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  • Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
    2025/12/25

    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

    • Lola Richey with Church Minute
    • God blessings and peace to you
    • Christmas celebrates the birth of Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior of the World
    • New Year with new beginnings

    • Prophets predictions
    • Isaiah 9:1-2, 6-7
      • Great light
      • Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, and Prince of Peace
    • Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 8:8, 10; Matthew 28:20; John 1:1-3, 14
      • Immanuel - God with us not only at Christmas but throughout the year
    • Matthew 1:1, 6, 16, 21, 23; Matthew 2:2, Luke 1:31-35; Luke 2:10-11; John 1:45, 49; John 4:42; 1 John 4:14
      • Messiah (Christ, Anointed One of God) predicted by the Old Testament prophets
      • Promised King of the World promised to King David
      • Lord of All
      • Savior of the World
    • Luke 4:18-19; John 1:12-13, 16-17; John 3:15-18, 36; John 10:10; John 14:27; John 16:33; John 17:11, 21-26; Romans 5:1-2; Romans 8:14-17; 2 Corinthians 5:17-21; Ephesians 1:13-14; Ephesians 2:14, 17-18; Ephesians 3:12; cf. Isaiah 61:1-2; Lamentations 3:22-23
      • Gives everyone adoption as sons and daughters into God’s Kingdom family forever
      • Freely gives grace upon grace and blessings upon blessings
      • Abundant life now and for eternity
      • Fresh start and a new heart and we are declared righteous
      • New heart
      • Peace with God
      • Joy - lasting joy
      • Salvation (healing and forgiveness)
      • Holy Spirit of God
      • One with God - God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit
      • Freely receive God’s glory - gift of glory from heaven
    • John 1:29, 36; 1 Corinthians 5:7
      • Save us and release us from Satan’s sin and bondage
      • Passover Lamb of God
      • Turn from
      • Repentance and Obedience
    • Matthew 3:2, 8; Matthew 4:17; Matthew 7:15-20; Matthew 22:37-40; Luke 3:3, 8-14; Galatians 5:22-23; cf. Ezekiel 18:30-32
      • Blessings of Jesus
      • Repentance
      • Calling everyone turn Satan’s sinful, wicked, and dark living so we can walk and live in the glorious light and goodness of God
      • obedience to Christ Jesus and His teaching that comes from His Holy Father - the living Sovereign LORD God of heaven and earth
      • Loving Christ Jesus’s Holy and Righteous Father - the living Sovereign LORD God of heaven and earth
      • Loving and also liking one another
      • walking with humility and forgiveness towards others
      • Holy of Spirit produces in us good fruit of righteousness
    • Matthew 7:12; Luke 8:20-21; Luke 24:25-27, 44-47; John 1:41, 45; John 4:25-26, 29, 42; John 13:34-35; John 14:1, 15-17, 21, 23-24, 31; John 13:10; John 15:1-17; Romans 1:16-17
      • Blessings of Jesus requires
        • Loving His Holy Father
        • Loving and forgiving one another
        • Treating others like you would want to be treated
        • Staying close and loving Christ Jesus with faith and obeying His and His Holy Father’s teaching with our whole hearts
        • Messiah and Righteous Servant of the Old Testament prophecies and the Son of the living God who came to earth to save us and deliver us from our sins
        • Summary of the all the Law, Psalms, and Prophets - Old Testament
    • Conclusion
      • Joy
      • Peace
      • Divine life
      • Oneness with God
      • Loving Christ Jesus by faith and trust and obeying His teachings
    • Merry Christmas - Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior of the world
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  • Great Sin of the Golden Idol

