AROMA PLEASING TO THE LORD / LEVITICUS 1:9

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(KJV) Leviticus 1:9

But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.

AROMA PLEASING TO THE LORD / LEVITICUS 1:9

God was pleased with a person who offered a sacrifice in humble, obedient faith. In the New Testament, Paul uses this type of word picture to describe Christ’s sacrifice (Ephesians 5:2) and believers’ good deeds (Philippians 4:18; Hebrews 13:16). Both are offerings that please God.

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  1. NOT ANY YEAST OR HONEY / LEVITICUS 2:11
  2. LAY HIS HAND ON / LEVITICUS 1:4
  3. BURNT OFFERING / LEVITICUS 1:3
  4. BRINGS AN OFFERING / LEVITICUS 1:2
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LAY HIS HAND ON / LEVITICUS 1:4

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(KJV) Leviticus 1:4

And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

LAY HIS HAND ON / LEVITICUS 1:4

An Israelite who sacrificed an animal leaned on the animal to show that he identified himself with it as his substitute. Because the animal was taking the place of the person, this act expressed the idea of substitution (Leviticus 16:21-22; 24:14). When the animal died, it was as if the person who brought it also died. In truth, the person was offering his life to serve God’s purposes. In a similar way, those who entrust themselves to Christ are identifying with His death (Romans 6:3-11; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 9:14), and they leave their old sinful way of life behind. They also identify with His resurrection from the dead (Romans 8:10-11; Philippians 3:10). As a result, they present themselves “as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God” (Romans 12:1; Hebrews 13:15).

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  1. BURNT OFFERING / LEVITICUS 1:3
  2. BRINGS AN OFFERING / LEVITICUS 1:2
  3. NOT ANY YEAST OR HONEY / LEVITICUS 2:11
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BURNT OFFERING / LEVITICUS 1:3

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(KJV) Leviticus 1:3

If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord.

BURNT OFFERING / LEVITICUS 1:3

The Hebrew term for burnt offering means “that which goes up” to God. The entire offering was burned up, representing the fact that true worship involves complete surrender to God. At the same time, forgiveness was involved (Leviticus 1:4). Before worshipers could devote themselves to God, they had to be spiritually cleansed from sin (Matthew 5:23-24). According to the writer of Hebrews, Jesus is the ultimate fulfillment of the burnt offering (Hebrews 10:5-10).

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  1. BRINGS AN OFFERING / LEVITICUS 1:2
  2. NOT ANY YEAST OR HONEY / LEVITICUS 2:11
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BRINGS AN OFFERING / LEVITICUS 1:2

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(KJV) Leviticus 1:2

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the Lord, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.

BRINGS AN OFFERING / LEVITICUS 1:2

The noun “offering” (Hebrew corban) is related to the verb that means “to draw near.” So, an offering was a gift that people “brought near” or approached God within order to enjoy His fellowship and receive His blessing (Psalms 73:28). 

  1. Five offerings are described in Leviticus 1-7; the burnt offerings (Leviticus 1:3-17), the grain offering (Leviticus 2:1-16), the fellowship offering (Leviticus 3:1-17), the sin offering (Leviticus 4) and the guilt offering (Leviticus 5:14 – 6:7; 7:1-7).
  2. Worshipers presented offerings for several reasons: (a) to express thanks and faith, (b) to renew their relationship with God, (c) to deepen their deduction to the Lord or (d) to ask for forgiveness. In a sense, offerings were prayers in action (Psalms 116:17; Hosea 14:2; Hebrews 13:15).
  3. In many cases, an offering involved an animal sacrifice (Leviticus 9:8).
  4.  These offerings taught Israel that: (a) Humans are basically sinful. On our own, we will always oppose God and pull toward self-dependence. Because of this, humankind deserves the most extreme penalty for its rebellion against God: death. (b) Without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness (Leviticus 17:11; Hebrews 9:22). (c) Atonement, or “covering,” for sin must be made by substitution because people are not worthy or able to cover their own debt to God (Leviticus 1:4; 17:11). (d) God is holy. This purity, completeness, perfection and separation from all evil means that God must regulate and direct every area of human life (Leviticus 10:3) so that humankind is not consumed by His wrath. (e) God desires to be gracious, to forgive and to have a personal relationship with all people (Exodus 34:6-7).
  5. In order for an offering to be acceptable to God, there had to be genuine repentance (deep sorrow and regret for doing wrong, determination to give up – or turn from – the wrong attitudes or behaviors and to turn toward God). Each heart must have a sincere commitment to humility, righteousness (right living and a right relationship with God), justice and compassion (Leviticus 23:27-29; Isaiah 1:11-17; Micah 6:6-8).

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COMING IN HIS KINGDOM / MATTHEW 16:28

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(KJV) Matthew 16:28

Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

COMING IN HIS KINGDOM / MATTHEW 16:28

The “Son of Man coming in His kingdom” probably refers to the events surrounding Pentecost when Christ baptized His followers with the Holy Spirit and great power (Mark 9:1; Acts 1:8; 2:4). From that point on, the message and work of Christ spread rapidly as described in the book of Acts.

