Peter comments on God's operations in this sphere of His work. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today' ( Exodus 14:13 ). When viewing the expanse of Christian history, it is not difficult for a carnal person to reach the conclusion that God has good intentions, but that He is frequently disappointed because Satan outwits Him or man thwarts Him. Thus, they knew that time was not cyclical, as the Greeks perceived it, but linear: The Creator is moving time and all that happens within it in a definite direction. In this case, to flee in no way implies flying. God's mention to Jacob of his vow at Bethel (Genesis 28:10-22)and of the fact that He is the God with whom he made that promiseis a reminder that God was still with him and continuing to uphold His side of the agreement. Provide my thoughts for me, place words in my mouth, and take hold of everything in my life with a firm grasp, so that all situations, all people, and all challenges in my path are held by You. Zodhiates agrees that aiones indicates ages or times, in contrast with kosmos, often translated as "world," which indicates people as a society. Each one of us is in His capable hands! Thus, David calls the place Baal Perazim or Lord of Outbursts. We do not normally think of God in this way, but we are instructed by this passage in Scripture to consider it. (Psalm 141:8-10). How carefully crafted are His plans? Intercede with a miracle. If God makes prophecies about what He will do, He had better have the power to bring them to pass. And God separated the light from the darkness. All things do not continue as they were. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven. All the credit goes to God. He abhors being temptedtestedas if He needs to prove Himself and His power to us. This is the Bible's second-millennium BC way of saying that God Himself was manipulating the gene-pool of Jacob's flocks, causing the recessive coloring genes to dominate for Jacob's sake. I put to death and I bring to life, I have wounded and I will heal, and no one can deliver out of my hand (Deuteronomy 32:39). That we chose to follow God's way of life is good, but having that fact on our spiritual resum is not enough. One thing is clear. If the king's heart is in God's hand, and He is influencing his decisions, is it not clear that all governors of men are completely beneath the governmental control of the Almighty? Our task will be to follow His lead and glorify Him for His wondrous intervention. NetBible, 12 occurrences in 3 translations, Old Testament (10), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (1), Psalm (3), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (1), Habakkuk (1), Zephaniah (1), New Testament (2), Hebrews (1), Revelation (1). The last thing He desires is for members of His church to follow their example of unbelief (see Hebrews 3:7 through 4:2). Who will escape these things? Revelation 12 only shows that it will occur. In this case, a national leader decides to send an ambassador to other nations to form a military alliance against Edom. Events do not happen accidentally to God's people, of whom God is very aware. He obeys God by listening. For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. Christians are by definition followers of Jesus Christand how unpopular that is even among those who profess Christianity! 2. It would be beyond belief to think that Cyrus thought of it on his own, out of the blue. The underlying Hebrew verb means "to spoil," "to ruin," or "to destroy." It's the same term used in Genesis 6:12 to describe the perversion of the earth's inhabitants living in Noah's day. John W. Ritenbaugh God knows how to deliver His people from their schemeseven as He delivered Noah, Lot, and others in the past from plots that were going on in their days. If God is for us, who can be against us? . It is worldwide because verses 21-22 make it clear "that no one would be saved alive." A Prayer for Divine Intervention - I will tell of the faithful acts of the LORD, of the LORD's praiseworthy deeds. Situations can arise in life that are beyond our control and seem to have no way out. Jesus immediately replies, showing him that he had misapplied it: God does not guarantee He will protect us "in all our ways.". 9. The Sixth Commandment (Part 2): War! John W. Ritenbaugh This land, situated between stronger and larger nations, was constantly fought over, yet Israel somehow survived. He is not merely passively paying attention and responding as He sees fit, but even more so initiating actions to bring His people to His desired end. What is so maddening is that they justify their waysseeing them as goodand they will turn around and blame the innocent for the evils that occur. He reminds His people of the covenant they made with Him, that He called them to His service, yet He is also the God of all the earth and Lord of every nation (verse 7). Jesus helped him to develop it, leading to deeper belief. He made His plans, and they proceed as and when He planned. For behold, He who forms mountains, and creates the wind, who declares to man what his thought is, and makes the morning darkness, who treads the high places of the earththe LORD God of hosts is His name. Certainly, there is no biblical evidence that God instructed Jacob to do this. Belief in Christ as Healer leads people to faith in Him as Savior. In other words, He has the same responsibility to judge and punish them as He has to the other nations of the world. How could it be otherwise? The Berean: Daily Verse and Comment Sign up for the Berean: Daily Verse and Comment, and have Biblical truth delivered to your inbox. 