February 12, 2025

El Consejo Eterno de Dios: Revelaciones Bíblicas

La imagen muestra una Biblia abierta cerca de una vela.

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.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day!

There is a special day it called Valentine's Day. It is when we give gifts and cards to our friends, to show we care for them. Valentine's Day is a great day because it's a day to show we care. We have parties with heart shaped cookies with red icing on them. Valentine's Day colors are red, pink, and white. My favorite part is to help people. We sometime learn to say friend in another language and or just another way. Here is a way I like to say it, amigo, ami, buds, and chum; we will be friends forever no matter what comes. 

Oh, Valentine's Day was not aways happy. Saint Valentine is remembered on Valentine Day. He was killed by a king, but I am getting ahead of myself. Saint Valentine was a good man. He helped people get married. Oh, he did miracles. he healed a blind girl, the daughter of a guard. Saint Valentine told the guard about Jesus. The guard asked if he could heal his daughter and tell her about Jesus and heaven above. So, Saint Valentine did both. Saint Valentine went in and out of jail all because he told people about Jesus. Saint Valentine fell in love with the guard's daughter, but the mean king did not like him. So, he was put to death. However, he had wrote a letter to his love, the guard's daughter. Saint Valentine died on February 14th. So, we remember him on February 14th. Saint Valentine gave to people, and he helped people before he died. He gave little hearts to people to remind them of their faith in God. So now we give cards to our friends to remember him and his faith in God and how he helped others on Valentine's Day.

By Bell

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February 11, 2025

1 Kings

The picture shows the divided Kingdom of Israel

1 Kings

1 Kings 18:21(NKJV)
And Elijah came to all the people, and said, "How long will you falter between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him." But the people answered him not a word.

Author
  • The author of 1st and 2nd Kings is unknown but the writing if these two books are attributed to Jeremiah
Date
  • 560-538 B.C.
Theme
  • Lessons from the divided kingdom
Purpose
  • The books of 1 and 2 Kings originally existed as one volume in the original Hebrew text. 
  • These books cover the history of the Israelites from the death of King David to the captivity of Judah. 
  • King David is presented as the good example and King Jeroboam as a bad example of godly leadership. 
  • 1 Kings covers the reign of Solomon through the reign of Jehoshaphat and Ahaziah.
    • Solomon's name means peace
Content
  • The Reign of Solomon: 1 Kings 1:1-11:43
    • 1 Kings 1:37(NKJV) As the LORD has been with my lord the king, even so may He be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David.
    • The Prayer of Solomon
      • 1 Kings 3:5-9(NKJV) At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, "Ask! What shall I give you?" And Solomon said: "You have shown great mercy to Your servant David my father, because he walked before You in truth, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with You; You have continued this great kindness for him, and You have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. Now, O LORD My God, You have made Your servant king instead of my father David, but I am a little child: I do not know how to go out or come in. And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a great people, too numerous to be numbered or counted. Therefore, give to Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people, that I may discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?"
    • Solomon's Wisdom: 
      • 1 Kings 4:29-30(NKJV) And God gave Solomon wisdom and exceedingly great understanding, and largeness of heart like the sand on the seashore. Thus, Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the men of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.
    • Solomon Builds the Temple
      • 1 Kings 6:1(NKJV) And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.
    • Solomon Turns His Heart from the Lord
      • 1 Kings 11:1-4(NKJV) But King Solomon loved many foreign women, as well as the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites from the nations of whom the LORD had said to the children of Israel, "You shall not intermarry with them, nor they with you. Surely, they will turn away your hearts after their gods." Solomon clung to these in love. And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart. For it was so, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned his heart after other gods; and his heart was not loyal to the LORD his God, as was the heart of his father David.
      • Deuteronomy 17:14-17(NKJV) When you come to the land which the LORD your God is giving you, and possess it and dwell in it, and say, "I will set a king over me like all the nations that are around me,' you shall surely set a king over you whom the LORD your God chooses; one from among your brethren you shall set as king over you; you may not set a foreigner over you, who is not your brother. But he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses, for the LORD has said to you, you shall not return that way again. Neither shall he multiply wives for himself, lest his heart turn away; nor shall he greatly multiply silver and gold for himself.
  • Rehoboam and Jeroboam: 1 Kings 12:1-14:30
    • The Divided Kingdom
      • Rehoboam
        • Judah the Southern Kingdom
          • Judah, Benjamin, Levites
      • Jeroboam
        • Israel the Northern Kingdom
          • The other 10 Tribes
    • Kings of Israel and Judah: 1 Kings 15:1-16:34
The picture shows a chart of the Kings of Israel and Judah
  • Elijah and Ahab: 1 Kings 17:1-19:21
    • Elijha's Mount Carmel Victory: 1 Kings 18:20-46
      • 1 Kings 18:21 And Elijah came to all the people, and said, “How long will you falter between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.” But the people answered him not a word.
    • Elijah and Elisha
      • 1 Kings 19:19 So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth. Then Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle on him.
  • Ahab and Jezebel 1Kings 20:1-22:53
    • 1 Kings 21:7 Then Jezebel his wife said to him, “You now exercise authority over Israel! Arise, eat food, and let your heart be cheerful; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
Christ in the 1st Kings
  • The Need for King Jesus
    • The queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and indeed a greater than Solomon is here.
  • Elijah the Forerunner for Christ
    • Matthew 11:13-14:  For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. And if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is to come.
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From the Fall to the Flood

