Obedience to God is Strength

Moses went up the mountain to receive the Word of God, the Ten Commandments, from God—twice.

Moses is a type of Jesus to come, Who brought the Word of God from heaven to earth at His first coming.

Moses remembered (Deuteronomy 9:9-17) :

“When I went up to the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant which the Lord made with you, then I remained on the mountain for forty days and nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water. 10 The Lord gave me the two tablets of stone written by the finger of God; and on them were all the words which the Lord had spoken with you at the mountain from the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly. 11 It came about at the end of forty days and nights that the Lord gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant. 12 Then the Lord said to me, ‘Arise, go down from here quickly, because your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have behaved corruptly. They have quickly turned aside from the way that I commanded them; they have made a cast metal image for themselves.’ 13 The Lord also said to me, ‘I have seen this people, and indeed, it is a stubborn people. 14 Leave Me alone, that I may destroy them and wipe out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.’

15 “So I turned and came down from the mountain while the mountain was burning with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands. 16 And I saw that you had indeed sinned against the Lord your God. You had made for yourselves a cast metal image of a calf; you had quickly turned aside from the way that the Lord had commanded you. 17 So I took hold of the two tablets and threw them from my two hands, and smashed them to pieces before your eyes!”

God the Father had given the direction for the Ten Commandments to be written. Jesus, the Word (John 1:1) spoke the Ten Commandments into being.

The Bible states that Jesus is the Word.  John 1:1—“In the beginning was the Word (Jesus) and the Word (Jesus) was with God and the Word (Jesus) was God.” Jesus was with God His Father before the world was created. He came from heaven to show people Who God is and to take away the sins of the world (John 1:2). 

The Holy Spirit wrote the Commandments upon the tablets of stone. He is the “finger of God” who works in the physical realm (Genesis 1:2).

The people at the foot of the mountain, a type of people on the earth, sinned by worshiping a false god of their own making. This brought about the destruction of the tablets by Moses.

The tablets too are a type of Jesus, the Word. They were smashed because of the sin of the people. The sin of people brought about the death of Jesus upon the cross as well. His body was punched, whipped, beaten beyond recognition and then they crucified Him.

The tablets were in two pieces. Jesus is both the Son of Man (flesh) (Matthew 12:32) and the Son of God (Spirit). (Luke 10:22) He gave up His own life on the cross (John 10:15); His Spirit became separate from His flesh while on the cross (John 19:30). At His resurrection, after three days, Jesus was raised from the grave. Many people saw Him and testified to His resurrection (1Corinthians 15:6). He is the only person to die, be resurrected and never die again (John 10:17).

Moses also destroyed the idol, the golden calf. “And I took your sinful thing which you had made, the calf, and burned it in the fire and crushed it, grinding it thoroughly until it was as fine as dust; and I threw its dust into the stream that came down from the mountain” (Deuteronomy 9:21).

This is a type of Jesus destroying sin.

On the cross, Jesus, a man who had never known sin, experienced the penalty of sin. He took the sins of the world—adultery, murder, deceit, theft, etc…upon Himself. “He made Him who knew no sin to be sin in our behalf…” (2Corinthians 5:21) Then, because He is the Son of God, He purified the sin (Isaiah 1:18) and cast it away from Himself (Psalm 103:12; Micah 7:19).

The penalty of sin is death (Romans 6:23). Jesus took the wrath of God upon Himself as the Savior of the world so that anyone who believes in Him will not undergo God’s wrath. Jesus died in your place. He Who the Son sets free is free indeed (John 8:36). He is free of sin. He is free of God’s wrath. You must only choose to believe in Jesus. This is the gift of God (Romans 6:23).

Moses went up the mountain again. This time he himself had to carve the tablets out of stone, but God engraved the Ten Commandments upon them.

“At that time the Lord said to me, ‘Cut out for yourself two tablets of stone like the first two, and come up to Me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood for yourself. 2 Then I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets which you smashed to pieces, and you shall put them in the ark.’ 3 So I made an ark of acacia wood and cut out two tablets of stone like the first two, and I went up on the mountain with the two tablets in my hand. 4 Then He wrote on the tablets, like the first writing, the Ten Commandments which the Lord had spoken to you on the mountain from the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly; and the Lord gave them to me. 5 Then I turned and came down from the mountain, and I put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and they are there, just as the Lord commanded me” (Deuteronomy 10:1-5).

