The Goings Forth Of Jesus Part Two

     Let's look at some more goings forth of our Lord Jesus. Pictured above we see another going forth of Jesus that occurred when Jesus who is Melchizedek, the King of Righteousness and King of Peace appeared to Abraham. Genesis 14:18 says And Melchizedek (King of righteousness in Hebrew) king of Salem (Peace) brought forth bread and wine (remembering the crucifixion of Jesus by communion with the breaking of bread and drinking of the wine): and he was the priest of the most high God. And he blessed him (Abraham), and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.

     The following scriptures prove that Jesus is Melchizedek, the King of righteousness and King of Salem or peace who appeared to Abraham. First Revelation 19:16 says Jesus is the King of kings. And He (Jesus) hath on His vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. 1 Corinthians 1:30 tells us that Jesus is righteousness saying But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption. Therefore Jesus is Melchizedek who is the King of righteousness that blessed Abraham. The prophet Isaiah said that Jesus is the King of Salem or the Prince of Peace at Isaiah 9:6. For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

     Hebrews 6:20 speaks about Melchisedec who is Jesus. Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of Peace; Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. Melchisedec is Jesus who said at Revelation 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

     Notice the two pictures above of a Levite priest and the bread and wine received during communion remembering the high priest Jesus for ever after the order of Melchisedec. First, under the law, only the tribe of Levi could be priests. Joshua 18:7 says But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance. But now the law has been changed and the priesthood comes from the tribe of Judah because Jesus is the Lion of the tribe of Juda and our high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. Revelation 5:5 says And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.

     The priesthood that lasts for ever with Jesus comes from the tribe of Judah and not Levi because the law about priesthood has been changed. Hebrews 7:11 says If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, for under it the people received the law, what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron (from Levi)? For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law. For He of whom these things are spoken (Jesus) pertaineth to another tribe (Juda), of which no man gave attendance at the altar. For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.

     Hebrews 7:15 says And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest (Jesus), Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. For He testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melshisedec. For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.

     And now the Lord Jesus is our high priest who ever liveth to make intercession for us. Hebrews 7:25 says Wherefore He (Jesus) is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them. James 5:16 says Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Jesus is the righteous man that is always praying for saved saints whose effectual fervent prayers availeth much (note that the Hebrew definition for availeth much is that Jesus' prayers will happen and give extraordinary strength and power by miracles from angels to overcome any trouble). 

     The first picture above is of a high priest under the law who could not sit down in the temple because his job was never done because he continually offered sacrifices that could not remove sin. The second picture above shows us that the high priest Jesus got the job done of removing our sins for ever when He died on the cross of Calvary and sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens. Our high priest Jesus made a statement by sitting down and proclaiming at the cross it is finished when Jesus removed our sins for ever by the sacrifice of Himself.

     High priests under the law continuously stood in the temple offering sacrifices that could not remove our sins. Hebrews 10:11 says And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But our high priest Jesus sat down removing our sins for ever. Hebrews 10:12 says But this man (Jesus), after He had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God. 

     Hebrews 8:1 says Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest (Jesus), who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens. And when our high priest Jesus sat down in the heavens, we can all rejoice and say Revelation 1:5. And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood.

     After Jesus sat down on the right hand of God to remove our sins, another going forth of Jesus occurred when Jesus stood up on the right hand of God to welcome Stephen home to heaven when Stephen was stoned to death. 

     Acts 7:54 says When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. But he (Stephen), being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing (not sitting) on the right hand of God.

 

     Another going forth of the Lord Jesus occurred when Jacob wrestled with our Lord Jesus who appeared as a theophany pre incarnate visible manifestation of God. Many people say that an angel and not Jesus wrestled with Jacob. But take time to read the following scriptures that prove that Jesus wrestled and blessed Jacob. The prophet Hosea said at Hosea 12:3 He (Jacob) took his brother (Esau) by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God (notice that Hosea said Jacob wrestled with God who is Jesus): Yea, he had power over the angel (now Hosea says Jacob wrestled with an angel that shows how Jesus was also a man but Jesus also is God), and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us; Even the Lord God of hosts; the Lord is his memorial. 

     Genesis 32:22 says And he (Jacob) rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man (Jesus) with him until the breaking of day. And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. And He said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

     Genesis 32:28 says And He (Jesus) said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God (note Jesus Himself proclaimed to Jacob that He is God) and with men, and hast prevailed. And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And He said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And He blessed him there. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel (called facing God who is Jesus): for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. Jacob said he saw God who is Jesus and not just an angel face to face. Jesus went forth from the Father and made a pre-incarnate theophany visible appearance to bless Jacob and call him Israel and a prince with God.

     For our final going forth of Jesus today, pictured above we see Jesus who is the I AM God that appeared and spoke to Moses from the burning bush. Jesus proclaimed that He is the I AM God and said at John 8:58 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I AM. Exodus 3:13 records the conversation that Moses had with Jesus who is the I AM God at the burning bush: And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is His name? what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses I AM THAT I AM: and He said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

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     I pray in Jesus name that this bible study blesses multitudes everywhere with great joy, peace, and strength. Feel free to email Brother Bob anytime at rz9tlm@gmail.com or write to Brother Bob Malkin, 2233 Pinetree Lane, Apt. N., Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068. (614) 746-7071. Till we all meet again soon to lift up our Lord Jesus, everyone have a blessed day in Jesus name. 

The Goings Forth Of Jesus Part One

     Today's bible study will look at the many goings forth of the Lord Jesus. Micah declared that Jesus has been going forth from of old, from everlasting and said at Micah 5:2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah (house of bread and a place of fruitfulness), though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall He (Jesus) come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. Note that the KJV bible correctly states that Jesus is the everlasting God and called I AM THAT I AM. Only preach and study from a 1611 KJV bible. False translated NIV, ESV, And RSV bibles deny that Jesus is the everlasting God where Micah 5:2 says Jesus' origins are from of old, from ancient times.

