tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6012717367815589652024-03-12T22:04:58.423-07:00Solid Rock or Sinking SandIs your life built on a Solid Rock (Jesus) or is it built upon Sinking Sand (world)? Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." John 14:6Solid Rock or Sinking Sandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04815501572621378327noreply@blogger.comBlogger229125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-601271736781558965.post-65124017188046163472014-04-16T17:25:00.000-07:002014-04-16T17:25:39.741-07:00Happy Resurrection Day!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Solid Rock or Sinking Sandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04815501572621378327noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-601271736781558965.post-64872347094736990132013-09-16T06:18:00.000-07:002013-09-16T06:42:20.034-07:00What Is Genuine Religion?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted
word, which is able to save your souls. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(James 1:21)</span></span></div>
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been implanted in the believer’s heart should be received with
meekness—describing a teachable spirit—without resistance, disputing, or
questioning. Receiving God’s Word in this way will save the believer’s soul, a
word meaning “life.” Sin leads to death (James 1:15). Obedience prevents death; it protects a
believer from sinful behavior that can lead directly or indirectly to physical
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What does it profit, my
brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save
him? If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, and one of
you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give
them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? Thus also
faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(James 2:14-17)</span></span></div>
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Christian teachings – and as such it would be incomplete faith. True faith transforms our conduct as well as
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and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten
of the Father, full of grace and truth. John
bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who
comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’” <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(John 1: 14-15)</span></span></div>
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from eternity became human, with limitations in time and space (Phil. 2:5–8).
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essential nature of deity was lost in this event; we might rephrase became as
“took to Himself.” John uses the word flesh to refer to the physical nature of
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: left;">Following is my post on
'He has Risen! He has Risen Indeed!", that I posted on Easter Morning,
2010. The story of our Lord and Savior's raising from the grave never changes
and it always sends chills down my spine. Please allow your minds to envision
that blessed morning narrated from the book of John. God bless and have a
blessed Easter with your loved ones.</span><br>
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<em style="color: #783f04; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It was an early Sunday morning, after Jesus’ death, when a sad group of women made their way to His tomb. It hadn’t been that long ago when they watched in horror as their Savior, the Lord of Lords, and King of Kings, had been brutally beaten and then crucified. Oh, how their hearts must have been heavy with disappointment, grief and sorrow. But soon their disappointment, grief and sorrow would turn to excitement and joy when they discover that Jesus had risen from the grave and that He was ALIVE!</em><br>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1)</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Genesis 1:1 starts with the moment of creation, “In the beginning”, and moves forward to the creation of humanity. John 1:1 starts with creation and contemplates eternity past. The fact that the Word was with God suggests a face-to-face relationship. In the ancient world, it was important that persons of equal station be on the same level, or face-to-face, when sitting across from one another. Thus the word “with” indicates a personal relationship, but also implies equal status. The Word, Jesus Christ Himself, is an active Person in communication with the Father (1 John 1:2). Moreover, the Word was God. The word order in Greek shows that the Word was “God,” not “a god.” This is a straightforward declaration of Christ’s deity, since John uses Word to refer to Jesus. The Word was of the very quality of God, while still retaining His personal distinction from the Father.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">March 19, 2013 (MurrayVasser) - This Sunday Rob Bell, a popular Christian writer and speaker, came out in support of homosexual marriage. He stated, "I am for marriage. I am for fidelity. I am for love, whether it's a man and woman, a woman and a woman, a man and a man. I think the ship has sailed and I think the church needs -- I think this is the world we are living in and we need to affirm people wherever they are."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For all his rhetoric on love, however, Rob Bell is demonstrating that he does not love homosexuals. Click "<a href="http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/evangelical-mega-church-pastor-rob-bell-supports-homosexual-marriage">Here</a>" to read the complete article.</span>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I find this to be a very interesting article about a well known Christian Evangelist/writer who has come out publicly in support of gay marriages.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As a Believer in Jesus Christ I have always been taught that we should always love the "sinner" but hate the "sin". In God's eye one sin is no more serious or less serious than another sin. "God hates sin!"</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My question is this: Is Pastor Rob Bell a wolf in sheep's clothing and should he be labeled a "false teacher" of God's Word?</span></div>
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over a year since I've made an entry on my blog. Over the past year or so I have been doing a
lot of soul searching when it comes to who my Lord and Savior is. Meditating on God’s Word and providing the
TRUTH of the Gospel has always been my intentions in the writings published on this
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lots of folks out there in cyberspace that may not believe in what I have to
say, but I’m here to tell you that Jesus Christ is alive and He wants EVERYONE
to come to an intimate and personal relationship with Him. God loves you. Don’t wait another day to become a part of
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">HOLLYWOOD, (LifeSiteNews.com) - After actor Kirk Cameron refused to back down on statements criticizing the societal effects of homosexuality, a deluge of angry retorts poured in from others in the entertainment industry, with some calling Cameron “a complete tool,” a “douchebag,” and “an accomplice to murder,” among other slurs.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Cameron, formerly the child star of the sitcom “Growing Pains,” was steered into a discussion on homosexuality by CNN’s Piers Morgan during an interview on Cameron’s new movie “Monumental.” In response to a question about his beliefs, Cameron called the practice of homosexuality “unnatural.” “I think that it is detrimental, and ultimately destructive to so many of the foundations of civilization,” he said. Click "<a href="http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/hollywood-piles-on-kirk-cameron-for-gay-comments-roseanne-calls-accomplice?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LifesitenewscomLatestHeadlines+%28LifeSiteNews.com+Latest+Headlines%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo#">Here</a>" for the complete news article.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I thought this article about the "Hollywood elites" dog-piling on actor and Christian Kirk Cameron was pretty interesting. I watched this interview that Piers Morgan had with Kirk and felt that Kirk did a good job standing his ground against the worldly and depraved morals of Hollywood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It will be interesting now, how Kirk's future as an actor will be, after all of the slanderous and negative slurs that Hollywood branded him with. Let us all keep Kirk Cameron and all actors that do not waver in they're Christian belief's and walk from the pressures of Hollywood.
