The War of the Gods

Have you ever noticed the host of heaven and earth of god on the seventh day is Lamech and Noah.
Have you ever noticed Noah is begat on the eight day.
Don’t the so-called Christians have the son of god, Noah.
Have you ever noticed that Japheth, the son of man, is the eight begat and the gentiles call the eight day the lord’s day.
Is this not the father, the son, the holy ghost
Lamech, Noah, Japheth.
Does not Japheth have seven sons.
What are the elements of the so-called Christian churches?

Thus THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH WERE FINISHED, AND ALL THE HOST OF THEM.
And ON THE SEVENTH DAY GOD ENDED HIS WORK WHICH HE HAD MADE; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

LAMECH
NOAH

I said in mine heart concerning the estate of THE SONS OF MAN, that God might manifest them, and THAT THEY MIGHT SEE THAT THEY THEMSELVES ARE BEASTS.
Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and THE SPIRIT OF THE BEAST THAT GOETH DOWNWARD TO THE EARTH?
Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; FOR THAT IS HIS PORTION: FOR WHO SHALL BRING HIM TO SEE WHAT SHALL BE AFTER HIM?

THE SONS OF MAN
THAT THEY MIGHT SEE THAT THEY THEMSELVES ARE BEASTS
THE SPIRIT OF THE BEAST THAT GOETH DOWNWARD TO THE EARTH?
FOR THAT IS HIS PORTION: FOR WHO SHALL BRING HIM TO SEE WHAT SHALL BE AFTER HIM?

For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall THE SON OF MAN BE THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS IN THE HEART OF THE EARTH.

Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, THAT ONE DAY IS WITH THE LORD AS A THOUSAND YEARS, AND A THOUSAND YEARS AS ONE DAY.
THE LORD IS NOT SLACK CONCERNING HIS PROMISE, as some men count slackness; BUT IS LONGSUFFERING TO US-ward, NOT WILLING THAT ANY SHOULD PERISH but that all should come to repentance.
BUT THE DAY OF THE LORD WILL COME AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and THE ELEMENTS SHALL MELT WITH FERVENT HEAT, THE EARTH ALSO AND THE WORKS THAT ARE THEREIN SHALL BE BURNED UP.

Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
Even so we, when we were children, were IN BONDAGE UNDER THE ELEMENTS OF THE WORLD:

IN BONDAGE UNDER THE ELEMENTS OF THE WORLD

THE SON OF MAN IS LORD EVEN OF THE SABBATH DAY
BUT THE DAY OF THE LORD WILL COME AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT
THE ELEMENTS SHALL MELT WITH FERVENT HEAT
THE EARTH ALSO AND THE WORKS THAT ARE THEREIN SHALL BE BURNED UP

ENOS
CAINAN
MAHALALEEL
JARED
ENOCH
METHUSELAH
LAMECH
NOAH

CAIN
ENOCH
IRAD
MEHUJAEL
METHUSAEL
LAMECH
NOAH
JAPHETH

GOD SHALL ENLARGE JAPHETH
THE SON OF MAN IS LORD EVEN OF THE SABBATH DAY
THE SON OF MAN SIT ON THE RIGHT HAND OF THE POWER OF GOD
The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
And CAIN went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare ENOCH: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
And unto Enoch was born IRAD: and Irad begat MEHUJAEL: and Mehujael begat METHUSAEL: and Methusael begat LAMECH.
And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
And he called his name NOAH, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed.
And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat SHEM, HAM, and JAPHETH.
And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
AND HE SAID, CURSED BE CANAAN; A SERVANT OF SERVANTS SHALL HE BE UNTO HIS BRETHREN.
And he said, BLESSED BE THE LORD GOD OF SHEM; AND CANAAN SHALL BE HIS SERVANT.
GOD SHALL ENLARGE JAPHETH, AND HE SHALL DWELL IN THE TENTS OF SHEM; AND CANAAN SHALL BE HIS SERVANT.

CAIN
ENOCH
IRAD
MEHUJAEL
METHUSAEL
LAMECH
NOAH
JAPHETH

AND HE SAID, CURSED BE CANAAN; A SERVANT OF SERVANTS SHALL HE BE UNTO HIS BRETHREN.
GOD SHALL ENLARGE JAPHETH, AND HE SHALL DWELL IN THE TENTS OF SHEM; AND CANAAN SHALL BE HIS SERVANT.

BLESSED BE THE LORD GOD OF SHEM; AND CANAAN SHALL BE HIS SERVANT.

For THE SON OF MAN IS LORD EVEN OF THE SABBATH DAY.
But that ye may know that THE SON OF MAN HATH POWER ON EARTH to forgive sins
THE SON OF MAN CAME EATING AND DRINKING, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, A FRIEND OF PUBLICANS AND SINNERS. But wisdom is justified of her children.
VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, THERE BE SOME STANDING HERE, WHICH SHALL NOT TASTE OF DEATH, TILL THEY SEE THE SON OF MAN COMING IN HIS KINGDOM.
For AS JONAS WAS A SIGN UNTO THE NINEVITES, SO SHALL ALSO THE SON OF MAN BE TO THIS GENERATION.
Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
But THE SAME DAY THAT LOT WENT OUT OF SODOM IT RAINED FIRE AND BRIMSTONE FROM HEAVEN, AND DESTROYED THEM ALL.
Even THUS SHALL IT BE IN THE DAY WHEN THE SON OF MAN IS REVEALED.
Hereafter shall THE SON OF MAN SIT ON THE RIGHT HAND OF THE POWER OF GOD.
Then Jesus said unto them, VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, EXCEPT YE EAT THE FLESH OF THE SON OF MAN, AND DRINK HIS BLOOD, YE HAVE NO LIFE IN YOU.
WHAT AND IF YE SHALL SEE THE SON OF MAN ASCEND UP WHERE HE WAS BEFORE?

Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
And ENOS lived ninety years, and begat CAINAN:
And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
And Cainan lived seventy years and begat MAHALALEEL:
And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat JARED:
And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:
And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.
And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat ENOCH:
And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat METHUSELAH:
And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat LAMECH.
And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
And he called his name NOAH, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed.
And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

ENOS
CAINAN
MAHALALEEL
JARED
ENOCH
METHUSELAH
LAMECH
NOAH

Then THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO ME, saying,
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and BEFORE THOU CAMEST FORTH OUT OF THE WOMB I SANCTIFIED THEE, AND I ORDAINED THEE A PROPHET UNTO THE NATIONS.

Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
And HE DID THAT WHICH WAS EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD HIS GOD, AND HUMBLED NOT HIMSELF BEFORE JEREMIAH THE PROPHET SPEAKING FROM THE MOUTH OF THE LORD.
And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the Lord God of Israel.
Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the Lord which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.

HUMBLED NOT HIMSELF BEFORE JEREMIAH THE PROPHET SPEAKING FROM THE MOUTH OF THE LORD.

