God's Little Snowflakes Part Two

     Last week we discussed how saints are like pure clean snowflakes washed whiter than snow by the precious blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. Isaiah 1:18 says Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. King David said at Psalm 51:7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 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.

     Pictured above we learn that soon during the rapture God's little snowflakes will be caught up to heaven. Snowflakes usually come down from heaven to earth. But soon during the rapture, God's little snowflakes (who are saved christians with the Lord Jesus) are going to leave this earth to be caught up to be with our Lord Jesus in heaven. 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. 

     1 Thessalonians 4:16 says For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

The Two Trumpets Heard By Christians During The Rapture

     Numbers 10:2 speaks about two trumpets heard by christians during the rapture. This is a beautiful picture of the rapture. Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door (Jesus) of the tabernacle of the congregation.

     The two trumpets heard by christians at the rapture will be God's voice (called the trump of God) and has nothing to do with seven angels blowing seven trumpets during the tribulation after the opening of the seventh seal (Revelation 8:1-2). The last trump of God (God's voice) is different from the seven angelic trumpets blown by angels. The seven angelic trumpets during the tribulation signal cosmic disasters and woes upon the earth. The last trump of God signals the resurrection and gathering of christians during the rapture to meet the Lord Jesus in the air.  In other words the rapture won't occur during the tribulation. The rapture will occur before the tribulation where God's voice will be the sound of the two trumpets.

The Scriptures Below Proving That God's Voice Is The Sound Of A Trumpet

     When Moses and the children of Israel heard God's voice at Mount Sinai, it was the sound of a trumpet. Exodus 19:18 says And Mount Sinai was altogether on smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice. When John heard God's voice it was the sound of a trumpet. John said at Revelation 1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice (from the Lord Jesus), as of a trumpet, Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last. John also said at Revelation 4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet (God's voice) talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

     1 Corinthians 15:51 speaks about the two trumpets heard by christians during the rapture. Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed (this is a blessed sign to place over the church baby nursery). In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump (note that there must be a preceding trump sound before the second last trump sound): for the trumpet shall sound (God's voice), and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

     1 Thessalonians 4:16 describes the two trumpet sounds (God's voice) heard by christians during the rapture. For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout (first trumpet sound), with the voice of the archangel (Michael), and with the trump of God (second trumpet sound or last trump of God's voice that has nothing to do with an angel blowing a trumpet during the tribulation): and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

     Notice another reason why two trumpet sounds will be heard by christians during the rapture. According to Numbers 10:2-3 the first trumpet sound of God's voice will be for the calling of the assembly. The dead in Christ and the living christians will first hear the Lord Jesus' voice like a trumpet calling their name saying Come up hither together to the clouds. John 10:3 says To Him (Jesus) the porter openeth; and His sheep hear His voice: and He calleth His own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. And when He putteth forth His own sheep, He goeth before them, and the sheep follow Him: for they know His voice. When he calls me I will answer, I'll be somewhere listening for my name. The second trumpet sound of God's voice will be a signal for the journeying of the camps where the dead in Christ and the living saints journey together to meet the Lord Jesus in the air for a joyous reunion celebration forever.

1) The First Trumpet Sound (God's Voice) Heard By The Dead In Christ

Will Be The Bugle Reveille Call

The Second Trumpet Sound (God's Voice) Heard By The Living Saints 

Will Be The Bugle Mess Call  

With The Last Trump Proclaiming They're Off

Click The Three Youtube Links Below To Hear

The Blessed Bugle Calls (Reveille, The Mess Call, And The Last Trump)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r5Ieh0OuQY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av0KwEhfbEE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI8dg02lNyA

     Finally, there will be an interval between the first and second trumpet sounds of God's voice during the rapture. I don't know how long the interval will be between the first trumpet sound heard by the dead in Christ and the second trumpet sound heard by the living saints. It might be a moment, 1 second, 15 seconds, 15 minutes, a day, or a half hour of silence (like the half hour of silence that will occur when God opens the seventh seal before the seven trumpets of tribulation wrath happen on the earth noted at Revelation 8:1): And when He had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.

     I believe that there will be two trumpets of God's voice sounding during the rapture. When the living saints hear the first trumpet sound of God's voice for the dead in Christ, it will be a warning before they get caught up to the clouds during the second trumpet. What would you do if you heard that first trumpet sound and had a half hour to be on this earth before the rapture? Instead of saying like Paul Revere-The British are coming. Tell everyone everywhere the Lord Jesus is coming. Get ready for the rapture. But Brother Bob says always be ready for the rapture that is a mystery where no one but the Father knows the exact time for the rapture. Luke 21:36 tells us Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. 

