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Friday, October 4, 2024
Spiritual Gifts Explained
Jacob's 12 Tribes and Dinah
12 Sons of Jacob = 12 Tribes of Israel
The Bible is patriarchal. In the Old Testament, women were considered property. And men inherited land. Jacob fathered 13 children from 4 women. 12 were boys and 1 was a girl. Her name was Dinah.
Jacob's Ladder - Jacob is renamed Israel.
The 12 sons inherited the promised land, which composes the country of Israel.
What happened to Dinah? - Gen 34
https://biblehub.com/genesis/34.htm
/2017jan17, 2024oct04Epoch Systems, Calendars
Epoch Systems
An epoch, in computing, is a fixed date and time used as a reference from which a computer measures time. An epoch is also an instant in time that marks the beginning of a calendar era.
There is no year zero in this scheme; thus the year AD 1 immediately follows the year 1 BC. This dating system was devised in 525 by Dionysius Exiguus but was not widely used until the 9th century. For computational reasons, astronomical year numbering and the ISO 8601 standard designate years so that AD 1 = year 1, 1 BC = year 0, 2 BC = year −1, etc.
Calendars
There are thousands of calendars in history and currently in use. The Gregorian Calendar is the most widely used calendar in the world today. It has been the unofficial GLOBAL STANDARD for decades. In United States, the year 2024 refers to 2024 years since the birth of Jesus Christ. Jesus was a historical figure who is key to TIME and how time is measured.
Pragmatic uses of the Gregorian Calendar worldwide:
- International communications
- Transportation
- Commercial integration
- United Nations
Anno Domini (AD) counts the years since the birth of Jesus Christ.
The terms anno Domini (AD) and before Christ (BC)[a] are used when designating years in the Gregorian and Julian calendars. The term anno Domini is Medieval Latin and means "in the year of the Lord"
This calendar era is based on the traditionally reckoned year of the conception or birth of Jesus, AD counting years from the start of this epoch and BC denoting years before the start of the era. There is no year zero in this scheme; thus the year AD 1 immediately follows the year 1 BC. This dating system was devised in 525 by Dionysius Exiguus but was not widely used until the 9th century.
Refs:
Anno Domini (A.D.) - wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_Domini
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_calendars
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epoch
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarnation_(Christianity)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_era
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time
Off Topic:
I was a Y2K programmer analyst at the turn of the century.
https://www.cybersalt.org/clean-jokes/y1k-problem
https://www.humormatters.com/y2khumor.htm
https://www.humormatters.com/y2khumor.htm#yzerok
And then I made calendars for 20 years.
/2016dec15, 2024oct04, B90, the Bible in 90 Days, Exodus
Song - The Love of God
Song - The Love of God - Mercy Me
To write the love of God above
Would drain the ocean dry
Nor could the scroll contain the whole
Though stretched from sky to sky
The Love of God (Lyrics) - MercyMe and Brian Bontes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2zJWXMC-II
/2024sep10
Could we with ink the ocean fill
And were the skies of parchment made
Were every stalk on earth a quill
And every man a scribe by trade
https://youtu.be/uQvbLWyLgHQ?is=wkQeEUxcrUfX7JS4
The Love of God - Mercy Me [With Lyrics]
Brian Bontes
/2026jun11, PRINC, song, love of God, mercy me, lyrics, updated version
Give Me the Bible
Give Me the Bible - by Kenneth Cox
60 videos, about 35 to 45 minutes each
Presented by Billy Johnson on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGKboWdhbsCsXUQvP7_D1Qsa1qDZf7oCC
This is the last seminar Kenneth Cox did.
Kenneth spent his whole life sharing the message around the world.
Kenneth died in 2019... If you watch all the presentations, you will have a very good
understanding of the Bible.
Presentation 1-5 are about salvation.
Presentation 6-10 is about the second coming of Christ.
Presentation 11-15 is about the Holy Spirit.
Presentation 16-20 is about the Sabbath.
Presentation 21-25 is about prophecy. 5 have fallen.
Presentation 26-30 is about prophecy also.
Presentation 31-35 is about life in the son.