I SAY THEN, HATH GOD CAST AWAY HIS PEOPLE? God forbid. FOR I ALSO AM AN ISRAELITE, OF THE SEED OF ABRAHAM, OF THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN.
God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,
Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
But what saith the answer of God unto him? I HAVE RESERVED TO MYSELF SEVEN THOUSAND MEN, WHO HAVE NOT BOWED THE KNEE TO THE IMAGE OF BAAL.
Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
What then? ISRAEL HATH NOT OBTAINED THAT WHICH HE SEEKETH FOR; BUT THE ELECTION HATH OBTAINED IT, and THE REST WERE BLINDED.
According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear; unto this day.
And DAVID SAITH, LET THEIR TABLE BE MADE A SNARE, AND A TRAP, AND A STUMBLINGBLOCK, AND A RECOMPENCE UNTO THEM:
LET THEIR EYES BE DARKENED, THAT THEY MAY NOT SEE, AND BOW DOWN THEIR BACK ALWAY.
I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and THE DIMINISHING OF THEM THE RICHES OF THE GENTILES; how much more their fulness?
For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, WHAT SHALL THE RECEIVING OF THEM BE, BUT LIFE FROM THE DEAD?
For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and IF THE ROOT BE HOLY, SO ARE THE BRANCHES.
And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.
Well; BECAUSE OF UNBELIEF THEY WERE BROKEN OFF, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.

CAME THIS WORD UNTO JEREMIAH FROM THE LORD, SAYING
UNTIL THE VERY TIME OF HIS LAND COME

In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah CAME THIS WORD UNTO JEREMIAH FROM THE LORD, SAYING,
Thus saith the Lord to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,
And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;
And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters;
I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
AND NOW HAVE I GIVEN ALL THESE LANDS INTO THE HAND OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR THE KING OF BABYLON, MY SERVANT; AND THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD HAVE I GIVEN HIM ALSO TO SERVE HIM.
AND ALL NATIONS SHALL SERVE HIM, AND HIS SON, AND HIS SON'S SON, UNTIL THE VERY TIME OF HIS LAND COME: AND THEN MANY NATIONS AND GREAT KINGS SHALL SERVE THEMSELVES OF HIM.
AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, THAT THE NATION AND KINGDOM WHICH WILL NOT SERVE THE SAME NEBUCHADNEZZAR THE KING OF BABYLON, AND THAT WILL NOT PUT THEIR NECK UNDER THE YOKE OF THE KING OF BABYLON, THAT NATION WILL I PUNISH, SAITH THE LORD, WITH THE SWORD, AND WITH THE FAMINE, AND WITH THE PESTILENCE, UNTIL I HAVE CONSUMED THEM BY HIS HAND.
Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:
For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the Lord; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.
I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the Lord hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
For I have not sent them, saith the Lord, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.
Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the Lord's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?
But if they be prophets, and if the word of the Lord be with them, let them now make intercession to the Lord of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.
For thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city.
Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;
Yea, thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem;
They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith the Lord; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.

Has anyone noticed the history of the twin brothers of Rome, Romulus and Remus, then compare it to the twin brothers, Esau and Jacob. Remember Romulus was chosen over Remus by the fowl of heaven and Romulus slew Remus. Did you know Esau slew Jacob. I do not think ye know how to read and understand the Words of David. O COME, LET US WORSHIP AND BOW DOWN: LET US KNEEL BEFORE THE LORD OUR MAKER. HE DID THAT WHICH WAS EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD HIS GOD, AND HUMBLED NOT HIMSELF BEFORE JEREMIAH THE PROPHET SPEAKING FROM THE MOUTH OF THE LORD. IF THE ROOT BE HOLY, SO ARE THE BRANCHES.
THERE SHALL NOT ANY MAN BE ABLE TO STAND BEFORE THEE ALL THE DAYS OF THY LIFE: AS I WAS WITH MOSES, I WILL NOT FAIL THEE, NOR FORSAKE THEE. Ye know not what ye believe. Ye know not the LORD. Ye know not GOD. Ye hear not the voice of the LORD. Ye know not the Word of GOD. Ye know not your god. Ye are all fools. Ye have your “TENTHS” and the heads of them, Joab, Haman, Jesus. Now the forth tenth must be fulfilled. NOTICE they all involve around a tree. Ye know not to whom ye pray to, OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN

And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
And they said, HATH THE LORD INDEED SPOKEN ONLY BY MOSES? hath he not spoken also by us? And the Lord heard it.
Now THE MAN MOSES WAS VERY MEEK, ABOVE ALL THE MEN which WERE UPON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.

WHEREFORE HIDEST THOU THY FACE, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
FOR OUR SOUL IS BOWED DOWN to the dust: our belly CLEAVETH UNTO THE EARTH.

THERE SHALL NOT ANY MAN BE ABLE TO STAND BEFORE THEE ALL THE DAYS OF THY LIFE: AS I WAS WITH MOSES, so I will be with thee: I WILL NOT FAIL THEE, NOR FORSAKE THEE.

And the LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, SEE, I HAVE MADE THEE A GOD TO PHARAOH: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.

So now it was not you that sent me hither, BUT GOD: AND HE HATH MADE ME A FATHER TO PHARAOH, AND LORD OF ALL HIS HOUSE, AND A RULER THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND OF EGYPT.

And PHARAOH TOOK OFF HIS RING FROM HIS HAND, AND PUT IT UPON JOSEPH'S HAND, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and THEY CRIED BEFORE HIM, BOW THE KNEE: AND HE MADE HIM RULER OVER ALL THE LAND OF EGYPT.

I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O Lord, will I sing.
I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O WHEN WILT THOU COME UNTO ME? I WILL WALK WITHIN MY HOUSE WITH A PERFECT HEART.
I WILL SET NO WICKED “”“THING””” BEFORE MINE EYES: I hate the work of them that turn aside; IT SHALL NOT CLEAVE TO ME.
A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: HE THAT WALKETH IN A PERFECT WAY, HE SHALL SERVE ME.
He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the Lord.

All these men of war, that could keep rank, CAME WITH A PERFECT HEART TO HEBRON, TO MAKE DAVID KING OVER ALL ISRAEL: and ALL THE REST ALSO OF ISRAEL WERE OF ONE HEART TO MAKE DAVID KING.
And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.
Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, BROUGHT BREAD on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, CAKES OF FIGS, AND BUNCHES OF RAISINS, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: FOR THERE WAS JOY IN ISRAEL.

FOR THESE BE THE DAYS OF VENGEANCE, THAT ALL THINGS WHICH ARE WRITTEN MAY BE FULFILLED.

THE REST WERE BLINDED
DAVID SAITH, LET THEIR TABLE BE MADE A SNARE, AND A TRAP, AND A STUMBLINGBLOCK, AND A RECOMPENCE UNTO THEM:
LET THEIR EYES BE DARKENED, THAT THEY MAY NOT SEE, AND BOW DOWN THEIR BACK ALWAYS
THE DIMINISHING OF THEM THE RICHES OF THE GENTILES

I WILL SET NO WICKED “”“THING””” BEFORE MINE EYES

BOWED THE KNEE TO THE IMAGE OF BAAL
That at THE NAME OF JESUS EVERY KNEE SHOULD BOW, of “THINGS” IN HEAVEN, and “THINGS” IN EARTH, and “THINGS” UNDER THE EARTH;
And that EVERY TONGUE SHOULD CONFESS THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD, to the glory of God the Father.

