Jesus Made the Horses

Jesus made horses to run free like the beautiful Mustangs and the Appaloosas. They are so strong and beautiful. There are not just appaloosas and mustangs; there are quarter horses and paints. At first, they were all wild, but now they are trained for us to ride. Some are still running free and in the wild. God above said, "All things are good". 

The horse is a symbol of power. It is a wonderful creation of God, that God made. That is why the horse is my favorite animal. Oh, I know that there are a lot more types of horses than mustangs, appaloosas, quarter horses, and paints, but these four you should know. 

By Bell 

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Mankind Judged

The Days Before the flood

The flood was so significant that Jesus used its lessons to teach about His second coming.

• Eating and Drinking
• Note that there was no mention of God in their lives, just carnal things.
• Mat 24:37-44 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking,  marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill: the one shall be taken, and the other left. Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore, be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
• Phil 3:17-19 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
• Marrying and Giving in Marriage
• Some people believe that the godly line of Seth began to marry with the blood line of Cain. Others believe that this refers to angels who left their place and took the daughters of men. 
• Gen 6:1-2 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. They had forgotten God's judgment of Adam, Eve, and Cain.
• Jude 1:6 And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.
• 2 Peter 2:4 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them in chains of darkness[b] to be held for judgment;
• 2 Pet 3:3-7 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep. all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:  Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:  But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
• Buying, Selling, Planting, and Building
• Jesus expanded the comparison with the days immediately preceding His coming by including the days of Lot.
• Luke 17:26-30 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.  They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.  Likewise, also as it was in the days of Lot: they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
• They knew not; So Shall also the Coming of the Son of Man Be.
• Mat 24:39 (KJV) And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 
• People have been saying that Jesus is coming for years, yet the Bible says:
• Mat 24:27 For as the lightning cometh out of the cast, and shineth even unto the west so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
• The same extreme Wickedness
• Today's wickedness is like it was in the days of Noah
• There will be no advanced notice of Jesus' coming.
•  Matthew 24:36-37 “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
• 2 Timothy 3:1-4 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—
• Noah Prepared
• There were probably many jokes about Noah as he built the ark, but when the flood came he and his family were safe inside. 
• Those on the outside were destroyed
• Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.
• As Jesus said:
•  Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.  What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?  If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”

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Righteous Family Preserved

The Righteous Family Preserved

Faith and Obedience Required

• While God made a way of escape for Noah, He required obedient faith.
• God gave Noah specific instructions on how the ark was to be built.
•  Gen 6:14-16 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
• Ark Features
• 1 Door
• 3 floors
• 450 feet long
• 45 feet high
• 75 feet wide
• Gen 7:1 And the LORD said unto Noah, come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
• God even told Noah how many and what type of animals to take.
• Gen 7:2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.

One Plan of Escape

• God has never spared those who were disobedient to His word. 
• Because of Adam and Eve's sin, they had to leave the garden.
• Because of Cain's sin, a mark was upon him, and he was banished from the presence of the Lord.
• 1 Pet 3:20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
• 2 Pet 2:5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly:
• God has said,
• Gen 6:3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man...

The Place of Safety

• One week before the flood, God led Noah. the animals and his family into the ark.
• God closed the door.
• Gen 7:15-16 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. 16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
• The rains came for 40 days; the water stayed at a level for 110 days.
• At the end of 150 days the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat.
• After 40 days, Noah opened the window and sent out a raven and a dove.

Noah Receives a Promise

• One of the first things that Noah did upon leaving the ark was to build an altar upon which he offered burnt offerings to the Lord.
• This was not the end of God's communication with Noah.
• God told Noah and his family to multiply and fill the earth.
• He said from that time forward animals would fear humans and could be used for food.
• Gern 9:1-4 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon al! the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have, I given you all things. But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof. shall ye not eat.
• Before this time only plants were eaten. 
• Gen 2:8-9 And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
• Remember death was a result of sin. That included the death of animals. 
• God also instituted human government
• Gen 9:9-13 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there anymore be a flood to destroy the earth. 12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

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CARROT LATKES (Fried Carrot Patties)

CARROT LATKES 

Ingredients: 

• 3 eggs
• 2c. grated carrots (6-8 carrots)
• 2 c. breadcrumbs or flour
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• ½ tsp. salt
• oil for frying

Directions: 

1. Put eggs in bowl and beat with fork.
2. Wash and peel carrots, and grate into bowl or place in food processor and process until mostly shredded.
3. Add rest of ingredients and mix well.
4. Heat oil in frying pan. 
5. Form batter into patties and fry on both sides until brown (about 3 minutes each side).
6. Drain on paper towels.

Serves 4-6

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the orgin of languages & The beginning of Nations

The Origin of Languages & The Beginning of Nations

After the Flood

After the flood, God commanded Noah and his sons to replenish the earth. In fulfilling this command, the human race was to spread out gradually over the face of the entire earth to repopulate it. Once again, however, the overwhelming majority of humanity disobeyed the voice of God. Instead of spreading out over the earth, they located in one specific area and decided to stay there and build a city.

