reason why jonah disliked NINEVEH/ASSYRIANS because they were ENEMIES OF ISRAEL !!!!!!! im of syriac decent en im soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo glad later we now acknowledge GOD YAH en his son YAHSHUA aminnnnnn
Luke 1:26-38( Birth of Jesus Fortold) " 26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel😊❤ was sent from God(😊100%❤) to a city of Galilee names Nazareth, 27 to a virgin( virgin Mary)😊❤ betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph😊❤, of the house of David😊❤. And the virgin's name was Mary😊❤. 28 And he came to her and said, " Greeting😊❤, O favored one, the Lord 😊❤ is with you! " 29 But she( Mary) was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. 30 And the angel( Gabriel😊❤) said to her( Mary😊❤), " Do not😊❤ be afraid, Mary😊❤, for you have found favor 😊❤ with God(😊100%❤). 31 And behold, you willk conceived in your womb and bear a son(Jesus😊1st❤), and you shall call his name Jesus(😊1st❤). 32 He(Jesus😊1st❤) will be great and will be called the Son(Jesus😊1st❤) of the Most High😊❤. And the Lord God😊❤ will give to him(Jesus😊1st❤) the throne of his father David😊❤, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob 😊❤forever❤ and of his( Jesus'😊1st❤) kingdom😊❤ there will be no end😊❤." 34 And Mary😊❤ said to the angel( Gabriel from Luke 1:1 " ...the angel Gabriel😊❤..." ( Luke 1:1 middle of the verse ESV Study Bible), " How will this be , since I am a virgin? " 35 And the angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit(😊❤) will come upon you, and the power of the Most High😊❤ will overshadow you( Mary😊❤); therefore the child to be born will be called holy😊❤- the Son( Jesus😊1st❤) of God(😊100%❤). 36 And behold, your relativd Elizabeth in her old age has also conceivec a son( John the Baptist), and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. 37 For nothing will be impossible😊❤ with God(😊100%❤). 38 And Mary😊❤ said, " Behold, I am the servant😊❤ of the Lord😊❤; let it be to me according to your word.😊❤" And the angel( Gabriel) departed from her."( Luke 1:26-38 ESV Study Bible) Luke 1:26-33 again. "26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel😊❤ was sent from God(😊100%❤) to a city of Galilee names Nazareth, 27 to a virgin( virgin Mary)😊❤ betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph😊❤, of the house of David😊❤. And the virgin's name was Mary😊❤. 28 And he came to her and said, " Greeting😊❤, O favored one, the Lord 😊❤ is with you! " 29 But she( Mary) was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. 30 And the angel( Gabriel😊❤) said to her( Mary😊❤), " Do not😊❤ be afraid, Mary😊❤, for you have found favor 😊❤ with God(😊100%❤). 31 And behold, you willk conceived in your womb and bear a son(Jesus😊1st❤), and you shall call his name Jesus(😊1st❤). 32 He(Jesus😊1st❤) will be great and will be called the Son(Jesus😊1st❤) of the Most High😊❤. And the Lord God😊❤ will give to him(Jesus😊1st❤) the throne of his father David😊❤, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob 😊❤forever❤ and of his( Jesus'😊1st❤) kingdom😊❤ there will be no end😊❤." "( Luke 1:26-33 ESV Study Bible)
More update version in Christ. Genesis 38:1-5 of Genesis 38:1-30( Judah and Tamar) Genesis 38:1-5 "38 It happened at that time that Judah went down from his brothers and turned aside to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. 2 There Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. He took her and went in to her, 3 and she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Er. 4 She conceived again and bore a son, and she called his name Onan. 5 Yet again she bore a sonn, and she called his name Shelah, Judah was in Chezib when she bore him."( Genesis 38:1-5 ESV Study Bible) My ESV Study Bible said , in Genesis 38:1-2, " A sense forboding is conveyed through Judah's separation from the rest of his family, his friendship with Hirah( Genesis 38:1 " Hirah" a native of the Canaanite city of Adullam, about 12 miles[ 19km] southwest of Bethlehem), and his marriage to an unnamed Canaanite woman, the daughter of Shua ( from Genesis 38:2, 2a). In Genesis, marriage to Canaanites are never applauded(... Genesis 24:3; Genesis 26:34-35; Genesis 28:1)."( ESV Study Bible) Under the context of Genesis 24:1-67( Isaac and Rebekah) Genesis 24:3 "3 that I( Abraham😊❤ ) may make you swear by the LORD, the God(😊100%❤) of heaven and God (😊100%❤) of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son( "son"= Isaac😊❤) from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell,"( Genesis 24:3 ESV Study Bible) Under the context of Genesis 26:6-35( Isaac and Abimelech) Genesis 26:34-35 "34 When Esau was forty old, he took Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite to be his wife, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite, 35 and they made life bitter for Isaac😊❤ and Rebekah😊❤."( Genesis 26:34-35 ESV Study Bible) Under the context of Genesis 28:1-5( Jacob sent to Laban) Genesis 28:1 "28 Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and directed him, " You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women."( Genesis 28:1 ESV Study Bible) Luke 1:26-38( Birth of Jesus Fortold) " 26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel😊❤ was sent from God(😊100%❤) to a city of Galilee names Nazareth, 27 to a virgin( virgin Mary)😊❤ betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph😊❤, of the house of David😊❤. And the virgin's name was Mary😊❤. 28 And he came to her and said, " Greeting😊❤, O favored one, the Lord 😊❤ is with you! " 29 But she( Mary) was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. 30 And the angel( Gabriel😊❤) said to her( Mary😊❤), " Do not😊❤ be afraid, Mary😊❤, for you have found favor 😊❤ with God(😊100%❤). 31 And behold, you willk conceived in your womb and bear a son(Jesus😊1st❤), and you shall call his name Jesus(😊1st❤). 