💥 Daniel: Angel sent to show Daniel what would happen in last days.

Daniel 10:14  Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.

21  But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth:

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Daniel 11

2 And now will I shew thee the truth. 

Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.

3 And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. 

4 And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.

5 And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion.

6 And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.

7 But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail:

8 And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north.

9 So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land.

10 But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress.

11 And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand.

choler:  a peevish or irascible temperament; anger or irascibility

12 And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthened by it.

13 For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches.

14 And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall.

15 So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.

16 But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.

17 He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him.

18 After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him.

19 Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.

20 Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.

21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

(I've always thought this was Hitler, but that is just my thinking and I'm not saying it is from God. Hitler had war in his heart but he spoke "peace" to many at first and he tricked both leaders of England and France at Munich. And took Austria claiming "being a protector".)

22 And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.

23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
 
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.

25 And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.

26 Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.

27 And both these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.

28 Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land.

29 At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.

30 For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.

31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.

32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.

33And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.

34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.

35 And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.

36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.

37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.

38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.

39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.

40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.

41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.

42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.

43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.

(The above verse does not seem like what happened with Hitler.)

44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.

45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.

Chapter 12

1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

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4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

5 Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.

6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?

7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.

8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?

9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.

10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.

11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.

12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.

13 But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.

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💥  Joan Boney

Isaiah 30:18  And therefore will the LORD wait, that HE may be gracious unto you, and therefore will HE be exalted, that HE may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for HIM. 

 

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💥 Sandra Chupik

 

Psalm 100 

 

1 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. 2 Serve the Lord with gladness: come before HIS presence with singing. 3 Know ye that the Lord HE is God: it is HE that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are HIS people, and the sheep of HIS pasture.

 

4 Enter into HIS gates with thanksgiving, and into HIS courts with praise: be thankful unto HIM, and bless HIS name. For the Lord is good; HIS mercy is everlasting; and HIS truth to all generations.

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💥 Sandy Kern

 

Amos 5:15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

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 💥 Beth Martin

 

 A couple of weeks ago, I noticed soreness in the right side of my neck. I also had a swollen gland there. It was tender when applying neck cream. I prayed and asked God what to do about it. I heard to gargle with a prescription mouthwash that I had at home. I did this and the problem was gone in 3 days.

 

How wonderful to know that he hears us and helps us!

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 💥 Pam Padgett

 

Psalm 31:19 Oh how great is Thy goodness, which Thou hast laid up for them that fear Thee; which Thou hast wrought for them that trust in Thee before the sons of men!

 

When we trust in God, we uphold HIS Word in our hearts and by what we do and say regardless of who we are around. We don't go along with ways that are not according to the Bible in order to be accepted by others.

 

Our trust is in God, that HIS word is true and right, and that HE will not forsake us as we honor HIM before those who do not.

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 💥 Barbara Preston

 
James 1:5-8

5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

 

6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.  

 

7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.  

 

8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

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 💥 Linda Rodgers

 

Psalm 118: 24, 28 This is the day which the Lord hath made; I will rejoice and be glad in it. 

 

O give thanks unto the Lord; for He is good: for His mercy endureth forever.

    

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 💥 Cathy Varner   

 

Proverbs 21:1 The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: He turneth it withersoever He will.  

 

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  💥 Juliett Walton

 

Psalm 119:105 Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. 

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💥 Rise and fall of churches, nations, individuals ... Why they fall often as they get bigger! To get bigger they often sin and compromise integrity of the Word.

 

Matthew 4:4  Jesus says:  Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

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Every word:

(Comments by Joan Boney)

Have you ever heard this Word from God spoken at any church you have attended?

The man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery?

I'm 86 years old.  I have attended several different churches.  I've never heard this taught at any church I've attended.

Yet Jesus spoke this and it is recorded for us in the book of Matthew twice.

Matthew 5:32  But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

Matthew 19:9  And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

This is just one example of churches and people "falling away" from scriptures and setting up other doctrines which are opposite from Bible to please people and to draw people to their churches.