     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. 

God's Little Snowflakes Part One

   

     Today let's learn that saints who get saved with Jesus are God's little snowflakes washed white as snow by the blood of Jesus. Isaiah 1:18 says Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. 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. 

     If you get saved with the Lord Jesus, the blood of Jesus will wash away your sins and make you white as snow, and you will become one of God's little snowflakes. The Lord Jesus will forget your sins because Hebrews 10:17 says And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. The blood of Jesus will wash away and remove your sins for ever because 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.

     King David also talked about how the blood of Jesus removes sins and makes saints whiter than snow. Psalm 51:7 says Purge me with hyssop (the plant hyssop was dipped in the blood of the Lamb Jesus and put on the doors of the children of Israel in Egypt to remove sin and protect saints from the angel of death) and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow (note that the blood of Jesus makes us whiter than snow and not just white like snow).

     Job 37:6 says For He (the Lord Jesus) saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of His strength. God talks to snow, rain, and nature. When God says snow or rain, Be thou on the earth, the snow and rain obeys and comes to the earth because God tells it to come. 

     When God says birds fly south, the birds obey and fly south because God tells them to. Then the birds come back north because God tells them to. Everyone should be humble and obedient like the snowflakes, rain, and birds that God commands. When the Lord Jesus tells christians (God's little snowflakes), Be thou on the earth, christians should be like the snow, rain, and birds and witness Jesus everywhere. Mark 16:15 says Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

     I pray in Jesus name that christians become God's little snowflakes and be obedient when the Lord Jesus says snow, Be thou on the earth. Christians who are God's little snowflakes should cover this earth with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Let's all be clean, pure, white, shining the glory of God, while we witness the Lord Jesus everywhere. We might be the only Jesus someone sees in their entire life. 2 Corinthians 3:2 says Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men. Matthew 5:14 says Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

     Pictured above we see some of God's little snowflakes that are happy because the blood of Jesus has removed their sins and washed them whiter than snow. Let's rejoice with the little snowflakes pictured above who represent saved christians because the blood of Jesus removes the sins of fornication, adultery, homosexuality, robbery, covetousness, drunkenness, and extortion where any sinner can become washed, sanctified, justified and saved in the name of the Lord Jesus. 

     1 Corinthians 6:9 says Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolators, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. 

     When christians become God's little snowflakes washed white as snow by the blood of Jesus, they will be preserved and kept by the Lord Jesus for ever like Jessika's snowballs pictured above kept in her freezer until the summer if the power stays on. Jesus promises to keep and preserve christians with the power of God that lasts for ever because 1 Peter 1:5 says Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 

     How encouraging to know that when anyone gets saved with the Lord Jesus, that christian will be kept and preserved by God in peace for ever. Ephesians 4:30 says And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed (kept, preserved, concealed, and saved from the devil) unto the day of redemption. 

     The day of redemption is the day of the rapture because our bodies don't get redeemed and glorified until the day of the rapture. A christian's soul and spirit gets redeemed on the day of a christian's salvation. But a christian's body will not become glorified until the day of the rapture. Therefore christians are preserved, kept, sealed, and saved unto the day of redemption or the day of the rapture when christians receive glorified bodies with eternal life. In other words christians will never lose their salvation. Once saved always saved.  

The Assurance Of Salvation; Once Saved Always Saved

Scriptures Proving Once Saved Always Saved

     After anyone gets saved with the Lord Jesus, they can not lose their salvation. Once saved always 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. The following scriptures prove that once anyone is saved with the Lord Jesus, they are always saved. 1 John 5:13 says These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life (after salvation you will know with a witness that you are saved with eternal life that can not be lost), and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. 

     Jesus said at John 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on Him that sent me, hath (presently right now) everlasting life (that can not be lost), and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. 1 Peter 1:5 says Who are kept by the power of God (not our good works) through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 

     Once saved always saved. You don't hope to have salvation, think you might have salvation, or wait to find out if you have salvation when you die. When you get saved, repent, believe that Jesus is God, and believe the gospel that Jesus died on the cross for you, was buried, and rose again, you will know by faith that you have salvation and eternal life that can not be lost. Don't trust your feelings that can doubt and say you lost your salvation. Trust God's Word by faith that says you can not lose your salvation. God is not an indian giver that gives someone salvation and then removes their salvation. The Lord Jesus said at John 6:37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me, and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.  

