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- Good day to you,
God bless you,
welcome to Shepherd's Chapel.
Welcome to this Family
Bible Study Hour.
Ready to get back
into our Father's word
here at the chapel.
We invite you to get
your Bible and join us.
If you care to we'd
love to have you.
We're gonna pick it up today
in Numbers chapter 33, verse 49,
which means we're skipping
from verse six through 48.
As in our last lecture,
we went to that map and lined
out the route that Israel took
on the route to
the promised land.
God intended for it to
take a couple years,
it ended up taking 40 years
for Israel to get there, why?
Because of the people's unbelief
and their rebellion against God.
And by the way,
mentioning that map for
the benefit of our CD
and cassette tape, students,
if you're studying via
a CD or cassette tape,
I failed to mention
during the part
that you'll get on the
CD or the cassette tape
that the map we were
referring to was from a book
that we used to carry
here in our library
called "Atlas of Bible Lands,"
page 10 in the older editions,
page 14 in the newer editions.
As I mentioned,
we're no longer able to
get sufficient quantities
of "Atlas of Bible
Lands" to still offer it,
but if you use your favorite
search engine on the internet,
you can find single used copies
that are pretty
readily available.
And I hope you're enjoying
the Book of Numbers.
You know, many people think that
all they did in
the book of Numbers
was count how many warriors
they had for Israel,
but God was preparing the people
to enter the promised land.
And you know, there's a promise
land in our future as well.
And these things that's
written in the New Testament.
1 Corinthians chapter 10,
happened to these people,
as examples in samples
is the translation in
the King James Version,
but that same word, meaning
examples to those of you,
an admonition, a warning
to you of the end times.
Don't get distracted
or you don't make it
to the promised land
is the lesson that
I hope you get
out of the book of Numbers,
that whole generation
sentenced to die, judged
to die in the wilderness.
And that has just
about been fulfilled.
That's asked that word
of wisdom in your shoe
is precious name Father.
We ask you to open
eyes, open ears today,
as we pick it up Numbers chapter
33, verse 49, and it reads,
and they pitched by
Jordan from Beth-jesimoth,
even onto Abel-shittim
in the plains of Moab,
the wandering in the wilderness,
almost at a conclusion,
final preparations
for moving into
the promised land.
Verse 50, and the
Lord spake unto Moses
in the plains of Moab by
Jordan near Jericho saying,
"Just across the Jordan,
"you have the city of Jericho
"and the inhabitants
of it were Canaanites."
And that was the first
victory that Israel had
over the Canaanites when
they crossed the Jordan.
Now in verses 51, actually
through chapter 34 verse 15,
we're gonna be talking about
the division of the land
and not to confuse you,
this is not where they draw lots
and assign the lion
by family member,
this is where the
boundaries are given for
the nation of Israel,
particularly that on the Western
side of the river Jordan.
Verse 51, speak unto
the children of Israel
and say unto them, when
ye are passed over Jordan
into the land of Canaan.
And there's more on this
crossing of the Jordan
in Joshua chapter three,
and just as the Exodus began
with God parting the Red Sea,
and Israel crossing
over on dry land,
the Exodus came to a
conclusion when at flood stage,
God stopped the Jordan
and the nation of Israel
crossed over Jordan on dry land.
Joshua chapter three, verse 52.
These are instructions
from Yahweh.
"Then you shall drive
out or exterminate better
"all the inhabitants of
the land from before you
"and destroy all their pictures
"and destroy all
their molten images
"and quite pluck down
all their high places."
In other words,
these were heathen,
Canaanite gods, small g,
then the pictures here,
that word is not used very
often in the Old Testament,
figures carved in stone.
And in other words, they
were items of idol worship.
And why would God
want them destroyed?
Well, you see his children
quite easily seduced
into worshiping
other gods, small g,
even sometimes after God
had given them the victory
and they defeated an enemy,
they would pick up the gods
of the people they defeated,
which weren't able to help the
people they conquered, how?
Why would they think that
they could help them?
But our God is a jealous God.
The first two commandments,
Exodus chapter 20 verse three,
you'll have no other
gods before me.
Exodus 20 verse four,
no graven images to
bow down to worship.
Verse 53, and you
shall dispossess
the inhabitants of the
land and dwell there in
for I have given you
the land to possess it.
And in many cases, they didn't
even have to build houses
or dig wells or plant vineyards.
God gave them the
land of Canaan,
and basically all they had
to do was follow His lead
in defeating the Canaanites
and then move in.
Verse 54, and you shall
divide the land by lot
for an inheritance
among your families.
And to the more, you shall
give the more inheritance
and to the fewer, you shall
give the less inheritance.