     According to Micah 5:2, Jesus has been existing and going forth before the earth was created, from of old, from everlasting. Before the heavens and earth were created, before there was light and darkness, before there was a sun or a moon, and before anything, the Lord Jesus existed. Jesus always has been, always is, always will be, and there's never been a time when He wasn't. Jesus is the eternal everlasting God of this universe. Jesus Himself said at Revelation 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty (note that the Greek definition for Almighty is God where Jesus Himself proclaimed that He is God). Tell every Muslim that says Jesus did not say he is God to study Revelation 1:8 where Jesus Himself said that He is Almighty God.

     Romans 10:9 says to get saved a person must confess that Jesus is God proven by Micah 5:2 and Revelation 1:8. That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. Jehovah Witnesses, Muslims, and Jews who deny that Jesus is God are not saved. We must love and pray for these lost sinners and hope that they confess that Jesus is God and get saved. 

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     Lets look at some of the first goings forth of the Lord Jesus that occurred when Jesus who is the Word of God created this earth. According to John 1:1 pictured above Jesus who is the Word of God that was with God in the beginning went forth from God's mouth to create the earth. Every time God said anything in Genesis Chapter 1, the Word Jesus created everything. Colossians 1:16 says For by Him (Jesus) were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him: And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.

     John 1:1 says In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made. Revelation 19:13 confirms that Jesus who is the Word is God saying And He (Jesus) was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and His name is called The Word of God. 

     One of the first goings forth of Jesus occurred when Jesus was the spoken Word from God's mouth to create light. When God said at Genesis 1:3 pictured above Let there be light: and there was light, the Word Jesus went forth from God's mouth and the Word Jesus made light. 

     Take time to meditate on the following scriptures that prove that Jesus always existed and is God before the earth existed. According to John 17:5 Jesus said And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. According to this blessed scripture, before the world existed, Jesus was with the Father and they were both glorified together.

     Now lets move down several verses to John 17:24 where Jesus said Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. Jesus proclaimed that He existed before the earth was created and that the Father loved Him before the foundation of the world. 

     Jesus was foreordained before the foundation of the world to redeem sinners with His own precious sinless blood shed at the cross of Calvary to free us from the bondage of sin. 1 Peter 1:18 says Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you. Redeem means to recover something by paying a price. The Lord Jesus paid the ransom price demanded by God for the release of sinners with His own precious blood that bought back and delivered sinners from the captivity and punishment of hell and the lake of fire. 

     Pictured above we see another going forth of Jesus when Jesus who is the spoken Word from God's mouth created the sun and the moon. Genesis 1:14 says And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years. And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: He made the stars also. 

     My good friend Sonny Mull described how Jesus who is the spoken Word of God created the sun and moon. Sonny said that before there was a sun in the sky, God had a Son by His side and sent forth Jesus to place the sun in the sky along with the moon. Then the Word Jesus went forth and placed the stars in the sky. And then the Word Jesus went forth and created Adam and Eve along with the animals.

     When Jesus walked on this earth He told everyone that He existed before the earth was created at John 6:62. What and if ye shall see the Son of Man ascend up where He was before? Jesus said when I rise after my death, I'll rise to be with my Father where I was before the earth existed. Then Jesus confirmed again that He existed before the earth was created by stating at John 8:58 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I AM. Again Jesus proclaimed that He is God by saying He is the I AM God that appeared to Moses at the burning bush.

     When the Lord Jesus walked on this earth, the Lord Jesus was also at the same time in heaven. John 3:13 says And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but He (Jesus) that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. Like the Lord Jesus, saved christians are on the earth and at the same time seated together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. Ephesians 2:4 says But God, who is rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith He loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, by grace ye are saved; And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.

     Philippians 3:20 says For our conversation (note that the Greek definition for conversation is citizenship) is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body, according to the working whereby He is able even to subdue all things unto Himself. Saved saints' spirits and souls currently are citizens in heaven while their bodies are on earth. Therefore saved saints' bodies, souls, and spirits are looking simultaneously from earth and heaven for the soon return of our Lord Jesus during the rapture. My good friend Bill Grady said "Our looking for Jesus is a bilocation phenomenon of being in two places simultaneously; while we look for Jesus down here, we also look for Jesus up there." 

     Lets move on to the next going forth of our Lord Jesus that proves that Jesus existed when the earth was being created. According to Job, the Lord Jesus went forth singing and shouting for joy as the bright morning star when the Father laid the foundations of the earth. Job 38:4 says Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone (who is Jesus) thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? 

     Jesus said at Revelation 22:16 I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. Isaiah 14:12 in the KJV bible says How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer (devil), son of the morning (not morning star incorrectly stated in the NIV perverted translation; Jesus (not the devil) is the bright morning star at Revelation 22:16). Therefore only study from a KJV bible instead of any modern translated bible.

     Take time to look at the conversation that the Father had with His Son Jesus when the Father called His Son Jesus God whose throne is for ever and ever that existed before the earth was created. Tell lost sinners that deny that Jesus is God Hebrews 1:8 where the Father called His Son Jesus God. But unto the Son He (The Father) saith, Thy throne, O God (the Father called His Son Jesus God), is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. 

     Also note that when the Lord Jesus walked on this earth, He was also in heaven at the same time confirming that Jesus is God. The KJV bible correctly quotes Jesus at John 3:13. And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but He that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. Note that all the false translated bible versions (NIV, ESV, RSV, and the New King James Version with a corrupt footnote) all deny that Jesus is God who coexisted at the same time in heaven and on earth. John 3:13 in the corrupt RSV translation says No one has ascended into heaven but He who descended from heaven, the Son of man.

     Only preach and study from a 1611 KJV bible. The devil's first place of attack is against the infallible 1611 KJV bible by creating hundreds of false translated bibles to stop people from getting saved. This is because God's Word is exalted above the name of Jesus. Psalm 138:2 says I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy Word above all thy name. Remember that the first thing the devil attacked was the Word of God when the devil told Eve at Genesis 3:1 Yea, hath God said.    