    Great Sin of the Golden Idol
    2025/12/20
    The great sin of the golden idol is taught throughout the Holy Bible because this great sin violated the heart of the eternal covenant. The living Sovereign LORD God of heaven and earth (the “LORD”, also known as Yahweh, Jehovah, and God Almighty) gave Moses and the Israelites the eternal covenant atop of Mount Sinai (Horeb) to live by and obey. Then Moses alone met with the living Sovereign LORD God atop Mount Sinai, where Moses entered God’s Glory Cloud resting on the mountain, while Moses’ assistant Joshua stayed on Mount Sinai. Moses stayed on Mount Sinai with the LORD for forty days and forty nights (approximately six weeks), where he received the LORD God’s holy instructions for building the Tabernacle (Tent of Meeting) and also where the living LORD spoke and then wrote with His finger the eternal covenant on stone tablets for everyone to love and obey. Some biblical scholars refer to the LORD’s eternal covenant as the Mosaic covenant. In fact, the living Sovereign LORD God wrote and spoke this great eternal covenant - the Book of the Covenant, and then later He wrote His eternal covenant on our hearts and minds by the Holy Spirit through faithful obedience to His Son, Christ Jesus, as Lord and Savior. While Moses was with the LORD for many days, the Israelites at the foot of Mount Sinai panicked with fear and impatience, and they believed that Moses had abandoned them or possibly died. So, the Israelites’ hearts turned from the living LORD, and they went to Aaron and requested that Aaron make gods to go before and lead them, instead of the living Sovereign LORD God of heaven and earth. The Israelites had seen and heard the living LORD, who spoke the eternal covenant from Mount Sinai, and they agreed to obey and follow the LORD; yet they became unfaithful and turned their hearts from the LORD. Aaron instructed the Israelites to take off the golden earrings they had plundered while leaving Egyptian slavery, and he fashioned the gods of gold with engraving tools into a golden calf (bull). After molding their idol, the Israelites announced the golden calf was the god who brought them out of Egyptian slavery, instead of the living and gracious God Almighty - El Shaddai. Then, Aaron built an altar to the golden calf and declared a feast to the LORD. However, the people did utter wickedness and idolatry by worshipping and dancing before the golden calf with various offerings, drunkenness, and sexual immorality. Many biblical scholars believe the Israelites fashioned the golden calf after the Egyptian bull-god Apis; thereby combining the gods of the nations with the living Sovereign LORD God of heaven and earth, who is the only true God. Sadly, years later, the Israelites in the Northern Kingdom, led by King Jeroboam, erected two golden calves to worship in Dan and Bethel as an alternative to worshipping the true and living God in Jerusalem after Israel split into two nations (Israel in the north and Judah in the south) following King Solomon’s death. The living Sovereign LORD God saw and heard the Israelites’ idolatry and apostasy by worshiping and dancing before the golden calf. The LORD became angry at the people for acting corruptly and abandoning Him as their only God after providing and delivering the people by His grace from Egyptian slavery. Significantly, the LORD wanted to destroy and blot out Israel under heaven and make Moses into a great and mighty nation, because He no longer considered Israel His people since they broke His eternal covenant by worshiping other gods. The living Sovereign LORD God saw the Israelites' great sin of idolatry, and He called them rebellious, stubborn, and stiff-necked people. From atop Mount Sinai, Moses pleaded with the living LORD through intercessory prayer, as a mediator, not to be angry and abandon Aaron and the Israelites, whom He brought out of Egyptian slavery with His great power and mighty hand. Moses reminded the living LORD God of His eternal promises He gave to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Israel), as recorded in the book of Genesis, to bless and multiply Israel as the stars of heaven and to give the Israelites His Promised Land of Israel-Palestine (Canaan). So, the gracious LORD God relented from His harm to destroy the Israelites because of Moses’ intercessory prayer and His eternal promises given to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Moses came down Mount Sinai (Horeb) with the two stone tablets of the eternal covenant law (Testimony) in His hands that were written and inscribed by the finger of the living Sovereign LORD God. Then Moses came to the camp and saw the great sin of the golden calf, with the people dancing, drinking, and worshiping the idol through sacrifices. Joshua, who accompanied Moses as his faithful assistant, heard the singing and idolatry that sounded like the noise of war in the camp. When seeing such great sin and wickedness, Moses became angry and he threw the stone tablets with the LORD’...
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  • Glory of Christmas

