Inauguration..

Bible verses used by America's presidents when taking office.

1. George Washington opened his Bible at Genesis 49:13 "Zebulun will live by the seashore and become a haven for ships; his border will extend toward Sidon." He used a Masonic Bible, referred to now as the Washington Bible and his swearing in as chief executive took place in New York City, the Nation's temporary capital prior to Washington D.C.

2. Ronald Reagan chose 2Chronicles 7:14 : "If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." His mother, to whom the Bible belonged, is said to have underlined the verse and scribbled next to it: "this verse is good for the healing of a nation."

3. When Barack Obama was sworn into office as the 44th president of America, he did so with his left hand placed on a Bible and right hand raised heavenward as he uttered the oath of office.

4. The right-hand gives the greater blessing! Thus the Christian tradition of shaking hands, saluting, and taking the oath with the right hand.. Gen48:17 "And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head".

Remembering: After Noah, the Ark was taken away.. and, Moses saw the ONE bush, but we see TWO !
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Four More !

Hi Everyone,

I trust that most of you have heard the election results and are aware that President Obama has been re-elected. So we will most likely see continuing progression toward the NWO 'New World Order'.

Christians, time to seriously think about where you are going to stand as the "Christian hate" continues to grow in this country and as we move towards the "Mark of the Beast". http://www.cswnet.com/~duxrow/acrostic.htg/patt6x4.gif

I know we all want to "Twinkle" and go UP, 1Cor15:52, but the trials we may face until that time is what concerns me. Think and prepare. Stay faithful. Abide in the teachings of the Lord and in your faith until he comes.

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The Trinity...

2Cor5:6 "Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: 5:7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
5:8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord". [Looking forward to our 'New one'.!]

1Thes5:23 "And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ". [We're a Trinity, too!]

Heb4:12 "For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart".
[If they can be divided, they aren't the same, but different.]

Mark5:13 "And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea".
[Guess the pigs preferred death to being unholy occupied.]

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The Word Says..

I always say what The Word says, because the Word is LIGHT, It spells the Way we need to pray, and gives us second-sight. Our feet can be like hinds feet, 'cause hindsight is much better, So when we sing & praise the Lord, we shake the devil's fetter.

I always say what The Word says, because the Word is a ROCK, A fortress of Living Words to supply and water God's stock. If you can stand on principle, you can walk on the water of God, First you'll have to wash your feet, and get them spiritually shod!

I always say what The Word says, because the Word is CORN! A kind of sugar from the Lord, so we could be re-born. He doesn't charge us for it: The oxen ground it out.. So we could fill our sacks up full, and learn to praise and shout! Ps78

I always say what The Word says, because the Word is BREAD, And it feeds as many people as are there to hear it said. This bread we share is special because we eat it with our ears.. Then we toast it at Communion, and wash it down with cheers!

I always say what The Word says, because the Word is DRINK... To those who have a thirst for Truth, it causes them to think. It's not your ordinary water...No, this can be changed to wine, The words that pour from heaven are from the God who is the Vine!

I always say what my Father says, because the Word is GOD, The Author wrote a Book of Life for a Standard and a Rod, We have to fish for the meaning--we can't just camp out on top, The still that supplies this water, is good to the deepest drop!

TOUGH LOVE !

How you gonna be "an overcomer", if there's nothing or nobody to overcome?

How you gonna be a winner or successor if there aren't others in the race or competition?

Without friction, nothing gets done -- you'll just be 'spinning your wheels', so to speak.

The serpent in the Garden isn't identified until Revelation 12:9 -- he's been here, the 'god of this world', 1Cor4:4, all the time, and making us think it was the Heavenly Father's fault. Isn't that just like the devil?
Yes, it's for OUR BENEFIT that Satan was introduced, but for a relatively short time it seems, and then there'll be a Rewards Banquet !! Hope to see you there. (fat chance, methinks)

Ecc9:11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Psalm19:5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
1Cor9:24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
Heb12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

The Scarlet Thread

The scarlet thread identified the first-born twin, Zarah, whose descendants would eventually (4 generations later) be destroyed by fire after the thievery at Jericho. The second born, Pharez, was in the genealogy of Jesus.

Gen38:28 "And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first, v29: And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez. v30: And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.

The Firstborn were special: Exodus13:12 “That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the LORD's”.

Josh7:1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.

Josh7:24: And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.

Note how Achan is called 'son of Zerah', when he would really be the great-grandson. Does this imply a direct association of some kind between these two?

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Another Scarlet Thread is connected to the story of Rahab the harlot, who gives protection to the two spies sent out by Joshua, and whose house is identified by the thread.

Josh2:18 Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee.

Jos:6:25: "And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho".

Ps119:11 "Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee".

TWINS !

TWINS IN THE BIBLE

1) The most familiar are Esau and Jacob, Gen25:23, and the peculiar focus on their order of birth, with the body-language expression of Jacob grabbing the heel of the firstborn Esau. Gen 25:23 KJV "And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger".

2) Then comes the twins born of Tamar in the parenthetical chapter 38 of Genesis. The scandalous story of Judah fathering Zarah and Pharez puts a special emphasis on the order of their birth when the midwife ties a scarlet thread to the firstborn (the one who first opens the womb).
Further reading reveals how Pharez is in the genealogy of David, but the line of Zarah is wiped out by Achan at Jericho. Josh7:1

3) Not a twin in the same sense, but Castor and Pollux, the Gemeni twins, are mentioned in Acts28:11. A book by E.W.Bullinger "The Witness of the Stars", narrates how the 12 constellations of the Zodiac told the story of the coming of Christ in those ages before writing came into being.

4) Was the Apostle Thomas a twin? He was also called Didymus (means "twin"), although I find no record of his brother anywhere. John11:16, 20:24, 21:2.

5) Manasseh and Ephraim, Gen41:51, are never thought of as twins, but having a father named Joseph and a grand-father named Jacob,calls to mind the same heritage of Mary in Matthew 1:16. Doesn't it? Or maybe not?

6) Triplets? The sons of Noah are a possibility. Ham is called the younger, and Japheth the elder, but that info may only indicate the order of their birth. Gen9:24, 10:21 You think?

Like Solomon sang, 7:3, Did I get all the juice from this orange ??