     Pictured above Job 26:7 says He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. The earth just exists because the Word Jesus spoke it into existence and it hangeth upon nothing. So if this earth is just floating in space at God's command, the Lord Jesus can create new heavens and a new earth floating in space that hangeth upon nothing.

     And during the great white throne judgment, this current heavens and earth will flee away from the face of Jesus and there will be no place for them. Revelation 20:11 says And I saw a great white throne, and Him that sat on it (Jesus), from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. Jesus is so powerful that when He just looks at the billions of stars and infinite galaxies, they immediately will disappear. 

     2 Peter 3:10 says But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness. Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 

     And note that when all the lost sinners that ever lived who rejected the Lord Jesus will stand before Judge Jesus at the great white throne judgment, they will be standing on nothing in eternity where our Lord Jesus dwells according to Isaiah 57:15. The lake of fire will exist though at the great white throne judgment because God is a consuming fire according to Hebrews 12:29, and all the unbelievers that rejected Jesus will be cast into the lake of fire. God's consuming fire won't harm saved saints because Isaiah 43:2 says When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. 

     After the great white throne judgment, the Lord Jesus will create new (infinite) heavens and a new earth with the new Jerusalem where the saved saints will live forever. Isaiah 66:22 says For as the new (infinite) heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain. Revelation 21:1 says And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

     I pray in Jesus name that this bible study blesses multitudes everywhere with great joy, peace, and strength. Feel free to email Brother Bob anytime at rz9tlm@gmail.com or write to Brother Bob Malkin, 2233 Pinetree Lane, Apt. N., Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068. (614) 746-7071. Till we all meet again soon to lift up our Lord Jesus, everyone have a blessed day in Jesus name.   

Bible Runners And Goliath's Four Brothers

     Today's bible study will look at several bible runners in the Word of God and speak about Goliath's four brothers who were all born to a giant in Gath. Peter and John are our first bible runners pictured above who both ran to the tomb of Jesus to receive hope that the tomb was empty, rejoicing in Jesus' resurrection and victory over death. Mary Magdalene first ran to Peter and John telling them that the Lord Jesus had been taken out of the sepulchre or tomb.

     After hearing the good news, Peter and John both ran together to the tomb of Jesus. John outran Peter and came first to the tomb of Jesus, but did not go into the tomb. But when Peter arrived at Jesus' tomb, Peter went into Jesus' tomb. Then John went into Jesus' tomb and seeing that Jesus had risen from the dead believed. As a result, Peter and John rejoiced and  proclaimed everywhere Jesus is risen, Jesus is risen, and lives forevermore.

     We find the story about Peter and John running to the tomb of Jesus at John 20:1 that says The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple (John), whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him. Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre.

     John 20:4 goes on to say So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in. Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie. And the napkin, that was about His head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself. Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.

     Our second bible runner pictured above is Zacchaeus who ran to get saved and see Jesus by climbing up a sycomore tree because he was little of stature. I pray in Jesus name, all my friends reading this in any nation can be like Zacchaeus and run to Jesus and get saved. Get saved, repent, decide to stop sinning, confess that Jesus is God, and believe the gospel that Jesus died on the cross for you, was buried, and rose again. Choose Jesus and receive peace and joy forevermore.

     The story about how Zacchaeus ran to Jesus to be saved is at Luke 19:2 that says And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, who was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. And he sought to see Jesus who He was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature. And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see Him: for He was to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house. And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully. Usually sinners look up to God to get saved. But in this story, God (the Lord Jesus) was looking up at a sinner (Zacchaeus), and a sinner (Zacchaeus) was looking down at God (the Lord Jesus) and got saved.

     Zacchaeus was up in a sycomore tree grinning and waiting for Jesus. And Jesus came down the road preaching. All of a sudden, Jesus got underneath that sycomore tree and stopped. And Zacchaeus said, Oh no, He has treed me. Zacchaeus couldn't get down that sycomore tree without going by Jesus. Zacchaeus made haste and shimmied down the slick bark of the sycomore tree, met Jesus, and got saved. I'm so glad that one day in 1982 like Zacchaeus, Jesus treed and saved Brother Bob. I pray in Jesus name that we all can say I've been treed by Jesus and the only way I can be free is to get saved with Jesus by the way of the cross of Calvary.

     Our third bible runner pictured above is David who made haste and ran with the Lord Jesus to slay the giant Goliath for victory. We all need to be like David and not run from the devil but at the devil with the Lord Jesus. James 4:7 gives us instructions on how to defeat the devil. James 4:7 says Submit yourselves therefore to God (In other words look with your heart to Jesus crucified telling the devil every day I am crucified with Jesus Christ and the blood of Jesus has overcome and defeated you devil while you thank Jesus for destroying all your fears and problems forevermore at the cross of Calvary). Now look at the next part of this verse and what will occur after you submit to the Lord Jesus that says Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Don't run from the devil. Walk daily with the Lord Jesus and the devil will run away from you.

     Proverbs 28:1 says The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion. Tell the devil according to the Word of God I ain't chasing you devil, but you flee from me anyway. The bible scripture that tells us how David ran with the Lord Jesus to slay the giant Goliath for victory is at 1 Samuel 17:48 and says And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.

     Notice the picture above of five smooth stones. Why did David take five smooth stones to fight against the giant Goliath? David knew that Goliath had four giant brothers named Ishbibenob (his dwelling is in Nob or a high place), Saph (tall), Lahmi (my bread), and a giant who had a total of 24 fingers and toes, believing that the five smooth stones would slay Goliath and his four giant brothers. Also note that David told Goliath that he fought against him in the name of the Lord believing that the name of his five smooth stones was JESUS, a letter for each smooth stone. 

     The bible records that Goliath and his four giant brothers were all sons of the same giant from Gath. The bible tells us that all four of Goliath's giant brothers were slain. Ishbibenob was slain by Abishai and 2 Samuel 21:16 says And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed 300 shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David (beloved). But Abishai (My father is a gift) the son of Zeruiah (balsam) succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him.

