Podcast: Abraham makes arrangement for a wife for Isaac, the son of the promise

 

 

 What can be more important for a parent than the mate their child marries?  

(Much prayer and help is needed from God in this matter if you are a parent.)

Isaac was the child of the promise of God.

Abraham knew it would be bad if Isaac married one of the daughters of Cannan.  So Abraham instructed his servant and sent his servant to bring from his people a wife for Isaac.

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Genesis 24

1 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.

2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:

3 And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.

5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?

6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.

7 The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; HE shall send HIS angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.

(Abraham had strong grounds upon which to have faith that God would lead in this matter.)

8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.

9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.

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10 And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.

12 And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.

13 Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:

14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that THOU hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that THOU hast shewed kindness unto my master.

(A woman showing kindness to the servant and also to the animals would be a woman with a good and kind disposition, caring for both man and helpless beast.)

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One of our church members had a twice divorced 50 year old son who wanted to find a wife and have children.  I felt I had counsel from God on this matter.  I told her:  Tell him a woman who would have sex with him before marriage would not be a suitable wife.

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Genesis 24

15 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.

16 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.

18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.

19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.

(She considered both man and beast.)

20 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.

(She went immediately to care for the 10 camels, showing a diligence and also that she was not a lazy woman.)

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21 And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.

22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;

23 And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in?

24 And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.

25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.

26 And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.

27 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of HIS mercy and HIS truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.

28 And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things.

29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.

30 And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.

31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.

32 And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were with him.

33 And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. 

(Abraham's servant acted with urgency and honor in his assigned task.)

And he (Laban) said, Speak on.

34 And he said, I am Abraham's servant.

35 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and HE hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.

36 And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.

37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:

38 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.

39 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.

40 And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send HIS angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house:

41 Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.

42 And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now THOU do prosper my way which I go:  43 Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;  44 And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master's son.

45 And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee. 46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.

47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.

48 And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son.

49 And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.

50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.

51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken.

52 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.

53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.

54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.

55 And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.

56 And he (Abraham's servant) said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.

57 And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth.

58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.

(Rebekah saw the way God was working in this matter and she didn't hesitate to go.)

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59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.

60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.

61 And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.

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62 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country.

63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.

64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.

65 For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.

66 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.

67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

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The apostle Paul shows us that at the time of sexual intercourse the two become one flesh:

I Corinthians 6

15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.  16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

We see how the two become one flesh in this scripture.  Marriage is honorable.  But fornication for the NT church is not honorable.

Therefore Paul warns:

I Corinthians 6:18  Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

While there are no examples of marriage "ceremonies" in the Bible, the following scriptures certainly provide information as to the vow that should come in the marriage today.

Mark 10  Jesus says:

6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Genesis 2

18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and HE (God) took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made HE a woman, and brought her unto the man.

23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

(Prior to the marriage, both the man and woman should be instructed on each of the above scriptures.)

And the following roles for the man and woman are important:

Genesis 3  (Because of the transgression)

16 Unto the woman HE (God) said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

17And unto Adam HE (God) said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

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Do you have the faith to pray asking God to choose the right mate for your child?

And then to pray asking God to teach you to love that mate properly and continue in prayer as to your own role in godliness toward the mate and your child.

This is a choice that I would want God to make.

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* Governments of the Old Testament compared with that of the New Testament.

 

Comments by Joan Boney:

In the Old Testament, God set up men, and even a woman, to judge HIS people and to show them the way to go as they lived on this present earth.

Here is one of those judges set by God:

Judges 4  (Deborah: a judge over Israel)

1 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.

2 And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.

3 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.

4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

5 And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.

6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?

7 And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.

8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.

9 And she said, I will surely go with thee:

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The judges of Israel were selected by God.  But after a season, the people of Israel demanded that they be given a king to rule over them as the other nations had.  

God did not like this and God told them what their king would do to them but they insisted on having a king to rule, so God gave them a king.  

