Bible Verse and Prayer for Today
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. John 15:7
Prayer
Lord we Need to Live our Lives constantly Keep our Minds on Eternity. If we Abide in the Trinity and the Words of the Trinity abides in us constantly , we will live in the will of God and Our Prayers will be fully answered even if we Get No as a Answer sometimes , Please help us to accept a “No” answer van God , we Pray in Jesus Name . Amen and Amen
Prayer Tips :
If you have followed all the previous steps and there is still no peace, then do not look at your discontent, but look up to Jesus and see that He has conquered Satan on the cross and destroyed the debt with its demands against us.
Col. 2:13 ‘And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,
Col. 2:14 and having canceled out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was hostile to us, nailing it to his cross,
Col. 2:15 having disarmed the principalities and powers and made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.’
Then look to the promises of God and believe them rather than your own fickle feelings. Our forgiveness is wrought by God and the feeling of peace is only incidental. Claim in faith the promises of God’s forgiveness for you, as given to us in ‘Col. 2:13-15’.
Col. 2:13 ‘And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,
Col. 2:14 having canceled out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was hostile to us, and taken it out of the way, nailing it to his cross,
Col. 2:15 having disarmed the principalities and powers, and made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.’
Bybel Vers en Gebed vir Vandag
As julle in My bly en my woorde in julle, sal julle vra wat julle wil, en julle sal dit kry. Johannes 15:7
Gebed
Here ons moet ons lewens gedurig leef Hou ons gedagtes op die ewigheid. As ons in die Drie-eenheid bly en die Woorde van die Drie-eenheid bly voortdurend in ons, sal ons in die wil van God lewe en ons gebede sal volledig beantwoord word al kry ons soms Nee as ‘n Antwoord, Help ons asseblief om ‘n “Nee” antwoord van God te aanvaar, ons bid in Jesus Naam. Amen en Amen
Gebedswenke:
As jy al die voorafgaande stappe gevolg het en daar is nogtans geen vrede nie, moet dan nie na jou onvrede kyk nie, maar kyk op na Jesus en sien dat Hy die Satan aan die kruis oorwin het en die skuldbewys met sy eise teen ons tot niet gemaak het.
Kol. 2:13 ‘En julle, wat dood was deur die misdade en die onbesnedenheid van julle vlees, het Hy saam met Hom lewend gemaak deurdat Hy julle al die misdade vergeef het,
Kol. 2:14 en die skuldbrief teen ons, wat met sy insettinge ons vyandig was, uitgedelg en weggeruim het deur dit aan die kruis vas te nael,
Kol. 2:15 nadat Hy die owerhede en magte uitgeklee en hulle in die openbaar ten toon gestel en daardeur oor hulle getriomfeer het’.
Kyk dan na die beloftes van God en glo dit eerder as jou eie wispelturige gevoelens. Ons vergifnis word deur God bewerk en die gevoel van vrede is slegs bykomend. Eien in die geloof die beloftes van God se vergifnis vir jou toe, soos in ‘Kol. 2 : 13-15’ vir ons gegee is.
Kol. 2:13 ‘En julle, wat dood was deur die misdade en die onbesnedenheid van julle vlees, het Hy saam met Hom lewend gemaak deurdat Hy julle al die misdade vergeef het,
Kol. 2:14 en die skuldbrief teen ons, wat met sy insettinge ons vyandig was, uitgedelg en weggeruim het deur dit aan die kruis vas te nael,
Kol. 2:15 nadat Hy die owerhede en magte uitgeklee en hulle in die openbaar tentoongestel en daardeur oor hulle getriomfeer het’.
Bible Teaching of the Day
Concentrate on the Cross – Part 9
The night before Jesus’ death, He washed the feet of His disciples and shared the Passover meal with them. During this time Judas was revealed as the one who would betray His master (John 13:1-30). At the conclusion of the meal, Jesus instituted the Lord’s Supper (Matthew 26:26–29; 1 Corinthians 11:23–26). After the meal, He took His disciples to the Garden of Gethsemane. There, He pulled Peter, John, and James away, told them to pray they wouldn’t fall into temptation, and went off by Himself. The trio promptly fell asleep.
Alone, Jesus was grieved and depressed, sorrowful as He approached death. His sweat fell like drops of blood (Luke 22:44)—His anguish was such that His life was practically dripping away from Him. He asked God to take the coming torment from Him, but only if it was the Father’s will (Luke 22:42). But it wasn’t the anticipation of scourging or the horrible hours on the cross that had Jesus so sorrowful. What had Him crying out in the garden was the anticipation of carrying the weight of sin (Matthew 27:46).
God sent an angel to strengthen Him enough to get through it. Jesus asked Peter, James, and John to pray that they would stay loyal to Him, but they fell asleep again. He had shared His life and His coming death with His disciples for three years. Then one of them, Judas, walked up to Him, greeted Him as a friend, and handed Him to the Roman guards.
The next few hours were a blur of beatings, mockings, and whippings with leather thongs tipped with balls of metal and shards of bone. Jesus’ skin was flayed off, and blood dripped off His head from the long thorns in His crown. He also suffered the humiliation of numerous illegal mock trials before Annas (John 18:13), Caiaphas, and the Sanhedrin (Matthew 26:57–68); and Roman trials before Pontius Pilate, then Herod, then Pilate again. Pilate, who knew Jesus was innocent, finally bent to the will of the crowd who were shouting, “Crucify him!” and sent Jesus to the cross (Luke 23:1–25).
Once on the cross, He had the choice of resting His weight on the spikes driven into His hands or pushing up on the spikes in His feet and being able to breathe. People who had celebrated Him a week earlier now taunted Him. He watched the Roman soldiers divide His possessions before He died. And He took in His mother’s grief as she looked up at the One the angel had promised would save the world. When the soldiers came to break His legs (a typical method of hastening the death of the crucified), He was already dead, for He had given up His spirit (John 19:30).
Bybel Lering vir die Dag
Konsentreer op die Kruis – Deel 9
Die aand voor Jesus se dood het Hy die voete van sy dissipels gewas en die Paasmaaltyd met hulle gedeel. Gedurende hierdie tyd is Judas geopenbaar as die een wat Sy heer sou verraai (Johannes 13:1-30). Aan die einde van die maaltyd het Jesus die nagmaal ingestel (Matteus 26:26–29; 1 Korintiërs 11:23–26). Na die maaltyd het Hy sy dissipels na die tuin van Getsemane geneem. Daar het Hy Petrus, Johannes en Jakobus weggetrek, vir hulle gesê om te bid dat hulle nie in versoeking sou val nie, en het alleen weggegaan. Die trio het dadelik aan die slaap geraak.