O COME, LET US WORSHIP AND BOW DOWN: LET US KNEEL BEFORE THE LORD OUR MAKER.

IN HIS HAND ARE THE DEEP PLACES OF THE EARTH
THE SEA IS HIS, AND HE MADE IT: AND HIS HANDS FORMED THE DRY LAND.
AND THE SHEEP OF HIS HAND

IN HIS HAND ARE THE DEEP PLACES OF THE EARTH
LET US WORSHIP
THE WHOLE ARMOUR OF GOD
THEN SAID JOAB
AND TEN YOUNG MEN THAT BARE JOAB'S ARMOUR COMPASSED ABOUT
AND OF HIM AND OF ALL THE MEN THAT ARE WITH HIM, JOAB, THERE SHALL NOT BE LEFT SO MUCH AS ONE.

THE SEA IS HIS, AND HE MADE IT
AND BOW DOWN
ALL THE KING'S SERVANTS, THAT WERE IN THE KING'S GATE, BOWED, AND REVERENCED HAMAN
THE TEN SONS OF HAMAN THE SON OF HAMMEDATHA, THE ENEMY OF THE JEWS
THE KING COMMANDED IT SO TO BE DONE: AND THE DECREE WAS GIVEN AT SHUSHAN; AND THEY HANGED HAMAN'S TEN SONS.

AND HIS HANDS FORMED THE DRY LAND.
LET US KNEEL BEFORE THE LORD OUR MAKER.
JESUS WAS IN BETHANY, IN THE HOUSE OF SIMON THE LEPER
THERE CAME A LEPER TO HIM, BESEECHING HIM, AND KNEELING DOWN TO HIM
THERE MET HIM TEN MEN THAT WERE LEPERS

THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT, WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD:
FOR THY SAKE WE ARE KILLED ALL THE DAY LONG; WE ARE ACCOUNTED AS SHEEP FOR THE SLAUGHTER.
WHEREWITH YE SHALL BE ABLE TO QUENCH ALL THE FIERY DARTS OF THE WICKED
AND HE TOOK THREE DARTS IN HIS HAND, AND THRUST THEM THROUGH THE HEART

THUS THE JEWS SMOTE ALL THEIR ENEMIES WITH THE STROKE OF THE SWORD, AND SLAUGHTER, AND DESTRUCTION, AND DID WHAT THEY WOULD UNTO THOSE THAT HATED THEM.

AND THE SHEEP OF HIS HAND
For THE LORD is a GREAT GOD, and a GREAT KING above all gods.
To day if ye will hear his voice,
Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.

O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
IN HIS HAND ARE THE DEEP PLACES OF THE EARTH: the strength of the hills is his also.
THE SEA IS HIS, AND HE MADE IT: AND HIS HANDS FORMED THE DRY LAND.
O COME, LET US WORSHIP AND BOW DOWN: LET US KNEEL BEFORE THE LORD OUR MAKER.
For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, AND THE SHEEP OF HIS HAND. To day if ye will hear his voice,
Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.

IN HIS HAND ARE THE DEEP PLACES OF THE EARTH
THE SEA IS HIS, AND HE MADE IT: AND HIS HANDS FORMED THE DRY LAND.
AND THE SHEEP OF HIS HAND
LET US KNEEL BEFORE THE LORD OUR MAKER.

OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN

BLESSING, AND HONOUR, AND GLORY, AND POWER, BE UNTO HIM THAT SITTETH UPON THE THRONE

OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN
FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM, AND THE POWER, AND THE GLORY, FOR EVER

THEY SPAKE AND SAID TO THE KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR, O KING, LIVE FOR EVER.
THOU, O KING, ART A KING OF KINGS: FOR THE GOD OF HEAVEN HATH GIVEN THEE A KINGDOM, POWER, AND STRENGTH, AND GLORY.
AND WHERESOEVER THE CHILDREN OF MEN DWELL, THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD AND THE FOWLS OF THE HEAVEN HATH HE GIVEN INTO THINE HAND, AND HATH MADE THEE RULER OVER THEM ALL. THOU ART THIS HEAD OF GOLD.

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
After this manner therefore pray ye: OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM, AND THE POWER, AND THE GLORY, FOR EVER. Amen.
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

THOU, O KING, SAWEST, AND BEHOLD A GREAT IMAGE. THIS GREAT IMAGE, WHOSE BRIGHTNESS WAS EXCELLENT, STOOD BEFORE THEE; AND THE FORM THEREOF WAS TERRIBLE.
THIS IMAGE'S HEAD WAS OF FINE GOLD, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and HIS THIGHS OF BRASS,
His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.
THOU, O KING, ART A KING OF KINGS: FOR THE GOD OF HEAVEN HATH GIVEN THEE A KINGDOM, POWER, AND STRENGTH, AND GLORY.
AND WHERESOEVER THE CHILDREN OF MEN DWELL, THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD AND THE FOWLS OF THE HEAVEN HATH HE GIVEN INTO THINE HAND, AND HATH MADE THEE RULER OVER THEM ALL. THOU ART THIS HEAD OF GOLD.

Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,
That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, YE FALL DOWN AND WORSHIP THE GOLDEN IMAGE THAT NEBUCHADNEZZAR THE KING HATH SET UP:
AND WHOSO FALLETH NOT DOWN AND WORSHIPPETH SHALL THE SAME HOUR BE CAST INTO THE MIDST OF A BURNING FIERY FURNACE.
Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, ALL THE PEOPLE, THE NATIONS, AND THE LANGUAGES, FELL DOWN AND WORSHIPPED THE GOLDEN IMAGE THAT NEBUCHADNEZZAR THE KING HAD SET UP.
Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.
THEY SPAKE AND SAID TO THE KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR, O KING, LIVE FOR EVER.

Romulus (c. 771 BC–c. 717 BC) and Remus (c. 771 BC–c. 753 BC) are the traditional founders of Rome, appearing in Roman mythology as THE TWIN SONS OF THE PRIESTESS RHEA SILVIA, FATHERED BY THE GOD OF WAR, MARS. According to the tradition recorded as history by Plutarch and Livy, Romulus served as the first King of Rome.
ROMULUS SLEW REMUS over a dispute about which one of the two brothers had the support of the local deities to rule the new city and give it his name. The name they gave the city was Rome. Supposedly, ROMULUS HAD STOOD ON ONE HILL AND REMUS ANOTHER, AND A CIRCLE OF BIRDS FLEW OVER ROMULUS, SIGNIFYING THAT HE SHOULD BE KING. After founding Rome, ROMULUS NOT ONLY CREATED THE ROMAN LEGIONS and the Roman Senate, but also added citizens to his new city by abducting the women of the neighboring Sabine tribes, which resulted in the mixture of the Sabines and Romans into one people. Romulus would become ancient Rome's greatest conqueror, adding large amounts of territory and people to the dominion of Rome.