32 He(Jesus😊1st❤) will be great and will be called the Son(Jesus😊1st❤) of the Most High😊❤. And the Lord God😊❤ will give to him(Jesus😊1st❤) the throne of his father David😊❤, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob 😊❤forever❤ and of his( Jesus'😊1st❤) kingdom😊❤ there will be no end😊❤." 34 And Mary😊❤ said to the angel( Gabriel from Luke 1:1 " ...the angel Gabriel😊❤..." ( Luke 1:1 middle of the verse ESV Study Bible), " How will this be , since I am a virgin? " 35 And the angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit(😊❤) will come upon you, and the power of the Most High😊❤ will overshadow you( Mary😊❤); therefore the child to be born will be called holy😊❤- the Son( Jesus😊1st❤) of God(😊100%❤). 36 And behold, your relativd Elizabeth in her old age has also conceivec a son( John the Baptist), and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. 37 For nothing will be impossible😊❤ with God(😊100%❤). 38 And Mary😊❤ said, " Behold, I am the servant😊❤ of the Lord😊❤; let it be to me according to your word.😊❤" And the angel( Gabriel) departed from her."( Luke 1:26-38 ESV Study Bible) Luke 1:26-33 again. "26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel😊❤ was sent from God(😊100%❤) to a city of Galilee names Nazareth, 27 to a virgin( virgin Mary)😊❤ betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph😊❤, of the house of David😊❤. And the virgin's name was Mary😊❤. 28 And he came to her and said, " Greeting😊❤, O favored one, the Lord 😊❤ is with you! " 29 But she( Mary) was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. 30 And the angel( Gabriel😊❤) said to her( Mary😊❤), " Do not😊❤ be afraid, Mary😊❤, for you have found favor 😊❤ with God(😊100%❤). 31 And behold, you willk conceived in your womb and bear a son(Jesus😊1st❤), and you shall call his name Jesus(😊1st❤). 32 He(Jesus😊1st❤) will be great and will be called the Son(Jesus😊1st❤) of the Most High😊❤. And the Lord God😊❤ will give to him(Jesus😊1st❤) the throne of his father David😊❤, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob 😊❤forever❤ and of his( Jesus'😊1st❤) kingdom😊❤ there will be no end😊❤." "( Luke 1:26-33 ESV Study Bible)
Matthew 25:14-30( The parable of the Talents) " 14 " For it will be like a man (😊1st❤) going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. 15 To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. 16 He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talentd more. 17 So also he who had the two talents made two talents more. 18 But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money. 19 Now after a long time the master(😊1st❤) of those servant came and settled accounts with them. 20 And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, " Master, you delivered to me five talents; here I have made five talents more.' 21 His master(😊1st❤) said to him, ' Well done, good and faithful servant😊❤ You have been faithful over little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy 😊❤ of your master.' 22 And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, ' Master, you delivered to me two talents; here I have made two talents more.' 23 His master said to him, " Well done, good and faithful servant😊❤. You have been faithful😊❤ over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy😊❤ of your master.' 24 He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, ' Master, I knews you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed, 25 so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.' 26 But his master answered him, ' You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed? 27 Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest. 28 So take the talent from him and give it to him who has tent talents. 29 For to everyone😊❤ who has will more😊❤ be given😊❤, and he will have an abundance😊❤. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. 30 And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In the place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' "( Matthew 24:14-30 ESV Study Bible)
Matthew 25:14-30(The parable of the Talents❤) " 14 " For it will be like a man (😊1st❤) going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. 15 To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. 16 He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talentd more. 17 So also he who had the two talents made two talents more. 18 But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money. 19 Now after a long time the master(😊1st❤) of those servant came and settled accounts with them. 20 And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, " Master, you delivered to me five talents; here I have made five talents more.' 21 His master(😊1st❤) said to him, ' Well done, good and faithful servant😊❤ You have been faithful over little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy 😊❤ of your master.' 22 And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, ' Master, you delivered to me two talents; here I have made two talents more.' 23 His master said to him, " Well done, good and faithful servant😊❤. You have been faithful😊❤ over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy😊❤ of your master.' 24 He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, ' Master, I knews you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed, 25 so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.' 26 But his master answered him, ' You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed? 27 Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest. 28 So take the talent from him and give it to him who has tent talents. 29 For to everyone😊❤ who has will more😊❤ be given😊❤, and he will have an abundance😊❤. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. 30 And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In the place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' "( Matthew 24:14-30 ESV Study Bible) What kinds of talents did God has given you today and how do you use what God given you to make it even more fruitful for others in Christ? I share with whoever receives His words : ) from the Bible in Christ.