     Next Saph was slain by Sibbechai and 2 Samuel 21:18 goes on to say And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob (cistern): then Sibbechai (weaver) the Hushathite (inhabitant of Hush or haste) slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant. Next Lahmi was slain by Elhanan discussed below in two places of the bible at 2 Samuel 21:19 and 1 Chronicles 20:5 which states that Lahmi was Goliath's giant brother.

     2 Samuel 21:19 says And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan (God has been gracious) the son of Jaareoregim (forests of the weaver), a Bethlehemite (house of bread), slew the brother of Goliath (splendour), the Gittite (belonging to Gath or a winepress), the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam (in other words his spear was huge and the size of the large wooden beam of a loom). 1 Chronicles 20:5 tells us that the giant killed by Elhanan was the brother of Goliath named Lahmi and says And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam.

     Finally Goliath's fourth giant brother who had a total of 24 fingers and toes, six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot was slain by Jonathan and 2 Samuel 21:20 says And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant. And when he defied Israel, Jonathan (Jehovah has given) the son of Shimeah (fame) the brother of David slew him.

     Now take time to compare 1 Chronicles 20:5 with 2 Samuel 21:22 and you will find that since Lahmi was Goliath's brother, all four giants and Goliath were all the sons of one giant in Gath. 2 Samuel 21:22 says These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

     Our fourth bible runner pictured above is Philip who ran as a preacher to save a lost Ethiopian eunuch. Let's all be like Philip and run and witness Jesus everywhere. Everyone needs to wake up and run to sinners, telling them the gospel message of our Lord Jesus Christ before these sinners perish. Jesus said at Matthew 9:37 The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that He will send forth labourers into His harvest.

     The bible scripture where Philip ran to preach Jesus to a lost Ethiopian eunuch is at Acts 8:29 and says Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? Acts 8:35 goes on to say Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.

     Our fifth and final bible runner pictured above is the father of the prodigal son who ran to welcome his lost son home. When sinners take a step to the Lord Jesus, the Lord Jesus runs to them, saves them from their sins, and gives them everlasting blessings. Notice that the prodigal son just walked to his father, but the father ran to bless his prodigal son. Learn a lesson from this story and when we all step to Jesus daily by faith, Jesus will run to us and bless us with peace, joy, and eternal life.

     The bible scripture where the father ran to bless his prodigal son is at Luke 15:20 and says And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. Remember friends when we take a step to Jesus, Jesus runs to bless us. James 4:8 says Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

     For my final picture above we see a preacher who tried to use an educated spiritual horse named Pete to draw a crowd. After he brought Pete the horse into his church, the preacher told the people I want to introduce you to Pete the educated spiritual horse. The preacher told the church that Pete knew the bible better than some deacons and preachers. 

     The preacher asked Pete the horse, Pete how many fish did the little boy give Jesus to feed the multitudes? Pete pawed 2 times. Then the preacher asked Pete how many loaves of bread did the little boy give Jesus to feed the multitudes? Pete pawed 5 times. Then the preacher asked Pete how many waterpots were there when Jesus turned the water into wine? Pete pawed 6 times. Then the preacher asked Pete how many disciples were there? Pete pawed 12 times. Then somebody yelled from the congregation, Hey Pete, how many hypocrites are in this church? And Pete started running all around the church.  

     I pray in Jesus name that this bible study blesses multitudes everywhere with great joy, peace, and strength. Feel free to email Brother Bob anytime at rz9tlm@gmail.com or write to Brother Bob Malkin, 2233 Pinetree Lane, Apt. N., Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068. (614) 746-7071. Till we all meet again soon to lift up our Lord Jesus, everyone have a blessed day in Jesus name.     

Three Men In A Crowded Chariot

     For today's bible study we will look at three men in a crowded chariot. Today we will learn that some man Philip told a man the ethiopian eunuch about some other man the Lord Jesus Christ. Take time to read the story of Philip preaching Jesus to the ethiopian eunuch at Acts 8:26-40 and pay close attention to the words some man (the preacher soul winner Philip), a man (the sinner eunuch), and some other man (the Lord Jesus Christ) who were three men riding in a crowded chariot. 

     Acts 8:26 says And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip saying Arise and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. And he arose and went; and behold A MAN (a sinner) of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship was returning, and sitting in his chariot, read Esaias the prophet.

     Acts 8:29 goes on to say Then the spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? And he said, How can I, except SOME MAN (the preacher Philip) should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him. While the eunuch was reading Isaiah 53, he asked Philip at Acts 8:34 I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of SOME OTHER MAN (the Lord Jesus). In other words, the eunuch said Philip is Isaiah 53 talking about the prophet Isaiah or some other man. Philip the preacher (some man) told the sinner eunuch (a man) about the Lord Jesus (some other man), and the  sinner eunuch got saved. So some man told a man about some other man.

     Notice that the ethiopian eunuch was a man of great authority over a lot money as a treasurer for queen Candace. He was a wealthy businessman with great responsiblity who was trusted to keep records of the money in the treasury of queen Candace. This eunuch wasn't a man of low degree who had no education just bumming around; He was a man who had money, authority, and power, who was a ruler that could get things done, but he did not understand God's Word. Even though he was wealthy, religious, and sought God by going to Jerusalem, the eunuch did not know God. He'd been to Jerusalem to worship and was on his way back to Ethiopia Africa in a chariot riding through the Gaza desert reading Isaiah 53.

     This ethiopian eunuch was like Nicodemus pictured above who was a rich ruler among the Jews who needed to learn about the Lord Jesus. They were both religious but did not know God. The great authority and wealth of the ethiopian eunuch and Nicodemus could not save them. Jesus explained to Nicodemus that you have to be born again to see the kingdom of God. Jesus told Nicodemus; You are a ruler among the Jews and don't you understand these things. Jesus told Nicodemus at John 3:12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? 

     Jesus explained to Nicodemus that to go to heaven one must be born again. John 1:12 tells us how to be born again and states that But as many as received Him (Jesus), to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name; Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God (born of God or born again). Therefore to be born again and go to heaven one must get saved, repent, confess that Jesus is God, and believe the gospel that Jesus died on the cross for you, was buried, and rose again.

