Sun and moon turned to darkness 30Nov_2022

•  Acts 2:14 - 21
• 1 John 2:18
• (Job 19: 25)
• Rev. 12:1
• Gen. 1:1 - 3, 14
• 1 John 1:1 - E
• Deut. 4:5 - 11
• Deut. 18:9 - E
• Ps. 18:1 - 28
• Matt. 6:19 - 23
• Luke 11:33 - 36
• Ps. 18:28 - E
• Is. 5:7 - 20
• Is. 8:17 - E
• Is. 57:20 - 21
• Is. 59:2 - 14
• Is. 60:1 - 3
• John12:28 - E
• John 3:17 - 21
• Is. 60:1 - 5, 17 - E
• Is. 61:1 - 9
• Rev. 9:1 - 4
• Joel 2:1 - 10

Prov. episode #14: Prov. 29 (part 1)

•  Prov. 29:1 - 3
• Rev.. 18:3 - 5
• Prov. 29:2 - 6
• 1 Thess. 2:1 - 16
• Prov. 29:6 - 10  '.....gnashing of teeth...'
• Job 16: ALL
• Ps. 35: ALL
• Ps. 37: ALL
• Lam. 2:8 - 17
• Acts 7:34 - E
• Luke 13: ALL
• (Prov. 29:5   (...flattering words...)
• Ps. 29: ALL     (vs  'the Word of the Lord')
• 1 Tim 6: ALL  (vs 'the Words of Christ')

Ps. 35:15   '...the abjects' :  those who are castaways from society, the despised, the poor;  those who are in 'abject' disdain, poverty.

Proverbs, part 13, chs. 26 - 28

(review)

• Prov. 24:1 - 3
• Matt. 12:31 - 37
• Rom. 13:8 - E
• Prov. 24:3 - 10
• Prov. 25:1 - 7
• Luke 14:7 - 11

(continuation)

• Prov. 26:1 - 5
• Matt. 7:1 - 6
• Prov. 26:20
• Prov. 27:1 - 15
• Jer. 5:23 - E:       (Man loves evil, even though it kills him.)
• Prov. 26:1 - 20;             
• James 3:1 - 13
• Prov. 26:21 - E
• Prov. 27:15 - 24
• Ps. 89:1 - 27
• Prov. 27:23 - E
• Is. 55:1 - 7
• Prov. 28:1 - 4
• Jer. 17:5 - 8
• Prov. 28:4 - 5
• 1 Cor. 2:9 - E
• Prov. 28:5 - 8
• 1 John 2:15 - 20
• Prov. 28:8 - 13
• Is. 29:1 - 4, 10 - 16
• Jer. 3:3, 6 - 15
• Prov. 28:13
• Deut/ 4:24 - 31
• Prov. 28:13 -23, 26 - E.

Notes:

• (re: Prov. 26:10;)  The consequences are rewards, not punishment; because punishment implies an opportunity to do better, next time. Rewards are given after the 'work' is done.
• (re: Prov. 27, v. 15-24)   Riches and kingdoms are temporal;  but the kingdom of Jesus, the seed of David and his throne, is eternal. (cf. ps. 89)

Imagery: Mountains, etc. 16Nov. 22

• Dan. 2:27 - 36
• Matt. 17:17 - 21
• Matt. 21:18 - 22
• Ezek. 6:  ALL
• Amos 8:1 - 10
• Acts 2:14 - 20
• John 3:16 - 21
• Amos 8:9 - E
• Zeph. 1:1 - 8
• Rev. 6:9 - 11
• 2 Cor. 5:1 - 4
• Zeph. 1:9 - E
• Zeph. 2:1 - 3 

12th Episode of Proverbs study 13Nov'22

• Is. 5:13 - 24
• Prov. 23:1 - 7
• Mark 7:5 - 23
• James 1:23 - 25
• Prov. 23:7 - 27
• Rev. 18:1 - 8
• Prov. 23:27 - 32
• Is. 59:1 - 10
• Ps. 73: ALL
• Prov. 23:31 - E
• James 4:1 - 4
• Prov. 24:1 - 5
• Luke 12:18 - 21
• Matt. 6:19 - 24
• Prov. 24:3 - 20
• Ps. 94: ALL
• Prov. 25:1 - 7
• Matt. 6:1 - 7
• Prov. 25:7;
• Luke 14:7 - 11
• Prov. 25:7 - E

Notes: interesting correlations to Scripture and today's 'reality'.