Every man's inheritance
shall be in the place
where his lot falleth,
according to the
tribes of your fathers,
you shall inherit.
A great number of people
in your tribe or family,
you've been blessed
and you're gonna be
blessed with more land.
If your family
number is diminished,
then you get a
smaller amount of land
than those who
have been blessed.
And the lot fall off the course,
we're talking about
the Urim and Thummim.
And it was God who
decided when they got down
in the book of Joshua
to actually assigning
what land is going to
belong to what family,
and what individual, even
it was the Urim and Thummim
that the lot were drawn.
So it was God deciding
who got what land.
And if you think about it,
this would eliminate a lot
of strife and jealousy.
If that weren't the case,
you could hear people
complaining well,
that lucky rascal,
he got that land with
all that water on it.
And look at the little bit
of water I got on my land.
So it eliminated a lot
of jealousy and strife.
Some people would be
less likely to complain
knowing that it was God who
gave them the assignment.
Verse 55, but if ye
will not drive out
the inhabitants of the
land from before you,
then it shall come to pass
that those, the Canaanites,
which ye let remain of them
shall be pricks in your eyes
and thorns in your sides
and shall vex you in the
land wherein you dwelled.
And this came to pass.
They didn't completely
drive out the Canaanites
from the land, the
same that they,
some of them did
a pretty good job
of wiping out the
Canaanites, but many of them
sought to make covenant
with the Canaanites.
They sought to
subjugate the Canaanites
to pay tribute and taxes to them
rather than wiping
them out as God said.
Records of that in Joshua
13:13, Joshua 15:63.
In fact, Joshua 23:13,
Joshua, some of his
last instructions
to the nation of Israel,
he repeated the threat that
God made in these two verses.
The threat completed
in verse 56.
Moreover, it shall come to
pass that I shall do unto you
as I thought to do unto them.
And what is it that God thought
to do to the Canaanites?
Drive them out of the land.
And it took a couple centuries
for it to come to pass,
but after the nation split,
you had the 10 tribes of
Israel going into captivity
to the Assyrians, basically
removed from the promised land.
Some 200 years later,
the Babylonians took
Judah into captivity,
basically moving anyone of
any training and education
or military experience
or politicians
removing them from the land.
So it came to pass because
they didn't follow through
with God's instructions.
Now, chapter 34
verses one through 15,
we're gonna be talking about
the boundaries of
the nation of Israel.
Chapter 34, verse one, and the
Lord spake unto Moses saying,
Moses still in charge,
and the Lord still
speaking with him directly.
Verse two, command the children
of Israel and say unto them,
when you come into
the land of Canaan,
this is the land that
shall fall on to you
for an inheritance.
Even the land of Canaan
with the coasts thereof.
On coast, probably
better translated
borders or boundaries.
In other words,
we're gonna start
at the South East
corner of the nation
and basically draw a line around
the boundaries of the land
that God has given to
the nation of Israel.
The land of Canaan,
the promised land.
Verse three, then
your South quarter,
and this word quarter
could be probably better
translated extremity.
In other words, the
furthest point South
shall be from the
wilderness of Zin,
along by the coast
or the border of Edom
and your South border
shall be the outmost coast
of the Salt Sea eastward.
Your Southeast
corner of your lands
right at the outmost
coast of the Salt Sea,
the Salt Sea of course
also known as the Dead Sea,
which is located at
the extreme South,
the River Jordan flows
into the Dead Sea.
Verse four, and your borders
shall turn from the South
to the ascent of Akrabbim,
I'll get it out,
and pass on to Zin.
And the going forth thereof
shall be from the South
to Kadesh-barnea and
shall go on to Hazar-addar
and pass on to Azmon.
Now Kadesh-barnea
familiar to you in that
that's the point where Israel
sent the 12 spies from,
to go into the Southern
portion of the promised land
to check it out.
Now biblical geography
is subject to quite a bit of
controversy and disagreement,
matter of opinion, et cetera.
If you cannot readily
or absolutely identify
the starting point,
that's given to you to
figure the geography,
how in the world are you gonna
end up at the right point?
So some of the borders are
very readily identifiable
even to this day,
some are lost in obscurity.
Verse five, and the
borders shall fetch compass
or turn about from Azmon
unto the river of Egypt,
and the goings out of
it shall be at the sea.
It will, they're taking
a line from the Southeast
and going West and the
Western most border
of the nation of Israel
will be the Great Sea
that of course being
the Mediterranean Sea.
Verse six, and as for
the Western border,
you shall even have the
Great Sea, the Mediterranean,
for a border, this shall
be your West border.