     Note that eventually the ethiopian eunuch got saved by saying at Acts 8:37 I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Friends everywhere look up at the picture above and Brother Bob asks you is Acts 8:37 in your bible. If not, get rid of that bible and get a 1611 King James Version bible that includes Acts 8:37. Many translated bibles have removed Acts 8:37 and have denied that Jesus is the Son of God claiming that Jesus only came from earthly parents. Brother Bob proclaims to all the earth that Acts 8:37 belongs in the bible and that Jesus is the Son of God. Believe this right now today and get saved and warn people to not read translated bibles that deny the diety and virgin birth of our Lord Jesus. Jesus is God and Jesus is the Son of God.

     No matter how rich we are or how poor we are; how smart we are or how ignorent we are, we need to get saved, repent, confess that Jesus is God, and believe the gospel that Jesus died on the cross for us, was buried, and rose again. Power, intelligence, good works, and riches don't get a person to heaven. Only trusting Jesus can get a person to heaven. We need to preach Jesus Christ crucified and not prosperity messages and be wise and win souls to the Lord Jesus. May we all become God's servants telling sinners about a Savior named Jesus. Lord Jesus, let not the blood of men be on our hands while we witness Jesus to every nation on the earth.

     Notice the above picture of ethiopian brothers and sisters happy to receive bibles to learn about the Lord Jesus. Someone in Jerusalem cared enough about the ethiopian eunuch to give him a copy of Isaiah 53 from the bible. I pray in Jesus name everyone reading this can care enough to preach the Word of God about the Lord Jesus to the multitudes all over this earth. The ethiopian eunuch was religious and traveled to Jerusalem to worship and find God. He drove a long way in a chariot through the desert from Ethiopia to Jerusalem seeking God, but didn't find God. While he was in Jerusalem though, some faithful saint gave him a tract or a copy of Isaiah 53 from the bible that he was reading when he returned home to Ethiopia.

     Somebody cared enough about the eunuch to give him a copy of Isaiah 53. Some soul winner interested in leading people to the Lord Jesus cared enough about the ethiopian eunuch and made it possible for him to get a copy of the Word of God. Because this unknown soul winner gave the Word of God to the eunuch at Jerusalem, the eunuch got saved when he heard Philip explain Isaiah 53 to him. Lord Jesus, let all my friends that read this everywhere make a decision today to send your blessed Word everywhere on this internet to the uttermost parts of this earth to save multitudes of sinners. We all need to get the Word of God into the hands of sinners all over this earth so everyone has the hope of salvation and eternal life with the Lord Jesus.

     Realize that even though the ethiopian eunuch got a membership card like the one above from the Jerusalem worship center and shook a pastor's hand in Jerusalem like the man above, this did not get him saved. The ethiopian eunuch was religious, but he was lost. Today just because a person joins a church doesn't mean they're saved and born again. Just because a person walks down an aisle, shakes a six foot spiritual icicle's hand, answers some questions, does some good works, gets dunked in the pool, and blends in with the crowd, it won't save him. To get saved repent, decide to stop sinning, confess that Jesus is God, and believe the gospel that Jesus died on the cross for you, was buried, and rose again.

     There are multitudes of people today that are religious but lost. Billy Graham said his ministry was not so much bringing lost people to Jesus, but bringing lost church members to Jesus. Just because someone signs their name on the dotted line of a church membership card checking baptism, membership, and salvation does not save them. Three checks and your name on a church membership card will never get you to heaven; getting baptized won't get you to heaven; going to church every Sunday and shaking the preachers hand and crying on his shoulder will never get you to heaven. You have to be born again and saved trusting Jesus' finished work at the cross of Calvary and not your good works to get you to heaven. Trust Jesus and go to heaven; Trust anything else and go to hell.

     Just going into a church house every week won't save anyone. A person must trust in the finished work that Jesus did at the cross of Calvary to be saved. If I go into a garage that doesn't make me a car. If I go into a barn with some mules that doesn't make me a mule. If I go into a bakery that doesn't make me a donut. I might look like one but that doesn't make me a donut. And if any sinner goes into a church house every week, that doesn't make them a saved christian.

     If anyone seeks to be saved and learn about Jesus, God will send a preacher or soul winner to them to help them find Jesus, if they are sincere and truly want to be saved. Deuteronomy 4:29 says But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find Him, if thou seek Him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. God knew that the ethiopian eunuch was sincere and seeking God with all his heart, and He sent his servant Philip down beside the road to pick him up, to bear him up, and to teach him what thus saith the scripture. 

     What we should notice about Philip is that he was faithful in preaching the good news of Jesus. When the ethiopian eunuch asked Philip to explain Isaiah 53, Acts 8:35 says Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. A man on his way to hell met a man on his way to heaven and the man on his way to heaven told him how to get to heaven.  This caused the ethiopian eunuch to get saved and say I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. 

     Like Philip, we should preach about Jesus to a lost and dying world. Too many people have withdrawn their witness for Jesus inside the four walls of a church building and failed to send the gospel message about Jesus to the uttermost parts of the earth. People need to hear about Jesus all over this world and not just in a church building to avoid being lost forever in the darkness of hell. We've got to get the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ to the lost and the dying of this world. Some man has got to go tell a man about some other man named Jesus who will save his soul. The gospel is not a secret to be hoarded but a story to be heralded. Jesus said at Mark 16:15 Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

     After the ethiopian eunuch got saved, Philip and the ethiopian eunuch went down to the water straightway and Philip baptized the eunuch and when they came up, Philip (some man) was caught away by the Spirit and went to Azotus to preach a great revival, the eunuch (a man) went home to Ethiopia rejoicing, and the Lord Jesus (some other man) went with both of them.

     Some man told a man lost without God how to find some other man who was Jesus. Therefore to experience salvation there needs to be three men present like the ones in the crowded chariot of Acts 8 that are a sinner, a preacher, and the Lord Jesus. The only thing that got kicked out of the chariot was sin. 