The two tablets have been remade. This is a type of the resurrection of Jesus, Who is the Word. Moses made the second set because Jesus Himself participated in the resurrection of His own body. God the Father gave the direction (Galatians 1:1), Lord Jesus (the Word) spoke to His body to “Get up!” (John 2:19) and the Holy Spirit raised Jesus from the grave (Romans 8:11).

Moses was instructed to place the set of tablets, the Word of God, within the ark. They became hidden from view. The ark is a type of Jesus upon His throne in heaven. Many people saw Jesus ascend into the clouds. As He left, so He will return (Acts 1:9-11).

Each time Moses went up to meet God, he was as Jesus, interceding and praying for His people. The mountaintop burned but Moses did not get burned. The mountaintop is a type of God the Father’s throne. Fire is a symbol of purity. Heaven and God are pure, without sin. No one with sin may enter in. Jesus is without sin; therefore, only those who receive Jesus, their sins purged by His blood, may enter heaven and God’s presence. The blood of Jesus sprinkled on the believer is a witness that he belongs to Jesus and God.

God gave further directions to Moses regarding His people, the 12 tribes of Israel:

“At that time the Lord singled out the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to serve Him and to bless in His name, until this day” (Deuteronomy 10:8).

The Word is hidden in the ark. Jesus is hidden in heaven. The Levites, the tribe of priests, are instructed to carry the ark of the covenant. They are a type of the church, a kingdom of priests (Revelation 5:10), who are to carry the Gospel, Jesus, and news of the New Covenant to the ends of the world. As they walk, believers are to minister and give blessings in Jesus’ name.

How does a believer carry the risen savior? Within himself. The Holy Spirit was given to men after Lord Jesus ascended. The Holy Spirit is God living within man.

How does the Spirit of God live within a believer? The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Jesus living within the human spirit that each person has. He fills it up, bringing it to life, just as a balloon can be filled with air. The Holy Spirit does this work when a person comes to believe in Jesus as his Savior.  The Holy Spirit gives believers the power to overcome evil. This is the continuing work of the Holy Spirit in a believer’s life.

After Moses burned and ground the idol he poured its dust into the water that came down from the mountain. The water is a type of the Holy Spirit which descends from heaven after Jesus died and was resurrected from the grave.

The Holy Spirit descended from heaven as flames of fire upon the first believers.  The fire is a symbol of God’s purity. God helps believers remain sin-free (Acts 2:1-4). The Holy Spirit is the tool in the toolbox that will keep a man or woman out of prison, off drugs and free from living in sin. Without His power within, a man will return to his sinful ways. A man will return to prison. As the water (the Holy Spirit) carried away the dust, so does the Holy Spirit remove repented sin.

The ark of the covenant—Lord Jesus, will reappear.

“Then the seventh angel sounded; and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, ‘The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever.’ 16 And the twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God, 17 saying,

‘We give You thanks, Lord God, the Almighty, the One who is and who was, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign. 18 And the nations were enraged, and Your wrath came, and the time came for the dead to be judged, and the time to reward Your bond-servants the prophets and the saints and those who fear Your name, the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.’

19 And the temple of God which is in heaven was opened; and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple, and there were flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder, and an earthquake, and a great hailstorm” (Revelation 11:15-19).

Heaven will open and Jesus will return. He will come with wrath against sin and enemies. He will arrive to reward believers. He will call the bodies of saints out of the earth and the seas to be like Him.

The Lord Jesus is the Word of God. His Word is law. His law is love. He will rule the world by His law. His people, glorified believers, will rule with Him (Revelation 20:4). The kingdom of the world will be the Kingdom of the Lord. He will reign forever and ever.

The tablets of the Law, the Ten Commandments, were given by God out of His love for His people. They were directives in how to live according to God’s way, avoiding sin. The wages of sin is death. God is life. In like manner, God, out of His great love for man, sent His only Son, Jesus, that all the world would be saved and have life, not just now, but forever. (John 3:16).

