Sermon Notes
02.07 Sermon Notes
Feb 7, 2021
Iraq Suffers as the Euphrates River Dwindles
NY Times | July 13, 2009
Revelation 16:12 “Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on THE GREAT RIVER EUPHRATES, and its water was dried up, so that the way of the kings from the east might be prepared.”
Who are these kings of the East and why did the NY Times think it worthwhile to include in a front-page story?
John the Apostle spoke of an army of 200 million solders—the kings of the east—crossing a dried-up Euphrates River (Rev. 9:16).
Time Magazine reported in 1965 (May 21, 1965) that China claimed to have an army of 200 million.
Napoleon Bonaparte “When China awakens, the world will tremble.”
THE IDENITY THE KINGS
Isaiah 49:12 Surely these shall come from afar; Look, those from the north and the west; And these from the land of Sinim (China).
Isaiah 49: 9, 10, 12 “That You may say to the prisoners, ‘Go forth,’ To those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves…’For He who has mercy on them will lead them, Even by the springs of water He will guide them…Surely these shall come…from the land of Sinim [China].”
· Land of Sinim is an ancient name for China
· Isaiah wrote in 740 BC, the inhabitants are “prisoners” living in “darkness”
· John the Apostle (90 AD) spoke a vast army from the East
Revelation 16:12“The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, to prepare the way for THE KINGS FROM THE EAST.
THE AGENDA OF THE KINGS
Psalms 2:1-3 Why do the nations rage, and the people plot a vain thing?
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together,
Against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying, “Let us break Their bonds in pieces
and cast away their cords from us.”
WORLD DOMINATION
· Destroy the Word of God
CHINA’S THREAT TO THE BIBLE
First Things | December 22, 2020
Amity Press (Chinese Communist Party) “plans to print the new, distorted Bibles. They will be the only Bibles approved by the communist party, effectively denying religious freedom to tens of millions of Chinese Christians. This comes after regulations two years ago that censored the Bible from the Chinese Internet, banned youth from church services and Bible camps, and authorized the burning of Bibles possessed without state authorization.” US Embassy-China
· Genetic Data
China Is Collecting Americans’ DNA, Posing Major Security Risks: US Counterintelligence Agency
Epoch Times | February 3, 2021
In 1967 Dr. John Walvoord wrote:
“The fact that the rise of Asia has occurred in our twentieth century with so many rapid and unexpected developments is another evidence that the world is moving toward its final climax and the end of the times…In Asia, as in other parts of the world, the stage is being set for the final drama in which the kings of the east will have their important part.”
THE RETURN OF THE KING OF KINGS
Carl Sagan [astrophysicist] “I have a foreboding of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time—when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority…sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.”
“Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near” Luke 21:28
Revelation 1:5 “Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth.”
Rev 6:15-17 “The kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?”
Revelation 19:11-16 “I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written:
KING OF KINGS AND
LORD OF LORDS.”
Notes:
Jack Monroe
By JACK MONROE, the food writer and social commentator. Eloquent, passionate and spot on as usual. Jack, it must be noted, has experienced extreme poverty and never pulls the punches. #Resist
First they came for the socialists
But you did not speak out
Because you were definitely not a socialist
Those mad bastards campaigning for decent wages and universal healthcare
Waving their hand painted placards through the streets of Westminster
You were definitely not a socialist
Then they came for the Trade Unionists
And you did not speak out
Because Unions are awful
The Daily Mail said so
Those people representing ordinary workers
And fighting for decent pay
And human working conditions
And maternity and paternity leave
And adequate rest between shifts
And making sure people have a voice
They’re definitely terrible self-aggrandising egotists
And they get paid to represent people
And you had to get a bus to work once because of a strike you didn’t bother to research beyond a screaming scheming headline
So you are not a Trade Unionist
Then they came for the Muslims
and the refugees
And you did not speak out
Because they are not your people
Coming over here
Why can’t they integrate?
Religion causes all the problems right
All the wars
Leave them to it
Close the borders
We’re full up
Can’t take any more
Of this PC multicultural bullshit
Who do they think they are?
You spoke over
And you spat and you raged
in hatred and fear
But you did not speak out
Because you were not a Muslim
nor an immigrant
And then they came for the poor
and the unemployed
the single parents on benefits
the workless
And you did not speak out
Because you thought they were lazy
Loads of jobs out there innit
Easy to eat cheaply on the dole, you claim
Having never had to make £71 last a week
with a broken refrigerator
or holes in the bottom of a pair of school shoes
Bet they’ve all got Sky TV and iPhones
and how did she pay for her tattoos?
And you saw someone smoking outside a food bank once
So you did not speak out
Then they came for the disabled
Shame, you thought, but you did not speak out
Most of them could probably work, you thought
You saw that chronically depressed woman smile once
And the guy in the disabled parking space
looks young and healthy to you
We all get down sometimes, you shout
What’s wrong with you anyway?
Bunch of fucking scroungers, you thought
So you did not speak out
Then they came for the teachers
And the doctors
And the nurses
And the firefighters
And the domestic abuse workers
And the rubbish collections
And the rape crisis centres
And the social workers
And the childrens centres
And the education funding
And by the time they come for you
By the time they fucking come for you
There will be nobody left to speak out for you
Nobody left at all.
