Podcasts about Hegai

When the turn came for Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his own daughter, to go in to the king, she asked for nothing except what Hegai the king's eunuch, who had charge of the women, advised. Now Esther was winning favor in the eyes of all who saw her. - Esther 2:15

Esther 2:1-18 Esther Chosen Queen 1After these things, when the anger of King Ahasuerus had abated, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her. 2Then the king's young men who attended him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought out for the king. 3And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the beautiful young virgins to the harem in Susa the citadel, under custody of Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women. Let their cosmetics be given them. 4And let the young woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” This pleased the king, and he did so. 5Now there was a Jew in Susa the citadel whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite, 6who had been carried away from Jerusalem among the captives carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away. 7He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his uncle, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was lovely to look at, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter. 8So when the king's order and his edict were proclaimed, and when many young women were gathered in Susa the citadel in custody of Hegai, Esther also was taken into the king's palace and put in custody of Hegai, who had charge of the women. 9And the young woman pleased him and won his favor. And he quickly provided her with her cosmetics and her portion of food, and with seven chosen young women from the king's palace, and advanced her and her young women to the best place in the harem. 10Esther had not made known her people or kindred, for Mordecai had commanded her not to make it known. 11And every day Mordecai walked in front of the court of the harem to learn how Esther was and what was happening to her. 12Now when the turn came for each young woman to go in to King Ahasuerus, after being twelve months under the regulations for the women, since this was the regular period of their beautifying, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and ointments for women— 13when the young woman went in to the king in this way, she was given whatever she desired to take with her from the harem to the king's palace. 14In the evening she would go in, and in the morning she would return to the second harem in custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch, who was in charge of the concubines. She would not go in to the king again, unless the king delighted in her and she was summoned by name. 15When the turn came for Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his own daughter, to go in to the king, she asked for nothing except what Hegai the king's eunuch, who had charge of the women, advised. Now Esther was winning favor in the eyes of all who saw her. 16And when Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign, 17the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she won grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. 18Then the king gave a great feast for all his officials and servants; it was Esther's feast. He also granted a remission of taxes to the provinces and gave gifts with royal generosity.

Esther, in a series of fortunate events, finds herself in the favor of Hegai, leader of the harem. She shows through these events her God-given ability to listen to wisdom which leads to her being chosen as the new queen, ultimately saving her people.When our tempers control us, regret can't take away the damage we cause.Good men raise good children.Blessing comes from inner beauty.Real wisdom and our ability to listen to the experience of others are related.Stop telling God that He can't use you because of your past decisions and stop letting others tell you the same.

Bride, Chosen and Revealed (Audio) David Eells 8/7/24 The Glorified Bride Donna Loftus  8/3/24  (David's notes in red) I dreamed that there was a man (acquaintance) in the other room that called me and said look and I looked and there was a miniature city on a table with a golden light shining on it from above (l knew it was new Jerusalem) (Whom John said in Revelation was the Bride.) He said, “look it is the golden city coming alive”.  I then saw a piece of paper that was laying on a desk or table in the room start to flutter and move as well as other things. I started to go up in the air and kept repeating “He is risen”, “He is risen “, “He is risen”!  (Jesus' Bride will have His resurrection life.)     There is No More Time Debbie Fenske 8/4/24 Yesterday I heard the Lord speak, “There is no more time” when I was praying and doing spiritual warfare. I sat waiting and listening for Him to say more. But I didn't hear any more until today when I purposed, with my pen and tablet, to hear what more he had to say on that. Then I heard: My dear ones, you are my pearls, my prized gems. You are the love and desire of my heart. You are my chosen from before the very beginning. You are my choice. I want you as my Bride. And so, I say to you, “There is no more time.” I say again, “ There is no more time.” it is now, or never. Now is the time for groundbreaking overcoming. Let it be witnessed among you, all things being of divine newness. I have cleansed from you those who were seriously lacking, those who were lagging, and those who would not touch the divine. They have been taken out from among you. Your perfecting is almost complete. No more looking back at anything to hinder you in my purpose that I have for each of you. Only look within your hearts for any need of repentance, and repent, and be wholly new. Now is the victory over your enemies, these demon spirits that have been speaking unworthiness to you. But, now is the time to boldly proclaim, unrelentingly, that they are liars. They are against what is divine. This fight goes on, but not the fight within your own mind and heart. That time has ended. There is no more time for that. There is only time for engaging in spiritual warfare, knowing you are the victor in casting Satan and his demons down, and putting them under your feet. Yes! It is time for My desire of the ages to come forth in fighting victory. Know who you are. Speak who you are. Speak to each other who you are. Call out to the enemy who you are. You are my perfected, divine overcomers. I see the lights of my divine ones covering the earth, all joining together in one soul, one mind, and one spirit, with one purpose. I am rising up in all of you. For I Am your strength to engage, and to overcome. No more defeat. Defeat is forbidden. For it is only I in you, and you in Me. Weaknesses in you are defeated. There cannot be defeat, and there is no time for defeat. Now is the time for victory. For I have prepared you. I have cleansed and healed you of so much. You have overcome in your own sufferings, battles, and all constant attacks against you. Now, see and encourage each other as being what I am saying of you, and seeing in each of you. Always encourage one another. This is part of your overcoming. You will continue in your pursuit of only Me. There is no time to pursue any lesser thing. Remember, I have said, “There is no more time.”     Those Culled From the Bride David Eells  8/3/24 Last night I saw that people were being disqualified and removed from the Bride running. I saw the spirit of Jezebel who ruled over her husband were to be removed. I saw those who were judging others by spirits of criticism and pride were to be removed. I saw that those who were cold in their relationship to the body were removed. (This reminded me of those who got closer and closer to the back door and then were gone.) I saw those who were in willful sins are to be removed.     Removed For Willful Disobedience Marie Kelton 7/26/24  (David's notes in red) During the meeting, I had asked the Father where a certain backslider from UBM was with him. And then I had an open vision of a beautiful tree with leaves on it on a hill. I then saw a hand come from heaven and shake the tree until there were no leaves on it. (They were not capable to take in the Son for life.) And then snap the tree from the trunk. And pull it up. The roots were still in the ground though. (At this point there was still a possibility to return.) Luke 13:6-9 And he spake this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit thereon, and found none. And he said unto the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why doth it also cumber the ground? And he answering saith unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: and if it bear fruit thenceforth, well; but if not, thou shalt cut it down. I wasn't sure if I was seeing clearly. (She was not wanting to make a mistake on something so important.) So the lord gave me another vision of the same tree with a rope being tied around it, being pulled up from the roots this time. I still wasn't sure so the lord gave me a vision of him standing next to me with a little potted plant in his hand and he pulled the plant up from the pot showing the roots. And yet still I wasn't sure if I was seeing clearly. So the Lord gave me another vision of me sitting in my house sitting on my couch, having an open vision of the tree with the rope around the trunk being pulled from the ground with the roots showing.  Jude 1:12 These are they who are hidden rocks in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds (No numeric pattern) that without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots. The Lord then gave me another open vision during the meeting of 3 pieces of silver hitting the floor. I immediately thought of the 30 pieces of silver that Judas threw down before the Pharisees. (This person was a Judas to the Body of Christ.) Matthew 27:3-5 Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou to it. And he cast down the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, and departed; and he went away and hanged himself. (He was removed from among those who John the Baptist said were the Bride. “He that hath the Bride is the bridegroom.”)     Those Who Repent Will Find Grace Marie Kelton  7/19/24 During the meeting I had an open vision of me carrying a black back pack on my back (Representing the weight of mistakes and sins with condemnation and a spirit of heaviness.) I saw the Lord walk up to me and take the back pack off my shoulders and He started to carry it. We were walking on a road. As we were walking the back pack turned white and merged into the Lord. (The Lord took away condemnation for sins and the spirit of heaviness on the cross. When this happened I physically felt lighter in the meeting.) The Lord and I reached a body of water. The black back pack then appeared again on the Lord's back. He then took it off and dropped it into the water. I knew the body of water was the sea of forgetfulness.  Micah 7:19-20 He will again have compassion upon us; he will tread our iniquities under foot; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the lovingkindness to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.     Beast Changing Human DNA to His Marie Kelton 8/5/24  (David's notes in red) During the meeting, I had an open vision. Of my spirit man, being translated to a red rocky cliff. There was a warring angel with wings standing beside me. On top of the cliff was a giant red stone that had been carved out. (The stone which the builders rejected and crucified.) A door was in the stone and a keypad was next to the door. (Jesus is the door and the key is faith.)  The Lord appeared, and opened the door which led to an elevator. Then the Lord, the angel, and I went on an elevator down to a lower level in the Earth. When the doors opened,  I saw a science lab. The Lord and I walked through the science lab. To a second door. The Lord opened that door and I saw demons working in the lab. The demons couldn't see the Lord and I.  I knew we were there on a mission to get human DNA that had not been tampered with by the demons. (The demons using the DS scientists are in the process of changing the DNA of mankind to make them their servants. The cure is to have the Lord's DNA through faith in His blood.) The Lord and I walked up to a stand where there was a double helix of human DNA in an oblong container. The Lord took the container and put it in a white satchel bag that was around him. Then we walked through the doors. And translated back to the top of the entrance on the cliff where we started. (Some will be rescued from the beasts DNA either by refusing their shots, chemtrails, or by healing. The rest will be marked by the Beast.)     The Bride is Being Chosen Marie Kelton  8/3/24  (David's notes in red) During the meeting, I had an open vision. I saw the Lord walking toward me with a nice red pillow (the blood of Jesus) with gold trim and gold tassels hanging from the four corners of the pillow.  It had a tiara on it. The tiara had a sheer white veil on it. I went to go grab the tiara. But the Lord told me that "You do not choose yourself to be in the Bride. I choose who is in the Bride. (Not by my works, but by the Lord's grace will we be in the Bride). Then the Lord, took the tiara and put it on my head. After that I saw, a bigger pillow with a bigger tiara and veil on it like the first one. I knew it was for the corporate Bride body. I turned my head in the vision and saw a really huge tall lady, next to me with blonde hair. (The corporate Bride body.)  I saw the Lord put put the tiara on her head and fix the veil. I then had another vision, of a woman walking down an aisle, with a white dress on and a veil with a long train behind her.  The woman was walking towards a really bright light, I knew there were rows of white chairs next to her on both sides. When she was walking, at first it looked like she was walking on mud or dirt, but then it turned into grass. (Peter said, “All flesh is as grass.”)(The bride has the flesh under her feet).      How to be Chosen David Eells Esther is a prophecy of the Church Age, a prophecy that is hidden (“Esther” in Hebrew means “hidden” or “secret”) and, of course, Esther is the Bride – she's hidden and secret. Also, in the Song of Solomon, the Bride was furiously running after her Beloved. It was more important to her to seek the Lord than it was to the rest of the queens, concubines and virgins. It was rather ho-hum with them, but with the Bride, this was serious business. She was desiring earnestly to come into the presence of the Master.  Looking at the type and shadow in Esther how when the Lord came and called Israel, His Old Testament Bride, to come before Him, they refused, just as Vashti refused Ahasuerus. When we read in Esther chapter 2, we see that a new Bride is to be chosen for the King.  (Est.2:1) After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was pacified, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her. (2) Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king: (Notice; the Bride did not come out of the people but the fair virgins, who came out of the people of God.)(3) and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hegai the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them.   I believe that Hegai, the King's chamberlain here, represents the Holy Spirit. He is the “keeper of the women.” It is his job to make sure that these women are beautiful to the King. The Holy Spirit's job is to manifest Jesus Christ in us and that is what is beautiful to the King: Christ in you, the hope of glory (Col.1:27). So, many fair young virgins were gathered together and a Bride was going to be chosen from among these.  In the Song of Solomon, it is the Bride who is running after her Beloved, while the rest of the queens, concubines and virgins didn't seem to be so excited about this. They even questioned her, What is thy beloved more than [another] beloved, O thou fairest among women? (Son.5:9). In other words, “What makes your Jesus any better than our Jesus?” And like what it says here: (Son.6:8) There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, And virgins without number. (9) My dove, my undefiled (that's the word for “perfect”), is [but] one; She is the only one of her mother (Meaning she's the only one who has come out of the mother; the rest of these are still a corporate body of the mother.); she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed; [Yea,] the queens and the concubines, and they praised her. It's going to be that way because this is also a prophecy of the end-time and, even though there are many virgins who are contending to be in this Bride, not everyone is going to be.   Back in (Est.2:4) And let the maiden that pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so. A Bride will be chosen out of virgins of His New Testament people that we call the Church and that's why this is so important. (Est.2:5) There was a certain Jew in Shushan the palace, whose name was Mordecai…. The name “Mordecai” in Hebrew means “little man” and in Persian it means “little boy,” both of which mean “Man-child.” Mordecai is the Man-child. The Man-child ministry is about to start again and the exact same thing is going to happen, except this time it's a corporate Man-child, a much larger one that covers the earth.   (Est.2:7) And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther…. “Brought up” here means “nourished”; not just fed, but nourished. All the queens and concubines get fed, but not everybody is nourished. (7) And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.  Here are more verses about the Bride: (Psa.45:9) Kings' daughters are among thy honorable women: At thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir. Notice that the king's daughters are not the queen. They are honorable women, but they're not the queen. (10) Hearken, O daughter, consider, and incline thine ear; Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house: (11) So will the king desire thy beauty; For he is thy lord; and reverence thou him. Who is the Lord? When we leave father and mother, we need to submit to our Lord, submit to our Husband, Who is the Lord God. The Bride is beautiful to the King because she completely submits to His Lordship since the head of every man is Christ” (1Cor.11:3). “Thy father's houses” represent the apostate denominations, or queens and concubines, of Christianity.  Back in Esther, after her mother and father were dead, Mordecai the Man-child nourished her. Who was following Jesus when John the Baptist said, He that hath the bride is the bridegroom (Joh.3:29)? Who was it was walking with Jesus, learning of Jesus, sitting at His feet? It was the Bride, but where did she come from? She came out of the apostate denominations of Judaism. We also see this in (Rev.14:4) These are they that were not defiled with women (The “women” are the queens, the concubines, the denominations, the groups, the sects.); for they are virgins…. The meaning of this is that they don't received any seed of man. (Rev.14:4) These [are] they that follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. Remember, the Shulamite, or “perfect one,” in the Song of Solomon was only interested in following after the Bridegroom. (Rev.14:4) …These were purchased from among men, [to be] the firstfruits unto God and unto the Lamb. And they're not defiled with the “women.”  Now turn back to our text in Esther. (Est.2:8) So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai (Who is, the King's chamberlain, representing the Holy Spirit), that Esther was taken into the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women. (9) And the maiden pleased him…. What do we do to please the Holy Spirit? Obviously, we can grieve the Holy Spirit. Scripture speaks about that, but just the opposite is true of those who please the Holy Spirit. We can't be pleasing unto God without having faith. The Bible says, Without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing [unto him] (Heb.11:6) and the Holy Spirit is God's Spirit. (Est.2:9) And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him (We need the kindness of the Holy Spirit. We need the favor of the Holy Spirit because we're doing what is pleasing unto Him.); and he speedily gave her her things for purification….   The Bride will have a more glorious garment than the virgin bridesmaids. (Rev.19:8) And it was given unto her (the Bride) that she should array herself in fine linen, bright [and] pure: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. This garment is called lampros in Greek, meaning bright, glowing, or brilliant. This bright lamp represents her pure works. On the other hand, those invited to the marriage supper have only a “white” garment. Obviously, what the Lord is looking for is a purified Bride. Esther cooperated and the Holy Spirit gave to her the things that she needed for purification speedily. (Est.2:9) … and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with her portions, and the seven maidens who were meet to be given her out of the king's house….   The seven maidens were given to her because she pleased the Lord. I believe that the Lord showed me years ago that this was talking about the seven beams of light in the spectrum. Jesus said, I am the light of the world (Joh.8:12) and a prism breaks down the light into seven different attributes that we call “colors.” Joseph's “coat of many colors” (Genesis 37:3) designated him as a type of the Man-child reflecting Jesus Christ, a garment that he put on. The Bible says, Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ (Rom.13:14).  Also, this represents the seven attributes of Christ spoken of by Peter: (2Pe.1:5) Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith…. In the original, there was no comma after “diligence.” It was put there by translators who thought it needed to be there, but there is no comma there. It is “adding on your part all diligence in your faith.” Faith is a gift of God. (5) Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence in your faith, supply virtue; and in [your] virtue knowledge. (6) And in [your] knowledge self-control; and in [your] self-control patience; and in [your] patience godliness;   (7) and in [your] godliness brotherly kindness; and in [your] brotherly kindness love. (8) For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful unto the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. (9) For he that lacketh these things is blind, seeing only what is near (The Greek wording there actually means “near-sighted”; “not seeing things from afar”; not seeing what God has given us from afar.), having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins. Have you forgotten that Jesus took away your sins – that you don't have those attributes that are contrary to Christ? You have now been given Christ. (2Co.3:18) But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory…. What we're saying is, “Jesus lives in me because the Book says so.” He's given us this free gift of His righteousness.  Getting back to Esther, the first-fruits to enter into the Kingdom is the Man-child, and he is raising up the Bride to enter into the Kingdom. Jesus is being manifested in His first fruits, Man-child, in order to fellowship and mature the Bride and that's what He desires greatly. (Est.2:9) … And he removed her and her maidens to the best place of the house of the women. (Praise God!) (10) Esther had not made known her people nor her kindred; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known. (11) And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what would become of her. Notice that Mordecai followed her and, actually, he was her leader all the way through the Book of Esther.  (Est.2:12) Now when the turn of every maiden was come to go in to king Ahasuerus (to be inspected; to see who was going to be the Bride), after that it had been done to her according to the law for the women twelve months (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, [to wit,] six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odors and with the things for the purifying of the women), (13) then in this wise came the maiden unto the king: Whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house. This is very important, that “Whatsoever she desired was given her.” Do you have a desire? If you read Song of Solomon, you see something about the difference between the Bride and the virgins. There was a difference in desire. The desire of the Bride was to fellowship with her Lord, her King, her Beloved. Her desire was to constantly run after her Beloved, to appropriate more of Him.   Notice also that it says here very plainly that Whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house. Everything we need has been supplied to us. (2Pe.1:2) Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; (3) seeing that his divine power hath granted (Everything we need has been given to us. This is what you see in the Spirit, with your eyes exercised to discern good from evil, by the Word of God. This is how you are supposed to see.) unto us all things that pertain unto life (God's life, zoë life) and godliness (He's given us all things that we need for life and godliness, or purification. That was what the virgins were going through, purification, to be ready.), through the knowledge of him that called us by his own glory and virtue.  It's not just any knowledge that you can get at any church. It's God's knowledge, the knowledge of His Word. It cannot be changed; it will not be changed for the Bride. She is accepting the Word just exactly as it is, not perverting or twisting it for her ego's sake; she's not twisting it for her own doctrine's sake. She's not “adding to, or taking away from,” the Word (Rev 22:18-19).  She's a virgin, so she has not received the seed of men. (4) Whereby he hath granted unto us his precious and exceeding great promises; that through these ye may become partakers of the divine nature (He's already given us what is necessary; He's given us His “promises.”), having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.  See, it's already been done. The only thing we have to do is exercise faith. If we exercise faith, we please the Holy Spirit. If we please the Holy Spirit, He quickly gives us purification, the “seven maidens” which we just read in 2 Peter 1:5-8. The only thing that impresses the Holy Spirit is faith in the true promises of God. That's why He gives us authority. That's why He empowers us. The Holy Spirit comes to us for the purpose of manifesting Christ in us. That's what He's there for. He's our helper, our Paraclete. (2Co.7:1) Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. This is what the Bride is doing!  Going on in (Est.2:13) … Whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house. (14) In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain (This is a different chamberlain here. This one has charge over the women's house, not the King's house.), who kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and she were called by name. And, of course, Esther was the one who was called by name. (15) Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. We need nothing but what the Holy Spirit will give unto us – the Word of God – and nothing else. It behooves us to really seek after the truth and run after the Word.   The Bible says that we don't even have need for any man to teach us, that we have an anointing from the Holy One: (1Jn.2:27) And as for you, the anointing which ye received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that anyone teach you; but as his anointing teacheth you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, ye abide in him. However, the Holy One uses men to teach us and to preach and to lead and to guide, but He has to be in it. We have no need for men to do this; we have to make sure that we're receiving from the Lord. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God (Rom.8:14).  So, Esther took advantage of the fact that all she needed came from the Holy Spirit, represented in type by Hegai, the King's chamberlain, she didn't have anything but what was appointed of Him. Esther received the favor of the chamberlain, as we already read, because she pleased him in the works that she was doing, in desiring the right things. (Est.2:15) … And Esther obtained favor in the sight of all them that looked upon her. (16) So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. We are now in the seventh year. We've already started the seventh year, or the 7000th year, of His reign. (Est.2:17) And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained favor and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.  (18) Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release (the word “release” here means “rest”) to the provinces, and gave gifts…. The “rest” that the Lord promises to give unto us, which most Jews did not enter into, is referred to in Hebrews chapters three and four. We enter into this rest by ceasing from our works and believing the promises. (Heb.4:3) For we who have believed do enter into that rest…. The Lord is offering this wonderful rest, the rest from your enemies, the rest from your problems, from the curse, etc. It's a rest because the Lord has already provided everything. There's never been a time like that last seven years of the Marriage Feast, when God's going to hand out such great gifts – never in history! He's going to be celebrating with the Bride, just as John the Baptist said: He that hath the bride is the bridegroom (Joh.3:29).

How you eat directly affects how you look. In Esther 2:9 we see that Hegai offered Esther a special menu. Why? Because she at… kosher.  On top of that–when faced with options of food that weren't clean, she simply said no and didn't compromise. In what ways have you compromised in your eating-habits? Let's clean that up this month!!! Join me as we purify our food and become the most beautiful versions of ourselves!