     Ignore people that say you have to keep doing good works to assure your salvation. If our good works saved us, we wouldn't need to trust in the Lord Jesus for salvation. God doesn't want sinners to boast that their good works saved them. God wants sinners to glorify the Lord Jesus and tell everyone that because the Lord Jesus died on the cross of Calvary and Jesus' precious blood washed away my sins, I got saved and have eternal life. 1 Corinthians 1:31 says That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

     Ephesians 2:8 says For by grace are ye saved through faith (in Jesus alone); and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. You don't work to be saved. You work because you are saved. I would not work my soul to save for this my Lord has done but I would work like any slave for love of his dear Son. We do good works after salvation to let others see Jesus where later at the bema judgment seat after the rapture we will receive rewards for our good works. Ephesians 2:10 says For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

A Preacher Once Said That The Two Greatest Things In Life Are

1) Be saved and know it

2) Be in the perfect will of God and know it

     To have confidence that you have salvation that can not be lost, put your trust totally in God's Word. Not by how you feel or don't feel. Not by a dream or what anyone tells you. Just trust the Word of God by faith and not yourself for salvation. Romans 10:17 says So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. John 10:28 promises salvation that can not be lost where Jesus said And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. 

     In other words I might look like a rooster but I ain't ever been plucked out of God's hand and lost my salvation. I'm not holding God's hand where I can lose my salvation. Jesus' nail scarred hand is reaching down and holding my hand forever with the promise that Jesus gives me eternal life that can not be lost. And I can't jump out of God's hand because I'm in Christ married to Jesus and bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh (the bride of Christ). Romans 12:5 says that we are in Christ as His bride. So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. 2 Timothy 1:12 also says that we can't lose salvation with Jesus. For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He (Jesus and not our good works) is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day. 

     A lot of preachers doubt their salvation and think they have to keep believing and doing good works to be saved. This is wrong because the Word of God tells us that good works don't save anyone. Only faith in what the Lord Jesus has already done at the cross of Calvary when His precious blood removed sins can save. 2 Timothy 1:9 says Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began. When a preacher doesn't even know if he's saved, he won't be able to witness and win souls to Jesus effectively. When anyone doubts their salvation, they will lose joy and peace. Instead keep rejoicing and believe God's promise in the Word of God that says once someone is saved they are always saved.  

     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. 

A White Stone Part Three

     Today is yet another bible study about why we should rejoice as overcomers who receive a white stone from Jesus as an admission ticket to the new heaven that removes all our sins. Jesus promises saints at Revelation 2:17 To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

     To understand why Jesus gives overcoming saints a white stone, let's look at another Greek definition of how white stones were used in the days of Jesus. Pictured above, we see a jury and some black and white stones. In ancient Greece, jurors would use black and white stones to determine whether a criminal was guilty or not guilty. When a jury was in deliberation, the jurors would drop either a black stone or a white stone into a bag. The black stone said the criminal was guilty. The white stone said the criminal was not guilty.

     Sometimes a jury would be hung because there would be one black stone among the white stones or one white stone among the black stones. But when the jury came to a final decision, they would present to a judge a bag with either one black stone or one white stone in the bag. If the stone was black, the criminal went to prison or died. If the stone was white, the criminal was set free. After the judge presented the black or white stone to the criminal, that was the end of the argument. The criminal could not make any more reprisals, rebuttals, or appeals. The decision was final.

     Jesus is the Final Highest Judge that gives saved saints a white stone. When Jesus gives every saint a white stone, Jesus proclaims that these saints are not guilty. Jesus pronounced His verdict for all saints at Hebrews 10:17 by saying And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

     Get saved today and receive a white stone from the Lord Jesus. 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. Jesus will make you free and remember your sins no more. Jesus will forgive you because the blood of Jesus washes away all your sins. 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. Jesus told us at John 8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. Romans 8:33 says Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

     Notice the picture above of the Apostle Paul and find the only other place in the bible where the white stone appears. When Paul was a Pharisee sinner, Paul acted like a juror and gave his voice to condemn christians to death by showing a black stone instead of a white stone to christians. Paul said at Acts 26:9 I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice (defined as presented black stones instead of white stones to condemn christians to death) against them. When Paul showed a black stone as his vote to condemn a christian to death, he blackballed that christian.