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  1. KEYS OF THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 16:19
  2. PETER … ROCK … CHURCH – THE GATES OF HADES WILL NOT OVERCOME / MATTHEW 16:18
  3. BE ON YOUR GUARD AGAINST THE YEAST / MATTHEW 16:6
  4. YOU HAVE GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 15:28
  5. FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR TRADITION / MATTHEW 15:5-6
  6. DON’T BE AFRAID / MATTHEW 14:27
  7. PRAY ALONE / MATTHEW 14:23-24
  8. LOAVES AND FISH / MATTHEW 14:19
  9. DANCED FOR THEM / MATTHEW 14:6-7
  10. SEPARATE THE WICKED FROM THE RIGHTEOUS / MATTHEW 13:49
  11. KINGDOM … A NET / MATTHEW 13:47
  12. KINGDOM … TREASURE / MATTHEW 13:44-46
  13. THE FIERY FURNACE / MATTHEW 13:42
  14. WEED OUT … EVERYTHING THAT CAUSES SIN / MATTHEW 13:41
  15. LET BOTH GROW TOGETHER / MATTHEW 13:30
  16. GOOD SEED … WEEDS / MATTHEW 13:24-25
  17. PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 13:3
  18. AN EVIL SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:43
  19. JONAH / MATTHEW 12:40
  20. BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:31
  21. THE KINGDOM OF GOD / MATTHEW 12:28
  22. SABBATH / MATTHEW 12:1
  23. COME TO ME / MATTHEW 11:28
  24. FORCEFUL MEN LAY HOLD OF IT / MATTHEW 11:12
  25. GREATER THAN HE / MATTHEW 11:11
  26. JOHN / MATTHEW 11:7
  27. PROPHET … RIGHTEOUS MAN / MATTHEW 10:41
  28. I DID NOT COME TO BRING PEACE / MATTHEW 10:31
  29. ACKNOWLEDGES ME BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 10:32
  30. HELL / MATTHEW 10:28
  31. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEM / MATTHEW 10:26
  32. CITIES OF ISRAEL / MATTHEW 10:23
  33. GIVEN WHAT TO SAY / MATTHEW 10:19-20
  34. PREACH … THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 10:7
  35. AUTHORITY TO DRIVE OUT EVIL SPIRITS / MATTHEW 10:1
  36. ASK THE LORD TO SEND / MATTHEW 9:38
  37. THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL / MATTHEW 9:37
  38. NEW WINE INTO OLD WINESKINS / NEW WINE PRESERVED / MATTHEW 9:17
  39. THEN THEY WILL FAST / MATTHEW 9:15
  40. EAT WITH ‘SINNERS’ / MATTHEW 9:11
  41. THEY PLEADED WITH HIM TO LEAVE / MATTHEW 8:34
  42. LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR OWN DEAD / MATTHEW 8:22
  43. GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 8:10
  44. DON’T TELL ANYONE / MATTHEW 8:4
  45. JESUSE TOUCHED THE MAN / MATTHEW 8:3
  46. I NEVER KNEW YOU / MATTHEW 7:23
  47. MANY WILL SAY LORD, LORD / MATTHEW 7:22
  48. DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER / MATTHEW 7:21
  49. BY THEIR FRUIT YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THEM / MATTHEW 7:16
  50. SMALL IS THE GATE … AND ONLY A FEW FIND IT / MATTHEW 7:14
  51. YOUR FATHER … GIVE GOOD GIFTS / MATTHEW 7:11
  52. ASK … SEEK … KNOCK / MATTHEW 7:7-8
  53. DO NOT JUDGE / MATTHEW 7:1
  54. SEEK … KINGDOM … RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 6:33
  55. IF THAT IS HOW GOD CLOTHES / MATTHEW 6:30
  56. DO NOT WORRY / MATTHEW 6:25
  57. EYE IS THE LAMP OF THE BODY / MATTHEW 6:22
  58. WHEN YOU FAST / MATTHEW 6:16
  59. IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:15
  60. IF YOU FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:14
  61. DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL ONE / MATTHEW 6:13
  62. FORGIVE AS WE ALSO HAVE FORGIVEN / MATTHEW 6:12
  63. DAILY BREAD / MATTHEW 6:11
  64. YOUR KINGDOM COME – YOUR WILL BE DONE / MATTHEW 6:10
  65. THIS THEN IS HOW YOU SHOULD PRAY / MATTHEW 6:9
  66. PRAY IN SECRET / MATTHEW 6:6
  67. ‘ACTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS’ BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 6:1
  68. DO NOT RESIST AN EVIL PERSON / MATTHEW 5:39
  69. LOOKS LUSTFULLY / MATTHEW 5:28
  70. ANGRY … RACA … FOOL / MATTHEW 5:22
  71. UNLESS YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:20
  72. GREAT IN THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 5:19
  73. THE LAW TO FULFILL / MATTHEW 5:17
  74. LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD DEEDS / MATTHEW 5:14-16
  75. PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:10
  76. THE PEACEMAKERS / MATTHEW 5:9
  77. THE PURE IN HEART / MATTHEW 5:8
  78. THE MERCIFUL / MATTHEW 5:7
  79. HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:6
  80. THE MEEK / MATTHEW 5:5
  81. THOSE WHO MOURN / MATTHEW 5:4
  82. BLESSED POOR IN SPIRIT / MATTHEW 5:3
  83. SERMON ON THE MONT / MATTHEW 5-7
  84. THE KINGDOM AND HEALING / MATTHEW 4:23
  85. FISHERS OF MEN / MATTHEW 4:19
  86. IT IS WRITTEN / MATTHEW 4:6
  87. FASTING FORTY DAYS / MATTHEW 4:2
  88. JESUS … TEMPTED / MATTHEW 4:1-11
  89. THE TRINITY IN EXAMPLE / MATTHEW 3:17
  90. SPIRIT … ON HIM / MATTHEW 3:16
  91. JESUS … BAPTIZED / MATTHEW 3:13
  92. WILL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MATTHEW 3:11
  93. FRUIT IN KEEPING WITH REPENTANCE / MATTHEW 3:8
  94. PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES / MATTHEW 3:7
  95. KINGDOM OF HEAVEN – REPENT / MATTHEW 3:2
  96. WARNED IN A DREAM / MATTHEW 2:22-23
  97. ESCAPE TO EGYPT / MATTHEW 2:13
  98. CHIEF PRIESTS AND TEACHERS OF THE LAW / MATTHEW 2:4
  99. HEROD – MAGI / MATTHEW 2:1
  100. NO UNION WITH HER UNTIL / MATTHEW 1:25
  101. VIRGIN … GIVE BIRTH TO A SON / MATTHEW 1:23
  102. JESUS / MATTHEW 1:21
  103. MARY … JESUS / MATTHEW 1:16
  104. CHRIST – SON OF DAVID / MATTHEW 1:1
  105. GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST / MATTHEW 1:1-16
  106. I AM WITH YOU / MATTHEW 28:20
  107. KILL ALL THE BOYS / MATTHEW 2:16
  108. FORGIVENESS OF SINS / MATTHEW 26:28
  109. SATAN / MATTHEW 4:10
  110. DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS / MATTHEW 25:41
  111. MONEY / MATTHEW 6:24
  112. GO … MAKE DISCIPLES … BAPTIZING / MATTHEW 28:19
  113. SALT OF THE EARTH / MATTHEW 5:13
  114. YOU ARE WORTH MORE / MATTHEW 10:31
  115. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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KEYS OF THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 16:19

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(KJV) Matthew 16:19

And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

KEYS OF THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 16:19

In the original Greek, the tense of the phrases about binding and loosing literally mean that whatever His true followers bind or loose on earth “will have already been bound” or “will have already been loosed” in heaven. Therefore, Christians are not establishing a new authority of their own. Instead, it is a matter of being close enough to God to recognize what He has done so that they can simply announce God’s actions and work within His authority. The “keys” represent God’s authority, which He passed on to His followers in the church -His kingdom representatives on earth. With these keys

  1. They expose and speak out against sin and carry out church discipline (Matthew 18:15-18)
  2. They pray effectively for God’s purposes on earth (Matthew 19-20)
  3. They restrict and defeat demonic powers and set spiritual captives free
  4. They preach about the guilt of sin, God’s standard of righteousness and the judgment to com (Acts 2:23; 5:3,9)

They proclaim the opportunity for forgiveness and spiritual salvation for all who turn from their own sinful way and follow Christ (John 20:23: Acts 2:37-40; 15:7-9).

