Good Morning Be Faithful Friday...
Father God, may we BE GRATEFUL for our lot, and COMPASSIONATE TOWARD ALL those who are suffering every kind of distress during these difficult days. May we hold back nothing, and hasten to be a people who MINISTER PRAY, SHOW MERCY, AND LOVE like Your Son Yeshua, Jesus Christ, and Your Apostles who went about DOING GOOD IN TIMES OF NEED AND STANDING STRONG IN YOUR WORD FATHER. We ask this IN YESHUA, Jesus Christ OUR MESSIAH’S MIGHTY AND BLESSED NAME. Amen! - Uhm... Happy Hanukkah? Is Hanukkah In The Scriptures? Part Six Why Does Any Of This Matter? So... What do The Greeks and Athens have to do with Israel and Jerusalem? Well, everything. What does a Hebrew/Jewish revolt a couple of centuries before Our Messiah and King came have to do with our lives today? Much more than most would think. In a very similar manner to the Maccabees, those who worship and follow Yeshua, Jesus Christ, will face persecution on a large scale for following and believing The One True and Living God, Our Father In Heaven. We also will face a culture that desires us to conform to “their” ways and beliefs. Like unsuspecting Maccabees, believers in Jesus Christ will face persecution on a scale which we could not imagine from a world that wants conformity. While The Books of The Prophet Daniel 8 and 12 do point at Antiochus IV, many Biblical historians also believe that both narratives point to the roman figure Nero, the ruler who sent the Apostle John to The Island of Patmos, and... to the antichrist. We who believe and follow, with resolve and without conformity, will have to deal with a character that Antiochus is a foreshadowing of in The Book of Maccabees. Just as great characters in The Bible like Noah, Moses, Joshua, and David foreshadow our True Christ Yeshua (Jesus), so do evil characters in The Bible such as Cain, Nimrod, Antiochus, and Nero foreshadow the antichrist. Very similar to The Maccabees, and Daniel, believers will have to stand strong in The Way, and only those who heed The Word of God will be able to stand in their beliefs. When we study, we find that many Hebrews, Israelites, and Jews relented to a hellenistic society and culture. We also see the same thing happened in Babylon, as they pressured conformity on those following God’s Ways as well. Many believers were, with a very heavy hand, pressured into conformity in the Babylonian and Greek cultures. These stories are a strong picture of what is to come. In The Book of Daniel, Chapter 3, Daniel and friends are the only ones who will not bow down to Nebuchadnezzar’s statue. The Book of Daniel makes it clear that hundreds and thousands of the displaced Jewish people yielded their convictions and conformed to Nebuchadnezzar’s demands. We as believers in Our God and Father, following in The Ways of Our King, Yeshua, Jesus Christ, will have to be full of resolve, prepared to stand firm in our faith, and “set our face like flint” (Isaiah 50:7) when those times are upon us… and most certainly they are close. Here’s the question for us all this morning on this 6th day (how fitting) of Hanukkah: Would you, if everyone you knew decided to follow the world in wrong doing, be a part of it? Could you stand firm in the face of serious persecution for our Messiah and King Yeshua? If someone, or some government, asked you to deny Our Father and Christ Yeshua and make a pledge to another religion, government system, man, or kingdom, with the threat of death if you do not… Could you stand and choose Yeshua? Could you “fight the system” with The Word of God and stand in Truth, or would you fold to the pressure, and not be able to fight with Scripture because you don’t know any? These are tough questions we all must ponder, and if there is any doubt that you would stand for our Messiah and King and not conform to the ways of this world, then it is time to Strap Up, put on The Full Armor of God, start feeding on The Bread of Life, and prepare yourself for what has already been foreshadowed in The Holy Word of God Almighty. Remember Brothers and Sisters, it is coming, and… WE WERE BORN FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS! Now... Is it time to start a new diet? Ok, let’s have a nutritious breakfast and get “filled up” with The Bread of Life. Yeshua Ha’Mashiach, The Word of God, Jesus Christ, Reigns Eternal... and He Is... The Only One Who Can Prepare Us For What Is To Come. He Is The Light, and The Light Is What We Must Walk In If We Are To Be... “More Than Conquerers” (Romans 8:37). “Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, “Pass through the middle of the camp, and command the people, saying, ‘Prepare food; for within three days you are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess The Land, which Yahweh your God gives you to possess it.’” Joshua 1:10-11 God Bless My Brothers and Sisters! May The Resolve, Fortitude, and Courage that only come from feeding on The Word of God, which The Maccabees definitely had, along with the Peace and Grace of Our Father in Heaven and Our King and Savior Yeshua Ha’Mashiach, Jesus Christ, Be Upon You All! Nourishment For Our Souls AKA The Bread of Life: “Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I Am The Light of The World! The one who follows Me will never walk in darkness, but will have The Light of Life.” John 8:12 Walk In The Light 🦶💡: “Blessed are the people who know the joyful shout; O Yahweh, they Walk about In The Light of Your Countenance. In Your Name they rejoice all the day, and in Your Righteousness they rise up.” Psalms 89:15-16 “House of Jacob, come and let us Walk In The Light of Yahweh.” Isaiah 2:5 “The night is far gone, and The Day has drawn near. Therefore let us throw off the deeds of darkness and Put On The Weapons of Light. Let us live decently, as in The Day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and licentiousness, not in strife and jealousy. But put on The LORD Jesus Christ and do not make provision for the desires of the flesh.” Romans 13:12-14 “But if indeed our gospel is veiled, it is veiled among those who are perishing, among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they would not see The Light of The Gospel of The Glory of Christ, Who Is The Image of God. For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Christ Jesus as LORD, and ourselves as your slaves for the sake of Jesus. For God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” is the one who has shined in our hearts for The Enlightenment of The Knowledge of The Glory of God In The Face of Christ. But we have this treasure in earthenware jars, in order that the extraordinary degree of The Power may be From God and not from us.” 2 Corinthians 4:3-7 “And this is The Message which we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God Is Light and there is no darkness in Him at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him and walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice The Truth. But if we Walk In The Light as He Is In The Light, we have fellowship with one another, and The Blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we do not have sin, we deceive ourselves and The Truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He Is Faithful and Just, so that He will forgive us our sins and will cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His Word is not in us.” 1 John 1:5-10 “Again, I AM Writing A New Commandment to you, which is True In Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and The True Light already Is Shining. The one who says he is in The Light and hates his brother is in the darkness until now. The one who Loves his Brother resides in The Light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. But the one who hates his Brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.” 1 John 2:8-11 “Therefore do not be sharers with them, for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light In The LORD. Live like children of Light (for The Fruit of The Light is in all Goodness and Righteousness and Truth), trying to learn what is well-pleasing to The LORD. And do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even Expose Them. For it is shameful even to speak about the things being done by them in secret, but all things exposed by The Light are made visible, for everything made visible is Light. Therefore it says, Wake up, sleeper, and rise from the dead, and Christ Will Shine on you. Therefore, consider carefully how you live, not as unwise but as wise, making the most of the time because the days are evil. Because of this do not become foolish, but understand what The Will of The LORD is. And do not be drunk with wine (in which is dissipation), but be filled by The Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and singing praise in your heart to The LORD, giving thanks always for all things in The Name of Our LORD Jesus Christ to The God and Father, being subject to one another out of reverence for Christ” Ephesians 5:7-21 Please leave any questions, comments, insights, Biblical Nuggets, encouragement, or thoughts in the comments below.
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