Loving God and obedience to Him go together. Jesus demonstrated this in His obedience to go to the cross and be executed. He asked His Father three times if the cross could be avoided. But He also agreed to submit to His Father’s will three times. “Not My will but Yours be done” (Matthew 26:39). Jesus endured physical torment and death and spiritual torment when He took the wrath of God upon Himself.

Once again, obedience and love go together.

Moses spoke to the Israelites, “You shall therefore love the Lord your God, and always keep His directive, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments” (Deuteronomy 11:1).

Obedience to God is strength.

“You shall therefore keep every commandment which I am commanding you today, so that you may be strong and go in and take possession of the land into which you are about to cross to possess it” (Deuteronomy 11:8).

Obedience to God is blessing.

“And it shall come about, if you listen obediently to my commandments which I am commanding you today, to love the Lord your God and to serve Him with all your heart and all your soul, 14 that He will provide rain for your land in its season, the early and late rain, so that you may gather your grain, your new wine, and your oil. 15 He will also provide grass in your field for your cattle, and you will eat and be satisfied” (Deuteronomy 11:13-15).

There is a choice. Obedience and the blessing or disobedience and a curse.

“See, I am placing before you today a blessing and a curse: 27 the blessing, if you listen to the commandments of the Lord your God, which I am commanding you today; 28 and the curse, if you do not listen to the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way which I am commanding you today, by following other gods which you have not known” (Deuteronomy 11:26-28).

Obedience to God includes worshiping only the one true God. Yahweh. The Name of His Son, Jesus, means “Yahweh is Salvation.”

Jesus became a curse so that no man need be cursed and experience God’s wrath. (Galatians 3:13)

How can you avoid God’s wrath? Flee from it. Repent of sin. Moses warned of sin and its punishment. John the Baptist warned about coming judgment and the need for repentance.

“His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clear His threshing floor; and He will gather His wheat into the barn, but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire” (Matthew 3:12).

Jesus Himself warned, “But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and begins to beat the other servants, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk; the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces, and assign him a place with the unbelievers” (Luke 12:45-46).

The two sets of tablets had the same commands of obedience written on them: the Ten Commandments  (Exodus 24:12).

(Exodus 20:3-17) Keep God first. Do not worship anything other than God. Don’t take God’s name in vain. Keep the Sabbath day holy. Honor your father and your mother. Do not murder. Do not commit adultery. Do not steal. Don’t give false testimony against a neighbor. Don’t covet anything belonging to a neighbor.

Jesus summed them up this way: “’You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the great and foremost commandment. 39 The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ Upon these two commandments hang the whole Law and the Prophets” (Matthew 22:37-40).

These commandments have not changed. God has not changed (Hebrews 13:8).

God’s love sent His only Son 2,000 years ago to save many. God’s love will send Him again. God is good. One must worship only Jesus. No other will come and save you. “Whoever calls upon the name of the Lord [Jesus] will be saved” (Acts 2:21).

(C) Kelly Jadon, 2023

Murder Can Be Forgiven

“And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him to whom we must answer.” (Hebrews 4:13)

Two sons were born to Adam and Eve. The younger, Abel, was a shepherd, the older brother, Cain farmed the soil.

Abel, the shepherd, brought an appropriate sacrifice to the Lord—a firstborn of his flock and the fat portions which were only for the Lord. The Lord accepted Abel’s offering.

Cain, the elder brother, brought an unacceptable offering to the Lord—fruit of the ground, what he had grown.

The Lord required the blood sacrifice from specific kinds of domesticated animals.

(Genesis 4:4-11) “And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering; 5 but for Cain and his offering He had no regard. So Cain became very angry and his face was gloomy. 6 Then the Lord said to Cain, ‘Why are you angry? And why is your face gloomy? 7 If you do well, will your face not be cheerful? And if you do not do well, sin is lurking at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it.’ 8 Cain talked to his brother Abel; and it happened that when they were in the field Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.

Then the Lord said to Cain, ‘Where is Abel your brother?’ And he said, ‘I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?’ 10 Then He said, ‘What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to Me from the ground. 11 Now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.’”

