Preaching The Word Causes A Separation And A Decision To Follow Jesus

     Friends, as you read today's bible study Jesus is telling us all to go everywhere and preach the Word of God to cause people to make a decision to follow Jesus as God. According to the prophet Joel there are multitudes of people everywhere on this earth that need someone to tell them the Word of God so they can be saved and make a decision to confess Jesus as God and believe in their hearts that Jesus died for them on the cross 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 people can see the vision of lost souls in many nations that need to hear the preaching of the Word of God about Jesus as God. Friends, Jesus wants us to be concerned about lost souls everywhere and share the good news of the gospel about Jesus everywhere we go. 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 us 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 in Jesus and caused people to make a decision to follow Jesus. This is why it is so important to preach the Word of God to allow lost souls to make a decision to accept Jesus as Lord. 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 as they spake the Word of God it allowed lost souls to make a decision to follow 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 as they preached and so spake is that a separation occurred as Jews and Gentiles decided to follow 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.

     Friends, 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 are saved or lost. Notice that 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.

     Neighbor, pay close attention to the warning above and get off the fence because Jesus rejects people who are lukewarm fence straddlers and make no decision to follow Jesus as God. So many people coast along in life and put off making a decision to accept and follow Jesus as God. Jesus gave us a warning at Revelation 3:15 and said 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 people everywhere reading this will today make a decision to get off the fence as a lukewarm straddler and accept Jesus as God and become 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. Friends, decide right now whether you're saved or lost, but don't just straddle the fence. Jesus rejects fence straddlers but will save anyone who will confess Jesus as God and believe in their heart that Jesus died for them on the cross and rose again.

     All throughout the bible we see that people had to make decisions to follow Jesus as God and be saved or reject Jesus as God 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 in a shirttail. Friend reading this 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 Jesus as God 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 as the earth opened her mouth as they went to be forever into the pit of hell.

     Numbers 16:31 goes on to say 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 follow Jesus as God or reject Jesus as God 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 Jesus or against 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 also 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 also 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.

     Friends after you read these scriptures 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 follow Jesus as God because this will allow the devil to drag you to hell by deception. Friend reading this, right now get saved and say Jesus you are God and I believe you died on the cross for me and rose again.

     What I want everyone to learn from this bible study is that only what we do for Jesus as we preach the Word of God will last forever. As you look at the picture above Brother Bob asks all my friends in the many nations, can you name your great grandparents? Most people can't which proves that most people will be forgotten in three generations. But if someone lives for 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 he said about Jesus from a one bedroom apartment in the poorest section of Reynoldsburg Ohio USA.

     Great men of God like DL Moody who lived in the 1800's are remembered for their writings about Jesus more than other great men of the 1800's who did nothing for the Lord Jesus. I might not have personally met a great christian writer from the 1600's named John Bunyan who wrote from prison about Jesus but it will be an honor to meet John Bunyan soon in the kingdom. 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 Jesus John Bunyan is worthy and will be remembered and rewarded greatly in the kingdom for all his service to Jesus on this earth and his blessed book pilgrim's progress.

     Only Jesus and the Word of God will last forever. This is proven by Matthew 24:35 that says Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. Psalm 119:89 also says Forever O Lord thy Word is settled in heaven. Friends realize that 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 do something today for Jesus and win lost souls to our Lord Jesus.

     To close out today's bible study, Brother Bob wants to share a blessed testimony of a sister who won her lost drunken husband to Jesus. After this sister got saved and began to go to church, her drunk husband accused her of chasing a deacon and cheating on him. One day after the husband got drunk, he took a gun and pointed it at his wife saying if you go to church today, I'm gonna kill you. The wife said pull the trigger and I'm going to heaven; Don't pull the trigger and I'm going to church. The husband threw the gun down and rolled out on the floor and got gloriously saved. I hope someday to meet this blessed woman of God and bless her greatly for her witness for Jesus who knows my good friend Pastor Sonny Mull.

     As always, it is a great blessing to write these bible studies for Jesus and I pray in Jesus name that these bible studies bless multitudes of people with the joy and peace of knowing our Lord Jesus. 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

     Friends, 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. I pray in Jesus name every person that reads this bible study will get saved, repent, decide to stop sinning, confess that Jesus is God, and believe the gospel that Jesus died for them on the cross, was buried, and rose again. Choose to get on the right side of the gulf with Jesus in the peace of paradise forevermore.

