O sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth. 2 Sing unto the Lord, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day.

Psalm 96

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96 O sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.

² Sing unto the Lord, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day.
³ Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.
⁴ For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.
⁵ For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made the heavens.
⁶ Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
⁷ Give unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and strength.
⁸ Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.
⁹ O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.
¹⁰ Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
¹¹ Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.
¹² Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice
¹³ Before the Lord: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.

(22) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

  Galatians 5:22

(22) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
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Faithfulness hinges upon what we value as important combined with commitment. Humans have a powerful tendency to be faithful to what they think is truly important, be it a family name, spouse, friendship, employer, school, athletic team, or even certain things like a make of automobile.

This tendency was an issue when the disciples decided to follow Peter's lead and return to their fishing trade afterJesus' death and resurrection. In John 21:15-17, Jesus pointedly asks Peter three times whether he loved Him. The first time He asks whether he loved Him "more than these," referring either to his fellow apostles or the tools of his fishing trade. The inference is inescapable: Jesus wanted Peter to hold Him of greater importance than anything on earth. Considering Peter's weighty responsibility, he could not be faithful to Jesus without the staunchest commitment to Him as most important of all in his life.

The meaning to us is clear. We must love Christ supremely, or we do not love Him much if at all. If we are not willing to give up all earthly possessions, forsake all earthly friends, and obey Him above all others—including our own carnal desires—to be faithful to Him, our attachment to Him is tenuous at best. Is such a proposition too much? Does not marriage require a similar faithfulness from each spouse? Without it, it is no wonder there is so much adultery and divorce.

Holding true to the course God has laid before us is difficult amid this world's many alluring distractions clamoring for our time and attention. This world is attractive to human nature and bids us to expend our energies in self-satisfaction. Jesus warns all who take up their cross that the way is difficult and narrow, requiring a great deal of vision and discipline to be faithful to His cause. Some have completed the course. Those who held God and His way in the highest esteem in their lives are awaiting those of us traveling the path now. Will we be faithful as they were?

— John W. Ritenbaugh

Whom Shall I Fear?

"Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but have removed their hearts far from Me,

Hosea 10:1-2

(1) Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images. (2) Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
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One would think that, if altars are increased during a period of prosperity, as verse 1 states, then religion must be flourishing. Indeed, religion was flourishing! Amos, Hosea's contemporary, clearly reports this in his book. However, what was flourishing was not the religion God gave throughMoses but idolatry. Notice in verse 2 that God accuses Israel of having a heart that is divided.

Ironically, commentaries have divided opinions over what the Hebrew word translated "divided" means. Most modern translators render this word as either "false," "deceitful," or "faithless." None of these are wrong, including "divided," because the Hebrew word indicates "smoothness." It all depends on the context in which it is used. It can also suggest "flattering," which ought to give us a clue that it describes people who "talk the talk but do not walk the walk." Notice Isaiah 29:13:

Therefore the LORD said, "Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but have removed their hearts far from Me, and their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men. . . .

Isaiah lived just before Amos and Hosea. However, he was a prophet to Judah primarily, whereas the other two men wereprophets to Israel—the ten northern tribes. What Isaiah says agrees with what Hosea says. These people were flattering God with their tongues, but their hearts were not really in what they were doing. Reverence for God, then, was merely an intellectual accommodation intended to appease Him. They acted as if God could not see right through them! It shows how far off-base and carnal they were in their thinking.

They used the name of God frequently undoubtedly claimed that they trusted Him, just as we do today. All of our coins and paper money read, "In God We Trust." Yet, these people filled the nation with lying, stealing, murder, adultery, fornication, coveting, Sabbath-breaking, and idolatry, all the while giving Him lip service with their mouths—talking the talk but not walking the walk. This is why God says, "Your heart is divided. It is deceitful. You talk so smoothly, but your heart is false."

— John W. Ritenbaugh

The Wonderful Cross

You have often heard the story, Of Jesus and His love, He left his home in heaven high Yon shining courts above Jesus came to save poor sinners To set the prisoners free He spilled his own life's precious blood To ransom you and me.