The Picture shows Cain and Abel with their sacrifices, Seth calling out to God, and the world with water.

From the Fall to the Flood

Adam and Eve outside the Garden
  • In their new state of consciousness of good and evil, Adam and Eve began their life outside the Garden of Eden. Existence was quite different from before. Previously, in the peace of the garden, the first man and woman had been charged with dressing and keeping a true paradise. Now Adam was hewing out a living by the sweat of his brow, battling unendingly against weeds and briars.
  • Eve discovered the truth of God's Word. He had said, "I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children'' (Genesis 3:16). The first child that Eve brought into the world was a son named Cain. She said, 1 have gotten a man from the LORD'" (Genesis 4:1). Then Eve gave birth to another son, Abel. The wording here seems to suggest that the two boys may have been twins. In the other places in the Bible it also says that the man knew his wife and she conceived. Here it says, "and again she bare his brother".
The Difference Between the two brothers
  • As often happens with brothers in the same family, these two were quite different. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiler of the ground. According to Genesis 4:3-7, there were also spiritual differences between these two men.
Worship Taught
Adam and Eve had obviously taught their sons about God's existence and about the need to worship Him and to offer sacrifices to Him. As time passed by, Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. Abel also brought an offering of the firstborn of his flock.

Sacrifice Accepted and Rejected
  • The Lord accepted Abel's offering but not that of Cain. This disturbed Cain, and he became angry. 
  • The Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. Genesis 4:6-7
  • In His mercy and willingness to forgive Cain's error, the Lord appealed to him. He told Cain that his offering could be accepted as well as that of Abel if he, too, would do the right thing. The only thing that would prevent Cain from doing right would be sin.
 Blood Sacrifice, a Requirement
  • What was wrong with Cain's offering? Cain's offering did not include a blood sacrifice. He had brough an offering of fruit of the ground. From the very first, God's plan called for a blood sacrifice. 
  • In the garden, God had slain animals in order to provide skins to cover the nakedness of Adam and Eve. (See Genesis 3:21.) In other words. for sins to be covered, blood had to be shed. 
    • Jesus Christ is the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world (Revelation 13:8)
    • The reason God chose a blood sacrifice is that the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23). 
    • Without the shedding of blood, sins cannot be remitted (Hebrews 9:22). 
  • Adam must have given taught his sons or Abel would not have known what to bring. We do know that Cain brought an improper sacrifice.
  • Early in Scripture we see that sincerity alone does not put a person in right standing with God. The one thing God will honor is obedient faith, it is not enough to do what we think is right or the best we know how. We must do what God commands.
    • Abel obeyed God out of faith. Hebrews 11:4 says, "By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Caln, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh!"
The Punishment of Disobedience
  • Sadly, Cain did not accept God's offer to try again but instead murdered his brother, Abel.
    • The Lord, who sees and knows all things, asked, "Where is Abel thy brother?""
    • Cain lied, "I know not; am I my brother's keeper?'"
    • Then God pronounced the penalty for Cain's sin: "What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth!"
      • Scientists have discovered that DNA, which is in blood, gives off a vibration. This could be what is referred to as " the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground".
    • Cain replied, "My punishment is greater than I can bear. Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that everyone that findeth me shall slay me" (Genesis 4:13-14).
    • The Lord answered, therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold" (Genesis 4:15). Then the Lord set a mark on Cain to prevent anyone who found him from killing him.