And the main sea port for
Israel would be on this border.
The Mediterranean sea,
probably the most readily
identifiable border
that is not subject to change.
You see this was
some 3,500 years ago,
give or take a few years
and borders can change
over that period of time.
Even a river can change course
over that period of time.
Sea is on the other hand
about the only thing
that's gonna change is
the erosion of the coast.
So this probably the
most absolute of the
borders of Israel.
Verse seven, and this
shall be your North border.
Now comes the most
unidentifiable
point of starting,
from the Great Sea, you shall
point or mark out for you
Mount Hor, and you may
recall we had a Mount Hor
where Aaron went to meet his
father as he passed away,
and he was buried on Mount Hor.
Now that's on the
South of Israel though.
This Mount Hor is
the beginning point
for measuring or marking
the Northern border.
And we don't know where it's at.
And so, as I said earlier,
if you don't know where
with absolute certainty,
where the line that
we're talking about
begins for the border,
how in the world
are we gonna end up
at the right place on the end,
this very difficult
to identify or sate.
From Mount Hor, you shall
point or mark out your border
unto the entrance of Hamath
and the going forth of the
border shall be to Zedad.
Now there's a city
called Hamath,
which is actually North
of the Euphrates river.
This would not be
the city of Hamath,
but the nation or
kingdom of Hamath,
even under David and Solomon,
Israel did not have they
had economic influence
over the land, up to
the Euphrates river,
but never North of
the Euphrates river.
And when you hear Hamath
in the Old Testament,
it's all usually referencing
the furthest North point
of the nation.
Verse nine, and the border
shall go on to Ziphron,
and the goings out of it
shall be at Hazar-enan.
This shall be your North
border, the Northern border,
the most difficult to trace
with any certainty today.
Now we're gonna start
the circle South
for the Eastern
border of the nation.
And you shall point or
mark out your East border
from Hazer-enan to Shepham.
Verse 11, and the
coast shall go down
from Shepham to Riblah,
on the East side of Ain,
and the border shall descend
and shall reach into
the side of the sea
of Chinnereth eastward,
Chinnereth, the
same body of water
that in Luke chapter five
verse one is called Gennesaret.
And you can almost hear
the name in Chinnereth
as Gennesaret very
easily to hear it,
even though it is a
different language.
And this would be
the Northeast corner
of the Sea of Galilee.
Verse 12, and the border
shall go down to Jordan,
the Jordan river, and
the goings out of it
shall be at the Salt Sea.
Again, the Dead Sea starting,
we're completing where we
started back at the Dead Sea,
the Southeast corner
of the nation.
This shall be your land
with the coast thereof
round about the
boundaries established.
And again, this was
some 3,500 years ago.
So the boundaries that can be
established with any certainty
are usually those
that a body of water
food forms the boundary,
even though a river
can change course.
Verse 13, and Moses commanded
the children of Israel saying,
"This is the land, this being
on the West side of Jordan,
"which you shall inherit by lot,
"which the Lord commanded
to give unto the nine tribes
"and to the half tribe."
Reuben, Gad and half Manasseh
had already agreed to
take their allotment
on the East side of
Jordan on the condition
that they bear arms and
go with their brother
and to fight the Canaanites.
Verse 14, for the tribe
of the children of Reuben,
according to the
house of their fathers
and the tribe of
the children of Gad,
according to the
house of their fathers
have received their inheritance,
and half the tribe of Manasseh
have received their inheritance
as long as they kept their
promise of bearing arms
and going with their brother
and to crossover
Jordan and fight.
That agreement made in
chapter 32 verse 30,
verse 15,
the two tribes and the half
tribe have received their
inheritance on this side.
And they're on the East
side of Jordan at this time.
So when they say this side,
at this point in time,
we're talking about the East
side of Jordan near Jericho
eastward toward the sun rising
and of the land on the East,
the Northern most part
of the land on the East
that was theirs,
and that ended up going
to half tribe of Manasseh
was the former land that
the Amorites occupied
more centrally located
was occupied by the Ammonites
that ended up going to GAD
and the Southern most portion
of the land on the East
of Jordan was that a Moab and
the Medianites that ended up
being given to the
tribe of Reuben.
Verse 16, and here
we're going to see
the leaders of the tribes.
One representative selected
to oversee or witness
the assignment of lots once
they were in the promised land
that allotment
accomplished by Joshua
and Eleazar, the high priest.
And the Lord speaking to
Moses saying, verse 17,
"These are the names of the men,
"which shall divide
the land unto you.
Eleazar the priest and
Joshua, the son of Nun.