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  1. PETER … ROCK … CHURCH – THE GATES OF HADES WILL NOT OVERCOME / MATTHEW 16:18
  2. BE ON YOUR GUARD AGAINST THE YEAST / MATTHEW 16:6
  3. YOU HAVE GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 15:28
  4. FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR TRADITION / MATTHEW 15:5-6
  5. DON’T BE AFRAID / MATTHEW 14:27
  6. PRAY ALONE / MATTHEW 14:23-24
  7. LOAVES AND FISH / MATTHEW 14:19
  8. DANCED FOR THEM / MATTHEW 14:6-7
  9. SEPARATE THE WICKED FROM THE RIGHTEOUS / MATTHEW 13:49
  10. KINGDOM … A NET / MATTHEW 13:47
  11. KINGDOM … TREASURE / MATTHEW 13:44-46
  12. THE FIERY FURNACE / MATTHEW 13:42
  13. WEED OUT … EVERYTHING THAT CAUSES SIN / MATTHEW 13:41
  14. LET BOTH GROW TOGETHER / MATTHEW 13:30
  15. GOOD SEED … WEEDS / MATTHEW 13:24-25
  16. PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 13:3
  17. AN EVIL SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:43
  18. JONAH / MATTHEW 12:40
  19. BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:31
  20. THE KINGDOM OF GOD / MATTHEW 12:28
  21. SABBATH / MATTHEW 12:1
  22. COME TO ME / MATTHEW 11:28
  23. FORCEFUL MEN LAY HOLD OF IT / MATTHEW 11:12
  24. GREATER THAN HE / MATTHEW 11:11
  25. JOHN / MATTHEW 11:7
  26. PROPHET … RIGHTEOUS MAN / MATTHEW 10:41
  27. I DID NOT COME TO BRING PEACE / MATTHEW 10:31
  28. ACKNOWLEDGES ME BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 10:32
  29. HELL / MATTHEW 10:28
  30. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEM / MATTHEW 10:26
  31. CITIES OF ISRAEL / MATTHEW 10:23
  32. GIVEN WHAT TO SAY / MATTHEW 10:19-20
  33. PREACH … THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 10:7
  34. AUTHORITY TO DRIVE OUT EVIL SPIRITS / MATTHEW 10:1
  35. ASK THE LORD TO SEND / MATTHEW 9:38
  36. THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL / MATTHEW 9:37
  37. NEW WINE INTO OLD WINESKINS / NEW WINE PRESERVED / MATTHEW 9:17
  38. THEN THEY WILL FAST / MATTHEW 9:15
  39. EAT WITH ‘SINNERS’ / MATTHEW 9:11
  40. THEY PLEADED WITH HIM TO LEAVE / MATTHEW 8:34
  41. LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR OWN DEAD / MATTHEW 8:22
  42. GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 8:10
  43. DON’T TELL ANYONE / MATTHEW 8:4
  44. JESUSE TOUCHED THE MAN / MATTHEW 8:3
  45. I NEVER KNEW YOU / MATTHEW 7:23
  46. MANY WILL SAY LORD, LORD / MATTHEW 7:22
  47. DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER / MATTHEW 7:21
  48. BY THEIR FRUIT YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THEM / MATTHEW 7:16
  49. SMALL IS THE GATE … AND ONLY A FEW FIND IT / MATTHEW 7:14
  50. YOUR FATHER … GIVE GOOD GIFTS / MATTHEW 7:11
  51. ASK … SEEK … KNOCK / MATTHEW 7:7-8
  52. DO NOT JUDGE / MATTHEW 7:1
  53. SEEK … KINGDOM … RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 6:33
  54. IF THAT IS HOW GOD CLOTHES / MATTHEW 6:30
  55. DO NOT WORRY / MATTHEW 6:25
  56. EYE IS THE LAMP OF THE BODY / MATTHEW 6:22
  57. WHEN YOU FAST / MATTHEW 6:16
  58. IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:15
  59. IF YOU FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:14
  60. DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL ONE / MATTHEW 6:13
  61. FORGIVE AS WE ALSO HAVE FORGIVEN / MATTHEW 6:12
  62. DAILY BREAD / MATTHEW 6:11
  63. YOUR KINGDOM COME – YOUR WILL BE DONE / MATTHEW 6:10
  64. THIS THEN IS HOW YOU SHOULD PRAY / MATTHEW 6:9
  65. PRAY IN SECRET / MATTHEW 6:6
  66. ‘ACTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS’ BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 6:1
  67. DO NOT RESIST AN EVIL PERSON / MATTHEW 5:39
  68. LOOKS LUSTFULLY / MATTHEW 5:28
  69. ANGRY … RACA … FOOL / MATTHEW 5:22
  70. UNLESS YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:20
  71. GREAT IN THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 5:19
  72. THE LAW TO FULFILL / MATTHEW 5:17
  73. LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD DEEDS / MATTHEW 5:14-16
  74. PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:10
  75. THE PEACEMAKERS / MATTHEW 5:9
  76. THE PURE IN HEART / MATTHEW 5:8
  77. THE MERCIFUL / MATTHEW 5:7
  78. HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:6
  79. THE MEEK / MATTHEW 5:5
  80. THOSE WHO MOURN / MATTHEW 5:4
  81. BLESSED POOR IN SPIRIT / MATTHEW 5:3
  82. SERMON ON THE MONT / MATTHEW 5-7
  83. THE KINGDOM AND HEALING / MATTHEW 4:23
  84. FISHERS OF MEN / MATTHEW 4:19
  85. IT IS WRITTEN / MATTHEW 4:6
  86. FASTING FORTY DAYS / MATTHEW 4:2
  87. JESUS … TEMPTED / MATTHEW 4:1-11
  88. THE TRINITY IN EXAMPLE / MATTHEW 3:17
  89. SPIRIT … ON HIM / MATTHEW 3:16
  90. JESUS … BAPTIZED / MATTHEW 3:13
  91. WILL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MATTHEW 3:11
  92. FRUIT IN KEEPING WITH REPENTANCE / MATTHEW 3:8
  93. PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES / MATTHEW 3:7
  94. KINGDOM OF HEAVEN – REPENT / MATTHEW 3:2
  95. WARNED IN A DREAM / MATTHEW 2:22-23
  96. ESCAPE TO EGYPT / MATTHEW 2:13
  97. CHIEF PRIESTS AND TEACHERS OF THE LAW / MATTHEW 2:4
  98. HEROD – MAGI / MATTHEW 2:1
  99. NO UNION WITH HER UNTIL / MATTHEW 1:25
  100. VIRGIN … GIVE BIRTH TO A SON / MATTHEW 1:23
  101. JESUS / MATTHEW 1:21
  102. MARY … JESUS / MATTHEW 1:16
  103. CHRIST – SON OF DAVID / MATTHEW 1:1
  104. GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST / MATTHEW 1:1-16
  105. I AM WITH YOU / MATTHEW 28:20
  106. KILL ALL THE BOYS / MATTHEW 2:16
  107. FORGIVENESS OF SINS / MATTHEW 26:28
  108. SATAN / MATTHEW 4:10
  109. DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS / MATTHEW 25:41
  110. MONEY / MATTHEW 6:24
  111. GO … MAKE DISCIPLES … BAPTIZING / MATTHEW 28:19
  112. SALT OF THE EARTH / MATTHEW 5:13
  113. YOU ARE WORTH MORE / MATTHEW 10:31
  114. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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PETER … ROCK … CHURCH – THE GATES OF HADES WILL NOT OVERCOME / MATTHEW 16:18

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(KJV) Matthew 16:18

And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

PETER … ROCK … CHURCH – THE GATES OF HADES WILL NOT OVERCOME / MATTHEW 16:18

PETER…ROCK…CHURCH

Christ promises to build His church, not on any one individual (other than Himself), but on the truth of Peter’s and the other disciples’ bold confessions that Jesus is “the Christ, the Son of the living God” (Matthew 16:16; Acts 2:14-26). Here Jesus uses a play on words. He calls His disciple “Peter” (Greek Petros, meaning a small stone), but goes on to say, “on this rock [Greek Petra, meaning a massive rock or a rocky cliff] I will build my church.” That is to say, the church is built on Peter’s solid confession that Jesus is the Christ – the “Savior” of the world. 

  1. It is Jesus Christ who is the rock, the steady and sure foundation of the church (1Corinthians 3:11). Peter states in his first letter (the Bible book of 1 Peter) that Jesus is the “living Stone, …a chosen and precious cornerstone … the stone the builders rejected” (1 Peter 2:4, 6-7). At the same time, Peter and all other Christians are also living stones who become part of the structure of the spiritual house that God is building (1 Peter 2:5).
  2. The “rock” does not refer to Peter himself, who simply acknowledges that Christ is the foundation of the church (the community of all true followers of Jesus). Nowhere in Scripture is it stated that Peter would be the supreme and infallible (completely reliable, unable to be wrong) authority above all other disciples (Acts 15; Galatians 2:11). Nor is it stated that Peter should have infallible successors (as some denominations promote today) who would represent Christ and function as the official head of the church. 
  3. Just as the church was founded on a bold confession of Jesus’ authority, the church continues to grow and advance through the bold proclamation of Christ’s message and the display of His power.

THE GATES OF HADES WILL NOT OVERCOME IT

Hades is the Greek name for the place of departed spirits, or the dead. It is the general name for the preliminary place of punishment for the unrighteous, prior to final judgment (Luke 16:19-31). In this passage, the “gates of Hades” may mean the “powers of death.” In a broader sense, it likely refers to Satan and all the forces of evil in the world opposed to Christ and His kingdom. 