Author :Jack Monroe.
Camino de Santiago
Ongoing Pride
Never give up, We will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up (Galatians 6:9)
He trains my hands for battle (Psalm 18)
Read Bonheoffer’s Life Together
“Long past is the time
To berate our own sons
And force them to what we believe
Because faith is long surrounding
The one who walked with humility”
“You are my Champion
Giants fall when You stand
Undefeated
Every battle You’ve won
I am who you say I am
You crown me with confidence
I am seated
In the heavenly place
Undefeated
With the One who has conquered it all”
– Champion, by Dante Bowe and Bethel..
Psalm 16:8
I keep my eyes always on the Lord.With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
This song “Promises Never Fail” by @bethelmusic depicts
Jeremiah 29:11 so well.
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
God is a supernatural ally whom you can enlist to help enrich your life.
Now we know just who we’re called to be
A chosen people you call kings and priests
We’ll shake the nations and the seven seas
By Your love and Your blood
Richlin – Royal Blood
Mark 13.9-13.
“And you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.”
#hisgracewillleadushome #bestrong #fearnot #havefaith #loveGod #loveneighbour
with a mighty hand and outstretched arm; His love endures forever. – Psalm 136:12
“I want to shake people up and help them see that Jesus is not a religion, and God is not a book,” Hall says. “You can’t pray to a book and you can’t draw strength from an idea or standard. If there’s no relationship with Jesus as a person to you, you’re in trouble. It’s about life, not religion. It’s about relationships, not books.”
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen.
Isaiah 41:10
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Matthew 6:34 is “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
O how high would I climb mountains
If the mountains were where You hide
O how far I’d scale the valleys
If You graced the other side.
#SongOfAscent
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
“But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded” 2 Chronicles 15:7
John 3:17, KJV: “For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.” … John 3:17, NLT: “God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.”
By no means! Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written, “That you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged.” Rom. 3:4 (ESV)
#koinoniaglobal
The message in the psalm is that the righteous may seem weak, but ultimately will prevail against the wicked.
Psalms 138:7 NIV
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life. You stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes; with your right hand you save me.
JEREMIAH 29:11
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
We learnt that sometimes we need to make our own choices if we are determined to achieve
things // 2 Chronicles 15:7 // But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.”
Solo dios puede juzgarme // Only god can judge me
“Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.” Isaiah 43:19
“Each day is a new beginning. I know that the only way to live my life is to try to do what is right, to take the long view, to give of my best in all that the day brings, and to put my trust in God.” – Queen Elizabeth II
“Rain came, wind blew, my house was built on you. I’m safe with you, I’m gonna make it through”🙇🏽♂️
Isaiah 52:7
How beautiful upon the mountains Are the feet of him who brings good news, Who proclaims peace, Who brings glad tidings of good things, Who proclaims salvation, Who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
But they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint. —Isaiah 40:31
Know where to run: know where to hide, you sent the shadows running #ShineOnUs #BethelMusic
Elevation vs Validation
Adversity – Storm
Adversary / height up rock
Mean ability : Loose Shale
Perfect Storm / Ego / Platform / Success
Heigh up person / not full attached
Loose people when all people fall
Assumptions won’t get you anywhere but anchors will // blueprint and playbook
Mantle / staff or Aron / pick of leader / where I choose I anoint
Miracle : manner fresh miracle / always speaking / new grace
Mandate :
Those without vision will perish // “Where there is no vision, the people perish” — Proverbs 29:18
Where I choose I anoint
Psalms 100:4 NIV
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.
Philippians 4:13
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
When Isiah 55 tells us that god is higher and his ways are higher and his thoughts are higher. There are no versions of the bible that translate that to tell us that if you having a bad season or you’ve been through a hard time. Don’t worry, church, I’ll bring all my ways lower. God’s not changing the fact that he’s higher he’s inviting us in every season, in every trail in every situation to come to where he is.
When it says in the Old Testament worship no other gods than me the implication is that we are a species that worships and if you do access the Devine you will worship the mandeel you will worship the profane you will your own identity you will worship your belongings you will worship the template lane by a culture that wants you: WANTS YOU but gets you distracted
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Battle League Ideas
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Empoleon / Gallade / Gliscor
Medi / Digg / Noctowl
Gal / Pelliper / Vig
Cressilia / Swamp / Walrein
Cofa (Dp/ Sh. Ball) / Drap (Pj / Slu / Ct) / Buzzole (Lunge/ Spower)
Mantime: Umbreon: Medicham
Mandi / Drapion / Nidoqueen
Medi / Noctowl / Shadow Char
Sh. Swampert/ Noctowl/ Sh Drapion
Noctowl / Vigorouth/ Dubwool
UL
Fregaligator / Weavile / Toxic – ThoTechtical
Talonflame/ Scrafty/ map XL Trevenant
Ninetales/ Crad / Scrafty
Esc / Gyrados/ Dragonite (change Superpower)
Empoleon / Gallade / Toxicroak
MPLC
Florges (Tripple Fairy) / Snorlax / Swampert
Ikigai
Def Deoxys/ Toxi / Lanturn
Stun / Swam / Noctowl
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