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justified by faith in Christ actually made Jews sinners, thus painting Christ
as a promoter of sin. Those who attempt
to be justified through “the works of the law” are “cursed” (Galatians
3:10). If anyone attempts to reassert
the “works of the law” as having any part in justification before God, the law
itself convicts that person of being a transgressor (Galatians 3:19–25). The law itself is not sinful; its purpose is
to convince individuals of their personal spiritual deadness in sin outside of
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ourselves also are found sinners, is Christ therefore a minister of sin? Certainly
not! For if I build again those things
which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. For I through the law died to the law that I
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">The pastor, Yousef (also spelled Youcef) Nadarkhani, was sentenced to death in 2010 for converting from Islam to Christian in a case that began in 2009.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">The statement from the Obama administration is its strongest yet from the White House in Nadarkhani's case. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">"The United States stands in solidarity with Pastor Nadarkhani, his family, and all those who seek to practice their religion without fear of persecution -- a fundamental and universal human right," the statement read. "The trial and sentencing process for Pastor Nadarkhani demonstrates the Iranian government's total disregard for religious freedom, and further demonstrates Iran's continuing violation of the universal rights of its citizens. The United States calls upon the Iranian authorities to immediately lift the sentence, release Pastor Nadarkhani, and demonstrate a commitment to basic, universal human rights, including freedom of religion." Click "<a href="http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=37246">Here</a>" for the complete story.</span><br />
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word happiness evokes visions of unwrapping gifts on Christmas morning,
strolling hand in hand with the one you love, being surprised on your birthday,
responding with unbridled laugher to a comedian, or vacationing in an exotic locale. Everyone wants to be happy; we make chasing
this elusive ideal a lifelong pursuit: spending money, collecting things, and
searching for new experiences. But if
happiness depends on our circumstances, what happens when the toys rust, loved
ones die, health deteriorates, money is stolen, and the party’s over? Running deeper and stronger, joy is the
quiet, confident assurance of God’s love and work in our lives – that He will
be there no matter what! Happiness
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Macedonian city had been a great encouragement to Paul. The Philippian believers had enjoyed a very
special relationship with Paul, so he wrote them a personal expression of his
love and affection. They had brought him
great joy (Philippians 4:1). Philippians
is also a joyful book because it emphasizes the real joy of the Christian
life. The concept of rejoicing or joy
appears sixteen times in four chapters, and the pages radiate this positive
message, culminating in the exhortation to “Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!” (Philippians 4:4).</span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“I am honored and humbled to be entrusted with such a sacred duty…I pledge to do everything in my power to fight back against the ideological attacks on Planned Parenthood and women, so that no teen will ever say she didn’t know how she got pregnant, no one will ever be denied basic reproductive health care, and no woman will ever be forced to bear children she cannot adequately support.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">WASHINGTON, D.C., February 2, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation is reporting a massive uptick in fundraising ever since the women’s health organization announced it is cutting ties with Planned Parenthood.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“Planned Parenthood does not do breast cancer treatment and does not do mammograms, contrary to what some news outlets, including Fox News, are reporting,” Karen Malec, president of the Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer, told LifeSiteNews.com. “They just do the manual exam that women can do at home, and then they charge women for it.” </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Continue to pray for the unborn babies that are killed daily in abortion clinics throughout the world. May our Lord have mercy on the souls of those who continue to advocate death to the unborn and to the elderly.</span></div>
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recorded sermon, Jesus began by describing the traits He was looking for in His
followers. He called those who lived out
those traits blessed because God had something special in store for them. Each beatitude is an almost direct
contradiction of society's typical way of life.