Alleen was Jesus bedroef en depressief, bedroef toe Hy die dood nader. Sy sweet het soos druppels bloed geval (Luk. 22:44)—Sy angs was sodanig dat sy lewe feitlik van Hom af weggedrup het. Hy het God gevra om die komende pyniging van Hom af te neem, maar slegs as dit die Vader se wil was (Luk. 22:42). Maar dit was nie die afwagting van geseling of die aaklige ure aan die kruis wat Jesus so bedroef gehad het nie. Wat Hom in die tuin laat uitroep het, was die verwagting om die gewig van sonde te dra (Matteus 27:46).
God het ‘n engel gestuur om Hom genoeg te versterk om daardeur te kom. Jesus het Petrus, Jakobus en Johannes gevra om te bid dat hulle lojaal aan Hom sal bly, maar hulle het weer aan die slaap geraak. Hy het sy lewe en sy komende dood vir drie jaar met sy dissipels gedeel. Toe stap een van hulle, Judas, na Hom toe, groet Hom as ‘n vriend en gee Hom aan die Romeinse wagte.
Die volgende paar ure was ‘n wasigheid van slae, bespottings en swepe met leerriempies wat met balle metaal en skerwe been gekant is. Jesus se vel was afgeskil, en bloed het van Sy kop af gedrup van die lang dorings in Sy kroon. Hy het ook die vernedering gely van talle onwettige skynverhore voor Annas (Johannes 18:13), Kajafas en die Sanhedrin (Matteus 26:57–68); en Romeinse beproewinge voor Pontius Pilatus, dan Herodes, dan weer Pilatus. Pilatus, wat geweet het Jesus is onskuldig, het uiteindelik gebuig na die wil van die skare wat uitgeroep het: “Kruisig Hom!” en Jesus na die kruis gestuur (Luk 23:1–25).
Sodra Hy aan die kruis was, het Hy die keuse gehad om Sy gewig te laat rus op die spykers wat in Sy hande gedryf is of op die spykers in Sy voete op te stoot en in staat te wees om asem te haal. Mense wat Hom ‘n week vroeër gevier het, het Hom nou uitgetart. Hy het gekyk hoe die Romeinse soldate Sy besittings verdeel voordat Hy gesterf het. En Hy het Sy ma se hartseer ingeneem toe sy opkyk na die Een wat die engel belowe het om die wêreld te red. Toe die soldate sy bene kom breek het (‘n tipiese metode om die dood van die gekruisigde te verhaas), was Hy reeds dood, want Hy het sy gees opgegee (Joh. 19:30).
Daily Devotional
SURRENDERING TO GOD
While in church the assembly sung, “I surrender all. I surrender all. All to Thee my blessed Savior, I surrender all.” The question then came that while we all say that we surrender all, do we find it difficult to put the confession of our mouths onto action?
I remember a woman saying to me, “Just think what the Lord can do with you if you give your life to the Lord.” Needless to say, this caused me to reconsider my relationship with the Lord and my willingness to surrender completely to Him. But let us look at a view reasons we battle to surrender.
• Lack of faith in Christ; Unfortunately, our lack of faith in Jesus Christ often causes us not to take the next step.
• Fear: Many times, we are afraid of what the Lord may ask us to do or expect from us.
• Uncertainty: Since there is so much uncertainty in this world, we may not be willing to commit because we do not know what is going to happen tomorrow or the day thereafter.
• Lack confidence in ourselves or our abilities: Often we think that we are not able or capable to what the Lord may require from us.
• Fear of losing control: We battle to give God full control and often, when things get out of control, we perceive it as if we have lost control.
• Fear of Judgment: What will others say?
But let us look at what the Lord said in His Word
• “Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.” (Deuteronomy 31:6)
• “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.” (John 14:1) and if we still struggle, we can pray, “I believe; help my unbelief!” (Mark 9:24)
• “Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” ( Matthew 6:34)
• “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” (Philippians 4:13)
• “Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” (Isaiah 41:10)
• “But even if you suffer for doing what God approves, you are blessed. Don’t be afraid of those who want to harm you. Don’t get upset.” (1 Peter 3:14)
Allow me to conclude with 2 Timothy 1:7 which reads, “For God did not give us a spirit of timidity or cowardice or fear, but has given us a spirit of power and of love and of sound judgment and personal discipline”
Let us therefor surrender to the Lord, knowing that the Lord will instruct us and teach us in the way we should go. He will counsel us and keep His eye upon us. ( see Psalm 32:8)
Vandag se Toewyding / Bemoediging
OM AAN GOD OOR TE GEE
Tydens ‘n kerkdiens, het die gemeente gesing: ““I surrender all. I surrender all. All to Thee my blessed Savior, I surrender all.” Ek vra toe myself hoekom ons dit so moeilik vind om die belydenis van ons mond in werking te stel?
Lank gelede het ‘n vrou vir my gesê het: “Dink net wat die Here met jou kan doen as jy jou lewe vir die Hom gee.” Nodeloos om te sê, dit het veroorsaak dat ek my verhouding met die Here en my gewilligheid om volkome aan Hom oor te gee, moes heroorweeg. Maar kom ons kyk na ‘n redes waarom ons sukkel om oor te gee.
Ons sukkel om onsself ten volle aan die Here te wy weens:
• Gebrek aan geloof in Christus; Ongelukkig veroorsaak ons gebrek aan geloof in Jesus Christus dikwels dat ons nie die volgende stap neem nie.
• Vrees: Ons is baie keer bang vir wat die Here ons mag vra om te doen of van ons verwag.
• Onsekerheid: Aangesien daar soveel onsekerheid in hierdie wêreld is, is ons dalk nie bereid om oor te gee nie, want ons weet nie wat môre of die dag daarna gaan bring nie.
• Gebrek aan vertroue in onsself of ons vermoëns: Dikwels dink ons dat ons nie in staat is om te doen wat die Here van ons mag vereis nie.
• Vrees om beheer te verloor: Ons sukkel om God volle beheer te gee en dikwels, wanneer dinge buite beheer raak, ervaar ons dit asof ons beheer verloor het.
• Vrees vir oordeel: Wat sal ander sê?
Maar kom ons kyk na wat die Here in Sy Woord sê;
• “Wees sterk en vol moed; wees nie bevrees en word nie verskrik vir hulle nie; want dit is die Here jou God wat saam met jou trek; Hy sal jou nie begewe of verlaat nie.” (Deuteronomium 31:6)
• “Laat julle hart nie ontsteld word nie; glo in God, glo ook in My.” (Johannes 14:1) en as ons nog sukkel, kan ons bid: ” Ek glo, Here, kom my ongeloof te hulp!” (Markus 9:24)
• “Kwel julle dus nie oor môre nie, want môre sal hom oor sy eie dinge kwel. Elke dag het genoeg aan sy eie kwaad.” (Matteus 6:34)
• “Ek is tot alles in staat deur Christus wat my krag gee.” (Filippense 4:13)
• “Wees nie bevrees nie, want Ek is met jou; kyk nie angstig rond nie, want Ek is jou God. Ek versterk jou, ook help Ek jou, ook ondersteun Ek jou met my reddende regterhand.” (Jesaja 41:10)
• “Maar as julle ook moet ly ter wille van die geregtigheid, salig is julle. En vrees hulle glad nie, en wees nie ontsteld nie.” (1 Petrus 3:14)
Laat my toe om af te sluit met 2 Timoteus 1:7 wat lui: “Want God het ons nie ‘n gees van vreesagtigheid gegee nie, maar van krag en liefde en selfbeheersing.”