Genesis 38:6-11 "6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and hee name was Tamar. 7 But Er, Judah's firstborn, was a wicked in the sight of the LORD😊❤, and the LORD😊❤ put him to death. 8 Then Judah said to Onan, " Go in to your brother's wife and perform the duty of a brother- in -law to her, and raise up offspring for your brother." 9 Onan knew that the offspring would not be his. So whevever he went in to his brother's wife he would waste the semen on the ground, so as not to give offspring to his brother. 10 And what he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, and he put him to death also. 11 Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter- in- law, " Remain a widow in your father's house, till Shelah my son grows up"- for he feared that he would die, like his brothers. So Tamar went and remained in her father's house."( Genesis 38:6-11 ESV Study Bible) From my ESV Study Bible, it said, in Genesis 38:6-7, "Judah is instrumental in arranging Er's marriage to Tamar( Genesis 38:6 "6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and hee name was Tamar."( Genesis 38:6 ESV Study Bible). The reference to Er's( Er was wicked God's sight) death it tantalizingly brief( from Genesis 38:7 "7 But Er, Judah's firstborn, was a wicked in the sight of the LORD😊❤, and the LORD😊❤ put him to death."( Genesis 38:7 ESV Study Bible)"( ESV Study Bible) ( Imagine one to two Scriptures describe Er, i am not talking the Television series Er but i am talking wicked Er, "...the LORD ( God ) put him to death."( Genesis 38:7 b ESV Study Bible. Imagine one were known for 2 Scriptures and known for being wicked in the Lord God's sight or the LORD's sight like again what Genesis 38:7 "7 But Er, Judah's firstborn, was a wicked in the sight of the LORD😊❤, and the LORD😊❤ put him( Er) to death."( Genesis 38:7 ESV Study Bible ) that is that to my opinion in Christ. My ESV Study Bible also said, "and the precise nature of his( Er) wickeness is not disclosed. No information on Tamar's background is provided, although it is likely that she was a Canaanite."( ESV Study Bible) Do you remember Abraham😊❤ and Isaac😊❤ or what the Bible said taking a Canaanite woman as a wife? ( answer is Genesis 24:3; Genesis 26:34-35; Genesis 28:1 last time shared already so today hope you read your own Bible in Christ to refresh yourself on this.) In Jesus'name, i pray( Matthee 22:24-25; Luke 20:28 after sharing the following in Christ relate to Genesis 38:8) Amen. My on hand ESV Study Bible said, In Genesis 38:8 " Judah instruct his second son Onan to fufill the custum of "levirate marriage," which required a brother to marry his( decrease) brother's childless widow and give her children. Brief details about his obligation are given in Deuteronomy 25:5-10( listen and read your own Bible in Christ assueme you did) it plays a important role in the book of Ruth( Ruth 1:11-13😊❤ ; Ruth 4:1-12😊❤; see also Matthew😊❤ 22:24-25😊❤; Luke 20:28😊❤ ( will share after this...). Judah is eager that Tamar should have a son to continue the firstborn line of Er. ( just make learning more interesting that word " Er" is not Emergency room that it might stand for today but Er was Er was Judah' s firstborn). Since Genesis has a particular interest in the "firstborn," this concern is noteworthy. The motif of the firstborn also figures prominently in the birth account at the end of the chapter."( ESV Study Bible except some parenthesis parts that i was hoping to make learning of God's words more fun in Christ). Today i study this Genesis 38:6-11more in details in Christ. " In Genesis 38:9, "( But) Onan( 2nd son of Judah) knew that the offspring would not be his. ..."(from Genesis 38:9a ESV Study Bible) So from Genesis 38:9a " While publicly Onan appear to fulfill his father( Judah)'s request, in private he( Onan) refuses to father a child on behalf of Er.( the Bible said"... He would waste the semen( sperm) on the ground."(from Genesis 38:9 middle of the verse). Onan engages in coitus interruptus, not self- gratification- as some early rabbi mistakenly thought. A detailed explanation for his( wicked) action is not given, but selfishless is most likely explanation: he( Onan) probably feards that a son born to Tamar would be previlege over all other sons born to him, reducing the importance of his own family line and reducing his share of Judah❤'s inheritance. ( Although the circumstances are different, Ruth 4:5-6( under the context of Ruth 4:1-12( Boaz😊❤ redeems Ruth😊❤) provide another example of a man ( Boaz was not Ruth 's first redeemer but Boaz :) was righteous and got permission from that redeemer who)refusing to undertake the duty of levirate marriage.)"( ESV Study Bible . Boaz on the other hand did right in God's sight asked for the first redeemer who refused to redeem Ruth and got permission to Ruth 😊❤ from the Bible ( please read Ruth 4:1-12 under the context of Ruth 4:1-12( Boaz😊❤ redeems Ruth😊❤) Now share Ruth 4:5-6 " Then Boaz😊❤( " Boaz" was a righteous😊❤ man of God😊100%❤ the Bible said) said, " The day you buy the field from the hand of Naomai😊❤, you also aquire Ruth😊❤ the Moabite, the widow of the dead, in order to perpetuate the namd of the dead in his inheritance." 6 Then the redeemer said, " I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I repair my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption(soeaking of " redemption " reminds me Ephesians 1:7 in Nt :) share later in Christ😊❤ ) yourself , for i cannot redeem it."