A Joyful Noise: June 2018

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Thursday, June 14, 2018

Who Is Jesus? Chapter 4

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Who Is Jesus? Chapter 4

Much of the Old Testament stories were pictures of Christ. Prior to Moses coming to deliver the Children of Israel from Egypt, he saw a bush that was burning but it did not burn up completely. As Moses drew closer a voice said, "Take off your shoes for you are standing on holy ground." Moses was intrigued, and asked, "Who are you and what do you want from me?" The voice told him he was to set the people free and take them to the promised land.

Moses asked, "Who shall I say is sending me? What is your name?" God spoke to Moses and said, "I AM THAT I AM.” And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name LORD I was not known to them.

In the New Testament John's gospel, there are seven (7) times Jesus refers himself as "I AM."

1 1. I AM The Bread Of Life. Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me shall never hunger spiritually.

2. “I AM the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life” (John 8:12).

3. I AM The Door. I am the door; whoever enters through me will be saved.

4. I AM The Good Shepherd. The shepherd gives his life for his sheep.

5. I AM the Resurrection and the Life. Jesus offers us eternal life that begins when we invite Him into our life.

6. I AM the Way, the Truth and the Life. In John 6:44, He says, “No one can come to Me
unless the Father who sent Me draws him.”
This is how we come to God. The Holy Spirit will use an incident in your life to speak to you.

7. I AM the True Vine and you are the branches to bare fruit.

As the Children of Israel traveled in the desert towards the promised land, God gave them bread from heaven every morning. The people called it Manna. Upon rising, they were to find small kernels that fell with the dew. The taste was like wafers and honey. It could be ground to make bread and prepared other ways as their main diet. There was NO manna on the Sabbath, so the day prior they were to gather twice as much.

Jesus referred to Himself as the bread from Heaven.

John 6: Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world…. This is the bread that came down from heaven.

I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

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https://youtu.be/Bsj128b-yI0 Who is Jesus? Chapter 6

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https://youtu.be/dl3i6TRas-o Who is Jesus chapter 9 Jesus Begins Ministry

https://youtu.be/vMSQP6plNM0 WIJ? Part 10 Three days and Three nights

https://youtu.be/7u-YYhyb5M4 Who is Jesus? Part 11 Jesus reads Isaiah

Monday, June 11, 2018

Who is Jesus Chapter 3

Who is Jesus Chapter 3

Today, we will back up a bit and take another look at the Children of Israel while they were captives in Egypt.

Moses was sent by God to set them free, but the Pharaoh would not let the people go, because they were valuable slaves working hard for him. Moses warned Pharaoh that if he did not allow the people to go; terrible things would happen.

Pharaoh was not impressed, and paid no attention to Moses, so in tandem there occurred ten plagues: The children of Israel who dwelled in the land of Goshen, were not effected and were kept safe: (The plagues are listed for background - - the last one is the clinker.)

Each time a plague came, Pharaoh said okay, I will let the people go, but when the plague went away, he changed his mind and said, "NO - they stay here."

1. Water was turned into blood - Exodus 7:19 And the Lord spoke unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take your rod, and stretch out your hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.

2. FROGS everywhere: Exodus 8:3 And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into your house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into your ovens, and into thy kneading troughs:

3. Lice: Exodus 8:16 And the Lord said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out your rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

4. Flies: Exodus 8:21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.

5. Livestock diseased: Exodus 9:3 Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.

6. Boils on man and beast: Exodus 9:8, 9 And the Lord said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.

7. Thunder and Hail: Exodus 9:18 The seventh plague brought torrential rains, thunder, and hail that killed people, animals, and crops. Despite the fact that Pharaoh admitted his sin, once the storm calmed he again refused freedom to the Hebrews.

8. Locust: If Pharaoh thought frogs and lice were bad, the locusts of the eighth plague would prove to be the most devastating. These insects ate every green plant they could find. Afterwards, Pharaoh admitted to Moses that he had sinned - -

9. Darkness: Three days of complete darkness stretched over the lands of Egypt—not those of the Hebrews, who enjoyed light by day—in the ninth plague. It was so dark that the Egyptians could not see each other. After this plague, the Pharaoh attempted to negotiate the freedom of the Hebrews. His bargain that they could leave if their flocks were left behind was not accepted.

The tenth and most terrible plague was now coming: The Angel of Death was being charged to visit that night and slay all the first born son's in the homes of the Un-Protected.

10. Death Angel visits: Exodus 11:4, 5 And Moses said, Thus says the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt: And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first born of Pharaoh that sits upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.

God gave Moses detailed instructions for the Children of Israel; How to be protected and it involved a lasting ceremony that is still celebrated today: "The Passover Feast."

The children of Israel had been in Egypt for 430 years, so you will realize they were now a large crowd of six hundred thousand men, (600,000) not counting children (or women.) Each household was approximately 12 to 15 persons. (A LOT of lambs were needed for this happening.)

They were being instructed to select a perfect lamb for each household and to prepare a meal where they were to eat the roasted lamb, and burn anything left over. They were to be packed up and ready to leave in the morning.

They were to kill the lamb and collect the blood in a clean basin. To protect each dwelling from the angel of death, they were to use hyssop and dip it into the blood and sprinkle the blood on each door post and on the lentil (top) of the door. This was important, because when the "Death Angel passed by that night, and saw the blood on the doors, the angel would PASS OVER those homes and not slay the first born male child.