Laat ons dan onsself aan die Here oorgee, met die wete dat die Here ons sal onderrig en leer aangaande die weg wat ons moet gaan. Hy sal ons raad gee en Sy oog oor ons hou. (Sien Psalm 32:8)
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Phil & Kim began their music journey in 1986 at a church camp in Michigan. Over the past 33 years, their family ministry has expanded, performing in various locations in the US and around the world. Their success is credited to their unique music arrangements, high musical standards, and maintaining a strong spiritual focus with God’s help.
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Bible Prophecy in the News
Jihad Spreads Across Africa As The West Averts Its Eyes – Jihad at South African Borders .
Jihadists are murdering, raping, torturing, kidnapping, enslaving, and, in some instances, burning people alive — across Africa, and now in Syria. Recent videos posted on X show that Syrian Islamists are doing to Alawites what Hamas did to Jews living near Gaza. Christians, Druze and Yazidis in Syria — like their non-Muslim or non-Arabized counterparts in Africa– fear they may be next.
The al-Qaeda-affiliated Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) terrorists, led by Ahmed Hussein al Sharaa, who conquered Damascus in December 2024, are going from door to door in western Syria and massacring religious minorities in cruel, sadistic ways. Social media posts show Alawite men, women and children shot at close range. According to Greek Member of European Parliament Nikolas Farantouris, who recently visited Syria, “Reliable data indicate 7,000 massacres of Christians and Alawites and unprecedented atrocities against civilians.” The death toll is still rising.
Syria is just the most recent country targeted by Islamic jihadists. For years now, in at least 12 countries in Africa, jihad has been spreading. Local jihadist organizations go by different names, but the ideology that drives them is the same: Every one of them deeply believes that Allah wants him to wipe the world clean of the kuffar (infidels). In Nigeria, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Niger, Somalia, Mozambique and Libya, among others, Islamic militants massacre civilians, the vast majority of whom are Christians, leading to widespread terror, insecurity and displacement.
More than 16.2 million Christians in Sub-Saharan Africa have been driven from their homes by jihadi violence and conflict, reports the human rights organization Open Doors. Such violence includes murder, physical injury, rape, abduction, theft of property and destruction of homes and farmland. Christians are being dispossessed of their land and means of livelihood.
Millions of them now live in displaced-persons camps. Women and girls are abducted, forced into “marriage,” forced to convert to Islam, raped, and subjected to forced labor. Several girls have been forced to act as suicide bombers or human shields at the hands of jihadis.
On February 13, seventy Christians were beheaded by jihadists in the Congo, now one of the most dangerous countries for non-Muslims due to escalating jihadist violence. Church leaders are targeted, abducted, tortured and murdered. Christian villages have been burned down, and pastors, priests and lay Christians abducted by the Islamist “Allied Democratic Forces” and other armed factions.
Churches, convents and Christian schools have been vandalized and looted by militiamen. From January to June of 2024, Islamic militants murdered 639 Christians in various incidents, including beheadings and shootings, according to a report released by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).
In Sudan, a current genocide includes race-based slaughter of indigenous Africans by Arab jihadists. The war in Sudan is between two Muslim forces — the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), the country’s official military, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a regional paramilitary group created by a previous military regime. Arab supremacy against the indigenous, non-Arabized Sudanese people drives both sides, with the RSF forces targeting ethnic African minorities for extermination.
They are responsible for committing sexual violence on a large scale in areas under their control, including the gang rape, abduction and detention of victims in conditions that amount to sexual slavery, as the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan documented in a detailed report. Most of the victims are non-Arabs, particularly the Masalit people.
Innocent civilians have been murdered for their race in Sudan. Towns and villages are being destroyed. According to the organization “Operation Broken Silence,” more than 150,000 civilians are estimated to have already perished from violence and hunger. Nearly 25 million Sudanese — half of the country’s population — are facing high levels of acute food insecurity. Roughly 15 million people have been forced to flee their homes or have left Sudan as refugees. That is nearly one in three of all Sudanese. Nearly 80% of the country’s healthcare system is not functioning. Roughly 90% of schools are closed.
In Libya, slavery, forced labor and human trafficking are still widespread, as seen in video evidence of an auction of sub-Saharan Africans in the country. Today, Sharia law is strictly upheld: for a Muslim to convert to Christianity is a crime punishable by death. In one reported case, a Christian convert from a Muslim background received a death sentence in September 2022 and remains imprisoned while his case is pending with the Supreme Court. If a Libyan woman is suspected of being interested in Christianity, she faces house arrest, sexual assault, forced marriage or even death.
Foreign Christians, especially those from sub-Saharan Africa, are also targeted by Islamist militant and criminal groups in Libya. These groups kidnap and sometimes brutally murder Christians. Even if they avoid such a fate, sub-Saharan African Christians face harassment and threats from radical Muslims in Libya.
In Cameroon’s Far North region, Islamic terrorists — specifically Boko Haram and the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) — regularly attack, trying to carve out an Islamic caliphate in Cameroon’s most volatile region. Christians who live in these areas are targeted for violence, abduction and murder. Churches have been set on fire and church leaders and seminary students kidnapped, as corroborated by reports from the US State Department. Armed groups often occupy churches, turning sacred spaces into arenas of conflict.
In Somalia, no area is safe for Christians. However, Christians are most at risk in areas under the control of radical Islamic militants such as al-Shabaab. A violent Islamist terrorist group, al-Shabaab controls large swaths of the country, where it enforces a strict form of Sharia (Islamic law). It maintains a commitment to eradicating Christianity from Somalia and often murders Christians on the spot. In March 2024, for instance, al-Shabaab militants reportedly murdered six Christian men.
In Burkina Faso, the rise of Islamic radicalism has forced Christians to flee. Cities that used to be safe are now at risk of attack. In areas where militant groups are active, Christians risk being kidnapped, displaced or murdered and their churches destroyed. For fear of jihadists, hundreds of churches have been closed. In August 2024, at least 500 people in the central part of Burkina Faso were murdered when jihadists opened fire on civilians.