The Tower of Babel

"'And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth" (Genesis 11:1-4).

• The Self-Centeredness of the People
• Let us notice the self-centeredness of these people and their disregard for God's commandment. He wanted them to Scatter over the whole earth to replenish it, but they wanted to build a city and a tower as a center of humanity to prevent themselves from scattering! In other words, their desire was exactly the opposite of God's Word.
• Different Languages Introduced
• Up to this time, everyone on the earth spoke the same language. Essentially, there was only one nation upon the face of the earth. This made the people's goal of constructing a great city all the more possible.
• But the Lord observed their disobedience and said, "Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language: and this they begin to do; and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech' (Genesis 11:6-7).
• By introducing different languages among the people, the Lord stopped their sinful effort. They could no longer communicate sufficiently to complete such an ambitious project, and they began to spread over the face of the earth, each person finding his place with those with whom he could talk.
• The Judgment of God in Dispersing the People
• The judgment of God caused the origin of languages and the beginning of nations. As a result, the earth was repopulated by the descendants of Noah as follows:
• Shem's Sons
• Shem's sons were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. 
• Some of the nations that sprang from these sons were the Persians, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Hebrews, Lydians, and Syrians. 
• They settled in Assyria, Syria, Persia, northern Arabia, and Mesopotamia.
• Ham's Sons
• Ham's sons were Cush, Mizraim, Phut, and Canaan. 
• Some of the nations to spring from these men were the Ethiopians, Egyptians, Libyans, and Canaanites. 
• Ham's descendants settled in Africa and Arabia.
• Japheth's Sons
• Japheth's sons were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
• From them came the Russians, Germans, Britons, Scythians, Medes, Ionians, Athenians, Iberians, and Thracians. 
• They settled in Asia Minor, Caucasia, and Europe.

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2 Kings

2 Kings 21:10-12(NKJV)

And the LORD Spoke by His servants the prophets, saying, Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations (he has acted more wickedly than all the Amorites who were before him. and has also made Judah sin with his idols), therefore thus says the LORD God of Israel: 'Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah. that whoever hears of it, both his ears will tingle.

Author

• The author of 1st and 2nd Kings is unknown but the writing if these two books are attributed to Jeremiah
• Jeremiah is also called the weeping prophet. 

Date

• 560-538 B.C.

Theme

• Lessons from the ruin of Israel and Judah
• Disobedience and Rebellion bring Captivity and Bondage

Purpose

• The apostasy of the divided kingdom brings captivity and bondage. 
• Judgment on the kingdom of Israel came through Assyria
• Judgment on the kingdom of Judah through Babylon. 
• The kingdoms experience short periods of revival under the rule of godly kings.

Content

• Elijah and Elisha: 2 Kings 1:1-8:15
• 2 Kings 2:9(NKJV) And so it was, when they had crossed over, that Eljah said to Elisha, "Ask! What may I do for you, before I am taken away from you?" Elisha said, "Please let a double portion of your spirit be upon me."
• Kings of Israel and Judah: 2 Kings 8:16-17:6

• Israel Captive to Assyria: 2 Kings 17:7-41
• 2 Kings 17:6-9(NKJV) In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. For so it was that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and they had feared other gods, 8 and had walked in the statutes of the nations whom the Lord had cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made. 9 Also the children of Israel secretly did against the Lord their God things that were not right, and they built for themselves [a]high places in all their cities, from watchtower to fortified city.
• Judah Survives Assyrian Rule: 2 Kings 18:1-23:37
• 2 Kings 18:1-7(NKJV) Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea the son of Elah, king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign. 2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah. And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father David had done. He removed the [b]high places and broke the sacred pillars, cut down the [c]wooden image and broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made; for until those days the children of Israel burned incense to it, and called it Nehushtan.  He trusted in the Lord God of Israel, so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor who were before him. 6 For he held fast to the Lord; he did not depart from following Him, but kept His commandments, which the Lord had commanded Moses.  The Lord was with him; he prospered wherever he went. And he rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.
• Judah Captive to Babylon: 2 Kings 24:1-25:30
• 2 Kings 24:8-12(NKJV) Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father had done. At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.  And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, as his servants were besieging it. Then Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his princes, and his officers went out to the king of Babylon; and the king of Babylon, in the eighth year of his reign, took him prisoner.

Christ In 2nd Kings

• Elijah the forerunner for Christ
• Elisha as a type of Christ

John 14:12(NKJV)

Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.