Spiritual and Physical War (audio)   David Eells 3/2/24  Civil War in America  David Eells - 6/7/20  There has been an un-civil war for some time in America between the legally elected government and the left wing democrats and republicans under the authority of the D-S and their MSM, which is being paid by the Communist Chinese and rogue CIA. These refuse to give up power and are intent on a communist overthrow of the country. Their guerrilla forces of the anarchist groups, Chinese and radical Islam, are intent on killing innocent unarmed people to terrorize the people into submission. Pray for them as Jesus commanded.  We are very near to the tribulation when the Man-child reformer ministry will come to the Church and then this war becomes a World War. Some dreams warn the Russians will turn against us too but the Lord said it is a warning and does not have to come to pass so let's pray. At the moment they are allies against the DS.  Rev 6:1-4 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, Come. 2 And I saw, and behold, a white horse, and he that sat thereon had a bow; and there was given unto him a crown: and he came forth conquering, and to conquer. (This is the corporate Man-child reformer ministries in whom Jesus lives and guides by Word and Spirit. Just after this anointing comes war.) 3 And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come. 4 And another horse came forth, a red horse: and to him that sat thereon it was given to take peace from the earth, and that they should slay one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. (This implies a civil war amongst world entities of the Alliance and DS.) Christians are to not take part in the physical warfare but are to contain their activities to sharing the gospel with both sides and to do their Biblical spiritual warfare and sending the angels against the demonic forces behind this catastrophe. Jesus said, Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you (Luk.6:27). (28) Bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you.   The Bible says we're not supposed to wrestle with flesh and blood (Eph.6:12) For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual [hosts] of wickedness in the heavenly [places]. So, if you can't wrestle with flesh and blood, can you war? Can you kill? Can you pick up weapons? If you do God promises you will die. Jesus said, All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword (Mat.26:52). And in (Joh.10:35) ... Scripture cannot be broken. (Rev.13:10) … If any man shall kill with the sword, with the sword must he be killed (10) If any man [is] for captivity, into captivity he goeth: if any man shall kill with the sword, with the sword must he be killed. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.   If you attempt to save your life by fleshly means, you will lose your life. (Mat.16:25) For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it. Can you lose your life outside the sovereignty of God? No, you can't. It's not possible. If you study the sovereignty of God, you'll find out that God is ruling over this earth and A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from heaven (Joh.3:27). It all comes from God. He says, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves (Mat.10:16). Ever seen a sheep kill a wolf or even bite one? God never makes "holy wars". There's no such thing in the New Covenant as a "holy war". He did not give you permission to wrestle with flesh and blood - ever. He gave us permission to wrestle with the principalities and powers only.   Countries are killing other countries. People are killing people in other countries because of lust. That's the only reason. (Jas.4:1) Whence [come] wars and whence [come] fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your pleasures that war in your members? (2) Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not. People are not content with what they have. You say what if Christians obeyed this? Who would defend us? God would but also He has other vessels to do this physical warfare. President Trump and company can do this if you Pray for them.  I was asking for the Lord to randomly give me a Word and it was Jeremiah 42:10-12. I will give it in text here with the warning not to go to Egypt to trust in the arm of flesh to save you from Babylon. Also, in Ezekiel 17 when His people ran to the great eagle of Egypt to save them from the great eagle of Babylon, symbolizing a civil war. God forbid this trusting in the arm of flesh instead of Him and doomed it to failure. Therefore we must not trust in the power of man as in the right wing to save us from the Babylonish D-S. We must not trust in the power of physical weapons but must wrestle with the principalities and powers of this demonic darkness. Here is the text given to me:   {Jer.42:1} Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came near, {2} and said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we pray thee, our supplication be presented before thee, and pray for us unto Jehovah thy God, even for all this remnant; for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us: {3} that Jehovah thy God may show us the way wherein we should walk, and the thing that we should do. {4} Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto Jehovah your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass that whatsoever thing Jehovah shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you. {5} Then they said to Jeremiah, Jehovah be a true and faithful witness amongst us, if we do not according to all the word wherewith Jehovah thy God shall send thee to us. {6} Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of Jehovah our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of Jehovah our God.  {7} And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah. {8} Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest, {9} and said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him:  {10} If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you. {11} Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith Jehovah: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.    {12} And I will grant you mercy, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land. {13} But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land; so that ye obey not the voice of Jehovah your God, {14} saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt (The second Eagle of Eze 17, a parable of civil war.), where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell: {15} now therefore hear ye the word of Jehovah, O remnant of Judah: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, If ye indeed set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; {16} then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye fear, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, whereof ye are afraid, shall follow hard after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.   {17} So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there: they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them. {18} For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: As mine anger and my wrath hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my wrath be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt; and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more. This offence was because they trusted in the arm of flesh instead of the Lord's Word. …  {21} and I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah your God in anything for which he hath sent me unto you. {22} Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go to sojourn there.   {Jer.43:1} And it came to pass that, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words of Jehovah their God, wherewith Jehovah their God had sent him to them, even all these words, {2} then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: Jehovah our God hath not sent thee to say, Ye shall not go into Egypt to sojourn there; {3} but Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they may put us to death, and carry us away captive to Babylon. {4} So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of Jehovah, to dwell in the land of Judah.  Also, Isaiah 30 is a stern warning not to trust in Egypt but to return from their fleshly works to trust in the Lord. Isa 30:1-3 Woe to the rebellious children, saith Jehovah, that take counsel, but not of me; and that make a league, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin, 2 that set out to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt! 3 Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion…. 7 For Egypt helpeth in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I called her Rahab that sitteth still…. 15 For thus said the Lord Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength. And ye would not: 16 but ye said, No, for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.      Civil War in the US  Kenneth R. Atnip, Sr. - 12/18/2010 (David's notes in Red)  My 16-year-old daughter, Maryann, had a dream a few days ago. She dreamed of civil war against the current government The scene was very chaotic and those in rebellion to the government were going house to house forcing any and all men to join with them. Many of us Christians were in hiding, not willing to join in a rebellion against the government. (The right-wing will be a threat against Christians who will not kill, too.)  She awoke in the middle of the night with a strong taste of blood in her mouth. Her 13-year-old sister, Aimee, woke up as well and immediately asked her what was wrong. The 16-year-old said that she had the taste of blood in her mouth to which the 13-year-old asked, "Were you dreaming of war?" Somehow she knew that she was dreaming of war.  Last November my three-year-old son, Jeremiah, slept with Mom and Dad. He awoke at 5:30 AM yelling, "War is coming ... people are dying ... people are crying to God". He has no idea what these things are. It woke me out of a dead sleep and I sat up and looked at him. He was wide awake and started telling of hearing a noise: "pop, pop, pop", he kept repeating. All day he kept talking about big balloons coming and looking out the window. He said, "Maybe they won't come; maybe they will pop". (This will become a shooting war.)  Kenny Atnip (Jan 2013) "Some time ago God showed me and some others that America would enter an internal war. You can call it civil war or revolutionary war or anything you like, but it is coming. God showed me plainly that many Christians would be tempted to be part of a war against the government and that this war would be part of his judgment on the U.S.A. and we should not get involved. The current government's actions are because of God's judgment so he who resists this government resists God's ordinance. (We are all for the fall of DS satanists but we may not kill. The angels can kill but that is God.) Global war is coming as well, and America will be attacked,(This will be at least between the DS and Alliance, which are global enemies.) and after all of these things I saw a time of peace again in the land. America will be humbled and once again look to God as it's provider and defender. And then the Beast makes war on the saints mid-trib. The message to Christians here in America is the same that Jeremiah told to Judah; Submit to God's judgment and it will go well for you, resist and it will cost some their lives and others their freedom...  Hans Petter (June 2008) "I started to see a movie in the spirit. First act was that Obama was elected as president, and he was the door opener for the next thing that happened. Dark skies came over USA with thunderstorms. People were fighting against each other in the streets. Tires and cars were burning in the streets. People were really suffering screaming for help and they had nothing to eat or a home. It was a hard time. The cities were burning.  I saw a gap (division) start to split the nation. It started in California, moved forward across the nation and ended up by the east coast north of New York. (Civil War battles)  Act 2. Then people started to pray for help and ask for help from Jesus. I saw two eagles (prophets) (And the division of the eagle U.S.) that came flying from the east and behind came Jesus. Healing came to USA and Jesus restored the cities and peoples' life." (Like G. Washington's vision of civil war and invaders repelled.) Darren Smith (June 2009) "Last night while praying before I went to bed, The Lord gave me a vision that really rattled me. In the vision I saw this land split into four parts (By the earthquakes) with each one under its own flag. Each region had terrible destruction and many people were dead. As I looked over the destruction I was crying and the Lord asked me, "Why are you crying over the fall of Babylon? As a matter of fact, why have you been praying for the healing of Babylon?"  In this vision I didn't have an answer and the Lord opened a scroll and started reading off the indictments against our country, but before each one he clearly called the USA Babylon. The list was long and to the point, with such points as the killing of several generations of unborn children. Beside this charge He added that these babies had been sacrificed to the god of self. The list also included greed, idolatry, pride, fornication, and many others, so many I could not even read them all.  As I looked at the list of charges I was overwhelmed and broken by the fact that we live every day in a nation that is so far removed from God and in total opposition to the Kingdom of God, yet we are comfortable here. We have become just like Lot living in Sodom, the prosperity that the nation offers us has blinded us from the evil that rules this land. We complain about how bad it is but still stay attached to it with every ounce of strength we have.  The Lord told me to look at the nation as He sees it, not through my eyes but through His. I could not look too long before I had to agree and repent of loving Babylon. Once I repented the Lord told me to prepare for the fall as time is running out. I must preach the Gospel of The Kingdom, not the Gospel of America. America is already judged, the time of shaking is now and will increase rapidly"...      Dragon Seeks To Devour Christians  Marie Kelton – 1/2/24 (David's notes in red)  I had a dream, that I was in a building with a bunch of other people. All of a sudden the building got attacked by what looked like utahraptor but it was huge. (The voracious DS Dragon seeking to devour Christians.)  Everybody was trying to escape and I was running down the stairs with a group of people. There was an Indian lady who was dressed in traditional Indian garb. We told her, ‘Come on,' so she could escape but something was wrong with her foot so she couldn't really run. She got up and fell over onto the stairs. As she was getting up she said, ‘Thank you, Jesus' because her foot was healed, and she could now run to escape the dinosaur.   When we got out of the building there was a train that was waiting for us, almost everybody got on the train but it was stuck in a cul-de-sac and wasn't able to move. (Some are stuck in a cycle of the curse that cannot escape the Dragon because it is not the straight and narrow road of discipleship.) So some people started pushing the train to get it moving to leave the cul-de-sac.   As we were leaving the cul-de-sac, I looked back and saw that there were three more people stuck in the building banging on the windows saying, ‘Don't leave.' They banged on the windows so hard that they broke them. The three were able to get out of the building but they were trying to run to catch up to the train to escape and I knew they wouldn't make it. One was a white guy with medium length pink hair. (Those seeking to impress the world will not escape.) Another was a black guy. (Those walking in darkness will not escape.) And I don't really remember who the third person was.   The dinosaur was on top of the building. The black guy had dropped an empty water bottle on the ground. (No water of the Word is to have no sword.) He picked it up and did a flip trick to get up to the middle section of the building where there was a ledge he could stand on. (The flip trick could be changing sides to escape.) He threw the empty water bottle (so he had no sword) at the dinosaur and the dinosaur launched at him. (Jer 2:13 For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. ) Then I woke up.      The Faction Can't Escape The Dragon  Marie Kelton – 1/2/24 (David's notes in red)  I had an open vision, there was a T-Rex (The DS Dragon) in the neighborhood during the night. The T-Rex came to my house and flipped the roof off of my house where my room is. The T-Rex was looking for me but couldn't find me because I wasn't there. It then walked over to what we know is a factious house and flipped their roof open and ate whoever was inside the house. (The Factious do not escape the Dragon of DS Babylon.) I then saw the T-Rex walk away from the neighborhood on to the main road away from us Christians. Then the vision ended.      Judgment Of Fire  Anna Stewart 2/12/24 (David's notes in red)  I dreamt that I looked out of our back window and saw billows of dark smoke, like the smoke from burning buildings, coming through the not-too-distant trees. I was surprised and thought, "Wow, we may need to get out of here." I knew that it wouldn't take too long for the fire to spread to our property. To my surprise, another huge billow of dark smoke sprang up to the right of the first one, and then another. (DEW) The smoke rose supernaturally fast, more like an explosion than a fire. These were all separate fires, not one continuous, growing fire. (The DS just started many fires in TX. probably with DEW but somehow the helicopters were crashing that were needed to put the fires out and they were turning into one huge fire, which the Lord is putting out.) I grabbed a few snacks for our kids and got the kids together to leave. I took them to the car and from there I saw a lone pine tree in a neighbor's yard suddenly burst into flames. The grass around it was very green and it didn't make any sense for that to happen. (Sounds like D E W). I realized time was short and I needed to leave now and not go back for anything else in the house.  Luk 17:28-31 Likewise even as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29 but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all: 30 after the same manner shall it be in the day that the Son of man is revealed. 31 In that day, he that shall be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away: and let him that is in the field likewise not return back.  A huge bale of straw fell in front of the car, where I'd need to drive to get through. I knew it wouldn't be hard to move it out of the way, but it was costing precious time.  1Co 3:12-13 But if any man buildeth on the foundation gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, stubble; 13 each man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself shall prove each man's work of what sort it is. (We need to remove the wood, hay, and stubble from our lives before judgment falls, so it won't be a hindrance to us then.) (So we can escape) I immediately woke up from the dream with a start. It wasn't very scary but it was very tense.  I fell back to sleep and re-dreamt the first part of the dream. I have almost never dreamed the same dream twice like this. After the first two or three billows of smoke came up, instead of gathering my kids to flee, I went outside and got the garden hose. I began to spray down everything around my house (Speaking the water of the Word). I watched as the pine tree caught fire and I began to curse the flames and forbid them to touch anything of ours. I started doing warfare and binding the devil. I was very loud and prayed in the Spirit, as well, all the while spraying water over everything.  I was spraying down a row of Juniper trees between the neighbors and our house, because I knew they were very flammable. (In real life there are no Juniper trees there.) My neighbor came out to see what was going on, but I wasn't ashamed to be yelling at the fire to not come here, and just kept on warring in the Spirit. I knew I might look dumb now, but I wouldn't when my house was left untouched in the end.  Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.       People Falling Through The Lord's Fingers  Marie Kelton 2/9/2024  During the Friday meeting as David was talking about the DS and FEMA losing, the Lord gave me an open vision of Jesus sitting next to me; He was holding out His hand, as I was looking at His hand. I saw many people falling through His fingers down to hell.   Pray for the Lord to help His elect to escape the falling away. Amen      False Prophet Media Imparts Demons  Gideon Smith - 11/16/20 (David's notes in red)  I had this dream on 11/16/20 that seems to run parallel with a dream I shared in 2009. There are many signs lining up between the two dreams. There's no way I would have known in 2009 there would be a political figure in America named Donald. (Donald, meaning “ruler of the world” has a double meaning. Donald Trump is literally ruling in much of the World through the Alliance he heads up. The Donald in the other dream is literally DS and is a false ruler of the world. But I should say, There is only one ruler of the world and he is neither one.)   While fasting about what direction my family needs to go on in light of everything going on in America I had this dream. I saw darkness everywhere. (Deception and lies are everywhere) Then I saw a giant television media screen. It was huge like a drive through theatre size. (The vast false prophet Mainstream TV media who is imparting demons through slander, lies, and communist DS spirit to the watchers.)  Anyway there was a giant demon with horns and made of fire and he was extremely powerful. (The horns of this beast are the false prophet media. Rev 13:11 And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like unto a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. Literally this verse speaks of those two branches of apostate Christianity who claim to speak for the Lamb but do not. But I believe the dream speaks of another false prophet who is the voice of the dragon body of Satan, the father of lies, the MSM.)   He had fire all around him and darkness was with him the only light on him was the flames that showed his shape. (No light means that he cannot speak the truth as his false media on TV today. The light is fire because he is a destroyer of lives. Many have gone stark raving mad watching and listening to him lie and deceive.) He was on the screen showing his power. (He is speaking through the media to conquer the US and Christianity with slander, witchcraft and faction demons.) This demon was extremely dreadful and very strong.   Then I noticed there was a man with me who had a weapon in his hand. It was extremely dark but I could see him. He was preparing to fight this demon. (The Trump / Man-child parallel) I joined with him to fight this thing. (All true Christians should join their faith together to fight this media demon. We have authority over him for the elect's sake. Mat 18:18-19 Verily I say unto you, What things soever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and what things soever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 19 Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father who is in heaven. And Luk 10:19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you.).  I didn't have any weapons on me so a thought came leading me to go in my closet (prayer closet) and get my weapon. (We all need to be in our prayer closet using our "sword of the spirit which is the Word of God" to bring down the premature DS dragon beast and free the people from the leftist demons they have imparted.). When I went into the closet I saw a leather case and inside of it was a shotgun with red shells/bullets (representing the blood) (And red for the political revival through Trump that is conquering him through our prayers and warfare. Also a shotgun shoots many bullets at once, which is what we should do.)   I then proceeded to shoot at the demon on the giant screen multiple times. I don't even know how I knew how to use the shotgun but I did and the man that's was with me had a sword. (The Word of God) We both were fighting this massive prince and then I woke up. Amazing how these two dreams speak as to what we are seeing now.      Gideon Smith - 11/24/2009 (Notes in red by David)  I had a very interesting dream; it is very profound to me and I know it's from God. In the dream, my wife and three daughters were sick and in a hospital. (The hospital is the Church where healing is supposed to be dispensed.) The doctors and nurses (representing ministers) were saying they needed more sugar. (Ear tickling doctrines) So then they were led to a floor below us (loss of stature or maturity). I noticed that they were giving them sweets such as donuts, candy and things like that. (Telling them what their flesh wants to hear). The strange thing was they were giving it to them through a garbage shoot. (Those seeking sustenance and healing in the worldly church, are receiving spiritual garbage food for doctrine.)   (Sweets taste good to the flesh but will not do any good for the spiritual man. The world's methods for healing or salvation will not contribute any good to the body of Christ. Being led downstairs brings to mind Col 2:20-3:2 If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances, 21 Handle not, nor taste, nor touch 22 (all which things are to perish with the using), after the precepts and doctrines of men?  23 Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but are not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh. 3:1 If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. The garbage shoots show that what they were receiving was weak and beggarly rudiments or principles of the world as in Gal 4:9 but now that ye have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how turn ye back again to the weak and beggarly rudiments, whereunto ye desire to be in bondage over again?)  When seeing this, I noticed that my wife and three daughters had come up stairs to see our new son (in reality, my son is already nine months old in 11/24/09). (In type the immature Church will be brought up out of bondage into heavenly places when they come up to see the man-child of Rev.12.) When they arrived, I met them and we first began to look around the maternity ward and I noticed all the babies were inside incubators that were full of sugary, powdery substances that covered the babies. (Revelation will be given to the immature Church that sugary teaching makes their flesh happy but is keeping them immature and on spiritual life support.) These looked very under-developed, dark and unhealthy. (The babies in the incubators were premature (Their spirits or breath is man induced.); they could not grow into the image of Christ; they were full of the powdery, sugary substance which will kill them spiritually.)  Then we went to see my son, whose name is Luke, and he was huge. He was sitting up on his own outside of the incubator, perfectly healthy, and when I looked closer I saw that he was completely covered in blood and there were no wounds or harm to him. (The man-child was covered and washed in the blood; he was fully mature and did not need an incubator to breathe. In fact, he could sit up on his own because he was covered in the blood and cleansed from all the things that the other babies were dying in.)  Then the whole hospital and staff turned on the TVs (There is nothing on the TV but deception from the false prophet MSM pushing the DS beast agenda.) and there was this big announcement being made by Donald Rumsfeld or some other politician, saying that they had created something great and wonderful. (When looking on Wikipedia, I learned that Donald means "ruler of the world". WOW. (This is the false ruler of the world, the DS beast. The immature church and false ministers feed on the fake stream media of the DS beast.) His “great" thing I saw was a spirit. {Hebrews 1:7} And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels winds [Greek: spirits]… What I saw in this case was a body of fallen angels or spirits. (The corporate spirit of the beast from the pit inhabits the world dragon beast seven headed body and is imparting these spirits from the dragon beast.)  Everyone seemed to be glued to the TV. (Mesmerized by the false prophet Main Stream Media belonging to the DS dragon beast) They were watching this creation being introduced. As they watched, I was taken to the clouds and saw this "great thing" that they were speaking of and it was a gigantic pillar of fire with a fiery flame on top, flying up from the earth and passing the clouds into the atmosphere, but then it fell down to the earth. (In the natural the MSM is losing credibility and people fast. Satan has taken over the head of the world body, which is the US. However he is premature and is being put down by God through the saints until the Church is built up. “How shall Jacob stand for he is small?" Satan is exalting his throne above the stars of God's people but will be cast down to the earth at the beginning of the tribulation as in Rev 12:7-11 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels going forth to war with the dragon; and the dragon warred and his angels; 8 and they prevailed not, neither was their place found any more in heaven.    9 And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him. 10 And I heard a great voice in heaven, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, who accuseth them before our God day and night. 11 And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death. Isa 14:12-15 How art thou fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, that didst lay low the nations! 13 And thou saidst in thy heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north; 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High. 15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to Sheol, to the uttermost parts of the pit.)  Then I was taken to the earth where I saw its form from another perspective. I saw this pillar of fire, which seemed to be full of winds(spirits) that kept its flame burning. It was stretched from the ground all the way to the sky. Then I saw what was on top of it and, to my surprise, it was the same image that is on The Beast Is Everywhere revelation, except the circle in the middle of the two horns was like the all-seeing eye on the back of the dollar bill. This globe was on the head of the golden calf. The two wreaths were its horns. It's the UN logo. There is a new UN. The old one became DS. (The federal reserve notes are owned by the DS beast and are on their way out as new currency owned by the US treasury is coming. The worldly will worship the beast at the command of the false prophets -- the fake news media.)  Then, after seeing this, I was back in the hospital with my brother beside me, who saw the same image as I did but no one else did. I urgently told him three times, "That's Ra”. (The ancient Egyptian sun god; the false Son of God or Antichrist beast. Warning others of a false image of deity for three years.) Then, as the people were watching the news of this great thing, I began to warn them and tell them that this is the seven-headed, 10-horned beast. (This is the DS empire trying to force the mark of the beast through vaccines but they are premature as were Obama and Hillary. It is not time yet for the Beast, Mark, Image. The DS will fall to the earth. But the spirits behind it will return at mid-tribulation.)  The people in the hospital began to listen to me. (Those who were coming out of the institutional apostate church.) I noticed my wife was shaking her head, telling me not to speak about it anymore to them; even though I felt led to keep talking, I stopped. (The worldly mother church will not want the truth to be proclaimed to their people.)  Then I woke up from the dream. When I woke up and told my wife the dream, she apologized for what she did in the dream. She was just an actor :0)     The Beast Will Destroy the Wicked  Marie Kelton – 11/30/20 (David's notes in red)  During last night prayer meeting I saw a figure standing. I didn't know if it was an angel or the Lord because all I saw was the waist down. The figure had on a white linen robe on. As the meeting continued and we were praying in tongues, I saw the white figure, He was wearing a black satchel, it rested on His right side. While, we were praying I heard a "writer's ink horn," I heard this multiple times. Then I heard "Smite the capitals."   Amos 9:1 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar: and he said, Smite the capitals, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape. (“Smite the Capitols" is emphasized here to speak of judgment on the apostate leadership and God's people. Chapter 8 and then 9 begins with this judgment and progresses to “I will raise up the tabernacle of David” and then to “that they may possess the remnant of Edom" the faction.)  So I looked up a writer's ink horn:  Eze 9:1-11 Then he cried in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause ye them that have charge over the city to draw near, every man with his destroying weapon in his hand. 2 And behold, six men came (6 is the number of the beast. The DS beast comes to destroy apostates in the capitol city representing the apostate leadership of the Church and the false bride.) from the way of the upper gate, which lieth toward the north, every man with his slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man in the midst of them clothed in linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side. (To mark the righteous leadership to escape.) And they went in, and stood beside the brazen altar. 3 And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon it was, to the threshold of the house: and he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writer's inkhorn by his side. 4 And Jehovah said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof.   5 And to the others (The beast) he said in my hearing, Go ye through the city after him, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity; 6 slay utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but come not near any man upon whom is the mark (of the righteous): and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house. 7 And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and smote in the city. (Apostate Jerusalem) 8 And it came to pass, while they were smiting, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord Jehovah! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy wrath upon Jerusalem? (Notice that the wicked under them in Israel, a type of the church are included.) 9 Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of wresting of judgment: for they say, Jehovah hath forsaken the land, and Jehovah seeth not. 10 And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will bring their way upon their head. 11 And behold, the man clothed in linen, who had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.    Our King Leads the Attack on Corrupt Church and State  Eve Brast - 12/31/20 (David's notes in red)  I was meditating on a dream the Lord had given me about the President elect David, as a type of the Man-child Davids, appeared before the waiting news media when they were expecting Donald Trump to come and accept the presidency. (Meaning there is a parallel between the state and Church new leadership. This means the King anointing for the Man-child body is very soon.) David was pointing with his arm to each individual secret service ‘angel' and commanding them to go throughout Washington D.C. and gather up all the wicked government leaders and send them packing. This is in parallel to what the Lord will be doing through President Trump. (It is said by people in the know that 80% of the government leadership is corrupt. Epstein is alive and He knows a lot of them personally along with Hollywood elites and the financial and industry moguls.)  I went to bed asking the Lord to show me more about this dream and what He was currently doing and He gave me this dream below.      Eve Brast – 12/31/20 (David's notes in red)  I dreamed that it was dark and I was in the midst of a massive army of warriors. Suddenly, I was taken in the Spirit high up into the air overlooking the whole battle scene.  There was a very high stone wall of an old city to my right and over to my left, up on a hill, was a giant King being carried on a palanquin with a golden throne and a golden crown on his head.  I knew this was our King and all his warriors were dressed in ancient leather battle gear. They all had spears or swords to fight with. The warriors were all large and muscular and very fierce. (This is the Man-child reformer ministries sending forth the angels to battle. As I looked over at the King he was driving the warriors forward with his arm and pointing towards the stone wall of the city. He was commanding them to ‘attack' in a deep voice that seemed to reverberate throughout the battlefield.  The scene changed and I found myself inside one of the structures inside the city. I was in a crowd at a party watching 2 homosexual men dancing together. (Representing the leadership of State and Church in spiritual fornication with each other as Rev 17 shows the harlot riding the beast.) One of the men was dressed like a woman with a blonde wig on his head. (As we have seen America is Sodom and Gomorrah.)   In the dream, I knew that these two men were going to die in the attack on the city by our King and his warrior forces. (As the Lord has shown He will orchestrate the whole battle. Throughout history the Man-child prophets spoke the Word empowering a beast kingdom to come and destroy the apostates. He will use the Babylonish DS leftist communist anarchist forces to bring down the apostate leadership of the people of God just the way Babylon conquered Zedekiah and his cabinet, the leadership of spiritual apostate Jerusalem. Babylon conquered them by Sword, Famine, Pestilence, and fire as the Lord commanded so modern DS Babylon will do this today. Then God will use Cyrus Trump to conquer the Babylonish DS leftist communist anarchist forces as revival and restoration breaks out. Both factions of Church and state will be conquered by our King through His Man-child. See Eze 34 & 35)  Then I woke up.   I asked Father for a word by faith at random for this dream and my finger was on Micah 3:7 (in context 5-12) Mic 3:5-12 Thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that make my people to err (The MSM and false Church leadership); that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and whoso putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him: (A sect, division, or strife is a work of the flesh as Paul said in Galatians.) 6 Therefore it shall be night unto you, that ye shall have no vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be black over them. 7 And the seers shall be put to shame, and the diviners confounded; yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God. 8 But as for me, I am full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin. (This reminds us of Jesus as a type of the end time Man-child.) 9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, that abhor justice, and pervert all equity. 10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. (Zion/Jerusalem was the apostate leadership over the people of God Like Zedekiah whom the Babylonians took captive to Babylon which has happened today. These apostates don't even attempt to make the scriptures their rule.) 11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, (They are all on salaries contrary to Jesus command, “Freely you have received, freely give". They refuse to walk by faith which they do not have.). and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us. 12 Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.   (Isa 40:10 Behold, the Lord Jehovah will come as a mighty one, and his arm (Jesus) will rule for him: Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.  What is this recompense before Him? It is the battle above and the "great shaking" that appears in scripture when the Lord comes in His Man-child Body and overthrows kingdoms. After David's anointing to rule he conquered the Edomites, the faction against His people.  Hag 2: 21 Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah (The Man-child body), saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth)  (We are told by Paul in Hebrews 12:26-29 whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more will I make to tremble not the earth only, but also the heaven. 27 And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain. 28 Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace, whereby we may offer service well-pleasing to God with reverence and awe: 29 for our God is a consuming fire. God is about to shake, consume and remove man's religious, prideful and sinful creations that do not conform to scripture. And it is also stated in Haggai 2:6…Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens (Planet X does this), and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; 7 and I will shake all nations; and the precious things of all nations shall come (Jesus is coming to be glorified in His house of sanctified people.); and I will fill this house with glory, saith Jehovah of hosts.) (Back to our Hag 2 text - 22 and I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms; and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations; and I will overthrow the chariots (like with Pharaoh), and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother. 23 In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel (meaning born from Babylon. i.e., the first fruits leadership to come out of the Babylon harlot and lead the people to rebuild the Kingdom in the Promised Land), my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith Jehovah, and will make thee as a signet (A sign with authority); for I have chosen thee, saith Jehovah of hosts.)    Jesus Is Manifested and Moves The Bride To House of the King  Eve Brast -1/5/21 (David's notes in red)  I was praying before I fell asleep last night for Father to show me more concerning all that He is doing during this time with Trump and the Man-child/ David's parallel where both receive their anointing to rule and He gave me this dream below which concerns the epiphany of Christ in His first fruits and the provision for His people in these end-times which comes through Cyrus/Trump.  I dreamed this morning that Jesus had totally manifested outwardly through me, in appearance or image, to others. They were seeing Jesus instead of me. I was still inside of Him but outwardly He was all that remained visible of my old appearance. (The Lord said her flesh was burned up and her spiritual man was left and this type and will soon be revealed.) I was able to experience Jesus from being inside of Him. I was also able, in the Spirit, to view His/my appearance from the outside of Him as we passed by mirrors or other reflective objects. 2 Co. 3:18, But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit. (When we by faith accept that it is Christ who lives in us we can manifest and understand this verse.) Gal 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.  1 John 2:28, And now, my little children, abide in him; that, if he shall be manifested (Greek: Phaneroo = To make visible; to cause to shine - in us), we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.   1 John 3:2, Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested (same - In us), we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is. 3 And every one that hath this hope set on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. (There is no curse on this man or woman as Eve has demonstrated.) Col 3:3-4 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested (same - in us), then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory (The epiphany or shining of His glory out of us).  What was strange to me is that when I realized that I had become Jesus in outward appearance, I simultaneously realized that I had slowly been becoming Him in my mind, will, and emotions all along; all these years. (Eve here is also a type of the Bride of the Last Adam, Jesus. The New Jerusalem "born from above" through His Word out of heaven is also this type. It has the presence of God in the temple. Jerusalem as a type of the Kingdom was made up of the Bride, as John said, whose head was David, who was a type of the man-child. The Lord is rebuilding this type for the leadership of the Church who is typed as the rest of Israel.)   Jesus and I were so totally merged together, on the inside, that I didn't notice much difference between my mind and my persona and His. The only difference I experienced was His absolute confidence and His power; knowing precisely, the will and plans of our Father and feeling the power and authority to carry those plans out. (Oh how few understand this is “Christ in you, the hope of glory”. For example: Jesus spoke the Word in a perfect numeric pattern. Here is the wonder: The disciples he made, who John said were the Bride, wrote it down including their own acts in a perfect numeric pattern. He is fully in control of the men and women who come into His image and His presence is alive in them.) I also had a sense that we were untouchable to our enemies and that they were forced to submit to our Father's plans for His sons and His people for this period of time in the dream. (As a type of this Jesus passed through the midst of his enemies untouched when cornered. He also said, “No man takes my life")    That we shall live in Him and He in us is seen here: John 17:14-24, I have given them thy word; and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them from the world (What, no rapture at this time?), but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world even as I am not of the world. 17 Sanctify them in the truth: thy word is truth. 18 As thou didst send me into the world, even so sent I them into the world. 19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth. 20 Neither for these only do I pray, but for them also that believe on me through their word;   21 that they may all be one; even as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us: that the world may believe that thou didst send me. 22 And the glory which thou hast given me I have given unto them; that they may be one, even as we are one; 23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that thou didst send me, and lovedst them, even as thou lovedst me. 24 Father, I desire that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.   (The Bride, who like Esther, learned to please the King, must go from the house of the women to the Kings house.) Est. 2:12-20, Now when the turn of every maiden was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that it had been done to her according to the law for the women twelve months (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit , six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odors and with the things for the purifying of the women),  13 then in this wise came the maiden unto the king: whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house. 14 In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, who kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and she were called by name. (The women who went to the King's house and didn't measure up because they sought their own idea of beauty returned to the house of the women.)   15 Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, (Representing the Holy Spirit) the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favor in the sight of all them that looked upon her. 16 So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. (Esther was the one who went into the King's house and stayed as the Bride because she obeyed the Holy Spirit's idea of beauty.)   17 And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained favor and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti (Representing the rebellious first wife who did not come when the king called was Israel. And also among the Church many have not fully come.) 18 Then the king made a great feast (Representing the marriage feast) unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the bounty of the king. (Representing provision to rebuild the kingdom) 19 And when the virgins (these are not the Bride but the bride's maids) were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai (meaning ‘little man' or Man-child) was sitting in the king's gate.)   We pulled up to a large house with many rooms that seemed to house the whole ‘family circle' from local UBM. (Representing all of the UBM Bride family) And Jesus lined up the front door of His house on wheels and the front door of the family circle house (Jesus is the door and our door must be Him) I watched the local UBM men extend a sort of 'U-Haul' plank between the 2 front doors so that the moving of the women would be easy and seamless. John 10:1-5, Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. (Those who come by religion and not the door are thieves) 2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. (Coming out of the house of the women is the same thing as coming out of religions sheepfolds to follow the Lord) 4 When he hath put forth all his own, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. 5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. (Joh 10:8 All that came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.)  Jesus and I walked inside the 'family circle' house and saw Sue Gilbert. (The meaning of the name “Sue" is “lily or rose”. Solomon spoke of the Bride in Song 2:1-2 I am a rose of Sharon, A lily of the valleys. 2 As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters. The meaning of Gilbert is "bright promise”. The glorious promises are how to come into the image of Christ and how we bring others into that image) Sue greeted us excitedly and wanted to show Jesus how she had fixed Shalonda's hair. We looked at Shalonda who was just beaming because her hair had grown long.   (In 1 Corinthians 11, long hair is a sign of submission to our husband, Jesus.) Sue had braided her hair in really nice plaits and placed little purple dyed stamps all along the braids with the seal of Jesus on them. Jesus was really pleased with this and I thought Shalonda's hair was so pretty too. I was happy for her that she finally had the long hair that she'd always prayed for and the purple seals were the finishing touches. Song 8:6 Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol; The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A very flame of Jehovah. 2 Ti. 2:19a Howbeit the firm foundation of God standeth, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his ...  We proceeded to move all the women into the house on wheels and then continued making our rounds to the other houses of women, some of whom I didn't know in the dream. In other words, they had not been a part of our local UBM body up to this point in time, but Jesus knew who they were. In the dream I knew this gathering was occurring locally but also I knew Father was gathering to us a worldwide remnant. He was gathering us all into His house on wheels to take us to a larger and better house that our Father had prepared for the end-times just ahead. (Amen! We are looking forward to it and it is soon.) Then I woke up.    I asked for a word by faith at random for this dream and my finger was on the phrase, ‘I cried unto Him with my mouth' in Psalm 66:17 (in context 3-20) (This text really fits well with the question I had asked the Father the night before I had this dream about showing me more of what He was doing concerning His plans for the Trump/David/Man-child parallel revelations.), Psalm 66:17 (3-20 in context) Say unto God, How terrible are thy works! Through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.(This reminds me of the feeling that I had being in Jesus that our enemies were forbidden by the Father to interfere with His will going forth.)   4 All the earth shall worship thee, And shall sing unto thee; They shall sing to thy name. Selah 5 Come, and see the works of God; He is terrible in his doing toward the children of men. 6 He turned the sea into dry land; They went through the river on foot: (The Red Sea destruction of the beast who chased the people to bring them back into captivity or death.) There did we rejoice in him. 7 He ruleth by his might forever; His eyes observe the nations: Let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah 8 Oh bless our God, ye peoples, And make the voice of his praise to be heard; 9 Who holdeth our soul in life, And suffereth not our feet to be moved.   10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: Thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. 11 Thou broughtest us into the net; Thou layedst a sore burden upon our loins. 12 Thou didst cause men to ride over our heads; We went through fire and through water; But thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. 13 I will come into thy house with burnt-offerings; (Representing the sacrifice of our flesh in order to enter into His house.) I will pay thee my vows, 14 Which my lips uttered, And my mouth spake, when I was in distress. ... 16 Come, and hear, all ye that fear God, And I will declare what he hath done for my soul. 17 I cried unto him with my mouth, And he was extolled with my tongue. 18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear: 19 But verily God hath heard; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer. 20 Blessed be God, Who hath not turned away my prayer, Nor his lovingkindness from me. 

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Quiet Time Coaching Episode 481 | New Thing Series — Part 36 | “Esther's Family” | Malcolm Cox Introduction A new thing! I'm Malcolm Cox. Welcome to your daily devotional podcast anchored in Isaiah 43:19: 'See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.' We are currently looking at God doing a new thing in the life of Esther. Today we explore Esther's family “Now there was a Jew in the citadel of Susa whose name was Mordecai son of Jair son of Shimei son of Kish, a Benjaminite. Kish had been carried away from Jerusalem among the captives carried away with King Jeconiah of Judah, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had carried away. Mordecai had brought up Hadassah, that is Esther, his cousin, for she had neither father nor mother; the girl was fair and beautiful, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai adopted her as his own daughter. So when the king's order and his edict were proclaimed, and when many young women were gathered in the citadel of Susa in custody of Hegai, Esther also was taken into the king's palace and put in custody of Hegai, who had charge of the women.”(Esther 2:5-8 NRSV) Esther's Family Esther's parents died when she was young She is adopted and brought up by her cousin Mordecai She is totally reliant on him for food, housing and safety - still a ‘girl' She is taken from Mordecai without his or her consent and placed in circumstances of luxurious danger More on that in future podcasts For Reflection Adoption is a Scriptural theme. Pharaoh's daughter adopted Moses (Ex. 2:10), and Mordecai adopted Esther (Esther 2:7). Both rescue God's people from disaster. God adopted Israel (Ex. 4:22; Deut. 7:6; Hos. 11:1; Rom. 9:4) - “Theirs is the adoption to sonship;” (Romans 9:4 NIV11). By God's grace we are brought into his redeemed family - “children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.” John 1:13 We have an inheritance - “Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.” (Romans 8:17 NIV11) Why not take some time today to thank God for adopting you as his son or daughter? You could pray through this wonderful passage: “The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.” (Romans 8:15-21 NIV11) Conclusion I hope you find your heart, your life, your congregation and your world inspired by God doing a new thing. Until tomorrow, take care, and God bless.  Please add your comments on this week's topic. We learn best when we learn in community. Do you have a question about teaching the Bible? Is it theological, technical, practical? Send me your questions or suggestions. Here's the email: malcolm@malcolmcox.org. If you'd like a copy of my free eBook on spiritual disciplines, “How God grows His people”, sign up at my website: http://www.malcolmcox.org. Please pass the link on, subscribe, leave a review. "Carpe Diem" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Quiet Time Coaching Episode 481 | New Thing Series — Part 36 | “Esther's Family” | Malcolm Cox   Introduction A new thing! I'm Malcolm Cox. Welcome to your daily devotional podcast anchored in Isaiah 43:19: 'See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.'   We are currently looking at God doing a new thing in the life of Esther. Today we explore Esther's family   “Now there was a Jew in the citadel of Susa whose name was Mordecai son of Jair son of Shimei son of Kish, a Benjaminite. Kish had been carried away from Jerusalem among the captives carried away with King Jeconiah of Judah, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had carried away. Mordecai had brought up Hadassah, that is Esther, his cousin, for she had neither father nor mother; the girl was fair and beautiful, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai adopted her as his own daughter. So when the king's order and his edict were proclaimed, and when many young women were gathered in the citadel of Susa in custody of Hegai, Esther also was taken into the king's palace and put in custody of Hegai, who had charge of the women.”(Esther 2:5-8 NRSV)   Esther's Family Esther's parents died when she was young She is adopted and brought up by her cousin Mordecai She is totally reliant on him for food, housing and safety - still a ‘girl' She is taken from Mordecai without his or her consent and placed in circumstances of luxurious danger More on that in future podcasts   For Reflection Adoption is a Scriptural theme. Pharaoh's daughter adopted Moses (Ex. 2:10), and Mordecai adopted Esther (Esther 2:7). Both rescue God's people from disaster. God adopted Israel (Ex. 4:22; Deut. 7:6; Hos. 11:1; Rom. 9:4) - “Theirs is the adoption to sonship;” (Romans 9:4 NIV11). By God's grace we are brought into his redeemed family - “children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.” John 1:13 We have an inheritance - “Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.” (Romans 8:17 NIV11)   Why not take some time today to thank God for adopting you as his son or daughter?   You could pray through this wonderful passage:   “The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.” (Romans 8:15-21 NIV11)   Conclusion I hope you find your heart, your life, your congregation and your world inspired by God doing a new thing. Until tomorrow, take care, and God bless.   Please add your comments on this week's topic. We learn best when we learn in community.   Do you have a question about teaching the Bible? Is it theological, technical, practical? Send me your questions or suggestions. Here's the email: malcolm@malcolmcox.org.   If you'd like a copy of my free eBook on spiritual disciplines, “How God grows His people”, sign up at my website: http://www.malcolmcox.org.   Please pass the link on, subscribe, leave a review.   "Carpe Diem" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Quiet Time Coaching Episode 481 | New Thing Series — Part 36 | “Esther's Family” | Malcolm Cox   Introduction A new thing! I'm Malcolm Cox. Welcome to your daily devotional podcast anchored in Isaiah 43:19: 'See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.'   We are currently looking at God doing a new thing in the life of Esther. Today we explore Esther's family   “Now there was a Jew in the citadel of Susa whose name was Mordecai son of Jair son of Shimei son of Kish, a Benjaminite. Kish had been carried away from Jerusalem among the captives carried away with King Jeconiah of Judah, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had carried away. Mordecai had brought up Hadassah, that is Esther, his cousin, for she had neither father nor mother; the girl was fair and beautiful, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai adopted her as his own daughter. So when the king's order and his edict were proclaimed, and when many young women were gathered in the citadel of Susa in custody of Hegai, Esther also was taken into the king's palace and put in custody of Hegai, who had charge of the women.”(Esther 2:5-8 NRSV)   Esther's Family Esther's parents died when she was young She is adopted and brought up by her cousin Mordecai She is totally reliant on him for food, housing and safety - still a ‘girl' She is taken from Mordecai without his or her consent and placed in circumstances of luxurious danger More on that in future podcasts   For Reflection Adoption is a Scriptural theme. Pharaoh's daughter adopted Moses (Ex. 2:10), and Mordecai adopted Esther (Esther 2:7). Both rescue God's people from disaster. God adopted Israel (Ex. 4:22; Deut. 7:6; Hos. 11:1; Rom. 9:4) - “Theirs is the adoption to sonship;” (Romans 9:4 NIV11). By God's grace we are brought into his redeemed family - “children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.” John 1:13 We have an inheritance - “Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.” (Romans 8:17 NIV11)   Why not take some time today to thank God for adopting you as his son or daughter?   You could pray through this wonderful passage:   “The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.” (Romans 8:15-21 NIV11)   Conclusion I hope you find your heart, your life, your congregation and your world inspired by God doing a new thing. Until tomorrow, take care, and God bless.   Please add your comments on this week's topic. We learn best when we learn in community.   Do you have a question about teaching the Bible? Is it theological, technical, practical? Send me your questions or suggestions. Here's the email: malcolm@malcolmcox.org.   If you'd like a copy of my free eBook on spiritual disciplines, “How God grows His people”, sign up at my website: http://www.malcolmcox.org.   Please pass the link on, subscribe, leave a review.   "Carpe Diem" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Now when the turn of Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai who had taken her for his daughter was come to go in unto the king she required nothing but what Hegai the king 039 s chamberlain the keeper of the women appointed And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her

We have entered the month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar on Tuesday December 12 and this is the month we remember Esther and her promotion into the house of Ahasuerus.Esther 2:15-16 reads, “ Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.”In this month of promotion you have not only received a mantle, and mantle assignments but now you will have the favor to pursue the assignments. That will be favor that will encompass you as a shield (Psalm 5:12). This favor was upon the hero's of the faith as God used them mightily to accomplish the plans and purposes that He had for them. God has a plan for you and HIs favor is needed upon your life to accomplish this purpose.Jesus had favor from Luke 2:52, “ And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.”Favor is a key that opens doors that no man can shut because those doors are open to accomplish God's purpose. You have been called, anointed and appointed and God is going to use you mightily in 2024. This is a time to learn to walk in this favor. Favor is being released and angels are all around you as God prepares you for 2024 assignments. During this week of Christmas , thank Him for His son Jesus Christ who made a way that through His shed blood we may walk in the unmerited favor and grace of God for salvation, healing, restoration, eternal life and so much more! Set time aside this week as a dedicated vessel of the Lord to thank Him for His favor upon your life ! Merry Christmas!

December 05, 2023 Daily Devotion: "From Ordinary to Extraordinary" Esther 2:1-7 New International Version 2 Later when King Xerxes' fury had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what he had decreed about her. 2 Then the king's personal attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king. 3 Let the king appoint commissioners in every province of his realm to bring all these beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women; and let beauty treatments be given to them. 4 Then let the young woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” This advice appealed to the king, and he followed it. 5 Now there was in the citadel of Susa a Jew of the tribe of Benjamin, named Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, 6 who had been carried into exile from Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, among those taken captive with Jehoiachin[a] king of Judah. 7 Mordecai had a cousin named Hadassah, whom he had brought up because she had neither father nor mother. This young woman, who was also known as Esther, had a lovely figure and was beautiful. Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter when her father and mother died. God's hand is not so short that it cannot save, nor is His ear so heavy that He cannot hear. Whether you see Him or not, He is at work in your life this very moment. God specializes in turning the unusual into the meaningful. God not only moves in unusual ways, He also moves on uneventful days. He is just as involved in the temporal as He is in the miraculous. He is a sovereign God at work amid the vast scenes of state and empires in our world. And we, even in the midst of our usual days, must remain pure and committed to the things of God and His work in our lives, even as we remain sensitive to His hand moving in carnal, secular, even drunken places. Only then can we bring to our broken world the hope it so desperately needs.   --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gerzon-etino/message

In This Story...✓  God is not mentioned once.✓  They live in a city that doesn't follow God.Esther 2:5-8 (NIV) - Now there was in the citadel of Susa a Jew of the tribe of Benjamin, named Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, who had been carried into exile from Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, among those taken captive with Jehoiachin king of Judah. Mordecai had a cousin named Hadassah, whom he had brought up because she had neither father nor mother. This young woman, who was also known as Esther, had a lovely figure and was beautiful. Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter when her father and mother died. When the king's order and edict had been proclaimed, many young women were brought to the citadel of Susa and put under the care of Hegai. Esther also was taken to the king's palace… IT'S TIME TO... I. COME OUT OF HIDING.Esther 2:10 (NIV) - Esther had not revealed her nationality and family background, because Mordecai had forbidden her to do so.II. MAKE YOUR CHOICE. Esther‬ ‭4‬:‭13‬-‭14‬ ‭(NIV) - Do not think that because you are in the king's house you alone of all the Jews will escape. For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?III. RISK IT ALL. Esther 4:15-16 (NIV) - Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: “Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.”