Jihadist violence continues to escalate in Nigeria. Raids by Muslim Fulani militants, multiple groups of armed bandits, and terror groups such as Boko Haram and ISWAP have devastated Christian communities in the country. In shockingly brutal attacks, these terrorists also destroy the homes, churches and livelihoods of non-Muslims. Tens of thousands of Christians have been murdered and thousands of women and girls have been abducted and subjected to sexual violence. In addition to being forcibly “married,” girls abducted by terrorists have reportedly been used as human shields or as leveraged commodities in negotiations.
Church leaders are specific targets of Islamists. Vatican News, the news portal of the Holy See, reported on recent cases of abductions and murders of Catholics in Nigeria. Speaking on behalf of Nigeria’s Bishop Gabriel Dunia, of Auchi Diocese, the diocesan spokesman Fr. Peter Egielewa said 21-year-old Major Seminarian Andrew Peter “was gruesomely murdered by the abductors.” On March 5, Ash Wednesday, Fr. Sylvester Okechukwu of Kafanchan Diocese was also murdered by kidnappers. In the last two months, Nigeria has seen a dramatic increase in the abduction of Catholic priests, seminarians and religious women — for ransom, as Vatican News noted.
Mali is another African nation ravaged by a jihadist insurgency. The Islamic insurgency that devastated the north of Mali in 2012 continues to have massive repercussions for the country. Islamists instituted a strict Sharia regime in the north, demolishing churches and assaulting Christians, Open Doors reports. As a result, many Christians have lost their homes and been forced to flee the region.
Islamist persecution has rendered many regions in the country uninhabitable for Christians. Those living in areas controlled by Islamic militants have been denied access to water and land to grow crops. The jihadist violence is spreading southward, and the country’s institutions are rapidly collapsing, further playing into the hands of jihadist groups.
In Mozambique, a majority-Christian country, the rise of Islamist extremism in the north, especially in regions such as Cabo Delgado, has made life increasingly perilous for Christian communities. Islamists there unleashed a wave of violence, targeting Christian places of worship, abducting pastors and murdering many Christians. The objective of these groups is to establish a strict Islamic state, making Christians a specific and vulnerable target.
In 2024, there were numerous reports of abductions across areas of the country where jihadists and their gunmen exert influence. Christian homes and businesses were frequently targeted and set on fire, contributing to the ongoing displacement and economic destabilization of the region.
Over two weeks in January of 2024, for instance, Islamic State-affiliated terrorists attacked several villages in the Mocímboa da Praia district. The attacks began on January 3 in the village of Ntotoe, where three Christians were murdered, and more than 60 homes and a church burned down. Subsequent attacks in Chimbanga and another village resulted in the murder of six more Christians and the destruction of over 110 homes.
A near continent-wide jihad has set Africa aflame, yet the West averts its eyes. Its “human rights” movements and mainstream media mostly avoid noticing victims — especially black victims whom it had historically and instinctively championed. The willful blindness to black suffering — imposed very often by non-blacks — has been called hypocritical, but this strange behavior needs a deeper, more serious analysis.
All decent people — including especially those who are partisans, even activists, in “human rights” movements — need urgently to address this question: Why does the liberal West turn a blind eye when Islamic jihadists abduct, abuse, rape, enslave, forcibly convert or murder millions of darker-skinned people in Africa and the Middle East? A refusal to address such lethal moral blindness signifies that the West has chosen a path to its own demise, and will be abandoning countless innocents as it goes.
Islam / Muslim Jihad is the Legs of the Pale (Light) Green Horse of Revelation.
5 Seals Opened, 6th Seal Next!
5 Seals Opened, 6th Seal Next! By Pastor Dirk
The 1st Seal = The White Horse = Catholic Believe system = Opened
Rev 6:1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
Rev 6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
The 2nd Seal = The Red Horsemen = Communism and Socialism. = Opened
Rev 6:3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
Rev 6:4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
The 3rd Seal. The Black Horsemen = Capitalism = Opened
Rev 6:5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
Rev 6:6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
The 4th Seal = The Light Green Horsemen = The Islamic State. = Opened in 2011
Rev 6:7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
Rev 6:8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
The 5th Seal = Christian Tribulation. = Opened in 2012
Rev 6:9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
Rev 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
Rev 6:11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellow servants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
The 6th Seal = The 2nd Coming of Jesus Christ , The Rapture and the Battle of Armageddon.
Rev 6:12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
Rev 6:13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
Rev 6:14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
Rev 6:15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
Rev 6:16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
Rev 6:17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
2 Peter 3:10 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.
Jesus says this in His own Words!
Mat 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, andthe moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
Mat 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Mat 24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
1Thess 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
1Thess 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
(Immediately After) = The Great Tribulation.
Mat 24:21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Mat 24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
Jesus gives 4 Clues.
1. the sun be darkened
2. the moon shall not give her light
3. the stars shall fall from heaven
4. the powers of the heavens shall be shaken
We have one Sun, one Moon and Starry heavens.
This means the Sun will not shine anymore!
The Moon will not reflect the sunlight anymore!
There will be no stars in the sky , it will appear like all stars has fallen from the sky, the reason , no sunlight will reflect from it anymore for us to see the stars.
Were in the Bible do we read of an event were the Sun will be Darkened and the Moon not signing anymore?
Revelations 16. The Wrath of God. (After the Mark of the Beast was implemented)
Rev 16:7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
Rev 16:8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
Rev 16:9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
Rev 16:10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
Remember the Opening Verse!
2Pe 3:10 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.
Let’s Continue with the Wrath of God in Rev 16.
Rev 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
Rev 16:16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
Rev 16:17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
Rev 16:18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
Rev 16:19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
Rev 16:20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
Rev 16:21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
SO WHAT DID YOU JUST READ FROM THE BIBLE?
1. Jesus will come after the Great Tribulation.
2. Jesus will come after the Sun was darkened.
3. Jesus will come after The Moon does not reflect the sun anymore.
4. Jesus will come in Total Darkness.
5. After Jesus arrived the “Rapture” will take place.
6. After the “Rapture” there will be total destruction on Earth.
3000 Year old Prophecy of Zechariah comes to Life! By Pastor Dirk Flemix.
In the Old Testament the Prophet Zechariah recorded this Prophecy.
Off 4 Chariots and Horses traveling from one direction to another. This the Angel explained to be evil spirits that report to the lord of the World being satan.
We read of Chariot with Red Horses, a Chariot with Black Horses , a 3rd Chariot with White Horses and a 4th Chariot with Grisled and Bay Horses being Light Green Pale Horses.
Zec 6:1 And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.
2 In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
3 And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses.
4 Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?
5 And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.
We read of the same color Horses in the New Testament in the Book of Revelations by John. In revelations there are no Chariots or multiple Horse, But a Single Horse with a Rider. And the Rider is explained in detail.