(Ruth 4:5-6 ESV Study Bible) Ephesians 1:7 ( finally 😊❤ in Christ about redeemption by Jesus😊1st❤'s blood from Ephesian 1:7a ) Ephesians 1:7 "7 In him(Jesus😊1st❤) we have redeemption through his ( Jesus' blood😊❤ ) blood😊❤, the forgiveness😊❤ of our transpasses, accoring to the riches😊❤ of his( Jesus' 😊1st❤ ) grace😊❤, "( Ephesians 1:7 ESV Study Bible this will my wrap up Scripture later in Christ:) ) Again in Genesis 38:10 " Onan's hypocritical behavior cause God😊100%❤ to punish him( Onan) by death( from Genesis 38:10b ) "10 And what he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, and he put him to death also."( Genesis 38:10 ESV Study Bible). Let us finish Genesis 38:11 too , my ESV Study Bible said, " In Genesis 38:11, "Following the death of his( Judah's) two eldest sons( 1st son Er( Genesis 38:7b and 2nd son Onan( Genesis 38:10b), Judah protects his remaining son, " Shelah"( from Genesis 38:11 middle of the Scripture), by sending Tamar back to her own family( her father) as if she was dangerous, while it was actually the evil of the two sons( Er ( Genesis 38:7a) and Onan( Genesis 38:10a) that brought about their deaths."( ESV Study Bible) I also remember two persons ( like Er and Onan)who do me wrong like that from the past. Hope Judah❤ knows that it was his two sons' evil bought about their deaths. Good thing😊❤ we have Jesus😊1st❤ from Ephesians 1:7(😊❤). Ephesians 1:7 "7 In him(Jesus😊1st❤) we have redeemption through his ( Jesus' blood😊❤ ) blood😊❤, the forgiveness😊❤ of our transpasses, accoring to the riches😊❤ of his( Jesus' 😊1st❤ ) grace😊❤, "( Ephesians 1:7 ESV Study Bible
Matthew 25:31-46( The final judgment) "31 " When the Son of Man(Jesus😊1st❤) comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his( Jesus'😊1st❤) glorious throne. 32 Before him( Jesus😊1st❤) will be gathered all nations, and he will separate people one from another as shepherd(Jesus😊1st❤) separates the sheep( 😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤'s) from the goat. 33 And he will place the sheep(😊❤'s) on his right, but the goats on the left 34 Then the King( Jesus😊1st❤ my Lord( Luke 2:11 ) and my savior ( Jesus😊1st❤) too in Christ) will say to those on his right, ' Come, you who are blessed by my Father( God😊100%❤ , our Father in heaven😊❤), inherit( Do you also know what inherit mean too in Christ😊❤ ? "Inherit" to me it means it's given and not earn but " inherit") the kingdom prepared for you("you"😊❤'s or us today too in Christ😊❤)( you might ask from where?) from the foundation of the world. ( You might ask why😊❤? 35 For(" For " could mean Because) I was hungry and you(😊❤'s) gave me food😊❤ , I was(past tense) thirsty😊❤ and you(😊❤'s )gave me drink😊❤, (Do you also remember what our Lord , Jesus😊1st❤ said with those languages? ) I was a stranger and you😊❤ welcome😊❤ me(😊1st❤), 36 I was naked and you ( you😊❤ or you😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤) clothed me, I was("was"was past tense) sick and you(😊❤'s) visited me, I was in prison and you came 😊❤ to me.' 37 Then the righteous😊❤ will answer him(Jesus😊1st❤), saying, ' Lord(Jesus😊1st❤), when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and gave you drink? 39 And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you? ' 40 And the king( Jesus😊1st❤ from Revelation 19:16,16b😊❤) will answer them (😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤), 'Truly😊❤ I say to you(😊❤ or 😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤) , as you did it to one of the least😊❤ of these (😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤) my brothers, you 😊❤ did it to me(😊1st❤).' 41 " Then he(Jesus😊1st❤) will say to those on the left( the goat on the left remember?), ' Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil( no good) and his angels( the devil's angels equal no good). 42 For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thisty and you gave me no drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.' 44 Then they also will answer, saying, ' Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?' 45 Then he(Jesus😊1st❤) will answer them( no good), saying, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.' 46 And these( " these " means "...the devil and his angels." from Matthew 25:41b ESV Study Bible) will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous😊❤ into😊❤ eternal life😊❤."( Matthew 25:31-46 ESV Study Bible and all parenethesis parts and symbol in Christ also for and in Christ Jesus and questions asked were stimulating learning in Christ Jesus😊❤ and Good morning😊❤ in Christ😊❤ ) When you( we) do it for the least of these, we do for Jesus😊1st❤ in Christ. Have you ever feed the least in the kingdom of God like feeding Jesus😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ when he was hungry? Have you gave him water to drink when he was thirsty? Have you clothe him when he was naked ? Have you visited him whem he was sicked? Have you also visited him when he was in prison too? John 14:6❤😊 " 6 Jesus answered, " I am the way ❤😊 and the truth ❤😊 and the life😊❤. No one comes to the Father( God, our Father in heaven ) except through me."( John 14:6😊❤ Zondervan NIV Study Bible.Amen.). Amen.
I needed to hear this. Thank you pastor
Thank you Pastor John for shedding light on the book of Jonah and how to apply it to my own seemingly endless afflictions! Praise God!
Piper is one of a kind...
reason why jonah disliked NINEVEH/ASSYRIANS
because they were ENEMIES OF ISRAEL !!!!!!!
im of syriac decent en im soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo glad later we now acknowledge GOD YAH en his son YAHSHUA aminnnnnn
Luke 1:26-38( Birth of Jesus Fortold)
" 26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel😊❤ was sent from God(😊100%❤)
to a city
of Galilee names Nazareth,
27 to a virgin( virgin Mary)😊❤ betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph😊❤,
of the house of David😊❤. And the virgin's name was Mary😊❤.