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The Torah in Parashat Ki-Teseh (Debarim 23:2) commands that a man who is a “Pesu'a Daka” or “Kerut Shofcha” may not marry a Jewish girl. These terms refer to forms of damage caused to the reproductive organs that make a man infertile. A “Pesu'a Daka” is a man whose testicles were crushed, and a “Kerut Shofcha” is somebody whose member was cut. The Sefer Ha'hinuch explains that the Torah forbade such a man from marrying a Jewish girl in order to disincentivize what was a common phenomenon in the ancient world. Men would volunteer to have their reproductive organs permanently damaged so that they could be appointed by the king to guard and care for the royal harem. We know this from Megilat Ester, which tells of King Ahashverosh's “Sarisim” (eunuchs), the most famous of whom was Hegai, who was in charge of the young women brought to the palace for the king to choose a new queen. Men would have this done to them in exchange for the money and prestige that came with a job in the king's palace. The Sefer Ha'hinuch writes that as we are a sacred nation, it is improper for a man to harm himself in this fashion. For this reason, the Sefer Ha'hinuch adds, this prohibition applies only if the damage to the reproductive organs were inflicted by the person himself or by somebody else. If this happened on its own, “Bi'ydeh Shamayim” (“at the hands of G-d”), then the man is permitted to marry. Since the purpose of the prohibition is to deter men from having this done to them, it applies only to situations which were caused by people, and not to those which occurred on their own. This prohibition applies in all times and places, and, quite obviously, is relevant only to men. If a man with one of these conditions marries a Jewish girl and consummates the marriage, he has transgressed this prohibition and is liable to Malkut. The man is permitted to marry a female convert, or a gentile maidservant who was released and converted. According to the Talmud Yerushalmi, a man with one of these conditions violates this command by having relations with a Jewish girl, even outside the framework of marriage.

FAVOUR WITH HUMANS: There are many ways to gain favor with humans. Some common examples include: Sure, here are some Bible verses about favour with humans:   These verses show that God desires to bless His people with favour with humans. When we live a life that is pleasing to God, He will cause others to see us in a positive light. We will be more likely to be successful in our endeavours and to have good relationships with others.   There are a few things that we can do to increase our chances of finding favour with humans.   Exodus 33:15-17 NLT Then Moses said, "If you don't personally go with us, don't make us leave this place. [16] How will anyone know that you look favourably on me-on me and on your people-if you don't go with us? For your presence among us sets your people and me apart from all other people on the earth." [17] The LORD replied to Moses, "I will indeed do what you have asked, for I look favourably on you, and I know you by name."   First, we can make sure that we are living a life that is pleasing to God. This means following His commandments and living according to His will. Daniel 1:8-9 KJV But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. [9] Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.   Second, we can be compassionate to others. We should always be willing to help those in need and to show them love and respect. Third, Loyalty and Kindness - Proverbs 3:3-4 NLT Never let loyalty and kindness leave you! Tie them around your neck as a reminder. Write them deep within your heart. [4] Then you will find favor with both God and people, and you will earn a good reputation.   Fourth, we can be humble and unassuming. We should not try to draw attention to ourselves or to boast about our accomplishments. Instead, we should focus on helping others and making a positive difference in the world. Esther 2:15-17 NLT Esther was the daughter of Abihail, who was Mordecai's uncle. (Mordecai had adopted his younger cousin Esther.) When it was Esther's turn to go to the king, she accepted the advice of Hegai, the eunuch in charge of the harem. She asked for nothing except what he suggested, and she was admired by everyone who saw her. [16] Esther was taken to King Xerxes at the royal palace in early winter of the seventh year of his reign. [17] And the king loved Esther more than any of the other young women. He was so delighted with her that he set the royal crown on her head and declared her queen instead of Vashti.

Message for 08/27/2023 "Esther - You Always Have a Choice" by Justin McTeer. *All verses are NLT unless otherwise noted* John 5:16-17 - So the Jewish leaders began harassing Jesus for breaking the Sabbath rules. 17 But Jesus replied, “My Father is always working, and so am I.” Romans 8:28 - And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. Daniel 1:9 - Now God had given the chief of staff both respect and affection for Daniel. Ezra 1:1b - He stirred the heart of Cyrus to put this proclamation in writing and to send it throughout his kingdom… Nehemiah 2:8b - And the king granted these requests, because the gracious hand of God was on me. Esther 2:1-11 - But after Xerxes' anger had subsided, he began thinking about Vashti and what she had done and the decree he had made. 2 So his personal attendants suggested, “Let us search the empire to find beautiful young virgins for the king. 3 Let the king appoint agents in each province to bring these beautiful young women into the royal harem at the fortress of Susa. Hegai, the king's eunuch in charge of the harem, will see that they are all given beauty treatments. 4 After that, the young woman who most pleases the king will be made queen instead of Vashti.” This advice was very appealing to the king, so he put the plan into effect. 5 At that time there was a Jewish man in the fortress of Susa whose name was Mordecai son of Jair. He was from the tribe of Benjamin and was a descendant of Kish and Shimei. 6 His family had been among those who, with King Jehoiachin of Judah, had been exiled from Jerusalem to Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar. 7 This man had a very beautiful and lovely young cousin, Hadassah, who was also called Esther. When her father and mother died, Mordecai adopted her into his family and raised her as his own daughter. 8 As a result of the king's decree, Esther, along with many other young women, was brought to the king's harem at the fortress of Susa and placed in Hegai's care. 9 Hegai was very impressed with Esther and treated her kindly. He quickly ordered a special menu for her and provided her with beauty treatments. He also assigned her seven maids specially chosen from the king's palace, and he moved her and her maids into the best place in the harem. 10 Esther had not told anyone of her nationality and family background, because Mordecai had directed her not to do so.11 Every day Mordecai would take a walk near the courtyard of the harem to find out about Esther and what was happening to her. Esther 2:12-20 - Before each young woman was taken to the king's bed, she was given the prescribed twelve months of beauty treatments—six months with oil of myrrh, followed by six months with special perfumes and ointments. 13 When it was time for her to go to the king's palace, she was given her choice of whatever clothing or jewelry she wanted to take from the harem. 14 That evening she was taken to the king's private rooms, and the next morning she was brought to the second harem, where the king's wives lived. There she would be under the care of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch in charge of the concubines. She would never go to the king again unless he had especially enjoyed her and requested her by name. 15 Esther was the daughter of Abihail, who was Mordecai's uncle. (Mordecai had adopted his younger cousin Esther.) When it was Esther's turn to go to the king, she accepted the advice of Hegai, the eunuch in charge of the harem. She asked for nothing except what he suggested, and she was admired by everyone who saw her. 16 Esther was taken to King Xerxes at the royal palace in early winter of the seventh year of his reign. 17 And the king loved Esther more than any of the other young women. He was so delighted with her that he set the royal crown on her head and declared her queen instead of Vashti. 18 To celebrate the occasion, he gave a great banquet in Esther's honor for all his nobles and officials, declaring a public holiday for the provinces and giving generous gifts to everyone. 19 Even after all the young women had been transferred to the second harem and Mordecai had become a palace official, 20 Esther continued to keep her family background and nationality a secret. She was still following Mordecai's directions, just as she did when she lived in his home. 2 Timothy 4:3 - For a time is coming when people will no longer listen to sound and wholesome teaching. They will follow their own desires and will look for teachers who will tell them whatever their itching ears want to hear. Matthew 7:24-25 - “Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. 25 Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won't collapse because it is built on bedrock.

Ezra 5:2–6:22 Ezra 5:2–6:22 (Listen) 2 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak arose and began to rebuild the house of God that is in Jerusalem, and the prophets of God were with them, supporting them. 3 At the same time Tattenai the governor of the province Beyond the River and Shethar-bozenai and their associates came to them and spoke to them thus: “Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?” 4 They also asked them this:1 “What are the names of the men who are building this building?” 5 But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they did not stop them until the report should reach Darius and then an answer be returned by letter concerning it. Tattenai's Letter to King Darius 6 This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai the governor of the province Beyond the River and Shethar-bozenai and his associates, the governors who were in the province Beyond the River, sent to Darius the king. 7 They sent him a report, in which was written as follows: “To Darius the king, all peace. 8 Be it known to the king that we went to the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. It is being built with huge stones, and timber is laid in the walls. This work goes on diligently and prospers in their hands. 9 Then we asked those elders and spoke to them thus: ‘Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?' 10 We also asked them their names, for your information, that we might write down the names of their leaders.2 11 And this was their reply to us: ‘We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the house that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished. 12 But because our fathers had angered the God of heaven, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house and carried away the people to Babylonia. 13 However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree that this house of God should be rebuilt. 14 And the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple that was in Jerusalem and brought into the temple of Babylon, these Cyrus the king took out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered to one whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor; 15 and he said to him, “Take these vessels, go and put them in the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt on its site.” 16 Then this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of the house of God that is in Jerusalem, and from that time until now it has been in building, and it is not yet finished.' 17 Therefore, if it seems good to the king, let search be made in the royal archives there in Babylon, to see whether a decree was issued by Cyrus the king for the rebuilding of this house of God in Jerusalem. And let the king send us his pleasure in this matter.” The Decree of Darius 6 Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in Babylonia, in the house of the archives where the documents were stored. 2 And in Ecbatana, the citadel that is in the province of Media, a scroll was found on which this was written: “A record. 3 In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king issued a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be rebuilt, the place where sacrifices were offered, and let its foundations be retained. Its height shall be sixty cubits3 and its breadth sixty cubits, 4 with three layers of great stones and one layer of timber. Let the cost be paid from the royal treasury. 5 And also let the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that is in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be restored and brought back to the temple that is in Jerusalem, each to its place. You shall put them in the house of God.” 6 “Now therefore, Tattenai, governor of the province Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and your4 associates the governors who are in the province Beyond the River, keep away. 7 Let the work on this house of God alone. Let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its site. 8 Moreover, I make a decree regarding what you shall do for these elders of the Jews for the rebuilding of this house of God. The cost is to be paid to these men in full and without delay from the royal revenue, the tribute of the province from Beyond the River. 9 And whatever is needed—bulls, rams, or sheep for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, or oil, as the priests at Jerusalem require—let that be given to them day by day without fail, 10 that they may offer pleasing sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons. 11 Also I make a decree that if anyone alters this edict, a beam shall be pulled out of his house, and he shall be impaled on it, and his house shall be made a dunghill. 12 May the God who has caused his name to dwell there overthrow any king or people who shall put out a hand to alter this, or to destroy this house of God that is in Jerusalem. I Darius make a decree; let it be done with all diligence.” The Temple Finished and Dedicated 13 Then, according to the word sent by Darius the king, Tattenai, the governor of the province Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates did with all diligence what Darius the king had ordered. 14 And the elders of the Jews built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They finished their building by decree of the God of Israel and by decree of Cyrus and Darius and Artaxerxes king of Persia; 15 and this house was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. 16 And the people of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the returned exiles, celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy. 17 They offered at the dedication of this house of God 100 bulls, 200 rams, 400 lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel 12 male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. 18 And they set the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their divisions, for the service of God at Jerusalem, as it is written in the Book of Moses. Passover Celebrated 19 On the fourteenth day of the first month, the returned exiles kept the Passover. 20 For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were clean. So they slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the returned exiles, for their fellow priests, and for themselves. 21 It was eaten by the people of Israel who had returned from exile, and also by every one who had joined them and separated himself from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to worship the LORD, the God of Israel. 22 And they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy, for the LORD had made them joyful and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, so that he aided them in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel. Footnotes [1] 5:4 Septuagint, Syriac; Aramaic Then we said to them, [2] 5:10 Aramaic of the men at their heads [3] 6:3 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters [4] 6:6 Aramaic their (ESV) Esther 1–2 Esther 1–2 (Listen) The King's Banquets 1 Now in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces, 2 in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa, the citadel, 3 in the third year of his reign he gave a feast for all his officials and servants. The army of Persia and Media and the nobles and governors of the provinces were before him, 4 while he showed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor and pomp of his greatness for many days, 180 days. 5 And when these days were completed, the king gave for all the people present in Susa the citadel, both great and small, a feast lasting for seven days in the court of the garden of the king's palace. 6 There were white cotton curtains and violet hangings fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rods1 and marble pillars, and also couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and precious stones. 7 Drinks were served in golden vessels, vessels of different kinds, and the royal wine was lavished according to the bounty of the king. 8 And drinking was according to this edict: “There is no compulsion.” For the king had given orders to all the staff of his palace to do as each man desired. 9 Queen Vashti also gave a feast for the women in the palace that belonged to King Ahasuerus. Queen Vashti's Refusal 10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha and Abagtha, Zethar and Carkas, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus, 11 to bring Queen Vashti before the king with her royal crown,2 in order to show the peoples and the princes her beauty, for she was lovely to look at. 12 But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's command delivered by the eunuchs. At this the king became enraged, and his anger burned within him. 13 Then the king said to the wise men who knew the times (for this was the king's procedure toward all who were versed in law and judgment, 14 the men next to him being Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and sat first in the kingdom): 15 “According to the law, what is to be done to Queen Vashti, because she has not performed the command of King Ahasuerus delivered by the eunuchs?” 16 Then Memucan said in the presence of the king and the officials, “Not only against the king has Queen Vashti done wrong, but also against all the officials and all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus. 17 For the queen's behavior will be made known to all women, causing them to look at their husbands with contempt,3 since they will say, ‘King Ahasuerus commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him, and she did not come.' 18 This very day the noble women of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen's behavior will say the same to all the king's officials, and there will be contempt and wrath in plenty. 19 If it please the king, let a royal order go out from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes so that it may not be repealed, that Vashti is never again to come before King Ahasuerus. And let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she. 20 So when the decree made by the king is proclaimed throughout all his kingdom, for it is vast, all women will give honor to their husbands, high and low alike.” 21 This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did as Memucan proposed. 22 He sent letters to all the royal provinces, to every province in its own script and to every people in its own language, that every man be master in his own household and speak according to the language of his people. Esther Chosen Queen 2 After these things, when the anger of King Ahasuerus had abated, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her. 2 Then the king's young men who attended him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought out for the king. 3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the beautiful young virgins to the harem in Susa the citadel, under custody of Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women. Let their cosmetics be given them. 4 And let the young woman who pleases the king4 be queen instead of Vashti.” This pleased the king, and he did so. 5 Now there was a Jew in Susa the citadel whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite, 6 who had been carried away from Jerusalem among the captives carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away. 7 He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his uncle, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was lovely to look at, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter. 8 So when the king's order and his edict were proclaimed, and when many young women were gathered in Susa the citadel in custody of Hegai, Esther also was taken into the king's palace and put in custody of Hegai, who had charge of the women. 9 And the young woman pleased him and won his favor. And he quickly provided her with her cosmetics and her portion of food, and with seven chosen young women from the king's palace, and advanced her and her young women to the best place in the harem. 10 Esther had not made known her people or kindred, for Mordecai had commanded her not to make it known. 11 And every day Mordecai walked in front of the court of the harem to learn how Esther was and what was happening to her. 12 Now when the turn came for each young woman to go in to King Ahasuerus, after being twelve months under the regulations for the women, since this was the regular period of their beautifying, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and ointments for women—13 when the young woman went in to the king in this way, she was given whatever she desired to take with her from the harem to the king's palace. 14 In the evening she would go in, and in the morning she would return to the second harem in custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch, who was in charge of the concubines. She would not go in to the king again, unless the king delighted in her and she was summoned by name. 15 When the turn came for Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his own daughter, to go in to the king, she asked for nothing except what Hegai the king's eunuch, who had charge of the women, advised. Now Esther was winning favor in the eyes of all who saw her. 16 And when Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign, 17 the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she won grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown5 on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. 18 Then the king gave a great feast for all his officials and servants; it was Esther's feast. He also granted a remission of taxes to the provinces and gave gifts with royal generosity. Mordecai Discovers a Plot 19 Now when the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate. 20 Esther had not made known her kindred or her people, as Mordecai had commanded her, for Esther obeyed Mordecai just as when she was brought up by him. 21 In those days, as Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, became angry and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. 22 And this came to the knowledge of Mordecai, and he told it to Queen Esther, and Esther told the king in the name of Mordecai. 23 When the affair was investigated and found to be so, the men were both hanged on the gallows.6 And it was recorded in the book of the chronicles in the presence of the king. Footnotes [1] 1:6 Or rings [2] 1:11 Or headdress [3] 1:17 Hebrew to disdain their husbands in their eyes [4] 2:4 Hebrew who is good in the eyes of the king [5] 2:17 Or headdress [6] 2:23 Or wooden beam or stake; Hebrew tree or wood. This Persian execution practice involved affixing or impaling a person on a stake or pole (compare Ezra 6:11) (ESV)

Old Testament: Esther 1–2 Esther 1–2 (Listen) The King's Banquets 1 Now in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces, 2 in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa, the citadel, 3 in the third year of his reign he gave a feast for all his officials and servants. The army of Persia and Media and the nobles and governors of the provinces were before him, 4 while he showed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor and pomp of his greatness for many days, 180 days. 5 And when these days were completed, the king gave for all the people present in Susa the citadel, both great and small, a feast lasting for seven days in the court of the garden of the king's palace. 6 There were white cotton curtains and violet hangings fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rods1 and marble pillars, and also couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and precious stones. 7 Drinks were served in golden vessels, vessels of different kinds, and the royal wine was lavished according to the bounty of the king. 8 And drinking was according to this edict: “There is no compulsion.” For the king had given orders to all the staff of his palace to do as each man desired. 9 Queen Vashti also gave a feast for the women in the palace that belonged to King Ahasuerus. Queen Vashti's Refusal 10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha and Abagtha, Zethar and Carkas, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus, 11 to bring Queen Vashti before the king with her royal crown,2 in order to show the peoples and the princes her beauty, for she was lovely to look at. 12 But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's command delivered by the eunuchs. At this the king became enraged, and his anger burned within him. 13 Then the king said to the wise men who knew the times (for this was the king's procedure toward all who were versed in law and judgment, 14 the men next to him being Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and sat first in the kingdom): 15 “According to the law, what is to be done to Queen Vashti, because she has not performed the command of King Ahasuerus delivered by the eunuchs?” 16 Then Memucan said in the presence of the king and the officials, “Not only against the king has Queen Vashti done wrong, but also against all the officials and all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus. 17 For the queen's behavior will be made known to all women, causing them to look at their husbands with contempt,3 since they will say, ‘King Ahasuerus commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him, and she did not come.' 18 This very day the noble women of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen's behavior will say the same to all the king's officials, and there will be contempt and wrath in plenty. 19 If it please the king, let a royal order go out from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes so that it may not be repealed, that Vashti is never again to come before King Ahasuerus. And let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she. 20 So when the decree made by the king is proclaimed throughout all his kingdom, for it is vast, all women will give honor to their husbands, high and low alike.” 21 This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did as Memucan proposed. 22 He sent letters to all the royal provinces, to every province in its own script and to every people in its own language, that every man be master in his own household and speak according to the language of his people. Esther Chosen Queen 2 After these things, when the anger of King Ahasuerus had abated, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her. 2 Then the king's young men who attended him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought out for the king. 3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the beautiful young virgins to the harem in Susa the citadel, under custody of Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women. Let their cosmetics be given them. 4 And let the young woman who pleases the king4 be queen instead of Vashti.” This pleased the king, and he did so. 5 Now there was a Jew in Susa the citadel whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite, 6 who had been carried away from Jerusalem among the captives carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away. 7 He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his uncle, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was lovely to look at, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter. 8 So when the king's order and his edict were proclaimed, and when many young women were gathered in Susa the citadel in custody of Hegai, Esther also was taken into the king's palace and put in custody of Hegai, who had charge of the women. 9 And the young woman pleased him and won his favor. And he quickly provided her with her cosmetics and her portion of food, and with seven chosen young women from the king's palace, and advanced her and her young women to the best place in the harem. 10 Esther had not made known her people or kindred, for Mordecai had commanded her not to make it known. 11 And every day Mordecai walked in front of the court of the harem to learn how Esther was and what was happening to her. 12 Now when the turn came for each young woman to go in to King Ahasuerus, after being twelve months under the regulations for the women, since this was the regular period of their beautifying, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and ointments for women—13 when the young woman went in to the king in this way, she was given whatever she desired to take with her from the harem to the king's palace. 14 In the evening she would go in, and in the morning she would return to the second harem in custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch, who was in charge of the concubines. She would not go in to the king again, unless the king delighted in her and she was summoned by name. 15 When the turn came for Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his own daughter, to go in to the king, she asked for nothing except what Hegai the king's eunuch, who had charge of the women, advised. Now Esther was winning favor in the eyes of all who saw her. 16 And when Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign, 17 the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she won grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown5 on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. 18 Then the king gave a great feast for all his officials and servants; it was Esther's feast. He also granted a remission of taxes to the provinces and gave gifts with royal generosity. Mordecai Discovers a Plot 19 Now when the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate. 20 Esther had not made known her kindred or her people, as Mordecai had commanded her, for Esther obeyed Mordecai just as when she was brought up by him. 21 In those days, as Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, became angry and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. 22 And this came to the knowledge of Mordecai, and he told it to Queen Esther, and Esther told the king in the name of Mordecai. 23 When the affair was investigated and found to be so, the men were both hanged on the gallows.6 And it was recorded in the book of the chronicles in the presence of the king. Footnotes [1] 1:6 Or rings [2] 1:11 Or headdress [3] 1:17 Hebrew to disdain their husbands in their eyes [4] 2:4 Hebrew who is good in the eyes of the king [5] 2:17 Or headdress [6] 2:23 Or wooden beam or stake; Hebrew tree or wood. This Persian execution practice involved affixing or impaling a person on a stake or pole (compare Ezra 6:11) (ESV) Psalm: Psalm 40 Psalm 40 (Listen) My Help and My Deliverer To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 40   I waited patiently for the LORD;    he inclined to me and heard my cry.2   He drew me up from the pit of destruction,    out of the miry bog,  and set my feet upon a rock,    making my steps secure.3   He put a new song in my mouth,    a song of praise to our God.  Many will see and fear,    and put their trust in the LORD. 4   Blessed is the man who makes    the LORD his trust,  who does not turn to the proud,    to those who go astray after a lie!5   You have multiplied, O LORD my God,    your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us;    none can compare with you!  I will proclaim and tell of them,    yet they are more than can be told. 6   In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted,    but you have given me an open ear.1  Burnt offering and sin offering    you have not required.7   Then I said, “Behold, I have come;    in the scroll of the book it is written of me:8   I delight to do your will, O my God;    your law is within my heart.” 9   I have told the glad news of deliverance2    in the great congregation;  behold, I have not restrained my lips,    as you know, O LORD.10   I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart;    I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;  I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness    from the great congregation. 11   As for you, O LORD, you will not restrain    your mercy from me;  your steadfast love and your faithfulness will    ever preserve me!12   For evils have encompassed me    beyond number;  my iniquities have overtaken me,    and I cannot see;  they are more than the hairs of my head;    my heart fails me. 13   Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me!    O LORD, make haste to help me!14   Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether    who seek to snatch away my life;  let those be turned back and brought to dishonor    who delight in my hurt!15   Let those be appalled because of their shame    who say to me, “Aha, Aha!” 16   But may all who seek you    rejoice and be glad in you;  may those who love your salvation    say continually, “Great is the LORD!”17   As for me, I am poor and needy,    but the Lord takes thought for me.  You are my help and my deliverer;    do not delay, O my God! Footnotes [1] 40:6 Hebrew ears you have dug for me [2] 40:9 Hebrew righteousness; also verse 10 (ESV) New Testament: Luke 4 Luke 4 (Listen) The Temptation of Jesus 4 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry. 3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” 4 And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone.'” 5 And the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, 6 and said to him, “To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will. 7 If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.” 8 And Jesus answered him, “It is written,   “‘You shall worship the Lord your God,    and him only shall you serve.'” 9 And he took him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, 10 for it is written,   “‘He will command his angels concerning you,    to guard you,' 11 and   “‘On their hands they will bear you up,    lest you strike your foot against a stone.'” 12 And Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'” 13 And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time. Jesus Begins His Ministry 14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a report about him went out through all the surrounding country. 15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all. Jesus Rejected at Nazareth 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. 17 And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written, 18   “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,    because he has anointed me    to proclaim good news to the poor.  He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives    and recovering of sight to the blind,    to set at liberty those who are oppressed,19   to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.” 20 And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. 21 And he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” 22 And all spoke well of him and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, “Is not this Joseph's son?” 23 And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘“Physician, heal yourself.” What we have heard you did at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.'” 24 And he said, “Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown. 25 But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land, 26 and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27 And there were many lepers1 in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.” 28 When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. 29 And they rose up and drove him out of the town and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff. 30 But passing through their midst, he went away. Jesus Heals a Man with an Unclean Demon 31 And he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the Sabbath, 32 and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word possessed authority. 33 And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, 34 “Ha!2 What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God.” 35 But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm. 36 And they were all amazed and said to one another, “What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!” 37 And reports about him went out into every place in the surrounding region. Jesus Heals Many 38 And he arose and left the synagogue and entered Simon's house. Now Simon's mother-in-law was ill with a high fever, and they appealed to him on her behalf. 39 And he stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her, and immediately she rose and began to serve them. 40 Now when the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to him, and he laid his hands on every one of them and healed them. 41 And demons also came out of many, crying, “You are the Son of God!” But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ. Jesus Preaches in Synagogues 42 And when it was day, he departed and went into a desolate place. And the people sought him and came to him, and would have kept him from leaving them, 43 but he said to them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well; for I was sent for this purpose.” 44 And he was preaching in the synagogues of Judea.3 Footnotes [1] 4:27 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13 [2] 4:34 Or Leave us alone [3] 4:44 Some manuscripts Galilee (ESV)

Old Testament: Esther 1–2 Esther 1–2 (Listen) The King's Banquets 1 Now in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces, 2 in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa, the citadel, 3 in the third year of his reign he gave a feast for all his officials and servants. The army of Persia and Media and the nobles and governors of the provinces were before him, 4 while he showed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor and pomp of his greatness for many days, 180 days. 5 And when these days were completed, the king gave for all the people present in Susa the citadel, both great and small, a feast lasting for seven days in the court of the garden of the king's palace. 6 There were white cotton curtains and violet hangings fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rods1 and marble pillars, and also couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and precious stones. 7 Drinks were served in golden vessels, vessels of different kinds, and the royal wine was lavished according to the bounty of the king. 8 And drinking was according to this edict: “There is no compulsion.” For the king had given orders to all the staff of his palace to do as each man desired. 9 Queen Vashti also gave a feast for the women in the palace that belonged to King Ahasuerus. Queen Vashti's Refusal 10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha and Abagtha, Zethar and Carkas, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus, 11 to bring Queen Vashti before the king with her royal crown,2 in order to show the peoples and the princes her beauty, for she was lovely to look at. 12 But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's command delivered by the eunuchs. At this the king became enraged, and his anger burned within him. 13 Then the king said to the wise men who knew the times (for this was the king's procedure toward all who were versed in law and judgment, 14 the men next to him being Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and sat first in the kingdom): 15 “According to the law, what is to be done to Queen Vashti, because she has not performed the command of King Ahasuerus delivered by the eunuchs?” 16 Then Memucan said in the presence of the king and the officials, “Not only against the king has Queen Vashti done wrong, but also against all the officials and all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus. 17 For the queen's behavior will be made known to all women, causing them to look at their husbands with contempt,3 since they will say, ‘King Ahasuerus commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him, and she did not come.' 18 This very day the noble women of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen's behavior will say the same to all the king's officials, and there will be contempt and wrath in plenty. 19 If it please the king, let a royal order go out from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes so that it may not be repealed, that Vashti is never again to come before King Ahasuerus. And let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she. 20 So when the decree made by the king is proclaimed throughout all his kingdom, for it is vast, all women will give honor to their husbands, high and low alike.” 21 This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did as Memucan proposed. 22 He sent letters to all the royal provinces, to every province in its own script and to every people in its own language, that every man be master in his own household and speak according to the language of his people. Esther Chosen Queen 2 After these things, when the anger of King Ahasuerus had abated, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her. 2 Then the king's young men who attended him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought out for the king. 3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the beautiful young virgins to the harem in Susa the citadel, under custody of Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women. Let their cosmetics be given them. 4 And let the young woman who pleases the king4 be queen instead of Vashti.” This pleased the king, and he did so. 5 Now there was a Jew in Susa the citadel whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite, 6 who had been carried away from Jerusalem among the captives carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away. 7 He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his uncle, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was lovely to look at, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter. 8 So when the king's order and his edict were proclaimed, and when many young women were gathered in Susa the citadel in custody of Hegai, Esther also was taken into the king's palace and put in custody of Hegai, who had charge of the women. 9 And the young woman pleased him and won his favor. And he quickly provided her with her cosmetics and her portion of food, and with seven chosen young women from the king's palace, and advanced her and her young women to the best place in the harem. 10 Esther had not made known her people or kindred, for Mordecai had commanded her not to make it known. 11 And every day Mordecai walked in front of the court of the harem to learn how Esther was and what was happening to her. 12 Now when the turn came for each young woman to go in to King Ahasuerus, after being twelve months under the regulations for the women, since this was the regular period of their beautifying, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and ointments for women—13 when the young woman went in to the king in this way, she was given whatever she desired to take with her from the harem to the king's palace. 14 In the evening she would go in, and in the morning she would return to the second harem in custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch, who was in charge of the concubines. She would not go in to the king again, unless the king delighted in her and she was summoned by name. 15 When the turn came for Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his own daughter, to go in to the king, she asked for nothing except what Hegai the king's eunuch, who had charge of the women, advised. Now Esther was winning favor in the eyes of all who saw her. 16 And when Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign, 17 the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she won grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown5 on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. 18 Then the king gave a great feast for all his officials and servants; it was Esther's feast. He also granted a remission of taxes to the provinces and gave gifts with royal generosity. Mordecai Discovers a Plot 19 Now when the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate. 20 Esther had not made known her kindred or her people, as Mordecai had commanded her, for Esther obeyed Mordecai just as when she was brought up by him. 21 In those days, as Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, became angry and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. 22 And this came to the knowledge of Mordecai, and he told it to Queen Esther, and Esther told the king in the name of Mordecai. 23 When the affair was investigated and found to be so, the men were both hanged on the gallows.6 And it was recorded in the book of the chronicles in the presence of the king. Footnotes [1] 1:6 Or rings [2] 1:11 Or headdress [3] 1:17 Hebrew to disdain their husbands in their eyes [4] 2:4 Hebrew who is good in the eyes of the king [5] 2:17 Or headdress [6] 2:23 Or wooden beam or stake; Hebrew tree or wood. This Persian execution practice involved affixing or impaling a person on a stake or pole (compare Ezra 6:11) (ESV) New Testament: Philippians 1:27–2:11 Philippians 1:27–2:11 (Listen) 27 Only let your manner of life be worthy1 of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel, 28 and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is a clear sign to them of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God. 29 For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake, 30 engaged in the same conflict that you saw I had and now hear that I still have. Christ's Example of Humility 2 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, 2 complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,2 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,3 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant,4 being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Footnotes [1] 1:27 Greek Only behave as citizens worthy [2] 2:5 Or which was also in Christ Jesus [3] 2:6 Or a thing to be held on to for advantage [4] 2:7 Or slave (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface) (ESV) Psalm: Psalm 40 Psalm 40 (Listen) My Help and My Deliverer To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 40   I waited patiently for the LORD;    he inclined to me and heard my cry.2   He drew me up from the pit of destruction,    out of the miry bog,  and set my feet upon a rock,    making my steps secure.3   He put a new song in my mouth,    a song of praise to our God.  Many will see and fear,    and put their trust in the LORD. 4   Blessed is the man who makes    the LORD his trust,  who does not turn to the proud,    to those who go astray after a lie!5   You have multiplied, O LORD my God,    your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us;    none can compare with you!  I will proclaim and tell of them,    yet they are more than can be told. 6   In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted,    but you have given me an open ear.1  Burnt offering and sin offering    you have not required.7   Then I said, “Behold, I have come;    in the scroll of the book it is written of me:8   I delight to do your will, O my God;    your law is within my heart.” 9   I have told the glad news of deliverance2    in the great congregation;  behold, I have not restrained my lips,    as you know, O LORD.10   I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart;    I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;  I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness    from the great congregation. 11   As for you, O LORD, you will not restrain    your mercy from me;  your steadfast love and your faithfulness will    ever preserve me!12   For evils have encompassed me    beyond number;  my iniquities have overtaken me,    and I cannot see;  they are more than the hairs of my head;    my heart fails me. 13   Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me!    O LORD, make haste to help me!14   Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether    who seek to snatch away my life;  let those be turned back and brought to dishonor    who delight in my hurt!15   Let those be appalled because of their shame    who say to me, “Aha, Aha!” 16   But may all who seek you    rejoice and be glad in you;  may those who love your salvation    say continually, “Great is the LORD!”17   As for me, I am poor and needy,    but the Lord takes thought for me.  You are my help and my deliverer;    do not delay, O my God! Footnotes [1] 40:6 Hebrew ears you have dug for me [2] 40:9 Hebrew righteousness; also verse 10 (ESV) Proverb: Proverbs 21:17–18 Proverbs 21:17–18 (Listen) 17   Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man;    he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.18   The wicked is a ransom for the righteous,    and the traitor for the upright. (ESV)

