Daily Archives: May 31, 2021

SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY (REVELATION 3:1-13 “THE DEAD CHURCH, THE FAITHFUL CHURCH”)

May 31, 2021UncategorizedAngels, blot, book of life, city, crown, dead, die, died, Door, earth, Father, garments, heard, hold fast, hour, lie, livest, name, open, patience, philadelphia, raiment, revelation, Sardis, Satan, shutteth, Spirit art dead, strengthen, Synagogue, temtation, the dead church, the faithful church, walk, watchful, white, word, Works, world, worthyabarkley8

THE DEAD CHURCH

1.And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.

²Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.

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WHY WAS EZRA’S READING OF GOD’S LAW SO POWERFUL?

May 31, 2021Uncategorized7th month, book, booths, branches, chief, cities, drink, events, Ezra, fathers, fetch, forth, gate of Ephraim, grieve, grieved, Holy, Jeruslaem, Joshua, law, law of God, listening, Man, manner, message, Moses, mourning, nehemiah, olive branches, Olives, palm, Pray, praying, priest, read, reading, revival, scribe, scroll, seven days, seventh month, spake, spiritual, sweet, Tirshatha, water gate, woman, women, wordsabarkley8

The events that occurred at the Water Gate in Nehemiah’s time can be described as a spiritual revival. The people knew that God had made it possible for them to rebuild the city. Now they were ready to hear what else God would say to them. They listened intently. When Ezra opened the scroll of God’s law, they stood out of respect and anticipation over what they were about to hear.

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MEN OF THE BIBLE (JONAH “RUNNING FROM GOD”)

May 31, 2021Uncategorized3 days, 3 nights, 40 day's, 40 nights, Assyria, big fish, boat, cast lots, cease, common practice, creature, crewman, crewmen, dire, disaster, dressed, enemy, fish, giant fish, God the Father, God the Holy Ghost, God the Son, God's wrath, great big fish, great fish, inkling, Israel, jonah, Lord, lots, Men of the Bible, new testament, nineveh, Old Testament, open sea, overboard, preach, prophetic, running, sackcloth, sailor, sailors, storm, Tarshish, theologians, theological, theology, threatened, vessel, wale, warning, weather, woman of the bible, wrathabarkley8

Jonah stands alone among the prophets of the Old Testament. Certainly he was the only one (that we know of) to spend three days in the digestive tract of a fish. In the bigger picture, though, he was the only one (that we know of) to flatly refuse an assignment from God.

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BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (GOD OF THE HILLS AND VALLEYS)

May 31, 2021Uncategorized1 Kings, 2 Kings, ahab, army, battle, belief, bible customs and curiosities, country, curiosities, customs, earth, fought, gods, hill, hills, hills and valleys, Israel, King Ahab, level plains, Lord, multitude, NIV, plains, prove, regional, rise, successfully, syrians, thine, true God, valley, valleys, victoryabarkley8

King Ahab of Israel had won a previous battle against the Syrians (1 Kings 20:21), apparently among the hills and mountains of Israel. The victory gave rise to the Syrian claim that the God of Israel was a god of the high country, not of the level plains. The Syrians reflected the typical pagan belief that different nations and different parts of the earth had their own regional gods.

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