64 [ a]If only you would tear open the heavens and[ b] come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence. That God is the ultimate author of this message means that it will happen as advertised. This is not an occasion in which the authority figure demands submission, and in submitting, we must break the law of God. God is a positive spirit. They both involve something hidden that affects the realm of God's dominion either negatively (the leaven of corrupt doctrine) or positively (the hidden treasure of God-given faith). I have complete faith that You can intervene in this situation and make the impossible happen. This world would have you believe that God really is not aware, that He does not care or even exist! He knew His life was in His Father's hands, and Pilate could do nothing against Him unless God allowed it. and to the hills, 'Fall on us!'" Faith is on the outs, with doubt, skepticism, and disbelief in the majority. "Seed the clouds to produce more rain." John W. Ritenbaugh to make known your name to your enemies, The vast majority of Americans have become so far removed from God that they lack the eyes to see and the ears to hear the warnings He sends. Nevertheless, it is there. 8. Such belief inexorably leads to a fatalistic view of life. 5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. I cant do this by myself, and I need You to take over. Fires rage over thousands of acres after periods of drought, destroying forests and homes. Amen. Psalm 62 instructs us that the supreme power in all creation is God. And have compassion on Your servants"). See what over 150,000 subscribers are already receiving each day. That means He's not arbitrary, intervening sometimes and not others without any apparent reason. The path that Balaam was taking led between two hedges or walls. But you do not listen! The situation has moved beyond Amos' ability to intercedeGod's time to act has come, and He will not relent. To make his rule more secure, Jeroboam I devised what the Bible calls "the sin of Jeroboam," the use of religion in the service of politics. It certainly does not give the impression that Godat any timelets His mind wander, unaware of what is happening in His children's lives. It is quite possible that this section of Mark applies to the apostles and perhaps is further limited to their lifetimes, that is, the first century. And He is now looking at Me to see how I am going to respond. Then the political and diplomatic mechanisms of nations take over to bring it to fruition, guided and pushed all the while by God (see Isaiah 46:9-11; Isaiah 55:11). This is the point where Balaam is in these two verses. But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law. God did! The Sovereignty of God: Part Five. Psalms 139 contains no negative connotations. They were the fountainheads of the attitudes of the nation. What if the person is sexually immoral or financially greedy? He made her go back into the trapand on to his own ruin. The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them. Though the nobleman's human faith was limited and weak, it was still real. . A major point of instruction in this brief psalm is that, though it may seem to men as if God has gone off somewhere and is not paying attention, He is indeed very aware and patiently timing His interventions. We have no need to fear the many who may come against us. Rather, worship the Lord your God; it is he who will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies (2. One thing is clear: He is a Creator who knows where He is going and has known from the outset of the project. 3.The Lord said to Moses, 'Do not be afraid of him, for I have delivered him into your hands ( Numbers 21:34 ). Not very much! you are mine. As a last resort, God takes matters one more step. Psalm 77:14 Verse Concepts You are the God who works wonders; You have made known Your strength among the peoples. (The Book of Amos) (Part One), Prepare to Meet Your God! "Design better levies to protect us from floods," they cry. This, in turn, makes it possible for him to yield to God, which makes it possible for him to deal with other human beings, not with a high hand or as a master to a slave, but as a friendas an understanding brother or sister who has gone through similar experiences and seen their own failures, and who can commiserate, sympathize, show compassion and mercy, encourage, and inspire the one who has failed. He looks and acts like Me! What ruler can resist Him? Could God - who does not change, who sets patterns in His Word so that we will understand - ensure, long before we were born, that there would be a church for His people at the end time and that someone would be prepared by Him to get the doctrines they would need to understand at the end time? Those who are left from the kingdom of Judah will take possession of it. Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage. He warns them that their lies will prove to be their undoing. "Science will someday give us the ability to predicteven stopearthquakes." Certainly! We need to come to the conclusion Job does: "The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD. Are we living righteously each day? This realization does wonders to a person's feelings about himself, making humility possible. and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation. Yet, in a way, He really did not heal all these people Himself, but His Father in heaven did these merciful works through Him (John 14:10). God's promises are sure (Isaiah 46:11; 55:11; Matthew 24:35; John 10:35). Nobody will ever come before God and say, "I did it by the strength of my own hands." In Jesus name, I pray. Sometimes he gives us the strength to cope with what we need to face. An attacking army could in no way pry them out, and they knew it. We think that God is in complete and total control, ruling His creation. In other places just enough rain fell to deceive the people into feeling a sense of hopethat it was not so bad after all. God must save them by grace. We can also understand that we will have help from God in segregating ourselves, as I Corinthians 10:13 indicates. Our verse is part of the concluding comments on the first battle (verses 8-12), while the second encounter is narrated in verses 13-16. In addition, we discover in verse 6 that the Jews do