Murder brings a curse.

Abel is a type of Jesus to come. His death is a type of the crucifixion of the Lord.

As Abel was the keeper of the flocks so too is Jesus the Shepherd of the flocks.

He said, “And I have other sheep that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to My voice; and they will become one flock, with one shepherd.” (John 10:16)

The line of the Savior was intended to come through Abel, a type of Christ to come. Abel means “breath.”

Jesus too brought the breath. “And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit.’” (John 20:22) 

Like Abel, Jesus brought an appropriate sacrifice to the Lord—Himself, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. (John 1:29) This is all that God would accept from Him, and nothing less.

Abel’s sacrifice came from his flock’s firstborn. Jesus was the firstborn of Mary (Luke 2:7), and the Firstborn of the dead. (Colossians 1:18) Because Jesus belonged to God the Father He is also a type of the fat portion, the best, reserved only for the Lord. (Leviticus 3:16-17) He was His Son. (John 3:16)

Abel was the son of Adam. Jesus too is called the son of Adam. (Luke 3:38)

Jesus called Himself, the Good Shepherd. (John 10:11-12) He is the One who laid down His life for the sheep.

Abel too laid down his life; however, he did not wish to do so.

Neither did Jesus wish to lay down His life. Three times He asked God the Father to remove the cup from Him. This refers to the cup of God’s wrath that Jesus would have to endure.

He prayed, “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done.” (Luke 22:42)

Abel was killed by a blood relative, a brother. (Genesis 4:8) Cain plotted his brother’s death. It was premeditated murder. Both Abel and Jesus died at the hand of another.

Abel was murdered because of the jealousy of his brother Cain. Murder comes out of jealousy.

Jesus was put to death by a variety of people, including the traitor, a relative by Jewish blood, Judas Iscariot. Several men plotted Jesus’ death because they were jealous of Him.

Abel was killed by his brother, Cain. Cain can mean “spear.”

Jesus was speared in His side after he died.

Abel’s blood cried out to God from the ground. The blood of Jesus spilled out upon the ground.

“and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel.” (Heb 12:24)

Abel’s blood cried out. Jesus’ blood speaks.

The life blood of Jesus, the blood of God, was spilled upon the cross, the altar.

In the Old Testament, the blood of the sacrificial animal was sprinkled upon the tabernacle and its holy pieces, the Word of God and it was sprinkled upon the people. (Exodus 24:8)

The blood was the sign to God that forgiveness for sin was already in place for the person sprinkled. A life (animal) was given for a life (repentant sinner). The wrath of God would not come upon the forgiven person.

Jesus, the final sacrifice is the life given for the lives of sinners. His blood is spiritually sprinkled upon every believer. His blood speaks to God the Father. His blood states His Name, “Jesus.”

When God the Father sees His Son’s blood upon a person, He hears “Jesus! Jesus!” and knows that this is someone who belongs to Jesus and has been forgiven.

Jesus was resurrected from His grave. More than 500 people saw Him. Those who believe in Him, because of His blood sprinkling—the witness of removed sin—the believer will receive eternal life. Even his body will be resurrected as Jesus’ body was.

The believer will not just pass away into nothingness. He will live. Life is not just here and now, it is forever.

How can this be?

The Word of God states that the life is in the blood.

“For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood by reason of the life that makes atonement.” (Leviticus 17:11)

God is righteous. He does not live with sin. He deals with it on the human level in a specific way. Without the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus, those persons will receive God’s wrath. The Bible states, “The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:23)

As the Savior’s blood says, “Jesus! Jesus!” and God the Father hears, His wrath will pass over the believer. Jesus has already paid the wrath of God for sins.

The blood of Jesus is righteous, meaning, it is free of sin. It is sinless because it is the blood of God. The sin of man left unremoved, by personal choice through unbelief leads to death. 

