Category: Prophets – Warnings for 21st century ‘christians’
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Emmanuel
YOU need to stop thinking of Jesus as if He were historical, like a dinosaur or a Caesar. Jesus IS. Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. – Matthew 1:23 KJV Let us turn back…
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In God We Trust – Hope
The Lamentations asking “HOW?” are really questions of hope for a fallen nation. Christians hold onto hope. In God we trust (at least, some of us.) No Biblical consideration of our present and passing crisis would be complete without hope. Recalling from our parallel to Lamentations some of the earlier history of this young nation:…
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In God We Trusted – 5
The political ‘spin’ has been spun. The gradual fall is begun. How? lament the People… Why? In God we trusted. “Lamentations” was derived from a translation of the title as found in the Latin Vulgate (Vg.) translation of the Greek OT, the Septuagint (LXX), and conveys the idea of “loud cries.” The Hebrew exclamation ekah…
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In God We Trusted – 4
Lamentations 4 How the gold has grown dim, how the pure gold is changed! 11 The Lord gave full vent to his wrath; he poured out his hot anger, and he kindled a fire in Zion that consumed its foundations. 12 The kings of the earth did not believe, nor any of the inhabitants of the world, that foe or…
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In God We Trusted – 3
Disclaimer & claim: WE the PEOPLE of the LORD trust God. Nations rise and nations will fall. The Prophet Jeremiah had warned Judah of their impending fall. By now you must see the present application of Lamentations 3. The warnings of the Prophets also speak to our nations. We the people of the US have…
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In God We Trusted – 2
Disclaimer & claim: WE the PEOPLE of the LORD trust God. Nations rise and nations will fall. The Prophet Jeremiah had warned Judah of their impending fall. Lamentations is the record of their fall from the grace and mercy of God. Lamentations is indictment of rulers who do not hear the cries of their people or acknowledge…