But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,
And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, JESUS, THOU SON OF THE MOST HIGH GOD? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
For he said unto him, COME OUT OF THE MAN, THOU UNCLEAN SPIRIT.
And he asked him, WHAT IS THY NAME? AND HE ANSWERED, SAYING, MY NAME IS LEGION: FOR WE ARE MANY.
And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
And ALL THE DEVILS BESOUGHT HIM, SAYING, SEND US INTO THE SWINE, THAT WE MAY ENTER INTO THEM.
And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. AND THE UNCLEAN SPIRITS WENT OUT, AND ENTERED INTO THE SWINE: AND THE HERD RAN VIOLENTLY DOWN A STEEP PLACE INTO THE SEA, (they were about two thousand;) AND WERE CHOKED IN THE SEA.
And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.
And they COME TO JESUS, AND SEE HIM THAT WAS POSSESSED WITH THE DEVIL, and HAD THE LEGION, SITTING, AND CLOTHED, AND IN HIS “RIGHT MIND”: and they were afraid.

For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? BUT WE HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST.

Behold, I SEND YOU FORTH AS SHEEP in the midst of wolves: BE YE THEREFORE WISE AS SERPENTS, AND HARMLESS AS DOVES.

And THE KING OF SODOM SAID unto Abram, GIVE ME THE PERSONS, and take the goods to thyself.
And ABRAM SAID TO THE KING OF SODOM, I HAVE LIFT UP MINE HAND UNTO THE LORD, THE MOST HIGH GOD, THE POSSESSOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH,
That I WILL NOT TAKE FROM A THREAD EVEN TO A SHOELATCHET, AND THAT I WILL NOT TAKE ANY THING THAT IS THINE, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.

The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD, WHICH TAKETH AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD.
This is he of whom I said, AFTER ME COMETH A MAN WHICH IS PREFERRED BEFORE ME: FOR HE WAS BEFORE ME.

And John bare record, saying, I SAW THE SPIRIT DESCENDING FROM HEAVEN LIKE A DOVE, AND IT ABODE UPON HIM.
And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
And I saw, and bare record THAT THIS IS THE SON OF GOD.
Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;
And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD!

And Jesus said unto him, VERILY I SAY UNTO THEE, TO DAY SHALT THOU BE WITH ME IN PARADISE.
And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, HE SAID, FATHER, INTO THY HANDS I COMMEND MY SPIRIT: AND HAVING SAID THUS, HE GAVE UP THE GHOST.
Now when THE CENTURION SAW WHAT WAS DONE, HE GLORIFIED GOD, SAYING, CERTAINLY THIS WAS A RIGHTEOUS MAN.
And ALL THE PEOPLE THAT CAME TOGETHER TO THAT SIGHT, beholding the things which were done, SMOTE THEIR BREASTS, and returned.

But Jesus said unto them, YE KNOW NOT WHAT YE ASK: CAN YE DRINK OF THE CUP THAT I DRINK OF? AND BE BAPTIZED WITH THE BAPTISM THAT I AM BAPTIZED WITH?
And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, YE SHALL INDEED DRINK OF THE CUP THAT I DRINK OF; AND WITH THE BAPTISM THAT I AM BAPTIZED WITHAL SHALL YE BE BAPTIZED:
But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.
And when THE TEN HEARD IT, they began to be much displeased with James and John.

Now when JESUS WAS IN BETHANY, IN THE HOUSE OF SIMON THE LEPER,

So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
And as he entered into a certain village, THERE MET HIM TEN MEN THAT WERE LEPERS, which stood afar off:
And THEY LIFTED UP THEIR VOICES, AND SAID, JESUS, MASTER, have mercy on us.

And SIMON AND THEY THAT WERE WITH HIM FOLLOWED AFTER HIM.
And when they had found him, THEY SAID UNTO HIM, ALL MEN SEEK FOR THEE.
And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth.
And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out devils.
And THERE CAME A LEPER TO HIM, BESEECHING HIM, AND KNEELING DOWN TO HIM, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.
And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.

And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Heal the sick, CLEANSE THE LEPERS, raise the dead, CAST OUT DEVILS: freely ye have received, freely give.

Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see:
THE BLIND RECEIVE THEIR SIGHT, AND THE LAME WALK, THE LEPERS ARE CLEANSED, AND THE DEAF HEAR, the dead are raised up, and THE POOR HAVE THE GOSPEL PREACHED TO THEM.

And he said unto them, GO YE INTO ALL THE WORLD, AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE.
HE THAT BELIEVETH AND IS BAPTIZED shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
And these signs shall follow them that believe; IN MY NAME SHALL THEY CAST OUT DEVILS; THEY SHALL SPEAK WITH NEW TONGUES;
THEY SHALL TAKE UP SERPENTS; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

And John bare record, saying, I SAW THE SPIRIT DESCENDING FROM HEAVEN LIKE A DOVE, AND IT ABODE UPON HIM.

Behold, I SEND YOU FORTH AS SHEEP in the midst of wolves: BE YE THEREFORE WISE AS SERPENTS, AND HARMLESS AS DOVES.

Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: FOR ALL THEY THAT TAKE THE SWORD SHALL PERISH WITH THE SWORD.

IN HIS HAND ARE THE DEEP PLACES OF THE EARTH
THE SEA IS HIS, AND HE MADE IT: AND HIS HANDS FORMED THE DRY LAND.
AND THE SHEEP OF HIS HAND
LET US KNEEL BEFORE THE LORD OUR MAKER.

For THE SON OF MAN IS LORD EVEN OF THE SABBATH DAY.
But that ye may know that THE SON OF MAN HATH POWER ON EARTH to forgive sins
THE SON OF MAN CAME EATING AND DRINKING, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, A FRIEND OF PUBLICANS AND SINNERS. But wisdom is justified of her children.
VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, THERE BE SOME STANDING HERE, WHICH SHALL NOT TASTE OF DEATH, TILL THEY SEE THE SON OF MAN COMING IN HIS KINGDOM.
For AS JONAS WAS A SIGN UNTO THE NINEVITES, SO SHALL ALSO THE SON OF MAN BE TO THIS GENERATION.
Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
But THE SAME DAY THAT LOT WENT OUT OF SODOM IT RAINED FIRE AND BRIMSTONE FROM HEAVEN, AND DESTROYED THEM ALL.
Even THUS SHALL IT BE IN THE DAY WHEN THE SON OF MAN IS REVEALED.
Hereafter shall THE SON OF MAN SIT ON THE RIGHT HAND OF THE POWER OF GOD.
Then Jesus said unto them, VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, EXCEPT YE EAT THE FLESH OF THE SON OF MAN, AND DRINK HIS BLOOD, YE HAVE NO LIFE IN YOU.
WHAT AND IF YE SHALL SEE THE SON OF MAN ASCEND UP WHERE HE WAS BEFORE?