Human life is precious to God because man was and is made in God’s image. (Genesis 9:6) In the Old Testament a murderer was put to death on the testimony of witnesses. (Numbers 35:30-31) Blood spilled in murder defiles the land, “and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of the one who shed it.” (Numbers 35:33)

When Jesus came, all sin was atoned for by Him, even murders. His blood was spilled upon the ground from the cross. (John 19:34) Today, murderers may receive Jesus as their Savior and have His blood atone for their sin. The Apostle Paul is an example from the Bible of a person, a murderer, who received Jesus and was forgiven of his sins. Paul wrote the Letters of the New Testament and carried the Gospel of Jesus to the Gentiles/non-Jews.

There is a specific type of murder mentioned in the Bible—the murder of believers because of their belief in Jesus. They are referred to as martyrs by the church. In heaven, they themselves cry out to God for judgment and vengeance because of what has happened to them.

“When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they had maintained; 10 and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, ‘How long, O Lord, holy and true, will You refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who live on the earth?’ 11 And a white robe was given to each of them; and they were told that they were to rest for a little while longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers and sisters who were to be killed even as they had been, was completed also.” (Revelation 6:9-11)

Now is the time for murderers to repent, asking forgiveness of God for their sins. Jesus will return. When He comes, He will judge and avenge His people who were killed because they carried His name—Jesus.

Now is the time for murderers to repent. Jesus will return and the church will come with Him, including those who died for the name of Jesus. Their bodies will be brought back to life!

The prophet Daniel wrote, “And many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt.” (Daniel 12:2)

John wrote: “Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.” (Revelation 20:4)

Jesus warned of this moment to come. He stated that the people of Nineveh from the time of Jonah and the Queen of the South, (the Queen of Sheba), from Solomon’s era, would rise up in judgment as well. (Matthew 12:41-42)

What has been done in secret is not truly secret. God has seen the evil deeds of darkness.

“But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord, and be sure your sin will find you out.” (Numbers 32:22)

The Apostle Paul, former murderer of believers in Jesus, was dealt with directly by Jesus. Paul later wrote:

“Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.” (Galatians 6:7)

Without repentance, this sin, murder, is yet upon the sinner. Sin is considered as acting against the Lord (God), being in rebellion, as if the sinner is at war with God. Once again, the wages of sin is death.

Only Jesus can free you of this sin. (Revelation 1:5)

“If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” (Romans 10:9) Paul, the former murderer wrote this. 

Jesus will return. He will come with the sign of His blood. 

He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. ” (Revelation 19:13) 

As the blood of the sacrifice was sprinkled upon God’s people in the Old Testament, so is the blood of Jesus sprinkled upon God’s people in the New Testament.

“So Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people, and said, ‘Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.’” (Exodus 24:8)

“For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,” (Hebrews 9:19)

Jesus said, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.” (Matthew 26:28)

Isaiah prophesied long before that Jesus would come and sprinkle people from many nations:

“So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.” (Isaiah 52:15)

As it was prophesied in the Old Testament that the Savior would come to give His life upon the altar of the cross, spilling His blood for the sprinkling of all who believe, so too will the prophesies of His second arrival be fulfilled when Jesus returns with the sign of His blood. All those coming with Him, covered with His blood shall be speaking “Jesus! Jesus!” and all those yet on earth sprinkled with His blood shall be speaking “Jesus! Jesus!”

Jesus will return as He left.

“And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.” (Acts 1:9)

Jesus went up into the heavens, into a cloud.

Jesus will return from the heavens, from the clouds:

“Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen.” (Revelation 1:7)

Even Jesus spoke of how He would return to earth:

“Jesus said to him, ‘You have said it yourself; nevertheless I tell you, hereafter you will see the Son of Man [Jesus] sitting at the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.’” (Matthew 26:64)

But the world will be in great darkness when Jesus returns.

“The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.” (Acts 2:20; Joel 2:31)

How will Jesus and the clouds be seen if there is no light?

