Thursday, April 25, 2019

THE PARABLES OF JESUS CHRIST

THE PARABLES OF JESUS CHRIST
PARABLE	MATTHEW	MARK	LUKE
The Lamp	5:14-16	4:21-25	8:16-18
The Speck and The Log	7:1-5		6:37-42
New Cloth on Old Garment	9:16-17	2:21-22	5:36-39
The Divided Kingdom	12:24-30	3:23-27	11:14-23
The Sower	13:1-23	4:1-20	8:4-15
The Growing Seed		4:26-29
The Good Samaritan			10:29-37
The Friend at Midnight			11:5-13
The Rich Fool			12:13-21
The Barren Fig Tree			13:6-9
The Weeds Among the Wheat	13:24-30
The Mustard Seed	13:31-32	4:30-34	13:18-19
The Leaven	13:33-34		13:20-21
Hidden Treasure	13:44
Pearl of Great Price	13:45-46
The Net	13:47-50
The Invited Guests			14:7-14
The Heart of Man	15:10-20	7:14-23
The Lost Sheep	18:10-14		15:1-7
The Lost Coin			15:8-10
The Prodigal Son			15:11-32
The Rich Man and Lazarus			16:19-31
The Persistent Widow			18:1-8
The Pharisee and The Tax Collector			18:9-14
The Unforgiving Servant	18:23-35
Laborers in the Vineyard	20:1-16
The Two Sons	21:28-32
The Tenant Farmers	21:33-45	12:1-12	20:9-19
Marriage Feast or Great Banquet	22:1-14		14:15-24
The Budding Fig Tree	24:32-35	13:28-33	21:29-33
The Faithful vs. The Wicked Servant	24:45-51	13:34-37	12:35-48
The Ten Virgins	25:1-13
Ten Talents or Gold Coins	25:14-30		19:11-27

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

YHWH's People, Israel were SCATTERED & GATHERED FROM AMONG THE NATIONS

Compiled By Tuese Ahkiong

The Kingdom of Israel began under King Saul, David, Solomon.
The Kingdom was divided under Rehoboam and Jehoboam and split into 2 kingdoms with Israel in the North with Jehoboam and Judah in the South with Rehoboam.

Israel, The Northern Kingdom was cut off and SCATTERED among the nations like lost sheep for their sins, especially of idolatry.
Scripture teaches that Israel would be GATHERED out of the nations and brought back.
They were fished out of the nations by The Gospel by 70AD.

ISRAEL SCATTERED AMONG THE NATIONS

Leviticus 26:33

AND I WILL SCATTER YOU AMONG THE NATIONS, and I will unsheathe the sword after you, and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.

Deuteronomy 4:27

AND THE LORD WILL SCATTER YOU AMONG THE PEOPLES, AND YOU WILL BE LEFT FEW IN NUMBER AMONG THE NATIONS WHERE THE LORD WILL DRIVE YOU.

Psalm 44:11

YOU HAVE MADE US LIKE SHEEP FOR SLAUGHTER AND HAVE SCATTERED US AMONG THE NATIONS.

Jeremiah 9:16

I WILL SCATTER THEM AMONG THE NATIONS WHOM NEITHER THEY NOR THEIR FATHERS HAVE KNOWN, AND I WILL SEND THE SWORD AFTER THEM, UNTIL I HAVE CONSUMED THEM.”

Jeremiah 30:11

For I am with you to save you, declares the Lord; I will make a full end of all THE NATIONS AMONG WHOM I SCATTERED YOU, but of you I will not make a full end. I will discipline you in just measure, and I will by no means leave you unpunished.

Jeremiah 31:10

“Hear the word of the Lord, O nations, and declare it in the coastlands far away; say, ‘HE WHO SCATTERED ISRAEL WILL GATHER HIM, AND WILL KEEP HIM AS A SHEPHERD KEEPS HIS FLOCK.’