THEY LIFTED UP THEIR VOICES, AND SAID, JESUS, MASTER
THEY SAID UNTO HIM, ALL MEN SEEK FOR THEE.
JESUS WAS IN BETHANY, IN THE HOUSE OF SIMON THE LEPER,
SIMON AND THEY THAT WERE WITH HIM FOLLOWED AFTER HIM
THERE MET HIM TEN MEN THAT WERE LEPERS
THERE CAME A LEPER TO HIM, BESEECHING HIM, AND KNEELING DOWN TO HIM
THE CENTURION SAW WHAT WAS DONE, HE GLORIFIED GOD, SAYING, CERTAINLY THIS WAS A RIGHTEOUS MAN.
WHAT IS THY NAME? AND HE ANSWERED, SAYING, MY NAME IS LEGION: FOR WE ARE MANY
COME TO JESUS, AND SEE HIM THAT WAS POSSESSED WITH THE DEVIL
ALL THE DEVILS BESOUGHT HIM, SAYING, SEND US INTO THE SWINE, THAT WE MAY ENTER INTO THEM
AND THE UNCLEAN SPIRITS WENT OUT, AND ENTERED INTO THE SWINE: AND THE HERD RAN VIOLENTLY DOWN A STEEP PLACE INTO THE SEA, AND WERE CHOKED IN THE SEA.
I SEND YOU FORTH AS SHEEP
HAD THE LEGION, SITTING, AND CLOTHED, AND IN HIS “RIGHT MIND”
BUT WE HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST.
BE YE THEREFORE WISE AS SERPENTS, AND HARMLESS AS DOVES.
VERILY I SAY UNTO THEE, TO DAY SHALT THOU BE WITH ME IN PARADISE

As it is written, FOR THY SAKE WE ARE KILLED ALL THE DAY LONG; WE ARE ACCOUNTED AS SHEEP FOR THE SLAUGHTER.

FOR ALL THEY THAT TAKE THE SWORD SHALL PERISH WITH THE SWORD.

Wherefore take unto you THE WHOLE ARMOUR OF GOD, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
Above all, taking the shield of faith, WHEREWITH YE SHALL BE ABLE TO QUENCH ALL THE FIERY DARTS OF THE WICKED.
And take the helmet of salvation, and THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT, WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD:

THEN SAID JOAB
AND TEN YOUNG MEN THAT BARE JOAB'S ARMOUR COMPASSED ABOUT AND SMOTE ABSALOM, AND SLEW HIM.
AND OF HIM AND OF ALL THE MEN THAT ARE WITH HIM, JOAB, THERE SHALL NOT BE LEFT SO MUCH AS ONE.

But DEBORAH REBEKAH'S NURSE DIED, AND SHE WAS BURIED BENEATH BETHEL UNDER AN OAK: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.

AND THEY GAVE UNTO JACOB ALL THE STRANGE GODS WHICH WERE IN THEIR HAND, AND ALL THEIR EARRINGS WHICH WERE IN THEIR EARS; and JACOB HID THEM UNDER THE OAK WHICH WAS BY SHECHEM.
And they journeyed: and THE TERROR OF GOD WAS UPON THE CITIES that were round about them, and THEY DID NOT PURSUE AFTER THE SONS OF JACOB.

And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?
And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, BEHOLD, THY DWELLING SHALL BE THE FATNESS OF THE EARTH, AND OF THE DEW OF HEAVEN FROM ABOVE;
AND BY THY SWORD SHALT THOU LIVE, AND SHALT SERVE THY BROTHER; AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS WHEN THOU SHALT HAVE THE DOMINION, THAT THOU SHALT BREAK HIS YOKE FROM OFF THY NECK.
And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: AND ESAU SAID IN HIS HEART, THE DAYS OF MOURNING FOR MY FATHER ARE AT HAND; THEN WILL I SLAY MY BROTHER JACOB.
And THESE WORDS OF ESAU HER ELDER SON WERE TOLD TO REBEKAH: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, BEHOLD, THY BROTHER ESAU, AS TOUCHING THEE, DOTH COMFORT HIMSELF, PURPOSING TO KILL THEE.

THE DAYS OF MOURNING FOR MY FATHER ARE AT HAND; THEN WILL I SLAY MY BROTHER JACOB
DAVID SAID UNTO HIS SERVANTS, Is the child dead? And they said, HE, DAVID, IS DEAD.

And JACOB VOWED A VOW, SAYING, IF GOD WILL BE WITH ME, AND WILL KEEP ME IN THIS WAY THAT I GO, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
SO THAT I COME AGAIN TO MY FATHER'S HOUSE IN PEACE; then shall the Lord be my God:
And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and OF ALL THAT THOU SHALT GIVE ME I WILL SURELY GIVE THE TENTH UNTO THEE.

And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, WE CAME TO THY BROTHER ESAU, AND ALSO HE COMETH TO MEET THEE, AND FOUR HUNDRED MEN WITH HIM.
THEN JACOB WAS GREATLY AFRAID AND DISTRESSED: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
DELIVER ME, I PRAY THEE, FROM THE HAND OF MY BROTHER, FROM THE HAND OF ESAU: FOR I FEAR HIM, LEST HE WILL COME AND SMITE ME, AND THE MOTHER WITH THE CHILDREN.
And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, BEHOLD, WHILE THE CHILD WAS YET ALIVE, WE SPAKE UNTO HIM, AND HE WOULD NOT HEARKEN UNTO OUR VOICE: HOW WILL HE THEN VEX HIMSELF, IF WE TELL HIM THAT THE CHILD IS DEAD?
But when David saw that his servants whispered, DAVID PERCEIVED THAT THE CHILD WAS DEAD: THEREFORE DAVID SAID UNTO HIS SERVANTS, IS THE CHILD DEAD? AND THEY SAID, HE IS DEAD.
Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.
Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
BUT NOW HE IS DEAD, WHEREFORE SHOULD I FAST? CAN I BRING HIM BACK AGAIN? I SHALL GO TO HIM, BUT HE SHALL NOT RETURN TO ME.

There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: AS I WAS WITH MOSES, SO I WILL BE WITH THEE: I WILL NOT FAIL THEE, NOR FORSAKE THEE.

For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, THERE IS A SLAUGHTER AMONG THE PEOPLE THAT FOLLOW ABSALOM.
And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.
THEREFORE I COUNSEL THAT ALL ISRAEL BE GENERALLY GATHERED UNTO THEE, FROM DAN EVEN TO BEERSHEBA, AS THE SAND THAT IS BY THE SEA FOR MULTITUDE; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: AND OF HIM AND OF ALL THE MEN THAT ARE WITH HIM THERE SHALL NOT BE LEFT SO MUCH AS ONE.

Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.
FOR THE BATTLE WAS THERE SCATTERED OVER THE FACE OF ALL THE COUNTRY: AND THE WOOD DEVOURED MORE PEOPLE THAT DAY THAN THE SWORD DEVOURED.
And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the THICK BOUGHS OF A GREAT OAK, AND HIS HEAD CAUGHT HOLD OF THE OAK, AND HE WAS TAKEN UP BETWEEN THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH; and the mule that was under him went away.
And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, BEHOLD, I SAW ABSALOM HANGED IN AN OAK.

THEN SAID JOAB, I may not tarry thus with thee. AND HE TOOK THREE DARTS IN HIS HAND, AND THRUST THEM THROUGH THE HEART OF ABSALOM, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
AND TEN YOUNG MEN THAT BARE JOAB'S ARMOUR COMPASSED ABOUT AND SMOTE ABSALOM, AND SLEW HIM.
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
AND THEY TOOK ABSALOM, AND CAST HIM INTO A GREAT PIT IN THE WOOD, AND LAID A VERY GREAT HEAP OF STONES UPON HIM: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.