Eleazar listed here
because he was in possession
of the Urim and Thummim
which would be utilized
to determine the lots
that were of assignment
Joshua listed here,
because Moses would
not be making the trip
into the promised land.
Joshua, his replacement of
commander in chief of the army
and a leader of the nation.
Verse 18, and ye shall take
one prince of every tribe
to divide the land
by inheritance.
And note, the Lord is
still speaking here.
This is not Moses choosing
which representative
of each tribe
will be the selected
for this purpose.
God is making that choice.
You say, God knows our
heart and our mind.
He knows who's honest
and who's dishonest.
Verse 19, and the names
of the men are these
of the tribe of Judah,
Caleb, the son of Jephunneh
and Caleb, the only
one known of these
with any notoriety, most of
them were never mentioned again.
But of course, Caleb was the
one who was one of the 12
that spy guys that went
into the promised land.
He's the only one that
came back and said,
"The Lord gave that land to
us, let's go and possess it."
Caleb was a man after
God's own heart.
Now the order of the
tribes here is interesting.
It's different than where
they were drawn by lots
in Joshua 15:19 here,
I think the order is basically
by geographical location,
which makes sense because
that's kinda been the subject
of chapter 34 is geography.
Verse 20, and of the tribe
of the children of Simeon,
Simeon, always just
adjacent to Judah,
Shemuel, the son of Ammihud
of the tribe of Benjamin
also located on the border with
sharing a border with Judah,
Elidad, the son of Chislon.
And we're gonna kinda
run through these
there's no need of spending
a lot of time on them,
and the prince of the tribe
of the children of Dan, Buki,
the son of Jogli.
And no doubt though,
these were trusted people that
were respected individuals.
Well, you would hope so
because God chose them.
23, and the prince of
the children of Joseph
for the tribe of the
children of Manasseh,
Hanniel the son of
Ephod, and Manasseh,
this Manasseh referring to that
on the West side of Jordan.
Now the other half of Manasseh
which took up the Northern
portion of the land
on the East side of Jordan
probably was overseen by this
same individual Manasseh,
and his name again was Hananiel.
Verse 24, and the
prince of the tribe
of the children of Ephraim,
Kemuel, the son of Shiphtan.
Verse 25, and the
prince of the tribe
of the children of Zebulun,
Elizaphan, the son of Parnach.
Verse 26, and the
prince of the tribe
of the children of Issachar,
Paltier the son of Azzan.
Verse 27, and the
prince of the tribe
of the children of Asher,
Ahihud the son of Shelomi.
28, and the prince of the tribe
of the children of Naphtali,
Pedahel the son of Ammihud.
And then to complete the chapter
Verse 29, these are
they whom the Lord,
underline the Lord,
Yahweh commanded
to divide the inheritance
unto the children of Israel
in the land of Canaan.
And that actual division of
the land by lot to families
would take place after
that crossed over Jordan.
And for the most part defeated
the inhabitants of the
land, the Canaanites.
Now in chapter 35,
we are going to see the Levites
will be assigned cities.
There'll be six cities
called priestly cities,
also known as cities of refuge,
three on the West side of Jordan
and three on the
East side of Jordan.
Then there were also
homes given to the Levites
and lands adjacent
to the larger cities
for they could keep
their livestock.
Let's get started with
chapter 35 verse one.
We also see in this chapter,
the laws concerning murder
and the cities of refuge.
Verse one, and the
Lord spake unto Moses
in the plains of Moab by
Jordan, near Jericho saying,
the Levites, as you remember,
when we counted the tribes
in chapter 26, God said,
"You don't give the Levites
an inheritance in the land."
We know too from Ezekiel
chapter 44, verse 26,
and the following verses that
the priest of the millennium
won't receive an inheritance
in the land either, why?
Because God is
their inheritance.
There is no greater inheritance.
Verse two, command
the children of Israel
that they give unto the Levites
of the inheritance of their
possession cities to dwell in.
And you shall give also
unto the Levites suburbs
for the cities round about them.
They weren't given whole cities,
they were actually given
houses within cities.
And the thought was, God is
telling the people of Israel,
the tribes that I gave you the
cities from the Canaanites,
I took the cities
from the Canaanites,
and I gave them to you,
and in return, I expect you
to give houses to the Levites.
And once a home was given
to a Levite, it was forever.
You could not sell, a Levite
could not sell his house.
He could rent or lease
his home, for example,
if he were doing a long
stint in Jerusalem,
serving at the
temple in Jerusalem,
he could rent out his
home wherever he was,
it was in Hebron,
but he could redeem the
property at any point in time,
and every Jubilee,
every 50th year,
the homes went back
to the Levites,
regardless of the
leasing agreements,
everything turned
back to its place.
