We may ask ourselves the question, “How can I conquer the world?” If we are believers in Jesus Christ, that alone gives us propriety in overcoming and conquering the world. Who of us can say we have never been tempted. No one. If we say we have not been tempted, we are liars.
God (Jehovah) speaks now to Job after hearing the many addresses of Job’s three friends, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar and listening to a new friend, Elihu who speaks on behalf of GOD. “Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind. He said, “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? (In other words, you’re saying things and you really don’t have the knowledge to speak on it; therefore you darken counsel and can speak only words; but look at my ministry of what I do and have done). “Now gird up your loins like a man, and I will ask you, and
Where is your place in this world? Where is my place in this world? Where is the confessed Christian’s place in this world? What are we to do? Where do we go? Wake up! All is not lost! Nothing is lost.
John looks to see who/what has been given the power and glory to take the scroll (the book) from the right hand of the great God!
You might remember the song “Nowhere to Run” by Martha and the Vandellas? “Got Nowhere to run to baby, nowhere to hide.” It’s on their “Dance Party” album cover.
Before this, the apostle had seen only the great God, the governor of all things. Now, the apostle is favored with a sight of the model and methods of the great God’s government, as they are all written down in a book which he holds in his hand. Now, we are now to consider as shut up and sealed in the hand of God. Let’s look at this.
The scroll was similar to contracts in the ancient world; that is, the details were written inside. He who sat on the throne, which reflected emerald lights like diamonds and rubies radiating from and around the throne.
If you have read about one surrounded by living creatures, which have “in the midst of the throne and round about the throne and who is full of eyes before and behind; one living creature like a lion; and the second living creature like a calf and the third living creature has a face as a man and the fourth living creature like a flying eagle” (Revelation 4:6-7).
Psalm 2 (I have found) to be one of the most interesting of the Psalms. There are many others. It shows us our Savior and David a “type of Christ.” David as an example of what we see in Christ’s kingdom.
Around 822-800 B.C., Syria and Israel had not been at war for about three years. Jehoshaphat (king of Judah) visited Ahab (king of Israel). Ahab was talking to his employees (servants) reminding them about a territory that belonged to them.
“For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.” (Matthew 17:9-23; Mark 8:31;Luke 9:22)
Perhaps you may have learned, as I have, that reading and studying the scriptures offer some of the highest levels of intellectual reading as well as it is entertaining soothing, comforting, engaging and even fun!
The Tower of Babel is in itself a fascinating structure. Speaking of artificial intelligence, we see in Nimrod’s power, strength and knowledge the ability to think, act and build a structure so unusual and powerful, God made him to become a part of ancient biblical history.
Has anyone ever been so truthful to tell you that you have an imbalanced diet? If your diet is: “self” for breakfast, “self” for lunch, “self” for dinner and “self” for snack” and if your sole (soul) diet is considering only self, I think you have a Nimrod diet.
About 2185 (We’re going to look back at Nimrod), here we go again trying to make sense of things of the past and things in the immediate present and near future near and far.