In the last beatitude, Jesus even points out that a serious effort to
develop these traits is bound to create opposition. The best example of each trait is found in
Jesus Himself. If our goal is to become
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">SEATTLE, January 30, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In news that will come as a heavy blow to many coffee lovers, Starbucks has officially backed homosexual ‘marriage.' </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In a January 24 letter to U.S. partners, Kalen Holmes, Starbucks executive vice president, expresses support for the homosexual “marriage” legislation in Washington State. The “important legislation,” says Holmes “is core to who we are and what we value as a company.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The legislation has been <a href="http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/washington-state-committee-approves-gay-marriage-bill-senate-expected-to-pa">decried by pro-family advocates</a> as a major threat to freedom, since it would force religious institutions to open the doors of their facilities for homosexual “marriages.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The letter, which boasts of the company’s LGBT activism begins, “Starbucks is proud to join other leading Northwest employers in support of Washington State legislation recognizing marriage equality for same-sex couples.” The letter concludes: “We look forward to seeing this legislation enacted into law.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">NEW YORK, January 20 (C-FAM) - The citizens of several countries are pushing back against President Obama’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender foreign policy imperative. Leaders in El Salvador launched a website on “Obama’s Corrupting Foreign Policy” and are asking the U.S. Senate to reject Obama’s nominee for ambassador to their country.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">President Obama announced in December that the promotion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) behavior is a top foreign policy priority, even for the U.S. military overseas. At the same time, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a high-profile speech at the UN equating LGBT status with religion. The State Department told oambassadors worldwide to recognize “gay pride month,” and it released a list of “accomplishments” including the fact that a U.S. ambassador had published an OpEd promoting the LGBT agenda on behalf of the United States.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I don't know about you, but sometimes when I read articles like this where the Obama Administration is pushing the LGBT agenda as a foreign policy priority; it makes me wonder how other countries view the United States when it comes to "One Nation under God". It would be interesting to get feedback from other folks who live outside the U.S. regarding their views on this topic.</span></div>
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For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Romans 5:6-8)</span></div>
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The Father and the Son send the Holy Spirit to fill our lives with love
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?” So He said, “I will certainly be with you. And this shall be a sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.” Then Moses said to God, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?” <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Exodus 3:11-13)</span></span></div>
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that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father,
Jesus Christ the righteous.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">And He
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">BOSTON, December 14, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A front-page story on the Boston Globe’s Sunday edition <a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2011/12/11/led-child-who-simply-knew/SsH1U9Pn9JKArTiumZdxaL/story.html">highlighted</a> the work of a prestigious Massachusetts hospital which blocked and altered the development of one young boy’s body to match his self-identification as a girl.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Wyatt Maines, now 14 years old, is the identical twin of brother Jonas - but thanks to powerful hormone blocking drugs, he is now five inches shorter and several pounds lighter than Jonas, sports more feminine features, and goes by the name “Nicole.” “The thought of being a boy makes me cringe,’’ said Maines. “I just couldn’t do it.’’ Click "<a href="http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/we-can-do-wonders-if-we-get-them-early-young-twin-boy-undergoes-sex-change?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LifesitenewscomLatestHeadlines+%28LifeSiteNews.com+Latest+Headlines%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo">here</a>" for the complete article.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Every time I read an article about a medical doctor changing the sexual identity both mentally and physically of a child under the disguise of "gender identity disorder (GID) " it makes me literally ill at my stomach. Do these young children really have the ability to determine whether or not they were born a boy in a girls body or a girl born in a boys body? </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Please read this article regarding these two twin boys and tell me what your opinion is regarding sex changes in young children. It has become a "Norm" for this perverse and wicked world to take what God has created as "Good" and change it to the "Evil" desires of man. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thank you PM Netanyahu for your Christmas wishes for all Christians around the world. In return, we wish Israel will have God's blessings of peace, joy and happiness and that the aggression against your people will end.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It is interesting to note that the Bible commands us to pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Psalm 122:6), to speak out for Zion’s sake (Isaiah 62:1), to be watchmen on the walls of Jerusalem (Isaiah 62:6) and to bless the Jewish people (Genesis 12:3). These and many other Bible verses have one overriding message - as Christians we have a Biblical obligation to defend Israel and the Jewish people in their time of need.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Let us all join in and lift up our brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus all around the world as we celebrate the birth of our Savior and Lord. Amen. </span></div>
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</div>Solid Rock or Sinking Sandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04815501572621378327noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-601271736781558965.post-51786880851923606222011-12-09T05:00:00.000-08:002011-12-09T05:00:04.407-08:00The Olivet Discourse<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The discourse of Matthew 23:1-39 had evidently been given in the temple precincts. The first temple, built by Solomon, was destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 B.C.. The second temple, built under the encouragement of Haggai and Zechariah and the leadership of Zerubbabel and Joshua (Hag. 1:1), was completed after considerable delay in 516 B.C.. This second temple was completely and lavishly renovated by Herod the Great. He began the work around 20 B.C., but the renovations were not completed during the lifetime of Christ (John 2:20). The work was finally finished in A.D. 64, and the temple stood completed for only six years before it was reduced to rubble by the Romans.</span></div>
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