What is interesting is that in both the new and old Testament this is recorded in the same Chapter and the same verses.
Zec 6 v 1-8 and Rev 6 v 1-8
Rev 6:1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
This also the 1st 4 Seals opened according to John.
This 4 Horses with their Horsemen describes a spirit of believe system controlled by satan.
The 1st Horse in Revelations. The White Horse
And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
This was the Catholic Believe system that started around 70 AC and at the head of this believe system the Pope.
The 2nd Horse in Revelations. The Red Horse
And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
This was Communism and Socialism that started around the 1800 AC. Countries like Red Russia, Red China and Red Romania.
The 3rd Horse in Revelations. The Black Horse.
And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, a measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
This was Capitalism and Free Trade that Started around the 1900 AC.
The 4TH Horse in Revelations. The Pale (Light Green) Horse.
and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
This is Islamism or ISIS that was born in 2011.
What is interesting is the Directions these Horses went in the Book of Zechariah.
Zec 6:6 The black horses which are therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth toward the south country.
Zec 6:7 And the red went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.
Zec 6:8 Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.
The Black Horse being Capitalism went into the North Countries. Being the North America’s and Europe. And the White Horse being Catholic Believe system went after them. This is where the Illuminati were born.
Note that the Grisled Pale Light Green Horses went into the South, Being ISIS in the Middle East. And the Red Horses moved with the Light Green Horses but went to and fro through the Earth and at the end they both walked to and fro on the Earth. The Grisled Light Green Horse = Islamism or ISIS Currently and The Red Horse being Communism leaders Russia and China.
We are currently seeing that Communism and Islamism are riding together, The Alliance between Red Russia and Islam’s Iran and Turkey. Russia inviting these two Islam Countries into the BRICS Country alliance.
BRICS Being, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. And now the 2 newest member countries Iran and Turkey.
The Red Horse Riding with the Light Green Horse to and fro over the Earth.
We are currently seeing to World forces competing.
The Black and White Horse Alliance. The NATO , EU World Order.
And
The Red and Light Green Horse Alliance. The BRICS Alliance, the New World Order.
In Zechariah 6 v 8. it speaks of an invasion.
Can this invasion be that the Red = Communism and Light Green = Islamism alliance want to invade the North Countries being North America and Europe = NATO EU and the Illuminati?
Or is it that The North Alliance are trying to silent the New World Order being the Red and Light Green Horses alliance = The BRICS Alliance.
Maybe the 5th Seal opened according to Revelations can shed more light to this Question.
Rev 6:9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellow servants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
We see in these verses there was a Christian Tribulation explained.
Currently Christians is being killed with the Sword = beheaded in over 12 Islamic controlled Countries and the Islamic Invaders into Europe are now doing the same. 5 of the 7 Countries under the BRICS Alliance are not Christian Countries. The Only Countries claiming to be Majority Christian is Brazil and South Africa. Both Russia and China are from the Red Horse origin and Iran and Turkey from the Light Green Horse origin. With India with several believe systems but in majority Islam, then Hindu and then a list of other believe systems, with a minority of Christians.
And Russia placing a Ban on Evangelism in 2016.
NOTE: That the BRICS Country Alliance will be the Army that will invade Israel according to the Ezekiel 38 and 39 wars. The Gog = Russia and Magog = Iran War. This Alliance is mentioned with Turkey and more countries.
Your question now! Who will be the World Order at the End of Days during the 7 Year Peace agreements and the Great Tribulation?
This Gog and Magog army that will invade the North Countries and Israel.
Eze 39:1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
With most of the BRICS Army defeated by God Himself. The Old World Order. NATO, EU and the Illuminati will become the New World Order again and scream Peace, Safety and Security and arrange the 7 Year Peace Agreement.
SIGNS OF THE TIMES
Pay Attention When The Global Elites Practice For A ‘Cyber Pandemic’
The COVID pandemic was, by many peoples’ argument, an entirely manufactured crisis. While the disease was Made and the Cure out to Kill , and the global response was completely over the top.
“Every major element of the official COVID narrative has been proven false: The origins of the virus, the validity of PCR tests, the suppression of early treatments, the denial of natural immunity, the so-called ‘safety and effectiveness’ of vaccines, and the utility of masks, lock downs, and vaccine passports. Yet those who questioned any part of it faced unprecedented ostracism and persecution,” notes this article.
“The manufactured panic ignored fundamental reality: COVID posed minimal risk to healthy people under 70, but was significantly more dangerous to the elderly and immuno-compromised. Rather than focusing resources on protecting vulnerable populations, we destroyed economies, stole childhoods, and enforced measures that made no epidemiological sense. This wasn’t just about control – it was an engineered economic coup, the largest financial consolidation of power in modern history.”
The old expression “follow the money” is very apt when looking back at the whole dumpster-fire of 2020 and its aftermath.
In retrospect, many speculate we were warned about the COVID pandemic long before it hit: “Just months before COVID, the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in partnership with the World Economic Forum and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation hosted Event 201, a high-level pandemic exercise on October 18, 2019, in New York, N.Y.,” reports the same article. “An examination of the event reveals that the priority of the exercise centered not on treatment protocols or protecting the vulnerable but rather on how information control could be used to manufacture mass compliance.
Because this drill later became reality, many are now paying grim attention whenever the global elites decide to run another “exercise.”
Recently, political commentator Candace Owens released a short video entitled “The WEF Is Running Drills on the Power Grid Going Down.”
“What would you do,” she says, “if they brought the power grid down? And by ‘they,’ I mean if the government purposefully brought the power grid down. I’m not asking that question for fun; I’m asking that question because the World Economic Forum is predicting that a cyber-pandemic … is inevitable. … First and foremost, the only reason I’m paying attention to the World Economic Forum and their exercises is because they notoriously, in 2019, ran an exercise for a coronavirus pandemic that – oddly – all became true. …
It was the World Economic Forum in collaboration with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University. … They said the coronavirus is inevitable, and boom! It happened the very next year. … They made the prediction, they called it inevitable, and then it happened. Immediately. …
“So that signals to me that I should probably pay attention the next time the World Economic Forum makes a prediction and calls it inevitable. And low and behold, they are predicting that a cyber-pandemic is going to happen, and that it is once again ‘inevitable.’
If you look into the exercise that they’ll run this year – I believe they’ll run it in July – essentially their idea is that they’re going to have to ‘sanitize’ the internet, because a bug – think of it as a ‘coronavirus’ for your computer – is going to sweep globally, and they only way they’re going to be able to stop this bug from infecting everything is to effectively shut down the internet. And they were talking about bringing down the power grid in order to do this.”
Think about the repercussions of losing the power grid. It astounds me – absolutely flabbergasts me – how few people understand what life would be like without electricity. It seems too many people are flippant or dismissive of the potential hardships. Most have the attitude of, “We’d go back to the 1800s. Big deal. People lived just fine in the 1800s.”