    Glory of Christmas
    2025/12/06
    The Christmas season is filled with joy, laughter, and, even more importantly, God’s glory! Christmas celebrates Christ Jesus, who is the glorious God and King of the Universe, coming to earth as a Baby in a manger and living a fully human life filled with God’s abundant grace and truth. To celebrate Christ Jesus’s arrival, the living Sovereign LORD God of heaven and earth placed a bright morning star in the skies, as predicted by Old Testament prophecies, so the world would know that a King had been born. Then, the living Sovereign LORD God brought a wonderful gospel choir - the armies of heaven - to celebrate the birth of Christ Jesus. The heavenly choir sang of God’s glory and peace found in the newborn Baby - Christ Jesus, because the Savior and long-awaited Messiah (Christ, Anointed One) promised from the Old Testament prophecies had arrived. Christ Jesus was Immanuel - God with us, predicted by the Old Testament. The glory of God shone all around in the city of David at Christ Jesus’s birth. God’s glory was originally seen in the Old Testament book of Exodus inside the Tabernacle. The second half of the Old Testament book of Exodus, chapters 25 through 40, focused on instructions for building and assembling the Tabernacle (also known as the Tent of Meeting or Sanctuary) so the living Sovereign LORD God could come and dwell with His people. The Tabernacle was literally the Tent of Meeting where the King of the Universe met and dwelt with His people. The Tabernacle and its furnishings were holy and made of beautiful offerings of gold, silver, and bronze, along with the finest blue, purple, and scarlet linen thread to reflect the pattern of the heavenly Tabernacle. The Tabernacle and all its furnishings were to be patterned and constructed like the pattern the LORD gave to Moses and the Israelites. Moses was faithful, and he built the Tabernacle as instructed and commanded by the divine King of the Universe so His Holy Presence could teach them and dwell with His people. Also, the living Sovereign LORD God empowered and equipped the workers and artisans with skill, wisdom, and knowledge by His Holy Spirit to construct and assemble the Tabernacle and all its furnishings. The Tabernacle and later the Temple included the sacred chest called the Ark of the Covenant, which contained the stone tablets of the eternal covenant law (also known as the Book of the Covenant, or the Testimony of God) that were written by God’s finger. The living Sovereign LORD God of heaven and earth came and spoke to the people about His instructions and commandments above the mercy seat between the two winged cherubim on top of the Ark of the Covenant, and also provided atonement for the sins of the people. The Ark of the Covenant was the only item in the Most Holy Place of the Tabernacle. After Moses and the Israelites completed the Tabernacle, the living Sovereign LORD God of heaven and earth and His glory moved into the Tabernacle, and His fiery Glory Cloud filled the Tabernacle and later the Temple with His Holy Presence. The presence of God’s glory signaled the Holy Presence of God. The Glory of God that led the Israelites from Egyptian slavery, parted the Red Sea, miraculously provided manna and quail from heaven, and appeared on Mount Sinai with the giving of the eternal Law of God was now inside the Tabernacle. The LORD came to live with His people! Wherever the Israelites marched or camped, the Tabernacle with the Glory Cloud went ahead of the people, with the Ark of the Covenant leading the way. The Tabernacle was like a portable cathedral and became the focal point of worship until King Solomon built the Temple of God. Unlike a church or synagogue, the Tabernacle was not a gathering place for public meetings and worship but rather served as the residence or palace for the King of the Universe! Worshippers entered a large, open courtyard area to present their offerings and sacrifices. After receiving the offerings, the priests approached the Holy Place, which contained some sacred furniture. Only the high priest could go further, into the Most Holy Place where the Ark of the Covenant stayed, and he did so only once a year, on the Day of Atonement. The priests dressed in glorious and beautiful garments, and the LORD set the priests apart as holy to the LORD. The high priest’s role was to bring the people to the LORD God and to teach them God’s holy Word. Notably, a massive, thick curtain (veil) in the Tabernacle (later the Temple) separated and shielded the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place, where the King of the Universe resided in His throne room above the Ark of the Covenant. The Holy of Holies (Most Holy Place) was a perfect cube, with its length, width, and height all being equal - 15 feet on each side. The description of the Tabernacle and the offering system took up much of the Old Testament books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Yet, the New Testament ...
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  • Only Worship God