  1. This passage is not meant to describe the church in a defensive posture, as if the church is simply holding up under attack. This passage is not a description of the “gates of Hades” coming against the church. Rather, this passage describes the church on the offense, actively coming against the gates (strong spiritual walls) of Satan’s kingdom. The gates of Satan’s areas of control will not be able to hold back or stand up against the church as it reclaims territory (meaning human lives) for God and rescuing people from the power of death. In the end, nothing can stop the power of Christ’s church from accomplishing God’s purposes on earth. 
  2. This passage does not mean that individual Christian, local churches or church organizations will never face spiritual destruction or that they will never give in to immoral behavior, doctrinal error or rebellion against God. Jesus Himself predicted that many will lose or give up the faith, and He warns churches that are abandoning faith and truth to turn from their sins or be removed from His kingdom (Matthew 24:10-11; Revelation 2:5, 12-29; 3:1-6, 14-16; 1 Timothy 4:1). The promise of Matthew 16:18 does not apply to those who abandon faith in Christ or to spiritually lazy churches. 
  3. Christ is saying that though there is and will be strong opposition from Satan, spiritual rebellion among believers and false teaching and deception that creep into God’s kingdom, the church will not be destroyed. God’s grace, wisdom and power will always sustain those who remain faithful to the original message of Christ as revealed in the New Testament, who grow in their relationship with Him, who submit to His authority and who live in the power of the Holy Spirit. As God’s true people, they will display God’s power against Satan, demons, sin, disease and the wicked world. It is people like this, as members of Christ’s church, that Satan and all his hosts can never destroy or resist.

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  1. BE ON YOUR GUARD AGAINST THE YEAST / MATTHEW 16:6
  2. YOU HAVE GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 15:28
  3. FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR TRADITION / MATTHEW 15:5-6
  4. DON’T BE AFRAID / MATTHEW 14:27
  5. PRAY ALONE / MATTHEW 14:23-24
  6. LOAVES AND FISH / MATTHEW 14:19
  7. DANCED FOR THEM / MATTHEW 14:6-7
  8. SEPARATE THE WICKED FROM THE RIGHTEOUS / MATTHEW 13:49
  9. KINGDOM … A NET / MATTHEW 13:47
  10. KINGDOM … TREASURE / MATTHEW 13:44-46
  11. THE FIERY FURNACE / MATTHEW 13:42
  12. WEED OUT … EVERYTHING THAT CAUSES SIN / MATTHEW 13:41
  13. LET BOTH GROW TOGETHER / MATTHEW 13:30
  14. GOOD SEED … WEEDS / MATTHEW 13:24-25
  15. PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 13:3
  16. AN EVIL SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:43
  17. JONAH / MATTHEW 12:40
  18. BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:31
  19. THE KINGDOM OF GOD / MATTHEW 12:28
  20. SABBATH / MATTHEW 12:1
  21. COME TO ME / MATTHEW 11:28
  22. FORCEFUL MEN LAY HOLD OF IT / MATTHEW 11:12
  23. GREATER THAN HE / MATTHEW 11:11
  24. JOHN / MATTHEW 11:7
  25. PROPHET … RIGHTEOUS MAN / MATTHEW 10:41
  26. I DID NOT COME TO BRING PEACE / MATTHEW 10:31
  27. ACKNOWLEDGES ME BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 10:32
  28. HELL / MATTHEW 10:28
  29. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEM / MATTHEW 10:26
  30. CITIES OF ISRAEL / MATTHEW 10:23
  31. GIVEN WHAT TO SAY / MATTHEW 10:19-20
  32. PREACH … THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 10:7
  33. AUTHORITY TO DRIVE OUT EVIL SPIRITS / MATTHEW 10:1
  34. ASK THE LORD TO SEND / MATTHEW 9:38
  35. THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL / MATTHEW 9:37
  36. NEW WINE INTO OLD WINESKINS / NEW WINE PRESERVED / MATTHEW 9:17
  37. THEN THEY WILL FAST / MATTHEW 9:15
  38. EAT WITH ‘SINNERS’ / MATTHEW 9:11
  39. THEY PLEADED WITH HIM TO LEAVE / MATTHEW 8:34
  40. LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR OWN DEAD / MATTHEW 8:22
  41. GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 8:10
  42. DON’T TELL ANYONE / MATTHEW 8:4
  43. JESUSE TOUCHED THE MAN / MATTHEW 8:3
  44. I NEVER KNEW YOU / MATTHEW 7:23
  45. MANY WILL SAY LORD, LORD / MATTHEW 7:22
  46. DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER / MATTHEW 7:21
  47. BY THEIR FRUIT YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THEM / MATTHEW 7:16
  48. SMALL IS THE GATE … AND ONLY A FEW FIND IT / MATTHEW 7:14
  49. YOUR FATHER … GIVE GOOD GIFTS / MATTHEW 7:11
  50. ASK … SEEK … KNOCK / MATTHEW 7:7-8
  51. DO NOT JUDGE / MATTHEW 7:1
  52. SEEK … KINGDOM … RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 6:33
  53. IF THAT IS HOW GOD CLOTHES / MATTHEW 6:30
  54. DO NOT WORRY / MATTHEW 6:25
  55. EYE IS THE LAMP OF THE BODY / MATTHEW 6:22
  56. WHEN YOU FAST / MATTHEW 6:16
  57. IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:15
  58. IF YOU FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:14
  59. DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL ONE / MATTHEW 6:13
  60. FORGIVE AS WE ALSO HAVE FORGIVEN / MATTHEW 6:12
  61. DAILY BREAD / MATTHEW 6:11
  62. YOUR KINGDOM COME – YOUR WILL BE DONE / MATTHEW 6:10
  63. THIS THEN IS HOW YOU SHOULD PRAY / MATTHEW 6:9
  64. PRAY IN SECRET / MATTHEW 6:6
  65. ‘ACTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS’ BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 6:1
  66. DO NOT RESIST AN EVIL PERSON / MATTHEW 5:39
  67. LOOKS LUSTFULLY / MATTHEW 5:28
  68. ANGRY … RACA … FOOL / MATTHEW 5:22
  69. UNLESS YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:20
  70. GREAT IN THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 5:19
  71. THE LAW TO FULFILL / MATTHEW 5:17
  72. LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD DEEDS / MATTHEW 5:14-16
  73. PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:10
  74. THE PEACEMAKERS / MATTHEW 5:9
  75. THE PURE IN HEART / MATTHEW 5:8
  76. THE MERCIFUL / MATTHEW 5:7
  77. HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:6
  78. THE MEEK / MATTHEW 5:5
  79. THOSE WHO MOURN / MATTHEW 5:4
  80. BLESSED POOR IN SPIRIT / MATTHEW 5:3
  81. SERMON ON THE MONT / MATTHEW 5-7
  82. THE KINGDOM AND HEALING / MATTHEW 4:23
  83. FISHERS OF MEN / MATTHEW 4:19
  84. IT IS WRITTEN / MATTHEW 4:6
  85. FASTING FORTY DAYS / MATTHEW 4:2
  86. JESUS … TEMPTED / MATTHEW 4:1-11
  87. THE TRINITY IN EXAMPLE / MATTHEW 3:17
  88. SPIRIT … ON HIM / MATTHEW 3:16
  89. JESUS … BAPTIZED / MATTHEW 3:13
  90. WILL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MATTHEW 3:11
  91. FRUIT IN KEEPING WITH REPENTANCE / MATTHEW 3:8
  92. PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES / MATTHEW 3:7
  93. KINGDOM OF HEAVEN – REPENT / MATTHEW 3:2
  94. WARNED IN A DREAM / MATTHEW 2:22-23
  95. ESCAPE TO EGYPT / MATTHEW 2:13
  96. CHIEF PRIESTS AND TEACHERS OF THE LAW / MATTHEW 2:4
  97. HEROD – MAGI / MATTHEW 2:1
  98. NO UNION WITH HER UNTIL / MATTHEW 1:25
  99. VIRGIN … GIVE BIRTH TO A SON / MATTHEW 1:23
  100. JESUS / MATTHEW 1:21
  101. MARY … JESUS / MATTHEW 1:16
  102. CHRIST – SON OF DAVID / MATTHEW 1:1
  103. GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST / MATTHEW 1:1-16
  104. I AM WITH YOU / MATTHEW 28:20
  105. KILL ALL THE BOYS / MATTHEW 2:16
  106. FORGIVENESS OF SINS / MATTHEW 26:28
  107. SATAN / MATTHEW 4:10
  108. DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS / MATTHEW 25:41
  109. MONEY / MATTHEW 6:24
  110. GO … MAKE DISCIPLES … BAPTIZING / MATTHEW 28:19
  111. SALT OF THE EARTH / MATTHEW 5:13
  112. YOU ARE WORTH MORE / MATTHEW 10:31
  113. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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Margarita & Stace

BE ON YOUR GUARD AGAINST THE YEAST / MATTHEW 16:6

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(KJV) Matthew 16:6

Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

BE ON YOUR GUARD AGAINST THE YEAST / MATTHEW 16:6

Yeast – a substance that causes other substances (particularly foods or beverages) to ferment or react – is sometimes used in the Bible as a symbol of evil and corruption. In this case, it refers to the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees (Matthew 3:17). Christ calls their teaching “yeast” because even a small amount can influence a large group of people to believe the wrong thing (Mark 8:15).

