The third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they became blood. Posted by Julie daughter of the King at Sunday, September 17, 2017. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. That includes all nations, all races, all cultures. Now I watched when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, Come! And I looked, and behold, a white horse! And the people will oppress one another, every one his fellow and every one his neighbor; the youth will be insolent to the elder, and the despised to the honorable. NIV To you, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those who are near and those who are far away, in all the lands to which you have driven them, because of the treachery that they have committed against you. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven. I prayed to the Lord my God and made confession, saying, O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. Your goal is to teach your kids to please God with all their lives. Heres how this applies to raising our children in the Lord: Religiosity wont do; youve got to be walking with God with reality on the heart level. Its easy to drift into the ways of the world. July 3, 2020 Psalm 72 Because government is instituted by God as His "minister . How can a man who feels spiritually inadequate learn to lead his family and train his children in the things of God. So the anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and He said, Because this nation has transgressed My covenant which I commanded their fathers and has not listened to My voice, I also will no longer drive out before them any of the nations which Joshua left when he died, in order to test Israel by them, whether they will keep the way of the Lord to walk in it as their fathers did, or not.read more.So the Lord allowed those nations to remain, not driving them out quickly; and He did not give them into the hand of Joshua. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! So if you want to teach your children to follow God, youve got to love God fervently. This is an overflow of your own walk with God. If your kids see you walking in reality with God daily, loving His Word, applying it to your life, and growing in the fruit of the Spirit, your love for God will be infectious. Cease striving and know that I am God;I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.. And I will make boys their princes, and infants shall rule over them. When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood. In Genesis 1, we see God creating the heavens and the earth, with the Spirit of God involved in the process. At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon went up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege. 2 Kings 17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. These are but the beginning of the birth pains. He shall judge between many peoples, and shall decide disputes for strong nations far away; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore; For behold, I will command, and shake the house of Israel among all the nations as one shakes with a sieve, but no pebble shall fall to the earth. Obedience can be legalistic when people obey out of pride to look good before others, while their hearts are far from God. All these are but the beginning of the birth pains. Then Jeroboam drove Israel away from following the, The sons of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they did not depart from them. Sunday school is fine, but its no substitute for family times in Gods Word and prayer. I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false. Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he and his mother and his servants and his captains and his officials. But like any relationship, you have to maintain and deepen it by spending time alone with the Lord each day, reading and studying the Bible with the constant prayer, Lord, help me to know You better through Your Word! That should be your number one priority. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, OT Prophets: Amos 6:14 For behold I will raise up against (Amo. I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name's sake, and you have not grown weary. Indeed, He will speak to this peopleThrough stammering lips and a foreign tongue. Pray constantly that you wont lose your first love for Jesus Christ. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. Amos 6:14 "For behold, I am going to raise up a nation against you,O house of Israel," declares the Lord God of hosts,"And they will afflict you from the entrance of HamathTo the brook of the Arabah." Bible Amos Chapter 6 Verse 14 Amos 6:14 Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible "For behold, I am going to raise up a nation against you, Although I didnt do it, I wish now that I had used a catechism with our kids. A personal relationship with God is essential. Alas! Prophets were not chosen or elected by men, and they were not permitted to inherit the title or regard it as an official post to be filled by a man specially trained for it. They kept their religious rituals, but lacked a love relationship with God. 11 There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the Lord, a wicked counsellor. And four great beasts came up out of the sea, different from one another. We should never forget that everything the prophets predicted about the future was always intended to produce obedience in the present. Jeremiah, complaining of the prosperity of the wicked, by faith sees their ruin. The Lord is our God, the Lord is one! K E At the end of the program, as Charles and Carolyn returned to their humble little farm, their children bounded out of the house, delighted to welcome them home with hugs. 1:2-3). For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. What are some ways to guard ourselves from losing our first love for the Lord, or for restoring it if its faded (Rev. Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth. Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers. Jeremiah 18:7 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; Jeremiah 31:28 And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD. Psalm 102:15 - " The nations will fear the name of the LORD, all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.". W Whoever there is among you of all His people, may the Lord his God be with him, and let him go up!, Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying: Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and He has appointed me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Its easy to drift into worshiping the god of affluence rather than managing the resources that God has entrusted to you in light of His kingdom. Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, for his judgments are true and just; for he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged on her the blood of his servants. Once more they cried out, Hallelujah! . Obedience Is an Act of Worship Teach them how to start the day off right with the Lord. O Jesus Calls Us to Obey In Jesus Christ, we find the perfect model of obedience. We are experiencing the consequences of a nation that has turned its back on. God's Call Is a Call to Obey God's Revelation The LORD had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you. Dont respond to your kids questions by saying, Thats just what we believe, or, Because I said so! Your child needs to understand the why behind things as he grows older. But when hard trials come along, you abandon Him. He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft. But when youve got plenty, you tend to take it for granted. But they missed the intent of the passage, which is that Gods Word is to permeate every area of life. If we faced the threat of being arrested for gathering as a church, everyone here would be actively trusting in the Lord. 12 Thus saith the Lord; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. 6:2 ). Congressmen, one was the Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury, and one became Vice President of the United States. Your teaching should penetrate your child deeply so that it has an effect on him (the NIV translates it impress). And I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians, and they will fight, each against another and each against his neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom; He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide disputes for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. In Revelation 1:8, the Lord God says, I am the Alpha and the Omega, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty. In Revelation 22:13, Jesus says, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. Jesus is the Lord God! In 1900, a man studied the descendants of Jonathan and Sarah Edwards, the New England revival preacher, theologian, and president of Princeton University. If Gods Word is on your heart continually, then youll be talking about it constantly with your kids, applying it to real life situations. And on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until the decreed end is poured out on the desolator.. Even though we did this for years with our kids, we still had to be diligent to keep at it. Nation was crushed by nation and city by city, for God troubled them with every sort of distress. As for the ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings shall arise, and another shall arise after them; he shall be different from the former ones, and shall put down three kings. Then as I looked its wings were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man, and the mind of a man was given to it. Predicting the end of the world, he calls on people to repent, yet . We'll be focusing on Exodus 32:1-10, but will allude to Numbers 14:11-24 where Israel's unbelief at entering the Promised . But God views success in terms of godly, loving family relationships. Deuteronomy 32:8 Verse Concepts "When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, 45:6-7; 110:1 compared with Matt. Multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of decision! Psalm 117:1 - "Praise the LORD, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples .". Putting them on your forehead means that your thoughts and attitudes should communicate Gods truth. The Lords Reaction to all the sin and terrible unbelief being demonstrated in this land of America and around the world may be different than many imagine. As his disciples, we follow Christ's example as well as his commands. The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, to prepare the way for the kings from the east. A common stereotype of a biblical prophet is an angry robed man with piercing eyes and a long beard shouting words of condemnation. If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. Every area of our being must be consumed with and subservient to this great quest of loving God. So Israel was carried away into exile from their own land to Assyria until this day. And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. 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