     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.

     Friends, 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 believe that Jesus is God that died for you on the cross, was buried, and rose again, you will be guaranteed a peaceful place on the blessed side of the gulf in 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. Friends, paradise ain'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 highly in the heavens. When the saints who believe Jesus is God 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 saints that believe Jesus is God 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 1:12 says Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy One. Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity. Notice that the only way to paradise and the holy God 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 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 paradise forevermore 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.

     Now let me tell you why Brother Bob thinks a great gulf exists to separate paradise from hell.  The great gulf is fixed so that people in hell can never get up yonder to Jesus and His saints in heaven and spoil heaven. Also, the great gulf is fixed so that the saints in paradise heaven with Jesus can never get down to hell and get all messed up with hell's crowd. I'm glad there's a gulf that prevents sin from entering into heaven.

     OK, you might say what is Brother Bob up to now with pictures 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. These pictures show that on this earth people can bridge the gap and walk or run over gulfs or chasms. But after our time on this earth friend, there's a gulf out yonder that is impossible to cross that separates hell from paradise heaven. This great gulf out yonder separating paradise 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 Knieval 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. In 1862, he stretched a tightwire from Niagara Canada across to America across the Niagara Falls. He told the people how many believes I can walk this tightwire with a balancing stick across the 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 believes 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 believes 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 God 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 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 nothing. You say it; we believe it. Blondin says OK, how many believes I can roll a man across this tightwire in this wheelbarrow. The people say Yea, yea, 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 paradise and peace with Jesus forevermore; Get in now today. Get saved. People say Oh 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. Oh God we believe that you are real and exist. OK get in right now and be saved saying Jesus is God and I believe in my heart that Jesus died for me on the cross, was buried, and rose again. 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 paradise with Jesus.

     Friends, you might say wow Brother Bob 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 His kingdom, 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; 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 to set up His kingdom, Jesus will separate the just represented as sheep from the wicked represented as goats. Matthew 25:32 tells us 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 His kingdom, His angels shall separate the just represented as good fish from the wicked represented as bad fish. Matthew 13:47 tells us 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.

     To conclude this bible study today, I pray all my friends everywhere will read closely 2 Corinthians 13:5 that says Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves; know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? Surely no one reading this bible study in any country is a reprobate? Consider Jesus living in you today as your God, believing in your heart that Jesus died on the cross for you and rose again as you become saved. I believe Lord Jesus that this little bible study will save multitudes all over this earth and guarantee that they will forever be on the blessed side of the fixed gulf out yonder with our Lord Jesus.

     As always, it is a blessing to write these bible studies. I pray in Jesus name that they bless many people in many nations with peace and joy. Feel free to contact 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 Collection Of Parables For Encouragement

     For today's bible study put on your seat belts while we discover many hidden blessings from the Word of God. I pray in Jesus name all my friends everywhere will be strengthened and blessed when they read these revealed mysteries from our Lord Jesus Christ. For our first parable, let's look at a prophecy stated at Matthew 12:40 that says For as Jonas (Jonah) was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. This prophecy declares that Jesus will after the cross be three full days and three full nights in the heart of the earth preaching to the saints that lived before the cross and then ascend with these saints to the kingdom of God on high.

     To prove that it took Jesus three full days and nights to rise from the dead, pictured above we see a time line of the last seven days from the gospel of Mark. Mark is the only gospel that records the last seven days of Jesus on this earth. The gospel of Mark proves that Jesus died and was buried on Friday evening and rose from the grave on Sunday morning for a full three days and nights during a leap year. Below is a listing of each day of Jesus' last week with corresponding scriptures from the gospel of Mark.

     On Palm Sunday Jesus entered into Jerusalem in triumph and Mark 11:7 says And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and He sat upon him. And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way. And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna: Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord.

     Next Mark 11:12 brings us to Monday and says And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, He was hungry. And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply He might find any thing thereon: and when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And His disciples heard it. And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves. On Monday Jesus cursed the fig tree and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers. Then Mark 11:20 brings us to Tuesday and says And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.

     Now let's look at Mark 14:1 that takes us to Thursday for the passover that says After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take Him by craft (deceit), and put Him to death. Then on Thursday evening Jesus ate the passover with His disciples, Mark 14:17 says And in the evening He cometh with the twelve. And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily, I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me. Also on Thursday night, Jesus took his disciples to the garden of Gethsemane to pray and Mark 14:32 says And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and He saith to His disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.