The first king given was Saul.  Then David, then Solomon, then many others served as kings.  Some were godly but most proved to be evil in the sight of God.

Throughout the Old Testament the prophets, selected by God,  carried judgments of God to the children of Israel.  The people came to the prophets to inquire of God during the period of the Old Testament.

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The New Testament Church:

All those individuals who are born again by God are given the Holy Spirit to lead them and guide them in the New Testament church and this changes everything and sets up a different order in the New Testament church today.

I Corinthians 3:16  

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

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The New Testament church is set up by Jesus from heaven, after HIS resurrection, as follows:

Ephesians 4:8;11-12  Wherefore HE saith, When HE (Jesus) ascended up on high, HE led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.  11 And HE gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;  12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

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Paul was one of these New Testament apostles given to the church from heaven after Jesus arose.

Acts 9:1-9  And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,

2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.

3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:

4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou ME?

5 And he said, Who art THOU, Lord? 

And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt THOU have me to do? 

And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

7 And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.

8 And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.

9 And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.

Paul tells more about that which Jesus said to him in the following scripture:

Acts 26

15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? 

And HE said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.

16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;

17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,

18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in ME.

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Today there are still prophets in the NT church.  We see several examples in the New Testament Bible of prophets working in the NT church after the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus.  The people of God no longer have to come to a prophet to inquire of the Lord, but prophets are used by God to deliver messages to the people as God wills.

See Acts 11 and Acts 21 where Agabus a prophet comes the NT churches to do the work of God.  

Also the apostle Paul took Silas, a NT prophet, with him on his ministry journeys.  

And in the book of Acts, we see prophets speaking to the churches to confirm the Word of God to the NT church.

Acts 11:27   And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.

Acts 15:32  And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.

Acts 15:40  And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God.

Acts 17:4  And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.

I Corinthians 14:29   Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.

Acts 13:1  Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

In the New Testament Bible, there are no such things as: pope, cardinals, archbishops, priests, vickers, ministers of music.  No minister called himself "Reverend" in the Bible.  Ministers in the NT Bible identified themselves as apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor, teacher.  They did not wear special garments as in the Old Testament.

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And in the NT church, we have elders/bishops (the same office), and other governments inside the church caring for the church:  I Corinthians 12:27-28 (as follows)

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I Corinthians 12:27-28 

27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

28 And God hath set some in the church (some are set to work in the church and care for the church), first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.

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Titus  1  (elders/bishops)

4 To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.

5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:

6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

(elder and bishop are used interchangeably and are the same office in the church)

8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.

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2 Timothy 3  (deacons)

8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.

11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

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Today there are many denominations of churches set up by men by their own will, bringing division to the body of Christ as Paul told us in I Corinthians 3.

I Corinthians 3  (Paul says)

1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.

2  I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.

3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?

(One says, "I'm Methodist."  Another says, "I'm Baptist."  dividing the body of Christ by their denominations.)

Ephesians 4

1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;

5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

6 One God and Father of all, WHO is above all, and through all, and in you all.

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And there is the end time apostasy today in the church groups where they have fallen away from specific scripture and have set up their own church doctrines which are opposite from the doctrine of Christ in the Holy Bible.

The apostle Paul said this apostasy in the church where antichrist reigns in the churches had to happen before Jesus could return.

II Thessalonians 2:3-4 

 

3 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 explained to me:  "The falling away are not people leaving the church groups.  The falling away are the church groups leaving the scriptures.")

Paul said this would come in the end time churches:

Paul speaking to the elders of the church at Ephesus. 

Acts 20:29-30  For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.   Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.

God will destroy the antichrist churches of the apostasy when Jesus returns.

II Thessalonians 2:8   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:

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Hymn: Praise Him, Praise Him, Jesus our blessed redeemer

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1.  Praise Him! praise Him! 
Jesus, our blessed Redeemer!

Sing, ye saints! His wonderful love proclaim!

Hail Him! hail Him! mightiest angels in glory;
Strength and honor give to His holy name!

