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Incense - the throne of God is surrounde...
Incense - the throne of God is surrounded by the 24 elders holding 24 bowls of incense which is our prayers...the picture here shows that God is breathing in the sweetness of our prayers. To God, our…
Created 8 months ago
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Ephesus was the greatest city in Asia. A...
Ephesus was the greatest city in Asia. All roads in Asia led to Ephesus. It was also known as the gateway to Rome. If you were heading to Rome from Asia you would head through Ephesus. Ephesus was also…
Created 8 months ago
Revelation 2:1 (ESV), Revelation 2:2 (ESV), Revelation 2:3 (ESV), Revelation 2:4 (ESV), Revelation 2:5 (ESV), Revelation 2:6 (ESV), Revelation 2:7 (ESV)
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"10 Days" - bible scholars believe that ...
"10 Days" - bible scholars believe that 10 days is a colloquialism meaning that there will be a time of tribulation but it will end. (This phrase can be likened to "the back 40" - that phrase doesn't…
Created 9 months ago
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Smyrna was described as the "loveliest o...
Smyrna was described as the "loveliest of cities". Was a trading center. It was founded in 1000BC and 600 years later it was destroyed. The city was rebuilt in 200BC by Lysemachus. The city was laid out…
Created 9 months ago
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Eyes like a flame of fire -scholars disa...
Eyes like a flame of fire -scholars disagree on the meaning of this phrase. Possibilities include: the eyes could represent a burning with anger towards the church. They could also represent eyes that…
Created 9 months ago
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If we REMEMBER, REPENT, and KEEP the com...
If we REMEMBER, REPENT, and KEEP the commandments of God. if we do these things we will be clothed in white. We will not be erased from the book of life. The Book of Life: there was a Registry of Citizenship.…
Created 9 months ago
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Have you sent a tree that seems to be fu...
Have you sent a tree that seems to be full of life, but then a storm hits and when the tree falls it is rotten and dead inside? Or perhaps just like a dying star. We can look at the sky and many of the…
Created 9 months ago
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The history of Sardis: Sardis was a gre...
The history of Sardis: Sardis was a great power in the world. They were a capital city. They were located on a mountain and they were surrounded on 3 sides by shear rock cliffs. There was only one path…
Created 9 months ago
Revelation 3:1 (ESV), Revelation 3:2 (ESV), Revelation 3:3 (ESV), Revelation 3:4 (ESV), Revelation 3:5 (ESV), Revelation 3:6 (ESV)
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The priestly blessing. A benediction.
The priestly blessing. A benediction.
Created 10 months ago
Numbers 6:23 (ESV), Numbers 6:24 (ESV), Numbers 6:25 (ESV), Numbers 6:26 (ESV), Numbers 6:27 (ESV)
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Where does our strength come from? Is i...
Where does our strength come from? Is it from man? Or from God? What does this have to do with how we do ministry? Is it about our strategies and power? Or are we always and fully reliant upon God for…
Created 10 months ago
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Are we faithful with what we have been g...
Are we faithful with what we have been given? Not to keep it safe, but to share it and grow it? This connects with the Letter to Philadelphia in Revelation 3. Though they are small, they have an opportunity…
Created 10 months ago
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I know all of your deeds. This verse sh...
I know all of your deeds. This verse should always be a filter through which we ask: Are our deeds pleasing to God? This does not mean pleasing in a Salvific manner, but in a way that we are honoring…
Created 10 months ago
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This opening is most likely a rebuttal a...
This opening is most likely a rebuttal against those who do not believe that Jesus is the Messiah.
Created 10 months ago
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Abraham Joshua Heschel - God in search o...
Abraham Joshua Heschel - God in search of Man
Created 10 months ago
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God says they are poor, naked, and blind...
God says they are poor, naked, and blind. Laodicea was the banking capital, the textile capital, and created a salve that would heal illnesses including certain types of blindness. Everything that was…
Created 10 months ago
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Laodicea was one of the banking capitals...
Laodicea was one of the banking capitals of the world. God saying this to them would have been greatly offensive.
Created 10 months ago
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This is a very personal verse. Put your ...
This is a very personal verse. Put your name into these verses as if Paul is addressing you personally. "I want you to be different." What would it look like for Paul to write letter to this church?…
Created 10 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-08-08
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How are we to understand Ezekiel's muten...
How are we to understand Ezekiel's muteness? This concept was not one of total speechlessness throughout the 7 1/2 years. Rather Ezekiel was restrained from speaking publicly among the people in contrast…
Created 10 months ago
Ezekiel 3:24 (ESV), Ezekiel 3:25 (ESV), Ezekiel 3:26 (ESV), Ezekiel 3:27 (ESV)
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The emphasis was on living a righteous l...
The emphasis was on living a righteous life, an emphasis certainly needed today.
Created 10 months ago
Ezekiel 3:18 (ESV), Ezekiel 3:19 (ESV), Ezekiel 3:20 (ESV), Ezekiel 3:21 (ESV)
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What was the purpose of Ezekiel sitting ...
What was the purpose of Ezekiel sitting for 7 days? Notice Ezekiel's reaction to his assignment. "…in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit" (14). He sat where they sat - overwhelmed." He struggled…
Created 10 months ago
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Normally, ancient scrolls were written o...
Normally, ancient scrolls were written on one side only.
Created 10 months ago
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How does God show the progression of evi...
How does God show the progression of evil on the part of Ezekiel's hearers? Notice the progression here in hurtfulness: from small needling as thistles, to piercing as throne, to poisonous stinging as…
Created 10 months ago
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What does the "Son of Man" title indicat...
What does the "Son of Man" title indicate? This became Ezekiel's normal designation throughout the remainder of the book (93 times), to refer to Ezekiel. This title indicates the frailty and weakness…
Created 10 months ago
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Ezekiel is careful to avoid saying that ...
Ezekiel is careful to avoid saying that he saw God directly.
Created 10 months ago
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The biggest need in the church today is ...
The biggest need in the church today is for the spirit led leaders. Today if one is to minister for the Lord, that person must first have a divine confrontation and come to an understanding of God's great…
Created 10 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-08-08
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-08-07
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Hebrews 5:6
Hebrews 5:6 (ASV)
as he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.Created over 2 years ago
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Hebrews 5:5
Hebrews 5:5 (ASV)
So Christ also glorified not himself to be made a high priest, but he that spake unto him, Thou art my Son, This day have I begotten thee:Created over 2 years ago
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Hebrews 5:7
Hebrews 5:7 (ASV)
Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,Created over 2 years ago
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