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  1. YOU HAVE GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 15:28
  2. FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR TRADITION / MATTHEW 15:5-6
  3. DON’T BE AFRAID / MATTHEW 14:27
  4. PRAY ALONE / MATTHEW 14:23-24
  5. LOAVES AND FISH / MATTHEW 14:19
  6. DANCED FOR THEM / MATTHEW 14:6-7
  7. SEPARATE THE WICKED FROM THE RIGHTEOUS / MATTHEW 13:49
  8. KINGDOM … A NET / MATTHEW 13:47
  9. KINGDOM … TREASURE / MATTHEW 13:44-46
  10. THE FIERY FURNACE / MATTHEW 13:42
  11. WEED OUT … EVERYTHING THAT CAUSES SIN / MATTHEW 13:41
  12. LET BOTH GROW TOGETHER / MATTHEW 13:30
  13. GOOD SEED … WEEDS / MATTHEW 13:24-25
  14. PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 13:3
  15. AN EVIL SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:43
  16. JONAH / MATTHEW 12:40
  17. BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:31
  18. THE KINGDOM OF GOD / MATTHEW 12:28
  19. SABBATH / MATTHEW 12:1
  20. COME TO ME / MATTHEW 11:28
  21. FORCEFUL MEN LAY HOLD OF IT / MATTHEW 11:12
  22. GREATER THAN HE / MATTHEW 11:11
  23. JOHN / MATTHEW 11:7
  24. PROPHET … RIGHTEOUS MAN / MATTHEW 10:41
  25. I DID NOT COME TO BRING PEACE / MATTHEW 10:31
  26. ACKNOWLEDGES ME BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 10:32
  27. HELL / MATTHEW 10:28
  28. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEM / MATTHEW 10:26
  29. CITIES OF ISRAEL / MATTHEW 10:23
  30. GIVEN WHAT TO SAY / MATTHEW 10:19-20
  31. PREACH … THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 10:7
  32. AUTHORITY TO DRIVE OUT EVIL SPIRITS / MATTHEW 10:1
  33. ASK THE LORD TO SEND / MATTHEW 9:38
  34. THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL / MATTHEW 9:37
  35. NEW WINE INTO OLD WINESKINS / NEW WINE PRESERVED / MATTHEW 9:17
  36. THEN THEY WILL FAST / MATTHEW 9:15
  37. EAT WITH ‘SINNERS’ / MATTHEW 9:11
  38. THEY PLEADED WITH HIM TO LEAVE / MATTHEW 8:34
  39. LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR OWN DEAD / MATTHEW 8:22
  40. GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 8:10
  41. DON’T TELL ANYONE / MATTHEW 8:4
  42. JESUSE TOUCHED THE MAN / MATTHEW 8:3
  43. I NEVER KNEW YOU / MATTHEW 7:23
  44. MANY WILL SAY LORD, LORD / MATTHEW 7:22
  45. DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER / MATTHEW 7:21
  46. BY THEIR FRUIT YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THEM / MATTHEW 7:16
  47. SMALL IS THE GATE … AND ONLY A FEW FIND IT / MATTHEW 7:14
  48. YOUR FATHER … GIVE GOOD GIFTS / MATTHEW 7:11
  49. ASK … SEEK … KNOCK / MATTHEW 7:7-8
  50. DO NOT JUDGE / MATTHEW 7:1
  51. SEEK … KINGDOM … RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 6:33
  52. IF THAT IS HOW GOD CLOTHES / MATTHEW 6:30
  53. DO NOT WORRY / MATTHEW 6:25
  54. EYE IS THE LAMP OF THE BODY / MATTHEW 6:22
  55. WHEN YOU FAST / MATTHEW 6:16
  56. IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:15
  57. IF YOU FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:14
  58. DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL ONE / MATTHEW 6:13
  59. FORGIVE AS WE ALSO HAVE FORGIVEN / MATTHEW 6:12
  60. DAILY BREAD / MATTHEW 6:11
  61. YOUR KINGDOM COME – YOUR WILL BE DONE / MATTHEW 6:10
  62. THIS THEN IS HOW YOU SHOULD PRAY / MATTHEW 6:9
  63. PRAY IN SECRET / MATTHEW 6:6
  64. ‘ACTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS’ BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 6:1
  65. DO NOT RESIST AN EVIL PERSON / MATTHEW 5:39
  66. LOOKS LUSTFULLY / MATTHEW 5:28
  67. ANGRY … RACA … FOOL / MATTHEW 5:22
  68. UNLESS YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:20
  69. GREAT IN THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 5:19
  70. THE LAW TO FULFILL / MATTHEW 5:17
  71. LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD DEEDS / MATTHEW 5:14-16
  72. PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:10
  73. THE PEACEMAKERS / MATTHEW 5:9
  74. THE PURE IN HEART / MATTHEW 5:8
  75. THE MERCIFUL / MATTHEW 5:7
  76. HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:6
  77. THE MEEK / MATTHEW 5:5
  78. THOSE WHO MOURN / MATTHEW 5:4
  79. BLESSED POOR IN SPIRIT / MATTHEW 5:3
  80. SERMON ON THE MONT / MATTHEW 5-7
  81. THE KINGDOM AND HEALING / MATTHEW 4:23
  82. FISHERS OF MEN / MATTHEW 4:19
  83. IT IS WRITTEN / MATTHEW 4:6
  84. FASTING FORTY DAYS / MATTHEW 4:2
  85. JESUS … TEMPTED / MATTHEW 4:1-11
  86. THE TRINITY IN EXAMPLE / MATTHEW 3:17
  87. SPIRIT … ON HIM / MATTHEW 3:16
  88. JESUS … BAPTIZED / MATTHEW 3:13
  89. WILL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MATTHEW 3:11
  90. FRUIT IN KEEPING WITH REPENTANCE / MATTHEW 3:8
  91. PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES / MATTHEW 3:7
  92. KINGDOM OF HEAVEN – REPENT / MATTHEW 3:2
  93. WARNED IN A DREAM / MATTHEW 2:22-23
  94. ESCAPE TO EGYPT / MATTHEW 2:13
  95. CHIEF PRIESTS AND TEACHERS OF THE LAW / MATTHEW 2:4
  96. HEROD – MAGI / MATTHEW 2:1
  97. NO UNION WITH HER UNTIL / MATTHEW 1:25
  98. VIRGIN … GIVE BIRTH TO A SON / MATTHEW 1:23
  99. JESUS / MATTHEW 1:21
  100. MARY … JESUS / MATTHEW 1:16
  101. CHRIST – SON OF DAVID / MATTHEW 1:1
  102. GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST / MATTHEW 1:1-16
  103. I AM WITH YOU / MATTHEW 28:20
  104. KILL ALL THE BOYS / MATTHEW 2:16
  105. FORGIVENESS OF SINS / MATTHEW 26:28
  106. SATAN / MATTHEW 4:10
  107. DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS / MATTHEW 25:41
  108. MONEY / MATTHEW 6:24
  109. GO … MAKE DISCIPLES … BAPTIZING / MATTHEW 28:19
  110. SALT OF THE EARTH / MATTHEW 5:13
  111. YOU ARE WORTH MORE / MATTHEW 10:31
  112. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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Margarita & Stace

BLOOD FLOWED OUT / REVELATION 14:20

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(KJV) Revelation 14:20

And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

BLOOD FLOWED OUT / REVELATION 14:20

A tremendous slaughter occurs in the last days of the tribulation. This refers to the battle of Armageddon (Zechariah 14:1-4; Revelation 16:16; 19:17-19).