“For behold, the LORD will come in fire, And His chariots like the whirlwind, to render His anger with fury, and His rebuke with flames of fire.” (Isaiah 66:15)

“For by fire and by His sword, the Lord will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the Lord.” (Isaiah 66:16)

“For it is surely just on God’s part to repay with afflictions those who are afflicting you, 7 and to grant rest along with us to you who are undergoing afflictions, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his mighty angels, 8 in blazing fire, inflicting punishment on those who do not acknowledge God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 These will pay the penalty of eternal ruin, separated from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power.” (1Thessalonians 6-9)

Note that vengeance belongs to God. He repays those who have afflicted, murdered, and tormented the martyrs. God has written, “Vengeance is Mine.” (Romans 12:19-21)

There will be a very very heavy price to pay for those who have harmed children. It is recorded in the Gospels three times that Jesus said, “It is better for him if a [heavy] millstone is hung around his neck and he is thrown into the sea, than that he may cause one of these little ones to sin.” (Luke 17:2; Mark 9:42; Matthew 18:6)

Drowning at the bottom of the sea is better than the Lord’s vengeance. The children, even those unborn, are Jesus’. He said, “Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” (Matthew 19:14)

God knows us before we’re born. “You formed my inmost being; you knit me in my mother’s womb.” (Psalm 139:13)

King Solomon stated, “Just as you do not know how the life breath enters the human frame in the mother’s womb, so you do not know the work of God, who is working in everything.” (Ecclesiastes 11:5)

The unborn child is being created by God—he or she is God’s handiwork.

The ending of lives of the unborn is murder. The land is polluted with the blood of the unborn who cry out to God. He will repay.

Little ones are also the lowly, believers in Jesus. God will repay those who harm believers.

The penalty is eternal. It is torment. It is death. It is Hell. Forgiveness is eternal. Choose Jesus. Choose forgiveness for what you’ve done. The benefit is eternal life.

Say to Him: “I’m sorry Lord Jesus for what I’ve done. Please forgive me.” And believe in your heart that you are forgiven, your sin removed, freedom found.

Everyone of us must do this.

“For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23)

(C) Kelly Jadon, 2023

Nothing Can Stop The Word of God

One Christmas Eve in snowy Goodrich, Michigan, I insisted on staying up until midnight. I had heard and believed that animals could speak as humans do during that dark hour. It was a type of miracle that was an extension of the Nativity birth. I was about eight years old and sincerely wanted to speak with the rabbits we kept in cages out behind our house. My mother wanted nothing to do with this. She made me go to bed at my normal time because Santa was waiting to come!

The irony, believing in Santa but not the animals having the ability to speak. Both are fairy tales.

To the world, the story of the virgin birth of Jesus, His life, death and resurrection are a myth. The Bible to the world is a book of fictional or at best, somewhat historical tales. Yet we believers truly and sincerely believe the Bible. To us it is holy and contains the oracles of God.

Why? Why do we believe?

Because our lives have been changed with a touch from The Lord, through reading and applying Scripture to our lives, answered prayers, from witnessing great miracles, even others being resurrected from death.

During my journey with God I have had to stop and ask myself, “Do I really believe this part of Scripture?”

Did Noah and his family really survive a worldwide flood in an ark which he himself built? (Genesis 6:14-18)

Was Jonah actually swallowed by a whale? (Jonah 1-2)

Could Paradise or the Bosom of Abraham have actually existed prior to Heaven being opened to believers? (Luke 16)

I had to remove areas of unbelief until I believed the whole Word of God.

We must all do this. We must believe Scripture as a whole, because it is whole and cannot be broken. (John 10:35)

The world wants us to deny our Godly heritage, our Word, a gift of God by eroding and whitewashing truths from it little by little. The world wants us to believe that God is not able to do what He says He has done.

But God has done these great things, and He will do many more.

Knowledge of the glory of God will fill the Earth just as waters cover the sea. (Habakkuk 2:14)

The Word of God is divine. Lord Jesus is the Word. Lord Jesus is God. He cannot be stopped, neither can His Word. All things are in His hands. All things are His. (Psalm 24:1)

Lord Jesus is coming again. He will come for His bride. He will come in judgment upon the world. He will come on a white horse with fire in His eyes. (Revelation 19:11-16)

And what is His Name given at His return?

“His Name is called The Word of God.” (Revelation 19:13)

Listen not to the world which denies Him and His return. This is a lie from out of the deep hearts of iniquity. (Psalm 64:6) But even this will not stop Him.

Nothing can stop the return of Lord Jesus. Not even the burning of Bibles. (J. Davidson/The Federalist)

Believe upon The Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved. (Acts 16:31)

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