     Next, we see that Friday occurs at Mark 15:1 that says And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried Him away, and delivered Him to Pilate. Then the bible declares that Jesus was crucified from noon until 3PM on Friday afternoon at Mark 15:33 that says And when the sixth hour was come (noon in Hebrew time that starts at 6AM), there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour (3PM). The prophet Amos predicted this event at Amos 8:9 that says And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.

     Now, it's important to note that Jesus was buried by Joseph of Arimathaea on Friday evening proven by Mark 15:42 that says And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath (Saturday), Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. Mark 15:46 goes on to say And he bought fine linen, and took Him down, and wrapped Him in the linen, and laid Him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.

     OK, now we see that Jesus rose from the grave on Sunday morning proven by Mark 16:1 that says And when the sabbath (Saturday) was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint Him. And very early in the morning the first day of the week (Sunday), they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. Mark 16:4 says And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.

     Now you might say Brother Bob how does the math add up to fulfill the prophecy of Matthew 12:40 that Jesus must be in the heart of the earth for three full days and three full nights when Jesus was buried on Friday evening and rose on Sunday morning? This only makes two full days and two full nights. How can we add on Friday morning and Sunday night to fulfill the prophecy?

     To answer this question the bible declares that the Sabbath Saturday after Jesus was crucified on Friday was an high day during a leap year that added the extra day to fulfill the prophecy that Jesus would be three full days and three full nights in the heart of the earth. John 19:31 declares that the Sabbath after Jesus was crucified was an high day and says The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day), besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. Google tells us that a leap year is an high day because it adds an extra day to the calendar to keep it synchronized with the Earth's orbit around the sun. Hallelujah, Jesus fulfilled every prophecy of the bible to the jot and tittle and was three full days and three full nights in the heart of the earth after the cross.

     OK for our second parable today Brother Bob asks my friends Can you tell me the five supernatural witnesses at Calvary? The answer is 1) The sun refused to look upon Calvary; 2) The veil in the temple pictured above ripped a stitch over Calvary; 3) The earth refused to stand still for Calvary; 4) The rocks shouted so loud that their voices cracked; 5) The graves refused to keep their mouth shut about Calvary.

     This is proven by Matthew 27:45 that says Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. Matthew 27:51 goes on to say And behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, And came out of the graves after His resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Pictured above we see that after the veil in the temple was rent, the priest was out of business and found himself in the unemployment line. When they asked the priest What can you do when he applied for a job, the priest replied I can cook biscuits.

     Be encouraged though neighbor, one day soon Jesus is coming back to earth to rule and reign for 1000 years and forevermore. When Jesus returns to catch up his saints for the world's greatest airlift, can you tell Brother Bob the three casket rattling sounds that will cause the dead in Christ to awake? They are the shout of Jesus, the voice of the archangel Michael, and the trump of God stated at 1 Thessalonians 4:16 that 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.

     You might say Brother Bob Why do the dead in Christ rise first before the saints alive on the earth when Jesus returns? Jesus showed Brother Bob that the dead in Christ rise first so that the living saints can see the resurrection and the dead saints can see the catching up at the same time when all the saints of God past and present rejoice forevermore with the Lord Jesus. 1 Corinthians 15:51 says Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

     When Jesus returns, everything on this earth will worship the Lord Jesus. For most people if a president, king, or queen visited their house, they would stand up and respect that leader. But if the Lord Jesus came to any of our houses, we all would bow down and worship the Lord Jesus. Philippians 2:10 says That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth. And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

     OK, for my third parable today, Brother Bob asks after the man pictured above was healed by Jesus after his four friends lowered him to Jesus through a roof, how many people did it take to patch the roof? The answer is no less than five because the healed man and his four friends were so happy about the healing that these five men rejoiced and were glad to patch the roof.