    Only Worship God
    2025/11/04

    The first and most important rule of the Law of God explained the eternal commandment to exclusive worship and honor with wholehearted love and faithful obedience to the living Sovereign LORD God (Yahweh, also known as Jehovah). Also, the living LORD is our everlasting Covenant God and Savior, and He reigns forever as our only faithful King and Good Shepherd. The LORD’s Name must be eternally honored and respected as holy forever and never used with lies, falsehood, magic, disrespect, or vulgar profanity. The eternal Law of God commanded the people never to make, bow down to, or worship any gods or idols, whether gods of silver or gods of gold, because these idols are worthless and cannot bring salvation like the LORD Almighty. Worshiping other gods is idolatry and leads to God’s wrath. Only the LORD is our praise, and we must worship, honor, and call upon Him with our whole hearts, souls, minds, and strength. In fact, the Law of God commanded the people never to worship nor call on the name of any other gods, and not to even speak of their names. The LORD is a jealous God and a consuming fire, and He will not tolerate anyone worshiping, honoring, or serving any other gods, heroes, or idols. Cursed is anyone who carves or worships an idol or god, which is idolatry and covetousness. The LORD deserves FIRST PLACE in our hearts, minds, souls, and desires, and He condemns covetousness (greed, materialism). As the one and true living God of heaven and earth, the LORD (Yahweh) must be worshiped alone because He will not tolerate the worship or dependence upon any other gods, humans, governments, or idols. Only the living Sovereign LORD God has all power over every aspect of creation because the whole earth belongs to Him. The LORD is transcendent, which means the Creator and King of the Universe is distinct from His creation, and the Holy Bible teaches everyone to worship the LORD and not the things of creation. The eternal Law of God declared that the LORD Almighty, who is the Covenant God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, is the only true and living God and Creator of heaven and earth.

    Even more important, the Holy Bible explains that Christ Jesus is also God and Lord (Yahweh), and that He is One with His Holy Father—the living Sovereign LORD God. The living Sovereign LORD God with His Son Christ Jesus as One is to receive our exclusive worship as God. The living Sovereign LORD God honors and loves those who love and obey His only begotten Son, Christ Jesus our Lord. Christ Jesus graciously gave His life and shed His blood so that everyone who believes and obeys Him as Lord and Savior receives salvation, redemption, divine peace, righteousness, and new spiritual life from heaven. Jesus is Lord!
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  • Names of God

    Names of God
    2025/10/26

    The Holy Bible includes many names for the living Sovereign LORD God of heaven and earth. God is known as Elohim, which means He is the transcendent (supreme) Creator and true King, with His Son, Christ Jesus, and the Holy Spirit of all that exists, both visible and invisible. Also, the living Sovereign LORD God is the Most High God (El-Elyon), and He is above all other gods, rulers, kings, and nations from everlasting to everlasting. Moses received the covenant Name of the Most High God at the burning bush as LORD, which translates as “Yahweh,” “Jehovah”, or “I AM,” that Name is eternal. In addition, the LORD is the God of the Hebrews—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Furthermore, the living Sovereign LORD God is known as Adoni because He is the owner and master of all creation. Even more, the living Sovereign LORD God is God Almighty - El Shaddai because He is all-powerful (omnipotent) and nothing is too hard for God. The LORD is called El-Olam because He reigns from everlasting, and He gives us strength and salvation. Also, the living Sovereign LORD God is El-Roeh because He is omniscient, seeing the needs of His people and caring to respond with help, deliverance, and compassion. Moreover, the God of Israel is Jehovah Jireh or Yahweh-Yireh because He always provides for His people who look to Him in faith and dependence. Even further, the living Sovereign LORD God is the LORD of Hosts—Yahweh Sabaoth —who leads the angelic armies of heaven and fights for and protects His people. In the New Testament, Christ Jesus our Savior, embodied in God (Yahweh) in human flesh and He is also the Great I AM who is One with His Holy Father—the living Sovereign LORD God. Christ Jesus our Savior is God with us—Immanuel, and He will never leave us nor forsake us. Jesus is the LORD—worship Him!