Now suburbs, we think of
today as residential areas
close by to a large city.
That's not what we're
talking about here.
We're talking about
lands for the Levites
and the priests to
keep their livestock on
adjacent to the walled cities.
Verse three, and
the cities again,
larger walled cities shall
they have to dwell in.
And the suburbs of them
shall be for their cattle
and for their goods and
for all their beast.
Verse four, and the
suburbs of the cities,
which he shall give
unto the Levites
shall reach from
the wall of the city
and outward 1000
cubits round about.
Now, the instructions given here
are how you determine
how much land
is going to be given
to the Levites.
And if you took a piece of paper
and draw a square
or a rectangle on it
and say that that
is the walled city,
this instruction is to go
to the Northeast corner,
for example, and draw
a line out 1000 cubits
as your starting point.
And verse five, and you shall
measure from without the city,
from each corner, in other
words of the city wall
on the East side, 2000 cubits,
and on the South
side, 2000 cubits
and on the West
side, 2000 cubits,
and on the North
side, 2000 cubits
and the city shall be in
the midst or the middle.
This shall be to them,
the priest and Levites,
the suburbs of the cities.
Now, if this sounds
confusing to you,
it's simply a way of saying
that the lands given to
the Levites and the priest
is corresponding to the size
of the city, a larger city.
What we just measured
here would give more land
for the livestock of the
priest and the Levites.
A smaller city,
these measurements
would give less amount of land.
So if you took those to the
original square or triangle,
that I said that you could
draw inside that's the city,
and then you draw a series
of blocks around that,
that might give
you a better view
of what we're talking about.
But the main point is
the land given to them
for their livestock
was correspondingly
the size of the city.
Verse six, and among the cities,
which ye shall give
unto the Levites,
there shall be six
cities for refuge,
which ye shall appoint
for the man Slayer,
that someone who is
accused of murder,
that he may flee
thither, in other words,
someone who's accused of murder,
but is yet to be convicted,
can go there and not be
at risk of being slain
by the immediate family members
of the person that
was killed or murdered
as the case may be.
That he may flee
thither and to them,
ye shall add 40 and two cities.
So we have six cities of refuge,
three on the East
side of Jordan,
three on the West
side of Jordan.
In addition to that,
you had Levites and priests
distributed out over 42
other cities throughout
the nation of Israel.
And you know, that's good
because if you had all the
Levites and priest in Jerusalem,
they wouldn't be able to do
what priests and Levites
are supposed to do,
which is teach the
people about the law,
the God's privileges
and His rights,
and how we develop
our relationship
with our heavenly Father.
This is quite
appropriate to that
the Levites were
distributed out this way,
because and why do I say that?
Well, Jacob had a
daughter named Dinah,
and she was raped by a heathen
by the name of Shechem.
And what happened
was, well, Levi,
the actual son of Jacob
and Simeon, his brother,
went and was talking to Shechem
and his friends and said,
"Hey, what's going on?"
And they said, well, this
and that and the other.
Well, Shechem decided he
was in love with Dinah,
and he asked his parents to
secure her for a daughter,
his daughter, their sister
for the bride of Shechem.
Well, they approached Levi
and Simeon about this,
and Levi and Simeon little
covert activity said,
well, you know, we can do this,
but the problem is
you are uncircumcised.
So if you guys will get
circumcised, then yeah,
we'll enter into
an agreement that
we'll give our daughters
to you to take for wife,
and we'll take your daughters
to our men for wives,
and we'll all just
share the land together.
Well, Shechem and his friends
thought about it awhile
and said, "You know, that
sounds like a pretty good deal."
So they had themselves
circumcised three days later
while they were
still sore, S-O-R-E,
Levi and Simeon went
upon them with a sword
and slew them all.
Jacob was a little
ticked about that
because here they're
making the people
of the land unhappy with them
when they have to
live next to them.
In chapter 49 of Genesis,
Jacob placed a bit of a
curse on Levi and said,
"Because of what you've
done, I'm gonna scatter you
"among the people of Israel."
And so effectively
with the 48 cities
of the Levites and the priest,
they had men scattered
among the people of Israel.
Well we'll come back
and finish the book of
Numbers in our next lecture,
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then by all means you should
remove that particular page.
It is done in a material
that is even washable,
and it takes you step by step
into instructing a child,
what does God's word say?
And I think you will find
it extremely helpful.
It is item number 44.14.
- Welcome back to the
Shepherd's Chapel,
Family Bible Study Hour.
We're glad you could
join back with us.
Let's have the
800 number please.
800, six, four, three,
four, six, four, five.