Ezekiel 6:8

“Yet I will leave some of you alive. When you have among the nations some who escape the sword, and WHEN YOU ARE SCATTERED THROUGH THE COUNTRIES,

Ezekiel 11:16

Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: THOUGH I REMOVED THEM FAR OFF AMONG THE NATIONS, AND THOUGH I SCATTERED THEM AMONG THE COUNTRIES, YET I HAVE BEEN A SANCTUARY TO THEM FOR A WHILE IN THE COUNTRIES WHERE THEY HAVE GONE.’

Ezekiel 12:15

And they shall know that I am the Lord, whenI DISPERSE THEM AMONG THE NATIONS AND SCATTER THEM AMONG THE COUNTRIES.

Ezekiel 20:23

Moreover, I swore to them in the wilderness thatI WOULD SCATTER THEM AMONG THE NATIONS AND DISPERSE THEM THROUGH THE COUNTRIES,

Ezekiel 20:41

As a pleasing aroma I will accept you, WHEN I BRING YOU OUT FROM THE PEOPLES AND GATHER YOU OUT OF THE COUNTRIES WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN SCATTERED.And I will manifest my holiness among you in the sight of the nations.

Ezekiel 22:15

I WILL SCATTER YOU AMONG THE NATIONS AND DISPERSE YOU THROUGH THE COUNTRIES,and I will consume your uncleanness out of you.

Ezekiel 28:25

[ Israel Gathered in Security ] “Thus says the Lord God: WHEN I GATHER THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL FROM THE PEOPLES AMONG WHOM THEY ARE SCATTERED,and manifest my holiness in them in the sight of the nations, THEN THEY SHALL DWELL IN THEIR OWN LAND THAT I GAVE TO MY SERVANT JACOB.

Ezekiel 36:19

I SCATTERED THEM AMONG THE NATIONS, AND THEY WERE DISPERSED THROUGH THE COUNTRIES. In accordance with their ways and their deeds I judged them.

Zechariah 7:14

“AND I SCATTERED THEM WITH A WHIRLWIND AMONG ALL THE NATIONS THAT THEY HAD NOT KNOWN.Thus the land they left was desolate, so that no one went to and fro, and the pleasant land was made desolate.”

Zechariah 10:9

Though I scattered them among the nations,yet in far countries they shall remember me, and WITH THEIR CHILDREN THEY SHALL LIVE AND RETURN.

GATHERED FROM AMONG THE NATIONS

1 Chronicles 16:35

Say also: “SAVE US, O GOD OF OUR SALVATION, AND GATHER AND DELIVER US FROM AMONG THE NATIONS, that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise.

Psalm 106:47

SAVE US, O LORD OUR GOD, AND GATHER US FROM AMONG THE NATIONS,that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise.

Isaiah 11:12

He will raise a signal for the nations and will assemble the banished of Israel, and GATHER THE DISPERSED OF JUDAH FROM THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH.

Isaiah 43:9

ALL THE NATIONS GATHER TOGETHER, and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and show us the former things? Let them bring their witnesses to prove them right, and let them hear and say, It is true.

Isaiah 66:18

“For I know their works and their thoughts, AND THE TIME IS COMING TO GATHER ALL NATIONS AND TONGUES. AND THEY SHALL COME AND SHALL SEE MY GLORY,

Jeremiah 3:17

At that time Jerusalem shall be called the throne of the Lord, and ALL NATIONS SHALL GATHER TO IT, to the presence of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they shall no more stubbornly follow their own evil heart.

Jeremiah 29:14

I will be found by you, declares the Lord, and I will restore your fortunes and GATHER YOU FROM ALL THE NATIONS AND ALL THE PLACES WHERE I HAVE DRIVEN YOU, DECLARES THE LORD, AND I WILL BRING YOU BACK TO THE PLACE FROM WHICH I SENT YOU INTO EXILE.