     Notice that in order to get sinners saved, one must put Jesus and soul winning in our chariots. In order to do this we all need to stay clean and clear of sin. The good news is that with Jesus daily we will be cleansed from all sin. Daily look to Jesus crucified by faith with your hearts and the blood of Jesus will cleanse you from all sin. 

     Do not entertain the thought of foolishness for the very thought of foolishness is sin. Proverbs 24:9 says The thought of foolishness is sin, and the scorner is an abomination to men. If you get a bad thought just look with your heart to Jesus on the cross and I guarantee that any bad thought will immediately disappear. Try it once; Just close your eyes and see with your heart Jesus on the cross and it will be impossible for you to have any bad thoughts. The blood of Jesus (the same yesterday, today, and forever according to Hebrews 13:8) will remove the bad thoughts.

     Also look to Jesus on the cross while sleeping to have no nightmares. The bad thought or nightmare will disappear when you look with your heart by faith to Jesus crucified. Bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Jesus Christ crucified and any bad thoughts will immediately go away. 2 Corinthians 10:5 tells us Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.

     I pray in Jesus name that this bible study blesses multitudes everywhere with great joy, peace, and strength. Feel free to email Brother Bob anytime at rz9tlm@gmail.com or write to Brother Bob Malkin, 2233 Pinetree Lane, Apt. N., Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068. (614) 746-7071. Till we all meet again soon to lift up our Lord Jesus, everyone have a blessed day in Jesus name. 

Preaching The Word of God Causes A Separation And A Decision To Believe The Lord Jesus

     Witness the Lord Jesus everywhere and preach the Word of God to cause people to make a decision to get saved. According to the prophet Joel there are multitudes of people everywhere on this earth that need someone to tell them about the Word of God so they can get saved. Get saved, repent, decide to stop sinning, confess that Jesus is God, and believe the gospel that Jesus died on the cross for you, was buried, and rose again. Joel 3:14 says Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.

     I pray in Jesus name that people can see the vision of lost souls in many nations that need to hear the preaching of the Word of God. Jesus wants us to be concerned about lost souls and preach the good news of the gospel about Jesus everywhere. Jesus told us at Matthew 9:37 The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that He will send forth labourers into His harvest. When the Lord asks at Isaiah 6:8 Whom shall I send, and who will go for us, let's all respond like the prophet Isaiah and say Here am I; send me.

     Notice that when Paul and Barnabas preached the Word of God it caused a separation of believers and unbelievers and caused people to make a decision to either believe or reject Jesus. This is why it is so important to preach the Word of God to allow lost souls to make a decision to get saved with Jesus. Acts 14:1 says And it came to pass in Iconium, that they (Paul and Barnabas) went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake (note that when they spake the Word of God it allowed lost souls to make a decision to either believe or reject Jesus), that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed. But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren.

     What we learn from Paul and Barnabas is that when they preached and so spake, a separation occurred where Jews and Gentiles decided to believe Jesus, while at the same time Jews and Gentiles rejected Jesus. The separation that occurred was not between male and female, Jew and Gentile, or black and white. The separation that occurred was between the saved and the lost.

     God's filing cabinet has only two sections called saved and lost. In one section of God's filing cabinet we see saved Spanish, Chinese, Indian, Black, and White believers, while in the other section of God's filing cabinet we see lost Spanish, Chinese, Indian, Black and White unbelievers. 

     The only thing that matters when it comes to eternity is whether you're saved or lost. There is no separation in eternity because of a person's race, background, or religion. The only separation that occurs out yonder in eternity is between saved people and lost people. Either you trust and believe the Lord Jesus and go to heaven or you reject and deny the Lord Jesus and go to hell and the lake of fire.

     Notice the warning above and get off the fence because the Lord Jesus rejects people who are lukewarm fence straddlers and make no decision to get saved with the Lord Jesus. So many people coast along in life and put off making a decision to get saved. The Lord Jesus said at Revelation 3:15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

     I pray in Jesus name that anyone reading this will make a decision to get off the fence as a lukewarm straddler and get saved. 2 Timothy 2:19 says Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having his seal, The Lord knoweth them that are His. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. Decide right now today whether you're saved or lost, but don't just straddle the fence and make no decision about Jesus. Jesus rejects fence straddlers but will save anyone who repents, decides to stop sinning, confesses that Jesus is God, and believes the gospel that Jesus died on the cross for them, was buried, and rose again.

     All throughout the bible we see that people had to make decisions to follow the Lord Jesus and be saved or reject the Lord Jesus and be lost. Pictured above we see that Moses drew a line in the sand and said those on the Lord's side step over here and those who did not step over that line were swallowed up and went to hell. What side of Moses' line are you on? I pray in Jesus name everyone who reads this will step over Moses' line to be with the Lord Jesus in peace forevermore.

      Numbers 16:23 says And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. Korah, Dathan, and Abiram chose not to follow God and as a result were swallowed up when the earth opened her mouth and they went alive into the pit of hell.

     Numbers 16:31 says And it came to pass, as he (Moses) had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them: And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit (hell), and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.

 

     Another place in the bible where people had to make a choice to either believe the Lord Jesus or reject the Lord Jesus occurred when the prophet Elijah said at 1 Kings 18:21 How long halt ye between two opinions? If the Lord be God follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. Everyone reading this anywhere, we have to make a choice today about Jesus. Are you for the Lord Jesus or against the Lord Jesus. Jesus said at Matthew 12:30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.

     Joshua 24:15 says And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Matthew 6:24 says No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

     Make up your mind today if you are for or against Jesus. Find out today right now if you are saved or lost. Find out if you are going to heaven or to hell. Quit coasting along as a fence straddler making no decision to get saved because lukewarm people that make no decision to get saved go to hell and the lake of fire. 

     2 Corinthians 6:2 says For He (the Lord Jesus) saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation. Get saved today, repent, decide to stop sinning, confess that Jesus is God, and believe the gospel that Jesus died on the cross for you, was buried, and rose again.