(18) But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.

2 Corinthians 1:17-19

(17) When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay? (18) But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay. (19) For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
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Does God speak and not act? Even Balaam understood that when God's Word goes forth, it accomplishes what He sent it to do. There is no ambiguity on this matter; God's promises are sure. He never deceives, and there is never inconsistency or fickleness in Him. He is always true. Jesuscalled Himself "the truth" (John 14:6), and in Revelation 3:14His title is "the faithful and true witness."

Similarly, Paul states that his, Silvanus' and Timothy's declarations, their preaching about God, were also faithful, unvarnished, unexaggerated, and uncolored. They did not change the truth or shade it in any way. Jesus says He came into this world to bear witness to the truth (John 18:37). Paul felt he was under sacred obligation to do the same and maintain a character of the strictest veracity in every respect. Perhaps our greatest obligation on earth is for us to imitate our Redeemer's faithfulness. It does not become an individual who professes to trust in the faithful God to be shifty and unreliable in word and deed.

This is a very high pinnacle for us to strive for, but we must try, though we know we will not be saved as a result. Perhaps because we know our salvation does not depend on our works, there is a subtle persuasion not to be as careful as we should.

— John W. Ritenbaugh

And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.

Peace,

   I was led to read Luke 24 this evening and do a study. The still small voice was going to "show" me something. I have read Luke 24  many times but not until tonight were my eyes opened like the two men that were sitting with Jesus and did not know it. UNTIL...

While walking with Jesus the eyes of the two men on the road to Emmaus verse 16 says, "But their eyes were holden that they should not know him"

BUT we see in Luke 24:30-31³⁰ And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.
³¹ And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight. 

Luke 24:35 ³⁵ And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.

We then see that Jesus sits down again later that night, was HE still hungry or was HE telling the apostles something important? Let's look at what Jesus says to the apostles and the others that were with them. 

Luke 24:⁴⁴ And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. 


The WORD is our BREAD!!!! The BREAD symbolizes JESUS who IS the BREAD of life. "He who comes to me shall not hunger"
Amen?!


Luke 22:19 - And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake [it], and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.

Acts 2:42 - And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

Acts 2:44-47 - And all that believed were together, and had all things common;  (Read More...)

1 Corinthians 11:23-26 - For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the [same] night in which he was betrayed took bread:  (Read More...)

Acts 20:7 - And upon the first [day] of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.

Matthew 26:26-29 - And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed [it], and brake [it], and gave [it] to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.   (Read More...)

Acts 2:46 - And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,

Acts 2:1-47 - And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.   (Read More...)

Acts 20:11 - When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.

Luke 22:1 - Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.

Exodus 2:20 - And he said unto his daughters, And where [is] he? why [is] it [that] ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.

Revelation 21:1-8 - And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.   (Read More...)

Mark 14:12-31 - And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?   (Read More...)

Luke 24:35 - And they told what things [were done] in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.

Isaiah 1:1-31 - The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah.   (Read More...)

Jesus answered, Matthew 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Let's read what it says in John 1 verse 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

We must live our lives as Christ lived HIS. HE said," These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you," 

I will end with Ephesians 5 "That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word," The WORD IS GOD!!!

In HIM with love,
Cassie

because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

Peace,

  I was given Ezekiel 7 this morning and was led to do a study. One of my daughters is seeking the LORD and reading the bible daily and asking questions. She asked me a question and my response to her was this. What may be a sin for me may not be one for you. God will convict our hearts and we must be obedient to the work HE is doing in us. She knew what I meant but as always I like to follow up what I feel in my heart with the living word. Amen?!

So, let's see where this answer is in the word that I gave her. A good test to determine whether we can honestly, in good conscience, ask God to bless and use whatever we are questioning in our lives at that moment  for His own good and purposes. “So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God”

Another words if there is room for doubt as to whether something you are wanting to do or doing that is not going to please God then it is best to refrain from doing it. 