Like a shepherd, Jesus will feed His people,
In His WORD He carries them all day long;

O ye saints that live in the light of His presence,
Praise Him! praise Him! 
ever in joyful song!

2.  Praise Him! praise Him! 
Jesus, our blessed Redeemer,

For our sins He suffered and bled and died;

He, our Rock, our Hope of eternal salvation,
Hail Him! hail Him! 
Jesus, the Crucified;

Loving Savior, meekly enduring sorrow,
Crowned with thorns that cruelly pierced His brow;
Once for us rejected, despised, and forsaken,
Prince of Glory, ever triumphant now.

3.   Praise Him! praise Him! 
Jesus, our blessed Redeemer,

Heavenly portals, loud with hosannahs ring!
(portal:  doorway, way in, way out)

Jesus, Savior, reigneth for ever and ever;
Crown Him! crown Him! 
Prophet and Priest and King!

Death is vanquished! 
Tell it with joy, ye faithful,
Where is now thy victory, boasting grave?

Jesus lives! 
No longer thy portals are cheerless;
Jesus lives, the mighty and strong to save.


(Click pause symbol,  "  ... at beginning of hymn, to stop music)

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Scripture pertaining to this hymn:

Romans 5:5-9     the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.  For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.  For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

But God commendeth HIS love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.

(We didn't shed our blood for our sins, but Jesus shed His blood to pay for our sins ... without shedding of blood, there is no remission of sins  Hebrews 9:22 ... we cannot hope to pay for our sins and our wrong actions by our good works ... only by shed blood are we redeemed from sin and cleansed)

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Revelation 5:1-14   And I saw in the right hand of HIM that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. 

And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? 

And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. 

And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. 

And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.

And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

And HE came and took the book out of the right hand of HIM that sat upon the throne.

And when HE had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. And they sung a new song, saying, THOU art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for THOU wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by THY blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.

And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto HIM that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.

And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped HIM that liveth for ever and ever.


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Luke 24:1-8   Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.

(The dead human body decays and stinks. They brought spices to cover the odor of death. But God was not going to suffer the body of Jesus to see corruption as other flesh sees corruption.)


And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.

And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.


And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:

And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

HE is not here, but is risen: remember how HE spake unto you when HE was yet in Galilee,

Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.

And they remembered HIS words,

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Podcast: Words which God spoke to Pam Padgett

 

 

Comments by Joan Boney: 

Pam Padgett is a member of the body of Christ, chosen by God and given the Holy Spirit by God.

I wanted you to see how God speaks to Pam for this is a very good example for you to know that God speaks to all of those who are the elect of God, not just to HIS chosen ministers.

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Pam says:

 

In 1970 a boy in my class died in a motorcycle accident.  For the first time I realized that someone my age could die.  I also knew that if I died that day I would go to hell, and that the rituals I had been taught in the Catholic church could not save me.  

 

I strongly "knew" that my only hope was God.  

(Though Pam didn't realize it at the time this happened, it was God who put in into her heart that her only hope was God.  She was likely born again at that moment when Pam realized this.)

 

So I started to pray, but realized I didn't know who to address this prayer to.  

(We had been taught in the Catholic church that there is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, but I didn't know which one to pray to and it was very important to me that this prayer be heard.)  

 

So I started my prayer by saying "I know there is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, but I don't know which one to pray to.  So please get this prayer to the right one."  

 

Then I asked that, if there was any way possible to save me, to please do so.  

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After I prayed, my eyes were drawn to the following scripture which was written on a bookmark.  It strongly stood out to me and comforted me.   

 

Matthew 11:28-30  Come unto ME, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 

Take MY yoke upon you, and learn of ME; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 

For MY yoke is easy, and MY burden is light.

Now I am sure it was God giving me the understanding that the rituals of the Catholic church could not save me and that God is my only hope, and drawing my attention to Matthew 11:28-30. 

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A short time after this, where I turned to God asking Him to please save me, I began to realize that there was "something of God in me".  