     Notice the picture above and Brother Bob says Can you name your great grandparents? Most people can't because most people will be forgotten in three generations. But if someone lives for the Lord Jesus like Brother Bob and writes a book for Jesus, three generations later people might say I personally did not meet Brother Bob but I'll remember him for all the things that he said about the Lord Jesus from a one bedroom apartment in the poorest section of Reynoldsburg, Ohio USA. Only what anyone does for the Lord Jesus will be remembered forever.

     Great men of God like DL Moody who lived in the 1800s are remembered for their writings about the Lord Jesus more than other great men of the 1800s who did nothing for the Lord Jesus. I might not have personally met a great christian writer from the 1600s named John Bunyan who wrote from prison about Jesus but it will be an honor to meet John Bunyan soon in the kingdom of God. The world might cast away John Bunyan and Brother Bob as outcasts but the Word of God written by John Bunyan and Brother Bob will last forever. Hebrews 11:38 tells us that the world rejected John Bunyan who was considered not worthy, but according to the Lord Jesus, John Bunyan is worthy and will be remembered and rewarded greatly in the kingdom of God for all his service to Jesus on this earth and his blessed book Pilgrim's Progress.

     Only the Lord Jesus and the Word of God will last forever. Jesus said at Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. Psalm 119:89 says For ever, O Lord, thy Word is settled in heaven. We all are like a vapour that appears for a little time and then we're eternally yonder somewhere. 

     James 4:14 says Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. Make the most of your time and witness about Jesus to someone today. Jude 22 says And of some have compassion, making a difference: And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

     I pray in Jesus name that this bible study blesses multitudes everywhere with great joy, peace, and strength. Feel free to email Brother Bob anytime at rz9tlm@gmail.com or write to Brother Bob Malkin, 2233 Pinetree Lane, Apt. N., Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068. (614) 746-7071. Till we all meet again soon to lift up our Lord Jesus, everyone have a blessed day in Jesus name. 

Consider The Gulf That Separates Paradise From Hell

     Notice in the picture above the great fixed gulf that separates paradise from hell. Every person on planet earth is either going to spend eternity in paradise with Jesus or in hell and the lake of fire with the devil. Get saved, repent, decide to stop sinning, confess that Jesus is God, and believe the gospel that Jesus died on the cross for you, was buried, and rose again.  There's no middle ground purgatory. It's either trust Jesus and live in heaven's paradise of peace or reject Jesus and live in hell and the lake of fire's torment. Jesus said at Matthew 12:30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.

     Jesus spoke about the gulf when he told the parable about the rich man and Lazarus. Luke 16:22 says And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom (paradise): the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

     When we leave this earth we're going to either be in Abraham's bosom (paradise) with Jesus or be in hell or the lake of fire with the devil. Consider that when any person leaves this earth they will either drop into hell or they will be carried by the angels to be with Jesus in Abraham's bosom in paradise. Right now if you repent, decide to stop sinning, confess that Jesus is God, and believe the gospel that Jesus died on the cross for you, was buried, and rose again, you will be guaranteed a peaceful place on the blessed side of the gulf in heaven's paradise with Jesus.

     In the early 1900's a preacher named RL Scarborough preached about the gulf to a saved wife and an unsaved husband. That night the husband said I heard that preacher say that there's a great gulf out yonder and that it's impossible to cross. Is it true wife? The wife said yes and showed him in the bible. He said wife we've been married for forty years and happy and I don't want to be separated from you. I want to get on your side of the gulf. He fell on the side of the bed and gave his heart and life to Jesus. And the next Sunday he walked up front and told the preacher; Now bless God I'm on the blessed side of the gulf with Jesus in peace forevermore.

     Notice in the picture above that before Jesus talked about the gulf, the scribes and Pharisees taught that there was a thin wall, handbreath, or fingerbreath between paradise and hell separated by a great fixed gulf. This is proven because the rich man in hell could see Lazarus in Abraham's bosom. At the cross, after Jesus told the dying thief To day shalt thou be with me in paradise, Jesus went for three days with the dying thief to paradise into the lower parts of the earth beside hell to take paradise up to the third heaven. Paradise isn't down any more. Paradise is up now forever in the third heaven. When Jesus descended into paradise for three days before He ascended to heaven, Jesus preached to the saints who lived before the cross and took paradise up. When the first drop of Jesus' blood hit the ground at the cross, the saints in paradise in the lower parts of the earth started to shout praises knowing that Jesus was coming to set them free from the captivity and prison of the devil. 

     Ephesians 4:8 tells us that Jesus first descended to the lower parts of the earth (paradise by hell) to take the saints in paradise up to glory in the third heaven. Ephesians 4:8 says Wherefore He saith, when He ascended up on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. Now that He ascended, what is it but that He also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that He might fill all things.

     And the scripture that proves that paradise is now up and not down by hell is at 2 Corinthians 12:2 that proclaims that the apostle Paul was caught up and not down to the third heaven called paradise. 2 Corinthians 12:2 says I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth; such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth; How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

     Paradise is up now friends. Jesus has taken all those things from the underground that belonged unto Him and now they're exalted high in the heavens. When the saints leave this world, they're going up to paradise and not down. 2 Corinthians 5:8 says We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Now when the saints leave this earth, they won't be waiting for Jesus in the lower parts of the earth. All the saints will go straight to glory and up to peaceful paradise immediately after they leave this earth.

     Now look again at another picture above of the great gulf and realize that there is a great gulf between man's sin and God's holiness. Isaiah 59:2 says But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid His face from you, that He will not hear. The bible also says that God's eyes are too pure to look upon sin. Habakkuk 1:13 says Thou (Lord Jesus) art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he? Notice that the only way to paradise heaven with Jesus is to have the blood of Jesus cleanse away all our sins.

