The Beginning of the Creation

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2015 The Beginning of the Creation "But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female." (Mark 10:6)   These words of the Lord Jesus Christ ought to settle once and for all, for those who take His words seriously, the controversial question of the age of the earth. The earth was created essentially at the same time, He said, as the creation of Adam and Eve. Christ was quoting from Genesis 1:27: "male and female created He them." This greatest of God's creative works was "from the beginning of the creation," not 13 billion years after the beginning of the creation, as modern old-earth advocates allege.   One can understand why atheists believe in evolution and an almost infinitely old universe, for they really have no other alternative. One who believes in a personal God, on the other hand, only dishonors God if he believes such humanistic speculations rather than God's Word. God is omniscient and omnipotent, as well as loving and merciful, and He would never do anything like this. The great ages assumed by evolutionary geologists supposedly involved billions of years of suffering and dying by billions of animals before man ever evolved. Surely this would have been the most inefficient, wasteful, and cruel method that ever could have been devised for "creating" human beings. Since man's creation was God's main purpose, there is no conceivable reason why He would waste billions of years in such a meaningless charade as this before getting to the point.   In fact, the only reason He took six days instead of an instant of time was to serve as a pattern for man's work week (Exodus 20:8-11). In fact, the Lord Jesus Christ was not only a creationist, but was Himself the Creator of all things (John 1:3; Colossians 1:16; etc.). Therefore, He is the best possible witness as to when He created man and woman, and He said it was "from the beginning of the creation!" HMM     The information in this post was kindly provided by the highly recommended ICR. | Subscribe

CHURCH- TURN YOUR EYES UPON JESUS

REVELATION 2:1-7

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. THE CHRIST [v. 1, John 10:27-30, Matthew 18:20]

 

II. THE CONDITION [v. 2-3, 1 Corinthians 4:5, 1 John 4:1-3]

 

III. THE CRITICISM [v. 4]

 

1. Love for the Lord [Luke 10:27, 1 Corinthians 8:3, Eph. 6:24,]

 

2. Love for the Brethren [1 John 4:20]

 

3. Love for the Lost [Rm. 10:1]

 

IV. THE CORRECTION [v. 5, 1 Corinthians 13:8]

 

V. THE COMPLIMENT [v. 6, Psalm 97:10 Ye that love the LORD, hate evil]

 

VI. THE COUNSEL [v. 7a]

 

VII. THE ENCOURAGEMENT [v. 7b, 1 John 4:4, 5:4-5]

Hebron and Sodom

June 16 2015 Thank you for reading my Prophetic Daily Devotionals!   Please visit my website to learn more Bible prophecies being fulfilled in these last days.    Genesis 18:1          And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.   For further study -  Genesis 18:1-33  The key verse for our devotional today is the Lord appearing to Abraham at the "tent door" in Mamre, which is today known as Hebron, the second most sacred location on the Earth for the Jewish people. It is in this location that a pre-incarnate appearance of Jesus Christ, along with two angels, visited with Abraham.   The two "men" with Jesus Christ were actually "angels". Notice that the angels took on the form of "men", verse 2. These two angels would continue on with Abraham after the Lord departs back to "heaven".   Abraham was so excited that the Lord was there that he rushed to make ready a special meal for his heavenly guest, telling Sarah, his wife, to prepare as he went to the field to get the food for this special meal, verse 4-8.   The Lord inquired as to the whereabouts of Sarah and then told Abraham that Sarah was going to have a "son", which would be the "son of promise", Romans 9:9. The fulfillment of this promise seemed to Abraham impossible because of their age, in fact Sarah even "laughed within herself", verse 12, knowing she was too old to bear a child.   What a wonderful statement the Lord then made to the two of them, verse 14, "Is any thing to hard for the Lord?" The Lord then assured Abraham and Sarah that He would return and give them a "son" the "son of promise". Isaac, that son, would continue the line of the "chosen people", the Jewish people.   The fulfillment of this promise is key to the Lord keeping His "covenants" with the Jewish people and to the entire prophetic program that is described in the Word of God. The Lord is the "God of the impossible" and a "promising-keeping God".   This chapter also is the introduction of the "sin" of Sodom and Gomorrah, a sin that was very grievous onto the Lord, verses 16-22. The "sin" under discussion here is "sodomy", men involved in unnatural sexual relations.   The sin is so despised by the Lord that He will destroy the entire society of the people of Sodom and Gomorrah because of this sin. Verses 23-33 describe the pleas of Abraham trying to protect the people of Sodom and Gomorrah.   We will see the total destruction of these two cities, as recorded in Genesis 19. This is evidence that the Lord is also a "God of judgment" and will deal with sin.   There are so many practical lessons that we learn as we read through the Bible. But I bring your attention to all the prophetic aspects of the Word as well, passages that help us to understand God's plan for the future. Genesis is key to understanding the future.   PRAYER THOT: Thank you Lord for your Word that informs me of the past, present and the future. Help me as I study your Word to make ready for the next event on your calendar of prophetic events, the Rapture.    Visit our website at http:/www.prophecytoday.com

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JESUS IS BETTER. THEREFORE…

HEBREWS 2

 

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. GIVE HEED [v. 1-4]

 

1. No Easing Up [v. 1]

 

2. No Escape [v. 2-3]

 

3. No Excuse [v. 4]

 

II. BEHOLD WHAT HE DID FOR US [v. 5-9]

 

1. He Came to Die [v. 5-6]

 

2. He Condescended [v. 7]

 

3. He is Crowned [v. 8-9]

 

III. BEHOLD WHO HE IS [v. 9-18]

 

1. He is Captain [v. 10]

 

2. He is Conqueror [v. 11-15]

 

3. He is Conciliator [v. 17-18]

WHEN PRAYER IS USELESS

LUKE 16:19, 22-31

 

Adapted from a Bill Compton idea by Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. PRAYER IS USELESS WHEN IT IS MADE AT THE WRONG TIME (v. 22-24)

 

 v. 25 “thy lifetime”, Is. 59:2

 

II. PRAYER IS USELESS WHEN IT IS MADE TO THE WRONG PERSON (v. 24, 27)

 

Abraham, Confucius, Buddha, Mary, Joseph Smith, saints, Angels, etc. are all useless when it comes to prayer (I Tm. 2:5)

 

III. PRAYER IS USELESS WHEN IT GOES AGAINST GOD’S WORD (v. 24-26)

 

 Heb. 9:27, 4:16, 10:28 (judgment not mercy for lost after death)

 

IV. PRAYER IS USELESS WHEN IT IS FOR THE WRONG MEANS (v. 27-29)

 

Religious experience over revelation Is. 55:8, Ez. 18:25, 29

 

V. PRAYER IS USELESS WHEN IT IS FROM THE WRONG MINDSET (v. 30-31)

 

“I’m right, God’s wrong” Ps. 66:18, Rm. 3:4

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