But without power, we wouldn’t regress to the 1800s; we would regress to the 1100s or earlier. Life would become a bitter, brutal struggle for survival.
Society thrived in the 1800s for four very simple reasons: 1) a non-electric infrastructure already existed; 2) people had the skills, knowledge, and tools to make do; 3) our population levels were far lower, and most people lived rural and raised a significant portion of their own food; and 4) there were relatively few people who didn’t earn their way. To be blunt, if you didn’t work, you seldom ate. Those who couldn’t work (the disabled, the elderly, etc.) were cared for by family members or charitable institutions. There were no other options.
These conditions no longer exist. Homes do not come equipped with outhouses, hand water pumps and a trained horse stabled in the back. Many people don’t have the faintest clue how to cook from scratch, much less grow or raise their own food. Eighty percent of Americans live in cities and are fed by less than 2% of the population, which means farmers must mass-produce food for shipments to urban areas. Additionally, the interconnectivity that exists in today’s society is complex beyond belief. It’s been proven again and again that a single weak link can bring down the whole chain.
And yet some people claim that a grid-down situation will be a minor oopsy-daisy inconvenience. They think that because they line-dry their clothes and have a few tomatoes on their patio, that they’ll be able to survive a situation in which ALL services cease. They think food production and distribution is somehow independent of fuel and electricity. In fact, it’s intimately connected. Ever try to till a 3,500-acre wheat field by horse-drawn plow? Shut off power and you shut off food. Period.
It’s true that we already possess the know-how for technological and medical advances. We know how to treat or cure illness and injury. We know how to provide electrical power. We know how to make engines. Therefore it will be easy to rebuild America’s infrastructure in the event of a grid-down situation, right?
Wrong. While we DO possess the knowledge, what we would lack is the infrastructure to rebuild the infrastructure. We would lack the stop-gap services that would allow engineers and manufacturers to rebuild society without facing starvation first. And if the people with the specialized knowledge to rebuild die off in the interim before the infrastructure gets rebuilt, then where will we be? It’s estimated that 90% of Americans would die in the aftermath of a grid-down situation: they’re not capable of surviving.
For these reasons and more, it behooves us to take this cyber-pandemic “exercise” by the WEF seriously.
Gog and Magog Update.
- Secret Alliance of 5 Countries Including Israel Formed to Challenge Turkey
- Now is the Time to Destroy the Iranian Threat – Iran Nuclear Problem need to be addressed
- Deadly Clashes Between IDF Forces and Syrians After Mosque Calls for Jihad
- Trump Reveals if He’d Rather Talk to Iran or Destroy it
- Is Egypt Preparing to Fight Israel in the Sinai Desert?
- Is Israel’s Peace Partner Preparing to Fight IDF?
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a Word from the Sheriff
In recent times there has been a lot of criticism against the church and ministers of the Gospel. Unfortunately, a lot of those criticizing the church and ministers are doing so because of a perception they have build up over time.
The question is how do we rectify the situation or how do we change the perceptions of people. Once again the Word gives us the answer for it is written:
“As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.” (Ephesians 4:1-6)
Let us be aware that people are watching us, and they are ready to judge and to criticize. Let us live a life worthy of the calling we received.
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TruLight School of Theology have started with Its daily Bible Study – Pastor Counselling Certificate – we are Starting with 36 Studies with 10 Studies per Topic from 1st of April 2025 – Over the Next 2 Years we will Include One Daily Study per Topic on this Platform. The Daily Manna Bible Study will be Available in English and Afrikaans! Already on day 5 , go back to 1st April to start today!
Study Notes :
We will Start with a 68 week Study on “Know Your Bible” Daily Bible Summaries of every Chapter in the Bible! From the Old Testament to the New Testament , from Genesis to Revelation 66 Books of the Bible. Starting Next week 1st of April 2025 .
This is our Study Principals:
SOAP
Scripture: Read a short passage out loud.
Observation: What do you notice about the verses?.
Application: How can you apply this to your life?.
Prayer: Pray about what you’ve learned.
REAP
Read: Read the passage carefully.
Engage: Ask questions about the passage.
INTRODUCTION TO YOUR BIBLE
We are Starting with a Introduction to the Bible from the Books of Genesis to Revelation , a Daily Bible Study , Please read an Mark the Key verses of every book as you continue on this 66 day Study ,
Old Testament Survey
The Old Testament is divided into five sections: The Pentateuch (Genesis through
Deuteronomy), the historical books (Joshua through Esther), the poetic books (Job
through Song of Solomon), the Major Prophets (Isaiah through Daniel), and the Minor
Prophets (Hosea through Malachi). The Old Testament was written from approximately
1400 B.C. to approximately 400 B.C. The Old Testament was written primarily in Hebrew,
with a few small sections written in Aramaic (essentially a variation of Hebrew).
The Old Testament deals primarily with the relationship between God and the nation of
Israel. The Pentateuch deals with the creation of Israel and God establishing a covenant
relationship with Israel. The historical books record Israel’s history, its victories and
successes along with its defeats and failures. The poetic books give us a more intimate
look at God’s relationship with Israel and His passion for Israel to worship and obey Him.
The prophetic books are God’s call to Israel to repent from its idolatry and
unfaithfulness and to return to a relationship of obedience and spiritual fidelity.
Perhaps a better title would be the First Testament. The word “old” tends to give the
idea of “outdated” or “not-relevant.” That could not be further from the truth. Please
read the following articles:
A survey of the Old Testament is a worthwhile and spiritually-enriching endeavor. Below
are links to summaries of the various books of the Old Testament. We sincerely hope
you find our Old Testament Survey beneficial in your walk with Christ.
Summary of the Book of
Genesis
Author: The author of the Book of Genesis is not identified. Traditionally, the author has
always been assumed to have been Moses. There is no conclusive reason to deny the
Mosaic authorship of Genesis. Full article: Who wrote the book of Genesis? Who was the
author of Genesis?
Date of Writing: The Book of Genesis does not state when it was written. The date of
authorship is likely between 1440 and 1400 B.C., between the time Moses led the
Israelites out of Egypt and his death.
Purpose of Writing: The Book of Genesis has sometimes been called the “seed-plot” of
the entire Bible. Most of the major doctrines in the Bible are introduced in “seed” form
in the Book of Genesis. Along with the fall of man, God’s promise of salvation or
redemption is recorded (Genesis 3:15). The doctrines of creation, imputation of sin,
justification, atonement, depravity, wrath, grace, sovereignty, responsibility, and many
more are all addressed in this book of origins called Genesis.
Many of the great questions of life are answered in Genesis. (1) Where did I come from?