The blood was a picture of Christ Jesus' shed blood that is available to save us from our sins. Today when we partake of "communion" as Jesus asked us; we remember his broken body and shed blood.

Luke 22:19, 20 And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me." In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

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Saturday, June 9, 2018

Who is Jesus? Chapter 2

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Eternity - No Beginning No End

Who is Jesus? Chapter 2

God lives in eternity, so with God there is no "time" as we know it. The Bible says, a thousand years is as a day with God. From the moment Adam and Eve sinned, God was not in a rush to put His plan of redemption in place. There was much to do first.
God was setting His plan in motion, but it would take time to bring it to pass.

Many of the things God caused to happen were for examples and pictures of a Savior who would become the ultimate sacrifice for the sins of the world. The prophets often spoke of a Messiah who would become the savior of all mankind.

From Adam onward there were faithful men who loved God and refused to worship idols and false gods. One such man named Abraham was promised by God, to make of him a great nation.

As time went by, there was a great famine in the East, and Abraham's children - - Jacob's family went to Egypt to purchase food. They settled down and raised grain and sheep plus their families quickly multiplied. Eventually a new King of Egypt feared their great number, so he cause them to become his slaves.

Exodus chapter 32 tells us of Moses being raised up to deliver the people from their bondage and after a chain of events they left Egypt, and God destroyed their Egyptian enemies.

At God's request Moses climbed up Mount Sinai, to meet God and to receive the 10 commandments and the law. Most important was the first two commandments, to only worship God, and not make with their hands images or worship false gods, and not to take the Name of the Lord God in vain.

Sorry to say, it did not take the people very long to break these commandments. The people worried that Moses was gone too long, and they requested Aaron to fashion a gold calf similar to one of the Egyptian gods and they danced and worshipped it.

This mutiny caused God to become furious and He told Moses he would destroy the people because they were so rebellious. Moses plead with God not to do this for what would the other nations think, if God just delivered the people from bondage and then wiped them out? God changed his mind, but (Exodus 32) The Lord plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.

God gave Moses explicit and precise instructions for a tent tabernacle and details for making the sacrifices for the sins of the people. God demanded a blood sacrifice of an innocent and pure animal to atone for sin.

It was necessary for the people to bring a sacrifice many times, as they were habitually sinning.

All this was again a picture of a future event when only ONE sacrifice would be necessary and that one selected person would voluntarily lay down His life to rescue all who would willingly come to Him and invite Him into their life.

The prophet Isaiah records:- - 3-7: “He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.”

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Friday, June 8, 2018

Who is Jesus? Chapter 1

Who is Jesus? Chapter 1

Where was Jesus before He became a baby born in the city of Bethlehem of a young Virgin girl named Mary?

Our Father God is a spirit not seen with visible eyes, and from the beginning, Jesus also was in spirit form.

Jesus was Spirit not flesh until the Holy Spirit placed the seed containing Jesus into the womb of Mary. At that precise moment Jesus because human flesh, however his blood was divine and of his Father God. Scientist tell us the baby's blood is not from the mother but from the father. This fact reveals that the blood of Jesus was sinless, holy and pure and from God himself. This fact alone is the reason that the blood that Jesus shed on the cross is able to wash away our sins.

As we take a quick look at the gospel of John chapter one we see "In the beginning was the WORD and the WORD was with God and the Word was God. As we continue reading we discover that John was speaking of Jesus the WORD and also saying Jesus was God and was working in tandem with the Father creating the world.

We take a look at the first book in the Bible; Genesis chapter 1, and we view that the Spirit of God hovered over the waters. Each time our Father God spoke WORDS - - a portion of earth was formed. Light was split from darkness, Waters were divided from the sky, the sun, moon and stars came into being, trees and vegetation came, and creatures of all types of animals were created. Jesus was there in the beginning with His Father God.

On day six, God made man in His own image and placed him in a beautiful garden. Soon God realized the man would be lonely so putting him to sleep and taking from his side a rib, God formed woman. They were happy and each evening they walked and talked with God.

They were only given a couple of rules. Two trees were off limits, but everything else was good food. Forbidden was the tree of the "Knowledge of good and evil," and the tree of LIFE. Satan came to tempt Eve telling her she needed to be wise and know things and Eve fell for it. So, Eve ate of the forbidden fruit and gave some to Adam.

God could not allow them to stay in their fallen state, and eat of the Tree of Life, so it was necessary that they be removed from the garden and now mankind must toil and work for a living. God slew a lamb as a sacrifice and made garments to cover Adam and Eve's nakedness. This was the first blood sacrifice.

God gave Adam and Eve a promise that he would send a redeemer and many Prophets in the Old Testament told how a virgin would bring forth a savior, who would be born in Bethlehem.

Prophesy of Micah 5:2 "But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times."

(Fulfillment of the Prophesy) Matthew 2:1-6 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him." 3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 When he had called together all the people's chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. 5 "In Bethlehem in Judea," they replied, "for this is what the prophet has written: 6" 'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.'"

Isaiah the prophet in chapter 53 revealed how the Savior would suffer and die for the world, and that by his stripes we would be healed.

So for this chapter, we view Jesus as a Spirit with His Father God in heaven, waiting for the promise and prophesies to come to pass. Let us think about this, and research the Scriptures mentioned as we wait for the next chapter.

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