     People in early America like Paul voted to accept or reject a person from joining a club by either dropping a black stone or a white stone into a bag. If there was just one black stone in the bag among 100 white stones, the black stone blackballed that person and denied him from joining the club. But aren't you glad that when you get saved with Jesus, Jesus gives you a white stone admission ticket to heaven and no man or anything can blackball you and stop you from going to heaven. Romans 8:38 says For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate (or blackball) us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

     How do the above pictures of gasoline selling for $5.15 a gallon and a for sale sign in front of a foreclosed home relate to the white stone that Jesus gives all overcoming saints? Don't be discouraged about the high cost of gasoline, food, or housing in your country because the Lord Jesus promises that all saints will overcome this troubled world when Jesus gives every saint a white stone admission ticket to the peaceful kingdom of God forevermore. Jesus said at John 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

     When Jesus spoke to the church of Pergamos, Jesus said at Revelation 2:15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans: which thing I hate. The doctrine of the Nicolaitans (defined as conquering people) exists today where wealthy leaders conquer and control people by raising prices for rent, food, and gasoline. In Jesus' day, the Nocolaitans became big businessmen over the people. The popes in the Catholic church would take all the peoples money and put it into King George's treasury. They rich got richer and the poor got poorer. This is why the Vatican was running over with money and the poor folk had nothing.

     But even though the Nicolaitans were oppressing the people of the church of Pergamos, Jesus' promise of a white stone given to the saints at Pergamos encouraged these saints to rejoice. The hope of receiving that little white stone caused the saints at Pergamos to say we're going to overcome, we're going to live right, we're going to hate sin, we're going to serve our Saviour Jesus, and we're going to continue to bless the poor. We don't care about the Nicolaitans.

     Let's be like the saints at Pergamos and not be discouraged by the troubled world and high cost of living around us in our countries. Say the following scriptures and praise Jesus for giving us the hope of a white stone admission ticket to heaven where peace exists forevermore while we overcome this troubled world. 

     Psalm 12:5 says For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him. Ecclesiastes 5:8 says If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they. Right now say and believe Romans 15:13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

     Take a good look at the picture above of a sword and a white stone. Now compare two scriptures that mention the sword and the white stone. Revelation 2:12 says And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith He (Jesus) which hath the sharp sword with two edges. Revelation 2:17 says He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I (Jesus) give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. 

     Note that Jesus is holding two things in his hands. In one hand Jesus holds a sharp sword of judgment with two edges and in the other hand Jesus holds a white stone promising an admission ticket to the eternal peace of the kingdom of God. Somewhere between the sword and the white stone every saint is standing. Which one will you choose? The sword of judgment for damnation and destruction or the white stone as an admission ticket to heaven for life and peace. 

     Wouldn't you rather have forgiveness, mercy, and the gift of eternal life with our Lord Jesus in heaven than the sword of judgment and damnation in hell and the lake of fire. It's up to you. He that overcometh and gets saved with the Lord Jesus receives the white stone promising admission to eternal peace in the kingdom of God. He that does not overcome and rejects the Lord Jesus gets the sword of judgment and damnation in hell and the lake of fire for ever.

     Brother Bob prays in Jesus name that anyone who forevermore reads this bible study will get saved with Jesus and receive their own personal white stone admission ticket to heaven. Let's all be like Joshua and choose to serve the Lord Jesus stated at Joshua 24:15. And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom you 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.  

     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.       

A White Stone Part Two

     Let's continue our discussion about the white stone that Jesus gives to overcomers who get saved, repent, decide to stop sinning, confess that Jesus is God, and believe the gospel that Jesus died on the cross for them, was buried, and rose again. Revelation 2:17 says He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches: To him that overcometh will I give to eat the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. The white stone that Jesus gives his saints promises them mansions in the kingdom of God as a reward for giving Jesus a home in every saints' heart. 

     Pictured above we see Mary and Joseph trying to find a home where the Lord Jesus could be born. When Mary and Joseph were on the earth and people traveled, there were no Holiday Inns or Best Western motels. People would ask permission to stay overnight at a neighbor's home while they traveled across a country.

     Pictured above we see that the owners of an inn refused to allow Mary and Joseph a room where the Lord Jesus could be born. Mary and Joseph had to borrow a manger as the birthplace for the Lord Jesus. Luke 2:7 says And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. I'd like to have been the man that let Jesus use my manger. Or even better, I'd like to be the man that owned the inn. I'd say here baby Jesus, take my comfortable room in this inn. I'll sleep in the barn.

     When strangers ask us to bless them, they represent the Lord Jesus and should be given our best bed, food, and clothes. Don't make the mistake that the keepers of the inn did by putting Jesus in a barn manger instead of a nice soft bed in the inn. Instead, if we own an inn, we should all go sleep in the barn and let the Lord Jesus or any stranger sleep in the most comfortable bed of our inn. 

     Jesus will appreciate our kindness and give us a white stone reward to present to Jesus in heaven, guaranteeing us a mansion on a street of pure gold transparent glass in a city of pure gold clear glass with walls of jasper, instead of a barn behind a motel. Also note that when you bless a stranger, you might be blessing an angel of God. Hebrews 13:1 says Let brotherly love continue. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Galatians 6:7 says Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. If you bless the Lord Jesus or a stranger angel with the best room in your house, the Lord Jesus will bless you with a mansion for ever in heaven.