For if they speak certain scripture people will leave the church group.  But if they omit scriptures that offend those who are going in a way opposite to scripture, they will come to church for the church will show they are approved by them even when they go opposite to scripture.

And they will give money!

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Apparently churches used to teach this but "fell away" from this scripture and stopped teaching this.  (antichrist:  the "falling away" of churches from scripture in the end times)

The apostle Paul told us that before Jesus returns, there would come a "falling away":

2 Thessalonians 2:3-4  Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

In 1982, I was reading the above scripture and God said to me:  "The 'falling away' are not people leaving the churches ... The 'falling away' are the churches leaving the scriptures.  This is antichrist in the churches."

When Jesus returns, HE will destroy the people who fall away from scripture in the churches and set up doctrines opposite to the doctrines of Christ in the Bible.

2 Thessalonians 2:8-12

8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of HIS mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of HIS coming:

9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

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Fall of churches, nations of men, and individuals:

* Failure to love truth.

Ephesians 4:21  If so be that ye have heard HIM, and have been taught by HIM, as the truth is in Jesus:  (the Word)

John 8:31-32  Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on HIM, If ye continue in MY word, then are ye MY disciples indeed;  32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

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Decades ago, people came to the new World, the United States of America, for a better life.  Many came to worship God without persecution.  

In schools, often they taught their children to read so they could read the Bible.

In the early days, morality of USA was even set up to fit parts of the Bible, even if the person was not a born again Christian.

By the time WWI and WWII started, many young men who fought for USA had integrity founded by some of the Bible.

Homosexuals and lesbians were thought wrong, as taught by the Bible.

Romans 1:22-28  (What the Bible says about homosexuals and lesbians)

22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

28 And even as they did not like to retain God (the Word of God in the Holy Bible) in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

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(Even churches fell away from these scriptures and began to teach opposite to scripture.  antichrist)

In England it was considered to be adultery for a man to marry a divorced woman.

The King of England in 1936 wanted to marry a divorced woman.  At that time she was still married to a second husband.  The laws of the church of England would not permit a man to marry a divorced woman.  The people of England would not approve their king in marriage to a divorced woman.  

Edward said he could not be king and do his work without the woman he loved beside him.  So they set up an "instrument of abdication"  whereby Edward could give up being king and marry Mrs. Simpson, after she divorced husband number 2.  This is what Edward did on December 11, 1936, allowing his younger brother to become King of England.

Some time after 1936, the people of England and government of England "fell away" from this thinking.  

In the age of Victoria (1819-1901), England was one of the greatest nations in this world.  They stood for "right" and "justice", though they ruled other countries such as India.  Often their thinking was according to various scriptures ... but they "fell away" from this thinking along the years.  

In WWI they were still a major nation.  In WWII they were a little weaker.  After WWII the United States and Russia were the 2 major nations.

God raises up instruments of destruction to cause the fall of nations and individuals.

Today integrity among political figures in USA has lost much of the doctrines established in the founding of America when Bible was much of a basis and consideration of such things as adultery and homosexual-lesbian and they have moved to "more modern" thinking and the scriptures removed.  

Today many religions are upheld in USA.  It has become a much weaker nation of men and has fallen away from much of the Bible. 

Even Christian churches have fallen away from many scriptures which were once upheld.  "The falling away from doctrines of Christ and the setting up of doctrines of anti-christ, opposite to Bible."

It is like pouring water into wine ... integrity grows weak and eventually even vanishes. 

Truth ... judgment ... justice ... morality of Bible ... are all affected and soon God will cause something to rise up, an instrument of destruction, and the weakening we see today will be worse and worse.  This is how people and churches, and nations reap destruction upon themselves.  They "fall away from truth ... judgment ... justice ... morality of Bible ... 

When it starts inside the person who is Christian, it is usually the downfall of that person.  When scripture no longer matters and becomes a little thing and "old fashioned" in their thinking, it is usually over.