(God created us – Genesis 1:1) (2) Why am I here? (we are here to have a relationship
with God – Genesis 15:6) (3) Where am I going? (we have a destination after death
- Genesis 25:8). Genesis appeals to the scientist, the historian, the theologian, the
housewife, the farmer, the traveler, and the man or woman of God. It is a fitting
beginning for God’s story of His plan for mankind, the Bible.
Key Verses:
Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”
Genesis 3:15, “And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your
offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
Genesis 12:2-3, “I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your
name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever
curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”
Genesis 50:20, “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish
what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”
Brief Summary: The Book of Genesis can be divided into two sections: Primitive History
and Patriarchal History. Primitive history records (1) Creation (Genesis chapters 1-2); (2)
the Fall of man (Genesis chapters 3-5); (3) the Flood (Genesis chapters 6-9); and (4) the
dispersion (Genesis chapters 10-11). Patriarchal history records the lives of four great
men: (1) Abraham (Genesis 12-25:8); (2) Isaac (Genesis 21:1-35-29); (3) Jacob (Genesis
25:21-50:14); and (4) Joseph (Genesis 30:22-50:26).
God created a universe that was good and free from sin. God created humanity to have
a personal relationship with Him. Adam and Eve sinned and thereby brought evil and
death into the world. Evil increased steadily in the world until there was only one family
in which God found anything good. God sent the Flood to wipe out evil, but delivered
Noah and his family along with the animals in the Ark. After the Flood, humanity began
again to multiply and spread throughout the world.
God chose Abraham, through whom He would create a chosen people and eventually
the promised Messiah. The chosen line was passed on to Abraham’s son Isaac, and then
to Isaac’s son Jacob. God changed Jacob’s name to Israel, and his twelve sons became
the ancestors of the twelve tribes of Israel. In His sovereignty, God had Jacob’s son
Joseph sent to Egypt by the despicable actions of Joseph’s brothers. This act, intended
for evil by the brothers, was intended for good by God and eventually resulted in Jacob
and his family being saved from a devastating famine by Joseph, who had risen to great
power in Egypt.
Foreshadowings: Many New Testament themes have their roots in Genesis. Jesus Christ
is the Seed of the woman who will destroy Satan’s power (Gen. 3:15). As with Joseph,
God’s plan for the good of mankind through the sacrifice of His Son was intended for
good, even though those who crucified Jesus intended it for evil. Noah and his family
are the first of many remnants pictured in the Bible. Despite overwhelming odds and
difficult circumstances, God always preserves a remnant of the faithful for Himself. The
remnant of Israelites returned to Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity; God preserved
a remnant through all the persecutions described in Isaiah and Jeremiah; a remnant of
7,000 priests were hidden from the wrath of Jezebel; God promises that a remnant of
Jews will one day embrace their true Messiah (Romans 11). The faith displayed by
Abraham would be the gift of God and the basis of salvation for both Jew and Gentile
(Ephesians 2:8-9; Hebrews 11).
Practical Application: The overriding theme of Genesis is God’s eternal existence and
His creation of the world. There is no effort on the part of the author to defend the
existence of God; he simply states that God is, always was, and always will be, almighty
over all. In the same way, we have confidence in the truths of Genesis, despite the claims
of those who would deny them. All people, regardless of culture, nationality or
language, are accountable to the Creator. But because of sin, introduced into the world
at the Fall, we are separated from Him. But through one small nation, Israel, God’s
redemptive plan for mankind was revealed and made available to all. We rejoice in that
plan.
God created the universe, the earth, and every living being. We can trust Him to handle
the concerns in our lives. God can take a hopeless situation, e.g. Abraham and Sarah
being childless, and do amazing things if we will simply trust and obey. Terrible and
unjust things may happen in our lives, as with Joseph, but God will always bring about a
greater good if we have faith in Him and His sovereign plan. “And we know that all
things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called
according to his purpose” (Romans 8:28).
BEKENDSTELLING NA JOU BYBEL
Ons begin met ‘n inleiding tot die Bybel van die boeke van Genesis tot Openbaring, ‘n daaglikse Bybelstudie, lees en merk asseblief die sleutelverse van elke boek terwyl u voortgaan met hierdie 66 dae studie,
Ou Testament Samevatting
Die Ou Testament is in vyf afdelings verdeel: Die Pentateug (Genesis tot
Deuteronomium), die historiese boeke (Josua tot Ester), die poëtiese boeke (Job deur
Hooglied), die Groot Profete (Jesaja tot Daniël) en die Klein Profete (Hosea deur
Maleagi). Die Ou Testament is geskryf vanaf ongeveer 1400 vC tot ongeveer 400 vC Die
Ou Testament is hoofsaaklik in Hebreeus geskryf, met ‘n paar klein gedeeltes wat in
Aramees geskryf is (in wese ‘n variasie van Hebreeus).
Die Ou Testament handel hoofsaaklik oor die verhouding tussen God en die volk Israel.
Die Pentateug handel oor die skepping van Israel en God wat ‘n verbondsverhouding
met Israel vestig. Die historiese boeke teken Israel se geskiedenis, sy oorwinnings en
suksesse saam met sy nederlae en mislukkings aan. Die poëtiese boeke gee ons ‘n meer
intieme blik op God se verhouding met Israel en Sy passie vir Israel om Hom te aanbid
en te gehoorsaam. Die profetiese boeke is God se oproep aan Israel om te bekeer van
sy afgodery en ontrouheid en om terug te keer na ‘n verhouding van gehoorsaamheid
en geestelike getrouheid.
Miskien sal ‘n beter titel die Eerste Testament wees. Die woord “ou” is geneig om die
idee van “verouderd” of “nie-relevant” te gee. Dit kan nie verder van die waarheid wees
nie. Lees asseblief die volgende artikels:
‘n Oorsig van die Ou Testament is ‘n waardevolle en geestelik-verrykende poging.
Hieronder is skakels na opsommings van die verskillende boeke van die Ou Testament.
Ons hoop van harte dat u ons Ou-Testamentiese opname nuttig vind in u wandel met
Christus.
Opsomming van die boek
Genesis
Skrywer: Die skrywer van die boek Genesis word nie geïdentifiseer nie. Tradisioneel is
daar altyd aangeneem dat die skrywer Moses was. Daar is geen afdoende rede om die
Mosaïese outeurskap van Genesis te ontken nie. Volledige artikel: Wie het die boek
Genesis geskryf? Wie was die skrywer van Genesis?
Datum van Skrywe: Die Boek Genesis meld nie wanneer dit geskryf is nie. Die datum
van outeurskap is waarskynlik tussen 1440 en 1400 vC, tussen die tyd toe Moses die
Israeliete uit Egipte gelei het en sy dood.