 

One example is when I was talking with a few girls before class began.  One of the girls said "You could never guess where I went yesterday afternoon."   

I knew within me where she had gone.  I said "You went to the cemetery, to Tommy's grave."  (Tommy was the boy in our class who had died in the motorcycle accident.)

She said that was correct and that I must have seen her there.

I told her that I had not seen her, but they had gone on talking about other things and didn't seem to hear.  

But it was obvious to me that there was no way I could have known that she had gone to the cemetery.  It had to be that God had given me this information.  

 

I now believe this was a word of knowledge from God.

 

I Corinthians 12:8  For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;

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During my senior year of high school, when my family returned home from visiting my sister at her college, a friend of my mom called her.  This friend's husband owned the wrecker service in our small town.  She told my mom that there had been a serious car accident involving some of the boys from our high school, but she didn't know who the boys were.

That night I was given a dream in which I was shown who had been in the accident and that Steve had been killed in it.  

Steve was in my class. 

The next morning my mom spoke with her friend again on the telephone and learned who had been in the accident.  My mom came to my room to tell me, but before she said anything I told her that I knew that Steve had been killed in the accident.  

 

I think my mom assumed I had overheard her talking with her friend, but I knew that God had told me this by the dream. 

 

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Although I knew there was "something of God in me" after I asked God to please save me, I didn't know what that was.  

 

A few years later God explained to me that it was the Holy Spirit in me as I read the following in I Corinthians. 

I Corinthians 3:16  Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

I Corinthians 6:19   What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

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Psalm 46:10   Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

 

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Pam says: 

During the last months of college I rented a room in the home of a woman, Cindy, I had met in the singles group at the church I attended at the time.  Cindy had been divorced twice and had a young daughter.  At first she seemed content to remain single and raise her daughter.  But then she began to look for another husband.  

 

I spoke with her and shared scriptures with her warning that she would commit adultery if she remarried.  It was a big shock when she replied "I don't care what the Bible says.  I know what I believe."  

But God says:

 

Romans 7:2-3  For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. 

So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

I Corinthians 7:10-11 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

 

I Corinthians 7:39  The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

 

I graduated and moved from Cindy's house shortly after this to a town about 30 minutes from where this church group met.  So I no longer attended the singles group meetings but still attended the Sunday morning service and sat with those in the singles group, visiting with them before and after the service.

Someone told me that Cindy had become engaged to marry a man who also attended the singles group, Terry.  

 

I went to Terry and shared scripture with him warning of the adultery that would be committed if he and Cindy married since she was divorced.  Terry said he would consider these things, but he didn't stop the wedding plans.  

 

Matthew 5:32   But I (Jesus) 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.

 

Then I heard that another woman I had met in the singles group, Lisa, was going to be maid of honor at Terry and Cindy's wedding.  

 

I went to Lisa and shared scripture warning of the adultery that would be committed by this marriage.  Lisa said she knew this was wrong but that they would get married anyway, so she was going to be maid of honor.  

I Timothy 5:22 ... neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.

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Then something strange began to happen when I went to the Sunday morning church service.  

One Sunday morning I got to the church a little early and sat in the area where those in the singles group sat, but none of the singles came to sit in that area.  As the service was about to begin, I turned and saw that those in the singles group were sitting in an area behind me.  

The next Sunday morning I sat in what I thought was the "new" singles group area, but those in the singles group sat in the "old" area.

The following Sunday morning I got to the church building shortly before the service began.  I went to where those in the singles group were sitting and sat down.  

Without saying a word, they got up and moved away from me to sit another area of the church auditorium.

Now it was obvious to me that those in the singles group did not want to associate with me, but I didn't know why. 

I cried out to God, asking what was going on?  Had I done something wrong? 

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A few weeks later a woman I didn't know very well came to me after the Sunday morning service.  

 

She said she had a word from God for me.  

 

The word she delivered was that God knew how those in the singles group were treating me, and that I needed to know it was because I had spoken to the various people involved in Cindy and Terry's wedding, and that this is what HE (God) had wanted me to do. 