THEN SAID JOAB
AND TEN YOUNG MEN THAT BARE JOAB'S ARMOUR COMPASSED ABOUT AND SMOTE ABSALOM, AND SLEW HIM.
AND OF HIM AND OF ALL THE MEN THAT ARE WITH HIM, JOAB, THERE SHALL NOT BE LEFT SO MUCH AS ONE.

After these things did KING AHASUERUS PROMOTE HAMAN THE SON OF HAMMEDATHA THE AGAGITE, AND ADVANCED HIM, AND SET HIS SEAT ABOVE ALL THE PRINCES THAT WERE WITH HIM.
And ALL THE KING'S SERVANTS, THAT WERE IN THE KING'S GATE, BOWED, AND REVERENCED HAMAN: FOR THE KING HAD SO COMMANDED CONCERNING HIM. BUT MORDECAI BOWED NOT, NOR DID HIM REVERENCE.
Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, WHY TRANSGRESSEST THOU THE KING'S COMMANDMENT?
Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that THEY TOLD HAMAN, TO SEE WHETHER MORDECAI'S MATTERS WOULD STAND: FOR HE HAD TOLD THEM THAT HE WAS A JEW.
And WHEN HAMAN SAW THAT MORDECAI BOWED NOT, NOR DID HIM REVERENCE, THEN WAS HAMAN FULL OF WRATH.
And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: WHEREFORE HAMAN SOUGHT TO DESTROY ALL THE JEWS THAT WERE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE KINGDOM OF AHASUERUS, “””EVEN THE PEOPLE OF MORDECAI.”””
In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in THE TWELFTH YEAR of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to THE TWELFTH MONTH, that is, the month Adar.

THE TEN SONS OF HAMAN THE SON OF HAMMEDATHA, THE ENEMY OF THE JEWS, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.
On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.
And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and THE TEN SONS OF HAMAN; WHAT HAVE THEY DONE IN THE REST OF THE KING'S PROVINCES? NOW WHAT IS THY PETITION? AND IT SHALL BE GRANTED THEE: OR WHAT IS THY REQUEST FURTHER? AND IT SHALL BE DONE.
Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day's decree, AND LET HAMAN'S TEN SONS BE HANGED UPON THE GALLOWS.
And THE KING COMMANDED IT SO TO BE DONE: AND THE DECREE WAS GIVEN AT SHUSHAN; AND THEY HANGED HAMAN'S TEN SONS.
For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.
But the other JEWS THAT WERE IN THE KING'S PROVINCES GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER, AND STOOD FOR THEIR LIVES, AND HAD REST FROM THEIR ENEMIES, AND SLEW OF THEIR FOES SEVENTY AND FIVE THOUSAND, BUT THEY LAID NOT THEIR HANDS ON THE PREY,

Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when THE KING'S COMMANDMENT AND HIS DECREE DREW NEAR TO BE PUT IN EXECUTION, IN THE DAY THAT THE ENEMIES OF THE JEWS HOPED TO HAVE POWER OVER THEM, (THOUGH IT WAS TURNED TO THE CONTRARY, THAT THE JEWS HAD RULE OVER THEM THAT HATED THEM;)
THE JEWS GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: AND NO MAN COULD WITHSTAND THEM; FOR THE FEAR OF THEM FELL UPON ALL PEOPLE.
And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; BECAUSE THE FEAR OF MORDECAI FELL UPON THEM.
FOR MORDECAI WAS GREAT IN THE KING'S HOUSE, AND HIS FAME WENT OUT THROUGHOUT ALL THE PROVINCES: FOR THIS MAN MORDECAI WAXED GREATER AND GREATER.
THUS THE JEWS SMOTE ALL THEIR ENEMIES WITH THE STROKE OF THE SWORD, AND SLAUGHTER, AND DESTRUCTION, AND DID WHAT THEY WOULD UNTO THOSE THAT HATED THEM.

Now, you've done it, Reverend, you went and said 'Gods' and 'War in the same sentence.

A PLUMBLINE IN HIS HAND

And Saul answered and said, Am not I A BENJAMITE, OF THE SMALLEST OF THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL? and MY FAMILY THE LEAST OF ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN? WHEREFORE THEN SPEAKEST THOU SO TO ME?
And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, and MADE THEM SIT IN THE CHIEFEST PLACE AMONG THEM THAT WERE BIDDEN, WHICH WERE ABOUT THIRTY PERSONS.
And Samuel said unto the cook, BRING THE PORTION WHICH I GAVE THEE, OF WHICH I SAID UNTO THEE, SET IT BY THEE.

THIRTY PERSONS

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 4
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 4
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 4
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; 4
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; 4
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; 4
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. 4

And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that SHE CALLED HIS NAME BENONI: BUT HIS FATHER CALLED HIM BENJAMIN.

BY WHOM SHALL JACOB ARISE? FOR HE IS SMALL.
I SAID, O LORD GOD, FORGIVE, I BESEECH THEE: BY WHOM SHALL JACOB ARISE? FOR HE IS SMALL.
THEN SAID I, O LORD GOD, CEASE, I BESEECH THEE: BY WHOM SHALL JACOB ARISE? FOR HE IS SMALL.

Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of THE LATTER GROWTH; AND, LO, IT WAS THE LATTER GROWTH after the king's mowings.
And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I SAID, O LORD GOD, FORGIVE, I BESEECH THEE: BY WHOM SHALL JACOB ARISE? FOR HE IS SMALL.
The Lord repented for this: It shall not be, saith the Lord.
THUS HATH THE LORD GOD SHEWED UNTO ME: and, behold, the Lord God called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.
THEN SAID I, O LORD GOD, CEASE, I BESEECH THEE: BY WHOM SHALL JACOB ARISE? FOR HE IS SMALL.
The Lord repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord God.
THUS HE SHEWED ME: AND, BEHOLD, THE LORD STOOD UPON A WALL MADE BY A PLUMBLINE, WITH A PLUMBLINE IN HIS HAND.
And the Lord said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? AND I SAID, A PLUMBLINE. THEN SAID THE LORD, BEHOLD, I WILL SET A PLUMBLINE IN THE MIDST OF MY PEOPLE ISRAEL: I WILL NOT AGAIN PASS BY THEM ANY MORE:
And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: THE LAND IS NOT ABLE TO BEAR ALL HIS WORDS.

BLESSING, AND HONOUR, AND GLORY, AND POWER, BE UNTO HIM THAT SITTETH UPON THE THRONE

THEY SPAKE AND SAID TO THE KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR, O KING, LIVE FOR EVER.
THOU, O KING, ART A KING OF KINGS: FOR THE GOD OF HEAVEN HATH GIVEN THEE A KINGDOM, POWER, AND STRENGTH, AND GLORY.
AND WHERESOEVER THE CHILDREN OF MEN DWELL, THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD AND THE FOWLS OF THE HEAVEN HATH HE GIVEN INTO THINE HAND, AND HATH MADE THEE RULER OVER THEM ALL. THOU ART THIS HEAD OF GOLD.

