Passover Haggadah (the telling)
and the Seder (order), as in order of the service.
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First day of Unleavened Bread will be April 11 (Sabbath) (Saturday) It will start the
evening of April 10th
First Fruits: April
12th
Last day of Unleavened Bread: April 17th (Sabbath) (Friday) it will start the evening of April
16th (2 Sabbaths in a row)
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2nd Month of God - Ziv - April 27th - The 1st day of Ziv will start on the evening of April
26th
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3rd Month of God - Sivan - May 26th the 1st day of Sivan will start the evening May 25th
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Feast of Weeks - May 31 (Sabbath) (Sunday) it will start the evening of
May 30th (2 Sabbaths in a row)
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Some news - 2009:
Stephen Schwarzman, the chief executive officer of private equity company Blackstone Group LP, told Reuters
that between 40 and 45 percent of the world's wealth had been destroyed in the
past year and a half.
"This is absolutely unprecedented in our lifetimes," he said.
Consider the following, also reported by Reuters:
The Asian Development bank estimated that financial assets lost around the world may have
amounted to over $50 trillion in value, a collapse of wealth equivalent to a
year's worth of world economic output.
The World Bank concluded that the volume of world trade in 2009 will
fall for the first time since 1982, suffering the biggest decline in 80 years.
The World Bank also predicted that world gross domestic product, or
GDP, will decline for the first time since World War II, with the likelihood
world GDP will experience a decline of 5 percent over 2008 figures.
China, the largest exporter among emerging economies, has seen 20
million jobs disappear, while India reports three million jobs were lost
because of shrinking exports.
The Institute of International Finance, a Washington think-tank, reported net
private flows to emerging markets declined 50 percent in 2008, to less than
$500 billion; net private capital flows to emerging markets in 2009 are
expected to decline even further, to $165 billion.
The World Bank anticipates that 98 developing countries will face a
cumulative financing gap between $270 billion and $700
billion this year.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average reached its peak above 14,400 in July
2007. Currently, the DJIA is trading in the range of 7,000, leaving the stock
market with only half its peak value.
The stock market closed Friday, March 6, 2009, two weeks ago, at
6636.94, up 32.50 points, despite trading negatively most of the day.
That day, the stock market was down almost exactly 3,000 points since
Obama was elected, on Nov. 4, 2008, when the Dow Jones Industrial
Average closed at 9625.28. The DJIA has dropped 20 percent since
President Obama was inaugurated on January 20.
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Pray you had a peaceful Purim
(the fourteenth and fifteenth of the month Adar)
Esth. 9
20] And Mordecai
wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the
provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,
[21] To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of
the same, yearly,
[22] As the days wherein the Jews rested
from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from
sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them
days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to
the poor.
[23] And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had
written unto them;
[24] Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the
Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy
them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
[25] But when Esther came before the king,
he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the
Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be
hanged on the gallows.
[26] Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur.
Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen
concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,
[27] The Jews ordained, and took upon
them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so
as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their
writing, and according to their appointed time every year;
[28] And that these days should be
remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province,
and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the
Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.
[29] Then Esther the queen, the daughter
of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this
second letter of Purim.
[30] And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty
and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,
[31] To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed,
according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as
they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the
fastings and their cry.
[32] And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it
was written in the book.
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A few enemies of the Lord and the Hebrews / Jews in the scriptures
Philistines, Zidonians, Amalekites, Maonites,
Midianites, Geshurites, Gezrites, Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Jebusites,
Perizzites, Hivites, Girgashites, Rephaims
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Esau
Mal. 1 [2] I have
loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not
Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, [3] And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage
waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
Rom. 9 [13] As it
is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I
hated.
Heb. 12 [16] Lest
there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel
of meat sold his birthright.
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Timna was concubine to "Eliphaz" Esau's son; and
she bare to Eliphaz Amalek
Gen.36 [4] And Adah
bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
[10] These
are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau,
Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.
[11] And the
sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
[12] And Timna
was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these
were the sons of Adah Esau's wife.
[15] These
were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of
Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,
[16] Duke
Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz
in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.
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1Chr.1 [35] The
sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
[36] The sons
of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.
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Gen. 36 [12] And Timna
was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife.
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Amalek
Deut. 25 [17] Remember what Amalek did unto thee
by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt; [18] How he met thee by the
way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee,
when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God. [19] Therefore it shall
be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round
about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to
possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under
heaven; thou shalt not forget it.
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Agag the king of the Amalekites
1 Sam.
15
[1] Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD
sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore
hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD.
[2] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember
that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the
way, when he came up from Egypt.
[3] Now go and smite Amalek, and
utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and
woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
[4] And Saul gathered the people together,
and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men
of Judah.
[5] And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
[6] And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among
the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the
children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed
from among the Amalekites.
[7] And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to
Shur, that is over against Egypt.
[8] And he took Agag the king of the
Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people
with the edge of the sword.