Matthew 24:12-13  Jesus says:  And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

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Jesus says:  Few will find the way of life.

Matthew 7:13-14 

13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

I'm trying to evaluate some of the things I'm doing and stop doing those unnecessary things that cause me to be needlessly troubled!

Save yourself from this untoward generation ... (Acts 2:40)

Acts 2  (God says:)

21 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:

20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:

21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

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Some think they can change the evil and turn nations back to God and they end up being wicked themselves as they fight the evil and fall away from the scripture which is truth.

God showed me that antichrist was "ordained" to move into the churches and the "falling away" from scripture was ordained to happen.  (2 Thessalonians 2)

When I saw this and understood, I just left them alone and separated myself from antichrist.

2 Timothy 3

1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

3 Without natural affection (homosexuals, lesbians, and mother's killing their own unborn children), trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

They often join a church and attend a church, but will not do scripture.

13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of WHOM thou hast learned them;  (God taught me this by HIS Word)

15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

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Podcast: #11 Life changing concepts shown to me by God through the Holy Spirit and the scriptures

 

 

 

These are things brought to my attention by the Holy Spirit.  I'm sure there are other things also.

💥  The Holy Spirit just reminded me of Psalm 51:10.  I'm always praying this over me when I have conflict with another person.  Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

Praying this has helped me so much.  God gives me a new heart and a new Spirit instantly! (Of course you must have faith for it to happen!)

James 1:6-7  But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

(All things are done by faith and without faith nothing is done.)

Joan Boney

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John 15 (Reading through the Bible)

 

I (The Word) am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

² Every branch in Me that beareth not fruit He taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, He purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

³ Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

⁴ Abide in Me (The Word), and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in Me (in The Word).

⁵ I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without Me (The Word) ye can do nothing.

⁶ If a man abide not in Me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

⁷ If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

⁸ Herein is My Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be My disciples.

⁹ As the Father hath loved Me, so have I loved you: continue ye in My love.

¹⁰ If ye keep My commandments, ye shall abide in My love; even as I have kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love.

¹¹ These things have I spoken unto you, that My joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

¹² This is My commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

¹³ Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

¹⁴ Ye are My friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

¹⁵ Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of (from) My Father I have made known unto you.

¹⁶ Ye have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in My name, He may give it you.

¹⁷ These things I command you, that ye love one another.

¹⁸ If the world hate you, ye know that it hated Me before it hated you.

¹⁹ If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

²⁰ Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord.

If they have persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept My saying, they will keep yours also.

²¹ But all these things will they do unto you for My name's sake, because they know not Him that sent Me.

²² If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin.

²³ He that hateth Me hateth My Father also.

²⁴ If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both Me and My Father.

²⁵ But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated Me without a cause.

²⁶ But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of Me:

²⁷ And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with Me from the beginning.

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💥 Jonah

Chapter 1

1 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before ME.

3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.

4 But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.

5 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.

6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.

7 And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.

8 Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?

9 And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.

10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.

11 Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.

12And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.

13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.

14 Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee.

15 So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.

16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.

17 Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

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Chapter 2

1 Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,

2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and HE heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and THOU heardest my voice.

3 For THOU hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all THY billows and THY waves passed over me.

4 Then I said, I am cast out of THY sight; yet I will look again toward THY holy temple.

5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast THOU brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.

7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto THEE, into THINE holy temple.

8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

9 But I will sacrifice unto THEE with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.

10 And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

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Chapter 3

1 And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,

2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.

3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.
 
4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

6 For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:

8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.

9 Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that HE had said that HE would do unto them; and HE did it not.

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Jonah 4

1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.

2 And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that THOU art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

4 Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?

5 So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city.

6 And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.

7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.

8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

9 And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.

10 Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:

11 And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

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(Comments by Joan Boney)  A few days ago, I re-read the Book of Jonah and really enjoyed reading it.  I thought it would be good to call your attention to this Book of the Bible.

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