I CHARGE YOU, O DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM, IF YE FIND MY BELOVED, THAT YE TELL HIM, THAT I AM SICK OF LOVE.
What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?
MY BELOVED IS WHITE AND RUDDY, THE CHIEFEST AMONG TEN THOUSAND.
HIS HEAD IS AS THE MOST FINE GOLD, his locks are bushy, and BLACK AS A RAVEN.
HIS EYES ARE AS THE EYES OF DOVES by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.
His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

THOU, O KING, SAWEST, AND BEHOLD A GREAT IMAGE. THIS GREAT IMAGE, WHOSE BRIGHTNESS WAS EXCELLENT, STOOD BEFORE THEE; AND THE FORM THEREOF WAS TERRIBLE.
THIS IMAGE'S HEAD WAS OF FINE GOLD, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and HIS THIGHS OF BRASS,
His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.
THOU, O KING, ART A KING OF KINGS: FOR THE GOD OF HEAVEN HATH GIVEN THEE A KINGDOM, POWER, AND STRENGTH, AND GLORY.
AND WHERESOEVER THE CHILDREN OF MEN DWELL, THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD AND THE FOWLS OF THE HEAVEN HATH HE GIVEN INTO THINE HAND, AND HATH MADE THEE RULER OVER THEM ALL. THOU ART THIS HEAD OF GOLD.

Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,
That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, YE FALL DOWN AND WORSHIP THE GOLDEN IMAGE THAT NEBUCHADNEZZAR THE KING HATH SET UP:
AND WHOSO FALLETH NOT DOWN AND WORSHIPPETH SHALL THE SAME HOUR BE CAST INTO THE MIDST OF A BURNING FIERY FURNACE.
Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, ALL THE PEOPLE, THE NATIONS, AND THE LANGUAGES, FELL DOWN AND WORSHIPPED THE GOLDEN IMAGE THAT NEBUCHADNEZZAR THE KING HAD SET UP.
Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.
THEY SPAKE AND SAID TO THE KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR, O KING, LIVE FOR EVER.

War of Gods

And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and MAKE NO MENTION OF THE NAME OF OTHER GODS, NEITHER LET IT BE HEARD OUT OF THY MOUTH.

FOR I WILL GIVE YOU A MOUTH AND WISDOM, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.
But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I COME NOT AGAINST THEE THIS DAY, BUT AGAINST THE HOUSE WHEREWITH I HAVE WAR: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, THAT HE DESTROY THEE NOT.
Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto THE WORDS OF NECHO FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.
His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the Lord,
And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
But he answered and said, It is written, MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE, BUT BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDETH OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.

O generation of vipers, HOW CAN YE, BEING EVIL, SPEAK GOOD THINGS? FOR OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART THE MOUTH SPEAKETH.
A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and AN EVIL MAN OUT OF THE EVIL TREASURE BRINGETH FORTH EVIL THINGS.
But I say unto you, THAT EVERY IDLE WORD THAT MEN SHALL SPEAK, THEY SHALL GIVE ACCOUNT THEREOF IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT.

FOR I WILL GIVE YOU A MOUTH AND WISDOM, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
And YE SHALL BE BETRAYED BOTH BY PARENTS, AND BRETHREN, AND KINSFOLKS, AND FRIENDS; AND SOME OF YOU SHALL THEY CAUSE TO BE PUT TO DEATH.

If any man have an ear, let him hear.
He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
And I BEHELD ANOTHER BEAST COMING UP OUT OF THE EARTH; AND HE HAD TWO HORNS LIKE A LAMB, AND HE SPAKE AS A DRAGON.
And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship THE FIRST BEAST, WHOSE DEADLY WOUND WAS HEALED.
And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
AND DECEIVETH THEM THAT DWELL ON THE EARTH BY THE MEANS OF THOSE MIRACLES WHICH HE HAD POWER TO DO in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, THAT THEY SHOULD MAKE AN IMAGE TO THE BEAST, WHICH HAD THE WOUND BY A SWORD, AND DID LIVE.
And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
HERE IS WISDOM. LET HIM THAT HATH UNDERSTANDING COUNT THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST: FOR IT IS THE NUMBER OF A MAN; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew THE BROTHER OF GOLIATH THE GITTITE, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had ON EVERY HAND SIX FINGERS, and ON EVERY FOOT SIX TOES, FOUR AND TWENTY in number; and HE ALSO WAS BORN TO THE GIANT.
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him.
THESE FOUR WERE BORN TO THE GIANT IN GATH, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

And THE FOUR BEASTS SAID, AMEN. And THE FOUR AND TWENTY ELDERS FELL DOWN AND WORSHIPPED HIM THAT LIVETH FOR EVER AND EVER.
WORTHY IS THE LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN TO RECEIVE POWER AND RICHES
every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea
BLESSING, AND HONOUR, AND GLORY, AND POWER, BE UNTO HIM THAT SITTETH UPON THE THRONE
AND UNTO THE LAMB FOR EVER AND EVER
THE FOUR AND TWENTY ELDERS FELL DOWN AND WORSHIPPED HIM

Now the weight of gold that came to SOLOMON IN ONE YEAR WAS SIX HUNDRED THREESCORE AND SIX talents of gold,

Then THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO ME, saying,
Before I FORMED THEE IN THE BELLY I KNEW THEE; and BEFORE THOU CAMEST FORTH OUT OF THE WOMB I SANCTIFIED THEE, and I ORDAINED THEE A PROPHET UNTO THE NATIONS.

My substance was not hid from thee, when I WAS MADE IN SECRET, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
FOR THOU HAST POSSESSED MY REINS: THOU HAST COVERED ME IN MY MOTHER'S WOMB.
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
My substance was not hid from thee, when I WAS MADE IN SECRET, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and IN THY BOOK ALL MY MEMBERS WERE WRITTEN, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! HOW GREAT IS THE SUM OF THEM!
IF I SHOULD COUNT THEM, THEY ARE MORE IN NUMBER THAN THE SAND: when I awake, I am still with thee.

And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
And the rib, which the LORD GOD HAD TAKEN FROM MAN, MADE HE A WOMAN, and brought her unto the man.
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.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
And THEY WERE BOTH NAKED, the man and his wife, AND WERE NOT ASHAMED.

And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and HE CALLED HIS NAME ENOS: THEN BEGAN MEN TO CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD.

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was JOB; AND THAT MAN WAS PERFECT AND UPRIGHT, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
And said, NAKED CAME I OUT OF MY MOTHER'S WOMB, AND NAKED SHALL I RETURN THITHER: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD.
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and THE ALMIGHTY, who hath vexed my soul;
All THE WHILE MY BREATH IS IN ME, AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS IN MY NOSTRILS;

SEE now that I, EVEN I, am he, and there is no god with me: I KILL, AND I MAKE ALIVE; I WOUND, AND I HEAL: NEITHER IS THERE ANY THAT CAN DELIVER OUT OF MY HAND.
FOR I LIFT UP MY HAND TO HEAVEN, AND SAY, I LIVE FOR EVER.
IF I WHET MY GLITTERING SWORD, AND MINE HAND TAKE HOLD ON JUDGMENT; I WILL RENDER VENGEANCE TO MINE ENEMIES, AND WILL REWARD THEM THAT HATE ME.