Presentation 36-40 is about the judgment.
Presentation 41-45 is about your Bible and you.
Presentation 46-50 is about the Elijah message.
Presentation 51-55 is about the church.
Presentation 56-60 is about Jesus.
3ABN
I have watched each of these videos about 3 to 4 times.
I learn visually and there are a wealth of images for many Bible verses.
Pastor Cox is excellent at explaining concepts of the Bible in layman's terms.
Transcripts - https://3abn.com/Series/GMTB/index.html
What the Bible can do for you - https://3abn.com/series/gmtb/GMTB000044.html
Pagan Rome - Revelation ch 17 - http://old.3abn.org/CC/GMTB/GMTB000024S.html
Is Seventh Day Adventists a Cult? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iF0pENRls8
/2015, 2024sep10, 3ABN, Pastor Kenneth Cox
Bridge Metaphor
Bridge Metaphor - Romans 6:23
"For the wages of sin is death,
but
the gift of God
is eternal life
in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Confess your sins to God
and surrender your life to him.
Romans 6:23 - by Merly Bauza Montano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOChnIzLl3Q
/2024sep01, 2024oct04, confess, sins, surrender, sin, death, gift, eternal life
Church Lingo
A
Adultery - Being unfaithful to one's spouse. Having sex with another outside of the marriage.
Appoint - arrange - God a. a whale to swallow Jonah - jonah
Angel - messenger, good and bad, lesser than humans, no free will, like the wind - heb 1
Ark of the Covenant - a box containing the 10 commandments, Covenant between God and Moses
B
Babylon - confusion - rev
Belief - attitude towards, superstition
Belief - trust, confidence, fidelity - rom 3.24
Belief - faith - rom. 3.24
Blessed - happy
Blessings - praise, gift, elegance of language - rom 3.24
Bloodshed - sacrifice - rom 3.24
Bondservant - you be my God, I'll be your people - Cox, Latter Rain
C
Commit - to practice evil, sinful things
Compassion - to have mercy
Compassion - sympathy and concern for others, desire to alleviate suffering
Confess - To pray to God, and say how you have sinned.
Confess - to lance the boil, to pop the pimple - Cox
Covenant
- Testament, Old and New, 1st covenant was between Abraham and God. God
promised land and descendants. The first covenant is outdated,
obsolete. The 2nd covenant is everlasting (jer 31.31-34)
Covet - crave, to want someone else's wife
Crucifixion - Jesus' death on the cross
D
Deliver - to send, to another realm
Deliverance - salvation
Deliverance - welfare, prosperity, preservation - rom 3.24
Delivery - hand over responsibility to - business 101
F
Faith - belief - rom 3.24
Faith - confidence, trust - heb 11.1 - courage, the opposite of fear
Faith - unlocks the door, the key, to heaven - Cox
Fear - awe, the opposite of faith, trust, courage
Fear - danger, calamity, risk - jonah
Fornication - spiritual worship of idols - Rafferty
Fornication - sex outside of marriage
Furnace - fiery trials, Jesus is always with us - daniel, Rafferty
Forsake - abandon, to leave you, to walk away from a relationship, to die
G
Glorification - future, in the presence of God, in the kingdom of God - heb 11, Chuck Missler
Glory - honor, splendor, character of God - rom 3.24
Glory - brightness
Glory - halo around a person
Glory - heavy, majesty, judgment, reputation
Glory - showing God's presence
Glory - righteousness - Cox
Grace - charming, kind
Grace - God's favor, salvation
Grace - blessings for Jesus Christ - rom 3.24
Grace - is a free gift - rom 3.24
H
HP - Higher Power, High Priest - Al Anon, Rafferty
High Priest - Jesus
Holy - sacred - rom 3.24
Holy - separate from impurity and sin - rom 3.24
Holy of Holies - The most sacred area in the tabernacle and the temple, contains the ark
J
Jesus - high priest, higher power - Rafferty
Jesus - son of God
Jesus' blood - wine - mark 14.23, Rafferty
Jesus' glory - the sun - Cox
Jesus' righteousness - the sun - malichi 4.2
Jonah - fled from God, 2nd chance - jonah
Josiah - good king, save the Bible - Josiah
Jude - creepers, false teachers go to hell - jude
Justification - past, salvation - separation from the penalty of sin - heb 11, Chuck Missler
Justified - plead for innocence - rom 3.24
Justify - justice, legal, scales, balance, the scale is justified when both sides are equal and balanced. Declared righteous, balanced.