    Then the Lord came down in the Glory Cloud and stood there with Moses and proclaimed His Name, the Lord. And He passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet He does not leave the guilty unpunished; ….” Exodus 34:5-7

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  • Holy Living - The Ten Commandments

    Holy Living - The Ten Commandments
    2025/10/15
    Moses and the Israelites arrived at Mount Sinai (the mountain of God, Mount Horeb) in the desert wilderness in the third month after leaving Egyptian slavery. Moses and the Israelites encamped in the desert at Mount Sinai for almost one year with the LORD (Yahweh, also known as Jehovah) instructing and teaching them (giving of the Torah or the Law of God) through His servant Moses for the rest of the book of Exodus, all of the book of Leviticus, and up to Numbers chapter 10. Moses first met the LORD at the flaming fiery bush at Mount Sinai (Horeb) while living in Midian with his father-in-law, Jethro. The LORD promised Moses that he would return to Mount Sinai with the Israelites after He delivered Israel from Egyptian slavery. From Mount Sinai, the living Sovereign LORD God, who is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, came and descended on top of Mount Sinai to speak His Ten Commandments and proclaim the Sinaitic covenant through His servant Moses from His Glory Cloud. The Ten Commandments are also known as “two tablets of the covenant law,” “tablets of stone,” “ark of the covenant law,” “the ten words,” and “Decalogue,” and they are the heart of the LORD’s moral Law written by the LORD’s finger for all generations to obey. This great covenant was renewed at Exodus chapter 34, the entire book of Deuteronomy, Joshua chapter 24, and became the new covenant implanted inside our hearts by the Holy Spirit through faith in Christ Jesus. The essence of the Mount Sinai covenant commanded our wholehearted love with allegiance, faithfulness, and obedience to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as our only true God and King and also commanded love and mercy with kindness towards one another. The entire earth belongs to the living Sovereign LORD God of heaven and earth. Notably, the Mount Sinai covenant was not about salvation because the LORD had already saved and redeemed Israel by His grace from evil Egyptian slavery according to His previous covenant promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The Mount Sinai covenant was the LORD’s instructions for holy living and living a wise life pleasing to Him. The LORD commanded Israel, as His firstborn son, how to humbly live and also to instruct the world about His commandments as a holy nation and kingdom of priests. The Ten Commandments are the most important obligations of the LORD’s eternal covenant because they express the LORD’s core spiritual and ethical principles. In the Mount Sinai desert, the living Sovereign LORD God called Moses to come to Him, and He instructed Moses to declare to the Israelites (the house of Jacob) that He had providentially cared for and carried the Israelites on eagles’ wings by His grace and brought them to Himself after defeating evil Pharaoh and the Egyptians. Then, the LORD declared to Moses and the Israelites that if they obeyed His voice and kept His eternal covenant, then they would be “a special treasure” to Him above all the people of the earth, and they would become to Him “a kingdom of priests and a holy nation” to the world. The living Sovereign LORD God is holy, and He commanded Israel and the nations to faithfully obey Him and follow His holy and honest ways, which lead to His blessings and a holy life. Amazingly, the living Sovereign LORD God through His Son Christ Jesus has now commanded the new Israel (the church with Jews and Gentiles united) to continue His message by living holy lives and also proclaiming His moral message as His holy priests to the world. Christ Jesus is the Ruler of the world, who loved us and washed us clean from our sins by His precious blood, making believers in Him (the church) also kings and priests to His Holy Father, to obey and proclaim God’s holy message to the world. So, Moses called the people of Israel and the Israelite elders together and presented them with words commanded from the LORD, and the people agreed to obey the LORD’s words. The LORD told Moses that He would come and speak to him face to face from His Glory Cloud, so the people would hear Him speak to Moses and trust in Moses’ teaching as a covenant mediator. Next, the LORD commanded Moses to instruct the people and the priests to consecrate (sanctify) themselves and wash their clothes because He would be appearing at Mount Sinai on the third day. Ultimately, the living Sovereign LORD God is the One who sanctifies us and makes us holy. Also, the LORD instructed Moses to place boundaries around Mount Sinai and warn the people not to touch or come up the mountain because He would be appearing from His Glory Cloud. On the third day, the living Sovereign LORD God Almighty visibly appeared in His Glory Cloud above Mount Sinai with roars of great thunder, lightning flashes, fiery black smoke, and loud trumpet blasts. In the Holy Bible, flames of fire symbolize the presence of God and His glorious power. From Mount Sinai, the living Sovereign LORD God spoke to the ...
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  • Needing Help