28 And he came to her and said, " Greeting😊❤, O favored one, the Lord 😊❤ is with you! "
29 But she( Mary) was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be.
30 And the angel( Gabriel😊❤) said to her( Mary😊❤),
" Do not😊❤
be afraid, Mary😊❤, for you have found favor 😊❤ with God(😊100%❤).
31 And behold, you willk conceived in your womb and bear a son(Jesus😊1st❤), and you shall call his name Jesus(😊1st❤).
32 He(Jesus😊1st❤) will be great and will be called the Son(Jesus😊1st❤) of the Most High😊❤. And the Lord God😊❤ will give to him(Jesus😊1st❤) the throne of his father David😊❤,
33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob 😊❤forever❤ and of his( Jesus'😊1st❤) kingdom😊❤ there will be no end😊❤."
34 And Mary😊❤ said to the angel( Gabriel from Luke 1:1 " ...the angel Gabriel😊❤..."
( Luke 1:1 middle of the verse ESV Study Bible),
" How will this be , since I am a virgin? "
35 And the angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit(😊❤) will come upon you, and the power of the Most High😊❤ will overshadow you( Mary😊❤); therefore the child
to be born will be called holy😊❤- the Son( Jesus😊1st❤) of God(😊100%❤).
36 And behold, your relativd Elizabeth in her old age has also conceivec a son( John the Baptist), and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.
37 For nothing
will be impossible😊❤ with God(😊100%❤).
38 And Mary😊❤ said,
" Behold, I am the servant😊❤ of the Lord😊❤; let it be to me according to your word.😊❤" And the angel( Gabriel) departed from her."( Luke 1:26-38 ESV Study Bible)
Luke 1:26-33 again.
"26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel😊❤ was sent from God(😊100%❤)
to a city
of Galilee names Nazareth,
27 to a virgin( virgin Mary)😊❤ betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph😊❤,
of the house of David😊❤. And the virgin's name was Mary😊❤.
28 And he came to her and said, " Greeting😊❤, O favored one, the Lord 😊❤ is with you! "
29 But she( Mary) was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be.
30 And the angel( Gabriel😊❤) said to her( Mary😊❤),
" Do not😊❤
be afraid, Mary😊❤, for you have found favor 😊❤ with God(😊100%❤).
31 And behold, you willk conceived in your womb and bear a son(Jesus😊1st❤), and you shall call his name Jesus(😊1st❤).
32 He(Jesus😊1st❤) will be great and will be called the Son(Jesus😊1st❤) of the Most High😊❤. And the Lord God😊❤ will give to him(Jesus😊1st❤) the throne of his father David😊❤,
33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob 😊❤forever❤ and of his( Jesus'😊1st❤) kingdom😊❤ there will be no end😊❤." "( Luke 1:26-33 ESV Study Bible)
More update version in Christ.
Genesis 38:1-5 of Genesis 38:1-30( Judah and Tamar)
Genesis 38:1-5
"38 It happened at that time that Judah went down from his brothers and turned aside to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
2 There Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. He took her and went in to her,
3 and she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Er.
4 She conceived again and bore a son, and she called his name Onan.
5 Yet again she bore a sonn, and she called his name Shelah, Judah was in Chezib when she bore him."( Genesis 38:1-5 ESV Study Bible)
My ESV Study Bible said , in Genesis 38:1-2,
" A sense forboding is conveyed through Judah's separation from the rest of his family, his friendship with Hirah( Genesis 38:1 " Hirah" a native of the Canaanite city of Adullam, about 12 miles[ 19km] southwest of Bethlehem), and his marriage to an unnamed Canaanite woman, the daughter of Shua ( from Genesis 38:2, 2a). In Genesis, marriage to Canaanites are never applauded(... Genesis 24:3; Genesis 26:34-35; Genesis 28:1)."( ESV Study Bible)
Under the context of Genesis 24:1-67( Isaac and Rebekah)
Genesis 24:3
"3 that I( Abraham😊❤
)
may make you swear by the LORD, the God(😊100%❤)
of heaven and God (😊100%❤)
of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son( "son"= Isaac😊❤) from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell,"( Genesis 24:3 ESV Study Bible)
Under the context of Genesis 26:6-35( Isaac and Abimelech)
Genesis 26:34-35
"34 When Esau was forty old, he took Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite to be his wife, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite,
35 and they made life bitter
for Isaac😊❤ and Rebekah😊❤."( Genesis 26:34-35 ESV Study Bible)
Under the context of Genesis 28:1-5( Jacob sent to Laban)
Genesis 28:1
"28 Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and directed him, " You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women."( Genesis 28:1 ESV Study Bible)
Luke 1:26-38( Birth of Jesus Fortold)
" 26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel😊❤ was sent from God(😊100%❤)
to a city
of Galilee names Nazareth,
27 to a virgin( virgin Mary)😊❤ betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph😊❤,
of the house of David😊❤. And the virgin's name was Mary😊❤.
28 And he came to her and said, " Greeting😊❤, O favored one, the Lord 😊❤ is with you! "
29 But she( Mary) was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be.
30 And the angel( Gabriel😊❤) said to her( Mary😊❤),
" Do not😊❤
be afraid, Mary😊❤, for you have found favor 😊❤ with God(😊100%❤).