not know this either. Throughout His Word, God has promised us His protection. This question continues in both the major and minor prophets. On his altar his priests offered sacrifices to the two golden calves, and the king stood by the altar to burn incense (I Kings 12:26-33; 13:1). This is something to be thankful for! 5. Psalm 33:20-22 Our soul waiteth for the Lord: he is our help and our shield. This time is so bad that even the elect would die, except for God's intervention. He could choose to do either. John W. Ritenbaugh We dread what's to come, and we'd do anything not to have to deal with it, but there's no way out. It could be used if one said "the world that then was" or "the world to come.". So then, biblical submission is respecting divinely appointed authority out of respect for Christ. In Jesus holy name, I pray. This statement becomes significant when we consider that no man can come to Christ unless the Father draws him (John 6:44). There is time because He is involved and wants the most and best for us. John W. Ritenbaugh Nations act in their national interest. In these verses, God is speaking to Cyrus, who is totally unaware that God has made it possible for him to be in the position to carry out what God wants him to do. Perhaps He will not come to our aid as dramatically as He did for Israel in I Chronicles 14, but if we follow David's example of humble inquiry and faithful service, He will fight our battles for us. As a new building is erected, the workers follow blueprints made by architects, engineers, designers, and draftsmen. . From this, because His mind permeates the entirety of His creation, we ought to derive great confidence that God is always with us. The Holy Spirit and the Trinity (Part Seven). God had to establish rules and regulations through people e.g . He reminds them that He miraculously provided in their time of need due to the unusual circumstance He devised. And He saw that there was no man,And was astonished that there was no one to intercede;Then His own arm brought salvation to Him,And His righteousness upheld Him. After a year or so of good rainfall, California fell back into drought conditionsonly to suffer from floods a year later! And the coast will beFor the remnant of the house of Judah,They will pasture on it.In the houses of Ashkelon they will lie down at evening;For the Lord their God will care for themAnd restore their fortune. 523. Three overriding factorsHis sovereignty, His love, and His purposetake precedence, and He considers these when He decides our petitions for healing. . Whether it is Israel at the Red Sea or Israel out in the wilderness, time and again He had to intervene and spare them, even in times when they showed a measure of faith. Then Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Notice Genesis 3:14-15: So the LORD God said to the serpent; "Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all cattle, and more than every beast of the field; on your belly you shall go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life. Some were outright offended. Indeed, I brought you up from the land of Egypt. Because He is the Source of our deliverance in every circumstance, it is crucial for us to know God as well as we can. Sometimes God helps us by miraculously intervening and taking us out of harm's way. His statement begins to reveal an application of "seeing" to us. If we do not understand His purpose, what He is working out in us? When sin came into the world, Satan took authority away from man. At best, they would consider it a sometimes-effective placebo or mind over matter. God is sovereign over our pain and suffering. As Jesus says in John 5:17, God is always working, directing the movement of history to bring about His desired ends. He made Paul an apostle. 1. However, it also shows that time is moving in a definite direction and that God Himself is orchestrating many of the events within its progress toward the return of Jesus Christ, the Day of the Lord, and the establishment on earth of His Family Kingdom. Martin G. Collins Floods ravaged the Midwest in 1993, while drought killed crops in other areas. Those of us who walk by faith know that a great Unseen Hand guides, indeed overrules, events on this earth. We see this in the United States. Fortunately, He does this against His and His people's enemies, sweeping them away with a stroke of His arm. Would He have us live and work under such a person? In a similar way, armies can rush down upon their foes, who are unable to defend against the onslaught and break. The Scriptures are full of stories in which God's friends did exactly this. The complaint, as explained in subsequent verses, is that Edom must be brought down to size, perhaps because she is not a team player, wanting all the glory and plunder for herself. The book of Numbers chapter 11 verse 2 says, "The people therefore cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the Lord and the fire died out". Suddenly the fingers of a mans hand emerged and began writing opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the kings palace, and the king saw the back of the hand that did the writing. What protection do we have in these kinds of circumstances? has been a constant prayer to God through the ages, especially during times of great distress, particularly when God's servants are under intense persecution, when the surrounding culture has reached its nadir and the nation is ripe for judgment, or as it often works out, when both are happening simultaneously. If the healing had taken a prolonged time, the world would have had an opportunity to deny that Christ had healed the leper. Twice God states through Daniel that He, the supreme Creator and Ruler, gave Nebuchadnezzar his dominion over men. This is how He will intervene! And in desperation, facing the armies of Philistia in the Valley of Jezreel, Saul seeks a medium insteadleading to disastrous results. 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