Morning: Esther 1–3 Esther 1–3 (Listen) The King's Banquets 1 Now in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces, 2 in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa, the citadel, 3 in the third year of his reign he gave a feast for all his officials and servants. The army of Persia and Media and the nobles and governors of the provinces were before him, 4 while he showed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor and pomp of his greatness for many days, 180 days. 5 And when these days were completed, the king gave for all the people present in Susa the citadel, both great and small, a feast lasting for seven days in the court of the garden of the king's palace. 6 There were white cotton curtains and violet hangings fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rods1 and marble pillars, and also couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and precious stones. 7 Drinks were served in golden vessels, vessels of different kinds, and the royal wine was lavished according to the bounty of the king. 8 And drinking was according to this edict: “There is no compulsion.” For the king had given orders to all the staff of his palace to do as each man desired. 9 Queen Vashti also gave a feast for the women in the palace that belonged to King Ahasuerus. Queen Vashti's Refusal 10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha and Abagtha, Zethar and Carkas, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus, 11 to bring Queen Vashti before the king with her royal crown,2 in order to show the peoples and the princes her beauty, for she was lovely to look at. 12 But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's command delivered by the eunuchs. At this the king became enraged, and his anger burned within him. 13 Then the king said to the wise men who knew the times (for this was the king's procedure toward all who were versed in law and judgment, 14 the men next to him being Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and sat first in the kingdom): 15 “According to the law, what is to be done to Queen Vashti, because she has not performed the command of King Ahasuerus delivered by the eunuchs?” 16 Then Memucan said in the presence of the king and the officials, “Not only against the king has Queen Vashti done wrong, but also against all the officials and all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus. 17 For the queen's behavior will be made known to all women, causing them to look at their husbands with contempt,3 since they will say, ‘King Ahasuerus commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him, and she did not come.' 18 This very day the noble women of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen's behavior will say the same to all the king's officials, and there will be contempt and wrath in plenty. 19 If it please the king, let a royal order go out from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes so that it may not be repealed, that Vashti is never again to come before King Ahasuerus. And let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she. 20 So when the decree made by the king is proclaimed throughout all his kingdom, for it is vast, all women will give honor to their husbands, high and low alike.” 21 This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did as Memucan proposed. 22 He sent letters to all the royal provinces, to every province in its own script and to every people in its own language, that every man be master in his own household and speak according to the language of his people. Esther Chosen Queen 2 After these things, when the anger of King Ahasuerus had abated, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her. 2 Then the king's young men who attended him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought out for the king. 3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the beautiful young virgins to the harem in Susa the citadel, under custody of Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women. Let their cosmetics be given them. 4 And let the young woman who pleases the king4 be queen instead of Vashti.” This pleased the king, and he did so. 5 Now there was a Jew in Susa the citadel whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite, 6 who had been carried away from Jerusalem among the captives carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away. 7 He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his uncle, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was lovely to look at, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter. 8 So when the king's order and his edict were proclaimed, and when many young women were gathered in Susa the citadel in custody of Hegai, Esther also was taken into the king's palace and put in custody of Hegai, who had charge of the women. 9 And the young woman pleased him and won his favor. And he quickly provided her with her cosmetics and her portion of food, and with seven chosen young women from the king's palace, and advanced her and her young women to the best place in the harem. 10 Esther had not made known her people or kindred, for Mordecai had commanded her not to make it known. 11 And every day Mordecai walked in front of the court of the harem to learn how Esther was and what was happening to her. 12 Now when the turn came for each young woman to go in to King Ahasuerus, after being twelve months under the regulations for the women, since this was the regular period of their beautifying, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and ointments for women—13 when the young woman went in to the king in this way, she was given whatever she desired to take with her from the harem to the king's palace. 14 In the evening she would go in, and in the morning she would return to the second harem in custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch, who was in charge of the concubines. She would not go in to the king again, unless the king delighted in her and she was summoned by name. 15 When the turn came for Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his own daughter, to go in to the king, she asked for nothing except what Hegai the king's eunuch, who had charge of the women, advised. Now Esther was winning favor in the eyes of all who saw her. 16 And when Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign, 17 the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she won grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown5 on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. 18 Then the king gave a great feast for all his officials and servants; it was Esther's feast. He also granted a remission of taxes to the provinces and gave gifts with royal generosity. Mordecai Discovers a Plot 19 Now when the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate. 20 Esther had not made known her kindred or her people, as Mordecai had commanded her, for Esther obeyed Mordecai just as when she was brought up by him. 21 In those days, as Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, became angry and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. 22 And this came to the knowledge of Mordecai, and he told it to Queen Esther, and Esther told the king in the name of Mordecai. 23 When the affair was investigated and found to be so, the men were both hanged on the gallows.6 And it was recorded in the book of the chronicles in the presence of the king. Haman Plots Against the Jews 3 After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, and advanced him and set his throne above all the officials who were with him. 2 And all the king's servants who were at the king's gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai did not bow down or pay homage. 3 Then the king's servants who were at the king's gate said to Mordecai, “Why do you transgress the king's command?” 4 And when they spoke to him day after day and he would not listen to them, they told Haman, in order to see whether Mordecai's words would stand, for he had told them that he was a Jew. 5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down or pay homage to him, Haman was filled with fury. 6 But he disdained7 to lay hands on Mordecai alone. So, as they had made known to him the people of Mordecai, Haman sought to destroy8 all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus. 7 In the first month, which is the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur (that is, they cast lots) before Haman day after day; and they cast it month after month till the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar. 8 Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom. Their laws are different from those of every other people, and they do not keep the king's laws, so that it is not to the king's profit to tolerate them. 9 If it please the king, let it be decreed that they be destroyed, and I will pay 10,000 talents9 of silver into the hands of those who have charge of the king's business, that they may put it into the king's treasuries.” 10 So the king took his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. 11 And the king said to Haman, “The money is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you.” 12 Then the king's scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and an edict, according to all that Haman commanded, was written to the king's satraps and to the governors over all the provinces and to the officials of all the peoples, to every province in its own script and every people in its own language. It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the king's signet ring. 13 Letters were sent by couriers to all the king's provinces with instruction to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all Jews, young and old, women and children, in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, and to plunder their goods. 14 A copy of the document was to be issued as a decree in every province by proclamation to all the peoples to be ready for that day. 15 The couriers went out hurriedly by order of the king, and the decree was issued in Susa the citadel. And the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was thrown into confusion. Footnotes [1] 1:6 Or rings [2] 1:11 Or headdress [3] 1:17 Hebrew to disdain their husbands in their eyes [4] 2:4 Hebrew who is good in the eyes of the king [5] 2:17 Or headdress [6] 2:23 Or wooden beam or stake; Hebrew tree or wood. This Persian execution practice involved affixing or impaling a person on a stake or pole (compare Ezra 6:11) [7] 3:6 Hebrew disdained in his eyes [8] 3:6 Or annihilate [9] 3:9 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms (ESV) Evening: Acts 5:1–16 Acts 5:1–16 (Listen) Ananias and Sapphira 5 But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, 2 and with his wife's knowledge he kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it and laid it at the apostles' feet. 3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land? 4 While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to man but to God.” 5 When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and breathed his last. And great fear came upon all who heard of it. 6 The young men rose and wrapped him up and carried him out and buried him. 7 After an interval of about three hours his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. 8 And Peter said to her, “Tell me whether you1 sold the land for so much.” And she said, “Yes, for so much.” 9 But Peter said to her, “How is it that you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.” 10 Immediately she fell down at his feet and breathed her last. When the young men came in they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband. 11 And great fear came upon the whole church and upon all who heard of these things. Many Signs and Wonders Done 12 Now many signs and wonders were regularly done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon's Portico. 13 None of the rest dared join them, but the people held them in high esteem. 14 And more than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women, 15 so that they even carried out the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them. 16 The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all healed. Footnotes [1] 5:8 The Greek for you is plural here (ESV)

The Coming Man-Child  (audio)  David Eells - 6/4/23  Crucifixion of the Man-child  Marie Kelton 5/29/23 (David's notes in red)  During the meeting I had an open vision of a brown volcano and there was fog around it. (The volcano represents the earth, the flesh.) The sky was a light purple color. (Purple represents royal in heavenlies.) The sun/Son was over the mouth of the volcano in the sky. (God is sovereign over all judgements and chaos.  Rev 19:15 And out of his mouth proceedeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.) I then saw a hand come down from heaven and push the sun/Son into the volcano; after the sun/Son was pushed into the volcano it erupted. (Crucifixion of the man-child.)  Factious Repent  Tianna Fire 5/29/23 (David's notes in red)  I dreamed that I worked in a lodge in the USA as an exchange student. There was a young American man with tanned skin who worked there too. He asked me out and I rejected him, so he turned against me and went online to spread false statements about me. (The factious get offended at anything, and it is part of the crucifying of the flesh process.)  He created an account using my name pretending to be me. An older female who also worked at the lodge found out about the man's actions and it was obvious to her that the online account wasn't mine and there was direct evidence that the statements he made about me were false. (Represents the false accusations from the factious.)  This lady then hired a male lawyer without me knowing so that they could prosecute the man to get him to take all the untrue accounts down. When I found out she had done this I told her I didn't want a lawyer and that God would handle it His way instead. As a result, nothing was done in man's terms. (When the crucifixion is over, God destroys Judas, Haman, Absalom, Herod.)  After this scenario the man who made the false statements against me could not look me in the eyer talk to me, despite me being kind to him, and me forgiving him, and me offering friendship to him. He avoided me then and left the job not long afterwards. (Always forgive and pray for those who persecute you.)  Seven years later (End of tribulation) I was helping in a refuge, and I was told that there was a man there who wanting to speak with me. When I went to see who this was, I realized it was the same man with whom I worked at the lodge. (The elect among the factious will repent in tribulation and be saved.) I quickly ran to him with my arms open with a big hug for him. He started bawling; he displayed real repentance and was truly sorry for what he had done to me, and he was overwhelmed by God's love and forgiveness through me. The man's life was changed; he was following Jesus and began working in the refuge with the brethren. (Our leading example of Christ in us draws in His true children. This also represents some of the factious being granted repentance and coming back to the Real Jesus.)   (1Co 6:5-11 I say this to move you to shame. What, cannot there be found among you one wise man who shall be able to decide between his brethren, 6 but brother goeth to law with brother, and that before unbelievers? 7 Nay, already it is altogether a defect in you, that ye have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather take wrong? why not rather be defrauded? 8 Nay, but ye yourselves do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren. 9 Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. (This is what faction and witchcraft does to a person but for those who repent there is verse 11.) 11 And such were some of you: but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.)   Prodigal Son Returning  Winnie Osegueda 5/29/23 (David's notes in red)  For the morning prayer meeting on this day, I received: (Parable of the Prodigal Son. When the man-child is crucified, some elect of the factious will return and be restored.) Luk 15:11-32 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12 and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of thy substance that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. 13 And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together and took his journey into a far country; and there he wasted his substance with riotous living. 14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country (the Tribulation); and he began to be in want. 15 And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. 16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.   17 But when he came to himself he said, How many hired servants of my fathers have bread enough and to spare, and I perish here with hunger!  18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight: 19 I am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. 20 And he arose, and came to his father. But while he was yet afar off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.  21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight: I am no more worthy to be called thy son. 22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth quickly the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: 23 and bring the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat, and make merry: 24 for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. 25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing. 26 And he called to him one of the servants, and inquired what these things might be.  27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.  28 But he was angry, and would not go in: and his father came out, and entreated him. 29 But he answered and said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, and I never transgressed a commandment of thine; and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:  30 but when this thy son came, who hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou killedst for him the fatted calf. 31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that is mine is thine. 32 But it was meet to make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. (So, the elect among the factious will be saved.)  I then took a nap after the morning prayer meeting and I had the following dream:   I dreamed that Chuc and I were in front of David's house and there was someone coming up the very steep hill. In the dream, the hill was directly in front of David's house, as opposed to off on the side like it is in real life, and it was much, much steeper than it is in the natural. (The house of David on Mount Zion.) I saw someone coming up the steep hill with a baby stroller, and I realized when they got all the way up that it was my cousin Valerie, which means healthy and strong.  She looked like she was struggling and was barely going to make it, so I told Chuc that maybe he should help her, but just when I thought she wasn't going to make it, she did. (Jos 1:6-7 Be strong and of good courage; for thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land which I sware unto their fathers to give them. 7 Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest have good success whithersoever thou goest.) There were a few people who came up behind Valerie, and I saw that it was some of my other cousins/family members (I believe my family members represent people who were once brethren and fell away, but  to whom the Lord is granting repentance and they will return). One of the other cousins I recognized was my cousin Yanyl, which means freedom-loving. (He whom the Son sets free is free indeed.)  I invited them in, and I asked Valerie if they had been to David's house before and she said yes, they had. (In the natural) My family members came with some children, and one of them was a toddler who was of mixed race. His hair was coarse with blonde highlights in it. At some point before we went inside, we began to pray in the Spirit for these family members, and specifically for the little boy/toddler who came with them who had gotten injured.  We all entered David's house and it was packed. I saw that there were quite a few people there, local UBM and otherwise. I remember specifically seeing Barry sitting on a couch. I picked up the little boy who we had been praying for, and nurtured and played with him, as my desire was to make the little boy and all the rest of them feel invited and comfortable. My cousin Valerie said the little boy belonged to a friend of mine from Brooklyn named Venessa, which means butterfly (not to be confused with Vanessa from our local fellowship.) Just then David and Michael walked in, and I said, "David, you got a full house!" and he said with a smile on his face, "I see!" David and Michael proceeded to walk into the kitchen.  My family members were getting ready to leave, as they were just visiting, and I walked them out. When I got outside there was a large brown horse out there that attempted to chase me. I went back inside the house to let David know about the horse that was chasing me. David said that the horse was sick and something was wrong with him. And I said, "Oh, so the horse is delusional?" And he said, “Yes.” (We have authority over our flesh and the power of the enemy.) (Psa 147:10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: He taketh no pleasure in the legs of a man.) End of dream.  After I woke up from this dream, I shuffled my scripture playlist and received:  Psalm 65:4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, That he may dwell in thy courts: We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, Thy holy temple.  I also opened the Bible to a verse by faith at random and received   Acts 11:17 If then God gave unto them the like gift as he did also unto us, when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God? And when they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then to the Gentiles also hath God granted repentance unto life.  Precious One Born on 70th Week   Claire Pienaar 5/27/23 (David's notes in red)  I dreamed my friend Jessica called me up to say she was still pregnant with her 3rd daughter, Ruby. (Jessica means God sees, or wealthy. Ruby means “red”. Pro 3:13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding… 15 She is more precious than rubies: And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her. 16 Length of days is in her right hand; In her left hand are riches and honor. 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace. 18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her. (Who is more precious than Rubies? Jesus the Man-child who is the wisdom of God. 1Co 1:24 but unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.)  She was now 62.5 weeks pregnant. (The Man-child ministry is born just before the Tribulation 70th week.) The midwives were checking her daily and everything was still on track. In the dream I knew that she would be pregnant until 68-70 weeks had passed. (The 70th week of Daniel is when the tribulation starts.) She hadn't grown bigger; she had stabilized and was waiting patiently. (We wait patiently for the coming of the man-child.)  I asked the Lord for a word by faith at random for this dream, and my finger was on “straightaway” and “little children”. Joh 13:32-33 and God shall glorify him in himself, and straightway shall he glorify him. 33 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say unto you.  I asked if I should send this on to David Eells and my finger landed on “yea” from Pro 31:20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; Yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.   The Cake  Claire Pienaar 5/8/23 (David's notes in red)  I dreamed I was baking a cake for my friends in my kitchen. (Hospitality, doing good to those coming into the kingdom whom we love. Receiving those God sent is receiving God, which correlates with the verse Claire received by faith at random for this dream:)  Joh 13:20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me And Psa 119:103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! (Lord Jesus, our Master, came to serve.) NENT Mat 20:28 even as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.)   I was aware in the dream that my children and I were going somewhere at the end of the week, and it was not quite the end of the week yet. It was Thursday or Friday in the dream. (A week = 7 days. The number 7 and 70 are alike in representation of “7 years”.  Dan 9:24 Seventy weeks are decreed upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy. The end of the week represents the start of the next 7 day/years, which is the tribulation period.)  I did everything just as the recipe said, but for some reason, as I poured the batter into the cake tins, the tins expanded and deepened to accommodate the excess batter. (The cake can represent the Word that we follow. We aim to follow the recipe of God's word exactly, obeying what we know and understand, and He will bring the increase. Preparing the Bread for the wilderness tribulation ahead.)   (Mat 13:33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened (spirit, soul, and body). 1Ki 19:5-8 And he lay down and slept under a juniper-tree; and, behold, an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. 6 And he looked, and, behold, there was at his head a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again. 7 And the angel of Jehovah came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for thee. 8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.)  I baked it and the cake rose so much that it stood about 70cm high when I took it out of the oven, all in one, with no layers. 2Co 9:8-11 And God is able to make all grace abound unto you; that ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good work: 9 as it is written, He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the poor; His righteousness abideth for ever. 10 And he that supplieth seed to the sower and bread for food, shall supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness: 11 ye being enriched in everything unto all liberality, which worketh through us thanksgiving to God.  And Luk 13:18-21 He said therefore, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I liken it? 19 It is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his own garden; and it grew, and became a tree; and the birds of the heaven lodged in the branches thereof. 20 And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? 21 It is like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened. Seventy and seven is closely related.)  The cake was bright yellow, and I had bright yellow icing with which to ice it. (Yellow could be a warning or it could represent the sun/Son. Psa 19:10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the droppings of the honeycomb.)  The cake was very soft and moist. You would think a cake that soft wouldn't hold shape, but it did. But it was beautiful. It reminded me of a beehive. (Pro 24:13 My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste. And Pro 27:7 The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. Bees could represent the ones making the sweet honey of the Word of the promises.) When I cut into it, I cut a block away and the cake changed shape from being roundish to being in the shape of a “7”. (The cake prepared for the 7-year Tribulation.)  While I was doing this, I was listening to my friends, Emma and Anna, who were in the kitchen with me, describing their birth stories and how they cared for newborns. One said, “I just kept the baby in the pram as I didn't know what to do with it” and the other said, “I had lots of experience with babies growing up and yet I struggled”. (Both these women are fabulous mothers in the natural, so this is showing spiritual deficits, the difficulty in bringing forth and maturing fruit.) I never got to share my “birth story”. (They are coming to learn how to take care of spiritual newborns the perfect way, God's way – not how they were taught in apostate churches.)  A Detour to Victory   Claire Pienaar 5/10/23 (David's notes in red)   I dreamed I was in a communal residence, and I was married. So many girls were jealous of me because I was married to Riaan. They would not look at me, nor acknowledge me (The Bride in Song of Solomon was criticized for longing after the King.) I went to them and told them I love them, and I believe they can be just as happy as I am. But they failed to believe it for themselves. Many were overweight, struggling with many problems that showed on the outside. Even so, I still believed they could also be married. (1Co 13:7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.)  Then I was driving in a car with my mom next to me, and she was encouraging me to get to Riaan quicker. (The original gospel once delivered unto all encourages us to get to the man-child Jesus quicker. Jud 3 Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints. And 1Jn 2:24 As for you, let that abide in you which ye heard from the beginning. If that which ye heard from the beginning abide in you, ye also shall abide in the Son, and in the Father.)  I knew the way to Riaan. My mom's GPS wasn't working so I needed to remember exactly how to get to him. There had been road closures, road construction and detours. We stopped on the side of the road, and an old lady called Victoria helped us by prompting me with directions near an old boys' school. (Victoria means victory). This helped me tremendously. Then Riaan appeared to me in a vision to show me a hand-drawn detour that I would have to take because of construction elsewhere. Mat 7:14 For narrow is the gate, and straitened the way, that leadeth unto life, and few are they that find it.  (Rom 8:37-39 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. When we go through trials and tribulations we have to stop and remember that we have the victory in Christ and we have the original gospel, the Real Good News with us.)  When I got to Riaan in the dream, my mom had arranged a two-night stay for her and I at a really lovely B&B, but we spent most of our time with Riaan and at the end of the stay he said to me, “Next time you need to stay with me, or you need to book us into a B&B.” (Heb 10:19-25 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 21 and having a great priest over the house of God; 22 let us draw near with a true heart in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience: and having our body washed with pure water, 23 let us hold fast the confession of our hope that it waver not; for he is faithful that promised: 24 and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works; 25 not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day drawing nigh. We are encouraged to remain with Christ; once you find him, don't depart.)  Then I was back at the communal residence, and I was washing my hair and body with other people's toiletries. I was so excited to use other products and it smelled much nicer than my own goods. (2Co 7:1 Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.) I woke up. I received by faith at random Eze 16:26-29 (Which speaks of being spoiled by the world and its ways rather than after Christ.) Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians, thy neighbors, great of flesh; and hast multiplied thy whoredom, to provoke me to anger. 27 Behold therefore, I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, that are ashamed of thy lewd way. 28 Thou hast played the harlot also with the Assyrians, because thou wast insatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet thou wast not satisfied. 29 Thou hast moreover multiplied thy whoredom unto the land of traffic, unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.”  End-Times Choices  Anonymous 6/1/23 (David's notes in red)  I dreamed that the world was in utter chaos, even worse than now and there was evil everywhere; you could not go out in public without seeing people outwardly sinning. There were many disasters worldwide and the governmental structure was different and there was chaos worldwide.  Persecution had begun for people who didn't want to submit and agree with the new world structure and way of doing things and the gross sin that was in public. For example, sexual sins were happening openly in public but there were many who were against it. Some people that were against these evils would protest and try to fight in their own way. Others would try to escape it by living off grid in the middle of nowhere. However, most of the population was in favor of all the newly permitted sins being allowed in public. (The current culture of “Belonging” which represents Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI). A simple definition: Encompasses the symbiotic relationship, philosophy and culture of acknowledging, embracing, supporting, and accepting those of all racial, sexual, gender, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds, among other differentiators. These values are now held by many organizations that are working to be supportive of different groups of individuals.)   I heard of a refuge that followed Jesus and they gave away free home-cooked meals and free bedrooms. Because there was such chaos in the world there wasn't as much food available as before and most people were unemployed so having food was a privilege. I went to the refuge that was similar to a motel. The owners were a couple who said they followed Jesus and there were scriptures up all around their refuge. They gave me a free room and I had a plate of food and went to the common area to eat. As I was there, I saw many different people who were homosexuals. I knew I could not stay here, and I did not want to eat the food, so I left it on a table and left the place completely, and I took refuge in the home of real brethren.  An older brother in Christ was telling me that this was the start before the real tribulation began. He said that these are the birthing pains increasing and then they will come against God's true children. He said that there will be three different groups of God's children. The first group is the ones who try and fight will be taken to concentration camps and eventually killed. (The rebellious and political.) The second group is the ones who try to run away and hide in their own strength, but will be captured and killed. (The fearful and unbelieving.) And the third groups is the ones that are completely hidden in Christ and the enemy will not find them. (Those who believe and abide in Christ.) He said that the third group will be a small number. (Mat 22:14 For many are called, but few chosen. Rev 17:14 These shall war against the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings; and they also shall overcome that are with him, called and chosen and faithful.)  The older brother in Christ said God gives us a choice of which one He will use us for, as it's all for His Glory. The man then went to bed and he turned off the light to the room I was in. I then went into deep prayer in God's presence asking of Him to let me be completely hidden in Christ and that He would keep me in the secret place of the Most High, now and forever.  UBM Refuge Waits for Revival and Anointing  Tianna Fire 12/27/22 (David's notes in red)  I dreamed that I was in a city walking around, and the Lord revealed to me in spirit who and where his lost sheep were. I went up to two men and spoke to them about our Lord, and I shared some testimonies with them, and they wanted to know more, and they wanted to follow me back to where I was living. NENT Luk 24:32 And they said one unto another, Was not our heart burning, while he spake to us in the way, as he opened to us the scriptures?   I felt that they were allowed to come as I could see a little light in them and that it would grow. They wanted to get some food as they were expecting a long journey to where I was living. We went into a shop and got food, but it was as if no one could see us because nobody looked at us and it was quick and easy to get in and out of the shop. (Getting food in the city represents being weak to the weak because those men are baby Christians and only know the world's way.)  After we ate, they asked me where we would be going to next. I asked them to follow me and for each one to hold my hand. I prayed and we were lifted into the air and quickly flew out of the town, over forests, over water and we landed on an island. (An island represents sanctification, Mt Zion.)  All UBM brethren were living on the island, and most of us had our own house while we all shared communal hall, kitchen, foods, and a building that had many desks. Every person had their own part to do. (Represents each part of the Body of Christ. Where the unleavened bread is being taught, that is where there is unity in Christ.) I led the two men to the elders, and they showed them and explained to them everything they needed to know. I remember at one point that everyone was gathered together in the building with the desks and we were all studying and reading the Word together.  We were preparing and waiting for a massive revival that we knew was coming. The Lord said that we would have thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of people, come through and everything was being prepared for that. We were spiritually preparing to give all that we had received from the Lord to all the baby Christians to learn, grow and overcome. We had also prepared a physical place for many people to be able to stay with us. NENT Mat 10:8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons: freely ye received, freely give.  Anyone who wanted to get to this place had to fly there with someone from UBM. They could not get here on their own. (Flying to sanctification represents living in heavenly places in Christ. Flying also can represent translations from place to place, which I have experienced, and we have had many dreams of us doing this to bring in the harvest. NENT Joh 14:6 Jesus saith to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but through me.)  Brethren would fly all around the world and God would lead them to the lost sheep and speak with them and sometimes they would come back. But right now, there was only a small amount of people allowed to come here and only a few baby Christians were arriving. In the future, there would be many more, and for now, we were all still in training.  Everyone was so excited for what was to come. Every person living on this island knew and manifested their authority in Christ and all their prayers were answered. Everyone was always speaking the Word and there were no distractions, and everything was always focused on Christ. Everyone had such boldness in the Word and their faith, and everyone was so strong in Spirit. Each of the brethren manifested Jesus and we all had such boldness and faith and manifested the Word. (Eph 3:14-21 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father,15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man; 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be strong to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,19 and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God. 20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, 21 unto him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus unto all generations for ever and ever. Amen.)  It was amazing how everyone and everything was all about Jesus every moment and everyone was so on fire for God every second! The flesh wasn't a hindrance, and it was so easy to follow the Holy Spirit. Everyone was so encouraging and in unity and each person manifested joy, peace, patience and all the Holy Fruit; it was so awesome! (The latter rain anointing. There is great delight when overcoming all things in Christ.) NENT 1Jn 5:4 because whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, our faith. Rev 3:21 Who overcometh, I will give to him to sit down with me in my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne.  At one point I flew by the power of the Holy Spirit to California and testified. However, the ones I testified to did not receive the Word, even though God wanted me to testify to them. (Mat 10:40 He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.) Because I had testified to these people, and they heard me but did not listen, I knew it was time for me to leave but they weren't allowed to see me fly away. (Representing those who have heard but deny the Truth cannot deny this account before God.) Luk 10:16 He that heareth you heareth me; and he that rejecteth you rejecteth me; and he that rejecteth me rejecteth him that sent me.   Next, I was walking on a beach to get to a spot where no one could see me. I knew I was in California, but this beach looked nothing like the beaches in California. The sand was darker than in California and the ocean water was also very dark. Then the sand from the water rose higher and it rose till a big hill formed that had trees and bushes all over it. I walked between the water and the hill, and I walked past six dead boars in the water and there were two boars alive to my left on the sand. (The beast kingdom is represented by the 6 dead boars. The dark sand and water represent judgement to those who hear but do not listen and obey. Like the demoniac's deliverance killed the hogs.)  Once I got to a more secluded spot on the beach, I was going to fly back home. I was wondering why God had me testify to those people even though they weren't receiving what God had me testify.  I woke up and had a strong feeling to write down this dream as it was so amazing but when I awoke, I got attacked with heavy witchcraft and I struggled so much to properly wake up and grab my phone. I accidentally fell back asleep. So, I couldn't quite remember every little detail of the dream, but I remember that there was so much more than what I had written, and everything was so exciting, encouraging and fun, it was so epic!  Birth-Time  Anonymous 6/2/23 (David's Notes in Red)  I dreamed that I was very heavily pregnant, and it felt as if I would give birth very soon. Throughout the whole pregnancy I never went to a doctor so I didn't know how far into the pregnancy I was or when the possible due date would be, so I was always waiting for the labor to start. There was much suspense in not knowing when I would give birth. I felt it would be very soon, but I really didn't know. (This is the resurrection and birth of the Man-child reformer ministry caught up to the throne of authority coming “very soon”.)  I didn't want to leave the house in case I was going to go into labor, but my husband wanted to go to the park, so I went with him. We were at the park and there were a few other people there. (A park is a place of rest, which comes to us when we have faith in the promises.) Then an off-white-colored van came, and some men got out and grabbed me and the other people that were at the park and we were all put into the van. The men were kidnapping us and they said it was because we are Jews. (The faction has hatred for the circumcised in heart New Covenant Jews, the true Christians. They have tried to keep us in bondage by their witchcraft and slander.)  I was confused and asked them why they thought we were Jews and they said it was because we were at "a Jewish park". I then started testifying about how amazing Jesus is and what He saved me from and brought me into. (This represents our good confession of the Word before men, which brings the power of God.)  One of the men who kidnapped us started feeling really guilty because I was pregnant, and he wanted to let me go but I felt guilty about being the only one to be let go. I kept being joyful and in a peaceful state and praising God. We didn't get very far from the park when the men who kidnapped us felt so guilty, they pulled over to let us all go free. (Pro 16:7  When a man's ways please Jehovah, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. As we rest and praise God and confess His Word we will be set free of all the Haman, Absalom, Herod, Judas, Edomite bondages. And then the Man-child will be born as in the rest of this text.)  When I got back home I started to feel that I was about to go into labor so I called Michael Hare to ask him to pray with me. He didn't know I was pregnant until now and he asked me how far along I was and I said I have no idea. I told him I had been going by faith for this whole pregnancy. He prayed and I started going into labor very quickly and the whole labor was so quick and better than I expected, and Michael was on the phone with me the whole time. (He whose name means “Who is like God” will believe to bring to pass this birth of the Resurrected Man-child Reformer ministry.)  The Time is Close Vanessa Weeks- 6/6/23 (David's notes in red)  In a dream, the locals from UBM were sitting in our chairs at the Stewarts' house just like we do for our meetings. (A steward is the official in charge of a noble household and its treasury. We are in the house of the King.) Michael (meaning, “Who is like God?”) was standing and asking us what time it was, and it seems he was doing this a few times.  Then, he was sitting in his seat and looking at his silver old-fashioned pocket watch with Roman numerals. (It reminds me of the kind train conductors used.) As Michael looked at the watch, he said, "Well, it looks close."  I was standing to his right at this point and saw the watch was at two minutes until 12:00. I knew Michael was anticipating something that was going to happen soon. (12:00 Represents the coming of the Lord in the Man-child, a time of judgment on the wicked, and many will miss being in the Bride or even the virgin bodies of people because they had no oil in their lamps.  Mat 25:6 ASV But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him.) I asked the Lord for a word about this dream and received by faith at random Acts 8:22, and my finger was on "repent". Act 8:22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray the Lord, if perhaps the thought of thy heart shall be forgiven thee. (There is only 2 minutes left to repent.) I asked the Lord what was close and received by faith at random Eze 1:13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches: the fire went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. (What is close is this fire as the coming of Jesus in the Man-child reformer ministry with judgment. Isa 40:10  Behold, the Lord Jehovah will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him: Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompence before him. (He will come with his reward for the Bride who endured trials at the hands of the wicked whom He will judge.)  Isa 62:11  Behold, Jehovah hath proclaimed unto the end of the earth, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompence . him. Time is Almost Up  Marie Kelton 3/6/23 (David's Notes in Red)  … Then a little while later the Lord gave me another open vision. The Lord was sitting next to me to my left. He then tapped my shoulder and said, "Marie, look." He showed a black wristwatch (judgement?) that He had on his right wrist. The Lord then turned His wrist toward me. I saw that the watch had an hourglass in it with red sand, instead of the regular numbers and hands. The sand (The seed of Abraham) was almost at the bottom of the hourglass, with a little bit left at the top. I had the thought that time was running out. (His work is almost through on the Bride and the enemies will be removed. For the red Edomites fall is almost complete as it was in scripture.)  Each Grain of Sand  Marie Kelton 5/22/23 (David's notes in red)  During the meeting, I had an open vision of the Lord's arm, in His hand was sand. The Lord began to pour the sand out of His hand. As the sand was pouring out of His hand it turned into blood and began to pool on top of the sand that was below it. I heard a voice say, "Abraham's seed". (The wicked faction are guilty of the blood of the saints.)  I thought of this verse: Gen 32:12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.  Preparation For His Coming  Tianna Fire 6/3/23 (David's notes in red)  I dreamed that Samuel and I had moved into a new house (moving closer to Jesus or Mount Zion) and, David Eells and Brandy lived together a few streets away. (David represent the Father and Brandy represents his son, Jesus, as we will see.) Brandy was going to come over to see us on a specific day, and until that day we were preparing everything for him. (Jesus is coming in His man-child at God's perfect timing but we don't know the day or hour, only the season and times. Always be prepared!) Mar 13:32-33 But of that day or that hour knoweth no one, not even the angels in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. 33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. (He is coming with the latter rain annointing of the Holy Spirit.)  We completely cleaned the house. (We must cleanse ourselves and our old mindset of worldly influence.) We tidied the house and we got new furniture and decorations that Brandy would like, as we wanted to make everything look nice for him. 2Co 7:1 Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. And Pro 9:1 Wisdom hath builded her house; She hath hewn out her seven pillars: Pro 24:3-4 Through wisdom is a house builded; And by understanding it is established; 4 And by knowledge are the chambers filled With all precious and pleasant riches.  We went to purchase the food that he loves, and we wanted everything to be just perfect for him and we wanted to please him. (Rom 12:1-2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. 2 And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.) We were so very excited for Brandy to come over! It's all we could think about, and we did everything we could for us and the house to be pleasing to him.   Php 4:8-9 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. 9 The things which ye both learned and received and heard and saw in me, these things do: and the God of peace shall be with you. (Rejoice for He promises to come soon!)   I woke up. Praise God!  Bride Preparing For The King  Anonymous 3/9/23 (David's notes in red)  I dreamed that I, the Bride, was married to a man who was a King or a Prince. (This man represents Jesus, who is King and Prince, in the man-child body.) In the dream we lived in a giant mansion and the King or Prince was very rich and I stayed with him in the master bedroom. (Like Esther and the King.) There were five or six women. (Representing the churches mentioned in Revelation 2 and 3, who were given correction to overcome and submit to Jesus.) These women also lived in this house apart from the cooks and cleaners, etc., and these women shared three bedrooms that were joined together with a shared open lounge room. Their area was on the other side of the house, far from the master bedroom.  At this time, I was preparing these women to meet with, be joined to, and also married to my husband. (The Philadelphia Church is the Bride who was an example to the other 6 churches of how to submit to the King.) The King or Prince was waiting downstairs while I was upstairs with these women. At first, the women's clothing wasn't clean or matching. (Jud 1:23  and some save, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.)  It seemed like they did not know how to be hygienic, so I had to instruct them all to take a shower, and they had no other clothes other than what they were wearing. (Representing that they didn't know how to cleanse themselves of self-works of the flesh by using the promises in the Bible. 2Co 7:1 Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.)  So, I went and got some of my own clothes from the wardrobe in the master bedroom to give to them. (Representing to put on more of the works of the Bride.) The women didn't leave this joint area at all. (This is the house of the women where Esther came out of to be chosen as Bride.) I gave one of the ladies a white shirt and a white skirt and three other ladies white dresses. (These white clothes represent righteous and pure acts. The Bride in Rev 19 wore the brilliant “lampros” garments while the lesser saints had a “leukos” or white garment. Rev 3:4-5 But thou hast a few names in Sardis that did not defile their garments: and they shall walk with me in white; for they are worthy. 5 He that overcometh shall thus be arrayed in white garments; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.)  I gave the clothing to them, and they went to get dressed. However, they were not pleased that everything was all white and they did not like the dresses and skirts. So, I went and grabbed my red skirt and a few bright colored saris and more white tops and gave these items to them too. One woman was now wearing a white shirt with a bright orange sari skirt, another woman was wearing a white shirt with a bright red sari skirt, and I don't remember the other colors. (The virgins in Esther were not prepared, and all needed instruction. Desiring other colors is an attachment to the world. Est 2:12 Now when the turn of every maiden was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, …so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odors and with the things for the purifying of the women… It is best to let the Holy Spirit dress us according to the Kings liking. 15 Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favor in the sight of all them that looked upon her.  I spent much time trying to prepare these women, and I had to tell them what to do with preparation; washing themselves, brushing their hair and teaching them manners, and generally what to do as they didn't know what to do. I also had to keep encouraging them to get ready as they had no motivation and they were very slack and taking a long time. I had been in this area helping them for a very long time. (The apostate church does not know how to use the water of the Word to cleanse themselves and make themselves ready to be chosen by Jesus to be His Bride. They have many false images of the Lord and doctrines that don't motivate them to holiness, so they need others to instruct them in the ways of righteousness and they need to hear the real Gospel and be filled with the Holy Spirit to be ready.)  Then the King called me downstairs to where he was. I was surprised because I thought He would call down these women who I had been preparing. (We need to keep discipling and leading in fellowship for the direction and manifestation of Christ.)  I went to the King and told him I had cleaned them up as much as I could, and tried to prepare them to his standard, for them to be married to him. He then told me he doesn't expect them to get to his full standard, and that he is just pleased with me for trying. (Only the Bride comes up to this standard, the rest of the women are concubines. (Est 2:14  In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, who kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and she were called by name. In the bible concubines were below the level of the first wife and for bearing more children. Hagar was a concubine. The Lord has many women, religious groups, who receive His seed of the Word more or less but the Bride obeys it all.)  I stayed and spent time with him and he was pleased with me and He did not call any of the other women, even though I had spent much time preparing them and thought that they would all be married to Him too. Est 2:15-17 Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favor in the sight of all them that looked upon her. 16 So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. 17 And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained favor and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti. (His Will be done and being obedient and trying to honor our Lord is better than our understanding of accomplishments.)  Man-Child Takes Bride to the Marriage Feast  Tianna Fire 3/2/23 (David's notes in red)  I was staying in a penthouse apartment at a hotel that overlooked a great view of forests, with the ocean close to the hotel. (The penthouse represents the dwelling in the heavenly places in Christ.)  The forests represent the wilderness life. (The ocean represents the quickly approaching beast threat that will take down the enemies.) Only God's creation could be seen out of the giant clear window that took up two walls in the room. (A giant window represents seeing afar in the Spirit.)  I was with two young toddlers who were my sons in the dream. (The two witnesses are offspring of the Bride body.) I was showering them in a giant double-head shower and getting them ready to go out. (Cleaning up the two witnesses so they could go out 2X2.) Both toddlers were wearing bright sky blue, long sleeved, smart work shirts. (The work shirt represents working to bring in the harvest.) I also got ready as we had a special celebration to go to.  When we were ready, the three of us went down to the hotel lobby and we stood in front of an orange wall as I was fixing up their shirts and shoes and double checking that they were ready.     I then looked over to my right and saw a man who was wearing the exact same adult-sized work shirt as my sons in the same blue color. (This man represents the corporate body of Jesus in the man-child and the other man is also a corporate body. In the natural we were told Michael Hare is also a part of the Man-child body.) The man was sitting comfortably on a red couch talking to Michael Hare who was on a giant TV screen. (Michael means, “Who is like God”. He represents the extended body of people, “Who are like God”, that we will minister to world-wide by satellite, internet and TV screen and they will minister to us. Two way communication by TV and computer screen is becoming more common. We did this twice today on Zoom and we did it on Skype a few days ago. We have ministered to our missionaries the same way. We will be using a new satellite system that is much higher technology.) They were having a deep and long conversation.  Suddenly, I heard Michael call my name, but he sounded as if he was standing right next to me (The Bride and two witnesses will reach the world. Many will gather around them and follow them into the kingdom.), so I turned to my other side and I saw a giant TV screen with Michael live on it. The TV had just appeared and turned on when he wanted to talk to me; it wasn't there before. Michael told me to go over with my sons and sit on the couch with this man, so we did. (Disciples abroad will want to be in on our studies with the local disciples like they are in our older studies. Like Jesus led the Bride and the Two Witnesses to go to the world so it will be. Our older teachings are two-way between us and the disciples which all out there partake of.) We had a long conversation with Michael, but I don't remember what he said. (Our conversations will go world-wide even as we do on a much smaller scale now.) The next thing I remember was that we got into a car belonging to the man wearing the blue work shirt, and we were going to a party or celebration that we had been preparing for, (representing the seven year marriage feast in the tribulation.) but we had to make a few stops on the way. I sat in the middle backseat with my sons on either side of me. The man (Man-child) sat in the driver's seat and there was a woman wearing a navy-blue dress sitting in the passenger seat. I think she might have been the man's mother and it seemed that she wouldn't be coming with us all the way and would get dropped off next. (She represents the mother churches, many of whom have little interest like in Jesus' day.)  There was a purple grape juice drink sitting in the cup holder. (The grape juice represents drinking and living the life or blood of Jesus. He said except you eat my body and drink my blood you have no life.)  We drove to my mother's house that looked nothing like her house in real life. In the dream my mother was Indian, and she wore a purple dress. (The mother represents Vashti who would not come when the king called for her as it was with Jesus. Est 1:12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by the chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him. And so the King sought a new wife.) She wasn't ready or there was no room for her to come with us. We left without her and went to drop off the woman in the navy dress before going to the celebration.  Taught To Be Caught Up To The Throne   Anonymous 1/17/23 (David's notes in red)  I dreamed that I was at my grandma's house even though she isn't on earth anymore, but her husband is. (Those who delivered the original gospel are not on earth in the natural anymore but Jesus' spirit, their husband still is and that original gospel has not passed away.) As I was walking around the house, I went into the lounge room, where there were quite a few different people gathered that I didn't recognize. (If you spend time in the gospel, you will find other believers there too who are resting in God's promises.)  But there was one particular man who was talking about some men that he had been raising up or preparing to be "caught up to the throne" in full, but many of those men ended up turning away from this man or they fell away during training. (We trained men how to be caught up to the throne but they didn't want to lose their old evil life and so God turned them over to sin to remove them. Many believe they are the Man-child but these will fall away if they are not. Mat 22:14 For many are called, but few chosen.)  But this man was raising up or training other men to take their place and to be caught up to the throne in full now, but he was needing more men to train. There were many men in the room also listening to this man speak. (Those who refuse the crucified life will not go to the throne of authority. It's no cross, no crown.)(Mat 25:28-29 Take ye away therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him that hath the ten talents. 29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away. And Rev 3:11 I come quickly: hold fast that which thou hast, that no one take thy crown.)   The man was sitting on a couch, and I was sitting on a different couch that was next to his, but I was facing the man's side and back as he talked.  He made it known that there have been men that have and will manifest Jesus in the physical life while they are on earth. It was clear to me that these men will never physically die like Enoch and Elijah, and that this is possible for those who want Jesus to live in them fully while in the flesh. He spoke about how Jesus can only manifest through people when they allow Him to and He wants to manifest through people, even manifesting fully in their physical body. He kept assuring us that Jesus will manifest fully in the physical soon and His people are in training. He assured me that for those who truly desire to be used for Jesus, it will happen, but the individual person is the only hindrance, and everything comes by God's grace. Rev 22:7 And behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he that keepeth the words of the prophecy of this book.  (Mat 16:24-28 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 25 For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it. 26 For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life? 27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then shall he render unto every man according to his deeds. 28 Verily I say unto you, There are some of them that stand here, who shall in no wise taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.)  I was thinking I want Jesus to manifest through me in my physical body in full, but I thought that it isn't possible for me because I am a woman. (Women can have 100 fold fruit but cannot hold the Apostolic ministry of a Man-child, which office only men can have. I also thought that I am not worthy for that. But I felt that Jesus can do anything, and I knew that I cannot do that myself, not in my own ability. Jesus has to do this Himself through me. (Yes, through a woman's faith and obedience she can manifest Jesus. But the word says “I permit not the woman to teach or take authority over the man.”, which the Man-child must do.) I desired to ask the man if he could help me as I wanted to learn to surrender completely to God, but I didn't want to bother him, and I was too shy to speak to him, so I didn't ask him anything, but I sat there and listened to all he was saying. (Luk 10:39 And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at the Lord's feet, and heard his word… 42 but one thing is needful: for Mary hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.)  But then the man turned and looked at me, as if he had read my mind, and he asked if I wanted him to help me or teach me and I instantly said yes. I remember the man getting up and moving to sit on another couch and I stood up and I could see all of him now. He had dark brown eyes, medium to dark brown skin. He looked very young as his skin was so clear, however it felt like he was very old and had been around for a long time. This man felt so real and so present. (Sounds like Jesus or someone in His image to me.) The man coughed and I and another man instantly said. “Get off him in the authority of Jesus, no unclean thing or sickness can be upon him and it left instantly”. We did that because we knew that sickness literally wasn't allowed and had no legal right to be on this man. But it also felt sort of like a test to see how we would react and if we would accept the cough or not. When we rebuked this, it felt like we had passed the test or done the right thing. (Amen!) I remember the man kept saying the words "caught up to the throne" and he said so much more but I don't remember it all. But from everything that he said, I understood that it is possible for those who want Jesus in them in full while on earth, like Enoch and Elijah, they can have that by God's grace. He said something about there having been others, besides Enoch and Elijah that have been taken to Heaven without physically dying. He spoke about God wanting to manifest Himself through humans while they are on earth.  Suddenly after this, I felt like this strong wind blow through me and I saw that the full manifestation of Jesus in flesh is true, and for those who desire it and believe for it, they will have it by God's grace. Acts 2:2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.  The wind was so strong and afterwards I saw that I had a slight doubt that it could happen for me, but as soon as I recognized the thought as doubt, I instantly thought and held on to “I can do all things in Christ who strengthens me”. I then felt the wind push me back into my body or the physical as I suddenly woke up.    Printer-friendly version   © 2017 UBM | Unleavened Bread Ministries. All rights reserved.    [ Fair 