31 And behold, you willk conceived in your womb and bear a son(Jesus😊1st❤), and you shall call his name Jesus(😊1st❤).
32 He(Jesus😊1st❤) will be great and will be called the Son(Jesus😊1st❤) of the Most High😊❤. And the Lord God😊❤ will give to him(Jesus😊1st❤) the throne of his father David😊❤,
33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob 😊❤forever❤ and of his( Jesus'😊1st❤) kingdom😊❤ there will be no end😊❤."
34 And Mary😊❤ said to the angel( Gabriel from Luke 1:1 " ...the angel Gabriel😊❤..."
( Luke 1:1 middle of the verse ESV Study Bible),
" How will this be , since I am a virgin? "
35 And the angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit(😊❤) will come upon you, and the power of the Most High😊❤ will overshadow you( Mary😊❤); therefore the child
to be born will be called holy😊❤- the Son( Jesus😊1st❤) of God(😊100%❤).
36 And behold, your relativd Elizabeth in her old age has also conceivec a son( John the Baptist), and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.
37 For nothing
will be impossible😊❤ with God(😊100%❤).
38 And Mary😊❤ said,
" Behold, I am the servant😊❤ of the Lord😊❤; let it be to me according to your word.😊❤" And the angel( Gabriel) departed from her."( Luke 1:26-38 ESV Study Bible)
Luke 1:26-33 again.
"26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel😊❤ was sent from God(😊100%❤)
to a city
of Galilee names Nazareth,
27 to a virgin( virgin Mary)😊❤ betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph😊❤,
of the house of David😊❤. And the virgin's name was Mary😊❤.
28 And he came to her and said, " Greeting😊❤, O favored one, the Lord 😊❤ is with you! "
29 But she( Mary) was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be.
30 And the angel( Gabriel😊❤) said to her( Mary😊❤),
" Do not😊❤
be afraid, Mary😊❤, for you have found favor 😊❤ with God(😊100%❤).
31 And behold, you willk conceived in your womb and bear a son(Jesus😊1st❤), and you shall call his name Jesus(😊1st❤).
32 He(Jesus😊1st❤) will be great and will be called the Son(Jesus😊1st❤) of the Most High😊❤. And the Lord God😊❤ will give to him(Jesus😊1st❤) the throne of his father David😊❤,
33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob 😊❤forever❤ and of his( Jesus'😊1st❤) kingdom😊❤ there will be no end😊❤." "( Luke 1:26-33 ESV Study Bible)
Matthew 25:14-30( The parable of the Talents)
" 14 " For it will be like a man (😊1st❤)
going on a journey,
who called his servants and entrusted to them his property.
15 To one he gave five talents,
to another two,
to another one,
to each according to his ability. Then he went away.
16 He who had received the five talents went at once
and traded with them, and he made five talentd more.
17 So also he who had the two talents made two talents more.
18 But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money.
19 Now after a long time the master(😊1st❤) of those servant came and settled accounts with them.
20 And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, " Master, you delivered to me five talents; here I have made five talents more.'
21 His master(😊1st❤)
said to him,
' Well done, good and faithful servant😊❤
You have been faithful over little;
I will set you over much. Enter into the joy 😊❤
of your master.'
22 And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying,
' Master, you delivered to me two talents; here I have made two talents more.'
23 His master said to him,
" Well done, good and faithful servant😊❤. You have been faithful😊❤ over a little; I will set you over much.
Enter into the joy😊❤ of your master.'
24 He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying,
' Master, I knews you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed,
25 so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.'
26 But his master answered him, ' You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed?
27 Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest.
28 So take the talent from him and give it to him who has tent talents.
29 For to everyone😊❤ who has will
more😊❤
be given😊❤, and he will have an abundance😊❤.
But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
30 And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In the place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' "( Matthew 24:14-30 ESV Study Bible)
Matthew 25:14-30(The parable of the Talents❤)
" 14 " For it will be like a man (😊1st❤)
going on a journey,
who called his servants and entrusted to them his property.
15 To one he gave five talents,
to another two,
to another one,
to each according to his ability. Then he went away.
16 He who had received the five talents went at once
and traded with them, and he made five talentd more.
17 So also he who had the two talents made two talents more.
18 But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money.
19 Now after a long time the master(😊1st❤) of those servant came and settled accounts with them.
20 And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, " Master, you delivered to me five talents; here I have made five talents more.'
21 His master(😊1st❤)
said to him,
' Well done, good and faithful servant😊❤
You have been faithful over little;
I will set you over much. Enter into the joy 😊❤
of your master.'
22 And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying,
' Master, you delivered to me two talents; here I have made two talents more.'
23 His master said to him,
" Well done, good and faithful servant😊❤. You have been faithful😊❤ over a little; I will set you over much.
Enter into the joy😊❤ of your master.'
24 He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying,
' Master, I knews you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed,
25 so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.'
26 But his master answered him, ' You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed?
27 Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest.
28 So take the talent from him and give it to him who has tent talents.
29 For to everyone😊❤ who has will
more😊❤
be given😊❤, and he will have an abundance😊❤.
But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
30 And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In the place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' "( Matthew 24:14-30 ESV Study Bible)
What kinds of talents did God has given you today and how do you use what God given you to make it even more fruitful for others in Christ?
I share with whoever receives His words : ) from the Bible in Christ.
Genesis 38:6-11
"6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and hee name was Tamar.