     Take some time to meditate on the words of Jesus at Matthew 25:34 that says 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: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in. Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. After reading this bible verse, remember that whatever you do to strangers, you do to the Lord Jesus.

     Now let Brother Bob ask you a question while you read this bible study and learn how the innkeepers pictured above rejected the Lord Jesus by throwing Him out of the inn. Since you have to accept Jesus into your hearts and homes to get a white stone admission ticket to receive a mansion of peace for ever in the kingdom of God, does the Lord Jesus feel at home in your house?

     If Jesus came to your house today, would you have to throw away all your sinful books or turn off your cellphone or computer? If Jesus doesn't feel at home in your house, don't expect a white stone. But if Jesus comes to your house and feels comfortable, Jesus will promise and say to you, You can come to the kingdom of God that has many mansions, and the Lord Jesus will give you a white stone admission ticket to heaven as a token of His appreciation for your kindness.

     Jesus said at John 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.

 

     You might say what is Brother Bob doing with a picture above of people in a hotel asking for a room to stay in overnight? Notice that the husband and wife are giving the front desk hotel clerk a credit card that the husband signs, guaranteeing a room to stay in overnight. When we all get ready to check into our mansions in heaven, Jesus will give us all a white stone which is like a credit card that Jesus signs for us guaranteeing us eternal rest in our heavenly mansions.

     Jesus' white stone that is like a signed credit card will not run out or max out because Jesus owns all the cattle on a thousand hills, and all the taters in the hills, and all the gold. Jesus owns everything and the Lord Jesus isn't bankrupt. Jesus said at Psalm 50:10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.

     Take a look at the pictures above of a trophy and a white stone and learn about the white stone reward given to victorious saints. In ancient Greece, the white stone was called a victory stone. When they had contests during the first Greek Olympics, they didn't give out big tall trophies with names all over them. The winner or overcomer got a white rock with the name of the victor in the white rock. When an athlete won an ancient Greek contest, he did not get 50 million dollars and a three year contract for an extra 100 million dollars over three years. The Greek athlete just got a white stone with his name in it, guaranteeing that the champion would be admitted to a banquet with his own personal nameplate of honor where he would be fed at the public's expense.

      The white stone that Jesus gives to overcoming saints is like the victory stone given to Greek athletes, guaranteeing admission to the marriage supper banquet of the Lamb and the hidden manna who is Jesus. The Lord Jesus will always provide our food and living water for ever in the kingdom of God. Revelation 7:17 says For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

     When a christian receives their own personal white stone admission ticket to heaven, they will be happy to just be present at the marriage supper of the Lamb with Jesus and their own personal nameplate of honor. Just to be in the Lord Jesus' presence in the kingdom of God for ever will be a great blessing. 

     Psalm 84:10 says For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.

     Since you will be the only one that knows your new name in your white stone and won't know the new names in any other saints' white stones, there will be no jealousy in heaven. When a saint gets to the marriage supper of the Lamb, Jesus might call out the names of John, Peter, and James. Jesus may not mention Brother Bob's or any other saint's name reading this bible study at the marriage supper of the Lamb. But we'll all be so happy just to be sitting at Jesus' banquet table or standing as a doorkeeper at the marriage supper of the Lamb.

     You won't be jealous of Brother Bob's seat at the marriage supper of the Lamb. And Brother Bob won't be jealous of your seat at the marriage supper of the Lamb. We'll all just be glad to be present at the marriage supper of the Lord Jesus with our white stones with our own personal nameplates of honor. 

     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. 

A White Stone Part One

     Notice the picture above of a white stone. Today we will learn that any overcomer who gets saved, 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 will receive their own personal white stone (defined in Greek as an admission ticket to heaven). The white stone admission ticket to heaven was the promised blessing to the church of Pergamos and to all overcomers with the Lord Jesus. 

     This bible study will teach you the original Greek meaning of the word white stone, how to receive the white stone, and why it is so important for all saints to personally get their own white stone from Jesus to present as an admission ticket for entrance to heaven and the marriage supper of the Lamb Jesus.

     Let me state that we can only understand why Jesus gives overcoming saints a white stone as an admission ticket to heaven by looking at the many Greek definitions of the word white stone. The new testament originally was written in Greek and I encourage all those who read this bible study to use the website blueletterbible and learn the many meanings in Greek about the blessed white stone given to overcoming saints. Type white stone in the search box in blueletterbible and click the strongs box which will put a number by white stone that you can click to see the Greek meaning of white stone. You can do this with any word of the bible to read the entire bible in Hebrew and Greek and learn the true meanings of all the words of the bible.