Jeremiah 31:10

“Hear the word of the Lord, O nations, and declare it in the coastlands far away; say, ‘HE WHO SCATTERED ISRAEL WILL GATHER HIM, AND WILL KEEP HIM AS A SHEPHERD KEEPS HIS FLOCK.’

Ezekiel 20:41

As a pleasing aroma I will accept you, WHEN I BRING YOU OUT FROM THE PEOPLES AND GATHER YOU OUT OF THE COUNTRIES WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN SCATTERED. And I will manifest my holiness among you in the sight of the nations.

Ezekiel 28:25

[ Israel Gathered in Security ] “Thus says the Lord God: WHEN I GATHER THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL FROM THE PEOPLES AMONG WHOM THEY ARE SCATTERED, AND MANIFEST MY HOLINESS IN THEM IN THE SIGHT OF THE NATIONS, THEN THEY SHALL DWELL IN THEIR OWN LAND THAT I GAVE TO MY SERVANT JACOB.

Ezekiel 36:24

I WILL TAKE YOU FROM THE NATIONSAND GATHER YOU FROM ALL THE COUNTRIES AND BRING YOU INTO YOUR OWN LAND.

Ezekiel 37:21

then say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I WILL TAKE THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL FROM THE NATIONS AMONG WHICH THEY HAVE GONE, AND WILL GATHER THEM FROM ALL AROUND, AND BRING THEM TO THEIR OWN LAND.

Ezekiel 39:27

WHEN I HAVE BROUGHT THEM BACK FROM THE PEOPLES AND GATHERED THEM FROM THEIR ENEMIES' LANDS, and through them have vindicated my holiness in the sight of many nations.

Joel 3:2

I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. And I will enter into judgment with them there, ON BEHALF OF MY PEOPLE AND MY HERITAGE ISRAEL,because THEY HAVE SCATTERED THEM AMONG THE NATIONS AND HAVE DIVIDED UP MY LAND,

Northern Kingdom and Southern Kingdom GATHERED together into one people.

Matthew 25:32

BEFORE HIM WILL BE GATHERED ALL THE NATIONS, AND HE WILL SEPARATE PEOPLE ONE FROM ANOTHER AS A SHEPHERD SEPARATES THE SHEEP FROM THE GOATS.

John 11:52

and not for THE NATION ONLY, but also TO GATHER INTO ONE THE CHILDREN OF GOD WHO ARE SCATTERED ABROAD.

Acts 1:6

Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”

Ephesians 2:11-18

11 Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh—who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands— 12 that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, 15 having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, 16 and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity. 17 And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near. 18 For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.

TBC

Sunday, April 21, 2019

Pagan gods mentioned in the Bible

Q: #220. How many Pagan/false gods does the Bible mention?

A: In my studies on this, I found 35 Pagan/false gods mentioned. It can be kind of confusing because some gods were the same but spelled differently in different places. Of the 35 I listed below, some may be the same as well, but I am pretty confident most are not. It is also interesting to note that most of the larger cities had numerous gods (polytheism). For example, the city of Athens had so many idols/gods (Acts 17:16), that they even made an idol "To The Unknown God" (Acts 17:23), just in case they missed any! (Paul used this opportunity to tell them about the one true God of all creation.) Below is my list:

1.     Name of pagan god:  ADRAMMELECH
Worshipped by, in:  SEPHARVITES
Verse(s): 2 Kin 17:31 (1)
Description:  SUN-gOD

2.     Name of pagan god:  AMON
Worshipped by, in:  THEBES IN EGYPT
Verse(s): Jer 46:25 (1)
Description:  SUN-gOD

3.     Name of pagan god:  ANAMMELECH
Worshipped by, in:  SEPHARVITES
Verse(s): 2 Kin 17:31 (1)
Description:  MOON-gODDESS