That number good throughout
Puerto Rico, the US and Canada.
If you have a biblical question
that you'd like to pose
to possibly be
answered on the air,
feel free to call that 800
number and leave your question.
I say possibly
answered on the air.
You know, this program
goes into the millions of
homes around the world.
We can't possibly answer all
the questions that come in,
but I do know of the Holy
Spirit want your question
to be on the program,
it certainly will be.
Please don't ask questions
about a specific
individual denomination
or organization by name.
We try to teach God's
word in a positive manner,
throwing out negative
about others by name
serves no purpose, we
simply won't do it.
And you know what?
If you're listening
by short wave radio
or studying via the internet,
somewhere around the world,
that's unable to
use that telephone
number, the 800 number,
your announcer at
the end of the hour,
will give you our mailing
address quite all right,
to mail your questions in.
Got a prayer request?
Well, you don't need
a telephone number.
We can do away with it, you
don't need a mailing address.
Your heavenly father is
there for you 24 hours a day,
seven days a week.
You know, I encourage you to
make a little time each day
to talk to your father, let
Him know that you love Him.
And don't ever forget to ask
for forgiveness of your sins.
You know, we all fall short
and we all mess up
from time to time.
But that's the beauty
of Christianity
is that we have the ability
to wipe the slate clean.
If you go to father
with a repentant heart
and ask for forgiveness,
consider it done.
And we do have these
requests father.
We come united in the name
of your son, Jesus Christ.
We ask you to look upon these
father, you know their needs,
addictions to drugs,
alcoholism, father you know,
if it is your will a special
blessing on each of these,
we always remember to lift
up our military troops
in harm's way around the world.
Father watch over guide,
direct, touch, heal
in Jesus' precious name,
amen, and thank you father.
Let's get to some questions
and see what's on
the mind to folks.
First up today, we
have Robert in Florida.
"I remember reading that
mother Mary went to live
"with the disciples, John,
after the crucifixion.
"I can't find it again,
"but I wondered what
happened to Mary's family
"and why she would live
with the disciple, John
"and not with her family
"after the crucifixion
of her son, Jesus."
And the scripture
you're talking about
it was when Christ was on
the cross being crucified,
John chapter 19
verses 26 and 27.
He said, paraphrasing, a
woman, behold, thy son.
He said that and then to
the disciple, he loved,
which was John.
And he said behold by
mother, and from that hour,
she went home and
stayed with him.
Biblically, there's not
much after the crucifixion
written of Mary, historically,
Mary, the mother of Jesus
went with Joseph of
Arimathea, who was her uncle.
And they journeyed
to the British Isles,
which was not uncommon territory
for Joseph of Arimathea.
You say, he ran a tin business
and exported or imported
tin from the British Isles
to Judea, so, and
some of the disciples,
but perhaps John went with them
and they founded the
church in England.
And I said, historically,
all this happened,
we offer a book through our
library here at the chapel
called "Drama of
the Lost Disciples."
It's book number 22
on your book list
and has a donation,
suggested donation of $17.
This the book is a
really a very good read,
I highly recommend it.
It's a very well written book.
Ronnie in Colorado, "My
sister recently passed away.
"I loved and cared
for her very much."
And we're sorry for your loss.
"Would you please explain
to me about the spirit
"and the soul and how it
leaves the after death
"and goes to heaven,
and how that works.
"Isn't the spirit and
the soul the same thing
"in our flesh bodies?"
Well I like to
think of the spirit
as the intellect of your soul.
"I try to watch your
broadcast whenever I can,
"it helps me a lot to
listen to your teaching,
"can you return
your reply by mail?"
And the reason I read that is
that we do not have the time
or staff to answer
questions in writing.
We just simply
don't have the time,
no written response to questions
Another scripture concerning
your sister though,
and I hope you're
watching today Ronnie,
2 Corinthians chapter five
verses seven and eight.
We learned that to be
absent from the body
is to be present with the Lord.
And by the way, I had
Ronnie's address on this,
and I sent him a complimentary
copy of where are the dead
and that he seems to be
having a problem with this.
And hopefully that will
help him understand
where his sister is and
she's not dead, she lives on.
There's no one dead
at this point in time.
Abraham is alive, Isaac
is alive, Jesus is alive,
even Satan is alive
at this point in time.
Sandra in Arkansas,
"After God's people are
brought up before Satan
"and the Holy spirit
will speak through us,
"what is Satan going to
do with us after that?"
Revelation chapter
two, verse 10,
lets us know that we will
have tribulation for 10 days.
I think after the 10
days we'll be released
to do as we please, go
home in other words.
Jim in South Carolina,
"Are their prophets alive
walking on earth today?
