2ND CORINTHINANS 9:6 SOWING AND REAPING

 Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready: 4Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting. 5Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness. 6But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. 7Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. 8And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: 9(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.

THE FATHER IN HEAVEN LOOKS AT OUR HEARTS. WHEN WE GIVE BOUNTIFULLY WE  REAP BOUNTIFULLY. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT THE LORD GAVE UP HIS LIFE. HE LAYED IT DOWN FOR US. TOOK ON OUR SIN DEBT. HE GAVE UP ALOT FOR YOU AND I SO THAT WE CAN LIVE WITH CLEAN HEARTS AND DEBT FREE DISEASED FREE DRUG FREE LIVES. AMEN HALLELUJAH!

THE SYMBOLS OF THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL

 t on the head of Ephraim, who

KJV: and laid [it] upon Ephraim's head,
INT: on the head of Ephraim who was the younger

THE ARAMEANS IN EPHRAIM ISAIAH 7:2

 When it was reported to the house of David, saying, “The Arameans have camped in Ephraim,” his heart and the hearts of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake with the wind.

      3Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and your son Shear-jashub, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, on the highway to the fuller’s field, 4and say to him, ‘Take care and be calm, have no fear and do not be fainthearted because of these two stubs of smoldering firebrands, on account of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and the son of Remaliah. 5‘Because Aram, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has planned evil against you, saying, 6“Let us go up against Judah and terrorize it, and make for ourselves a breach in its walls and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it,” 7thus says the Lord GOD: “It shall not stand nor shall it come to pass. 8“For the head of Aram is Damascus and the head of Damascus is Rezin (now within another 65 years Ephraim will be shattered, so that it is no longer a people), 9and the head of Ephraim is Samaria and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you will not believe, you surely shall not last.”’”

Then the LORD spoke again to Ahaz, saying, 11“Ask a sign for yourself from the LORD your God; make it deep as Sheol or high as heaven.” 12But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, nor will I test the LORD!” 13Then he said, “Listen now, O house of David! Is it too slight a thing for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God as well? 14“Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel. 15“He will eat curds and honey at the time He knows enough to refuse evil and choose good. 16“For before the boy will know enough to refuse evil and choose good, the land whose two kings you dread will be forsaken.

OVER THE GATE OF EPHRAIM

 over the Gate of Ephraim, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate. At the Gate of the Guard they stopped. NEHEMIAH 12:39

Nor did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer, but the Canaanites continued to live there among them. JUDGES 1:29

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh, too. Ephraim, my helmet, will produce my warriors, and Judah, my scepter, will produce my kings. PSALMS 108:8

PSALMS 60:7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet, Judah is my scepter.

before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh. Awaken your might; come and save us .PSALMS 80:2

Then he rejected the tents of Joseph, he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim; PSALMS 78:67

In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem (a city of refuge for one accused of murder) and Gezer, JOSHUA 21:21n Egypt, Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On. GEN 46:20

1Those from Judah, from Benjamin, and from Ephraim and Manasseh who lived in Jerusalem were: 1 CHRON. 9:3 

Ephraim son of Joseph Elishama son of Ammihud Manasseh son of Joseph Gamaliel son of Pedahzur NUMBERS 1:10

When all the Israelites who had hidden in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines were on the run, they joined the battle in hot pursuit. 1 SAM. 14:22

EPHRAIM MIXES

 Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over. HOSEA 7:8

I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a pleasant place. But Ephraim will bring out their children to the slayer.” HOSEA 9:13

On the west will be the divisions of the camp of Ephraim under their standard. The leader of the people of Ephraim is Elishama son of Ammihud. NUMBERS 2:18

The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a survivor of Ephraim said, “Let me cross over,” the men of Gilead asked him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he replied, “No,” JUDGES 12:5

they said, “All right, say ‘Shibboleth.’” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce the word correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. Forty-two thousand Ephraimites were killed at that time. JUDGES 12:6

When Ephraim spoke, people trembled; he was exalted in Israel. But he became guilty of Baal worship and died.HOSEA 13:1

And Joseph took both of them, Ephraim on his right toward Israel’s left hand and Manasseh on his left toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them close to him. GEN 48:13

But Israel reached out his right hand and put it on Ephraim’s head, though he was the younger, and crossing his arms, he put his left hand on Manasseh’s head, even though Manasseh was the firstborn GEN 48:14

They came down from Ephraim— a land that once belonged to the Amalekites; they followed you, Benjamin, with your troops. From Makir the commanders marched down; from Zebulun came those who carry a commander’s staff. JUDGES 5:14

WHO IS EPHRAIM THE SECOND SON OF JOSEPH ?????

 The second son he named Ephraim and said, “It is because God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering.” GEN 41:52

The people of Ephraim responded, “You men of Gilead are nothing more than fugitives from Ephraim and Manasseh.” So Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and attacked the men of Ephraim and defeated them. JUDGES 12:4

Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish, and Judah’s enemies will be destroyed; Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah, nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim. ISAIAH 11:13

Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, and Ephraim on Manasseh; together they will turn against Judah. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised. ISAIAH 9:21

I know all about Ephraim; Israel is not hidden from me. Ephraim, you have now turned to prostitution; Israel is corrupt. HOSEA 5:3

Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth Barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out and they seized the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth Barah. JUDGES 7:24

When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his sores, then Ephraim turned to Assyria, and sent to the great king for help. But he is not able to cure you, not able to heal your sores. HOSEA 5:13

Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh; so I will put a yoke on her fair neck. I will drive Ephraim, Judah must plow, and Jacob must break up the ground.HOSEA 10:11

THE LORD WILL DO IT HIS WAY TRUST HIM