     For my fourth parable today we see that because Rebekah showed great love and mercy to Abraham's servant by drawing water for ten thirsty camels, Rebekah was rewarded with the honor of becoming the wife of Isaac. Rebekah's love was tested by ten thirsty camels. Friends do you realize that one camel needs 26 gallons of water for one drink. Wow, Rebekah, pictured above was moving fast and carried 260 gallons of water to satisfy ten thirsty camels. In the picture above, Abraham's servant wonders with amazement and says to himself how can this little woman Rebekah carry 260 gallons and satisfy ten thirsty camels?  Friends, be encouraged and like Rebekah do Galatians 6:9: And let us not be not weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

     The scripture that shows how Abraham's servant wondered how Rebekah was able to draw 260 gallons of water for ten camels is at Genesis 24:19: And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking. And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels. And the man wondering at her, held his peace, to wit, whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not.

     OK, for my fifth parable today, Brother Bob asks what is the first place Jesus' feet will touch when he returns to the earth? To answer this question let's see what the bible says about Jesus' return to earth at Revelation 19, 20, and 21. First, the saints will be caught up in the clouds to be with Jesus like Superman and then all the saints will return to the earth with Jesus like the Lone Ranger riding on white horses to fight the beast and the false prophet at the battle of Armageddon. Jesus will first touch and split the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem with his feet while his army saints follow him through the Eastern Gate going to the valley of Megiddo where Jesus will cast the beast and false prophet alive into the lake of fire.

     Jesus left this earth during his resurrection at the Mount of Olives and two men in white apparel proclaimed that Jesus would return again at this same place called the Mount of Olives. Acts 1:9 says And when He had spoken these things, while they beheld, He was taken up; and a cloud received Him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold two men stood by them in white apparel; Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven. Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the Mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.

     Today, people want to be buried at the Mount of Olives so they can live when Jesus' feet touch the Mount of Olives. Zechariah 14:3 tells us what will occur when Jesus' feet touch the Mount of Olives when He returns to the earth and says Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when He fought in the day of battle. And His feet shall stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

     When Jesus returns to this earth to rule and reign with His saints for 1000 years, an angel with a key and great chain will cast the devil into a sealed bottomless pit for 1000 years (Revelation 20:1-3). Just think and rejoice in the fact that the devil will be on the chain gang for 1000 years locked in a sealed bottomless pit, falling with no bottom. This will drive the devil crazy. Everyone will realize that the devil is a puny nothing with no power. Isaiah 14:16 tells us They that see thee (the devil) shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners? Then when the devil comes out of the bottomless pit to war against Jesus and his saints, fire will come out of heaven to destroy the devil's armies, and Jesus will cast the devil into the lake of fire where the devil will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

 
     Now after the great white throne judgment, Revelation 21:1 says And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. Notice, that after the 1000 year millennium on the first earth, Jesus will cause the first heaven and first earth to pass away, along with the sea pictured above, and Jesus will create new heavens and a new earth.

     For my sixth parable today, Brother Bob will give my friends everywhere four reasons why the sea is not in the new heavens and new earth. First, there are no sins in the new heavens and earth, and pictured above according to Micah 7:19 our sins are stored in the depths of the sea never to appear again in the new heavens and earth. Second there is no separation in the new heavens and earth where any sea separates countries and nations. Third, there are no storms in the new heavens and earth because seas have storms. Fourth, the seas won't exist in the new heavens and earth to scare anyone with sharks, squids, and leviathans. The perfect love of our Lord Jesus will cast away all fear in the new heavens and earth. 1 John 4:18 tells us There is no fear in love; but perfect love (Jesus dying for our sins on the cross of Calvary) casteth out fear.

     Instead of the sea, the waters of the new heavens and earth will be a peaceful and calm pure river of water of life where no raging sea will exist. The raging sea that represents wicked people without the Lord Jesus are reserved for the blackness of darkness forever in hell. Jude 13 describes these wicked people and says Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

     But, friends rejoice and read the following scriptures that prove that the waters of the new heavens and earth are pure peaceful fountains of living water with no memory of any raging seas. Revelation 22:1 says And He (Jesus) shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. Revelation 21:6 says And He said unto me, It is done, I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. Revelation 7:17 tells us 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.

     For my final picture today and seventh parable, Brother Bob wants all my friends everywhere to realize that after the first heaven and first earth passes away, Jesus will create new heavens (not just one new heaven) and just one new earth. Pictured above, according to 2 Peter 3:13, Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. Isaiah 65:17 also says For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

     Be encouraged friends everywhere, the Lord Jesus cannot lie and has promised us eternal life in the new heavens and earth that will remain forever. This is proven by the following scriptures. Titus 1:2 says In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began. Isaiah 66:22 promises For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain. This first heaven and earth will pass away, but rejoice friends because the saints of God will remain with eternal life having joy and peace forevermore in the new heavens and new earth. Rejoice and say Psalm 148:4 Praise Him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.