4.     Name of pagan god:  ASHERAH (ASHERIM)
Worshipped by, in:  CANAAN
Verse(s): Judg 6:25,26,28,30 (36)
Description:  FERTILITY gODDESS

5.     Name of pagan god:  ASHIMA
Worshipped by, in:  HAMMATH IN SYRIA
Verse(s): 2 Kin 17:30 (1)
Description:  ----------

6.     Name of pagan god:  ASHTORETH (ASHTAROTH)
Worshipped by, in:  SYRIA / PHOENICIA / CANAAN
Verse(s): 1 Kin 11:5,33 (9)
Description:  LOVE, FERTILITY gODDESS

7. Name of pagan god: BAALWorshipped by, in: SYRIA / PHOENICIA / CANAAN
Verse(s): 2 Kin 10:18-23,25-28 (43)
Description: PRINCIPAL gOD

8. Name of pagan god: BAAL-BERITHWorshipped by, in: SHECHEM IN CANAAN
Verse(s): Judg 8:33, Judg 9:4 (2)
Description: NAME MEANS "LORD OF COVENANT"

9.     Name of pagan god:  BAAL-PEOR
Worshipped by, in:  MOABITES
Verse(s): Num 25:3,5 (6)
Description:  ----------

10.   Name of pagan god:  BAAL-ZEBUB (BEELZEBUB IN NT GREEK)
Worshipped by, in:  EKRON IN PHILSTINE
Verse(s): 2 Kin 1:2,3,6,16 (4 OT)(6 NT)
Description:  NAME MEANS "LORD OF FLIES" (PROTECTION FROM)

11.   Name of pagan god:  BEL (POSSIBLY SAME AS BAAL)
Worshipped by, in:  MOABITES / BABYLONIANS / AMMONITES
Verse(s): Isa 46:1 Jer 50:2, Jer 51:44 (3)
Description:  PRINCIPAL gOD

12. Name of pagan god: CASTOR/POLLUX (TWIN BROTHERS)
Worshipped by, in: GREEKS

13. Verse(s): Acts 28:11 (1)
Description: TWIN SONS OF ZEUS. PROTECTION FOR SAILORS.

14. Name of pagan god: CHEMOSHWorshipped by, in: MOABITES
Verse(s): 1 Kin 11:7,33 (8)
Description: DESTROYER, SUBDUER. CHILD SACRIFICES MADE FOR

15.   Name of pagan god:  DAGON
Worshipped by, in:  PHILISTINES
Verse(s): 1 Sam 5:2-5,7
Description:  GRAIN-gOD

16.   Name of pagan god:  DIANA / ARTEMIS
Worshipped by, in:  EPHESUS IN GREECE
Verse(s): Acts 19:24,27-28,34-35 (5)
Description:  MOON, HUNTING, VIRGINITY godDESS

17. Name of pagan god: GAD (FORTUNE)Worshipped by, in: ISRAEL
Verse(s): Isa 65:11 (1)
Description: ----------

18.   Name of pagan god:  GOLDEN CALF
Worshipped by, in:  ISRAEL BORROWED FROM EGYPT
Verse(s): Story in Ex 32
Description:  ----------

19.   Name of pagan god:  JUPITER / ZEUS
Worshipped by, in:  GREEKS
Verse(s): Acts 14:12 (1)
Description:  KING gOD, RULER OF HEAVEN AND ALL OTHER gODS

20.   Name of pagan god:  KALWAN (CHIUN)
Worshipped by, in:  BABYLONIANs
Verse(s): Amos 5:26 (1)
Description:  POSSIBLY STAR gOD

21. Name of pagan god: MENI (DESTINY)Worshipped by, in: ISRAEL
Verse(s): Isa 65:11 (1)
Description: ----------

22.   Name of pagan god:  MERCURY / HERMES
Worshipped by, in:  GREEKS
Verse(s): Acts 14:12 (1)
Description:  MESSENGER FOR THE gODS