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  1. THE GREAT WINEPRESS / REVELATION 14:19
  2. LIKE A SON OF MAN / REVELATION 14:14-16
  3. BLESSED … DIE IN THE LORD / REVELATION 14:13
  4. IF ANYONE WORSHIPS THE BEAST / REVELATION 14:9-10
  5. FALLEN IS BABYLON / REVELATION 14:8
  6. THE ETERNAL GOSPEL TO PROCLAIM / REVELATION 14:6
  7. DID NOT DEFILE THEMSELVES WITH WOMEN / REVELATION 14:4
  8. MOUNT ZION – WITH HIM 144,000 / REVELATION 14:1
  9. HIS NUMBER IS 666 / REVELATION 13:18
  10. ANOTHER BEAST / REVELATION 13:11
  11. ALL WILL WORSHIP THE BEAST – LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN FROM THE CREATION / REVELATION 13:8
  12. MAKE WAR AGAINST THE SAINTS / REVELATION 13:7
  13. A FATAL WOUND / REVELATION 13:3
  14. BEAST … LEOPARD / REVELATION 13:2
  15. A BEAST COMING OUT OF THE SEA / REVELATION 13:1
  16. DRAGON … WENT OFF TO MAKE WAR / REVELATION 12:17
  17. PURSUED THE WOMAN / REVELATION 12:13
  18. DEVIL … FILLED WITH FURY / REVELATION 12:12
  19. THEY OVERCAME HIM / REVELATION 12:11
  20. ACCUSER OF OUR BROTHERS / REVELATION 12:10
  21. THE WOMAN FLED / REVELATION 12:6
  22. AN ENORMOUS RED DRAGON / REVELATION 12:3
  23. WONDROUS SIGN APPEARED – A WOMAN / REVEALATION 12:1
  24. TAKE IT AND EAT IT / REVELATION 10:9
  25. MYSTERY OF GOD / REVELATION 10:7
  26. SEVEN THUNDERS / REVELATION 10:3
  27. A LITTLE SCROLL / REVELATION 10:2
  28. ANOTHER MIGHTY ANGEL / REVELATION 10:1
  29. THEIR MAGIC ARTS / REVELATION 9:21
  30. STILL DID NOT REPENT / REVELATION 9:20
  31. FIRE, SMOKE AND SULFUR / REVELATION 9:18
  32. MY VISION LOOKED LIKE THIS / REVELATION 9:17
  33. TWO HUNDRED MILLION / REVELATION 9:16
  34. RELEASE THE FOUR ANGELS / REVELATION 9:14
  35. AS KING OVER THEM / REVELATION 9:11
  36. THE LOCUSTS LOOKED LIKE HORSES / REVELATION 9:7
  37. SEEK DEATH BUT WILL NOT FIND IT / REVELATION 9:6
  38. LOCUSTS CAME DOWN / REVELATION 9:3
  39. THE STAR … THE ABYSS / REVELATION 9:1
  40. AN EAGLE THAT WAS FLYING / REVELATION 8:13
  41. A THIRD / REVELATION 8:12
  42. WORMWOOD / REVELATION 8:10-11
  43. HAIL AND FIRE MIXED WITH BLOOD / REVELATION 8:7
  44. PRAYERS OF ALL THE SAINTS / REVELATION 8:3
  45. TRUMPETS / REVELATION 8:2
  46. THE SEVENTH SEAL / SILENCE IN HEAVEN / REVELATION 8:1
  47. GOD WILL WIPE AWAY EVERY TEAR / REVELATION 7:17
  48. GREAT MULTITUDE / REVELATION 7:9
  49. SEAL OF THE LIVING GOD / REVELATION 7:2
  50. 144,000 FROM ALL THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL / REVELATION 7:4
  51. I SAW FOUR ANGELS / REVELATION 7:1
  52. FALL ON US – THE WRATH OF THE LAMB / REVELATION 6:16
  53. GREAT EARTHQUAKE / REVELATION 6:12-13
  54. BROTHERS WHO WERE TO BE KILLED / REVELATION 6:11
  55. JUDGE AND AVENGE OUR BLOOD / REVELATION 6:10
  56. SLAIN BECAUSE OF THE WORD OF GOD / REVELATION 6:9
  57. WORTHY IS THE LAMB / REVELATION 5:12
  58. THE PRAYERS OF SAINTS / REVELATION 5:8
  59. A LAMB AS IF IT HAD BEEN SLAIN / REVELATION 5:6
  60. THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH / REVELATION 5:5
  61. I WEPT AND WEPT / REVELATION 5:4
  62. A SCROLL / REVELATION 5:1
  63. THEY LAY THEIR CROWNS / REVELATION 4:9-10
  64. HOLY, HOLY, HOLY / REVELATION 4:8
  65. FOUR LIVING CREATURES / REVELATION 4:6
  66. SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD / REVELATION 4:5
  67. TWENTY-FOUR ELDERS / REVELATION 4:4
  68. A THRONE IN HEAVEN / REVELATION 4:2-3
  69. AFTER THIS / REVELATION 4:1
  70. THE SPIRIT … THE CHURCHES / REVELATION 3:22
  71. IF ANYONE HEARS MY VOICE / REVELATION 3:20
  72. YOU DO NOT REALIZE / REVELATION 3:17-18
  73. NEITHER COLD NOR HOT – LUKEWARM / REVELATION 3:15-16
  74. THE AMEN / REVELATION 3:14
  75. I AM COMING SOON / REVELATION 3:11
  76. THE HOUR OF TRIAL / REVELATION 3:10
  77. PHILADELPHIA / REVELATION 3:7
  78. HER CHILDREN /REVELATION 2:23
  79. YOU TOLERATE THAT WOMAN JEZEBEL, WHO CALLS HERSELF A PROPHETESS / REVELATION 2:20
  80. HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAYS – A WHITE STONE WITH A NEW NAME / REVELATION 2:17
  81. FIGHT AGAINST THEM / REVELATION 2:16
  82. THE TEACHING OF BALAAM / REVELATION 2:14
  83. WHERE SATAN HAS HIS THRONE / REVELATION 2:13
  84. THE SECOND DEATH / REVELATION 2:11
  85. CROWN OF LIFE / REVELATION 2:10
  86. POVERY / REVELATION 2:9
  87. TO HIM WHO OVERCOMES / REVELATION 2:7
  88. YOU HATE THE PRACTICES OF THE NICOLAITANS, WHICH I ASLO HATE / REVELATION 2:6
  89. REMOVE YOUR LAMPSTAND / REVELATION 2:5
  90. FORSAKEN YOUR FIRST LOVE / REVELATION 2:4
  91. WHO CLAIM TO BE APOSTLES / REVELATION 2:1-2
  92. WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN – WHAT IS NOW AND WHAT WILL TAKE PLACE / REVELATION 1:19
  93. SEVEN STARS / REVELATION 1:16
  94. A SON OF MAN / REVELATION 1:13
  95. SEVEN GOLDEN LAMPSTANDS / REVELATION 1:12
  96. IN THE SPIRIT / REVELATION 1:10-11
  97. ISLAND OF PATMOS / REVELATION 1:9
  98. THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA / REVELATION 1:8
  99. HE IS COMING / REVELATION 1:7
  100. HIM WHO IS, AND WHO WAS, AND WHO IS TO COME / REVELATION 1:4-5
  101. TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES / REVELATION 1:4
  102. BLESSED IS THE ONE WHO READS / REVELATION 1:3
  103. REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST / REVELATION 1:1-2
  104. DEATH AND HADES – THE LAKE OF FIRE / REVELATION 20:14
  105. ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY HAD DONE / REVELATION 20:12
  106. EARTH AND SKY FLED / REVELATION 20:11
  107. GREAT WHITE THRONE / REVELATION 20:11-13
  108. THE FIRST RESURRECTION / REVELATION 20:6
  109. THRONES ON WHICH WERE SEATED / REVELATION 20:4
  110. KEEP HIM FROM DECEIVING THE NATIONS ANYMORE / REVELATION 20:3
  111. TWENTY-FOUR ELDERS / REVELATION 11:16
  112. THE SEVENTH ANGEL SOUNDED / REVELATION 11:15
  113. TERROR STRUCK THOSE WHO SAW THEM / REVELATION 11:11
  114. THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH WILL GLOAT / REVELATION 11:9
  115. THE BEAST … KILL THEM / REVELATION 11:7
  116. OLIVE TREES … LAMPSTANDS / REVELATION 11:4
  117. MY TWO WITNESSES / REVELATION 11:3
  118. TRAMPLE ON THE HOLY CITY / REVELATION 11:2
  119. MEASURE THE TEMPLE / REVELATION 11:1
  120. BUT THE COWARDLY, THE UNBELIEVING / REVELATION 21:8
  121. HE WHO OVERCOMES / REVELATION 2:17
  122. A PALE HORSE / REVELATION 6:8
  123. A BLACK HORSE / REVELATION 6:5
  124. HORSE … FIERY RED ONE / REVELATION 6:4
  125. A WHITE HORSE / REVELATION 6:2
  126. A FEW PEOPLE IN SARDIS / REVELATION 3:4
  127. YOU ARE DEAD / REVELATION 3:1-2
  128. I WILL GIVE THE MORNING STAR / REVELATION 2:28
  129. HOLD ON … UNTIL I COME / REVELATION 2:25
  130. THE REST OF YOU / REVELATION 2:24
  131. A MALE CHILD / REVELATION 12:5
  132. WHO OBEY GOD’S COMMANDMENTS / REVELATION 14:12
  133. A MARK / REVELATION 13:16
  134. REFUSED TO WORSHIP THE IMAGE TO BE KILLED / REVELATION 13:15
  135. WORSHIP THE FIRST BEAST / REVELATION
  136. DRAGON … BOUND HIM FOR A THOUSAND YEARS / REVELATION 20:2
  137. THE GREAT TRIBULATION / REVELATION 7:14
  138. THE DEVIL … THE LAKE OF BURNING SULFUR / REVELATION 20:10
  139. SURROUNDED THE CAMP OF GOD’S PEOPLE / REVELATION 20:9
  140. DECEIVE THE NATIONS / REVELATION 20:8
  141. SATAN WILL BE RELEASED / REVELATION 20:7
  142. SPIRITS OF DEMONS PERFORMING MIRACULOUS SIGNS / REVELATION 16:14
  143. FROGS / REVELATION 16:13
  144. WAR IN HEAVEN / REVELATION 12:7-9
  145. A THIRD OF THE STARS / REVELATION 12:4
  146. FALSE PROPHET … THE MIRACULOUS / REVELATION 19:20
  147. THE LAMB OPENED / REVELATION 6:1
  148. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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Blessings,
Margarita & Stace