     The following scriptures prove that only the blood of Jesus can remove the separation from God because of our sins. When you read these scriptures look by faith at Jesus Christ crucified and say I am crucified with Jesus Christ (Galatians 2:20) and the blood of Jesus has removed all my sins, allowing me to cross the great gulf to be in peaceful heaven's paradise forever with Jesus. Revelation 1:5 says And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto Him (Jesus) that loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood. 1 John 1:7 says But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

     Why does a great gulf exist to separate paradise from hell? The great gulf is fixed so that people in hell can never get up yonder to Jesus and the saints in heaven and spoil heaven. Also the great gulf is fixed so that the saints in heaven's paradise with Jesus can never get down to hell and get all messed up with hell's crowd. I'm glad that there's a gulf that prevents sin from entering into heaven.

     Notice the pictures above of wooden pews separated by a center aisle and a tightrope walker named Charles Blondin who crossed with a wheelbarrow over the Niagara Falls on a tightwire. On this earth people can bridge the gap and walk or run over gulfs or chasms. But after our time on this earth, there's a gulf out yonder that is impossible to cross that separates paradise heaven from hell. This great gulf out yonder separating paradise heaven from hell can not be crossed.

     My good friend Pastor Sonny Mull said that when the old timers used to have a shouting good time, they would run down a wooden pew pictured above and jump over the center aisle and land on another wooden pew. It was a lot of fun and the old timers used to call it bridging the gap. Brother Bob and all of us need to try this once on this earth and rejoice while we leap happily over pews. But the gulf out yonder is a gap that can not be bridged.

     The great gulf fixed out yonder is bottomless and impossible to cross. No rocket can fly across it. No ship can sail across it. No rock climber can climb across it. No jumper can jump across it. Evil Knievel can't do it. No car can drive across it. No runner can run across it. No swimmer can swim across it.

     Now watch this. No tightrope walker can walk across the great fixed gulf out yonder. Take time to read this illustration of  a true story about a great tightrope walker named Charles Blondin who could walk on a string just about anywhere. Charles Blondin (born Jean Francois Gravelet) was a legendary 19th century French tightrope walker who became world famous for crossing the Niagara gorge on a high wire. Starting on June 3, 1859, he performed a series of increasingly daring ascensions that drew crowds of up to 25,000 spectators to the banks of the Niagara River. 

     Charles Blondin was a master showman who understood that simply walking across the gorge would eventually lose its novelty. He completed an estimated 300 crossings, often adding theatrical stunts. He famously carried a small stove and utensils on his back, stopping midway on the rope, cooked an omelet, and lowered it to passengers on the Maid of the Mist tour boat below. He crossed while blindfolded, in a sack, on stilts, backwards, and even while pushing a wheelbarrow. He occasionally crossed at night, illuminated by lights on the cable or fireworks.   

     In 1862, he stretched a tightwire from Niagara, Canada across to America across the Niagara Falls. He told the people How many believe I can walk this tightwire with a balancing stick across Niagara Falls? The people said No, nobody can do that. He gets his stick and he walks across it. Everybody's cheering Oh look at what he did. Oh it's a miracle, Oh he's great. Blondin says Now how many believe that I can go across it without a balancing stick and just with my hands? The people said No, No, nobody can do that. He throws the stick down, walks across with nothing but his hands.

     He gets on the other side and says Now how many believe I can roll a wheelbarrow across this tightwire? The people said No way, nope. He gets a wheelbarrow, he rolls that wheelbarrow across it. He gets to the other side and the people are clapping saying Oh this man can do anything. He's invincible, He's perfect. He knows what he's doing. We believe anything you say.

     Then Blondin says Now who believes that I can roll a 100 pound bag of feed across the tightwire in this wheelbarrow. The people said No, we change our mind. You can't do that. He puts the 100 pound bag of feed in the wheelbarrow and rolls it across that wire. When he gets to the other side, the people say We believe anything you say. Anything you say we believe. We don't doubt you. You say it, we believe it. Blondin says OK, How many believe I can roll a man across this tightwire in this wheelbarrow. The people say Yes, yes, we believe you can. Blondin says get in.

     Friends reading this, Do you really believe that Jesus can carry you across the gulf to be in heaven's paradise with the peace of Jesus forevermore? Get in now today. Get saved, repent, decide to stop sinning, confess that Jesus is God, and believe the gospel that Jesus died on the cross for you, was buried, and rose again. People say God you created the heavens, you created the earth, the birds fly in the sky, the fish swim in the ocean, the worms dig through the dirt, the elephants run, and the stars testify. God we believe that you are real and exist. OK get in right now and get saved. I claim in Jesus name for all those reading this that when they get up and get in right now and become saved that they will rejoice where Jesus takes hold of their lives and gets them across any gulf to eternal peace in heaven's paradise with Jesus.

     You might say What are the three pictures above trying to say? Now look at the three pictures above and remember that the great gulf exists out yonder and that there's going to be a separation out yonder of the just from the wicked. According to the first picture, when Jesus returns to set up the kingdom of heaven on this earth, the angels will separate the just represented as wheat from the wicked represented as tares. Matthew 13:30 says Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers (the angels), Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

     The second picture shows us that when Jesus returns during the judgment of the nations to set up the kingdom of heaven on this earth, He will separate the just who did not take the mark of the Beast Antichrist during the great tribulation represented as sheep from the wicked who took the mark of the Beast during the great tribulation represented as goats. Matthew 25:32 says And before Him shall be gathered all nations: and He shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth His sheep from the goats. And He shall set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on His right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Matthew 25:41 goes on to say Then shall He say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.

     Finally, the third picture shows us that when Jesus returns to set up the kingdom of heaven on this earth, His angels shall separate the just represented as good fish from the wicked represented as bad fish. Matthew 13:47 says Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

      I pray in Jesus name that this bible study blesses multitudes everywhere with great joy, peace, and strength. Feel free to email Brother Bob anytime at rz9tlm@gmail.com or write to Brother Bob Malkin, 2233 Pinetree Lane, Apt. N., Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068. (614) 746-7071. Till we all meet again soon to lift up our Lord Jesus, everyone have a blessed day in Jesus name.