 

It was so comforting to receive this word, for I then knew why this had happened and that I had done what was right in the sight of God. 

 

 

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In approximately 1983 while sitting in the Metrochurch auditorium waiting for the Sunday morning service to begin, I heard the following:   

 

"What are you doing sitting here?  I told you to get out.  Now get out."

 

I became convinced this was from God and asked God when HE had previously told me to leave this church group.  I was reminded of the "Poison Gas Dream" which Joan Boney had shared with us and warnings she had given to us about those church groups that corrupt the Word of God. 

The Poison Gas Dream   (1979) 

(Comments by Joan Boney)

 

Destruction was everywhere.

In this dream, a meeting was going on. A man was speaking to a room filled with people. I went in and began to listen.

A second man rushed into the room and said: "Stop ... Wait ... Can't you see ... It's too late ... It's already begun."

The first man resumed speaking.

I looked out the window to see what had "already begun."

There was a tall pole with a yellow civil defense speaker at top of the pole. A gas was coming out of the speaker. I knew it was poisonous and would kill the people. It was coming directly toward us!

The shocking thing was the speaker that was set there for the purpose of warning us was being used as the instrument which dispersed the gas that was poison and would kill us!

I looked at the man seated next to me. He had a big grin on his face and was looking directly at the man who was speaking to the group. But then I saw this man was a corpse, though he looked alive. He was already dead!

I looked about the room at the other people and realized they were all dead.

As I sat back in my chair and listened to the man speaking I began to feel sleepy and I knew as I sat there among them this was killing me too.

Dream ends.

God was showing me the anarchy in the church groups, at the time of the dream, 1979. And it is much worse today.

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Pam says:

 

So after God showed me this, I left that church group.    

 

Metrochurch was approving and performing marriage ceremonies in which the woman was divorced.  Many scriptures in the Bible show us that if a divorced woman remarries she commits adultery and the man who marries her commits adultery.  

Matthew 5:32   But I (Jesus) 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.

 

 

Romans 7:2-3  For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. 

 

So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

 

 

I Corinthians 7:10-11 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

 

I Corinthians 7:39  The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

 

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Pam says:

Here is another example of God speaking to me, this time by HIS Holy Spirit.

 

 When my mom was very ill in an intensive care unit, I asked God if I should go to Oklahoma to be with her and help her.  I heard the following and because of this, I did not go to Oklahoma:

 

"To go there would be like stepping into a hill of fire ants.  And your mom has everything she needs."

I believed this word.

 

When my mom recovered enough to go home, I spoke with her on the telephone.  She told me of several people who had come to the hospital to see her.  I realized that what these people tend to say and do is a grief to me.  It is like being stung by fire ants, very painful and requiring me to need healing by God from the poison of their words and works.  

 

My mom also told me of the wonderful care she had received.  She had everything she needed. 

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One day my sisters called to tell me my dad was very ill and not expected to live more than a few days, and that I needed to go to Oklahoma right away to be with him before he died.  I asked God what I should do and I heard:

"You've already said everything needed."

I did not go to be with my dad.  He recovered.  A couple weeks later when I called to talk with my parents my mom told me my dad was out mowing the yard.  

When my dad died a few years later, he simply died in his sleep.  

 

After my dad died, I asked God if HE would please let me know in some way whether my dad was born again.  

A few days later, I was given a dream in which my dad was my "brother".  I believe God was showing me that my dad is my brother in Christ, born again! 

 

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Several years later I recognized a change in my mom.  She no longer spoke about other people and what they were doing.  Instead, she spoke of reading the Bible and things of God.  

She was changed, born again.

Several months later I was given a dream in which my mom was putting things in order.  I believed I was being shown she was putting things in her life in order and was about to die.  

She died about 2 weeks later. 

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In 2001 when looking for a house to buy near the new location of my work, none of the houses which were available to buy and which I had seen appealed to me.  I asked God to please show me what house to buy.  