23.   Name of pagan god:  MERODACH / MARDUK
Worshipped by, in:  BABYLONIANS
Verse(s): Jer 50:2 (1)
Description:  POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH MARS, WAR gOD

24.   Name of pagan god:  MILCOM (MALCHAM, MALCAM)
Worshipped by, in:  AMMONITES
Verse(s): 1 Kin 11:5.33 (6)
Description:  ----------

25. Name of pagan god: MOLECH (MOLOCH)Worshipped by, in: AMMONITES
Verse(s): Lev 20:2,3,4,5 (10)
Description: DESTROYER, CONSUMER. CHILD SACRIFICES MADE FOR

26. Name of pagan god: NEBOWorshipped by, in: Chaldea In Babylon
verse(s): isa 46:1 (1)
Description: WRITING, SPEECH, LITERATURE, ARTS gOD

27. Name of pagan god: NEHUSHTANWorshipped by, in: ISRAEL
Verse(s): 2 Kin 18:4 (1)
Description: SERPENT MOSES MADE IN WILDERNESS (Num 21:4-9)

28.   Name of pagan god:  NERGAL
Worshipped by, in:  CUTH IN BABYLON
Verse(s): 2 Kin 17:30 (1)
Description:  WAT AND HUNTING gOD

29.   Name of pagan god:  NIBHAZ
Worshipped by, in:  AVVITES
Verse(s): 2 Kin 17:31 (1)
Description:  ----------

30.   Name of pagan god:  NISROCH
Worshipped by, in:  ASSYRIANS
Verse(s): 2 Kin 19:37, Isa 37:38 (2)
Description:  ----------

31.   Name of pagan god:  QUEEN OF HEAVEN (KNOWN AS ISHTAR)
Worshipped by, in:  ASSYRIA / BABYLON
Verse(s): Jer 7:18, Jer 44:17,18,19,25 (5)
Description:  LOVE, WAR, FERTILITY gODDESS

32. Name of pagan god: RIMMONWorshipped by, in: SYRIA
Verse(s): 2 Kin 5:18 (1)
Description: WEATHER gOD

33.   Name of pagan god:  SIKKUTH
Worshipped by, in:  BABYLONIANS
Verse(s): Amos 5:26 (1)
Description:  SATURN gOD

34.   Name of pagan god:  SUCCOTH BENOTH
Worshipped by, in:  BABYLONIANS / SAMARIANS
Verse(s): 2 Kin 17:30 (1)
Description:  gODDESS

35.   Name of pagan god:  TAMMUZ
Worshipped by, in:  BABYLONIANS / SAMARIANS
Verse(s): Ezek 8:14 (1)
Description:  Vegetation god

36. Name of pagan god: TARTUKWorshipped by, in: AVVITES
Verse(s): 2 Kin 17:31 (1)
Description: PRINCE OF DARKNESS

In the previous question, Q: #219, we spoke on the 10 plagues of Egypt. Most scholars agree that each of the first 9 was specifically created by God to target a false Egyptian god, the powerlessness of that god to stop that plague, and the foolishness of believing that god actually had any power at all. (For example, the 2nd plague of frogs targeted the Egyptian frog god Heqt. The Egyptians worshipped frogs and no one was allowed to kill them.) None of these Egyptian gods are mentioned in the Bible by name, but we know from history and archaeology they existed. This is also the case with 100's of other Pagan/false gods from Bible times.

In addition, there are numerous false gods from that time that are very well known today, and even taught about in schools. How many of you, like me, had to memorize the names of the Greek gods and what their "power" was i.e. Apollo, Ares, Athena, Hera, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus, etc....?

As Christians, we believe ONLY in the one true God of the Bible. Thankfully, we don't need numerous, man-made "gods" (who have no power at all) to guide our lives and live our lives for; just one God, who we will spend all eternity with one day when we place our trust in Jesus Christ.

Steve Shirley https://jesusalive.cc/ques220.htm