And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, ISRAEL IS MY SON, EVEN, MY FIRSTBORN:

SEE now that I, EVEN, I,
ISRAEL IS MY SON, EVEN, MY FIRSTBORN:
JOB; AND THAT MAN WAS PERFECT AND UPRIGHT, EVEN, NAKED CAME I OUT OF MY MOTHER'S WOMB
THE ALMIGHTY
All THE WHILE MY BREATH IS IN ME, AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS IN MY NOSTRILS
HE CALLED HIS NAME ENOS: THEN BEGAN MEN TO CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD.
BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD.

And THE LORD SAID UNTO ABRAM, after that Lot was separated from him, LIFT UP NOW THINE EYES, AND LOOK FROM THE PLACE WHERE THOU ART northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
For all the land WHICH THOU SEEST, TO THEE WILL I GIVE IT, AND TO THY SEED FOR EVER.

And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but ABRAHAM STOOD YET BEFORE THE LORD.

And THE LORD SAID, SHALL I HIDE FROM ABRAHAM THAT THING WHICH I DO;
Seeing that ABRAHAM SHALL SURELY BECOME A GREAT AND MIGHTY NATION, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
FOR I KNOW HIM, that HE WILL COMMAND HIS CHILDREN AND HIS HOUSEHOLD AFTER HIM, and THEY SHALL KEEP THE WAY OF THE LORD, to DO JUSTICE AND JUDGMENT; that THE LORD MAY BRING UPON ABRAHAM THAT WHICH HE HATH SPOKEN OF him.

And THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES FACE TO FACE, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
And MOSES SAID UNTO THE LORD, SEE, THOU SAYEST UNTO ME, BRING UP THIS PEOPLE: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. YET THOU HAST SAID, I KNOW THEE BY NAME, AND THOU HAST ALSO FOUND GRACE IN MY SIGHT.
Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, SHEW ME NOW THY WAY, THAT I MAY KNOW THEE, THAT I MAY FIND GRACE IN THY SIGHT: and consider that this nation is thy people.
And HE SAID, MY PRESENCE SHALL GO WITH THEE, AND I WILL GIVE THEE REST.

And Abraham gat up early in the morning TO THE PLACE WHERE HE STOOD BEFORE THE LORD:
And HE LOOKED TOWARD SODOM AND GOMORRAH, and toward all the land of the plain, and BEHELD, AND, LO, THE SMOKE OF THE COUNTRY WENT UP AS THE SMOKE OF A FURNACE.

For thou, Lord, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.
YE THAT LOVE THE LORD, HATE EVIL: HE PRESERVETH THE SOULS OF HIS SAINTS; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS TO HATE EVIL: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

“Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.”
“There shall no evil befall thee”
“neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling”

“Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do”
“he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah”
”and beheld, and, lo”
”the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace”
YE THAT LOVE THE LORD, HATE EVIL
“Because he hath set his love upon me”
“therefore will I deliver him”
“I will set him on high”
“because he hath known my name.”

“Lift up now thine eyes”
“and look from the place where thou art”
“which thou seest, to thee will I give it,”
THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS TO HATE EVIL
“He shall call upon me”
“and I will answer him”
“I will be with him in trouble”
“I will deliver him”
“and honour him”
“With long life will I satisfy him”
“and shew him my salvation”

For now I WILL STRETCH OUT MY HAND, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.
AND IN VERY DEED FOR THIS CAUSE HAVE I RAISED THEE UP, for to shew in thee my power; and THAT MY NAME MAY BE DECLARED THROUGHOUT ALL THE EARTH.

SEE now that I, even, I,
ISRAEL IS MY SON, even, MY FIRSTBORN:
AND IN VERY DEED FOR THIS CAUSE HAVE I RAISED THEE UP, for to shew in thee my power; and THAT MY NAME MAY BE DECLARED THROUGHOUT ALL THE EARTH.

SEE now that I, EVEN I, am he, and there is no god with me: I KILL, AND I MAKE ALIVE; I WOUND, AND I HEAL: NEITHER IS THERE ANY THAT CAN DELIVER OUT OF MY HAND.
FOR I LIFT UP MY HAND TO HEAVEN, AND SAY, I LIVE FOR EVER.
IF I WHET MY GLITTERING SWORD, AND MINE HAND TAKE HOLD ON JUDGMENT; I WILL RENDER VENGEANCE TO MINE ENEMIES, AND WILL REWARD THEM THAT HATE ME.
I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
REJOICE, O YE NATIONS, WITH HIS PEOPLE: FOR HE WILL AVENGE THE BLOOD OF HIS SERVANTS, AND WILL RENDER VENGEANCE TO HIS ADVERSARIES, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
And MOSES CAME AND SPAKE ALL THE WORDS OF THIS SONG IN THE EARS OF THE PEOPLE, HE, AND HOSHEA the son of Nun.
And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel:
And he said unto them, SET YOUR HEARTS UNTO ALL THE WORDS WHICH I TESTIFY AMONG YOU THIS DAY, WHICH YE SHALL COMMAND YOUR CHILDREN TO OBSERVE TO DO, ALL THE WORDS OF THIS LAW.
For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
I WILL TEACH YOU BY THE HAND OF GOD: THAT WHICH IS WITH THE ALMIGHTY WILL I NOT CONCEAL.
BEHOLD, ALL YE YOURSELVES HAVE SEEN IT; WHY THEN ARE YE THUS ALTOGETHER VAIN?

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
TURN YOU AT MY REPROOF: BEHOLD, I WILL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT UNTO YOU, I WILL MAKE KNOWN MY WORDS UNTO YOU.
BECAUSE I HAVE CALLED, AND YE REFUSED; I HAVE STRETCHED OUT MY HAND, AND NO MAN REGARDED;
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:
They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
BUT WHOSO HEARKENETH UNTO ME SHALL DWELL SAFELY, AND SHALL BE QUIET FROM FEAR OF EVIL.

Fr. Anderson, as a contemporary of yours and a cradle Episcopalian shaped by the 1928 Book of Common Prayer, I wrote earlier that I thought the most serious matter facing the Church was its decision to lobby publicly for abortion-on-demand rather than to confine its resolutions for pastoral guidance. I referred to former Presiding Bishop Browning's signature on an INterfaith Letter to Congress to retain President Clinton's veto of the proposal to ban the partial-birth abortion procedure. I also mentioned that on the same date as the Letter Bishop Spong appeared before a House Subcommitte and made a forceful appeal for legalizing "assisted suicide," which was broadcast on C-SPAN.

It is difficult for those of us who post here to know if our comments are read, for there is no feed-back. But as someone who has made a conscientious effort to follow developments in the Episcopal Church over many years, I do believe that the Church can no longer claim moral status for the unborn, and by implication concern for the dying. It is well and good for individual members to claim the Church doesn't speak for them, but the Church does speak on behalf of itself, and all "pledging units" are brought into its identity.

Given the prominent role of the Episcopal Church in American society, to say nothing of National Cathedral as the symbolic "church for the nation," can it not find the courage during this troubled time to speak forthrightly to the American public about its abortion history and the events I have mentioned? Does it not hold a "sacred trust" for the public good as well?

"Democratic practice requires authentic discourse"

Have you ever thought that maybe we don't have "authentic discourse" in this country because we don't have an "authentic 'Democracy'".

“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” - Beloved American Founding Father, Freemason, Nephilim - Illuminati, & 3rd President Thomas Jefferson

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