[9] But Saul and the people spared Agag,
and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs,
and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that
was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
[10] Then came the word of the LORD unto
Samuel, saying,
[11] It repenteth me that I have set up Saul
to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my
commandments.
And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD
all night.
[12] And when Samuel rose early to meet
Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and,
behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down
to Gilgal.
[13] And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of
the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.
[14] And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in
mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
[15] And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the
people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD
thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
[16] Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the
LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.
[17] And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast
thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king
over Israel?
[18] And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly
destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.
[19] Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst
fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?
[20] And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the
LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the
king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
[21] But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the
things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy
God in Gilgal.
[22] And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as
great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the
LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of
rams.
[23] For rebellion is as the sin of
witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast
rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
[24] And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned:
for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
[25] Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my
sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.
[26] And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not
return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD
hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
[27] And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt
of his mantle, and it rent.
[28] And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel
from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better
than thou.
[29] And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is
not a man, that he should repent.
[30] Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before
the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may
worship the LORD thy God.
[31] So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.
[32] Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto
him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
[33] And Samuel said, As thy sword
hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And
Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.
[34] Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul
went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
[35] And Samuel came no more to see Saul
until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the
LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel
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Pharaoh
Exod.1 [22] And Pharaoh charged
all his people, saying, Every son (the Hebrews' children)
that is born ye shall cast into the river,
and every daughter ye shall save alive.
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Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite
Esth. 3 [10] And the
king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman
the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
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Herod
Jer. 31 [15] Thus saith the LORD; A voice was
heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children
refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
Matt. 2 [16] Then Herod,
when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent
forth, and slew all the children that were in
Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under,
according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
[17] Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
[18] In Rama was there a voice heard,
lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children,
and would not be comforted, because they are not.
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An invisible enemy makes war
and
Satan's agents
a great dragon, a great red dragon, a roaring lion, an old serpent, the Devil, Satan, the god of this world, an angel of light
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1 Pet. 5 [8] Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh
about, seeking whom he may devour:
Eph. 2 [2] Wherein
in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the
prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the
children of disobedience:
2 Cor. 4 [4] In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of
them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is
the image of God, should shine unto them.
2 Cor. 11 [13] For
such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming
themselves into the apostles of Christ.
[14] And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
[15] Therefore it is no great thing if his (Satan) ministers
also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall
be according to their works.
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the beast and the false prophet
Rev. 11
[1] And there was given me a reed like
unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God,
and the altar, and them that worship therein.
[2] But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it
not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread
under foot forty and two months.
[3] And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy
a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
[4] These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing
before the God of the earth.
[5] And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth,
and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this
manner be killed.
[6] These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of
their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite
the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
[7] And when they shall have finished
their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the
bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill
them.
[8] And their dead bodies shall lie in
the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt,
where also our Lord was crucified. - Jerusalem
[9] And they of the people and kindreds and
tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three
days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in
graves.
[10] And they that dwell upon the earth shall
rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because
these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on
the earth.
[11] And after three days and an half the
Spirit of life from God entered into them,
and they stood upon their feet; and
great fear fell upon them which saw them.
[12] And they
heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them,
Come up hither. And they ascended up to
heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
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Rev. 12 [12]...Woe to the inhabiters of the earth
and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you,
having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
[17] And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
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[4] And they
worshipped the dragon which gave power
unto the beast: and they worshipped the
beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with
him?
[5] And there was given unto him a mouth
speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue
forty and two months.
[6] And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his
name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
[7] And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to
overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and
nations.
[8] And all that dwell upon the earth shall
worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain
from the foundation of the world.
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[11] And the beast that was, and is
not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
[12] And the ten horns which thou sawest
are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as
kings one hour with the beast.
[13] These have one mind, and shall give
their power and strength unto the beast.
[14] These shall make war
with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of
lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen,
and faithful.
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[11] And I saw
heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called
Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge
and make war.
[19] And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their
armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,
and against his army.
[20] And the beast was taken, and
with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which
he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that
worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning
with brimstone.
[21] And the remnant were slain with the
sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth:
and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
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There are spirits of:
Num. 5 [14] And
the spirit of jealousy
Hos. 4 [12] My
people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for
the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to
err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
Rom. 8 [15] For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have
received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
1 Cor. 2 [12] Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is
of God; that we might
2 Tim. 1 [7] For God
hath not given us the spirit of fear; but
of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
1 John 4 [2] Hereby
know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Yeshua the Messiah is come in the
flesh is of God:
[6] We are
of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us.
Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the
spirit of error.
Acts 16 [16] And it came to pass, as we went to
prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of
divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
Many verses pertaining to: familiar spirits
Lev.19 [31] Regard
not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be
defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
àåá - ob - water skin bottle, necromancer, necromancer, one who evokes the
dead, ghost, spirit of a dead one,
practice of necromancy, one that has a familiar spirit
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"The will of the Father"
John 5 [30] I can of mine own self do nothing: as
I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but
the will of the Father which hath sent me.