THE GREAT WINEPRESS / REVELATION 14:19

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(KJV) Revelation 14:19

And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.

THE GREAT WINEPRESS / REVELATION 14:19

In Biblical times, grapes were put in a trough and trampled by foot to remove the juice, or wine. The treading of grapes was used in the Old Testament to figuratively describe the execution of God’s judgment on the ungodly (Isaiah 63:3; Revelation 19:15). When Christ returns to earth at the end of the tribulation, He will completely destroy the armies of the antichrist. But Scripture also suggests that all people in the world at that time who rejected Christ will be gathered and judged in the Valley of Jehoshaphat (the valley where “Jehovah judges”; Psalms 110:6; Joel 3:2; Matthew 25:32) and then killed (Matthew 13:40; Luke 17:37; Psalms 97:3-5; Proverbs 2:22; Isaiah 63:1-6; 66:15-17; Jeremiah 25:30-33; Revelation 19:15). Some interpreters, however, do not view the total destruction of all unbelievers worldwide as taking place at that particular time. Some theologians believe that the judgment and devastation (as described in Revelation 14:20) will mainly relate to the national armies that followed the antichrist into the battle of Armageddon (Revelation 16:16; 19:17-19; 19:19; 19:21).

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. LIKE A SON OF MAN / REVELATION 14:14-16
  2. BLESSED … DIE IN THE LORD / REVELATION 14:13
  3. IF ANYONE WORSHIPS THE BEAST / REVELATION 14:9-10
  4. FALLEN IS BABYLON / REVELATION 14:8
  5. THE ETERNAL GOSPEL TO PROCLAIM / REVELATION 14:6
  6. DID NOT DEFILE THEMSELVES WITH WOMEN / REVELATION 14:4
  7. MOUNT ZION – WITH HIM 144,000 / REVELATION 14:1
  8. HIS NUMBER IS 666 / REVELATION 13:18
  9. ANOTHER BEAST / REVELATION 13:11
  10. ALL WILL WORSHIP THE BEAST – LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN FROM THE CREATION / REVELATION 13:8
  11. MAKE WAR AGAINST THE SAINTS / REVELATION 13:7
  12. A FATAL WOUND / REVELATION 13:3
  13. BEAST … LEOPARD / REVELATION 13:2
  14. A BEAST COMING OUT OF THE SEA / REVELATION 13:1
  15. DRAGON … WENT OFF TO MAKE WAR / REVELATION 12:17
  16. PURSUED THE WOMAN / REVELATION 12:13
  17. DEVIL … FILLED WITH FURY / REVELATION 12:12
  18. THEY OVERCAME HIM / REVELATION 12:11
  19. ACCUSER OF OUR BROTHERS / REVELATION 12:10
  20. THE WOMAN FLED / REVELATION 12:6
  21. AN ENORMOUS RED DRAGON / REVELATION 12:3
  22. WONDROUS SIGN APPEARED – A WOMAN / REVEALATION 12:1
  23. TAKE IT AND EAT IT / REVELATION 10:9
  24. MYSTERY OF GOD / REVELATION 10:7
  25. SEVEN THUNDERS / REVELATION 10:3
  26. A LITTLE SCROLL / REVELATION 10:2
  27. ANOTHER MIGHTY ANGEL / REVELATION 10:1
  28. THEIR MAGIC ARTS / REVELATION 9:21
  29. STILL DID NOT REPENT / REVELATION 9:20
  30. FIRE, SMOKE AND SULFUR / REVELATION 9:18
  31. MY VISION LOOKED LIKE THIS / REVELATION 9:17
  32. TWO HUNDRED MILLION / REVELATION 9:16
  33. RELEASE THE FOUR ANGELS / REVELATION 9:14
  34. AS KING OVER THEM / REVELATION 9:11
  35. THE LOCUSTS LOOKED LIKE HORSES / REVELATION 9:7
  36. SEEK DEATH BUT WILL NOT FIND IT / REVELATION 9:6
  37. LOCUSTS CAME DOWN / REVELATION 9:3
  38. THE STAR … THE ABYSS / REVELATION 9:1
  39. AN EAGLE THAT WAS FLYING / REVELATION 8:13
  40. A THIRD / REVELATION 8:12
  41. WORMWOOD / REVELATION 8:10-11
  42. HAIL AND FIRE MIXED WITH BLOOD / REVELATION 8:7
  43. PRAYERS OF ALL THE SAINTS / REVELATION 8:3
  44. TRUMPETS / REVELATION 8:2
  45. THE SEVENTH SEAL / SILENCE IN HEAVEN / REVELATION 8:1
  46. GOD WILL WIPE AWAY EVERY TEAR / REVELATION 7:17
  47. GREAT MULTITUDE / REVELATION 7:9
  48. SEAL OF THE LIVING GOD / REVELATION 7:2
  49. 144,000 FROM ALL THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL / REVELATION 7:4
  50. I SAW FOUR ANGELS / REVELATION 7:1
  51. FALL ON US – THE WRATH OF THE LAMB / REVELATION 6:16
  52. GREAT EARTHQUAKE / REVELATION 6:12-13
  53. BROTHERS WHO WERE TO BE KILLED / REVELATION 6:11
  54. JUDGE AND AVENGE OUR BLOOD / REVELATION 6:10
  55. SLAIN BECAUSE OF THE WORD OF GOD / REVELATION 6:9
  56. WORTHY IS THE LAMB / REVELATION 5:12
  57. THE PRAYERS OF SAINTS / REVELATION 5:8
  58. A LAMB AS IF IT HAD BEEN SLAIN / REVELATION 5:6
  59. THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH / REVELATION 5:5
  60. I WEPT AND WEPT / REVELATION 5:4
  61. A SCROLL / REVELATION 5:1
  62. THEY LAY THEIR CROWNS / REVELATION 4:9-10
  63. HOLY, HOLY, HOLY / REVELATION 4:8
  64. FOUR LIVING CREATURES / REVELATION 4:6