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El Consejo Eterno de Dios: Revelaciones Bíblicas

El Consejo Eterno de Dios: Revelaciones Bíblicas

 El Olam -El Dios Eterno- El Dios de la Eternidad 

El Alfa y la Omega: el principio y el fin

El primero y el último: el autor y el finalizador

Isaías 46:9-10 Acordaos de las cosas pasadas desde los tiempos antiguos; porque yo soy Dios, y no hay otro Dios, y nada hay semejante a mí, que anuncio lo por venir desde el principio, y desde la antigüedad lo que aún no era hecho; que digo: Mi consejo permanecerá, y haré todo lo que quiero;

Isaías 48:3-53 Lo que pasó, ya antes lo dije, y de mi boca salió; lo publiqué, lo hice pronto, y fue realidad.  Por cuanto conozco que eres duro, y barra de hierro tu cerviz, y tu frente de bronce, 5 te lo dije ya hace tiempo; antes que sucediera te lo advertí, para que no dijeras: Mi ídolo lo hizo, mis imágenes de escultura y de fundición mandaron estas cosas.

El Consejero

... El determinado consejo y la presciencia de Dios...  

El Consejo del Señor permanece para siempre, los planes de Su corazón para todas las generaciones. 

(Hechos 2:23; Salmos 33:11)

El consejo del Señor

Gradería

• Isaías 46:10-11 Aque anuncio lo por venir desde el principio, y desde la antigüedad lo que aún no era hecho; que digo: Mi consejo permanecerá, y haré todo lo que quiero; 11 que llamo desde el oriente al ave, y de tierra lejana al varón de mi consejo. Yo hablé, y lo haré venir; lo he pensado, y también lo haré.
• Proverbios 19:21 Muchos pensamientos hay en el corazón del hombre;Mas el consejo de Jehová permanecerá.
• Salmo 33:11Muchos pensamientos hay en el corazón del hombre;Mas el consejo de Jehová permanecerá.

Se acerca

• Isaías 5:19 Que dicen: Apresure, y apresure su obra, para que la veamos; y se acerque y venga el consejo del Santo de Israel, para que lo sepamos.
• Secretos revelados 
• Daniel 2:28 Mas hay un Dios en los cielos que revela los misterios, y da a conocer al rey Nabucodonosor lo que ha de ser en los postreros días. Tu sueño, y las visiones de tu cabeza sobre tu lecho, son estos;
• Amós 3:7 Ciertamente el Señor Dios no hará nada, sino que revela su secreto á sus siervos los profetas.
• Proverbios 3:32 Porque el perverso es abominación á Jehová, Mas su secreto está con los justos.
• Salmo 25:14 El secreto del Señor está con los que le temen; y él les mostrará su pacto.
• Deuteronomio 29:29 Las cosas secretas pertenecen al Señor nuestro Dios, pero las cosas reveladas son de nosotros y de nuestros hijos para siempre, para que cumplamos todas las palabras de esta ley.

Guías

• Salmo 32:8 Te instruiré y te enseñaré el camino por donde has de andar: Con mis ojos te guiaré.
• Isaías 28:29 Esto también viene del Señor de los ejércitos, el cual es admirable en consejo, y excelente en obrar (guía).
• Salmo 73:24 Con tu consejo me guiarás, y después me recibirás para gloria.

Planes Establecidos – Wages War

• Proverbios 20:18 Todo propósito se establece por consejo, Y con buen consejo hagan la guerra
• Proverbios 24:6 Porque con sabio consejo harás tu guerra: Y en la multitud de consejeros hay seguridad.

Herencia – Predestinado – Obras todas las cosas

• Efesios 1:11-12 en quien también hemos obtenido herencia, siendo predestinados según el propósito de aquel que hace todas las cosas según el designio de su voluntad: que seamos para alabanza de su gloria, el que primero confió en Cristo.

Inmutable – No Miente – Esperanza puesta ante nosotros – Ancla

• Hebreos 6:17-20 En lo cual Dios, queriendo mostrar más abundantemente a los herederos de la promesa la inmutabilidad de su consejo, lo confirmó con juramento: Para que por dos cosas inmutables, en las cuales era imposible que Dios mintiera, tuviéramos un fuerte consuelo los que hemos huido en busca de refugio para asirnos de la esperanza puesta delante de nosotros.  La cual esperanza tenemos como ancla del alma, segura y firme, y que entra en lo que está detrás del velo; Donde está el precursor para nosotros entró, Jesús mismo hecho sumo sacerdote para siempre según el orden de Melquisedec.

Percibir – Oír – Marcar – Llamar

• Jeremías 23:18 Porque ¿quién ha estado en el consejo de Jehová, y ha entendido y oído su palabra? ¿Quién se fijó en su palabra y la oyó?
• Jeremías 33:3 Llámame, y yo te responderé, y te mostraré cosas grandes y poderosas que no sabes.

Ahora a Él 

• Romanos 16:5-27 Y al que tiene poder para confirmaros conforme a mi evangelio, y a la predicación de Jesucristo, según la revelación del misterio, que había permanecido oculto desde el principio del mundo, pero ahora se ha manifestado, y por las Escrituras de los profetas, según el mandamiento del Dios eterno,  dada a conocer a todas las naciones por la obediencia de la fe: Al solo Dios sabio, sea la gloria por medio de Jesucristo por los siglos. Amén.