Let's look at 1 Corinthians 10:13¹³ There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

God is going to help us in many ways not to fall into temptation or sin. We must recognize HIS faithfulness. HE will speak to our heart and our mind and we must not ignore HIM when HE is speaking. It is for your good that HE is warning you.

Let's look at other verses. Everything that does not come from faith is sin. All that we are belongs to God. We were bought with a price. Our bodies are NOT our own. Amen?! Romans 14:21-23²¹ It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

²² Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.²³ And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

Let's look at the word stumble in verse 21 this ties in with a verse given to me today in Ezekiel 7:19 ¹⁹ They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

" Because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity."

Friends, a stumblingblock causes people to sin. Let me give you a few examples. If you know an alcoholic and his/her weakenss is drinking too much it would be a stumblingblock to bring him/her into a bar where there is nothing but alcohol. This may tempt him/her and he/she may not be able to say no which will lead to his/her drinking and sinning. Let's look at some other ideas of stumblingblock that can lead to sin.

The internet is full of knowledge. We can look up interesting facts, we can learn how to repair things or how to make things. We can read the bible we can create blogs and videos to help others. There is also a downside to the internet. There is evil that exists on it. There is violence and pornography and many other temptations like gambling and so on. The internet therefore could become a stumblingblock for many and they will commit sin. 

Idolatry is another. I can walk past a statue made of wood and stone and not pray to it or bow down to it. There are others in church buildings that are prompted to bow down to these such idols and worship them. This is false traditions of man that cause stumbling blocks which can lead to sin. Another is "holidays" such pagan celebrations can lead to a stumblingblock if one stays in the world and associates with those who do. 

Money is another. I have a tendency to give. There are others who have a tendency to take. There are those that let the spirit of greed come in and will do anything to justify that they should have what they want and not pay/help where they don't think they should. The bible says in 1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

I personally know of individuals who are waiting anxiously and have built their lives around money that is expected to come to them. This money may never come to them but they are building their future around it. This will be a downfall and they will pierce themselves with much sorrow. 

Who are your friends? When I was younger my mother always said to me, " you are known by the company you keep." These words were/are so true. If I was seen with gossiping friends and engaged in their sin I had become like them. This is true for anything our friends do. If they create a stumblingblock for us then we are to be ye separate. Amen?!

There are many ways a stumblingblock can cause us to sin. We must avoid these at all cost. Listen to your heart and if something does not feel right it is probably because it isn't. Father will not let us travel down the bumpy road without warning us to take a detour or switch roads. Amen?! 

In HIM with love,

Cassie

22 The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

Psalm 34

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34 I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

² My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
³ O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.
⁴ I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
⁵ They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
⁶ This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
⁷ The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
⁸ O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
⁹ O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
¹⁰ The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.
¹¹ Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
¹² What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
¹³ Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
¹⁴ Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
¹⁵ The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
¹⁶ The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
¹⁷ The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
¹⁸ The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
¹⁹ Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.
²⁰ He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
²¹ Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
²² The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

3 Then said the Lord unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.

Jeremiah 24

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24 The Lord shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the Lord, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

² One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
³ Then said the Lord unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
⁴ Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
⁵ Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.
⁶ For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
⁷ And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
⁸ And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the Lord, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:
⁹ And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
¹⁰ And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.

3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;

Hebrews 2

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2 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.

² For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
³ How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
⁴ God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
⁵ For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.
⁶ But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visitest him?
⁷ Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:
⁸ Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.
⁹ But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
¹⁰ For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
¹¹ For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
¹² Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.
¹³ And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.
¹⁴ Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
¹⁵ And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
¹⁶ For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
¹⁷ Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
¹⁸ For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

Psalm 62

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God Will NOT Save A Country That is Full Of Sin And Has Rejected HIM

Peace,

Please read the below with an opened mind and do not let your heart tell you something that will soothe you but that will prepare you for what is to come to this nation.

Deuteronomy 28:15 
And it shall be, if you will not heed the voice of your God, to take heed to do all His commandments and His statutes which I am commanding you today, even all these curses shall come on you and overtake you:

What curses??? 