Esther 1–5 Esther 1–5 (Listen) The King's Banquets 1 Now in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces, 2 in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa, the citadel, 3 in the third year of his reign he gave a feast for all his officials and servants. The army of Persia and Media and the nobles and governors of the provinces were before him, 4 while he showed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor and pomp of his greatness for many days, 180 days. 5 And when these days were completed, the king gave for all the people present in Susa the citadel, both great and small, a feast lasting for seven days in the court of the garden of the king's palace. 6 There were white cotton curtains and violet hangings fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rods1 and marble pillars, and also couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and precious stones. 7 Drinks were served in golden vessels, vessels of different kinds, and the royal wine was lavished according to the bounty of the king. 8 And drinking was according to this edict: “There is no compulsion.” For the king had given orders to all the staff of his palace to do as each man desired. 9 Queen Vashti also gave a feast for the women in the palace that belonged to King Ahasuerus. Queen Vashti's Refusal 10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha and Abagtha, Zethar and Carkas, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus, 11 to bring Queen Vashti before the king with her royal crown,2 in order to show the peoples and the princes her beauty, for she was lovely to look at. 12 But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's command delivered by the eunuchs. At this the king became enraged, and his anger burned within him. 13 Then the king said to the wise men who knew the times (for this was the king's procedure toward all who were versed in law and judgment, 14 the men next to him being Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and sat first in the kingdom): 15 “According to the law, what is to be done to Queen Vashti, because she has not performed the command of King Ahasuerus delivered by the eunuchs?” 16 Then Memucan said in the presence of the king and the officials, “Not only against the king has Queen Vashti done wrong, but also against all the officials and all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus. 17 For the queen's behavior will be made known to all women, causing them to look at their husbands with contempt,3 since they will say, ‘King Ahasuerus commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him, and she did not come.' 18 This very day the noble women of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen's behavior will say the same to all the king's officials, and there will be contempt and wrath in plenty. 19 If it please the king, let a royal order go out from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes so that it may not be repealed, that Vashti is never again to come before King Ahasuerus. And let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she. 20 So when the decree made by the king is proclaimed throughout all his kingdom, for it is vast, all women will give honor to their husbands, high and low alike.” 21 This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did as Memucan proposed. 22 He sent letters to all the royal provinces, to every province in its own script and to every people in its own language, that every man be master in his own household and speak according to the language of his people. Esther Chosen Queen 2 After these things, when the anger of King Ahasuerus had abated, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her. 2 Then the king's young men who attended him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought out for the king. 3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the beautiful young virgins to the harem in Susa the citadel, under custody of Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women. Let their cosmetics be given them. 4 And let the young woman who pleases the king4 be queen instead of Vashti.” This pleased the king, and he did so. 5 Now there was a Jew in Susa the citadel whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite, 6 who had been carried away from Jerusalem among the captives carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away. 7 He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his uncle, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was lovely to look at, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter. 8 So when the king's order and his edict were proclaimed, and when many young women were gathered in Susa the citadel in custody of Hegai, Esther also was taken into the king's palace and put in custody of Hegai, who had charge of the women. 9 And the young woman pleased him and won his favor. And he quickly provided her with her cosmetics and her portion of food, and with seven chosen young women from the king's palace, and advanced her and her young women to the best place in the harem. 10 Esther had not made known her people or kindred, for Mordecai had commanded her not to make it known. 11 And every day Mordecai walked in front of the court of the harem to learn how Esther was and what was happening to her. 12 Now when the turn came for each young woman to go in to King Ahasuerus, after being twelve months under the regulations for the women, since this was the regular period of their beautifying, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and ointments for women—13 when the young woman went in to the king in this way, she was given whatever she desired to take with her from the harem to the king's palace. 14 In the evening she would go in, and in the morning she would return to the second harem in custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch, who was in charge of the concubines. She would not go in to the king again, unless the king delighted in her and she was summoned by name. 15 When the turn came for Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his own daughter, to go in to the king, she asked for nothing except what Hegai the king's eunuch, who had charge of the women, advised. Now Esther was winning favor in the eyes of all who saw her. 16 And when Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign, 17 the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she won grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown5 on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. 18 Then the king gave a great feast for all his officials and servants; it was Esther's feast. He also granted a remission of taxes to the provinces and gave gifts with royal generosity. Mordecai Discovers a Plot 19 Now when the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate. 20 Esther had not made known her kindred or her people, as Mordecai had commanded her, for Esther obeyed Mordecai just as when she was brought up by him. 21 In those days, as Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, became angry and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. 22 And this came to the knowledge of Mordecai, and he told it to Queen Esther, and Esther told the king in the name of Mordecai. 23 When the affair was investigated and found to be so, the men were both hanged on the gallows.6 And it was recorded in the book of the chronicles in the presence of the king. Haman Plots Against the Jews 3 After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, and advanced him and set his throne above all the officials who were with him. 2 And all the king's servants who were at the king's gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai did not bow down or pay homage. 3 Then the king's servants who were at the king's gate said to Mordecai, “Why do you transgress the king's command?” 4 And when they spoke to him day after day and he would not listen to them, they told Haman, in order to see whether Mordecai's words would stand, for he had told them that he was a Jew. 5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down or pay homage to him, Haman was filled with fury. 6 But he disdained7 to lay hands on Mordecai alone. So, as they had made known to him the people of Mordecai, Haman sought to destroy8 all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus. 7 In the first month, which is the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur (that is, they cast lots) before Haman day after day; and they cast it month after month till the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar. 8 Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom. Their laws are different from those of every other people, and they do not keep the king's laws, so that it is not to the king's profit to tolerate them. 9 If it please the king, let it be decreed that they be destroyed, and I will pay 10,000 talents9 of silver into the hands of those who have charge of the king's business, that they may put it into the king's treasuries.” 10 So the king took his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. 11 And the king said to Haman, “The money is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you.” 12 Then the king's scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and an edict, according to all that Haman commanded, was written to the king's satraps and to the governors over all the provinces and to the officials of all the peoples, to every province in its own script and every people in its own language. It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the king's signet ring. 13 Letters were sent by couriers to all the king's provinces with instruction to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all Jews, young and old, women and children, in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, and to plunder their goods. 14 A copy of the document was to be issued as a decree in every province by proclamation to all the peoples to be ready for that day. 15 The couriers went out hurriedly by order of the king, and the decree was issued in Susa the citadel. And the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was thrown into confusion. Esther Agrees to Help the Jews 4 When Mordecai learned all that had been done, Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and he cried out with a loud and bitter cry. 2 He went up to the entrance of the king's gate, for no one was allowed to enter the king's gate clothed in sackcloth. 3 And in every province, wherever the king's command and his decree reached, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting and weeping and lamenting, and many of them lay in sackcloth and ashes. 4 When Esther's young women and her eunuchs came and told her, the queen was deeply distressed. She sent garments to clothe Mordecai, so that he might take off his sackcloth, but he would not accept them. 5 Then Esther called for Hathach, one of the king's eunuchs, who had been appointed to attend her, and ordered him to go to Mordecai to learn what this was and why it was. 6 Hathach went out to Mordecai in the open square of the city in front of the king's gate, 7 and Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, and the exact sum of money that Haman had promised to pay into the king's treasuries for the destruction of the Jews. 8 Mordecai also gave him a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for their destruction,10 that he might show it to Esther and explain it to her and command her to go to the king to beg his favor and plead with him11 on behalf of her people. 9 And Hathach went and told Esther what Mordecai had said. 10 Then Esther spoke to Hathach and commanded him to go to Mordecai and say, 11 “All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that if any man or woman goes to the king inside the inner court without being called, there is but one law—to be put to death, except the one to whom the king holds out the golden scepter so that he may live. But as for me, I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days.” 12 And they told Mordecai what Esther had said. 13 Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, “Do not think to yourself that in the king's palace you will escape any more than all the other Jews. 14 For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” 15 Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai, 16 “Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish.”12 17 Mordecai then went away and did everything as Esther had ordered him. Esther Prepares a Banquet 5 On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king's palace, in front of the king's quarters, while the king was sitting on his royal throne inside the throne room opposite the entrance to the palace. 2 And when the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, she won favor in his sight, and he held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. Then Esther approached and touched the tip of the scepter. 3 And the king said to her, “What is it, Queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given you, even to the half of my kingdom.” 4 And Esther said, “If it please the king,13 let the king and Haman come today to a feast that I have prepared for the king.” 5 Then the king said, “Bring Haman quickly, so that we may do as Esther has asked.” So the king and Haman came to the feast that Esther had prepared. 6 And as they were drinking wine after the feast, the king said to Esther, “What is your wish? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled.”14 7 Then Esther answered, “My wish and my request is: 8 If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king15 to grant my wish and fulfill my request, let the king and Haman come to the feast that I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king has said.” Haman Plans to Hang Mordecai 9 And Haman went out that day joyful and glad of heart. But when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he neither rose nor trembled before him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai. 10 Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home, and he sent and brought his friends and his wife Zeresh. 11 And Haman recounted to them the splendor of his riches, the number of his sons, all the promotions with which the king had honored him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and the servants of the king. 12 Then Haman said, “Even Queen Esther let no one but me come with the king to the feast she prepared. And tomorrow also I am invited by her together with the king. 13 Yet all this is worth nothing to me, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.” 14 Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Let a gallows16 fifty cubits17 high be made, and in the morning tell the king to have Mordecai hanged upon it. Then go joyfully with the king to the feast.” This idea pleased Haman, and he had the gallows made. Footnotes [1] 1:6 Or rings [2] 1:11 Or headdress [3] 1:17 Hebrew to disdain their husbands in their eyes [4] 2:4 Hebrew who is good in the eyes of the king [5] 2:17 Or headdress [6] 2:23 Or wooden beam or stake; Hebrew tree or wood. This Persian execution practice involved affixing or impaling a person on a stake or pole (compare Ezra 6:11) [7] 3:6 Hebrew disdained in his eyes [8] 3:6 Or annihilate [9] 3:9 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms [10] 4:8 Or annihilation [11] 4:8 Hebrew and seek from before his face [12] 4:16 Hebrew if I am destroyed, then I will be destroyed [13] 5:4 Hebrew If it is good to the king [14] 5:6 Or done [15] 5:8 Hebrew if it is good to the king [16] 5:14 Or wooden beam; twice in this verse (see note on 2:23) [17] 5:14 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters (ESV)

Esther 2:15 ~ " When the turn came for Esther (the young woman Mordecai had adopted, the daughter of his uncle Abihail) to go to the king, she asked for nothing other than what Hegai, the king's eunuch who was in charge of the harem, suggested. And Esther won the favor of everyone who saw her." --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/job2ten/message

Esther 2:8-9 ~ "8 So when the king's order and his edict were proclaimed, and when many young women were gathered in Susa the citadel in custody of Hegai, Esther also was taken into the king's palace and put in custody of Hegai, who had charge of the women. 9 And the young woman pleased him and won his favor. And he quickly provided her with her cosmetics and her portion of food, and with seven chosen young women from the king's palace, and advanced her and her young women to the best place in the harem." --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/job2ten/message

Psalms and Wisdom: Psalm 89 Psalm 89 (Listen) I Will Sing of the Steadfast Love of the Lord A Maskil1 of Ethan the Ezrahite. 89   I will sing of the steadfast love of the LORD, forever;    with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.2   For I said, “Steadfast love will be built up forever;    in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness.”3   You have said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one;    I have sworn to David my servant:4   ‘I will establish your offspring forever,    and build your throne for all generations.'” Selah 5   Let the heavens praise your wonders, O LORD,    your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones!6   For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD?    Who among the heavenly beings2 is like the LORD,7   a God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones,    and awesome above all who are around him?8   O LORD God of hosts,    who is mighty as you are, O LORD,    with your faithfulness all around you?9   You rule the raging of the sea;    when its waves rise, you still them.10   You crushed Rahab like a carcass;    you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.11   The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours;    the world and all that is in it, you have founded them.12   The north and the south, you have created them;    Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.13   You have a mighty arm;    strong is your hand, high your right hand.14   Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;    steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.15   Blessed are the people who know the festal shout,    who walk, O LORD, in the light of your face,16   who exult in your name all the day    and in your righteousness are exalted.17   For you are the glory of their strength;    by your favor our horn is exalted.18   For our shield belongs to the LORD,    our king to the Holy One of Israel. 19   Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one,3 and said:    “I have granted help to one who is mighty;    I have exalted one chosen from the people.20   I have found David, my servant;    with my holy oil I have anointed him,21   so that my hand shall be established with him;    my arm also shall strengthen him.22   The enemy shall not outwit him;    the wicked shall not humble him.23   I will crush his foes before him    and strike down those who hate him.24   My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him,    and in my name shall his horn be exalted.25   I will set his hand on the sea    and his right hand on the rivers.26   He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father,    my God, and the Rock of my salvation.'27   And I will make him the firstborn,    the highest of the kings of the earth.28   My steadfast love I will keep for him forever,    and my covenant will stand firm4 for him.29   I will establish his offspring forever    and his throne as the days of the heavens.30   If his children forsake my law    and do not walk according to my rules,531   if they violate my statutes    and do not keep my commandments,32   then I will punish their transgression with the rod    and their iniquity with stripes,33   but I will not remove from him my steadfast love    or be false to my faithfulness.34   I will not violate my covenant    or alter the word that went forth from my lips.35   Once for all I have sworn by my holiness;    I will not lie to David.36   His offspring shall endure forever,    his throne as long as the sun before me.37   Like the moon it shall be established forever,    a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah 38   But now you have cast off and rejected;    you are full of wrath against your anointed.39   You have renounced the covenant with your servant;    you have defiled his crown in the dust.40   You have breached all his walls;    you have laid his strongholds in ruins.41   All who pass by plunder him;    he has become the scorn of his neighbors.42   You have exalted the right hand of his foes;    you have made all his enemies rejoice.43   You have also turned back the edge of his sword,    and you have not made him stand in battle.44   You have made his splendor to cease    and cast his throne to the ground.45   You have cut short the days of his youth;    you have covered him with shame. Selah 46   How long, O LORD? Will you hide yourself forever?    How long will your wrath burn like fire?47   Remember how short my time is!    For what vanity you have created all the children of man!48   What man can live and never see death?    Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah 49   Lord, where is your steadfast love of old,    which by your faithfulness you swore to David?50   Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked,    and how I bear in my heart the insults6 of all the many nations,51   with which your enemies mock, O LORD,    with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed. 52   Blessed be the LORD forever!      Amen and Amen. Footnotes [1] 89:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term [2] 89:6 Hebrew the sons of God, or the sons of might [3] 89:19 Some Hebrew manuscripts godly ones [4] 89:28 Or will remain faithful [5] 89:30 Or my just decrees [6] 89:50 Hebrew lacks the insults (ESV) Pentateuch and History: Exodus 35:1–29 Exodus 35:1–29 (Listen) Sabbath Regulations 35 Moses assembled all the congregation of the people of Israel and said to them, “These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to do. 2 Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death. 3 You shall kindle no fire in all your dwelling places on the Sabbath day.” Contributions for the Tabernacle 4 Moses said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, “This is the thing that the LORD has commanded. 5 Take from among you a contribution to the LORD. Whoever is of a generous heart, let him bring the LORD's contribution: gold, silver, and bronze; 6 blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen; goats' hair, 7 tanned rams' skins, and goatskins;1 acacia wood, 8 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, 9 and onyx stones and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece. 10 “Let every skillful craftsman among you come and make all that the LORD has commanded: 11 the tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its hooks and its frames, its bars, its pillars, and its bases; 12 the ark with its poles, the mercy seat, and the veil of the screen; 13 the table with its poles and all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence; 14 the lampstand also for the light, with its utensils and its lamps, and the oil for the light; 15 and the altar of incense, with its poles, and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle; 16 the altar of burnt offering, with its grating of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils, the basin and its stand; 17 the hangings of the court, its pillars and its bases, and the screen for the gate of the court; 18 the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the court, and their cords; 19 the finely worked garments for ministering2 in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, for their service as priests.” 20 Then all the congregation of the people of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. 21 And they came, everyone whose heart stirred him, and everyone whose spirit moved him, and brought the LORD's contribution to be used for the tent of meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy garments. 22 So they came, both men and women. All who were of a willing heart brought brooches and earrings and signet rings and armlets, all sorts of gold objects, every man dedicating an offering of gold to the LORD. 23 And every one who possessed blue or purple or scarlet yarns or fine linen or goats' hair or tanned rams' skins or goatskins brought them. 24 Everyone who could make a contribution of silver or bronze brought it as the LORD's contribution. And every one who possessed acacia wood of any use in the work brought it. 25 And every skillful woman spun with her hands, and they all brought what they had spun in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. 26 All the women whose hearts stirred them to use their skill spun the goats' hair. 27 And the leaders brought onyx stones and stones to be set, for the ephod and for the breastpiece, 28 and spices and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense. 29 All the men and women, the people of Israel, whose heart moved them to bring anything for the work that the LORD had commanded by Moses to be done brought it as a freewill offering to the LORD. Footnotes [1] 35:7 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain; also verse 23; compare 25:5 [2] 35:19 Or garments for worship; see 31:10 (ESV) Chronicles and Prophets: Esther 2 Esther 2 (Listen) Esther Chosen Queen 2 After these things, when the anger of King Ahasuerus had abated, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her. 2 Then the king's young men who attended him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought out for the king. 3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the beautiful young virgins to the harem in Susa the citadel, under custody of Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women. Let their cosmetics be given them. 4 And let the young woman who pleases the king1 be queen instead of Vashti.” This pleased the king, and he did so. 5 Now there was a Jew in Susa the citadel whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite, 6 who had been carried away from Jerusalem among the captives carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away. 7 He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his uncle, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was lovely to look at, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter. 8 So when the king's order and his edict were proclaimed, and when many young women were gathered in Susa the citadel in custody of Hegai, Esther also was taken into the king's palace and put in custody of Hegai, who had charge of the women. 9 And the young woman pleased him and won his favor. And he quickly provided her with her cosmetics and her portion of food, and with seven chosen young women from the king's palace, and advanced her and her young women to the best place in the harem. 10 Esther had not made known her people or kindred, for Mordecai had commanded her not to make it known. 11 And every day Mordecai walked in front of the court of the harem to learn how Esther was and what was happening to her. 12 Now when the turn came for each young woman to go in to King Ahasuerus, after being twelve months under the regulations for the women, since this was the regular period of their beautifying, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and ointments for women—13 when the young woman went in to the king in this way, she was given whatever she desired to take with her from the harem to the king's palace. 14 In the evening she would go in, and in the morning she would return to the second harem in custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch, who was in charge of the concubines. She would not go in to the king again, unless the king delighted in her and she was summoned by name. 15 When the turn came for Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his own daughter, to go in to the king, she asked for nothing except what Hegai the king's eunuch, who had charge of the women, advised. Now Esther was winning favor in the eyes of all who saw her. 16 And when Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign, 17 the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she won grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown2 on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. 18 Then the king gave a great feast for all his officials and servants; it was Esther's feast. He also granted a remission of taxes to the provinces and gave gifts with royal generosity. Mordecai Discovers a Plot 19 Now when the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate. 20 Esther had not made known her kindred or her people, as Mordecai had commanded her, for Esther obeyed Mordecai just as when she was brought up by him. 21 In those days, as Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, became angry and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. 22 And this came to the knowledge of Mordecai, and he told it to Queen Esther, and Esther told the king in the name of Mordecai. 23 When the affair was investigated and found to be so, the men were both hanged on the gallows.3 And it was recorded in the book of the chronicles in the presence of the king. Footnotes [1] 2:4 Hebrew who is good in the eyes of the king [2] 2:17 Or headdress [3] 2:23 Or wooden beam or stake; Hebrew tree or wood. This Persian execution practice involved affixing or impaling a person on a stake or pole (compare Ezra 6:11) (ESV) Gospels and Epistles: 1 Corinthians 7 1 Corinthians 7 (Listen) Principles for Marriage 7 Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” 2 But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. 3 The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. 4 For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. 5 Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. 6 Now as a concession, not a command, I say this.1 7 I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another. 8 To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single, as I am. 9 But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion. 10 To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband 11 (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife. 12 To the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her. 13 If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him. 14 For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy. 15 But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you2 to peace. 16 For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife? Live as You Are Called 17 Only let each person lead the life3 that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches. 18 Was anyone at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was anyone at the time of his call uncircumcised? Let him not seek circumcision. 19 For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but keeping the commandments of God. 20 Each one should remain in the condition in which he was called. 21 Were you a bondservant4 when called? Do not be concerned about it. (But if you can gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity.) 22 For he who was called in the Lord as a bondservant is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is a bondservant of Christ. 23 You were bought with a price; do not become bondservants of men. 24 So, brothers,5 in whatever condition each was called, there let him remain with God. The Unmarried and the Widowed 25 Now concerning6 the betrothed,7 I have no command from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy. 26 I think that in view of the present8 distress it is good for a person to remain as he is. 27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife. 28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned, and if a betrothed woman9 marries, she has not sinned. Yet those who marry will have worldly troubles, and I would spare you that. 29 This is what I mean, brothers: the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none, 30 and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no goods, 31 and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the present form of this world is passing away. 32 I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord. 33 But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife, 34 and his interests are divided. And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things, how to please her husband. 35 I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord. 36 If anyone thinks that he is not behaving properly toward his betrothed,10 if his11 passions are strong, and it has to be, let him do as he wishes: let them marry—it is no sin. 37 But whoever is firmly established in his heart, being under no necessity but having his desire under control, and has determined this in his heart, to keep her as his betrothed, he will do well. 38 So then he who marries his betrothed does well, and he who refrains from marriage will do even better. 39

