Daily Archives: June 4, 2021

SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY (LUKE 11:1-13 “THE MODEL PRAYER”)

June 4, 2021Uncategorizedbread, come, daily bread, Disciples, evil, Father, God, Hallowed, John, kingdom, knock, loaves, Luke, Mark, Matthew, midnight, mine, Scripture, scripture of the day, temptation, the model prayerabarkley8

1.And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.

²And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.

³Give us day by day our daily bread.

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VISIONS OF SUFFERING (6:1-19: 10)

June 4, 2021Uncategorized7 seals, Angels, antichrist, apocolyps, archangel Michael, child, death, devastation, died, dragon, earth's rivers, earth-shaking, fire, fire on earth, God's Judgment, Heaven, hell, Jesus Christ, John, locusts, poisoned, rivers, Satan, Satan allies, sea, series, seven seals, sound of trumpet, suffering, symbol, the end times, the last days, unbelivers, vision of suffering, warabarkley8

This is the longest section of the book of Revelation. It describes the visions of John regarding a series of catastrophic events that God would use to judge the earth before the end of the age and the triumphant second coming of Christ.

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A LITTLE KNOWN FACT ABOUT THE JORDAN RIVER

June 4, 2021Uncategorized150-foot, 1927, Adam, canoe, Dead Sea, desert, dirt, dry ground, famers, Israel, Jericho, Jordan River, Joshua, Lebanon, middle east, Mount Hermon, river in Israel, roughly thirty yards across, Syria, ten feet deep, two, waterabarkley8

The Jordan may be a “mighty river” in the desert Middle East, but It’s a disappointment to tourists. At roughly thirty yards across and only two to ten feet deep, it seems barely fit for a canoe.

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (FALSE CHRISTS)

June 4, 2021Uncategorizedben, Christ, Christ in Greek, city, crowds, definition, definition of the day, Disciples, divine, false, False Christ, false god, false prophets, Festus, fight, Florus, Galilean, Jerusalem, Jewish, Jordan, Joshua, Judah, Manahem, Manahem ben Judah, Mark, Matthew, Messiah, Pelia, procurator, prophets, roman, rome, siege, Transjordan, wildernessabarkley8

Imposters claiming to be the Messiah (Christ in Greek). Jesus associated the appearance of messianic pretenders with the fall of Jerusalem (Matt 24:23-26; Mark 13:21-22). Jesus warned His followers to be skeptical of those who point to signs and omens to authenticate their false messianic claims. Jesus also urged disbelief of those claiming the Messiah was waiting in the wilderness or was in “the inner rooms” (perhaps a reference to the inner chambers of the

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ARE SOME OF DANIEL’S VISIONS OF THE FUTURE STILL PENDING!

June 4, 2021Uncategorizedbabylonian, Daniel, dream, dreams, empire, Faith, future, Jesus Christ, lives, Nebuchadnezzars, power of God, universal recognition, vindicates, vision, visionsabarkley8

The most fascinating of Daniel’s several prophecies involves Nebuchadnezzar’s “forgotten” dream. In the dream, a statue cast in five layers of material represents the Babylonian empire and the four world empires to follow. The rock that crushes them all represents the kingdom of Jesus Christ, which overcomes all secular authority and vindicates the rule of God.

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BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (JEWELRY FOR ISRAELITE WOMEN)

June 4, 2021Uncategorizedbible customs and curiosities, carry, clothing, curiosities, customs, desert, egyptians, empty, Exodus, gold, labor, living, Man, Men, Moses, neighbor, NIV, NKJV, plunder, raiment, released, silver, slave, slavery, tabernacle, womenabarkley8

God promised Moses that when the Israelites were released from slavery, their women would carry from the land jewelry of silver and gold given to them by the Egyptians.

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