K
Kingdom of God - Return of Jesus Christ - rom 3.24
Kingdom of God - in the hearts of believers - rom 3.24
M
Mercy - forgiveness, paid the price, wages
Mercy - God gives 2nd chances, undeserved - jonah
Mercy - compassion, pity - rom 3.24
Mercy seat - lid of the ark of the covenant - rom 3.24
Moon goddess - queen of Babylon, Ishtar - Cox, Babylon
P
Propitiation - sin offering, covering - rom 3.24
Propitiation - appease the wrath of a god - rom 3.24
Propitiation - atoning sacrifice. Atonement. At-one-ment. via Jesus on the cross and Easter. Jesus' sacrifice ONCE FOR ALL. We become AT-ONE with God. The relationships among Christians and God is mended. The WRATH of God is satisfied by Jesus' sacrificial death. Jesus took humanity's punishment, that was inflicted in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve. This REDEEMS our lives and we are RECONCILED with God.
R
Reconcile - to move from hurt and brokenness in a relationship to a place of healing, wholeness, forgiveness and reunion.
Redeem - Adam and Eve sinned, so humans became slaves to sin (rom 6.23). Jesus died then rose from death to pay the price, to redeem us, from the slavery of sin.
Redemption - ransom paid. release happens - rom 3.24
Redemption - buy back something, that was forfeited, lost - rom 3.24
Redemption - repurchase, win back - rom 3.24
Redemption - distance from idols - rom 3.24
Redemption a - God's grace - rom 3.24
Redemption b - purchased from debt of sin
Redemption c - brought to being in Christ
Redemption x - metaphor DELIVERANCE by Jesus' crucifixion
Redemption y - wrath of our Holy God
Redemption z - we deserve to be punished
Redemption - Jesus paid the price of our sins. He sacrificed his blood by death. The new covenant, the New Testament, the new law, made the Old Testament obsolete. This is like an executive order by the President. A will can be replaced by the Last Will and Testament and becomes effective upon the death of Jesus. Then Christians INHERIT the Kingdom of God, and have the opportunity to go to heaven. The INHERITANCE is FORGIVENESS --- ONCE FOR ALL (Christians).
Relent - change mind, God changes his mind
Repent - To be Godly sorry, to stop that behavior and to repair damages.
Repent - Jonah prays inside whale, vows - jonah
Repentance - an honest, regretful acknowledgement of sin with commitment to change.
Righteous - comes by faith. KEY
Righteous - ethical conduct
Righteous - glory - Cox
Righteous - gift from Jesus - Cox
Righteous - honesty and love - 1 john 2
Righteous - freedom from sin - rom 3.24
Righteous
- the scale of justice, our good works are so light. God's
righteousness is so heavy. Jesus on my side levels the scale with God.
Righteousness - just, the gift of justice
S
Salvation - to be saved by God and Jesus, to be destined to heaven
Salvation - deliverance, safety - rom 3.24
Salvation - to rescue, to save - rom 3.24
Salvation - from destruction into God's hands - rom 3.24
Salvation - inheritance after the return of Jesus Christ - rom 3.24
Sanctification - now, salvation - power of sin, ongoing process, changes us - heb 11, Chuck Missler
Sin - Mistakes that have injured others, offending others, crimes, behavior, selfish, greedy
Sin - offense, do wrong
Sin - miss the mark, archer. Then forfeit - rom 3.24
Son of God - Jesus
Sun - righteousness of Jesus - malachi 4.2
Sun God - king of Babylon - Cox
T
Tabernacle - tent, made to exact specifications for worship. Used by Moses.
Truth - fidelity
W
Walk in the light - honesty - 1 john
Wine - blood of Jesus - mark 14, Rafferty
/2023jan08, 2024oct04
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