Category: Prophets – Warnings for 21st century ‘christians’
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Godly Children?
And what was the one God seeking? Godly offspring. From the middle of our discussion on marriage and divorce: Malachi 2 English Standard Version (ESV) “… Because the Lord was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. 15 Did he not make them one,…
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Covenant and Truth – 3
Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in…
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Covenant and Truth – 2
Malachi 2 English Standard Version (ESV) 2 If you will not listen, if you will not take it to heart to give honor to my name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart… 10 Have…
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The Parable of Degenerate Sisters
A Parable from the Pre-incarnate Son of Man to the Prophet Ezekiel 23:4 Marriage is commonly used in the Bible as a symbol for the covenant relationship between God and his people (e.g. Isa 54:1-8; Eph 5:22-23). Ezekiel 23 English Standard Version (ESV) (excerpted with literal & brief paraphrase) 2 “Son of man, there were two women, the…
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Esau I Hated
Malachi 1:2 “I have loved you,” says the Lord. But you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob 3 but Esau I have hated. We pray to God: ‘Give me a blessing.’ ‘I cannot do this alone?’ ‘Please help me, Lord.’ We acknowledge God as our Father and as our…
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Why did God hate Esau?
Genesis 25:30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. Malachi 1 English Standard Version (ESV) 1 The oracle of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi. The Lord’s Love for Israel 2 “I have loved you,” says the Lord. But you say, “How have you…