 

I was given the idea to go through the information sheets I had picked up about each house I had seen.  As I did this, my attention was drawn to something about each house which showed that house wouldn't work for me ... each house except one.  

 

The Holy Spirit was showing me truth about each of these houses as I went through the information about the houses.  

 

John 16:13  Howbeit when HE, the Spirit of truth, is come, HE will guide you into all truth: for HE shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever HE shall hear (from God), that shall he speak: and HE will shew you things to come.

 

I arranged to again see the one house for which I was not shown any problem.  As I walked through the house I began to see things I really liked about the house but had missed the first time seeing it.  I purchased that house.  

 

This house has worked out perfectly for me throughout the 20 years I've lived in it. 

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The house layout even allowed me to add a main-floor bedroom and handicap accessible shower which I was led to add starting in July, 2018, 17 years after buying the house.  

 

The main-floor bedroom and shower were nearing completion when Joan Boney fell at her house in Texas in December, 2018, and she knew that she could not live alone any more.  God had also told her that she would never see her house (in Texas) again.  

 

After spending 2-1/2 months in hospitals, Joan moved from Texas to Colorado in February, 2019, and she has lived in the main-floor bedroom of my house since then.  And she finds that the handicap-accessible shower works very well for her.  

 

Its been wonderful to have another of the elect of God living right here, and it allows us to work together very easily on blogs, podcasts, and books. 

Notice the timeline of this story.  God worked it out perfectly:

* July, 2018, began construction, adding bedroom downstairs and handicap bath

* December, 2018, Joan fell at her house in Texas and spent 2 1/2 months in hospitals

* January, 2019, construction finished on downstairs bedroom/bath

* February 24, 2019, Joan moved into downstairs bedroom/bath

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Proverbs 3:5-7  Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 

In all thy ways acknowledge HIM, and HE shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

 

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In 2005, the man I was engaged to marry, who said he was a Christian, told me with gladness that his son was engaged to marry and what he planned to do to help with the wedding preparations.  The woman his son was engaged to marry was a divorced woman.  

 

I told him that, according to the Bible, his son would commit adultery if he married a divorced woman.

(Matthew 5:32  Jesus says:  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.)

 

After telling what God has told us in the Bible about the adultery committed when a man marries a divorced woman, the man I was engaged to marry no longer wanted to marry me.  

 

I was quite upset.  

 

But then the Holy Spirit said to me "Be not unequally yoked together with unbelievers".  

And I immediately knew that this man was not a "believer" although he said he was a Christian, for he did not believe and uphold the Word of God given to us in Matthew 5:32.

It was a great comfort to me to be shown the truth about this man I was engaged to marry, and it made me very grateful to God that I did not marry this man.  

 2 Corinthians 6:14-18   Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be MY people.

17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.

18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be MY sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

 

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In 2011, I was shown to leave my computer programming job at FedEx when the following scripture strongly caught my attention: 

 

Micah 2:10  Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.

 

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This is one of the scriptures given to me by the Holy Spirit which I believed and it set my course of faith in God for the remainder of my years.

God says:

 

Psalm 32:8  I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with Mine eye

 

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Another scripture given to me which has been very important.

 

Matthew 6:33  But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and HIS righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 

 

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When my 20-year old cat was sleeping more and more and not as steady when she walked, I asked God how I would know the best time to put the cat to sleep.

  

I heard "You'll see blood".

 

A few weeks later the cat vomited and I saw blood in the vomit.  

 

Immediately I was reminded of the word I had been given to know when it was time to put the cat to sleep, and I did this right away.  

 

It was a great comfort to me to have been given the best time to do this. 

 

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Dream given to me - 3/19/2006

I was in a rather small army and we were about to be attacked by a much larger army. We were led to go into a room on an upper floor of a building. We knew the enemy would come there and that the battle would be in this room. 

 

There was a table and chairs in the room. Although I thought about turning the table on its side to use as a type of shield, other people had already started doing that. 

