THE FATHER IN HEAVEN IS MAKING THE BITTER THINGS SWEET AS HONEY

THE JEBUSITES

 JEBUSITE MEANS TO TROD DOWN WITH THE FEET TO TRAMPLE , TO PUT YOUR FOOT ON THE NECK'. IT ALSO MEANS POLLUTION AND DEFILEMENT OF THE TEMPLE BODY, SOUL, AND SPIRIT,MORE  TO CAST DOWN IN ORDER TO DESTROY . JEBUS AN OLD NAME FOR JERUSALEM . THIS CLAN ORIGINALLY CONTROLLED JERUSALEM.

AT THE TIME JERUSALEM CALLED THE STRONGHOLD OF ZION WAS HELD BY THE JEBUSITES, AND ITS TERRACED DEFENSIVE WALLS AND NEARBY STEEP HILLS AND VALLEYS MADE IT SEEM IMPENETRABLE . BUT DAVID SENT MEN UP A WATER SHAFT TO CAPTURE THE STRONGHOLD , AND HE RENAMED IT THE CITY OF DAVID.

JUDGES 1:21 

Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof. 19And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron. 20And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak. 21And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day. 22And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD was with them. 23And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.) 24And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy.

And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron. 20And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak. 21And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day. 22And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD was with them. 23And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.) 24And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy. 25And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.

GIVE GOD ALL THE GLORY , HONOR AND PRAISE OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN

 THE 24 ELDERS FALL DOWN BEFORE HIM THAT SAT ON THE THRONE AND WORSHIP HIM THAT LIVETH FOREVER AND EVER

THE FATHER IN HEAVEN IS SO VERY AWESOME. HE IS REAL IN ALL THINGS. HE IS ALL POWERFUL AND HE KNOWS WHAT IS BEST FOR US. HE GIVES US SECOND CHANCES TO COME TO HIM. HE EMBRACES US WHEN WE COME BACK TO OUR FIRST LOVE. WE ARE HEALED, SEALED, AND DELIVERED THROUGH HIS GRACE AND GLORY. HE LOVES US SO MUCH.  WITH EACH AND  EVERY BREATH WE TAKE, LET US THANK HIM FOR HIS PROVISION, KINDNESS, GOODNESS AND GLORY. MAY EACH OF YOU BE BLESSED AND TRANSFORMED INTO HIS LIKENESS AND REJOICE IN A RENEWED SPIRIT.

THE LORD WILL SUPPLY OUR EVERY NEED ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES AND GLORY!

PHILL. 4:19

THE THRONE OF GOD HOLY, HOLY, HOLY

 REV 4

After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. 2And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. 3And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. 4And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. 5And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. 6And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. 7And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.

And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. 3And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. 4And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. 5And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. 6And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. 7And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. 8And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

THE THRONE OF GOD

HE EXCERCISES A JURISDICTION AND GOVERNMENT; HE IS KING AND LAWGIVER IN IT; HE ENACTS LAWS  AND HE WRITES THEM ON THE HEARTS OF HIS PEOPLE AND PUTS HIS SPIRIT WITHIN THEM, AND MAKES THEM BOTH ABLE AND WILLING TO OBEY HIM.

REV. 4:2 

After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. 2And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. 3And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. 4And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. 5And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. 2And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. 3And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. 4And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. 5And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. 6And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.

BIBLE WORDS AND MEANINGS

 LEAVEN-A SUBSTANCE USED TO PRODUCE FERMENTATION IN DOUGH

OMNIPOTENT- HAVING UNLIMITED POWER

OMNIPRESENT-EXISTING EVERYWHERE AT ONCE

PARABLE- A SHORT MORAL STORY

PARADISE-ANY PLACE OF COMPLETE BLISS AND DELIGHT AND PEACE

PERISH- PASS FROM PHYSICAL LIFE

PESTILENCE- ANY EPIDEMIC DISEASE WITH A HIGH DEATHRATE

PROPHECY- A PREDICTION UTTERED UNDER DIVINE INSPIRATION

PROPHET-SOMEONE WHO SPEAKS BY DIVINE INSPIRATION

REDEMPTION- THE ACT OF PURCHASING BACK SOMETHING PREVIOUSLY SOLD

REPENTANCE-REMORSE FOR YOUR PAST CONDUCT

REVELATION-THE ACT OF MAKING SOMETHING EVIDENT

RIGHTEOUS MORALLY JUSTIFIED

SCAPEGOAT-SOMEONE WHO IS PUNISHED FOR THE ERRORS OF OTHERS

SERMON- AN ADDRESS OF A RELIGIOUS NATURE

TEMPERANCE- THE TRAIT OF AVOIDING EXCESSES

TESTIMONY-SOMETHING THAT SERVES AS EVIDENCE

TRIBULATION-AN ANNOYING OR FRUSTRATING OR CATASTROPHIC EVENT

WILDERNESS- A WILD AND UNINHABITED AREA LEST IN ITS NATURAL CONDITION

WRATH-INTENSE ANGER

GENESIS- THE FIRST BOOK IN THE OLD TESTAMENT THAT TELLS ABOUT CREATION

KINGS AND RULERS THE LORD SET THEM UP AND ALSO REMOVES THEM

 

PROVERBS THE KINGS HEART IS IN THE HAND OF  THE LORD, LIKE THE RIVERS OF WATER; HE TURNS IT WHEREVER HE WISHES.  IN ANCIENT TIMES, NATIONS OFTEN CALLED THEIR KINGS GODS. NONE COULD CALL THEM TO ACCOUNT. 

DEUT. 17:20 THE KING MUST NOT CONSIDER HIMSELF BETTER THAN HIS BROTHERS AND TURN FROM THE LAW TO THE RIGHT OR TO THE LEFT. 

SAUL IS THE FIRST KING OF THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH. DAVID AS THE SECOND KING. KING SOLOMON WAS RICH AND CLEVER. 

SAUL WAS DETHRONED BECAUSE HE HAD SELFISH AMBITIONS AND DID NOT WANT TO LISTEN TO THE LORD. DAVID WAS A MAN AFTER GOD'S OWN HEART WHO WAS BRAVE ENOUGH TO TAKE DOWN A BIG GIANT NAMED GOLIATH AS A YOUNG BOY, EVEN THOUGH HE DID THAT HE HAD A WEAKNESS FOR ANOTHER MAN'S WIFE.

SOLOMON WAS VERY WISE RICH AND BUSINESS SAAVY BUT HE WENT AFTER PAGAN WOMEN WHO FOLLOWED OTHER GODS.  

THESE PEOPLE WERE KINGS IN THE WORLD. THE LORD OF LORD AND KING OF KINGS IS SOVERIGN. THOSE PEOPLE RLED OVER EARTHLY THINGS BUT THE LORD RULES OVER ALL CREATION. HE IS THE RULER OF ALL IN ALL AND OF ALL. HE SETS UP KINGS AND REMOVES THEM AS WELL.

DANIEL 2:21

AND HE CHANGETH THE TIMES AND SEASONS; HE REMOVES KINGS AND ESTABLISHES THEM. HE GIVES WISDOM UNTO THE WISE, AND KNOWLEDGE TO THOSE WHO HAVE UNDERSTANDING