7 But Er, Judah's firstborn, was a wicked in the sight of the LORD😊❤, and the LORD😊❤ put him to death.
8 Then Judah said to Onan, " Go in to your brother's wife and perform the duty of a brother- in -law to her, and raise up offspring for your brother."
9 Onan knew that the offspring would not be his. So whevever he went in to his brother's wife he would waste the semen on the ground, so as not to give offspring to his brother.
10 And what he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, and he put him to death also.
11 Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter- in- law, " Remain a widow in your father's house, till Shelah my son grows up"- for he feared that he would die, like his brothers. So Tamar went and remained in her father's house."( Genesis 38:6-11 ESV Study Bible)
From my ESV Study Bible, it said, in Genesis 38:6-7,
"Judah is instrumental in arranging Er's marriage to Tamar( Genesis 38:6
"6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and hee name was Tamar."( Genesis 38:6 ESV Study Bible). The reference to Er's( Er was wicked God's sight) death it tantalizingly brief( from Genesis 38:7
"7 But Er, Judah's firstborn, was a wicked in the sight of the LORD😊❤, and the LORD😊❤ put him to death."( Genesis 38:7 ESV Study Bible)"( ESV Study Bible)
( Imagine one to two Scriptures describe Er, i am not talking the Television series Er but i am talking wicked Er, "...the LORD ( God ) put him to death."( Genesis 38:7 b ESV Study Bible. Imagine one were known for 2 Scriptures and known for being wicked in the Lord God's sight or the LORD's sight like again what Genesis 38:7
"7 But Er, Judah's firstborn,
was a wicked in the sight of the LORD😊❤, and the LORD😊❤ put him( Er) to death."( Genesis 38:7 ESV Study Bible ) that is that to my opinion in Christ.
My ESV Study Bible also said,
"and the precise nature of his( Er) wickeness is not disclosed. No information on Tamar's background is provided, although it is likely that she was a Canaanite."( ESV Study Bible)
Do you remember Abraham😊❤ and Isaac😊❤ or what the Bible said taking a Canaanite woman as a wife? ( answer is Genesis 24:3; Genesis 26:34-35; Genesis 28:1 last time shared already so today hope you read your own Bible in Christ to refresh yourself on this.)
In Jesus'name, i pray( Matthee 22:24-25; Luke 20:28 after sharing the following in Christ relate to Genesis 38:8)
Amen.
My on hand ESV Study Bible said,
In Genesis 38:8
" Judah instruct his second son Onan to fufill the custum of
"levirate marriage," which required a brother to marry his( decrease) brother's childless widow and give her children.
Brief details about his obligation are given in Deuteronomy 25:5-10( listen and read your own Bible in Christ assueme you did) it plays a important role in the book of Ruth( Ruth 1:11-13😊❤
; Ruth 4:1-12😊❤; see also Matthew😊❤ 22:24-25😊❤; Luke 20:28😊❤ ( will share after this...). Judah is eager that Tamar should have a son to continue the firstborn line of Er. ( just make learning more interesting that word " Er" is not Emergency room that it might stand for today but Er was Er was Judah' s firstborn). Since Genesis has a particular interest in the "firstborn," this concern is noteworthy. The motif of the firstborn also figures prominently in the birth account at the end of the chapter."( ESV Study Bible except some parenthesis parts that i was hoping to make learning of God's words more fun in Christ).
Today i study this Genesis 38:6-11more in details in Christ.
" In Genesis 38:9, "( But) Onan( 2nd son of Judah) knew that the offspring would not be his. ..."(from Genesis 38:9a ESV Study Bible)
So from Genesis 38:9a " While publicly Onan appear to fulfill his father( Judah)'s request, in private he( Onan) refuses to father a child on behalf of Er.( the Bible said"... He would waste the semen( sperm) on the ground."(from Genesis 38:9 middle of the verse). Onan engages in coitus interruptus, not self- gratification- as some early rabbi mistakenly thought. A detailed explanation for his( wicked) action is not given, but selfishless is most likely explanation: he( Onan) probably feards that a son born to Tamar would be previlege over all other sons born to him, reducing the importance of his own family line and reducing his share of Judah❤'s inheritance. ( Although the circumstances are different, Ruth 4:5-6( under the context of Ruth 4:1-12( Boaz😊❤ redeems Ruth😊❤) provide another example of a man ( Boaz was not Ruth 's first redeemer but Boaz :) was righteous and got permission from that redeemer who)refusing to undertake the duty of levirate marriage.)"( ESV Study Bible . Boaz on the other hand did right in God's sight asked for the first redeemer who refused to redeem Ruth and got permission to Ruth 😊❤ from the Bible
( please read Ruth 4:1-12
under the context of Ruth 4:1-12( Boaz😊❤ redeems Ruth😊❤)
Now share
Ruth 4:5-6
" Then Boaz😊❤( " Boaz" was a righteous😊❤ man of God😊100%❤ the Bible said) said,
" The day you buy the field from the hand of Naomai😊❤, you also aquire Ruth😊❤ the Moabite, the widow of the dead, in order to perpetuate the namd of the dead in his inheritance."