Doel van skryf: Die boek Genesis is soms die “saad-komplot” van die hele Bybel
genoem. Die meeste van die belangrikste leerstellings in die Bybel word in “saad”-vorm
in die Boek Genesis bekendgestel. Saam met die sondeval word God se belofte van
redding of verlossing opgeteken ( Genesis 3:15 ). Die leerstellings van skepping,
toerekening van sonde, regverdiging, versoening, verdorwenheid, toorn, genade,
soewereiniteit, verantwoordelikheid en vele meer word alles aangespreek in hierdie
boek van oorsprong genaamd Genesis.
Baie van die groot vrae van die lewe word in Genesis beantwoord. (1) Waar kom ek
vandaan? (God het ons geskep – Genesis 1:1 ) (2) Hoekom is ek hier? (ons is hier om ‘n
verhouding met God te hê – Genesis 15:6 ) (3) Waarheen gaan ek? (ons het ‘n
bestemming na die dood – Genesis 25:8 ). Genesis doen ‘n beroep op die wetenskaplike,
die historikus, die teoloog, die huisvrou, die boer, die reisiger en die man of vrou van
God. Dit is ‘n gepaste begin vir God se verhaal van Sy plan vir die mensdom, die Bybel.
Sleutelverse:
Genesis 1:1 , “In die begin het God die hemel en die aarde geskape.”
Genesis 3:15 , “En Ek sal vyandskap stel tussen jou en die vrou en tussen jou nageslag en
hare; hy sal jou hoof vermorsel, en jy sal hom in die hakskeen slaan.”
Genesis 12:2-3 “Ek sal jou ‘n groot nasie maak en jou seën; Ek sal jou naam groot maak,
en jy sal ‘n seën wees. Ek sal seën die wat jou seën, en wie jou vervloek, sal Ek vloek; en
alle volke op aarde sal deur jou geseën word.”
Genesis 50:20 , “Jy wou my kwaad aandoen, maar God het dit ten goede bedoel om te
volbring wat nou gedoen word, die redding van baie lewens.”
Kort opsomming: Die boek Genesis kan in twee afdelings verdeel word: Primitiewe
Geskiedenis en Patriargale Geskiedenis. Primitiewe geskiedenisrekords (1) Skepping
(Genesis hoofstukke 1-2); (2) die sondeval (Genesis hoofstukke 3-5); (3) die Sondvloed
(Genesis hoofstukke 6-9); en (4) die verstrooiing (Genesis hoofstukke 10-11). Patriargale
geskiedenis teken die lewens van vier groot manne aan: (1) Abraham ( Genesis 12-25:8 );
(2) Isak (Genesis 21:1-35-29); (3) Jakob ( Genesis 25:21-50:14 ); en (4) Josef ( Genesis
30:22-50:26 ).
God het ‘n heelal geskep wat goed en vry van sonde was. God het die mensdom geskep
om ‘n persoonlike verhouding met Hom te hê. Adam en Eva het gesondig en daardeur
boosheid en dood in die wêreld gebring. Bose het geleidelik in die wêreld toegeneem
totdat daar net een familie was waarin God iets goeds gevind het. God het die Vloed
gestuur om die kwaad uit te wis, maar het Noag en sy gesin saam met die diere in die
Ark verlos. Na die Vloed het die mensdom weer begin vermeerder en oor die wêreld
versprei.
God het Abraham gekies, deur wie Hy ‘n uitverkore volk en uiteindelik die beloofde
Messias sou skep. Die gekose lyn is oorgedra aan Abraham se seun Isak, en toe aan Isak
se seun Jakob. God het Jakob se naam na Israel verander, en sy twaalf seuns het die
voorvaders van die twaalf stamme van Israel geword. In Sy soewereiniteit het God Jakob
se seun Josef na Egipte laat stuur deur die veragtelike optrede van Josef se broers.
Hierdie daad, bedoel vir die kwaad deur die broers, was ten goede deur God bedoel en
het uiteindelik daartoe gelei dat Jakob en sy gesin gered is van ‘n verwoestende
hongersnood deur Josef, wat tot groot mag in Egipte verrys het.
Voorafskaduwings: Baie Nuwe-Testamentiese temas het hul wortels in Genesis. Jesus
Christus is die Saad van die vrou wat Satan se mag sal vernietig ( Gen. 3:15 ). Soos met
Josef, was God se plan vir die goeie van die mensdom deur die offer van Sy Seun ten
goede bedoel, al het diegene wat Jesus gekruisig het dit ten kwade bedoel. Noag en sy
gesin is die eerste van baie oorblyfsels wat in die Bybel afgebeeld word. Ten spyte van
oorweldigende kanse en moeilike omstandighede, bewaar God altyd ‘n oorblyfsel van
die gelowiges vir Homself. Die oorblyfsel van Israeliete het na die Babiloniese
ballingskap teruggekeer na Jerusalem; God het ‘n oorblyfsel bewaar deur al die
vervolgings wat in Jesaja en Jeremia beskryf word; ‘n oorblyfsel van 7 000 priesters was
weggesteek vir die toorn van Isebel; God belowe dat ‘n oorblyfsel van Jode eendag hul
ware Messias sal omhels ( Romeine 11 ). Die geloof wat deur Abraham geopenbaar is,
sou die gawe van God wees en die basis van verlossing vir beide Jood en nie-Jood (
Efesiërs 2:8-9 ; Hebreërs 11 ).
Praktiese Toepassing: Die oorheersende tema van Genesis is God se ewige bestaan en
Sy skepping van die wêreld. Daar is geen poging aan die kant van die skrywer om die
bestaan van God te verdedig nie; hy stel bloot dat God is, altyd was, en altyd sal wees,
almagtig oor alles. Op dieselfde manier het ons vertroue in die waarhede van Genesis,
ten spyte van die aansprake van diegene wat dit sou ontken. Alle mense, ongeag
kultuur, nasionaliteit of taal, is verantwoordbaar aan die Skepper. Maar as gevolg van
sonde, wat by die sondeval in die wêreld ingebring is, is ons van Hom geskei. Maar deur
een klein nasie, Israel, is God se verlossingsplan vir die mensdom geopenbaar en aan
almal beskikbaar gestel. Ons is bly oor daardie plan.
God het die heelal, die aarde en elke lewende wese geskep. Ons kan Hom vertrou om
die bekommernisse in ons lewens te hanteer. God kan ‘n hopelose situasie aanvaar, bv.
Abraham en Sara wat kinderloos is, en wonderlike dinge doen as ons net sal vertrou en
gehoorsaam. Verskriklike en onregverdige dinge kan in ons lewens gebeur, soos met
Josef, maar God sal altyd ‘n groter goed bewerkstellig as ons geloof in Hom en Sy
soewereine plan het. “En ons weet dat vir die wat God liefhet, alles ten goede meewerk,
vir die wat na sy voorneme geroep is” ( Romeine 8:28 ).
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