Category: God’s spontaneous gifts from Scripture

God Gave me this Scripture as I Awoke this Morning: ‘Genesis 23:2’

And Sarah died at Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.  ~Genesis 23:2

It is interesting that He gave me this scripture as I have also been studying mourning of late.  I suppose I am mourning for my Sarah, as Abraham is.

In this dawn He also made me know that, as was spoken to in the Job birthday post, He makes His chosen ones to suffer greatly here on earth.  In fact, it is as if those who suffer most are marked by Him as His.

I have heard priests remark that we might never understand why bad people get good things here on earth, but in light of these scriptures we can see that suffering here is a necessary process to enter His final kingdom.  It might be part of that refining by fire that we are taught throughout scripture.  Or separating the wheat from the chaff.  To be burned with fire hurts more than anything on earth.  To separate wheat from chaff, it is basically rhythmically beaten against something hard, so that the wheat heads fall into a pile for storage, and the chaff blows away on the wind~

I am convinced by these verses that those of us who suffer, as Jesus speaks to in the Beatitudes, are the very ones who can enter the Kingdom of Heaven.  Another reason I have been drawn to alcoholics, the oppressed, and those scarred by life.  They are fellow brethren whom I recognize in spirit.

I love you with all my heart, soul, and might, My LORD.

~s

For the Prophets and Apostles~

“The LORD has called Me from the womb;

From the matrix [inward parts] of My mother

He has made mention of My name…

And He said to me, ‘You are My servant, O Israel,

In whom I will be glorified.’

Then I said, ‘I have labored in vain,

I have spent my strength for

nothing and in vain;

Yet surely my just reward is with the LORD,

And my work with my God.'”  ~Isaiah 49:1,3

Daniel 6 is another Allusion to Christ

I asked God what He had in mind for me today for Bible study, and I opened right to Daniel chapter 6:  the plot against Daniel.

King Darius came to love Daniel because an excellent spirit was in him, because he was faithful, and no error or fault could be found in him.  King Darius had set 120 satraps over his kingdom, and over these 3 governors, of which Daniel was 1.  The governors, administrators, counselors, advisers, and satraps were jealous of Daniel because the king favored him, so they set out to make statutes and decrees against him, and to see if they could force him to quit worshiping God.

Daniel continued to worship the Lord 3 times per day, morning, noon, and night.  When the king heard about it, he had no choice but to follow the law he had signed and enclose Daniel in the lion’s den overnight.  An angel came and shut the lions’ mouths so that they would not hurt Daniel because he was found innocent before God.  King Darius then went on to make a new decree that men must tremble and fear before the God of Daniel.

Seems to me like the 120 satraps represent the 12 tribes of Israel.  And the 3 governors represent the trinity.  And King Darius represent God Almighty.  The 12 tribes of Israel made law to condemn Daniel, but Daniel knew he needed to worship God daily and he pleased the king (God), by continuing to serve Him.  The counselors, satraps, and advisers represent the Sanhedrin.  They cast Daniel into the lion’s den and a stone was rolled over the mouth of the cave, as it was when Jesus was laid to rest after being crucified, and the king sealed it with his own ring, and with the signets of his lords (holy spirit, other heavenly host?).  In the early morning, Daniel was brought up out of the den with no injury on him because he believed in his God.  This represents Jesus’ resurrection.

The main points being that Daniel was special because of his excellent spirit, his faithfulness, and his faultlessness, as Christ.  Finally he was delivered from certain doom because he simply believed in God.

Daniel's Answer to the King

I have been endued with His power. ~Selah

But the anointing which you have received of him abides in you, and you need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teaches you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, you shall abide in him [1 John 2:27].

From:  http://stronginfaith.org/article.php?page=50

Christians belong to and are related to the anointing-[Χριστος Christos]. Jesus Christ told the disciples to stay in Jerusalem, “until you are endued with power from on high” [Luke 24:49]. A disciple must be endued or clothed in power to do what Jesus has called us to do. The Greek word for the English word power is δυναμις dunamis. A believer must have power to fulfill the Great Commission of Jesus Christ [Luke 24:47, Matthew 28:18]. Jesus instructed the Seventy, “heal the sick there, and say to them, the kingdom of God has come near to you” [Luke 10:9]. Jesus also said, Jesus said, “he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also” [John 14:12, Supernatural Acts of the Disciples]. “You shall receive dunamis power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth” [Acts 1:8].

And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you [Luke 10:17-19].

I Will be a Wall of Fire all around Her…

Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.  So I said, “Where are you going?”  And he said to me, “To measure Zion, to see what is its width and what is its length.”  And there was the angel who talked with me, going out; and another angel was coming out to meet him, who said to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying:  ‘Zion shall be inhabited as towns without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it.

“For I,” says the LORD, “will be a wall of fire all around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.”

“Up, up!  Flee from the land of the north,” says the LORD; “for I have spread you abroad like the four winds of heaven,” says the LORD.  “Up, Zion!   Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.”  For thus says the LORD of hosts:  “He sent Me after glory, to the nations which plunder you; for he who touches you touches the apple of His eye.  For surely I will shake My hand against them, and they shall become booty for their servants.  Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me.

“Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion!  For behold, I am coming and I will dwell in your midst,” says the LORD.  “Many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and they shall become My people.  And I will dwell in you midst.  then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me to you.  “And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His inheritance in the Holy Land, and will again choose Zion.”

“Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD, for He is aroused from His holy habitation!”  ~Zechariah 2:1-13

Called by God~

“Your birth and your nativity are from the land of Canaan;

Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.

As for your nativity, on the day you were born your navel cord was not cut,

Nor were you washed in water to cleanse you;

You were not rubbed with salt nor swathed in swaddling clothes.

No eye pitied you, to do any of these things for you,

To have compassion on you;

But you were thrown out into the open field,

When you yourself were abhorred on the day you were born.

And when I passed by you and saw you struggling in your own blood,

I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’  Yes, I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’

I made you thrive like a plant in the field;

And you grew, matured, and became very beautiful.

Your breasts were formed, your hair grew, but you were naked and bare.

When I passed by you again and looked upon you,

Indeed your time was the time of love;

So I spread My wing over you and covered your nakedness.

Yes, I swore an oath to you and entered into a covenant with you,

And you became Mine,” says the Lord God.

“Then I washed you in water;

Yes, I thoroughly washed off your blood, and I anointed you with oil.

I clothed you in embroidered cloth and gave you sandals of badger skin;

I clothed you with fine linen and covered you with silk.

I adorned you with ornaments, put bracelets on your wrists,

And a chain on you neck.

And I put a ring in your nose, earrings in your ears,

And a beautiful crown on your head.

Thus you were adorned with gold and silver,

And your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth.

You ate pastry of fine flour, honey, and oil.

You were exceedingly beautiful, and succeeded to royalty.

Your fame went out among the nations because of your beauty,

For it was perfect through My splendor

Which I had bestowed on you,” says the Lord God.

~Ezekiel 16:3-14