     What you read in this bible study might not appear in your country's translation of the bible but it's the truth and the original Greek meaning of the word white stone. Also I encourage all saints who read this to do a general google search for "white stone revelation" and you will learn the many ways white stones were used during the time that our Lord Jesus spake to the church of Pergamos at Revelation 2:12-17.

     Now to understand the importance and blessing of receiving a white stone admission ticket to heaven, read what Jesus said to the church of Pergamos. Revelation 2:12 says And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith He (Jesus) which hath the sharp sword with two edges; I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth. 

     But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication. So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

     Notice that in the above bible verse to receive the promised blessing of a white stone admission ticket to heaven, saints had to 1) deny sexual sins (fornication that is sex before marriage), 2) deny the love of money that was the doctrine of Balaam who agreed to curse God's people to receive money from King Balac, 3) deny being proud with power to control and conquer people that was the doctrine of the Nicolaitans (defined as conquering people from two Greek words nikos that means to conquer and laos that means the people).

     1 John 2:15 warns us to not commit the above three listed sins so we can get our personal blessed white stone and says Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh (sin of fornication), and the lust of the eyes (love of money or the doctrine of Balaam), and the pride of life (love of power over people or the doctrine of the Nicolaitans), is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

     Today like in the days of the church of Pergamos, sexual sins of fornication, the love of money, and the pride of controlling and conquering people prevent people from getting saved with the Lord Jesus. Saints should wait until after marriage (between a man and a woman) by a minister before being with a husband or wife to get the white stone. Saints should bless and give away money to the poor to get the white stone, instead of loving and hoarding money. Saints should be humble as servants and kind to all people to get the white stone, instead of conquering and controlling people.

     The good news is that if you 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, you will be called an overcomer with the Lord Jesus and be able to receive your own personal white stone admission ticket to get into heaven. 

     John 16:33 promises that with the Lord Jesus, saved saints will receive their own personal white stone as an overcomer. Jesus said These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. Also note that when you claim daily Galatians 2:20 and tell the devil I am crucified with Jesus Christ, the blood of Jesus Christ will cover you and make you an overcomer with a white stone. Revelation 12:11 says And they overcame him (the devil) by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

     Notice the picture above of a family blessing a stranger with food and a blanket to use in the corner of their home. Let's study another Greek definition about the white stone. Note that in ancient Israel, after a stranger was comforted in a family's home, the stranger would show his appreciation by giving each family member a white stone that could be presented at the stranger's home as an admission ticket to enter the stranger's house. Note that if you give the Lord Jesus a place and home in your heart, the Lord Jesus will give you a white stone as an admission ticket to enter a mansion that Jesus has personally prepared for you in heaven.

     When Jesus walked on this earth, when a stranger was taken in, the stranger gave the owner of the house a white traveler's stone as a token of appreciation. That white stone said to the man that took the stranger in, When you're traveling through my country, you always have a place to sleep. History records that in ancient Israel, a white stone was defined as tesserae hospitales where a white stone was divided into two equal parts by two parties wishing to make an agreement or covenant of friendship. Each party took one half of the white stone, wrote his own name on it and then exchanged it for the other party's half of the white stone. Later, when either party made a journey that took them into the others territory, upon arriving at the border, the half of the white stone was presented to the watchman. Immediately the visiting party would be given the best hospitality and a safe passage.

     Now lets say that thirty years later, the little boy pictured above goes with his white stone to visit the stranger's house. After the stranger hears a knock at the door of his house and opens the door, there's a long haired, whiskered hippie. The hippie says to the stranger, Well I'm here to stay awhile. The stranger might say No you ain't. You need haircut and some clean clothes. You ain't coming in my house. The little boy now grown as a hippie replies Yea, but look here; And there's that little white stone. The stranger's got to honor his vow. So the stranger says Bring the hippie in. Clean him up, give him some new clothes, put him at the table, and let him eat with my children.

     The Lord Jesus has given white stones to saved saints that take Jesus into their hearts and get saved. If you take Jesus into your heart, Jesus will take you in and bless you with your own personal mansion of peace for ever in heaven. Like the long haired, whiskered hippie, we may not look very pretty, very handsome, or be very rich. But when we knock on Jesus' door that is one of the twelve gates or doors of heaven with our own personal white stone admission tickets saying Well Jesus Here I am, Jesus will reply Come on in and enjoy your own personal mansion because my word is good. According to Revelation 2:17 your white stone gives you a right to the hidden manna (bread of life who is Jesus) and the marriage supper of the Lamb Jesus.