     And finally after Jesus creates the new heavens and earth, Jesus will have the new Jerusalem come down from God out of heaven to this earth and God will be with men. Revelation 21:2 says And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God.

     I have enjoyed writing this bible study that I pray in Jesus name 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.

Boaz And Jeremiah Also Purchased A Field Like Jesus To Claim A Treasure

     Pictured above we see a man named Boaz who like Jesus purchased a field to obtain a treasure that was his bride named Ruth. Jesus also purchased a field or this world with His own blood to obtain a treasure that is His bride church of saved saints. The church is the bride of Jesus. Ephesians 5:22 says Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and He is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

     Pictured above Ruth 2:2 says And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her Go, my daughter. And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech. 

     Boaz (who was King David's great grandfather) was the son of a harlot named Rahab whose husband was Salmon. Boaz lived in a city named Bethlehem Judah and down the road lived some kin to Boaz named Elimelech and his wife Naomi (called pleasantness or a delight). Because of a famine in the land, Elimelech, Naomi, and their two sons Mahlon (called a sick and weak person) and Chilion (called pining and wasting away) decided to go down to Moab saying Moab has plenty of food. Then Mahlon and Chilion married two Moabite women named Ruth (called friendship with our Lord Jesus) and Orpah (called a gazelle that flees to the world). Unfortunately, Elimelech, Mahlon, and Chilion died in Moab, and Naomi decided to go back to Bethlehem Judah saying I'd rather be with God's people than stay with the Moabites.

     When Naomi returned to Bethlehem Judah, the famine was gone. Only Naomi's daughter in law Ruth came back with her to Bethlehem Judah. Orpah decided to return to Moab. One day Boaz saw Ruth working in his field, gleaning, just picking up grains of corn and wheat that people dropped. Ruth would pick up a handful and put it in her pocket and pick up another handful and put it in her pocket. Then Ruth went home and ground up the corn and wheat and made a biscuit so she wouldn't die. Ruth and Naomi lived from day to day off the handfuls of grain that Ruth daily picked up.

Why Moab Is Called A Washpot At Psalm 60:8 And Psalm 108:9

Moab Is Called A Washpot Because

3 Were Washed Up-Elimelech, Mahlon, and Chilion Who Died In Moab

1 Was Washed Out-Orpah Because She Went Back To The gods Of Moab

1 Was Washed In -Ruth Who Got Washed In To Naomi's Family And Married Boaz

1 Was Washed-Naomi Who Returned Home Cleansed After Repentance

     When Boaz watched Ruth glean in his field, Boaz wanted to marry Ruth and loved Ruth. But before Boaz could marry Ruth, according to the law, Boaz had to redeem and buy the field where Ruth lived. Boaz told Ruth if you'll marry me then I'll just buy the field where you live. Then Boaz said Oh no, there's one more person closer to your family than I am.

     Pictured above we see what occurred when Boaz met the relative who was closer to Ruth's family than Boaz. Boaz told this relative if you redeem and buy Naomi's property, you also have to marry that Moabite woman named Ruth. Boaz made it seem that Ruth was ugly saying to the relative you'll have to marry her, you'll have to marry her, when all the time Boaz wanted to marry Ruth. This is stated at Ruth 4:5 that says Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance. After hearing this, the closer relative said I can't redeem the field because it would mar my property.

     Boaz said all right then lets make an agreement. Everybody gather around. We're going to make a covenant. Let me buy Ruth's property, you relinquish your rights to it, you relinquish your rights to the woman, you relinquish your rights to the field, and I'll buy it. The relative accepted the agreement and Boaz redeemed and bought Ruth's property and became Ruth's kinsman redeemer.

     Pictured above the relative took off his shoe and gave it to Boaz. That's the way they completed a sale of property in those days. In other words the relative told Boaz I have no more right to walk on your property. It's your property and I have to ask your permission to walk on it or you can tell me no trespassing barefoot.

     Now notice that Boaz could not marry Ruth until he bought or redeemed the field where Ruth lived. We see that the reason Boaz bought the field was because the bride was connected to the field. Jesus, like Boaz bought a field or this world with His own blood because His bride the church was also connected to the field world.