The Beast's Great Deception (6) (Audio) David Eells - 3/26/23 Apostasy & Tornado Engulfing a City Isaac Payne - 3/9/23 (David's notes in red) I had a dream that I was walking into what seemed to be an abandoned shopping mall. However, this shopping center was designed like a castle. I don't remember exactly what the mall looked like on the outside in the dream, but it was like a castle. (This abandoned shopping mall represents the current DS Babylonish financial system that is crumbling with many bank failures.) (I know many times a mall can represent the merchants of the world as in Rev. 18:11 And the Merchants of of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no man buyeth their merchandise anymore.) As I walked inside this mall it was very gaudy, having large marble floors and blue & green checkered painting design on the walls. There wasn't a lot of bright colors in the mall, most of the colors were dull. Also, I noticed there wasn't much natural light shining in this mall. (The light of the true sun/Son that our forefathers established this nation upon has all but extinguished as America under the D.S. has become the prophesied Babylon of the latter days in the Bible.) This shopping mall was also arrayed in large crown molding along the ceilings as well as being decorated in white trim along the doors and windows. There were large marble staircases within the main entry leading to the second floor. As I continued walking in the castle mall, I realized there were no shops and the mall seemed to be completely abandoned. I also noticed that it seemed this castle mall was winterized. (Winterization represents God's preparation for the 7-year tribulation. Mat. 24:20-21 And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on a sabbath: 21 for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.) In some of the rooms even the walls were winterized having a plastic dust barrier covering the walls. (When homes are winterized, the water is turned off so pipes do not burst. I am not certain, but I was thinking this castle mall could be a waterless place that swept and garnished especially since it was completely empty.  Mat. 12:43-45 But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not. Then he saith, I will return into my house whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. The goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of the man becometh worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this evil generation.)  (Rev. 18:2 And he cried with a mighty voice, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and is become a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird.) All through this castle mall something was not quite right. As I continued walking into the mall, I noticed that there was a family living here. There was a husband and a wife that were middle aged with about four kids. The husband was kneeling down and playing with the kids and seemed genuinely happy. I knew the family was occupying this mall to try to escape the judgements that were occurring in the world. (As we will see, taking refuge in Apostate Christianity inside the Babylonish system will not protect in the judgements to come.) I did not have a conversation at this point with the family and wasn't sure where they went. I continued walking through this empty mall and walked down a long hallway. I came to a door that was on the left side of the hallway and opened it to find the wife lying between some church pews facing the ground and she seemed to be dead. The room looked like a church sanctuary with an altar up front. At this moment in the dream, I was given a supernatural power from Father to begin to interpret the dream while I was in it. I remember thinking "Oh No! She is facing the ground which means not looking toward the heavens and she is facing the world. Her eyes are on the world." (This represents the apostate Church who is earthly because they keep their eyes on earthly things and not on things above where Christ is. (Col. 3:2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.) They are spiritually dead through their false doctrines. (John 3:31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is of the earth, and of the earth he speaketh: he that cometh from heaven is above all.) Suddenly, she flipped over and startled me and said, "I'm not dead I was just lying down." (They are dead but alive; “she is dead while she liveth.”) I noticed that her kids were in the room as well. (Their fruit is apostate too. It is a false Jesus.) I stepped over the woman and noticed there were two massive, hairy spiders in this room. There was a spider on the right and another on the left just ahead of me on the pews. (There is evil both on the right and on the left of the apostate Church.) The spiders had their front legs lifted up in attack mode and looked like they would jump at any moment. (I believe the spiders represent sin and can jump from host to host if we have willful sin or are negligent in our walk.) (It's commonly known that demons are passed on through association with those who have them. 1Co. 15:33 Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.) I turned around and looked at the women and said, "Are these dangerous?" The woman said, "Yes, if they bite you, they can cause death." Again, Father was having me to interpret the dream while I was in it. I said to myself, "These spiders represent sin and are looking to attach themselves to others.” (These are religious spirits who suck the life of Christ, and the freedom He brings, out of those who get trapped in dead religion.)  Suddenly, I slipped and fell next to the spider on the right. I had tripped over someone else in the room. I don't remember if it was the kids or the woman lying between the pews. I instantly jumped back up on my feet and away from the spider. (Pro. 24:16 For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.)  At this point, as I jumped, I hopped on top of the backs of the pews and ran on the backs of the pews from one section to another without even a slight misstep or falling in between into the cushions. (I believe this represents coming out from amongst the apostate church. The pews represent complacency and not walking into the maturity of salvation 100-fold. Eph. 4:11-13 And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets, and some evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ: till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a full grown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ:)   As I ran toward the exit of the church like room, the woman shouted to me, "My oldest child died while I was here." (I was again given the interpretation of the dream from Father and said to myself again, "Her oldest is her fruit, and it has died.")  (“Twice dead; plucked up by the roots.”) I was still running on top of the back of the pews racing for the exit. (Rev. 18:4-5 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come forth, my people, out of her, that ye have no fellowship with her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues: 5 for her sins have reached even unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.) I ran completely out of the room and out of the castle mall. (Concerning the castle mall, the seemingly happy family, and the church room, this scripture comes to my mind. 2Ti. 3:5-7 Holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power, therefore. From these also turn away. For of these are they that creep into houses, (Castle mall) and take captive silly women (women lying face down on the ground) laden with sins, (Spiders) led away by divers lusts, (The fruit of the child that died) ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. (Complacency of spectator religion.) I made it out of the castle mall, and I continued to run. Outside was very bright, however, a dark mass was now taking over the entire sky. I could see the brightness diminishing and at this point there was only a small light at the end of the horizon. To best describe this darkness engulfing the light it was exactly like a small light at the end of the tunnel. I was still running in an all-out sprint toward the light. At this point I knew this darkness was a massive tornado. (Representing the judgment that is coming upon the entire Babylonish system; Church and Government.) This tornado was so massive that it totally encapsulated the city I was in. The wind was ferocious and increasing dramatically. At this point, the storm was upon the city and there was nothing I could do to save myself.  I stopped running and found myself in the eye of this massive dark tornado and looked up and pointed with my finger at the eye of the tornado and then shouted as loud as I possible could, "STOP!!!!!!!!" As I finished shouting again in my dream, I thought to myself, "Its not the word Stop that has power, but the name of Jesus." (Mark 16:17-18 And these signs shall accompany them that believe in my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues; 18 they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.) Again, I pointed up with my finger in the eye of this Tornado and shouted with every ounce of strength that I had, "In the name of JESUS! STOP!" I could see my hand shaking violently as I pointed at the tornado. (Mat. 11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the men of violence take it by force.) At that moment the tornado winds just instantly began to vanish, and the shape of tornado began to totally dissipate in front of my eyes into nothingness. The Tornado had fled because it had not the authority to proceed beyond the command, “in the name of Jesus.” (Psa 91:14-16 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. 15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble: I will deliver him and honor him. 16 With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation.) The sky was once again sunny and weather perfect. Then I woke up. (I believe the reason the word Stop did not work is because it had to be activated by faith in the name of Jesus. This is because the word, “name” or “Onoma” means: nature, character, and authority. I don't believe naturally there is any special sequence of words in a command to have authority. That is legalism.  I believe this points to the fact that if we walk in faith IN Jesus' nature, character, and authority then we have power through Christ with a command such as "Stop." 1Jo. 4:17 Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even so are we in this world." And Col. 2:6-7 As therefore ye received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and builded up in him, and established in your faith, even as ye were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.) (Quickly come out from among them for the wrath will fall on their whole system as God's presence shook the earth.)   Fall of Egyptian Babylon Tianna Fire - 3/17/23 (David's notes in red) I saw a giant pyramid like the ones in Egypt and it had this giant gold star on top of it, like you would see on top of a Christmas tree. (Jer 10:3-4 For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe. 4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. ). (This represents the idolatry of Egypt or Babylon.) (Pyramid represents Egypt/Babylon, the Beast nation and corporate body. The star is the principality that rules over the idolators.)  Then I saw the pyramid start falling far down and it was spinning 360 degrees, round and round. The star fell off and smashed to the ground and not long after, the pyramid smashed and broke into pieces. (Acts 7:43 And ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, And the star of the god Rephan, The figures which ye made to worship them: And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.)   Leaving the God of War Behind  Claire Pienaar - 2/4/23 (David's notes in red) (Claire represents the Bride because her name means “brilliant” and the Bride's garments are bright and pure as is spoken of in Rev. 19:8 And it was given unto her that she should array herself in fine linen, bright and pure: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.) I had a dream about Martyn Isles and the Tower of Babel. (Martyn means, “dedicated to Mars”, the Roman god of war and fertility. We're fighting this principality as much as Jezebel in these days.) I asked the Lord who Martyn Isles represents in this dream and my finger landed on “sop” from John 13:26: Jesus therefore answereth, He it is, for whom I shall dip the sop, and give it him. So when he had dipped the sop, he taketh and giveth it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.  (The Lord gave me a revelation that sop stood for S.O.P. “son of perdition.” 2Th 2:1-4 Now we beseech you, brethren, touching the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together unto him; 2 to the end that ye be not quickly shaken from your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by epistle as from us, as that the day of the Lord is just at hand; 3 let no man beguile you in any wise: for it will not be, except the falling away come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition, 4 he that opposeth and exalteth himself against all that is called God or that is worshipped; so that he sitteth in the temple of God, setting himself forth as God.) (Martyn Isles was the CEO of the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL). He has a very popular video series on YouTube called “The Truth Of It”, where he helps people to think about political things from a biblical perspective. In 2022 he did a series called “Babylon” at churches around Australia. He does not know that Babylon is the apostate church.) … I dreamed I was in a high tower with my daughter who was merged with my little sister. (Riaan: Children represent our fruit of faith in Christ. The younger sister represents the immature that need to grow up in the faith and the mature have faith for them. The high tower represents works of the flesh, rebellion, and pride, like the tower of Babel.) (The elect of God, represented by the “little sister”, will escape the “Tower of Babel” with the help of the Bride. Song 8:8-9 We have a little sister, And she hath no breasts: What shall we do for our sister In the day when she shall be spoken for? 9 If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver: And if she be a door, We will inclose her with boards of cedar.) We were moving out of the tower. (Representing the command to God's people concerning Babylon the Great. Rev. 18:4 Come forth, my people, out of her, that ye have no fellowship with her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.)  We had blue suitcases, and all that remained in our room was two beds, which were covered with blue bed covers. (Riaan: The blue suitcases are heavenly provision and the beds represent a heavenly rest from our own works.)  We were on the 9th level. (Riaan: The number 9 represents divine completeness as in the fruits of the Spirit). We went down two levels and saw Martyn Isles on the 7th level. (Representing Judas or the son of perdition.)  He seemed to be in charge of the tower but there had recently been a power change. His level was very beautifully decorated. It looked like he had diamond tree roots growing out of the ceiling that illuminated the entire level with all the aspects of light like a diamond's refraction or like a prism. (Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. But his roots are really pride and rebellion.) Still, my daughter/little sister were going somewhere better in the dream. I heard the words, “Hegai” and “Keeper of the virgins” a few times and then I woke up. (Riaan: The bride, like Esther, is moving out of the house of the women to live in the king's house.) (Hegai represented the Holy Spirit who guided Esther to her brideship.) I asked the Lord for a word by faith at random and received Lam 2:14 Thy prophets have seen for thee false and foolish visions; And they have not uncovered thine iniquity, to bring back thy captivity, But have seen for thee false oracles and causes of banishment. (I think it is a warning for Martyn. He has “Babylon” all wrong….)  I asked the Lord why I (as the bride) and my daughter/little sister were leaving the tower. I received Mat 3:16  And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway from the water: and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him; (The verses that follow on explain that this meant Jesus was well-pleasing to Father God, and then he went into the wilderness Tribulation to be tempted [as we will]).     Falling Away Into Spiritual Fornication  Claire Pienaar 11/11/22 (David's notes in red)   The enemy tried to keep me from remembering this dream but, the Lord will have His way… I dreamed my uncle (My dad's brother) and his wife were telling me that my brother had finally come out of the closet. I did a double-take and asked him to clarify that. He said that he'd come out and introduced his boyfriend to the family. (It is perversion to receive the seed of man. Christians are always to fill themselves with the seed of God which is His Word as in the parable of the sower. But there, 3 out of 4 fell to the seed of the world and didn't bear the fruit of the Word. This is a NOW problem.) Ruth, my stepmom, was ecstatic and so happy her son was finally “happy”. I could not understand this at all. She once had morals and standards and I thought she raised her children for God.  (She is a stepmom and is not the real mother of the bride, typed by Claire, meaning brilliant. She fell away and is the mother of the immature people who fall away. Here is a text used to warn the falling away through the law but also fits the falling away by other means. We are warned of the false mother bringing forth the false son. Gal 4:22-31 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the freewoman. 23 Howbeit the son by the handmaid is born after the flesh; but the son by the freewoman is born through promise. 24 Which things contain an allegory: for these women are two covenants; one from mount Sinai, bearing children unto bondage, which is Hagar.  25 Now this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia and answereth to the Jerusalem that now is (I.e., born of the natural woman): for she is in bondage with her children. 26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is our mother. 27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; Break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: For more are the children of the desolate (3 out of 4) than of her that hath the husband (The seed of the Lord that we must receive.).  28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise. 29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, so also it is now. 30 Howbeit what saith the scripture? Cast out the handmaid and her son: for the son of the handmaid shall not inherit with the son of the freewoman. 31 Wherefore, brethren, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the freewoman. I was then in front of her, and asked her “Why are you supporting this?” And she answered, “God loves everyone”. I could not agree. Her reasoning was similar to a petulant child's reasoning. It was so sad. (This mother represents the apostate church which is very liberal and so is her fruit.  Church means "the called-out ones". The real Church of the “come outers” is our real mother.) It became apparent that no-one wanted to tell me because they did not want to hear my opinion on the matter; they'd all known for a while. I then heard so many whispers come into my head that everything was a lie, all of them were falling away and that many abortions, divorces, and evil had a stronghold over what I thought was the “better” part of my family. (Their hidden things of darkness will come to light.)  I woke up and forgot about this dream for a bit. Then I remembered and asked the Lord for a word by faith at random and received, Eph 6:13 finger on “whole armor” “Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.”    This is not about the physical at all. This is to pray down an attack targeted at the immature or younger brothers in Christ (My brother is a decade younger than I am).(This is more perfectly stated as the immature brothers in “Christianity” who are falling away to the demons of liberalism, perversion, and lasciviousness, faction, witchcraft, love of the world, etc. What makes one younger in the Lord, is that they do not walk in much of the Word, who is Jesus, and so they fall away. Some of these will be saved but others are sons of perdition.)   This came to my spirit: "Get on your knees and pray!! A brother is falling." This is a type that brothers plural are falling away.   When I asked if I should send this on to David, my finger was on a picture of the temple ruins of Laodicea, that he spewed out because they were neither hot nor cold.  Oh Lord, save our brothers!  Rev 3:14-21: And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God: 15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16 So because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth. (I.e., rejected from the body of Christ)  17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing (Representing, serving the idols of the worldly); and knowest not that thou art the wretched one and miserable and poor and blind and naked (Because of not serving the Word.): 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold refined by fire, that thou mayest become rich (In the ways of Christ); and white garments (Representing His works), that thou mayest clothe thyself, and that the shame of thy nakedness be not made manifest; and eyesalve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see. (The Word gives discernment to the simple.)  19 As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come into him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 21 He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit down with me in my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne. 22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.  The falling away of those who receive the seed of man, or the world is shown by Jesus below. Jesus Explains the Parable of the Sower  Mat 13:18 Hear then ye the parable of the sower. 19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the evil one, and snatcheth away that which hath been sown in his heart.  (We have seen the factious lose everything they learned at UBM. They have complained that it was all being erased from their mind.) This is he that was sown by the wayside. Mat 13:20 And he that was sown upon the rocky places, this is he that heareth the word, and straightway with joy receiveth it; 21 yet hath he not root in himself, but endureth for a while; and when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway he stumbleth. (They refused to break up the fallow ground of their flesh to give root to the Word.) Mat 13:22 And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word; and the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. (They give all their time, money, and affection to the world instead of Jesus and they spiritually die. If the Love of the world is in you the Love of the Father is not.) 23 And he that was sown upon the good ground, this is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; who verily beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. (Those who desire to be like Jesus rather than the world will overcome.) The Parable of the Tares Mat 13:24 Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man that sowed good seed in his field (The Word of God in the heart of the righteous): 25 but while men slept (With their eyes closed to the light), his enemy came and sowed tares also among the wheat, and went away. (We have seen them come and be taken out by faction as the Word is shown to them for their fruit was small and useless like the tares naturally have.) Mat 13:26 But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. 27 And the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it tares? Mat 13:28 And he said unto them, An enemy hath done this. And the servants say unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? 29  But he saith, Nay; lest haply while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with them. Mat 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest (The first-fruits harvest is happening): and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn. (This is happening before our eyes, so the first fruits harvest is happening now. And the Angels are gathering the tares and bundling them by permitting faction spirits, which are separation spirits to take them out to purify the body.) Mat 13:36 Then he left the multitudes and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Explain unto us the parable of the tares of the field. 37 And he answered and said, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; (Jesus sowed the Word in our hearts as the parable of the sower just showed.) Mat 13:38 and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom (In whom the Word lives); and the tares are the sons of the evil one (In whom satan's seeds of lust live.); 39 and the enemy that sowed them is the devil: and the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are angels. Mat 13:40 As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned with fire; so, shall it be in the end of the world. 41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all [things- not Numeric] that cause stumbling, and them that do iniquity, (Jesus is doing this to the first-fruits harvest and in the tribulation. He will do it for the Ingathering Harvest.) Mat 13:42 and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. 43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears, let him hear. (So, this process is to sanctify a body for the Lord.) The Falling away must come to purify the Body. Jesus is coming for the first fruits in the Man-child and Bride to use them to bring in the Ingathering Harvest in the tribulation. He is also coming for the Ingathering Harvest at the end of the Tribulation. One thing preceeds both of these comings - The Falling Away. 2Th 2:1  Now we beseech you, brethren, touching the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together unto him; 2  to the end that ye be not quickly shaken from your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by epistle as from us, as that the day of the Lord is just at hand; (Notice: Jesus will not come until the Falling Away sanctifies the Body) 2Th 2:3 let no man beguile you in any wise: for it will not be (The coming of the Lord), except the falling away come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition, (Perdition means destruction. Like Judas they destroy and are destroyed. Jesus cannot come for the first fruits or ingathering harvests until the son of destruction comes out from among the people of God.) 2Th 2:4 he that opposeth and exalteth himself against all that is called God or that is worshipped; so that he sitteth in the temple of God, setting himself forth as God. (The son of perdition is his own god; he does as he wishes. The Greek word for temple here is “Naos” which Paul used 9 times as the body of Christ but never as the building. He sits among the people of God which is the temple of God.) 2Th 2:5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? 6 And now ye know that which restraineth, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season. (The Falling Away restrains the son of perdition being revealed. The Falling Away reveals the son of destruction as is happening now and in the tribulation.) 2Th 2:7 For the mystery of lawlessness doth already work: only there is one that restraineth now (The SOP restrains the coming of the Lord for His purified body), until he be - taken out of the way (The Numeric Greek proves this as “be come out of the midst.” When the SOP which identified Judas, came out of the midst he was revealed. The disciples didnt know who he was until he denied the Lord.) 8 And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming; (So the Lord comes for his bodies after the falling way separates the SOP tares from the wheat. Then He destroys those Edomites as He did Judas.) 2Th 2:9 even he (the SOP), whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10  and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. (The SOP has been given power from satan to deceive those who do not hold to the truth. Should we even try to save them? Yes, because they are held guilty by rejecting the truth and those who receive the truth will be saved. ) 2Th 2:11 And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe a lie: 12 that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 2Co 4:1-4 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not: 2 but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; (Like the SOP) but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. 3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled in them that perish: 4 in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them.   Father Commands Evil Out of the House Claire Pienaar - 3/19/23 (David's notes in red) I dreamed it was nighttime and I was in my parents' home. I was looking out of my bedroom window at night. (In the natural, when I did this as a child, I saw a demon in female form lurking out there and I always told her to stay out there. I did not engage with her, but I was weary of her.) In my dream, I felt the same trepidation of knowing that I'd see her when I looked out into the garden, but when I did, she wasn't there!! Praise God! The demon was gone, and I could see a perfectly peaceful night far into the distance, beyond the boundary of my parents' home.  In the dream, I had pink curtains with fluffy white clouds on them and many, many colorful rainbows. (These curtains represent being covered in love and the promises in the Word, specifically the promise of overcoming evil).  I heard my dad next door in my sister's room, which was the same as my room, but this room had blue curtains like mine instead of pink ones. (The curtains represent the same promises, and the blue represents being seated in the heavenlies; the predestination, calling and election of those Father loves).   My dad (Representing our Heavenly Father) had my sister in his lap and wanted to read her a story. My sister looked like my daughter Tabitha, and this shook me in the dream. (In the natural, I try to keep my children from as much evil outside influence as possible; they have enough of their own sin nature to overcome).  My dad was freaking out because someone had given her a Mickey Mouse book, (Disney perversion.) as well as an evil book with a weird looking teddy bear on the front cover. (I realized the cover looked the same as the pedophile organization run by George Soros with the teddy bear logo. It's the ugliest teddy bear I've ever seen. They are sickos.). (Our Father is not happy with all the corruption in the Churches that is polluting His children.) I was shocked and wondered how these books came into our house, but then I thought “My mother probably brought them in”. (Here again we see a connection between the apostate Church system and the Babylon DS child trafficking.)  I told my dad not to worry, and that all people have grown up with some sort of sick stuff like this. (We are exposed to much “sick” doctrine growing up in the apostate Churches. Psa. 58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.) I was not fearful and knew I could dispose of these books quickly. I was sad that it had been placed near my sister/daughter and I was unsure how much she'd seen of it. He then took the teddy bear book and said, “This one must be burned!”. He was angry now and said, “I have NEVER been exposed to this, and none of my children should. Get it out of the house!!” (Riaan: The Father will not allow these things in believers' lives anymore. It's a serious reaction to not expose any of his children as immature believers to any lasciviousness brought in by the apostate “mother” Church).  Then, I took it and went to burn it or throw it away. Then I woke up.    I asked the Lord for a word for this dream and received Psalm 69: 7-8: Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face. I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother's children.    Bearing Fruit to Be in the Bride Alenna Timoshchuk - 3/21/23 (David's notes in red) I dreamt that I was pregnant, walking down a road with another girl who was also pregnant, but not as far along as I was. (Representing bearing the fruit of Christ.) She was asking me if I was worried about pregnancy headaches and what they might do to my eyesight. (This represents attacks on our mind by the enemy that can cloud our spiritual sight as we are working to bear the fruit of Christ in the womb of our hearts.) I told her, “No, I wasn't worried about it because I believed that Jesus delivered me from the curse and that I was trusting in the Lord that I was already healed.” (Representing that we are healed through faith in the promises, and we can't walk by sight.)  She proceeded to tell me about her sister who knows all about what these headaches can do and that they're ruining her sister's eyesight. (The sister represents those under apostate religious doctrines that don't see that they have been healed by the Lord.) I told her, “It's because her sister was researching a bunch of misinformation and believing it and that it's going to be hard for her to believe what the Lord had done for her if that is what she is filling her mind with.” (We must fill our mind with the Word and keep our sight on God's promises, not what the world says, or we will lose our spiritual eyesight.) We kept walking, and though my pace never changed, the girl I was walking beside was falling behind, and I was going way ahead of her, and it seemed as if I started walking faster. (Not believing the full gospel will hinder you from progressing in your walk in Christ. My pace never changed because it's not my works, but Christ doing the work in me.)  As I was walking, two dogs ran up beside me trying to intimidate me. They had special collars on their throats allowing them to speak to me like a human (like in the movie “UP”) and they were also growling and trying to bite me, mainly aiming for my hands. I don't remember what they were saying but it sounded creepy. I just kept my same pace and kept my eyes ahead of me on the road, making sure not to look at the dogs. I knew that if I kept my eyes forward, they wouldn't be able to harm me. (Satan and his demons don't have power unless we give it to them.)   Then an old man, who was the owner of the dogs, came out to the road and he was wearing two very thick pairs of gloves. (The old man represents the “old man” of the flesh who cooperates with demons to sidetrack our spiritual man.) The dogs instantly ran over to him, and each jumped up and bit his hands and were hanging off of them. I told him that he needed to put his dogs away so that people could walk on the road and not get hurt by them, but the man laughed and told me they were harmless. I knew then that he wanted the dogs to hurt me, so I faced the road ahead again, and kept walking. (Pro. 4:27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.) The scene changed and I was meeting up with my husband and children and we were in a room with my old job manager. He also seemed to be the same owner of the two dogs. I was looking at a model ship that he had and said I was sad about something he wouldn't change.  I remember he got really angry with me and opened a can of some kind of gas that would put my family and I to sleep so that he could kill us. My husband instantly put his arms around our daughters and covered them with his body, and I ran out before the door could close. (I believe my husband here represents Jesus who gave his body for us, and I may represent the bride who is also a warrior for Christ.)     As I ran out of the room, I realized the gas was in the whole building but I knew that if I fought, I wouldn't fall asleep. I found a sword (Representing the sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God.) I picked the sword up and across the room I saw a pale Chinese lady with jet black hair cut at chin length. (Our flesh nature is a foreigner, and the short hair represents lack of submission to God and the black hair represents submission to darkness. This woman represents her flesh.) She was watching me and had a sword in her hand. I knew I had to fight her, but first I ran the other way out of the building. I was running so fast that I ran across a lake without getting wet. (Going across the water without getting wet is putting the curse of the Word under our feet. Without this we cannot conquer the flesh.) I rested in some bushes for a little while. (Entering the rest represents ceasing from our own works through faith in the promises. This strengthens us for the battle with the flesh.) Then I ran back to the building to fight her. As soon as I got into the building, I saw another blade and I used it to sharpen my sword before the fight. (Representing iron sharpening iron. Pro. 27:17 Iron sharpeneth iron; So, a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. As discuss scriptures with others we sharpen our sword of the Spirit.) Then I saw her charging at me, and we started fighting. The fight lasted a while as we swung our swords at each other back and forth. Then she left me for a moment and went into another room. (Resist the devil [and his temptations] and he will flee from you.) I saw one of my biological sisters in that same room casually talking to her and I motioned with my hand and mouthed to her that this lady was trying to kill me. So, my sister stepped away from her and I charged at the Chinese lady full force, and this time I didn't stop hitting her with my sword. I came at her so quickly that she didn't have a chance to defend herself. (This time I was on the offensive side, making it easier to bind the enemy.) I kept hitting her until I saw David Eells had stepped into the room with another man dressed in white. I told them to chain her up so that she can't move and to throw her in jail. David walked up behind her and held both of her hands together with one hand and her feet with his other. She instantly turned into the size of a baby, but she was screaming terribly and had a surprising amount of strength trying to resist him. But there was a yellow glow coming from David's hands as he held her, and he was stronger than her. Then the other man came and put the chains on her so that she couldn't move, and I woke up. (This represents the power of spiritual warfare and agreement between brethren. Mat. 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.) Right before I woke up from that dream, I had this little blip of a dream where someone was reading off a paper that had a list of names on it. It was a list of people who were replacing others in the bride. The others had factioned out and the Lord was replacing those people with the ones on this list. I don't remember any of the names except for my own. But I knew I needed to prove myself to actually be in the bride. I asked the Lord who the Chinese lady was that I was fighting and my finger landed on the word “iniquities” of my youth in Job 13:26 (In context 26-27) For thou writest bitter things against me, And makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth: (The foreigner who is the old man) 27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And markest all my paths; Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet.) (I bound the feet of her flesh representing her walk.) Then I asked who David Eells represents (already assuming he represented the Father or Jesus) and my finger landed on the face of a man in a picture of King Ahasuerus being angry at Queen Vashti for refusing to obey his command. … (Ahasuerus was the husband of the Bride. Vashti was replaced as his Bride.)    A Sanctified Walk Claire Pienaar - 3/17/23 (David's notes in red) (I represent the Bride in this dream, as my name means “brilliance”, which denotes the “lampros garment” of righteous acts of the saints as mentioned in Rev 19:8 And it was given unto her that she should array herself in fine linen, bright and pure: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.)   I dreamed that Riaan and I were moving into a new white house two doors down from our current white house that was on the right side when you're looking “up the street”. It was the largest home on the street. (A bigger house denotes more freedom of movement or to act which comes with maturity.)  We were unpacking all the things the previous Catholic family had left behind on the curb, for people to take or for rubbish. (All the things of universal christianity must be thrown out [because they are apostate]). We didn't keep anything of theirs. …   Then I saw myself in a mirror as I was cleaning the new house with my children. My top half looked normal, like how I look in the natural. … My legs were tan in color and looked very thin. (Representing our walk being exposed to the sun/Son or the Word.) You could see every bone, and the skin stretched over the bones and tendons. My legs looked like they belonged to a marathon runner instead of belonging to me. (This represents having the walk of an overcomer and enduring our race until the end.) (Long distance runners also tend to have leaner legs as they burn much fat reserves on those long runs. They put to death the flesh to take hold of the promise of the prize for enduring the race.)  Despite what they looked like, my legs were moving so fast it was like they belonged to someone else. (They do belong to someone else because we are the hands and feet of Christ. And we are doing His supernatural works.) They were easily going triple the speed of the pace at which the rest of my body was moving. Then I woke up.  (As the Bride comes in to her anointing, she will be getting things done much faster for the kingdom because much will be done more supernaturally, as the angels have told us.) I asked the Lord for a couple of words by faith at random, and received Rev 2:17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give of the hidden manna (Receiving the Hidden manna represents receiving in depth discernment and understanding of the Word of God.), and I will give him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, which no one knoweth but he that receiveth it. (A new name means a new nature, character, and authority; that of Christ. This all represents coming into the Brides anointing to walk as Jesus walked.) And Matt 15:28: Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith; be it done unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was healed from that hour. (We are all sons and daughters of the King if we continue to abide in great faith and overcome in Him with His nature, character, and authority).   God's Investment in Us Samuel Fire - 3/10/23 (David's notes in red) I saw how our Father has heavily invested in us all. He has invested more into us than we can fully comprehend. He sent His only begotten Son to die for us [and give us His life].   An investment is an expectation on a good and greater return.    Parable of Talents: Mat. 25:14-30 For it is as when a man, going into another country, called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. 15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his several ability; and he went on his journey. 16 Straightway he that received the five talents went and traded with them and made other five talents. 17 In like manner he also that received the two gained other two. 18 But he that received the one went away and digged in the earth and hid his lord's money. (Some people waste their God-given talents on worldly endeavors instead of God's kingdom, so He doesn't get a return on His investment.) 19 Now after a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and maketh a reckoning with them. 20 And he that received the five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: lo, I have gained other five talents. 21 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord. (So, some faithful servants bear fruit with the talents invested in them.) 22 And he also that received the two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: lo, I have gained other two talents. 23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 24 And he also that had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering where thou didst not scatter; 25 and I was afraid, and went away and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, thou hast thine own. (Obviously, this man did not know how to cooperate with God because He considered His talent should be used as his flesh desired.) 26 But his lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I did not scatter; 27 thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back mine own with interest. 28 Take ye away therefore the talent from him and give it unto him that hath the ten talents. 29 For unto everyone that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away. (If we don't bear fruit with the talent we are given it will be taken away and given to someone more worthy. This is what happens to those who fall away into faction and lose even the understanding of bearing fruit.) 30 And cast ye out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. ‘Definition of Investment:  1. The action or process of investing money for profit.  2. A thing that is worth buying because it may be profitable or useful in the future.   3. An act of devoting time, effort, or energy to a particular undertaking with the expectation of a worthwhile result.  4. The surrounding of a place by a hostile force in order to besiege or blockade it.'  ‘Almighty Father's Hands are surrounding us, capturing us from the miry clay. We are molded and shaped into His Image. He had paid a price nothing could compare. Every knee will bow and obey and praise Him and our lives are for His good-will, pleasure, and glory.'  The Lord Jesus' life was laid down for ours, that we can then have Him in us. We are a corporate body of Christ, and desire to manifest Him 100-fold; He, in us and through us, will do greater works for the glory of our Father.  1Jn 4:4 YE are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is the one in you than the one in the world.   Joh 15:13 Greater love hath no one than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.   Joh 14:12 Amen, Amen, I say unto you, Who believeth unto me, the works that I do shall HE do also; and greater than these shall he do, because I go unto the Father.   Eph 1:4 even as he chose us in him before the world's foundation, that we be holy and without blemish before him in love.   Will He get more than He invested back from you? Will He even get His investment back?   He didn't just make the whole physical existence to only get what He started with; He wants more. (He sowed the seed of Christ in this dirt we call our natural life. Here's where He gets His investment back. This seed of the Word will birth Christ in us and He can do so much more than we can.)  A refining purification process isn't just throwing out everything, it is extracting the best out of the worst. (“As the outer man is decaying the inner man is being renewed day by day.”) We have had many teachings, revelations, understandings, wisdom, and knowledge invested in us through many people from the very beginning until now.  (This is again how His investment will bear fruit for His Glory.)  He's made available His Word in a physical Bible in our language, that withstood the enemy trying to destroy it, to aid us to manifest and follow the Lord Jesus.     SERVICES Ubbs Outreach Friday Night Worship CONTACT Share Your Testimony Request Prayer Technical Support Questions   SUPPORT US We are a non-profit organisation based in United States. Our goal is to empower and equip people to discover more about Christianity and point them to a life of happiness, peace and purpose. Donate

A Devotional on Esther 2:15-17 15 Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her. 16 So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. 17 And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti. Lead Me Lord - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wMt4XrV51Q