"I would be very leery Jim,
"of anyone who claims
to be a prophet of God."
You know, we have the prophets,
all the prophets we need
right here in God's word.
we got Isaiah,
we've got Jeremiah,
we've got Ezekiel, Daniel,
all the minor prophets.
And in the New Testament,
Jesus said in Mark chapter 13,
"Behold, I have
told you all things"
And he meant through this word,
everything that we need to
know, we have been told.
Sandra in Florida, "When you
die the way you are teaching,
"we go to paradise,
if we live in Christ,
"where do people go that
do not believe Christ
"when they die?"
There are two sides to
the Gulf in paradise,
Luke chapter 16, if you're
not familiar with the Gulf.
2 Esdras chapter seven, verse
77 and the following verses
in the Apocrypha gives even
a more descriptive view
of what it's like on the
wrong side of the Gulf.
Charles from Florida.
"Hello, thanks for being the
teachers that you are there.
"You're welcome, it's a
labor of love, believe me.
"I have been watching
for about two years now
"and I've learned so much.
"I have been to lots of
churches over the years,
"but never have I been
taught in the manner.
"God must be proud of
your dad and your staff
"and you, great job."
Well, thank you
for that witness.
"My question has to do
with Matthew chapter 10
"verses 34 and 35.
"Verse 35 says set a man at
variance against his father
"and mother against daughter.
"In verse 34, he says, I come
not to send peace on earth,
"but the sword, I need an
explanation of these verses."
Okay, the variants, the same
thing is in Mark chapter 13,
where it states that a father
will witness against son,
mother against daughter,
brother against brother.
And that's when the
antichrist is here on earth.
You see, they're gonna
think your family members
who don't know the truth
are gonna think that
the antichrist is Jesus.
And they're gonna be set at
variance with you over that
because you're gonna know
who the antichrist is.
Now they're gonna go to
the antichrist and say,
you got to help my brother.
He's studying with
that Colt down there
in Arkansas Shepherd's Chapel,
and he says, you're the
antichrist, you got to help him.
I think that's how most of
us will be delivered up.
Your second part of your
question, Jesus said,
"I come not to bring peace
on earth, but the sword."
The sword He will
bring on earth.
You can read about
in another place,
Revelation chapter one,
verse 16, it's His tongue,
which is a two edged
sword that cuts both ways.
Bob from Missouri and Bob asks,
"I have ms, when
I'm delivered up
"to let the Holy Spirit
speak through me,
"would it be okay if I sit
down on my four wheeler?"
Absolutely, and I'm sure the
Lord will be proud of you
with the condition
that you're in,
with the disabilities
that you have to deal with
day in and day out.
I'm sure father
will be quite proud
to have you serving with Him
and the Holy Spirit
speaking through you.
Evelyn from Oklahoma.
"My question is
do our loved ones
"who have gone on to be
with our heavenly father
"ever think of their loved ones
"who are still on
the flesh on earth?"
I'm certain that they do.
You know, contrary to, you know,
when we come into the flesh
on this, the second earth age,
our memory banks
are wiped clean.
We don't have any
memory of what we did
in the first earth age.
And that's only fair.
This is kind of a test.
Who are you gonna
follow this time?
Are you going to follow Satan,
or are you going
to follow the Lord?
Now when we leave this flesh
body, on the other hand,
I believe that it won't be
that your memories are erased.
Your in fact is your mental
capacities are gonna be,
I think 90% greater than
what this flesh body
gives us to use our
mental capacity.
So I think we'll
remember what's going on.
And remember too Evelyn,
it sounded like you've
recently lost a loved one.
We will all be reunited
and we'll be reunited soon
compared to the eternity.
And this life in the flesh is,
but the blink of an eye
compared to what the
eternity will be.
Messi from Kentucky.
"My name is Messi and
I am seven years old.
"I want to know what
heaven looks like
"and how it's going to be like,
"and will we get to talk
to Jesus every day?"
And that's written in
the teachings of Paul
that I have not seen
nor ear hath heard
the things that God has in store
for those who love
and serve Him.
It's gonna be
wonderful in heaven.
What is written of heaven
and what it will be like,
we can read about in the Bible,
Revelation chapter 21 and
22 gives us a glimpse.
And as it States
in Revelation 21,
that the there'll
be no more sorrow.
There's gonna be
no more sickness.
People won't get old
and God is going to wipe away
the tears of His children.
It's gonna be a wonderful,
wonderful place,
a place that is
worth working hard
to make sure that we
are able to go to.
Boy, it looks like
you could have found
another piece of paper
to write on Carol.