Plagues 

Drought

Floods

Wars

Death by wild animals.

Plundered

Rape

Foreclosure

Food and animals shipped to enemies.

Planting great and harvesting little. (No nutrition even though there is plenty.)

Planted food devoured by animals.

Sons and daughters taken to die in foreign lands in wars.

Outsiders will own your land and shall be over you. (Possibly China who we owe much debt)

This will be the result of the curses coming upon this nation that has rejected our King.We are judging ourselves.

In HIM with love,

Cassie

Does One Suffer In Hell For Eternity?

Peace,

Let's see what scripture tells us. 

Revelation 20:¹³ And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.¹⁴ And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.¹⁵ And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

Verse 14 tells us, " And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death."

So, does one suffer for eternity in the lake of fire? 

In HIM with love,
Cassie

Marriage, Divorce, And Re-Marriage

Peace,

  I was led to do a study after reading Jeremiah 3. Father speaks in Jeremiah of HIS marriage and divorce to Israel. 

It says in Jeremiah God was married to the people of Israel. Let's see in scripture where what God said. Isaiah 54:5 ⁵ For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

God took Israel for HIS own let's see how this happened. Ezekiel 16 tells us let's look at these verses. ⁴ And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.⁵ None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.⁶ And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.⁷ I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare.⁸ Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the LordGod, and thou becamest mine.⁹ Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.¹⁰ I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.¹¹ I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.¹² And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.¹³ Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.

Father states in verse 4 that Israel was not washed in water. In verse 9 Father says, "then washed I thee in water; yea I thoroughly washed away thy blood from thee. In the verses above we see that Israel was given a crown. Verse 12 "And a beautiful crown upon thine head" Israel became a queen, HIS queen.

When did God propose to Israel? Let's look at scripture for the answer. We know that it was a covenant between HIM and Israel. 

Exodus 3:3-6 ³ And Moses went up unto God, and the Lord called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;⁴ Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:⁶ And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

What did the people of Israel say to God's proposal? Exodus 19:7-9 ⁷ And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the Lord commanded him.⁸ And all the people answered together, and said, All that the Lord hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the Lord.⁹ And the Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the Lord.

Verse 8. " And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do."

So, what did Israel do to prepare for their wedding to God? Exodus 19:10-11 ¹⁰ And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,¹¹ And be ready against the third day: for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.

So the contract between God and HIS people were the ten commandments. 

In Deuteronomy 7 God speaks of why He chose Israel. Deuteronomy 7: ⁷ The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:⁸ But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

⁹ Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;¹⁰ And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.¹¹ Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.¹² Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the Lord thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:

¹³ And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

Then there was a divorce because Israel did not keep their covenant with God. This brings us to Jeremiah 3:7-15 ⁷ And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

⁸ And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.

⁹ And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

¹⁰ And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord.¹¹ And the Lord said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.¹² Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger for ever.

¹³ Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the Lord.

¹⁴ Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:¹⁵ And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

God said to Israel. Verse 14, " Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you; and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion." Verse 20 goes on to say, "²⁰ Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the Lord.

Verse 8 in Jeremiah 3 God says, "⁸ And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.

Let's fast forward in the living word and see why Jesus (God) came. Jesus says, Matthew 15:24 ²⁴ But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

The lost were Israel. The grafted in were the gentiles. The kingdom of Israel is being restored. Amen!?!?

In HIM with love,

Cassie

22 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God.

Jeremiah 3

King James Version (KJV)

3 They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the Lord.

² Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
³ Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
⁴ Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?
⁵ Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.
⁶ The Lord said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
⁷ And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
⁸ And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
⁹ And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
¹⁰ And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord.
¹¹ And the Lord said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
¹² Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger for ever.
¹³ Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the Lord.
¹⁴ Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
¹⁵ And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
¹⁶ And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the Lord, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the Lord: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.
¹⁷ At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.
¹⁸ In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.
¹⁹ But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
²⁰ Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the Lord.
²¹ A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the Lord their God.
²² Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lordour God.
²³ Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.
²⁴ For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
²⁵ We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.