Tag: kingdom
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No Divided Loyalties – Genesis 47:18-20
Genesis 47:18-20 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and…
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Bring It to the Throne – Genesis 47:15-17
Genesis 47:15-17 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth. And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if…
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Everything to the Throne – Genesis 47:13-14
Genesis 47:13-14 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of…
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Bread for Every Family – Genesis 47:12
Genesis 47:12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families. This is a tender verse. Joseph did not merely place his family in the land. He nourished them there. He did not bring them in and then leave them to fend for themselves. He…
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Placed in the Best of the Land – Genesis 47:11
Genesis 47:11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. There is so much comfort in that opening phrase. Joseph placed his father and his brethren. They did not place…
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Pilgrims Before a Throne – Genesis 47:8-10
Genesis 47:8-9 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the…
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Set Apart in Goshen – Genesis 47:3-6
Genesis 47:3-6 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers. They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore…
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Stay Out of the Back – Genesis 36:14-16
Genesis 36:14-16“And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz, Duke Korah,…
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When the Song Fades – Genesis 25:2-4
Genesis 25:2-4 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. At first…
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A Life Interpreted by God – Genesis 24:1
Genesis 24:1 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things. There are some truths the Lord chooses to teach not merely by command, but by portrayal. He gives us a life, a scene, a relationship, a moment, and says in effect, “Look carefully. This is…
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The Third Sending – Genesis 8:10-12
Genesis 8:10-12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. And he…
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Sheltered by Atonement – Genesis 6:14
Genesis 6:14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. This verse is doing far more than giving Noah carpentry instructions. It is quietly telling the story of salvation. The ark was to be made of gopher wood. I do…
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When Home Feels Hard – Genesis 3:16-19
Genesis 3:16-19 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten…
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No Neutral Ground – Revelation 22:11
Revelation 22:11He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. This is one of the sobering lines in the whole book. The Lord brings everything…
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Love Must Be Chosen – Revelation 20:7-8
Revelation 20:7-8 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth… Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. This is…
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Thrones, Rewards, and the First Resurrection – Revelation 20:4-5
Revelation 20:4-5 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them… and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their…
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One Angel, One Chain, No Contest – Revelation 20:1-2
Revelation 20:1-2 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. There is almost a holy simplicity in this…
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Babylon Falls Twice – Revelation 18:1
Revelation 18:1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. Revelation 18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every…
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The Lamb Wins – Revelation 17:14
Revelation 17:14 These shall make war with the Lamb and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. This is where the whole thing has been heading. The beast gathers kings. He builds alliances. He stirs…
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The Kings and the Kingdom – Revelation 17:10
Revelation 17:10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. Now the angel moves from the seven mountains to seven kings. At the time John wrote this, there had been seven Roman emperors: Julius Caesar,…
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When the Earth Gives Way – Revelation 16:18-20
Revelation 16:18-20 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell and great Babylon came in remembrance before…
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When Heaven Says, “No More Delay” – Revelation 10:5-6
Revelation 10:5-6 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the…
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When God Shakes the Earth – Revelation 6:12-13
Revelation 6:12-13 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is…
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The Morning Star and the Kingdom – Revelation 2:26-28
Revelation 2:26-27 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. Revelation 2:28 And I…
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An Open Door – 2 Peter 1:11
2 Peter 1:11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Peter ends this thought with something beautiful. He does not merely say, “Hold on and barely make it in.” He says there is an abundant entrance awaiting the one who walks…
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Keep the Big Picture – James 5:9
James 5:9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door. When people are under pressure, they often start turning on each other. That is what James is warning against here. The righteous are being mistreated, life is unfair, and the temptation is to get sour, bitter,…
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Love Does Not Bow to Status – James 2:5–9
James 2:5–9 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?Do not they blaspheme that worthy…
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The Philistine of Finances – James 1:9–11
James 1:9–11 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth,…
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A Few Words and a Lot of Grace – Hebrews 13:22–25
Hebrews 13:22–25 And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you. Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints.…
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The Kingdom That Cannot Be Shaken – Hebrews 12:28–29
Hebrews 12:28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: After talking about the shaking of heaven and earth, the writer now brings us to the destination. A kingdom that cannot be moved. Everything around us can shake. Nations rise…
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Hebrews 1:2 — The Son Who Inherits Everything
Hebrews 1:2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; After telling us that God has spoken through His Son, the writer of Hebrews adds another breathtaking truth. The Father has appointed the Son heir of all things.…
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The Big Themes of the Kingdom — 2 Timothy 1:10–12
2 Timothy 1:10–12 (a) But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.For the which cause I also suffer these things… Paul…