• (re: Is. 5 passage):  Men rejecting God's law, His TRUTH, delve into perversion, and an 'inconvenient reality.  This will be 'rewarded'.
• (re: Prov. 23, Mark 7, James 1):  Man who doesn't realize his depravity, (a) should not be associated with;  (b) deceives himself; (c) will recognize his sin on judgment day.  Truth says God knows the man, by his deeds, not by his own image he thinks he sees;  God knows the thoughts and intents and judges those, not by his 'profession', his words.
• (re: Prov. 23:9):  Don't waste your 'logic' you debating 'skills, you Godly wisdom, with one who will not hear;  "...don't cast your pearls before swine..."
• (re: Prov. 23:23):  "BUY: truth, wisdom, instruction, & understanding".  This is the pearl of great price, (from the Gospels' parables).
• (re: Prov. 25:26): This is an indictment against Israel, for sure, but also, against all those who claim to be 'Christians", but are not!  "a righteous man who falls at the feet of the evil people, is like a polluted steam, oa poisonous well: of no use to anyone, not beneficial. Sadly, our nation, (the world, even), has not learned this lesson, choosing rather, to call themselves 'Christians" but being false prophets, liars, and murderers.  This is the state of America because the 'pastors' don't stand up to the lies currently pervading the minds of those we entrust to teach our young, or to teach it in their churches, making their congregations aware of the evil imaginations being accepted as 'the new reality'.  

Waiting for the next event: 9Nov. 2022

• Jer. 10: ALL
• Zech. 8: ALL
• Is. 60: 1 - 5
• Rev. 13:1 - 4
• Is. 60: 5 - 14
• Heb. 118 - 21
• Is. 60:10 -- E
• Is. 64: 1 - 4
• Rev. 21: 1 - 14
• Heb. 12: ALL
• Rev. 21: 22 - E
• Rev. 22: ALL

The topic tonight was Scriptural indications of what catastrophic event is on the horizon.  Zech. 8:10 prophesies that "...every man's hand will be against his neighbor..."  The divisive mentality of, most notably, American society,  (because that's where we live),  where every topic erupts into heated, and sometimes violent disagreements. Our economy, our industry, our 'civility' has been 'doctored' to make what once was the best civilization the world has known, into a copy of the worst. We may not be there yet, but, there is no turning away from that end result. As many as there be of our society that have become reprobate regarding life, (whether simple arguments ending in gunfire, or the murder of innocent unborn lives), the evil desires of so many who want to believe they have the right to murder, for whatever reason, is indication of that judgement. Reprobate! having no conscience or fear of eternal judgement.  This study, using the dereliction of the nation of Israel against their calling, their purpose, and the ensuing judgement God meted, is meting, and will mete on them, for the last 2000 years, shows us that:  THERE IS A GOD!  HIS LAWS ARE STEADFAST AND UNDENIABLE. Mankind has been given every opportunity to repent, to seek His truth, and become the intended object first identified in Genesis 1:26, "...let Us make man..." ,  to work 'with Him' to make each soul into the creature that can live in His presence, and can call Him their 'FATHER', their abba,   who would walk among us/them. 

Israel abdicated their role; Gentiles were given the opportunity to 'hear the gospel from the Apostles, and upon obedience, to be granted the 'power to become sons of God, that new 'creation'. 

Proverbs 20, 21, 22; 6Nov. 2022

• Prov. 20:  ALL
• Prov. 21:  ALL
• Prov. 22:1 - 2
• Ps. 73: ALL
• Ps. 37:1 - 20
• Prov. 22: 14 - E
• Matt. 23:1 - 26
• Luke 11:38 - E
• Ps. 94: ALL

Question about Plagues, and Joel 1 & 2

•  Deut. 28:58 -  60
• Rev. 9:1 - 2
• Acts 2:17 - 21
• Rev. 9:2 -  E
• Ezek. 39:21 - E
• Joel 1:  ALL
• Matt. 3:1 - 9
• Joel 2:1 - 9
• 2 Tim. 2:1 - 9
• Joel 2:9 - E