     Right now in this field or world scattered abroad north, south, east, and west are Jews, Gentiles, bond, free, male, and female that are the the bride church or the body of Christ. And one day soon, Jesus is going to say Come up hither, and the church is going to be caught up out of this world to meet Jesus in the air during the rapture. This bride church will get married to Jesus after they have their wrinkles ironed out of their wedding garment by fire at the bema judgment seat. Revelation 19:7 says Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to Him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

 

     Pictured above we see yet another field purchased in the bible by the prophet Jeremiah named Anathoth to claim a promised treasure. Jeremiah 32:6 says And Jeremiah said, The word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth (called answers to prayer): for the right of redemption is thine to buy it.

     After God told Jeremiah to buy Hanameel's field in Anathoth, I could see Jeremiah tell God, Lord I just got done telling the people that they are going into captivity for 70 years in Babylon. Why should I buy a piece of property if I'm going to be a slave in Babylon? Why should I buy a piece of property, even though it's dirt cheap at this time for only 17 shekels of silver, if I'm going to be captured and become a slave in Babylon for 70 years. God replied and said Jeremiah purchase the field because you will soon come back to Israel to possess the field to build houses and vineyards.

      Pictured above we see Jeremiah purchasing Hanameel's field of Anathoth for only 17 shekels of silver. Jeremiah 32:9 says And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even 17 shekels of silver. Jeremiah 32:13 says And I charged Baruch before them, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days. For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.

     Now after Jeremiah bought the field at Anathoth, the people in Israel probably said to Jeremiah Why did you buy this field in Anathoth? The other day you said we're going into captivity in Babylon. Now you're buying property in Israel. Are you a con man? Jeremiah replied and said I'm not a con man. The reason I bought the field in Anathoth, Israel is because I'm a doomsday preacher buying US Savings bonds because we will soon return to possess houses and vineyards in Israel.

     Like Jeremiah, we all can rejoice and say I'm investing now in Jesus when I preach the Word of God because one day soon I'm coming back to the new heavens and the new earth with Jesus riding on a white horse to cast the beast and false prophet into the lake of fire. I'll rule and reign with Jesus in peace for 1000 years on this earth during the millennium and forevermore in the blessed kingdom of God.

     Like Jeremiah, we might also hear people around us say Why are you continuing to preach and live for Jesus if the world is coming to an end while America becomes more and more wicked each day? People might also say preacher if America is going down, why are you continuing to serve Jesus and invest in Jesus?  Brother Bob replies because my payday might be seven years later. Payday will come after the great tribulation ends, the devil's beat down, destroyed, and cast into the bottomless pit for 1000 years and the lake of fire forever. You'll be glad you served Jesus today when you rule and reign with Jesus for 1000 years during the millennium and have everlasting peace forever in the kingdom of God.

     1 Corinthians 15:58 says Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. Galatians 6:9 says And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. Hebrews 6:10 says For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

     Next let's discuss what it will be like during the millennium with Jesus on this earth and in the kingdom of God forevermore. Pictured above Habakkuk 2:14 says For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. Today there is a 7 mile deep spot that was found in the ocean called the Challenger Deep at the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean. This is the deepest known point in the ocean. Deep sea divers say that all of Mount Everest could fit into the 7 mile deep spot called the Challenger Deep at the Mariana Trench. Just think about the infinite knowledge about the glory of our Lord Jesus being 7 miles deep all around the vast oceans of this earth. John 21:25 says And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.

     When Jesus comes back to earth during the millennium, Jesus will rule with a rod of iron and require worship every year from every nation. Every nation will go up to Zion in Jerusalem once a year during the feast of tabernacles to worship King Jesus. If a nation fails to worship Jesus during the feast of tabernacles, that nation will be plagued with no rain. 

     Zechariah 14:16 says And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the Lord will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.  

     Isaiah 2:2 says And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. 

     When Jesus' feet that are like fine brass that burn in a furnace touch the Mount of Olives upon His return to this earth during the millennium, it will be more powerful than a meteorite colliding with this earth, thereby creating Mount Zion in Jerusalem that will be higher and exalted above the highest Mount Everest.

Will Animals Be In The Kingdom Of God?