We didn’t have weapons such as guns; we were given forks. 

(The weapons of our warfare are very different from the weapons of man.)

 

There was a closet near the door through which the enemy would enter. I took a fork and went into the closet, leaving the door partially opened.

Then the enemy started coming through the door. I reached out of the closet, grabbed an enemy soldier, and stabbed the soldier several times with my fork. When that soldier fell, I reached and grabbed another. 

After having done this several times, the enemy saw what I was doing and 3 of them came to kill me.   It looked totally hopeless for me.

But then, suddenly, the fighting stopped. 

 

I asked others in the army I was in why the fighting stopped and was told that it was because I was being attacked. 

There was a rule that if a soldier was already injured, they could not be attacked. At first I wondered how this pertained to me, but then saw a small cut on my left arm.  I don’t think I was even aware of this during the battle, and it certainly hadn’t stopped me from killing several of the enemy.  But, evidently, this was seen as a serious offense by those in power. So the fighting had been stopped and the enemy army was held responsible for this by those in authority.

Jesus said:  Matthew 24:22  And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

I was concerned that I had stabbed each enemy soldier several times and wondered if this was going against the rules as well. However, I was told that this was ok since I stabbed the soldier multiple times in the same attack ... I hadn’t set out to attack someone who was already wounded.

As we waiting in the room, we received word that the enemy had admitted they were wrong. We thought the fighting would now resume. But as we waiting in the room for the enemy to return, we noticed through a window that the enemy troops were marching out of the city. The battle was over.

I turned and told those in the room that this was God’s doing (that we weren’t destroyed by the enemy and that the battle was over), and others agreed. 

 

 

After waking from this dream, I was reminded of the following:

II Corinthians 10:3-5   For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:  (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

Isaiah 55:8-9   For MY thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways MY ways, saith the Lord.  For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are MY ways higher than your ways, and MY thoughts than your thoughts.

 

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Dream given to me - 2/27/2020 

There had been an explosion.  Somehow it was known that the person responsible for this explosion had setup another explosion for a specific day.  We even knew the approximate time.

I started to leave the building where I was working on the sixth floor before the second explosion was to take place, but just a few steps down the stairs I remembered my purse and that all my identification was in it.  I ran to where my purse was and got it. 

Then I proceeded to leave, going down the stairs very quickly.  I counted each floor as I passed by it descending down the stairs.

Some people were standing along the stairs, talking.  I could tell by their talk that they knew the explosion was supposed to be coming, but they seemed to feel no sense of urgency.  I didn’t stop to try to persuade them to get out right away.  Instead, I went around them and continued getting to the first floor so I could leave the building. 

I got out of the building and continued quickly on my way to leave the area. 

At one point I was aware the explosion had happened.  There was a wall of glass doors in the outside area where I was.  I went through one of the doors to the other side, getting as far away from the destruction as I could.  I kept walking as quickly as possible. 

At one point I saw a woman walking around with a dazed look.  She was carrying a recording device.  I heard her say she was interviewing people who had been hurt or raped during this event.

I kept walking as quickly as possible toward the parking lot so I could leave.

After I awoke from this dream, I heard: “Save yourself from this untoward generation”

Acts 2:40   And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation. 

Untoward:  warped, winding, perverse, crooked, froward, inappropriate, offensive, willful

 

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Dream - 7/9/2020 

There was a war going on.  The enemy was coming to the house where I was.  I thought I would be safe if I went to an area behind the house and sat on a chair behind a large tree until the enemy left. 

I got a chair and started out the back door of the house, but then noticed movement in the trees behind the house.  I knew the enemy was in that area as well and that it wouldn’t be safe to go to the big tree.  

I was trapped, with the enemy approaching the front of the house, and the enemy already in the trees behind the house.  

Then the war was suddenly over, and the enemy had lost the war.  

As people were moving about in the aftermath of the war, I walked away safely. 

As I woke I was reminded of:  For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 

And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.  (Matthew 24:21-22)

 

 

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