     Jesus said at John 6:48 I am that bread of life. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

     Like the family pictured above, when a stranger comes to visit you, maybe all you have to give the stranger is a blanket in the corner of your house because you're poor. The next day the stranger rises up and leaves. But you took the stranger in and gave him the best that you had. If you give any stranger just a blanket in a corner of your house, you are blessing Jesus and Jesus won't forget your kindness. Jesus said at Matthew 25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Hebrews 13:2 says Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

     If you give Jesus your heart today and get saved, Jesus will never forget it. Whatever you give Jesus on this earth when you bless poor strangers, widows, and orphans, the Lord Jesus will give it back to you good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over. 

     Luke 6:38 says Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall measured to you again. Remember if you give Jesus your best, Jesus has even better for you. Ephesians 3:20 says Now unto Him (Jesus) that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us. Unto Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

     Remember that when we bless strangers and take them in we bless the Lord Jesus and Jesus will pay us back. Jesus said at John 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.

     After you read this bible study, don't ask Jesus for a white cadillac, a white corvette, a white bass boat, or a white house. All that we should ask from Jesus is Jesus give us all our own personal little white stone. When you receive Jesus and get saved, Jesus will give you a white stone that will give you everything that you ever desired.

     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 Three

     Let's look at some more goings forth of Jesus. Pictured above we see another goings forth of our Lord Jesus when Jesus (the capital A Angel of the Lord) went before Moses and the children of Israel in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night to give them light to travel by day and night. This capital A Angel of the Lord that led Moses and the children of Israel was the Lord Jesus because this Angel of the Lord had the power to pardon transgressions. 

     Exodus 23:20 speaks about this Angel of the Lord who was the Lord Jesus who forgives sins and says Behold, I send (a capital A ) Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. Beware of Him, and obey His voice, provoke Him not; for He will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in Him. This scripture is saying to beware, fear, and obey this Angel of the Lord who is the Lord Jesus who can pardon transgressions.

     Exodus 23:22 goes on to say But if thou shalt indeed obey His voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. For mine (capital A) Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.

      Jesus is the capital A Angel of the Lord who is God having the power to forgive sins. Jesus proved He is God that forgives sins when He said to the man sick of the palsy at Matthew 9:2 Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. The scribes responded to Jesus at Mark 2:7 saying Why doth this man speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only? Then Jesus proved to the scribes that He is God who forgives sins by healing the man sick of the palsy, proving that the healing of the soul is more important than the healing of the body. The healing of the body is important but Jesus showed us that it is more important to rejoice with good cheer when we save and win souls to the kingdom of God.

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

 

     Pictured above we see that Moses did not obey the instructions of the Angel of the Lord Jesus when he smote the Rock (who was Jesus) two times to give the children of Israel water to drink. First God told Moses to smite the Rock. But the next time God told Moses to speak to and not smite the Rock. Because Moses disobeyed God by smiting the Rock twice, Moses could not enter into the promised land.

     The Rock that Moses smote was Jesus because 1 Corinthians 10:4 says And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. God had Moses initially smite the Rock Jesus once because Jesus at the cross of Calvary was smitten one time for our sins. Romans 6:10 says For in that He died, He died unto sin once (not many times): but in that He liveth, He liveth unto God. 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; From henceforth expecting till His enemies be made His footstool. For by one offering He hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. After Jesus died once on the cross for our sins, Jesus did not have to be smitten or sacrificed any more for our sins.

     God was telling Moses smite the Rock Jesus only one time to remove sins. But when Moses disobeyed God and smote the Rock Jesus twice, Moses could not enter the promised land because he disobeyed God's instructions to speak to and not smite the Rock Jesus a second time. 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' one offering (not many offerings) and sacrificial death at the cross of Calvary removed our sins forever. 

     Hebrews 9:12 says Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He (Jesus) entered in once (not many times) into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

     First God told Moses to smite the Rock at Exodus 17:6 that says Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the Rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the Rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. But the next time the people wanted water from the Rock, God told Moses to speak to and not smite the Rock.

     The second time God told Moses to speak to and not smite the Rock is recorded at Numbers 20:7. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye (notice God told Moses to speak to and not smite the Rock) unto the Rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth His water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the Rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.

     Moses disobeyed God's command and Numbers 20:11 says And Moses lifted up his hand and with his rod he smote the Rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also. And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

     You might say Brother Bob why are you posting a picture above of a remote monastery built on a Rock that is accessible only by an aerial tramway? The reason is to prove that our bodies are the temple of the living God that needs to be built upon the Rock Jesus to live and have peace. Daily with your hearts, look by faith to Jesus Christ crucified while you build your house by faith on the Rock Jesus, telling the devil I am crucified with Jesus Christ (Galatians 2:20) and the blood of Jesus has overcome and defeated you devil for ever (Revelation 12:11). Jesus said at Matthew 7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a Rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a Rock (Jesus).