     The following scriptures prove that animals (Fido and white horses) are in heaven and will be on this earth during the millennium and in the kingdom of God forever. Peter saw animals on a great sheet descending down from heaven to the earth. Acts 10:11 says And (Peter) saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth. Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts, of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. When christians return to this earth after the seven year tribulation, christians will return on white horses from heaven with Jesus to rule and reign as kings and priests on this earth for 1000 years.

     Also the Persian definition for the word paradise (heaven) with the tree of life is animal park or a garden of animals. Christians are overcomers with Jesus according to John 16:33 and will live forever with the animals in the paradise kingdom of God's animal park. Revelation 2:7 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 of the tree of life, which is the midst of the paradise of God (kingdom of God animal park).

     During the millennium and in the kingdom of God forever with Jesus, the wild animals will be tame. The wolf and the lamb won't hurt each other. The lion and the ox will eat straw together. The cow and the bear shall feed together with their calves and cubs. Isaiah 65:25 says The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord. 

     Isaiah 11:6 says The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. An the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.

     I also believe that the animals in the kingdom of God will talk like the ass (donkey) that spoke to Balaam and the serpent who spoke to Eve. In heaven, it will be like the movie Dr. Doolittle where the animals will be able to speak with no sin. The animals will be tame and not harm anyone forever. I'm looking forward in heaven (not on this present earth) to hug baby polar bears and pet lions and elephants and ride on dolphins and whales. 1 Corinthians 2:9 says But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him. But God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit, for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

     During the millennium and forever in the kingdom of God, Isaiah 51:3 says For the Lord shall comfort Zion: He will comfort all her waste places; and He will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody. Isaiah 32:15 says Until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest. The watermelons, apples, and strawberries will grow so large that they will be like a forest. 

      During the millennium, it will be like the garden of Eden again where the fruitful field will be like a forest. When Jesus is King of this earth, people will live to be 969 years old again like Methuselah. Isaiah 29:17 says Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? Ezekiel said that the desolate land would transform into paradise and be like the garden of Eden. Ezekiel 36:34 says And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by. And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited. Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the Lord build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the Lord have spoken it, and I will do it.

     After the millennium in the kingdom of God forever there will be no bad thoughts, sickness, death, sorrow, crying, pain, and no more devil. No more Medicare, hospital bills, or funeral expenses. Revelation 21:4 says And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. There will be no crippled, blind, or deaf people in the kingdom of God. A crippled man in a wheelchair will leap like a deer forevermore with Jesus. A dumb man will always sing joyfully with Jesus. A blind man will open his eyes and rejoice when he sees Jesus forever in glory.

     Isaiah proclaimed that there will be no crippled people in the kingdom of God at Isaiah 35:4: Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; He will come and save you. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

Jacob will no longer limp; Isaac will no longer be blind

Leah will no longer be bleary eyed; Mephibosheth will no longer be lame

     For my final picture today we see a map above of Israel during the millennium described by the prophet Ezekiel. Now Brother Bob wants all my friends everywhere to notice two cities on the map named Engedi and Eneglaim that are both located on the Dead Sea. Also notice that from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea we see a waterway connecting Jerusalem and the Dead Sea.

     Currently there are no fish in the Dead Sea because the waters of the Dead Sea are salty and bitter. But when Jesus returns to this earth during the millennium, living waters will go out from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea. The salty and bitter waters of the Dead Sea shall be healed. Fishers will throw their nets into the Dead Sea and catch multitudes of fish according to their kinds, exceeding many.

     Take time and rejoice while you read the following scriptures that prove that the Dead Sea will be healed and contain multitudes of fish swimming in living waters when Jesus returns to this earth during the millennium. Zechariah 14:8 says And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. (Notice that even in the cold winter Jerusalem will supply water to the Dead Sea and multitudes of fish will live in the Dead Sea's healed waters). Ezekiel 47:7 says Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other. Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.

      And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh. And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi (western city on the Dead Sea) even unto Eneglaim (eastern city on the Dead Sea); they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.

     Note that after the millennium and the great white throne judgment, the first heaven and the first earth will pass away, and there will be no more sea. Revelation 21:1 says And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. The reason that there is no more sea is because the sea is always raging and roaring. No more sea with its storms, or scares from sharks or squids, or sin that separates us from God.  

     In the new heaven and new earth the water will be a peaceful pure river of water of life. Revelation 22:1 says And He shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. Jesus will give the saved saints living waters of the fountain of life freely. 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. Revelation 21:6 says And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. 

     I pray in Jesus name 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.