The Bride's Submission is Beautiful (Audio) David Eells - 1/25/23   The Bride's Transformation to Heavenly Submission Marie Kelton - 4/1/22 (David's notes in red)   (In this dream, Shay represents the Bride of Christ who is submitted to her heavenly Husband through obedience to His Word.)   I dreamed I was in Chicago. (Chicago represents Babylon. Jesus said that we are in the world but not of it.) I was in the bathroom and I was dying my hair blue with a white cream. (Spiritually speaking, the bathroom is where we rid ourselves, through repentance, of spiritual waste. A woman's hair is a sign of submission to her husband. This text also explains the other dreams below that we will share.    1Co. 11:3-15  But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. 4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoreth his head. 5 But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonoreth her head; for it is one and the same thing as if she were shaven. 6 For if a woman is not veiled, let her also be shorn: but if it is a shame to a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be veiled. 7 For a man indeed ought not to have his head veiled, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. 8 For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man:    9 for neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man: 10 for this cause ought the woman to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels. 11 Nevertheless, neither is the woman without the man, nor the man without the woman, in the Lord. 12 For as the woman is of the man, so is the man also by the woman; but all things are of God. 13 Judge ye in yourselves: is it seemly that a woman pray unto God unveiled? 14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a dishonor to him? 15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.   Dying the hair blue represents acquiring a heavenly submission to Jesus by being seated with Christ in heavenly places. The white cream represents purity, which we need to be in submission to Jesus and His Word.    Eph. 2:1-10 And you did he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins, 2 wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience; 3 among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:— 4 but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,    5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved), 6 and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places , in Christ Jesus: 7 that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus: 8 for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not of works, that no man should glory. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.)    The color only took to the back of my hair which was a bright blue, but it didn't take to the rest of my hair. I knew, in the dream, that I was going to dye it again to get the rest of my hair that bright blue color. (Salvation in our spirit is instant when we first come to the Lord in repentance. This is represented by the blue coloring only taking to the back of the hair which represents all our past sins up to the point of our salvation. But the salvation of our souls is a progressive process as long as we are alive on this earth. This is represented by the recoloring of the front part (or forward looking) part of the hair representing working out the rest of our salvation in the future with fear and trembling.)   My adoptive mom and adoptive grandmother didn't like me dying my hair that color. (They represent the Mother of Harlots and her daughters.) They were really mad at me for it.    (The Babylonish apostates hate the true disciples of Jesus. Throughout the history of the Bible it was those recognized as God's people who persecuted the righteous. John 15:18-21 If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before it hated you. 19 If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. 20 Remember the word that I said unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also. 21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.)   The Submitted Bride is Exceedingly Beautiful Claire Pianaar - 11/23/22 (David's notes in red)   …I dreamed I saw two pregnant women at a hairdresser. I recognized the slightly younger one was my friend Glenda (Glenda means holy and good). Both women were gorgeous and had gorgeous, long, blonde hair, and both were very pregnant. They were fit and had running clothes on. They had just come back from a run. …(These women represent the members of the corporate Bride body. They are fit from exercising their faith and overcoming trials [in running their race]. They are completely submissive to the sun/Son, as indicated by the blonde hair. Riaan: And about to give birth to the Man-child reformers.)    A well-dressed, male, hair stylist came and spoke to them. He loved their long hair and beauty. He told them to wait. (This male hair stylist represents the Holy Spirit who gives those who are in submission to the King of kings everything they will need to be pleasing to Jesus as Hegai did in the book of Esther 2:8-9 So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was taken into the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women. 9 And the maiden pleased him (The Holy Spirit), and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with her portions, and the seven maidens who were meet to be given her out of the king's house: and he removed her and her maidens to the best place of the house of the women. Notice that The Holy Spirit can do a quick work if we please Him.)   Time is Running Out  Merlene Laughlin - 1/21/23   In a dream I saw a very large white wall. (Representing the white wall of purity and sanctification.) On the wall was the largest, circular clock I have ever seen. It had a narrow black rim all the way around it.    As I looked up at the 12 o'clock area of the clock, … the number 12 started slowly running down the face of the clock like wet ink. (The number 12 represents the number of the elect.) The numbers 11 and 1 then started to run down like the 12 had done. (111 is the gematria for the birth of the Man-child.) Then I woke up with the realization that time was running out for Christians [for Christians to be a part of the Man-child and Bride bodies. Obey the voice of the Spirit and cast down distractions to be ready.]   (Back to Claires dream.)  Then, my perspective in the dream changed, and I was in another portion of the salon where I saw the main, male stylist, trying to “make do” with his clients. (This main stylist represents Jesus, the King of kings just like Ahasuerus in the book of Esther.) They were all very overweight, with scraggly black hair, and none of them were pretty. (They are not pleasing to the Lord.) (In the spiritual, these black-haired women represent the corporate body of the apostate Church who are full of flesh and submitted to darkness.)     The male stylist (the Holy Spirit) who had seen the blonde, pregnant women called the main stylist (Jesus) on a red telephone, from a distance and said, “You have to see these two. They are beautiful. They are exactly what you're looking for! I'm calling you so the others don't hear me. They might be jealous or offended”. (The red telephone likely represents a “state of emergency” [in the Church today]).     The main stylist (Jesus) excused himself from the [less than desirable] clients he had in front of him and came out to look at these blonde, pregnant women. He was thrilled to see them! He touched their hair, looked at their strong, lean, tanned legs and he was smiling from ear to ear. (Their strong, lean, tanned legs represent a walk of strength while being exposed to the sun/Son and have overcome many trials. Exposed to the sun is like the Shulamite bride in Song of Solomon 1 who was scorched by the sun.) He did not want to cut their hair, as it was so healthy and thick and lovely. He just wanted to photograph them and be with them. (Jesus admires the beauty and submission of the Bride.)   These women then morphed into one, (Because they represent a corporate body called the Bride of Christ.) and this “super woman” was all smiles and gentle and unassuming; not prideful or boastful about her appearance or physical abilities at all. I so badly wanted to be like that! I wanted to be perfect and pregnant like they were. (Riaan: 1Co. 12:20 But now they are many members, but one body)    Then I woke up. I received Isa. 44:28 by faith at random for this dream, with my finger on “She shall be built” in verse 28 That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure, even saying of Jerusalem (John in Revelation was told that Jerusalem is the Bride), She shall be built; and of the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.   A Warning to Contenders for the Bride Body  Claire Pienaar - 12/8/22 (David's notes in red)   ...We ...found ourselves in the foyer of a large, modern church. (This modern Church represents the modern apostate Church system.) … We did not want to be there in this church. There was a slightly older lady there with short, blonde hair, and she was very welcoming. (As we will see, this woman represents the deceptive and rebellious Jezebel spirit that rules the apostate Church.)    It was a lovely looking church with modern posters of families in the sun etc. (2Ti. 3:2-6  For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, railers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God; 5 holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power therefore. From these also turn away. 6 For of these are they that creep into houses, and take captive silly women laden with sins, led away by divers lusts, 7 ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.)   The lady was keeping us busy chatting. While we were distracted in conversation, she led us to a row of seats right in front of the stage. The lights dimmed and my stomach wretched. I looked at Riaan and I could not believe what was happening: We were sitting in an apostate church service. (Riaan: Beware of the deception of those who appear to be of the light on the outside, represented by the blonde hair, but are, in reality, rebellious, represented by the short hair.)    The older, blonde woman was telling us that her and her husband would only speak again in October of the next year as they have so many pastors and they all take turns preaching. (The whole month of October, according to John Ramirez, is a month of witchcraft and preparation of the satanists for their celebration of Halloween and the day of the dead.) (Riaan: James 3:1 Be not many of you teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.)    I was now sweating. Riaan stood up and led us out of the church, in the opposite direction to the throng of people streaming in. It was embarrassing, but we could not stay; we had to leave. But, our children had gotten so comfortable in the short time that we were there, that they ran away from us to play on the playgrounds. (The apostates try to entertain the spiritually immature. Spiritual grown-ups can lose their fruit being carnally entertained in this way.)   My son, who is older, was only a toddler in the dream, and he was wandering around, crying and whining. (Because of him being in an apostate church he lost maturity.) It was so hard to watch Riaan, too, as he had lost his authority over our children. (Riaan: 1Ti. 3:2 The bishop therefore must be without reproach… 4 one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity) (If we don't do this we are losing our submission to the Lord and causing our children to do the same as we can see in the next scene.)   I then stood in front of a mirror, and took some scissors and cut my hair way shorter than what is generally comfortable or acceptable for me. Riaan came in and helped me cut it off. (The influence of apostasy causes us to lose submission to the Lord symbolized here by cutting off hair which is a sign of submission.) It was horrible as I blinked back tears.   When we finally rallied our kids, we walked out of the front of the church. (Riaan: There's grace when we fail but, we must keep overcoming in our trials). As we were leaving, we walked past many camper vans and trailers with people watching their own TV shows and drinking beers and wine and cooking on their BBQ grills. We were shocked. I said to Riaan, “Why…?” And he replied, “The church has given them permission to be here just as they are…”.     …I woke up and a feeling of remorse and sorrow and warning washed over me. “I cut my hair” was all I could think about. I was  remorseful, because I know long, straight hair represents submission to our Lord.     I received by faith at random Jer 31:23, (in context 18-25) 18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God. 19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.    20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a darling child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearneth for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah. 21 Set thee up way marks, make thee guide-posts; set thy heart toward the highway, even the way by which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities. 22 How long wilt thou go hither and thither, O thou backsliding daughter? for Jehovah hath created a new thing in the earth: A woman shall encompass a man.    23 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Yet again shall they use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity: Jehovah bless thee, O habitation of righteousness, O mountain of holiness. 24 And Judah and all the cities thereof shall dwell therein together, the husbandmen, and they that go about with flocks. 25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and every sorrowful soul have I replenished.    I asked the Lord if this is a testing for those who are in the running to be in Bride, to be mindful of the distractions of religion (or pharisaical spirits). I received John 6:6 by faith at random, on the phrase, “and this he said to prove him”. 6 And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.   Surrendering Brings Swift Victory Tiannah Fire - 1/14/23 (David's notes in red)  Suddenly, I felt the Lord's presence so strong in the spiritual realm. I then saw, at that very moment that, in an instant, God could remove all the filth in my flesh and soul 100%, quicker than I could think, and He could manifest His presence 100% in my body and soul. I saw that it had already been done, and the manifestation could be done instantaneously. (The manifestation is progressive but it can be finished quickly. Php. 1:6 being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ. Psa 81:13  Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways! 14  I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries. 15  The haters of Jehovah should submit themselves unto him: But their time should endure for ever.) I know many other brethren pray for God to manifest Himself in us fully (Eph. 3:19 to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God.) We all want to be 100% dead to self and my soul desires it so much for all of us. We know that, by faith, it has already happened and we will see it manifest in the physical realm.   But, in that moment, when I saw He could do it all right then, my flesh got so terrified because it couldn't handle the presence of God that strong and that intense so quickly. I desire it and I know it will happen. But there is so much that I still have to let go of that isn't Christ, that God hasn't even revealed to me yet; so many hidden things. But, God will reveal those things in His perfect timing and I desire to let go of EVERYTHING that isn't Holy.  The complete removal of self in an instance would hurt because it is all I have ever known and His holiness replacing it would hurt if it happened without me being fully prepared.   I felt that it has to be a gradual thing. I must let go of things bit by bit, and then the Lord can come and fill those spots, until there is nothing left but Jesus. I must keep letting go of my own carnal thinking, reasoning, and understanding and filling it with the Word and His Holy Spirit. (This is why God told the Israelites that every place that they set their foot in the Promised land, He would give them. Because if He had wiped out their enemies all at once the land would have been over run with wild beasts. So He ordained that they conquer it a little at a time. Deu. 7:22 And Jehovah thy God will cast out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.)  I have felt and experienced what I would describe as my flesh surrendering bit by bit to the Spirit and the Word but, there are parts that still haven't surrendered completely and if it happened instantaneously my mind and body couldn't handle it.  God's timing is perfect and we need to be prepared every day for an increasing of Him in each of us in our soul and physical body. When we surrender to His Spirit willingly and surrender our whole heart to Him, it is so much easier for our body to submit. (1Co. 9:27 but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.) Yes, I want the complete manifestation and deliverance from all evil in my soul and body but, I realized that it is a progressive thing so that my physical body can handle it. God doesn't give us more than we can handle.   Gods wants His Son to completely manifest in each of us. I can see Jesus growing and increasing in the brethren more and more and it is so beautiful to witness.  After experiencing this I have felt so much closer to God and that every day we are getting closer and closer to Him manifesting in us to the full. Every day, whether we see it or not, we are dying to self in some areas and He is coming into us more and more than the previous day.   Everything is His grace and can only be done by His grace. It is all because of Jesus. ALL Glory and praise to Our Father and Lord Jesus forever and ever!   Lord let us all willingly surrender to Your Spirit, in all areas of our existence. Allow us to love You more and to rest in You accepting Your grace and allowing You to flow through us. Thank You Lord that Your grace is beyond anything we can comprehend. Thank You that we can do nothing without You, but we can do everything through You. Thank You that it's not us living, but Christ living in us. Thank You that we are dead to self and alive unto You God in Christ Jesus. Thank You that Jesus has set us free from the law of sin and death! Thank You God that it is all You for all eternity!   (Samuel prayed and saw a young fruit tree - ambitious to bear hundreds of fruits, but not yet mature to do so. As the branches grew, buds formed all over and flowered. In time the tree was able to bear the amount it could handle.)   The Pearls of Great Price Marie Kelton - 1/6/23 (David's notes in red)   In this dream I was in Chicago, I was walking away from my old house on a side walk. (Leaving the house of our mother Church is a sign of growing in spiritual maturity.) I met Thaddeus (God's gift) and Greg (watchful or vigilant) two people I went to school with. (God gives us helpers along the way, like the fruits of the Spirit and wisdom; we must listen to them.) Thaddeus was to my left and Greg was to my right. As we were walking I asked Thaddeus what happened to him because I saw that he had a cut on his finger. Thaddeus said that he had a paper cut. I said, to him, "Those are the worst.” (Our gifts can suffer when we go contrary to the Word which is written on paper and is a sharp two edged sword.)      We were going across the street and there was a tan van waiting for us to cross so that it could turn right. A red truck was behind the van waiting also. As we were crossing I felt an evil spirit grab the back of my shirt to keep me from continuing to cross the street. Thaddeus and Greg continued walking across the street. (We shouldn't get separated from our spiritual gifts by any demon or fleshly influence.)    The person in the tan van was getting impatient, and turned and hit me with their car. (The demons will try to hold us back so that we fall under judgment.) In the dream I told the Judge (representing the Father) about the car that hit me. The license plate on the front of the van had 333 in it. (Jer 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and will show thee great things, and difficult, which thou knowest not.) (This is on the front or before the van hits so, to stop this we must seek the Lord for wisdom!)   The scene changed and I was in a car. I don't know if I was driving or not. I realized I had on an old necklace and I heard a voice say, “Pearls.” (If our treasures have become tarnished and we must sanctify them with pure treasures from heaven; I.e. a revival.) In the dream I thought of the parable of the pearl of great price.    While in the car, the Lord was supernaturally changing the radio stations to speak to me through the songs. Every time He would change the song, one of the old pearls from the necklace I wore would burst and break and a new pearl would be in it's place. (As we seek His wisdom, He will give us new beauty and values.)  I was so excited and asked the Lord to keep speaking to me through songs on the radio. (The Lord's Words are melodious, pleasing Words to our spirit man.)   Mat. 13:45-46, Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a merchant seeking goodly pearls: and  having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.   Am I Your Everything? Debbie Fenske - 1/23/23 In our Monday night fellowship gathering, our praise and worship time was wonderful. We sang several songs to Jesus. Our spirits were united as one, in one accord, giving praise, honor, and glory to God, just as Michael had prayed.  As we sang the Revelation Song, I know we all could feel our praise and worship going up to the Lord from our hearts. It was high praise, and high worship. And it seemed we were truly touching God's heart. Yet, I felt something else, too, in my spirit from the Lord.  In the midst of that high worship to Jesus, something else was on His heart. I felt this from Him the first time when we sang the words, “You are my everything, and I will adore you.” I asked Him, “Jesus, what is on your heart?” And He asked me, “Am I your everything?” I thought this question was only for me. But as He repeated that question two more times, as we continued singing that song to Him, I felt it rising up in me. And when He repeated it a third time, I knew it was for others in our midst besides me, because I felt His words welling up in me.  “My people, am I your everything? You say that I am. I say to you, My people, check your hearts. Search your hearts. You must diligently examine your hearts. Look deep, and see those things that fill you. And ask yourselves if I am your everything. I am looking at your hearts. I see what is there. You must give those things over to Me so that I will fill you, and I will truly be your everything, your only desire. There is much to give up. You can do this. For, as you desire to do this, My people, I will help you. You will not be on your own. I will help you, My people. For I desire to be your everything, your all in all”. After that, Chuc prayed, mentioning specific areas the Lord would help us let go of, and give over to Him, and that the Lord would strengthen us. Chuc thanked Him for His great mercy towards us, asking Him to continue extending His mercy to us. Others prayed also. As they were praying, I heard the the Lord repeating to me, “This is not just a tonight thing.” So then, the Lord had one more word to say.  “My people, this is not just a tonight thing I am asking of you.This is an every day thing you must do, always examining your hearts. For it is My desire to be completely, and totally, yours.”   SERVICES Ubbs Outreach Friday Night Worship CONTACT Share Your Testimony Request Prayer Technical Support Questions   SUPPORT US We are a non-profit organisation based in United States. Our goal is to empower and equip people to discover more about Christianity and point them to a life of happiness, peace and purpose. Donate

With family: Genesis 26; Matthew 25 Genesis 26 (Listen) God's Promise to Isaac 26 Now there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar to Abimelech king of the Philistines. 2 And the LORD appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land of which I shall tell you. 3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father. 4 I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, 5 because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.” Isaac and Abimelech 6 So Isaac settled in Gerar. 7 When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,” for he feared to say, “My wife,” thinking, “lest the men of the place should kill me because of Rebekah,” because she was attractive in appearance. 8 When he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out of a window and saw Isaac laughing with1 Rebekah his wife. 9 So Abimelech called Isaac and said, “Behold, she is your wife. How then could you say, ‘She is my sister'?” Isaac said to him, “Because I thought, ‘Lest I die because of her.'” 10 Abimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.” 11 So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.” 12 And Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. The LORD blessed him, 13 and the man became rich, and gained more and more until he became very wealthy. 14 He had possessions of flocks and herds and many servants, so that the Philistines envied him. 15 (Now the Philistines had stopped and filled with earth all the wells that his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father.) 16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.” 17 So Isaac departed from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there. 18 And Isaac dug again the wells of water that had been dug in the days of Abraham his father, which the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham. And he gave them the names that his father had given them. 19 But when Isaac's servants dug in the valley and found there a well of spring water, 20 the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he called the name of the well Esek,2 because they contended with him. 21 Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that also, so he called its name Sitnah.3 22 And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called its name Rehoboth,4 saying, “For now the LORD has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.” 23 From there he went up to Beersheba. 24 And the LORD appeared to him the same night and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Fear not, for I am with you and will bless you and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham's sake.” 25 So he built an altar there and called upon the name of the LORD and pitched his tent there. And there Isaac's servants dug a well. 26 When Abimelech went to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army, 27 Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, seeing that you hate me and have sent me away from you?” 28 They said, “We see plainly that the LORD has been with you. So we said, let there be a sworn pact between us, between you and us, and let us make a covenant with you, 29 that you will do us no harm, just as we have not touched you and have done to you nothing but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the LORD.” 30 So he made them a feast, and they ate and drank. 31 In the morning they rose early and exchanged oaths. And Isaac sent them on their way, and they departed from him in peace. 32 That same day Isaac's servants came and told him about the well that they had dug and said to him, “We have found water.” 33 He called it Shibah;5 therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day. 34 When Esau was forty years old, he took Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite to be his wife, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite, 35 and they made life bitter6 for Isaac and Rebekah. Footnotes [1] 26:8 Hebrew may suggest an intimate relationship [2] 26:20 Esek means contention [3] 26:21 Sitnah means enmity [4] 26:22 Rehoboth means broad places, or room [5] 26:33 Shibah sounds like the Hebrew for oath [6] 26:35 Hebrew they were bitterness of spirit (ESV) Matthew 25 (Listen) The Parable of the Ten Virgins 25 “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps1 and went to meet the bridegroom.2 2 Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. 3 For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, 4 but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. 5 As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. 6 But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.' 7 Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' 9 But the wise answered, saying, ‘Since there will not be enough for us and for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.' 10 And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut. 11 Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us.' 12 But he answered, ‘Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.' 13 Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour. The Parable of the Talents 14 “For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants3 and entrusted to them his property. 15 To one he gave five talents,4 to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. 16 He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. 17 So also he who had the two talents made two talents more. 18 But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money. 19 Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. 20 And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me five talents; here, I have made five talents more.' 21 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant.5 You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.' 22 And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me two talents; here, I have made two talents more.' 23 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.' 24 He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed, 25 so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here, you have what is yours.' 26 But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed? 27 Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest. 28 So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents. 29 For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. 30 And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' The Final Judgment 31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. 34 Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36 I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.' 37 Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? 38 And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? 39 And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?' 40 And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers,6 you did it to me.' 41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.' 44 Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?' 45 Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.' 46 And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” Footnotes [1] 25:1 Or torches [2] 25:1 Some manuscripts add and the bride [3] 25:14 Or bondservants; also verse 19 [4] 25:15 A talent was a monetary unit worth about twenty years' wages for a laborer [5] 25:21 Or bondservant; also verses 23, 26, 30 [6] 25:40 Or brothers and sisters (ESV) In private: Esther 2; Acts 25 Esther 2 (Listen) Esther Chosen Queen 2 After these things, when the anger of King Ahasuerus had abated, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her. 2 Then the king's young men who attended him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought out for the king. 3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the beautiful young virgins to the harem in Susa the citadel, under custody of Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women. Let their cosmetics be given them. 4 And let the young woman who pleases the king1 be queen instead of Vashti.” This pleased the king, and he did so. 5 Now there was a Jew in Susa the citadel whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite, 6 who had been carried away from Jerusalem among the captives carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away. 7 He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his uncle, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was lovely to look at, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter. 8 So when the king's order and his edict were proclaimed, and when many young women were gathered in Susa the citadel in custody of Hegai, Esther also was taken into the king's palace and put in custody of Hegai, who had charge of the women. 9 And the young woman pleased him and won his favor. And he quickly provided her with her cosmetics and her portion of food, and with seven chosen young women from the king's palace, and advanced her and her young women to the best place in the harem. 10 Esther had not made known her people or kindred, for Mordecai had commanded her not to make it known. 11 And every day Mordecai walked in front of the court of the harem to learn how Esther was and what was happening to her. 12 Now when the turn came for each young woman to go in to King Ahasuerus, after being twelve months under the regulations for the women, since this was the regular period of their beautifying, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and ointments for women—13 when the young woman went in to the king in this way, she was given whatever she desired to take with her from the harem to the king's palace. 14 In the evening she would go in, and in the morning she would return to the second harem in custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch, who was in charge of the concubines. She would not go in to the king again, unless the king delighted in her and she was summoned by name. 15 When the turn came for Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his own daughter, to go in to the king, she asked for nothing except what Hegai the king's eunuch, who had charge of the women, advised. Now Esther was winning favor in the eyes of all who saw her. 16 And when Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign, 17 the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she won grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown2 on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. 18 Then the king gave a great feast for all his officials and servants; it was Esther's feast. He also granted a remission of taxes to the provinces and gave gifts with royal generosity. Mordecai Discovers a Plot 19 Now when the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate. 20 Esther had not made known her kindred or her people, as Mordecai had commanded her, for Esther obeyed Mordecai just as when she was brought up by him. 21 In those days, as Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, became angry and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. 22 And this came to the knowledge of Mordecai, and he told it to Queen Esther, and Esther told the king in the name of Mordecai. 23 When the affair was investigated and found to be so, the men were both hanged on the gallows.3 And it was recorded in the book of the chronicles in the presence of the king. Footnotes [1] 2:4 Hebrew who is good in the eyes of the king [2] 2:17 Or headdress [3] 2:23 Or wooden beam or stake; Hebrew tree or wood. This Persian execution practice involved affixing or impaling a person on a stake or pole (compare Ezra 6:11) (ESV) Acts 25 (Listen) Paul Appeals to Caesar 25 Now three days after Festus had arrived in the province, he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea. 2 And the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews laid out their case against Paul, and they urged him, 3 asking as a favor against Paul1 that he summon him to Jerusalem—because they were planning an ambush to kill him on the way. 4 Festus replied that Paul was being kept at Caesarea and that he himself intended to go there shortly. 5 “So,” said he, “let the men of authority among you go down with me, and if there is anything wrong about the man, let them bring charges against him.” 6 After he stayed among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea. And the next day he took his seat on the tribunal and ordered Paul to be brought. 7 When he had arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and serious charges against him that they could not prove. 8 Paul argued in his defense, “Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I committed any offense.” 9 But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Do you wish to go up to Jerusalem and there be tried on these charges before me?” 10 But Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar's tribunal, where I ought to be tried. To the Jews I have done no wrong, as you yourself know very well. 11 If then I am a wrongdoer and have committed anything for which I deserve to die, I do not seek to escape death. But if there is nothing to their charges against me, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar.” 12 Then Festus, when he had conferred with his council, answered, “To Caesar you have appealed; to Caesar you shall go.” Paul Before Agrippa and Bernice 13 Now when some days had passed, Agrippa the king and Bernice arrived at Caesarea and greeted Festus. 14 And as they stayed there many days, Festus laid Paul's case before the king, saying, “There is a man left prisoner by Felix, 15 and when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews laid out their case against him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him. 16 I answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans to give up anyone before the accused met the accusers face to face and had opportunity to make his defense concerning the charge laid against him. 17 So when they came together here, I made no delay, but on the next day took my seat on the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought. 18 When the accusers stood up, they brought no charge in his case of such evils as I supposed. 19 Rather they had certain points of dispute with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, who was dead, but whom Paul asserted to be alive. 20 Being at a loss how to investigate these questions, I asked whether he wanted to go to Jerusalem and be tried there regarding them. 21 But when Paul had appealed to be kept in custody for the decision of the emperor, I ordered him to be held until I could send him to Caesar.” 22 Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” said he, “you will hear him.” 23 So on the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp, and they entered the audience hall with the military tribunes and the prominent men of the city. Then, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in. 24 And Festus said, “King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man about whom the whole Jewish people petitioned me, both in Jerusalem and here, shouting that he ought not to live any longer. 25 But I found that he had done nothing deserving death. And as he himself appealed to the emperor, I decided to go ahead and send him. 26 But I have nothing definite to write to my lord about him. Therefore I have brought him before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that, after we have examined him, I may have something to write. 27 For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to indicate the charges against him.” Footnotes [1] 25:3 Greek him (ESV)

The Bride's Submission is Beautiful (Audio) David Eells - 1/25/23   The Bride's Transformation to Heavenly Submission Marie Kelton - 4/1/22 (David's notes in red)   (In this dream, Shay represents the Bride of Christ who is submitted to her heavenly Husband through obedience to His Word.)   I dreamed I was in Chicago. (Chicago represents Babylon. Jesus said that we are in the world but not of it.) I was in the bathroom and I was dying my hair blue with a white cream. (Spiritually speaking, the bathroom is where we rid ourselves, through repentance, of spiritual waste. A woman's hair is a sign of submission to her husband. This text also explains the other dreams below that we will share.    1Co. 11:3-15  But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. 4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoreth his head. 5 But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonoreth her head; for it is one and the same thing as if she were shaven. 6 For if a woman is not veiled, let her also be shorn: but if it is a shame to a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be veiled. 7 For a man indeed ought not to have his head veiled, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. 8 For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man:    9 for neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man: 10 for this cause ought the woman to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels. 11 Nevertheless, neither is the woman without the man, nor the man without the woman, in the Lord. 12 For as the woman is of the man, so is the man also by the woman; but all things are of God. 13 Judge ye in yourselves: is it seemly that a woman pray unto God unveiled? 14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a dishonor to him? 15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.   Dying the hair blue represents acquiring a heavenly submission to Jesus by being seated with Christ in heavenly places. The white cream represents purity, which we need to be in submission to Jesus and His Word.    Eph. 2:1-10 And you did he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins, 2 wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience; 3 among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:— 4 but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,    5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved), 6 and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places , in Christ Jesus: 7 that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus: 8 for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not of works, that no man should glory. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.)    The color only took to the back of my hair which was a bright blue, but it didn't take to the rest of my hair. I knew, in the dream, that I was going to dye it again to get the rest of my hair that bright blue color. (Salvation in our spirit is instant when we first come to the Lord in repentance. This is represented by the blue coloring only taking to the back of the hair which represents all our past sins up to the point of our salvation. But the salvation of our souls is a progressive process as long as we are alive on this earth. This is represented by the recoloring of the front part (or forward looking) part of the hair representing working out the rest of our salvation in the future with fear and trembling.)   My adoptive mom and adoptive grandmother didn't like me dying my hair that color. (They represent the Mother of Harlots and her daughters.) They were really mad at me for it.    (The Babylonish apostates hate the true disciples of Jesus. Throughout the history of the Bible it was those recognized as God's people who persecuted the righteous. John 15:18-21 If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before it hated you. 19 If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. 20 Remember the word that I said unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also. 21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.)   The Submitted Bride is Exceedingly Beautiful Claire Pianaar - 11/23/22 (David's notes in red)   …I dreamed I saw two pregnant women at a hairdresser. I recognized the slightly younger one was my friend Glenda (Glenda means holy and good). Both women were gorgeous and had gorgeous, long, blonde hair, and both were very pregnant. They were fit and had running clothes on. They had just come back from a run. …(These women represent the members of the corporate Bride body. They are fit from exercising their faith and overcoming trials [in running their race]. They are completely submissive to the sun/Son, as indicated by the blonde hair. Riaan: And about to give birth to the Man-child reformers.)    A well-dressed, male, hair stylist came and spoke to them. He loved their long hair and beauty. He told them to wait. (This male hair stylist represents the Holy Spirit who gives those who are in submission to the King of kings everything they will need to be pleasing to Jesus as Hegai did in the book of Esther 2:8-9 So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was taken into the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women. 9 And the maiden pleased him (The Holy Spirit), and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with her portions, and the seven maidens who were meet to be given her out of the king's house: and he removed her and her maidens to the best place of the house of the women. Notice that The Holy Spirit can do a quick work if we please Him.)   Time is Running Out  Merlene Laughlin - 1/21/23   In a dream I saw a very large white wall. (Representing the white wall of purity and sanctification.) On the wall was the largest, circular clock I have ever seen. It had a narrow black rim all the way around it.    As I looked up at the 12 o'clock area of the clock, … the number 12 started slowly running down the face of the clock like wet ink. (The number 12 represents the number of the elect.) The numbers 11 and 1 then started to run down like the 12 had done. (111 is the gematria for the birth of the Man-child.) Then I woke up with the realization that time was running out for Christians [for Christians to be a part of the Man-child and Bride bodies. Obey the voice of the Spirit and cast down distractions to be ready.]   (Back to Claires dream.)  Then, my perspective in the dream changed, and I was in another portion of the salon where I saw the main, male stylist, trying to “make do” with his clients. (This main stylist represents Jesus, the King of kings just like Ahasuerus in the book of Esther.) They were all very overweight, with scraggly black hair, and none of them were pretty. (They are not pleasing to the Lord.) (In the spiritual, these black-haired women represent the corporate body of the apostate Church who are full of flesh and submitted to darkness.)     The male stylist (the Holy Spirit) who had seen the blonde, pregnant women called the main stylist (Jesus) on a red telephone, from a distance and said, “You have to see these two. They are beautiful. They are exactly what you're looking for! I'm calling you so the others don't hear me. They might be jealous or offended”. (The red telephone likely represents a “state of emergency” [in the Church today]).     The main stylist (Jesus) excused himself from the [less than desirable] clients he had in front of him and came out to look at these blonde, pregnant women. He was thrilled to see them! He touched their hair, looked at their strong, lean, tanned legs and he was smiling from ear to ear. (Their strong, lean, tanned legs represent a walk of strength while being exposed to the sun/Son and have overcome many trials. Exposed to the sun is like the Shulamite bride in Song of Solomon 1 who was scorched by the sun.) He did not want to cut their hair, as it was so healthy and thick and lovely. He just wanted to photograph them and be with them. (Jesus admires the beauty and submission of the Bride.)   These women then morphed into one, (Because they represent a corporate body called the Bride of Christ.) and this “super woman” was all smiles and gentle and unassuming; not prideful or boastful about her appearance or physical abilities at all. I so badly wanted to be like that! I wanted to be perfect and pregnant like they were. (Riaan: 1Co. 12:20 But now they are many members, but one body)    Then I woke up. I received Isa. 44:28 by faith at random for this dream, with my finger on “She shall be built” in verse 28 That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure, even saying of Jerusalem (John in Revelation was told that Jerusalem is the Bride), She shall be built; and of the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.   A Warning to Contenders for the Bride Body  Claire Pienaar - 12/8/22 (David's notes in red)   ...We ...found ourselves in the foyer of a large, modern church. (This modern Church represents the modern apostate Church system.) … We did not want to be there in this church. There was a slightly older lady there with short, blonde hair, and she was very welcoming. (As we will see, this woman represents the deceptive and rebellious Jezebel spirit that rules the apostate Church.)    It was a lovely looking church with modern posters of families in the sun etc. (2Ti. 3:2-6  For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, railers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God; 5 holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power therefore. From these also turn away. 6 For of these are they that creep into houses, and take captive silly women laden with sins, led away by divers lusts, 7 ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.)   The lady was keeping us busy chatting. While we were distracted in conversation, she led us to a row of seats right in front of the stage. The lights dimmed and my stomach wretched. I looked at Riaan and I could not believe what was happening: We were sitting in an apostate church service. (Riaan: Beware of the deception of those who appear to be of the light on the outside, represented by the blonde hair, but are, in reality, rebellious, represented by the short hair.)    The older, blonde woman was telling us that her and her husband would only speak again in October of the next year as they have so many pastors and they all take turns preaching. (The whole month of October, according to John Ramirez, is a month of witchcraft and preparation of the satanists for their celebration of Halloween and the day of the dead.) (Riaan: James 3:1 Be not many of you teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.)    I was now sweating. Riaan stood up and led us out of the church, in the opposite direction to the throng of people streaming in. It was embarrassing, but we could not stay; we had to leave. But, our children had gotten so comfortable in the short time that we were there, that they ran away from us to play on the playgrounds. (The apostates try to entertain the spiritually immature. Spiritual grown-ups can lose their fruit being carnally entertained in this way.)   My son, who is older, was only a toddler in the dream, and he was wandering around, crying and whining. (Because of him being in an apostate church he lost maturity.) It was so hard to watch Riaan, too, as he had lost his authority over our children. (Riaan: 1Ti. 3:2 The bishop therefore must be without reproach… 4 one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity) (If we don't do this we are losing our submission to the Lord and causing our children to do the same as we can see in the next scene.)   I then stood in front of a mirror, and took some scissors and cut my hair way shorter than what is generally comfortable or acceptable for me. Riaan came in and helped me cut it off. (The influence of apostasy causes us to lose submission to the Lord symbolized here by cutting off hair which is a sign of submission.) It was horrible as I blinked back tears.   When we finally rallied our kids, we walked out of the front of the church. (Riaan: There's grace when we fail but, we must keep overcoming in our trials). As we were leaving, we walked past many camper vans and trailers with people watching their own TV shows and drinking beers and wine and cooking on their BBQ grills. We were shocked. I said to Riaan, “Why…?” And he replied, “The church has given them permission to be here just as they are…”.     …I woke up and a feeling of remorse and sorrow and warning washed over me. “I cut my hair” was all I could think about. I was  remorseful, because I know long, straight hair represents submission to our Lord.     I received by faith at random Jer 31:23, (in context 18-25) 18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God. 19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.    20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a darling child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearneth for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah. 21 Set thee up way marks, make thee guide-posts; set thy heart toward the highway, even the way by which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities. 22 How long wilt thou go hither and thither, O thou backsliding daughter? for Jehovah hath created a new thing in the earth: A woman shall encompass a man.    23 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Yet again shall they use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity: Jehovah bless thee, O habitation of righteousness, O mountain of holiness. 24 And Judah and all the cities thereof shall dwell therein together, the husbandmen, and they that go about with flocks. 25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and every sorrowful soul have I replenished.    I asked the Lord if this is a testing for those who are in the running to be in Bride, to be mindful of the distractions of religion (or pharisaical spirits). I received John 6:6 by faith at random, on the phrase, “and this he said to prove him”. 6 And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.   Surrendering Brings Swift Victory Tiannah Fire - 1/14/23 (David's notes in red)  Suddenly, I felt the Lord's presence so strong in the spiritual realm. I then saw, at that very moment that, in an instant, God could remove all the filth in my flesh and soul 100%, quicker than I could think, and He could manifest His presence 100% in my body and soul. I saw that it had already been done, and the manifestation could be done instantaneously. (The manifestation is progressive but it can be finished quickly. Php. 1:6 being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ. Psa 81:13  Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways! 14  I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries. 15  The haters of Jehovah should submit themselves unto him: But their time should endure for ever.) I know many other brethren pray for God to manifest Himself in us fully (Eph. 3:19 to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God.) We all want to be 100% dead to self and my soul desires it so much for all of us. We know that, by faith, it has already happened and we will see it manifest in the physical realm.   But, in that moment, when I saw He could do it all right then, my flesh got so terrified because it couldn't handle the presence of God that strong and that intense so quickly. I desire it and I know it will happen. But there is so much that I still have to let go of that isn't Christ, that God hasn't even revealed to me yet; so many hidden things. But, God will reveal those things in His perfect timing and I desire to let go of EVERYTHING that isn't Holy.  The complete removal of self in an instance would hurt because it is all I have ever known and His holiness replacing it would hurt if it happened without me being fully prepared.   I felt that it has to be a gradual thing. I must let go of things bit by bit, and then the Lord can come and fill those spots, until there is nothing left but Jesus. I must keep letting go of my own carnal thinking, reasoning, and understanding and filling it with the Word and His Holy Spirit. (This is why God told the Israelites that every place that they set their foot in the Promised land, He would give them. Because if He had wiped out their enemies all at once the land would have been over run with wild beasts. So He ordained that they conquer it a little at a time. Deu. 7:22 And Jehovah thy God will cast out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.)  I have felt and experienced what I would describe as my flesh surrendering bit by bit to the Spirit and the Word but, there are parts that still haven't surrendered completely and if it happened instantaneously my mind and body couldn't handle it.  God's timing is perfect and we need to be prepared every day for an increasing of Him in each of us in our soul and physical body. When we surrender to His Spirit willingly and surrender our whole heart to Him, it is so much easier for our body to submit. (1Co. 9:27 but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.) Yes, I want the complete manifestation and deliverance from all evil in my soul and body but, I realized that it is a progressive thing so that my physical body can handle it. God doesn't give us more than we can handle.   Gods wants His Son to completely manifest in each of us. I can see Jesus growing and increasing in the brethren more and more and it is so beautiful to witness.  After experiencing this I have felt so much closer to God and that every day we are getting closer and closer to Him manifesting in us to the full. Every day, whether we see it or not, we are dying to self in some areas and He is coming into us more and more than the previous day.   Everything is His grace and can only be done by His grace. It is all because of Jesus. ALL Glory and praise to Our Father and Lord Jesus forever and ever!   Lord let us all willingly surrender to Your Spirit, in all areas of our existence. Allow us to love You more and to rest in You accepting Your grace and allowing You to flow through us. Thank You Lord that Your grace is beyond anything we can comprehend. Thank You that we can do nothing without You, but we can do everything through You. Thank You that it's not us living, but Christ living in us. Thank You that we are dead to self and alive unto You God in Christ Jesus. Thank You that Jesus has set us free from the law of sin and death! Thank You God that it is all You for all eternity!   (Samuel prayed and saw a young fruit tree - ambitious to bear hundreds of fruits, but not yet mature to do so. As the branches grew, buds formed all over and flowered. In time the tree was able to bear the amount it could handle.)   The Pearls of Great Price Marie Kelton - 1/6/23 (David's notes in red)   In this dream I was in Chicago, I was walking away from my old house on a side walk. (Leaving the house of our mother Church is a sign of growing in spiritual maturity.) I met Thaddeus (God's gift) and Greg (watchful or vigilant) two people I went to school with. (God gives us helpers along the way, like the fruits of the Spirit and wisdom; we must listen to them.) Thaddeus was to my left and Greg was to my right. As we were walking I asked Thaddeus what happened to him because I saw that he had a cut on his finger. Thaddeus said that he had a paper cut. I said, to him, "Those are the worst.” (Our gifts can suffer when we go contrary to the Word which is written on paper and is a sharp two edged sword.)      We were going across the street and there was a tan van waiting for us to cross so that it could turn right. A red truck was behind the van waiting also. As we were crossing I felt an evil spirit grab the back of my shirt to keep me from continuing to cross the street. Thaddeus and Greg continued walking across the street. (We shouldn't get separated from our spiritual gifts by any demon or fleshly influence.)    The person in the tan van was getting impatient, and turned and hit me with their car. (The demons will try to hold us back so that we fall under judgment.) In the dream I told the Judge (representing the Father) about the car that hit me. The license plate on the front of the van had 333 in it. (Jer 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and will show thee great things, and difficult, which thou knowest not.) (This is on the front or before the van hits so, to stop this we must seek the Lord for wisdom!)   The scene changed and I was in a car. I don't know if I was driving or not. I realized I had on an old necklace and I heard a voice say, “Pearls.” (If our treasures have become tarnished and we must sanctify them with pure treasures from heaven; I.e. a revival.) In the dream I thought of the parable of the pearl of great price.    While in the car, the Lord was supernaturally changing the radio stations to speak to me through the songs. Every time He would change the song, one of the old pearls from the necklace I wore would burst and break and a new pearl would be in it's place. (As we seek His wisdom, He will give us new beauty and values.)  I was so excited and asked the Lord to keep speaking to me through songs on the radio. (The Lord's Words are melodious, pleasing Words to our spirit man.)   Mat. 13:45-46, Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a merchant seeking goodly pearls: and  having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.   Am I Your Everything? Debbie Fenske - 1/23/23 In our Monday night fellowship gathering, our praise and worship time was wonderful. We sang several songs to Jesus. Our spirits were united as one, in one accord, giving praise, honor, and glory to God, just as Michael had prayed.  As we sang the Revelation Song, I know we all could feel our praise and worship going up to the Lord from our hearts. It was high praise, and high worship. And it seemed we were truly touching God's heart. Yet, I felt something else, too, in my spirit from the Lord.  In the midst of that high worship to Jesus, something else was on His heart. I felt this from Him the first time when we sang the words, “You are my everything, and I will adore you.” I asked Him, “Jesus, what is on your heart?” And He asked me, “Am I your everything?” I thought this question was only for me. But as He repeated that question two more times, as we continued singing that song to Him, I felt it rising up in me. And when He repeated it a third time, I knew it was for others in our midst besides me, because I felt His words welling up in me.  “My people, am I your everything? You say that I am. I say to you, My people, check your hearts. Search your hearts. You must diligently examine your hearts. Look deep, and see those things that fill you. And ask yourselves if I am your everything. I am looking at your hearts. I see what is there. You must give those things over to Me so that I will fill you, and I will truly be your everything, your only desire. There is much to give up. You can do this. For, as you desire to do this, My people, I will help you. You will not be on your own. I will help you, My people. For I desire to be your everything, your all in all”. After that, Chuc prayed, mentioning specific areas the Lord would help us let go of, and give over to Him, and that the Lord would strengthen us. Chuc thanked Him for His great mercy towards us, asking Him to continue extending His mercy to us. Others prayed also. As they were praying, I heard the the Lord repeating to me, “This is not just a tonight thing.” So then, the Lord had one more word to say.  “My people, this is not just a tonight thing I am asking of you.This is an every day thing you must do, always examining your hearts. For it is My desire to be completely, and totally, yours.”   SERVICES Ubbs Outreach Friday Night Worship CONTACT Share Your Testimony Request Prayer Technical Support Questions   SUPPORT US We are a non-profit organisation based in United States. Our goal is to empower and equip people to discover more about Christianity and point them to a life of happiness, peace and purpose. Donate