     Our Rock Jesus is not like the other rocks of this world that people worship. Their rock is not as our Rock Jesus. Deuteronomy 32:30 says How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their rock had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up? For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges. Our Rock Jesus is greater than any other rock in this world. 1 John 4:4 says Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is He (Jesus) that is in you, than he that is in the world.  Pictured above we see that our Rock Jesus encouraged us and said at Matthew 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this Rock (Jesus) I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it (the Rock Jesus).

     Pictured above we see another goings forth of our Lord Jesus when Joshua was visited by the Lord Jesus who is the captain of the Lord's host that conquered Jericho. Paul told us that Jesus is the captain of our salvation that appeared to Joshua at Hebrews 2:10. For it became Him (Jesus), for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

     Jesus is called the captain (general commander) of the Lord's host (army of angels). James 5:4 tells us that Jesus is the Lord of sabaoth (captain general over an army host of angels). Psalm 91:11 says For He (Jesus) shall give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

     The scripture that talks about captain Jesus who is the God man that appeared to Joshua is at Joshua 5:13. And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? And He said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship (notice Joshua worshipped captain Jesus who is God), and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant? And the captain of the Lord's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.

     When Joshua asked captain Jesus, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? Jesus responded and told Joshua, Son I didn't come to take sides, I came to take over. And Jesus went forth with His angels as the captain of the Lord's host to win the victory for Joshua at the battle of Jericho where the walls of Jericho fell down (descended from a higher place to a lower place and sunk into the earth). Today at Jericho the walls exist and can be seen that were discovered by archeologist Kathleen Kenyon in the 1950s. 

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to read about Kathleen Kenyon's discovery of Jericho's walls

     Now after Jesus won the victory for Joshua at the battle of Jericho, pictured above we see that the Lord Jesus gave Joshua great authority. Joshua said sun stand thou still upon Gibeon and the sun stood still in the midst of heaven. Then Joshua said moon stand thou still in the valley of Ajalon. God honored Joshua's prayer and the moon and the sun didn't move until God's people won the victory.

     Joshua 10:12 says Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. 

     Joshua 10:13 says And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the Lord hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the Lord fought for Israel.

     For our final goings forth of our Lord Jesus, we see pictured above Jesus who is the Son of God walking in the midst of the burning fiery furnace with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Nebuchadnezzar said that he saw the Lord Jesus who is the Son of God and fourth man in the burning fiery furnace freeing the three Hebrew boys who were not harmed by the fire.

     Daniel 3:23 tells us how Jesus freed the three Hebrew boys from the burning fiery furnace. And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. He answered, and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.

     Note that the KJV bible correctly says at Daniel 3:25 that Nebuchadnezzar saw a fourth man in the burning fiery furnace who is the Son of God (Jesus). Note that the corrupt translated NIV, RSV, ESV, and the New King James version with a corrupt footnote deny that Jesus, the Son of God, was the fourth man in the burning fiery furnace that freed the three Hebrew boys. These corrupt bible versions say that the fourth man in the burning fiery furnace was a son of the gods, denying that Jesus is the only begotten virgin born Son of God. Daniel 3:25 in the NIV says He said, Look. I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods. Don't preach or study from these corrupt bible translations. Only preach and study from a 1611 KJV bible.

     Daniel 3:26 goes on to say Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire. And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.

     Note that after Nebuchadnezzar sinned through pride, he became an animal for seven years that ate grass like oxen, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws. But Nebuchadnezzar humbled himself, got saved, and became king again. Nebuchadnezzar is a child of God and is in heaven. Brother Bob wants to meet Nebuchadnezzar when he gets to heaven. Jesus said at Luke 5:32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. 

     Rejoice while you read Nebuchadnezzar's blessed praise after he got saved and worshipped our Lord Jesus. Daniel 4:34 says And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured Him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation. And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and He doeth according to His will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay His hand, or say unto Him, What doest thou? 

     Daniel 4:36 goes on to say At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of thy kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me. Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and His ways judgment: and those that walk in pride He is able to abase.  

     Rejoice while you read these blessed sayings. When the Lord Jesus returns during the rapture, the dead in Christ will rise first and say O grave, where is thy victory? Then we which are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and say O death, where is thy sting? 1 Corinthians 15:55 says O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? We're getting out of here like Superman during the rapture, but we're coming back like the Lone Ranger on white horses to this earth after the seven year great tribulation period.

      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.