  65. SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD / REVELATION 4:5
  66. TWENTY-FOUR ELDERS / REVELATION 4:4
  67. A THRONE IN HEAVEN / REVELATION 4:2-3
  68. AFTER THIS / REVELATION 4:1
  69. THE SPIRIT … THE CHURCHES / REVELATION 3:22
  70. IF ANYONE HEARS MY VOICE / REVELATION 3:20
  71. YOU DO NOT REALIZE / REVELATION 3:17-18
  72. NEITHER COLD NOR HOT – LUKEWARM / REVELATION 3:15-16
  73. THE AMEN / REVELATION 3:14
  74. I AM COMING SOON / REVELATION 3:11
  75. THE HOUR OF TRIAL / REVELATION 3:10
  76. PHILADELPHIA / REVELATION 3:7
  77. HER CHILDREN /REVELATION 2:23
  78. YOU TOLERATE THAT WOMAN JEZEBEL, WHO CALLS HERSELF A PROPHETESS / REVELATION 2:20
  79. HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAYS – A WHITE STONE WITH A NEW NAME / REVELATION 2:17
  80. FIGHT AGAINST THEM / REVELATION 2:16
  81. THE TEACHING OF BALAAM / REVELATION 2:14
  82. WHERE SATAN HAS HIS THRONE / REVELATION 2:13
  83. THE SECOND DEATH / REVELATION 2:11
  84. CROWN OF LIFE / REVELATION 2:10
  85. POVERY / REVELATION 2:9
  86. TO HIM WHO OVERCOMES / REVELATION 2:7
  87. YOU HATE THE PRACTICES OF THE NICOLAITANS, WHICH I ASLO HATE / REVELATION 2:6
  88. REMOVE YOUR LAMPSTAND / REVELATION 2:5
  89. FORSAKEN YOUR FIRST LOVE / REVELATION 2:4
  90. WHO CLAIM TO BE APOSTLES / REVELATION 2:1-2
  91. WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN – WHAT IS NOW AND WHAT WILL TAKE PLACE / REVELATION 1:19
  92. SEVEN STARS / REVELATION 1:16
  93. A SON OF MAN / REVELATION 1:13
  94. SEVEN GOLDEN LAMPSTANDS / REVELATION 1:12
  95. IN THE SPIRIT / REVELATION 1:10-11
  96. ISLAND OF PATMOS / REVELATION 1:9
  97. THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA / REVELATION 1:8
  98. HE IS COMING / REVELATION 1:7
  99. HIM WHO IS, AND WHO WAS, AND WHO IS TO COME / REVELATION 1:4-5
  100. TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES / REVELATION 1:4
  101. BLESSED IS THE ONE WHO READS / REVELATION 1:3
  102. REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST / REVELATION 1:1-2
  103. DEATH AND HADES – THE LAKE OF FIRE / REVELATION 20:14
  104. ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY HAD DONE / REVELATION 20:12
  105. EARTH AND SKY FLED / REVELATION 20:11
  106. GREAT WHITE THRONE / REVELATION 20:11-13
  107. THE FIRST RESURRECTION / REVELATION 20:6
  108. THRONES ON WHICH WERE SEATED / REVELATION 20:4
  109. KEEP HIM FROM DECEIVING THE NATIONS ANYMORE / REVELATION 20:3
  110. TWENTY-FOUR ELDERS / REVELATION 11:16
  111. THE SEVENTH ANGEL SOUNDED / REVELATION 11:15
  112. TERROR STRUCK THOSE WHO SAW THEM / REVELATION 11:11
  113. THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH WILL GLOAT / REVELATION 11:9
  114. THE BEAST … KILL THEM / REVELATION 11:7
  115. OLIVE TREES … LAMPSTANDS / REVELATION 11:4
  116. MY TWO WITNESSES / REVELATION 11:3
  117. TRAMPLE ON THE HOLY CITY / REVELATION 11:2
  118. MEASURE THE TEMPLE / REVELATION 11:1
  119. BUT THE COWARDLY, THE UNBELIEVING / REVELATION 21:8
  120. HE WHO OVERCOMES / REVELATION 2:17
  121. A PALE HORSE / REVELATION 6:8
  122. A BLACK HORSE / REVELATION 6:5
  123. HORSE … FIERY RED ONE / REVELATION 6:4
  124. A WHITE HORSE / REVELATION 6:2
  125. A FEW PEOPLE IN SARDIS / REVELATION 3:4
  126. YOU ARE DEAD / REVELATION 3:1-2
  127. I WILL GIVE THE MORNING STAR / REVELATION 2:28
  128. HOLD ON … UNTIL I COME / REVELATION 2:25
  129. THE REST OF YOU / REVELATION 2:24
  130. A MALE CHILD / REVELATION 12:5
  131. WHO OBEY GOD’S COMMANDMENTS / REVELATION 14:12
  132. A MARK / REVELATION 13:16
  133. REFUSED TO WORSHIP THE IMAGE TO BE KILLED / REVELATION 13:15
  134. WORSHIP THE FIRST BEAST / REVELATION
  135. DRAGON … BOUND HIM FOR A THOUSAND YEARS / REVELATION 20:2
  136. THE GREAT TRIBULATION / REVELATION 7:14
  137. THE DEVIL … THE LAKE OF BURNING SULFUR / REVELATION 20:10
  138. SURROUNDED THE CAMP OF GOD’S PEOPLE / REVELATION 20:9
  139. DECEIVE THE NATIONS / REVELATION 20:8
  140. SATAN WILL BE RELEASED / REVELATION 20:7
  141. SPIRITS OF DEMONS PERFORMING MIRACULOUS SIGNS / REVELATION 16:14
  142. FROGS / REVELATION 16:13
  143. WAR IN HEAVEN / REVELATION 12:7-9
  144. A THIRD OF THE STARS / REVELATION 12:4
  145. FALSE PROPHET … THE MIRACULOUS / REVELATION 19:20
  146. THE LAMB OPENED / REVELATION 6:1
  147. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

Thank you for taking the time to read my Daily Devotion.
Blessings,
Margarita & Stace

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