That's about as small
as what I like to see.
It's a good thing you write big.
"Comment on the Lord
watching Israel.
"Is she still so
precious to him?
"Should we support the
country with money?"
Oh boy, do we support
Israel with money?
Do you know how many hundreds
of millions of dollars
the States supports Israel with
for military weapons, jets,
you name it, rocket systems
to protect against incoming?
But to answer your
question, yes,
Israel is God's favorite
place in the entire universe.
He married her, spread
his skirt over Jerusalem,
and that's where he's going to
live throughout the eternity.
Now there are, I've witnessed
myself commercials on TV
that try to make Americans
think that the people of Israel
are starving to death and that
you need to send $25 or more
to buy a box of food
for some poor Israelite.
You know, there may be some
Israelites that need help,
but I would leave that up to
the government of Israel to do,
we do quite enough in
helping the nation of Israel.
You can pray for them,
that would be the best
thing to do to help them.
Candy in Michigan.
"When you anoint your
house or really anything,
"is there a length
or amount of time
"when you are supposed
to redo the anointing
"or does it last forever?
"Should I anoint again
whatever I anointed before?"
Please answer and
read this on TV.
I watch every morning
and we're glad you watched
the program and enjoy.
There's nothing wrong
with anointing someone
or a home again, if it
needs to be anointed again,
it's not like doubting that God
did what He promised He
would do the first time.
There are situations
where, for example,
if you anoint a home and it's
cleansed, yes, it's cleanse
because God did it.
But if you have someone
into the home that is evil
and wicked, I can sure bring
those spirits back and ask,
then you need to
anoint the home again
in order all negative
and evil out.
Always remember,
always, always remember
to do so in the name
of Jesus Christ,
that's where the power is
and the obedience to God.
Dalton in Texas,
"Will you be teaching
the fifth book of Moses
"when you are done
with Numbers?"
And no, we will actually
be airing a broadcast
to Pastor Arnold Murray
teaching the book of Luke
in this same time slot when we
finished the book of Numbers.
And we always try and rotate
one book in the Old Testament
and that a book and the New,
Old Testament, New Testament.
If you follow the program,
you'll see what
I'm talking about.
And you follow a question.
What is first Timothy chapter
two verse 15 talking about?
Well, it's speaking of Adam
and Eve, and in verse 15,
it states not withstanding
sheep shall be saved
in a childbearing.
And it has a very deep
spiritual meaning.
You see, Eve would be
saved in childbearing,
and it wasn't directly
from her umbilical cord,
but in a way, it was directly
from her umbilical cord,
for umbilical cord to
umbilical cord through David,
on through David's son, Nathan,
and then you have
the birth of Messiah.
And not only was Eve saved,
possibly saved by
that birth of Messiah,
all the rest of us are
possibly saved as well.
And I'm a retired
air force veteran,
and thank you for
serving our country.
Jule in North Carolina,
"Where will our
judgment take place?
"Will it be like Jesus being
taken to the courthouse?"
Revelation chapter 20 verse
11 in the following verses
describe the great
white throne judgment.
The books will be opened and
we will be judged on our works
and God is the judge.
Will I be before judgment day?
Will I be judgment
day, I feel I am saved,
but want to be sure I am
well believe on Jesus,
and if you have a boatload of
sin, repent from your heart,
ask for forgiveness
and you know,
you Jule appear to be one that
when you hear judgment day,
you start shaking at
the knees and cringe
because you think all
that judgment day brings
is punishment.
That's not the case.
You see judgment
day is rewards day
for those who love
and serve the Lord.
And I can tell Jule that
you love and serve the Lord.
Anthony in Illinois,
"Please explain Genesis
chapter one, verse 26."
God was speaking to the angels,
and He said, "Let us
make man in our image."
You know, that's when
the races were created,
there were men created and
women in Genesis chapter one,
Genesis chapter two,
God rested seventh day.
The day after that, He
created another man,
his name was Eth-Ha-Adam
in the Hebrew language.
That would be the seed line
through which
Messiah would come.
As I said, with Eve umbilical
cord to umbilical cord.
I'm out of time.
I love you all a great deal
because you enjoy studying
our father's in depth.
You make a little time
each day or each week
to open the letter that
God wrote to you, the Bible
and seek knowledge
from Him and of Him.
It makes father's day,
blessings will follow.
We are brought to you by
your ties and offerings.
If we've helped you, help
us keep coming to you
and to reach out to
others who are lost
in this world of darkness.
Most important, this, you
stay in His word every day,
every day in your father's
word is a good day,
even with trouble, you know why?
It's because Jesus
is the living word.
- [Narrator] Hearing God's
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