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Matt. 12 [50] For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the
same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
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Matt.7 [21] Not every one that saith unto me,
Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but
he that doeth the will of my Father which
is in heaven.
[22] Many will say to me in that day,
Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many
wonderful works?
[23]
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you:
depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
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There are devils and unclean spirits around
Matt. 8 [16] When the even was come, they brought
unto him many that were possessed with devils:
and he cast out the spirits with his word, and
healed all that were sick:
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Matt. 9 [33] And when
the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled,
saying, It was never so seen in Israel.
Matt. 10 [8] Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers,
raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
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Mark 1 [34] And he healed many that were sick of
divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to
speak, because they knew him.
[39] And he preached in their synagogues
throughout all Galilee, and cast out devils.
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Mark 3 [15] And to have power
to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:
[23] And he called them unto him, and said
unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
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Mark 6 [13] And they cast out many devils,
and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.
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Mark 16 [17] And these
signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new
tongues;
[18]
They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not
hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
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Luke 13 [32] And he said unto them, Go ye, and
tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day
and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.
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Unclean spirits
Zech. 13 [2] And it shall come to pass in that day,
saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the
land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets
and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.
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Matt. 10 [1] And when he had called unto him his
twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast
them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
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Matt. 12 [43] When the unclean spirit is
gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth
none.
[44]
Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he
is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
[45]
Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other
spirits more wicked than himself, and
they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the
first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
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Mark. 16 [9] Now when Jesus was risen early the
first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had
cast seven devils.
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Matt. 17 [14] And when they were come to the multitude,
there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,
[15] Lord, have mercy on my son: for he
is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire,
and oft into the water.
[16] And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
[17] Then Jesus
answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be
with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
[18] And Jesus rebuked the devil;
and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from
that very hour.
[19] Then came the
disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?
[20] And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief:
for verily I say unto you,
If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain,
Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
[21] Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
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Mark 1 [23] And there was in their synagogue a
man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,
[24]
Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art
thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
[25] And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.
[26] And when the unclean spirit
had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.
[27] And they were all amazed, insomuch
that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new
doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits,
and they do obey him.
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Mark 3 [11] And unclean spirits, when they saw
him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.
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Mark 5 [1] And they came over unto the other side
of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
[2]
And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the
tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
[3]
Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with
chains:
[4]
Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains
had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither
could any man tame him.
[5]
And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying,
and cutting himself with stones.
[6]
But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,
[7]
And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou
Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
[8] For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.
[9]
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
(Legion: The
major unit of the Roman army consisting of 3,000 to 6,000 infantry troops and
100 to 200 cavalry troops.)
[10]
And he besought him much that he would not send them
away out of the country.
[11]
Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
[12]
And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us
into the swine, that we may enter into them.
[13]
And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean
spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran
violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
[14]
And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country.
And they went out to see what it was that was done.
[15]
And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed
with the devil, and had the legion,
sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
[16]
And they that saw it told them how it befell to him
that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.
[17]
And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.
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Mark 6 [7] And he called unto him the twelve, and
began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over
unclean spirits;
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Mark 7 [25] For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit,
heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:
[26]
The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he
would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
[27]
But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet
to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.
[28]
And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat
of the children's crumbs.
[29]
And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the
devil is gone out of thy daughter.
[30] And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid
upon the bed.
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Luke 4 [36] And they were all amazed, and spake
among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power
he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.
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Luke 6 [18] And they that were vexed with
unclean spirits: and they were healed.
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Luke 8 [29] (For he had commanded the unclean
spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and
he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was
driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
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Luke 9 [38] And, behold, a man of the company
cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine
only child.
[39] And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out;
and it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth
from him.
[40] And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not.
[41] And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how
long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.
[42] And as he was yet a coming, the devil
threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus
rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him
again to his father.
[43] And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God.
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Acts 5 [16] There came also a multitude out of
the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which
were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.
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Acts 8 [7] For unclean spirits, crying with loud
voice, came out of many that were possessed with
them: and many taken with palsies, and that
were lame, were healed.
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Rev. 16 [13] And I saw three
unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and
out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
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"fight a good fight"
1 Cor. 9 [26] I therefore so run, not as
uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
1 Tim. 6 [12] Fight the good fight of faith,
lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a
good profession before many witnesses.
2 Tim. 4 [7] I have fought a good fight, I
have finished my course, I have kept the faith: [8] Henceforth there is
laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge,
shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love
his appearing.
[10] Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in
the power of his might.
[11]
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles
of the devil.
[12]
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against
powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual
wickedness in high places.
[13]
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to
withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
[14]
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the
breastplate of righteousness;
[15]
And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
[16]
Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all
the fiery darts of the wicked.
[17]
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the
word of God:
Remember: Fear
not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them
2 Kgs. 6
[15]
And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold,
an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots.
And
his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
[16]
And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us
are more than they that be with them.
[17]
And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see.
And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and
he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round
about Elisha.
Fear not!
Shalom