6 Then the redeemer said, " I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I repair my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption(soeaking of " redemption " reminds me Ephesians 1:7 in Nt :) share later in Christ😊❤
) yourself , for i cannot redeem it."(Ruth 4:5-6 ESV Study Bible)
Ephesians 1:7 ( finally 😊❤ in Christ about redeemption by Jesus😊1st❤'s blood from Ephesian 1:7a
)
Ephesians 1:7
"7 In him(Jesus😊1st❤) we have redeemption through his ( Jesus' blood😊❤
) blood😊❤, the forgiveness😊❤ of our transpasses, accoring to the riches😊❤ of his( Jesus' 😊1st❤ ) grace😊❤, "( Ephesians 1:7 ESV Study Bible this will my wrap up Scripture later in Christ:)
)
Again in Genesis 38:10 " Onan's hypocritical behavior cause God😊100%❤ to punish him( Onan) by death( from Genesis 38:10b )
"10 And what he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, and he put him to death also."( Genesis 38:10 ESV Study Bible).
Let us finish Genesis 38:11 too , my ESV Study Bible said,
" In Genesis 38:11, "Following the death of his( Judah's) two eldest sons( 1st son Er( Genesis 38:7b and 2nd son Onan( Genesis 38:10b),
Judah protects his remaining son, " Shelah"( from Genesis 38:11 middle of the Scripture), by sending Tamar back to her own family( her father) as if she was dangerous, while it was actually the evil of the two sons( Er ( Genesis 38:7a) and Onan( Genesis 38:10a) that brought about their deaths."( ESV Study Bible)
I also remember two persons ( like Er and Onan)who do me wrong like that from the past. Hope Judah❤ knows that it was his two sons' evil bought about their deaths. Good thing😊❤ we have Jesus😊1st❤ from Ephesians 1:7(😊❤).
Ephesians 1:7
"7 In him(Jesus😊1st❤) we have redeemption through his ( Jesus' blood😊❤
) blood😊❤, the forgiveness😊❤ of our transpasses, accoring to the riches😊❤ of his( Jesus' 😊1st❤ ) grace😊❤, "( Ephesians 1:7 ESV Study Bible
Matthew 25:31-46( The final judgment)
"31 " When the Son of Man(Jesus😊1st❤) comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his(
Jesus'😊1st❤) glorious throne.
32 Before him( Jesus😊1st❤) will be gathered all nations, and he will separate people one from another as shepherd(Jesus😊1st❤) separates the sheep(
😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤'s) from
the goat.
33 And he will place
the sheep(😊❤'s) on his right,
but the goats on the left
34 Then the King( Jesus😊1st❤ my Lord( Luke 2:11 ) and my savior ( Jesus😊1st❤) too in Christ) will say to those on his right,
' Come, you who are blessed by my Father( God😊100%❤
, our Father in heaven😊❤),
inherit( Do you also know what inherit mean too in Christ😊❤
? "Inherit" to me it means it's given and not earn but " inherit") the kingdom prepared for you("you"😊❤'s or us today too in Christ😊❤)( you might ask from where?)
from the foundation of the world.
( You might ask why😊❤?
35 For(" For " could mean Because)
I was hungry and you(😊❤'s)
gave me food😊❤
,
I was(past tense) thirsty😊❤
and you(😊❤'s )gave me drink😊❤, (Do you also remember what our Lord , Jesus😊1st❤ said with those languages? )
I was a stranger
and you😊❤ welcome😊❤
me(😊1st❤),
36 I was naked and you ( you😊❤ or you😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤) clothed me,
I was("was"was past tense) sick and you(😊❤'s) visited me,
I was in prison and you came 😊❤ to me.'
37 Then the righteous😊❤ will answer him(Jesus😊1st❤), saying,
' Lord(Jesus😊1st❤), when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and gave you drink?
39 And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you? ' 40 And the king( Jesus😊1st❤ from Revelation 19:16,16b😊❤)
will answer them
(😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤),
'Truly😊❤
I say to you(😊❤ or 😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤)
,
as you did it to
one of the least😊❤
of these
(😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤)
my brothers, you 😊❤
did it to me(😊1st❤).'
41 " Then he(Jesus😊1st❤) will say to those on the left( the goat on the left remember?),
' Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil( no good) and his angels( the devil's angels equal no good).
42 For
I
was
hungry
and
you
gave me
no food,
I
was
thisty
and
you
gave me
no drink,
43
I
was
a stranger
and
you
did not welcome me,
naked
and
you
did not
clothe me,
sick
and
in prison
and
you
did not
visit me.'
44 Then they also will answer, saying,
' Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?'
45 Then he(Jesus😊1st❤) will answer them( no good),
saying,
'Truly, I say to you,
as you
did not do it to one of the least of these,
you
did not
do it
to me.'
46 And
these( " these " means "...the devil and his angels." from Matthew 25:41b ESV Study Bible) will
go away
into
eternal
punishment,
but the righteous😊❤ into😊❤ eternal life😊❤."( Matthew 25:31-46 ESV Study Bible and all parenethesis parts and symbol in Christ also for and in Christ Jesus and questions asked were stimulating learning in Christ Jesus😊❤ and Good morning😊❤ in Christ😊❤
)
When you( we) do it for the least of these, we do for Jesus😊1st❤ in Christ.
Have you ever feed the least in the kingdom of God like feeding Jesus😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ
when he was hungry?
Have you gave him water to drink when he was thirsty?
Have you clothe him when he was
naked ?
Have you visited him whem he was sicked?
Have you also visited him when
he was in prison too?
John 14:6❤😊
" 6 Jesus answered,
" I am
the way ❤😊
and
the truth ❤😊
and
the life😊❤.
No one
comes
to the Father( God, our Father in heaven )
except
through me."( John 14:6😊❤ Zondervan NIV Study Bible.Amen.). Amen.
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