    Needing Help
    2025/09/27

    The living Sovereign LORD God’s deliverance and salvation of Israel over evil Pharaoh and the powerful Egyptians was world news amongst the nations. Even Moses’ father-in-law, Jethro, who was a priest from Midian and also known as Reuel, heard that the LORD (Yahweh) had saved and redeemed Israel from the evil Egyptian slavery by His mighty hand and strong power, with great signs and wonders. After Israel’s great victory from the LORD, Jethro took Moses’ wife Zipporah and Moses’ two sons, Gershom and Eliezer, into the desert wilderness to meet Moses and the Israelites, who were encamped at Mount Sinai. Mount Sinai was also known as the mountain of God or Mount Horeb, where the Israelites received the commandments of God. Moses had requested that his wife, Zipporah, and his two sons stay with his father-in-law, Jethro, during the Israelites' Exodus from Egypt.

    In the desert wilderness, Moses told his father-in-law Jethro about all the great deeds and mighty miracles that the LORD had done to deliver the Israelites from the evil Pharaoh and the Egyptians, and also the LORD’s blessings in the desert wilderness. Jethro rejoiced with great happiness when Moses informed him about all the great and awesome things the LORD had done for Israel over the Egyptians, and Jethro declared that the LORD is greater than and above all other gods. Then, Jethro offered burnt offerings and sacrifices to the LORD in worship, and Jethro was joined by Moses’ brother Aaron and the elders of Israel to break bread together in unity before the LORD.

    On the next day, Moses sat resolving and settling the people’s disputes and conflicts as a legal judge and mediator/arbiter according to the living Sovereign LORD God’s statutes and laws from morning until evening. Moses revealed to the people God’s will through His laws and rules. The living Sovereign LORD God had disclosed His will through His eternal decrees and instructions to Moses, even before the Mount Sinai covenant, so that the people would live blameless lives before Him. Jethro saw all that Moses was doing alone from sunup to sundown, judging the people’s disputes and conflicts, and Jethro warned Moses that such laborious work was overwhelming and he would wear himself down.

    So, Jethro gave Moses good administrative advice on delegating and sharing his duties from the LORD to ease Moses’ burdens as the people’s leader. Jethro wisely instructed Moses to be the people’s representative before the LORD, to bring the people’s problems to Him, and also to teach and instruct the people in the LORD’s statutes and laws, so they would know how to walk and live before the LORD according to His will and prosper. Moreover, Jethro instructed Moses to select from the people wise leaders who are god-fearing, fair-minded, trustworthy, and honest and place these spirit-filled leaders over the people to be rulers and leaders to help him judge and manage the people’s disputes and problems with fairness and justice. However, Moses would continue to handle more complex, difficult, and challenging disputes of law among the people. Moses listened and obeyed the good voice of his father-in-law Jethro, and he chose god-fearing, good, dependable, and fair-minded leaders not filled with greed, covetousness, bribery, and dishonesty to help manage the people’s problems and disputes, so justice and goodness would flow like a river. Then, Jethro returned to Midian after giving Moses wise advice, revealing God’s continued providence and care of Israel.

    Amazingly, the qualities that Moses and Jethro described as those of great leaders and judges are also those of Christ Jesus, our Savior, whom everyone must follow and imitate. Like Christ Jesus our Savior, everyone, especially leaders, must produce good fruits of wisdom, fairness, mercy, understanding, courage, knowledge, and most importantly, live god-fearing and god-honoring lives that obey and love the LORD.

