"Behold, I will send My messenger, and he shall prepare the way before Me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, even the Messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, He shall come," saith the LORD of hosts. "But who may abide the day of His coming? And …
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From reading Zechariah 1 through 5
"Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee," saith the LORD. "And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be My people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the …
From the Pastor’s reading of Hosea 6 through 10
And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods. Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is …
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…For I will pardon them
From the Pastor's reading for today (June 11, 2024)... Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria. And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and …
What the LORD says, that will I speak
Reading today in 1 Kings 22 through 2 Kings 2. And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, "Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that …
Without the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ We Cannot Stand Before GOD
The Bible tells us about GOD, His holiness, righteousness, and justice; and it declares our sinfulness and our need of cleansing and forgiveness. Through this we learn of God's provision of grace through the gift of the life of Jesus Christ God's only begotten Son. Our reading for today is a prayer of Ezra. Ezra …
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The Anointed King
Today's excerpt is from our daily reading of 1 Samuel 31 through 2 Samuel 2. And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the LORD, saying, "Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?" And the LORD said unto him, "Go up." And David said, "Whither shall I go …
Tremble, At the Presence of the Lord
When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; Judah was His sanctuary, and Israel His dominion. The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back. The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? Thou …
Illegally Stopped Work; Beginning Again
Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them. Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God …
Josiah and the Passover
And the king commanded all the people, saying, "Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant." Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of …
When We Meet Again
And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a …
Begin at My House
He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, "Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand." And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon …
A Perpetual Covenant
The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. "Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, 'Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken …
His Portion
And the LORD shall inherit Judah His portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for He is raised up out of his holy habitation. " Zechariah 2:12-13 (KJB) REFERENCES: Zechariah 2; Exodus 19:5-6; Deuteronomy 32:9; Psalm 46:10; 82:8; 135:4; Jeremiah 25:30; 51:19; Isaiah …
…In His Holiness
“God hath spoken in His holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. Gilead is Mine; Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is the strength of Mine head; Judah is My lawgiver; Moab is My washpot; over Edom will I cast out My shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.” …