      • God still was showing mercy to Cain by setting a mark to prevent anyone from killing him. 
    • As a result of his sins of murder and refusal to obey God, Cain left the Lord's presence and went to live in the lonely land of Nod on the east of Eden.
Men Who Walked with God
  • Seth
    • Adam and Eve had more children, but it was not until she gave birth to a son whom they named Seth that Eve said, "For God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew'' (Genesis 4:25). 
    • It was in the days of Seth, who was evidently a godly man with a desire to serve God as Abel had, that people began to call upon the name of the Lord (Genesis 4:26).
  • Enoch
    • One of the most interesting men to live in the Book of Genesis was Enoch. He loved God and was obedient to Him. The Bible says, "'And Enoch walked with God; and he was not; for God took him' (Genesis 5:24). 
    • Hebrews 11:5 offers further information on this unusual event: "By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God!"
  • Noah
    • In the days of Enoch's great-grandson, Noah, God saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth and that every imagination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually. They were so wicked and lawless that God was grieved for making them. 
      • He said, "I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them'" (Genesis 6:7).
    • There was one man, however, who found grace in the eyes of the Lord: Noah. While others thought continually about evil things and practiced all kinds of wickedness, Noah believed in God and obeyed Him.
      • Hebrews 11:7 puts it this way: "By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith."
What did Abel, Seth, Enoch, and Noah have in common? Obedient faith. They believed God and obeyed Him. From the beginning, faith has been God's requirement. As Hebrews 11:6 points out, "Without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him."


February 7, 2025

The Snowflake

The picture shows a snowflake

 Little snowflake oh how swiftly you are like a swan. 

The Picture shows a white swan on a lake.

How graceful you are like a dancer dancing in the moon light. 

The picture shows a dancer dancing in the moon light,

You are as white as a beautiful pale white rose. 

The picture shows a white rose.

How beautiful you are snowflake. 

by Isabella 

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February 6, 2025

Donuts

Ingredients:
  • ½ c. water
  • 1 stick of butter or margarine (1/4 cup)
  • 4 Tbsp. sugar
  • 2 pkg. dry yeast
  • 3-4 C. flour
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • Dash of salt
  • oil for frying
  • 1/2 C. Sugar
Directions:
  1. Combine water, butter, and 4 Tbsp. sugar in small pot. 
  2. Heat to melt butter. 
  3. Cool to lukewarm.
  4. Add yeast, 3 c. flour, and beaten eggs. 
  5. Knead until smooth, adding more flour if necessary.
  6. Cover with damp dish towel and let rise 30 minutes.
  7. Punch down. 
  8. Divide into portions the size of a golf ball. 
  9. Shape into balls, rings, or braids. 
  10. Let rise 30 minutes more.
  11. Heat 1 c. oil in frying pan. 
  12. Fry donuts, turning to brown on all sides. 
  13. Remove with slotted spoon and drain on paper towels.
  14. Put 1/2 C. Sugar in paper bag and shake warm donuts to cover (optional). Serve warm.
Makes 12-14

Cheese Latkes (Fried Cheese Patties)

Picture shows a plate of Cheese latkes set on a festive table that has been decorated for Hanukah

CHEESE LATKES (Fried Cheese Patties)
Ingredients: 
  • 1 c. ricotta cheese (works best, but any shredded cheese will do)
  • 4 eggs
  • 3c. flour
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • Cinnamon and sugar
  • 2 Tbsp. margarine or oil for frying
Directions:
  1. Put cheese and eggs in bow and mix well.
  2. Add flour and salt and mix again.
  3. Heat oil or margarine in frying pan over medium heat.
  4. Carefully spoon batter by tablespoonfuls into pan. 
  5. Fry on one side until pancakes bubble. Turn and fry on second side until brown.
  6. Drain on paper towel. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar.
Serves 3-4

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