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  • God's Protection

    God's Protection
    2025/09/06
    The living Sovereign LORD God of heaven and earth defeated all the gods of Egypt by His great power with signs and wonders, and He brought His people Israel as a mighty army with boldness from Egyptian slavery, with Moses leading the way. As Israel was leaving Egypt, the living Sovereign LORD God by His grace covered, guided, and protected Israel underneath His wings in a pillar of cloud by day, and during the night, He went ahead of Israel in a pillar of fire. This amazing pillar of cloud and pillar of fire was the Glory Cloud, and the Glory Cloud of God is seen throughout the Holy Bible, including at Mount Sinai, as the living God’s Presence - a Theophany. As Israel was leaving Egypt, the living Sovereign LORD God led the Israelites to the edge of the Red Sea. However, the evil Pharaoh once again became stubborn and hardhearted, refusing to submit with repentance to the LORD (Yahweh), and he and his fellow Egyptians pursued the Israelites so Israel could return to slavery and bondage. So, the evil Pharaoh and the Egyptians took their elite military men with fighting chariots and pursued the Israelites so they could return them to Egyptian slavery. However, the living Sovereign LORD God was controlling the evil Pharaoh by hardening his heart, so He could display and reveal His power and glory to the evil Pharaoh and the Egyptians, making Himself known as the only true God and King of heaven and earth. In the New Testament, Christ Jesus also noted that His Holy Father allowed certain events, such as the blind man receiving his sight and Lazarus rising from the dead, for God’s glory and honor. Moreover, the LORD knew the evil Pharaoh would be hardhearted and stubborn because the evil Pharaoh believed he was mightier and stronger than the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob - the Great I AM (Yahweh). As the evil Pharaoh and his army drew near, the Israelites panicked and became afraid as they cried out to the LORD. Also, the Israelites became discouraged, succumbing to fear and not faith in the living LORD, as well as becoming angry with Moses, wanting to return to Egyptian slavery. Moses declared his confidence and faith in the living LORD and assured the people not to be afraid nor discouraged because the LORD (Yahweh) was with them as a Divine Warrior, and He would fight and protect them against the Egyptians. In one of the greatest statements of faith in the Holy Bible, Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid…. stand still and watch the LORD rescue you today…. The LORD Himself will fight for you. Just stay calm.” The story of the Red Sea is a reminder that although Israel was “ready for battle” and marching out of Egypt boldly, the victory would be won by the LORD alone. Significantly, the living Sovereign LORD God revealed His great almighty power to save and shield His people who call upon Him and His Holy Name by faith. The great Name of the LORD - Yahweh has wonder-working power to save and protect when you believe and trust in Him by faith. Then, the living Sovereign LORD God commanded Moses to put his faith into action by raising his staff (rod) over the Red Sea so the Israelites could cross the Red Sea on dry ground. Then, the mighty Angel of God and the Glory Cloud, who traveled and went before Israel, came between God’s people to shield and protect them from Pharaoh’s army. The living Sovereign LORD God protected and shielded His people with His Glory Cloud. Moses obeyed the living Sovereign LORD God’s command, and he raised his staff over the Red Sea. Then, the Sovereign LORD God sent His mighty wind from His nostrils to divide and push back the sea to create a safe path for His people to safely cross on dry land, protected in the midst of the sea. Moses and the Israelites followed the dry path through the Red Sea to the other side. Israel’s baptism and escape through the Red Sea was one of the greatest climactic rescues in human history. Then, the living Sovereign LORD God looked upon the Egyptian army from His Glory Cloud with grace, and He began fighting for Israel by bringing trouble and confusion to the Egyptian army and even jamming the wheels of the Egyptian military chariots. The Egyptians realized the living Sovereign LORD God was fighting for the Israelites as Israel’s Divine Warrior. After the Israelites safely crossed the Red Sea on dry land, the living Sovereign LORD God commanded Moses to stretch out his staff (rod) over the Red Sea so the waters would return to flow back over evil Pharaoh and the Egyptian army. Pharaoh’s army pursued the Israelites through the Red Sea, but the living Sovereign LORD God continued fighting for Israel by blowing the winds from His nostrils to return the sea waters to punish and overthrow the Egyptians in the midst of the Red Sea and completely drown the Egyptians' elite military men and fighting chariots. At the Red Sea, the living Sovereign LORD God revealed His awesome glory and mighty power by ...
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