Deuteronomy 9
- God told the people to cross the Jordan River and fight the nations who were greater and mightier than themselves with cities fortified to heaven (This seems discouraging)
- The sons of Anak (who they are to fight) have a reputation for being unbeatable.
- This day they will know God goes before them as a "consuming fire".
- They will beat the sons of Anak quickly and know God fought for them.
- They need to be aware of the temptation to forget God after they win and credit victory to their own righteousness or works.
- God is driving out the sons of Anak simply because they were evil, not because Israel is super righteous
- In driving the sons of Anak out God is confirm His oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
- God's not rewarding them for their righteousness because they are a stubborn people (God says this 3 times).
- They should remember how they made God angry in the wilderness by constantly rebelling.
- At Horeb God wanted to destroy the Israelites because of their rebellion.
- Moses remind them how the rebelled when he was on the mountain for 40 days and 40 nights getting the tablets. (Moses didn't eat or drink during that time)
- After 40 days God gave Moses the 2 tablets and sent him down the mountain because the people made a metal image.
- God wanted to destroyed the people and start over through Moses.
- Moses hurried down the burning mountain and saw they had sinned against God by making a golden (metal) calf.
- Moses responded by throwing the tablets down and breaking them before the people.
- Moses lay face down for an additional 40 days without eating or drinking (80 days total)
- Moses was afraid of God's anger toward the people.
- God was really angry at Aaron and wanted to destroy him too.
- Moses prayed for his people and for Aaron.
- What did the people do for those 40 days of Moses laying down and praying?
- Moses ground up the calf and sent its dust down a stream.
- Moses reminds them of other times they made God angry by rebelling, like at Taberah, Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah (Here God told them to go up and take a land, and they didn't believe or obey Him)
- Moses humbles them by basically saying, as long as he's known them, they have been rebellious.
- Moses prayed to God that He'd remember Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and disregard the stubbornness of His people.
- If God wiped them out, Moses feared the other nations would say God wasn't able to help His people conquer the land, so God killed them in the wilderness.
- These stubborn, rebellious people are God's heritage which God has been using to show other nations His power.
Isaiah 27
- God will slay Leviathan (sea serpent or fleeing serpent)
- God is the keeper of the pleasant vineyard and waters it.
- There's no wrath or briers in this pleasant vineyard (Is this referring to pre-sin Eden?)
- If there were briers God would burn them, or they would make peace with Him.
- In the future Jacob's descendants (Israelites) shall take root and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
- God will strike down those who struck down Israel.
- By Israel's conquering, their sins will be atoned for.
- Their sins will be removed and God will crush all the altars and Asherim poles.
- The fortified cities will be deserted and animals shall dwell there.
- The people had no discernment so God will have no compassion on them or show them any favor.
- God will "thresh out" the people of Israel from those between The Euphrates River and the Brook of Egypt
- In "that day" God will blow a great trumpet and those lost in Assyria and Egypt will come worship in Jerusalem.
2 Corinthians 10
- Why does Paul seem to be bragging about being meek and gentle?
- He says that he is humble when he's with them, but bold when he's away.
- Isn't this showing a fear of man?
- Paul says he doesn't want to have to be so bold when he's with them again.
- There are some he needs to be bold with who are walking in the flesh.
- Only by divine power can we break the hold of the flesh.
- Divine power can break the "strongholds" of the flesh.
- We need to destroy arguments and "lofty" opinions against God.
- We need to take every thought captive in order to obey Christ.
- We need to punish every disobedience. (v.6)
- Paul reminds the Corinthians that they are all believers together of the same God.
- Paul says he won't be ashamed to boast a little in what God has given him.
- Paul said his letters weren't to frighten them.
- They said his letters were strong, when in person Paul appeared weak.
- Paul says what they say in letters and person will match up.
- Paul says it's not his place to compare himself to others preaching the gospel, and those who do compare are "without understanding."
- Paul will only boast in the area of influence assigned to him by God.
- Paul says they were the first to share the gospel with the Corinthians.
- Paul won't boast in the labors of others, but in the fact that their faith is increasing.
- Paul wants to build the gospel beyond the Corinthians.
- He will only boast in the Lord.
- It doesn't matter if a person commmends himself, but only if God commends you.
Revelations 9
5) The 5th trumpet is blown
- A star fell to earth and "he" was given a key to the bottomless pit (abyss)
- Smoke came up from the unlocked pit
- The sun and air were darkened by the smoke.
- From the smoke came locusts with scorpion power (What does this mean?)
- The locusts were commanded not to eat any plants but only those people without the "mark of God" on their foreheads.
- The locusts will torment those people for five months but won't kill them.
- They will sting like scorpions and people will want to die.
- Death won't come to anyone for 5 months.
- The locusts had human faces, little golden crowns, golden hair, lion's teeth, iron breastplates, scorpion tails, and their wings will sound like chariots going into battle.
- Their power to hurt is in their tails.
- The angel is king over them. His Hebrew name is Abaddon (destruction) . His Greek name is Apollyon (destroyer).
- This ends the "First Woe"
6) The 6th trumpet is blown
- a voice came from the 4 horned altar.
- It told the 6th angel to release the 4 angels bound at the Euphrates.
- These angels were prepared for this very moment to kill 1/3 of mankind.
- The troops numbered 200,000,000.
- The horses wore breastplates the color of fire, saphire, and sulfur.
- These horses had a lion's head and breathed fire.
- The fire, smoke and sulfer were 3 plagues that killed 1/3 of the people.
- The power of these horses came from their mouths and their sepent headed tails
- The rest of mankind still did not repent but continued to worship idols.
- The did not repent of murders, sorceries, sexual immorality, or thefts
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