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Man-child Coming with [Nuclear?] War (4) (Audio) David Eells - 10/23/22 Warn Them…War is Coming to Your Shores Faithful Walk Healing Ministries: YouTube Video Mena Lee Jones - 10/12/22 (David's notes in red)   Hi saints, I'm coming to you with a dire warning to the body of Christ, to the church, especially the western church, here in the U.S.  I'm going to share with you all a dream and a scripture, along with some things that were given to me in a dream, and I'm also going to talk to you all about another warning that has been given to me regarding our children. So, I'm going to start off with a disclosure or disclaimer… in regard to what I'm about to share with you. I know that we, as Christians, have our cliques, our sects of people that we like to listen to. … We have our biased opinions about different people who are believers or spiritual Christians or even leadership, we need to understand that God can use and will use anyone. With that being said, … please listen to what I have to tell you. Whatever you have as far as an opinion about Mena Lee Jones or Faithful Walk Healing Ministries, I need you to put that aside at this moment and… hear this warning. …I want to remind everyone that God uses whoever He chooses to use. … God can speak through whomever He wants and whomever He chooses to execute His will. And I … ask you all to consider everything that you hear today. Take it to prayer and share it with as many people as you can. …This particular night, I had great trouble sleeping. I felt like I was under a spiritual attack and it was between the third and fourth watch. So, I got up after tossing and turning and feeling this battle in my spirit, I decided to go into prayer, and ... I went into spiritual warfare, and began to rebuke the devil and binding any strongholds and breaking any curses or psychic prayers. As you all know, we are in the month of October and it is a month of great darkness and then we've gone into a new shift of darkness too as we've entered into a new season, post-tabernacles. … I fell asleep and went into a deep dream. In this dream, I found myself in a facility, it was a church, but it wasn't a typical church, as in brick and mortar with steeples and stained-glass windows, but more like a wide facility that had been rented or purchased and turned into a sanctuary. And there were many, many people there, all backgrounds, races, ages… and I was approached by a pastor in this dream that has gone home to be with the Lord in reality. …He came up to me with a warm smile, as though he was anticipating me. I knew in the dream that I had to give the people a warning, and this pastor also knew that I was coming to give a word and to warn the people. So we began trying to gather the people into the sanctuary to get them to come, and I had what I needed to share with them written on several pieces of Post-it Note that were in my hand. So I waited as I saw the people began to slowly gather into this one particular section of the building that seemed to be what you would deem a sanctuary. I remember seeing this woman come in who, in the dream, I knew, but in reality I have no idea who she is. She was a very tall woman, middle-aged, and she was dressed in all white. She had on this simple white dress, and her hair was like platinum white/silver and she was older in the face. (This reminds me of the Woman Church described in the Shepherd of Hermas.) She came over to me and she was talking to me in the dream and she was saying that it was very good to see me again, but she spoke of another lady who was supposed to be with her, yet this woman did not come with her, and her name was  Bonnie. In reality, I do not know anyone named Bonnie, but in the dream, I knew who she was talking about. And I was sorry to hear that, Bonnie, had not come to hear, because we both agreed that she was supposed to be there. (Bonnie means “Pretty”. Pretty is second to beautiful. She represents a corporate body of God's elect who are not in the first fruits but will come into sanctification later as in Song 8.) I noticed that the people were just slowly trickling in and yet they were not filling up the sanctuary. There were many people who were missing. There were a lot more people in the building than those who were coming into the sanctuary to hear me speak. I was a little distraught at this, and I talked to the pastor and said, “…Where are the rest of the people at?” And he couldn't seem to give me a straight answer and we couldn't seem to get the rest of the people to come. So there was just a small group of people, and I decided to just speak to that group. The pastor said, “Perhaps you can speak to this group (the first fruits) and then afterwards we can get you to go to the other side of the building and speak to the rest of them.” And so I agreed to that. So I began speaking, and I began talking from the notes that I had in my hands, which was on these little Post-it Notes. And I began telling the people… this warning. The warning was that we were not prepared. The church had fallen asleep, spiritually, that they had become complacent, and that we believed that nothing terrible was coming to our country until the rapture happened. (False Pre-trib rapture doctrine. Mena was of this persuasion but her dreams are bringing her around.) We had been teaching that the times were ahead, that there would be a shift that was coming and these were lies. (The new-age alternative media false narrative that the “White hats were going to be our saviors and issue in a 1000 years of peace and prosperity.) I began telling the people that there was war coming to our coastlands and that they had already prepared to bomb us and that we were not ready or prepared and that we needed to begin to prepare. And I was desperate in my speech and my voice, to the people, telling them that we needed to make sure that we were prepared to meet our Maker; that we needed to make sure that we were praying, fasting, and listening; …that we needed to make sure that we were in contact with our loved ones, to begin to prepare for what was coming … also, physically, by stocking up on food and water. I was telling the people… in a desperate way, trying to get them to understand what I was saying. The people were very quiet but … very attentive and it seemed as though what I said to them struck them deeply and they gathered up, when I was done, to begin to …prepare. …Then I went to the left side of the building, where the majority of the rest of the sanctuary was. (Jesus put the rebellious on His left.) But on the left side of the building were cubicles, like you would see in a call center. And all of these people were in these cubicles and all you would hear was voices from people talking. Some people were visiting one another in the cubicles, some people were in the cubicles alone, some people were talking on the phone. The majority of the people were there, on the left side of the building. (This is true of the Church today. The cubicles represent the majority of God's people who are divided by their religious sects and in rebellion to His Word and well as distracted by their fellowship with the world.) So I was trying to get their attention and I was saying, “Excuse me, excuse me,” and I only saw a few heads pop up above the cubicles to see where the voice was coming from. They made eye-contact with me but there was only just a few  people. … And the rest of the people continued in their conversations. … So I began walking up and down the aisles, trying to get the people's attention. I said, “Listen, we need to gather in the sanctuary… I have a very important message to tell you,” but the people were not trying to hear what I had to say, they were not bothered or alarmed by my voice. (Representing a call to sanctification.) And I noticed that on each cubicle was an office phone like in a regular call-center. And the woman that was dressed in a simple white dress was following me in the dream as I was going up and down these aisles, trying to get people's attention. I turned back to look at her and said, “They're not listening. I can't get them to listen.” And I felt this frustration coming over me. But I noticed that … all the phones were on speaker and there was simultaneous music [playing]. In other words, everyone was listening to the same thing. And I stopped to pay attention to what the music was that was coming through the phones, and I noticed that it was … contemporary Christian music that would have been played on any type of modern-day Christian radio station. Everyone was listening to the same station, the same song, at the same time. So I walked over to an empty cubicle where there was a phone on the table and I looked to see where the music was coming from. And that phone, too, also had a speaker and the same song was playing out. But there was a stream that was on the phone; like it was tuned-in or tuned-to whatever the station was that the music was coming from. I looked at the woman and I said, “I'm not going to over-exert myself with these people. They obviously are not interested in what I have to say. So the ones that came, they heard, but I am not going to go above and beyond to try to reach these people.” I was trying to, but they were not interested. But when I looked down at the stream of the phone, I saw the number 414. And there was Greek written underneath it. I remember paying attention to it and thinking in the dream, “Oh, this is the radio station, perhaps, that everyone is tuned into.” And I began to come out of the dream. So when I woke up, I thought about the numbers, 414, and I decided to go to Strong's Concordance … to look up the Greek of what 414 represented since I saw Greek letters underneath that number. … The number 414 was a word, … Anektos, and … there were two scriptures associated with the word, Anektos, and they were Mat. 10:14-15, and, Mat. 11:21-22. …  Mat. 10:14-15 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, as ye go forth out of that house or that city, shake off the dust of your feet. 15 Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city. Now the second scripture is … Mat. 11:21-22, … Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 22 But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, than for you. That word … Anektos, is the word, “intolerable”. … I feel this to be interesting in this dream because this is what was on the [phone] screen … everyone was listening to … And it's a warning. … Jesus was giving warning to the Jews at that time. And the reason why He's comparing it to the Gentile ... Sodom and Gomorrah and Chorazin and Sidon because the Israelites had the Messiah in front of them… and they did not accept Him, nor were willing to listen to Him, but in addition to that, they had the Torah. They had the law that was given to them by God through Moses. So basically they were without excuse. And Jesus was saying to them in both scripture references that if these Gentiles had … even …part of what has been given to you… they would have repented. Deb sent an email saying that it was no coincidence in timing that this video had been posted on our blog as she was currently working on chapter 4, of our latest book Humility, the Demand of Discipleship. She said, "As you know, all my transcription and editing had to fall by the wayside for almost a full month because of our move to a new camper. I just finally got back to finishing the transcription of this chapter, re-playing it to catch my errors, going through to tentatively break the text into paragraphs, copy-in Scriptures, etc. The verses Matthew 11:22 and 11:24 are the verses Mena Lee mentioned that contain, "tolerable," the Strong's Greek word 414.” Here's the transcription that I'm working on: David said, You know back in Matthew chapter 11, let me read something to you. (Mat.11:20) Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not. (21) Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. (22) But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you. (23) And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted unto heaven? thou shalt go down unto Hades: for if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in thee, it would have remained until this day. (24) But I say unto you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee. So God makes people responsible when they see the glory of God, when they see the works of God, He makes them more responsible than others. A so-called Christian nation (I don't believe there is such a thing but I'll just use the term a lot of people use), is more responsible to do something with the Word than a lost nation is. It will receive more judgment than a wicked nation, so-called. In fact, the so-called Christian nation who's going about to do their own will and their own thing will receive more judgment. Well, then people don't connect this next text with the previous one we just read. (Mat.11:25) At that season Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes: (What things is He talking about? Well, of course we know all of God's wondrous wisdom is hidden from the wise and prudent, but in this particular case, He's also talking about the text before it, you know, the judgment, the thing about the judgment. Have you ever noticed how a lot of apostates nowadays don't believe that their nation can be judged. They're more a part of their nation than they are a part of the nation that they're supposed to belong to, which is New Testament spiritual Israel, and so they take sides with their nation, their natural nation, against their spiritual nation and they begin to think in the flesh. And many of those people, those very same people, do not believe that God will judge their nation. There's a lot of Christians here in America that don't believe, some of them are very prosperity-minded, they don't know anything about the crucified life. They don't believe, they teach against and they rail against the fact that, yes, God is judging and will judge this nation. It's hidden from the wise and prudent but it's revealed unto the humble babes.) (26) yea, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in thy sight. (27) All things have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knoweth the Son, save the Father; neither doth any know the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son willeth to reveal him. And, of course, obviously God will reveal Himself to the babes. Back to Mena Lee… There's so many wavering Christians in the church right now, especially in the western church. There's so many people who are sitting in churches, who are in the choirs, who attend regular Bible studies, some of you are into Messianic teachings or Hebrew roots… There are so many in the church right now who profess that Jesus Christ, or Yeshua, is their Lord and Savior, that He's their God and He's their King, but yet, they are still bound by spirits of perversion, … adulterers, fornicators, liars and thieves; greedy and full of pride. There's so much bitterness and so many people who you haven't forgiven, those who have offended you, those that hate you, some of the people that go all the way back to your mamas and daddies that weren't there, or the mothers and fathers that abused you, some of us, it's other relatives, some of us, it's our co-workers, some of us, it's our ex-spouses, some of us, it's the fathers or mothers of our children, whether we married them or not. But we're dealing with so much iniquity in our hearts and the Lord is warning us. He is warning us that we are not prepared for what's coming. (Jesus said in Mat. 18 that those who do not forgive from the heart, the Father will turn over to the tormentors.) And then there are … a vast group of Christians, here in the United States, who are prophesying, who are preaching, who are saying that good times are still coming. (The utopian 1000 years of peace.) They're still saying this. They're still saying that everything is going to change with an election. They're still saying that God is going to relent judgment, even after all that has happened. Even after a solar eclipse, even after torrential rains and storms and earthquakes and unprecedented fires, and even after Covid-19 and the deaths, the sweeping deaths that have swept across the planet. People are still asleep and they're saying that good times are coming. Saints, we are in the … final last days. And there are so many people that are not going to make it in because you have built your treasures in this life. You have built your treasures here. You're complacent. And the Lord is saying, “Wake up!” The Lord is saying, “Wake up, oh thou sleeper! Awake from your drunken slumbers.” Hear the Word of the Lord in this season and repent of your sins! We are not repenting, we are treating the blood of Jesus as though it is something that is common. The blood of Jesus, the Blood of Yeshua, is not fire insurance. It's not to be taken as something common. It is not your excuse to sin, saints. … And I'm here to warn you, and again, as I said in the beginning, it doesn't matter what you think of me as a person. I'm a flawed individual. I have had to repent of many things. I've had to be humbled in many ways, even in the sixteen years of ministry, God has had to humble me many times and show me things the way He wanted them to be. I am no one special, but hear the words that are coming from my mouth. We have to repent and we have to prepare, saints. War is coming to our coastlands. War is coming to America because of our wickedness, because of the wickedness of our politicians, because of the wickedness in the church, because the church refuses to admit that we are in the last days and we are walking around with blind eyes and deaf ears. (This is, in part because of the "once saved always saved" and "pre-trib rapture” doctrines.) And because of that, judgment has been pronounced upon this nation. And we need to prepare, saints. This is not about trying to save our country. … Judgment is written in His Book. It's about preparing your hearts. It's about preparing your minds. It's about preparing your souls. It's about making sure that your lamps are filled, that your garments are without spot or wrinkle, saints. It's about preparing your households. It's about praying over your children and your grandchildren. It's about the spouses covering their households and covering one another.  It's about loving your neighbor. It's about forgiving those who have offended you. It's about turning away from your wickedness and looking up into the Light of the Son of Righteousness and beholding His Glory and beholding the ministry of Jesus Christ. That is what it's about in this season, saints. … It's about what the Spirit of the Lord is saying in this season. Because we are not paying attention. … This morning I had another dream … I was in this high-rise building… like an apartment. … I had my laptop, like I have right now … and I was doing this video. … talking about the word that God had given me, and I was warning the people…  and … I was talking about the scripture where Jesus said, Joh. 9:4 We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. And I was sharing, … in my dream, the video that I'm sharing with you right now. And I was talking about the days of light. Now, I know in reality, … we have twelve hours, typically, of daylight. … But in the dream, I was going by the afternoon, the peak of the day, from 12 pm to 6 pm, and I was seeing that as the peak of light. And I said, but from 6 pm to midnight, that is when the darkness comes in, and I was telling the people that we're in the 6 pm to midnight, and darkness has descended.” And as I'm saying this in my video, the place began to get dark and I stopped my video to look out the window because I knew it was daytime, and I said to myself, “Why is it so dark?” And I turned and I looked outside and I noticed that the darkness had descended in the skies. And I got up from where I was sitting, … and I went to look out the window and I noticed there was a black storm. It was a storm with black clouds that had rolled in, and the wind was blowing and I watched below as the trees began to bend. And I'm looking at the traffic and … people who are trying to run to get out of the storm, and then I looked straight ahead again and I saw tornadoes in the distance; big, wide tornadoes and they began to form and then they began to dissipate and then they would re-form and then they would dissipate. There were three of them. And as they would form, they would tear up whatever was in their path, and then they would dissipate. And then I would watch as they would re-form and they were moving all over this … city… and I knew what it meant. I knew trouble was coming, and I left the windows, and I was thinking in the dream that I needed to call my mother and I knew she was just down the street in the dream, … just a few minutes away. (Mena's mother represents the Apostate Church.) But I looked out [the window] one more time and I saw that the lights began to go out. …There were sections [of the city] losing power, and it was coming towards me. And I said, “Okay.” And then the lights in my building went out. And I thought, “Okay, well now I can't finish my video.” And then I went to go grab my phone because I still had phone service, and the dream ended with me calling my mom. … And when I have dreams about storms, saints, and I've had several over the years,… [It has] always been significant [of] storms in the spirit-realm brewing. Storms that are coming that we're not prepared for. …There were three tornadoes, representing, three seasons of storms. We have entered a time of famine. ... And I need you to understand that things are not going to get better. And I also, more importantly, need the church to understand that this whole idea that nothing bad is going to happen to the United States before the return of the Lord, the rapture, whatever you want to call it, okay? Because everybody has their different beliefs: there's pre-, mid-, post-, whatever, I don't get into any of that. But I need you to understand that this is not true. War is coming to our shores, saints... and they're planning [it]… I came across one of the most bone-chilling headlines …after I had this dream… And basically, Vladimir Putin… or his Prime Minister, …made the announcement that if there are any … individual U.S. states that would like to defect and join the Russian Federation, that they would consider that. They made this announcement. Now, some of you may hear that and you may roar in laughter, like, “Are you crazy? What are you talking about?” No, I need you to hear what they're saying without saying it …They're giving us the opportunity ahead of schedule, saints, because they are planning to invade us. (At the moment, this is part of the FF Nuke scare that the Alliance has planned, but I feel that this could go all wrong and a real war start, as in Rev. 6:1-4.) And I've talked about this on videos before. … God has given me dreams. He's shown me the alignment between Turkey and Russia, before they made their military pact. This was back in 2016, I believe. It was on our Watchman on the Wall page, and I posted this before, when I saw them invading us. I have been shown this multiple times, saints. …There are great men and women of God who have gone home to be with the Lord, who have been shown …years ago, twenty, thirty, forty, years ago, that Russia was going to invade our country. They are planning, saints. (They are planning a false war to bring everybody into their covenant like when they made the League of Nations after WWI and the United Nations after WWII in a feigned attempt to stop future wars.) I don't know when, but I know you all heard about them downplaying Biden saying that we are closer to Armageddon than we've ever been and they scolded him for saying that. (This is part of the show.) And he's spent all week, now, trying to back-track…as to what he meant. … I don't know if it's going to be nuclear or not. … But I know that in 1999, … it was spoken to me [by the Lord], … that Putin would be a key factor in the tribulation, specifically the tribulation. And … I've been watching this man since then. … I knew this man was going to be a key factor in the last days. And I know that [many] underestimate Russia. ... The end is here, saints. The end of all things is here. ... So many ... are going to be here to receive the Mark of the Beast. Yes, the Christians, because… there's no fight in us. …All Satan has to do is the simplest things, you know, send us a cold or stub our toes, and we have no fight in us. We've become cowards. We don't do anything. We're not serving God. ... God [has] hired us as His vinedressers for His vineyard; this world is His vineyard. And our job is to cultivate His garden, and yet, ... [many] are wicked. They have cultivated the garden and kept it for themselves. Some of us have done no cultivation. But the King is coming, and He is looking for the fruit that is due to Him, to be rendered to Him in His due season as He said in the parable in … Matthew 21. And some of us, most of us, we should be presenting bushels and bushels from His vineyard, and … [many] are going to be empty-handed. [Many] are only going to have two or three grapes in our hands ... The last thing I want … to warn [about], … is; the Lord spoke to me and told me that we needed to begin to really pray starting October 1. We needed to go into a spiritual warfare that we've never gone into before. He said that through the fall and into the winter, we are going to have a brutal winter, world-wide. And I'm not just talking weather-wise. Even though that is included…. We're going to see shortages. ... Inflation is going to continue and we are going to see rising gas prices… so on and so forth, and we need to prepare, saints. This is across the planet, this is not just for the United States. … Last February 2022, the Lord gave me a warning… regarding our little ones, where I saw massive graves. There were tiny graves in symmetrical rows, and I saw people begin to bury their children, they were wrapped in swaddling clothes, they weren't even in coffins, and the mothers and the parents were laying these tiny babies into these graves. And I talked about how these graves were so small that they couldn't fit anything but an infant up to maybe a kindergartener. … https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-cdc-advisers-approve-adding-covid-shots-vaccine-schedules-2022-10-20/. Oct 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory committee on vaccines on Thursday approved adding COVID-19 vaccines to the agency's recommended immunization schedules for both children and adults. The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted unanimously to add the vaccines to the schedules, which contain recommendations to physicians on which shots their patients should receive and when. We cannot trust depopulationists with our children. We must know God's promises. Please read our book God's Vaccine Back to Mena: “We need to pray for our little ones, there are events coming that are going to take the lives of our children,” and I warned and I even talked about being wise about our medical decisions regarding our children. … so many of us are deceived because we're not in our prayer closets, we're not in the Word, we're too stuck on YouTube, … Facebook and Instagram and Tik Toc … and we have no relationship with the King. … Psalm 91:1 says “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.” That Scripture is called the Covenant of Protection, but you cannot claim a Covenant of Protection if you have not dwelled in the secret place. If you do not understand the presence of God, He cannot be your refuge, He cannot be your fortress, He cannot be your shield and buckler if you have not spent time with Him. If you don't, … then you cannot claim protection in a time like this. I need you to know that in the dark arts, the witches and the warlocks, the people who do seances and black magic, they celebrate from October 1 to November 1, it is an entire month of practicing, of preparing, of celebration of rituals, of spells, of sacrifices. …Blood sacrifice is real and it still happens today. It happens, even in our country. … Someone has tipped-off the Feds that there is a possibility of Fentanyl being put in the Halloween candy. And they are putting out warnings. They have already found some traces of this on the west coast. … Saints, I need you to understand that in the dark magic and the black magic of Satanism, in it, the shedding of innocent blood is the most potent power in witchcraft. It is time to repent, saints. It is time to prepare. It is time to cast off the weight that has been holding us down, and the little things that have been tripping us up, and it's time for us to wash our robes in the blood of the Lamb…He said in, Luk. 18:8 “…when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?”  Well, the Scripture lets us know that Christ is only returning for a Bride whose garments are white, without spot or wrinkle. …Please, share this with everyone, the believer and the unbeliever. Warn them. Warn them. Trouble is coming. …   Grace Given to Destroy the Enemy and Rebuild the Kingdom David Eells Recently we have had many a warning Word by faith at random in our morning prayer meeting concerning judments to come on apostates and the world. But on 10-21-22, we were encouraged by verses we received by faith at random that tell a wonderful story of God's Grace to Conquer the Enemy and Rebuild His Kingdom in these days. (The Man-child, head of the Bride are together being built by God. The title of this chapter is "Prayer of an An Afflicted One for Mercy on Himself and on Zion".) Psalm 102:15-22, 15  So the nations shall fear the name of the Lord, And all the kings of the earth thy glory. 16  For the Lord hath built up Zion; He hath appeared in his glory. (The Lord will manifest His glory by comeing first in His Man-child, Head, of the Bride body.) 17  He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, And hath not despised their prayer. 18  This shall be written for the generation to come; And a people which shall be created shall praise the Lord. (The first fruits will praise the Lord!! And He will answer them.) 19  For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; From the heaven did the Lord behold the earth; 20  To hear the sighing of the prisoner; To loose those who are appointed to death; 21  That men may declare the name of the Lord in Zion, And his praise in Jerusalem; 22  When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms to serve the Lord.   (Then through these first fruits he will raise up the Church as it was with Jesus who sent forth His disciples to raise up Jacob/Israel.)(Psa.85:1) Jehovah, thou hast been favorable unto thy land; Thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. (Representing the Church) (2) Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people; Thou hast covered all their sin. Selah (3) Thou hast taken away all thy wrath; Thou hast turned [thyself] from the fierceness of thine anger. (4) Turn us, O God (meaning grant repentance by grace) of our salvation, And cause thine indignation toward us to cease. (5) Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations? (6) Wilt thou not quicken us again, (I.e. make us alive) That thy people may rejoice in thee? (7) Show us thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, And grant us thy salvation. (8) I will hear what God Jehovah will speak; For he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: But let them not turn again to folly. (9) Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him, That glory may dwell in our land. (The Land of Israel, type of the Church.) (10) Mercy and truth are met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. (Grace through mercy will be given through faith in the truth the MC brings and they will live in peace from God.)  (11) Truth springeth out of the earth (Truth will come through the Son of Man, Jesus in the Man-child reformers, who is born from the earth. Emanuel, God with and in us); And righteousness hath looked down from heaven. (12) Yea, Jehovah will give that which is good; And our land shall yield its increase. (Increase of the fruit of Jesus in His people) (13) Righteousness shall go before him, And shall make his footsteps a way [to walk in].. 1Jn 2:4  He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; 5  but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him: 6  he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked. 2Co 5:10  For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat of Christ (Greek: Bema Seat or “footprint tribunal); that each one may receive (the things done through - Numeric) the body, according to what he hath done, whether it be good or bad. (This is speaking of receiving a reward in the new body according to what he hath done in the earthly body.) (Our Lord should be praised for  He is our salvation.) Psa 98:1-9 A Psalm. Oh sing unto Jehovah a new song; For he hath done marvellous things: His right hand, and his holy arm, hath wrought salvation for him.  (Jesus wrought salvation from the curse) 2 Jehovah hath made known his salvation: His righteousness hath he openly showed in the sight of the nations. 3 He hath remembered his lovingkindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel: All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. 4 Make a joyful noise unto Jehovah, all the earth (Praise Him with the whole heart): Break forth and sing for joy, yea, sing praises. 5 Sing praises unto Jehovah with the harp; With the harp and the voice of melody. 6 With trumpets and sound of cornet Make a joyful noise before the King, Jehovah. 7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein; 8 Let the floods clap their hands; Let the hills sing for joy together 9 Before Jehovah; for he cometh to judge the earth: He will judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with equity. (Now even the worst criminals escape justice but God will change this.)    Man-child and Bride Arise to Rebuild (God's word will strenthen the Man-child company to strengthen the Bride to rebuild the House of the Lord in the Bride.) Hag 2:4-5 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel (Meaning born from Babylon; the first fruits Man-child to come out from among them), saith Jehovah; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest (Joshua - Yeshua, Jesus, the High Priest, is with Him - Emanuel); and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith Jehovah, and work: for I am with you, saith Jehovah of hosts, 5 according to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, and my Spirit abode among you: fear ye not. (Jud 1:4  For there are certain men crept in privily, even they who were of old written of beforehand unto this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. 5  Now I desire to put you in remembrance, though ye know all things once for all, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.) (The Bride is about to be chosen before the 7 day/year marriage feast.) Est 2:15-17  Now when the turn of Esther (Bride taken from among the Virgins), the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai (Little Man or Man-child), who had taken her for his daughter (Before this MC was anointed over the Kingdom he raised up the Bride as his daughter. The Man-child is chosen as was David before he was anointed King.), was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain (the Holy Spirit), the keeper of the women, appointed. (Who knows what Jesus likes in His bride more that His Holy Spirit. (1Co 2:11  For who among men knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of the man, which is in him? even so the things of God none knoweth, save the Spirit of God. 12  But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is from God; that we might know the things that were freely given to us of God.) And Esther obtained favor in the sight of all them that looked upon her. 16 So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. 17 And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained favor and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti. (Many Vashti's have not come when the King called them. They are too proud and too distracted. This calling is an invitation to partake of the benefits of the Kingdom, including the King himself.)   The Brides Battle Against the Haman Beast (The Bride will stand on their own Holy Land as the first to return from Babylonish bondage to rebuild their Kingdom as a example to the apostate church.) Zec 14:9-14 And Jehovah shall be King over all the earth (The Dragon of Satan will be cast down from heaven.): in that day shall Jehovah be one, and his name one. 10 All the land shall be made like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and she shall be lifted up, and shall dwell in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananel unto the king's wine-presses. (The Bride will be completely restored from the curses in Joel 2.)11 And men shall dwell therein, and there shall be no more curse; but Jerusalem shall dwell safely. (The Bride will not be under the curse. Their DNA will be completely restored as the angel told us. This is obviously a place of safety.) 12 And this shall be the plague wherewith Jehovah will smite all the peoples that have warred against Jerusalem (The factious Edomites and DS government.): their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet (Look at how many's flesh is being destroyed by the vaccine which we have seen in dreams.), and their eyes shall consume away in their sockets (They will have no spiritual discernment), and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. (Their own tongue will bring their curses back on them as says the Lord in many places) 13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from Jehovah shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbor. (Their allies will turn against them to destroy them as it was with Jehoshaphat, Gideon, etc.) 14 And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the nations round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance. (Cyrus as Trump plundered Babylon's treasuries to rebuild the Kingdom of God.) Repent quickly before the anger of the Lord is released so you will be hid from this judgment.  Zep 2:1-3 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation that hath no shame (They have no conscience of sin); 2 before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of Jehovah come upon you, before the day of Jehovah's anger come upon you. 3 Seek ye Jehovah, all ye meek of the earth, that have kept his ordinances; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye will be hid in the day of Jehovah's anger. (Seek the Lord now to be “in the secret place of the Most High” and “under the shadow of the almighty.” (The Nations are gathered together to destroy DS Babylon as typed by the Edomites who hated and tried to destroy their own brethren. The righteous are given authority over their own Edomite enemies through spiritual warfare.)  Oba 1:1-4 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from Jehovah, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.  2 Behold, I have made thee small among the nations: thou art greatly despised. 3 The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? 4 Though thou mount on high as the eagle, and though thy nest be set among the stars, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah. (So the Lord is bringing down those factious of the eagle. And those who were once stars of the seed of Abraham will fall from their heavenly position.) (Everything Haman's beast kingdom desired to do was turned around for the elects sake. Their curses came upon their own heads.)  Est 9:1-5 Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have rule over them (whereas it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews (As a type of the elect Christians who are spiritual Jews circumcised in heart.) had rule over them that hated them,) 2 the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus,  to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them was fallen upon all the peoples. 3 And all the princes of the provinces, and the satraps, and the governors, and they that did the king's business, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai was fallen upon them. 4 For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went forth throughout all the provinces; for the man Mordecai waxed greater and greater. 5 And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they would unto them that hated them. (What Sword do the Man-child and Bride use to bring down their enemies? It is the sword of the Word spoken prophetically from heaven that will destroy them. Luk 1:37  For no word from God shall be void of power.)   Spiritual Warfare Defeats the Enemy Army Samuel Fire - Late Sept. 2022 (David's notes in red) I had a dream my wife, Tiannah, our baby David, and I were older. David was about 3 years older in this dream. It was after midnight, (After midnight is when the demonic forces of satan increase their activities. According to Wikipedia :In folklore, the witching hour or devil's hour is a time of night that is associated with supernatural events, whereby witches, demons and ghosts are thought to appear and be at their most powerful. Definitions vary, and include the hour immediately after midnight, and the time between 3:00 am and 4:00 am.) We were equipped with all these interesting tools, not weapons or guns, and we were dressed and equipped like a special force's unit. (We are in a spiritual Army and we don't wrestle with flesh and blood. Our special tools or the weapons of our warfare are our armor in Eph. 6:10-18  Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13 Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 withal taking up the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: 18 with all prayer and supplication praying at all seasons in the Spirit, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints And  2 Co. 10:3-6  For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh 4 (for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds), 5 casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ; 6 and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience shall be made full.) Back to Samuel: We were given a special assignment from General Jesus to go and destroy an entire army. (Representing satan's enemy army. Jesus said in Luk. 10:19  Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you.) There were at least 100 thousand soldiers and support personnel with tanks, missiles, vehicles, machine guns, and all the crazy things armies have; everything that you can think of. They also had an abundance of computers and machinery, technology and tents set up everywhere that they slept in or worked out of. It was a complete set up with barbed wire fences, alarms, security cameras, people patrolling with dogs, drones and all sorts of stuff. (Not only is satan using all his spiritual forces to try to destroy God's people, but he is also using the militaries of the world, electronics and computer systems, and evil men to destroy, not only God's people, but as much of mankind as possible.) General Jesus told us to go in and turn everything off and disable everything. (We have experienced the faction trying to turn our stuff off, but the dreams showed that the curses that came out of their mouths were being thrown back onto them by the angels. We have seen their stuff being turned off. Two witnesses said they were unrepairable.) We were told not to have any fear but to be calm and casual the whole time. We were told not to rush or worry, and to take our time. (Jos. 10:8 And Jehovah said ... Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thy hands; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.) We approached to where the army was set up and entered into the base through the south gate. We didn't try to hide from them, but just casually walked in and no one there could see us. No timing it or anything. They literally couldn't see us. They weren't even looking our way. It was as if we were invisible. (This reminds me of Peter's jail break, Acts 12:6-10 And when Herod was about to bring him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and guards before the door kept the prison. 7 And  behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shined in the cell: and he smote Peter on the side, and awoke him, saying, Rise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. 8 And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And he did so. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. 9 And he went out, and followed; and he knew not that it was true which was done by the angel, but thought he saw a vision. 10 And when they were past the first and the second guard, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth into the city; which opened to them of its own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and straightway the angel departed from him.) We got to the check point perimeter, and we didn't have to cut the wire fence or anything to get in, we just walked in as if we all had access. As we went in, we were turning things off, pulling out plugs, entering codes; so that everything was disabled. (Our mission as God's elect is to disable all the tactics of the enemy through intercessory prayer, thanksgiving and worship coupled with faith.) We didn't even know the codes but the Lord, manifested through us, to type in their special codes to turns things off. (His power is made perfect in [our] weakness.) We went in and  turned everything off. Cars, drones and guns wouldn't work anymore; even all their tools couldn't work anymore and literally nothing could be repaired again, not even little things, not even their lights could turn on. Everything was rendered useless. Their dogs were falling asleep. (Representing the factious dogs. We've had dreams of the faction as dogs being rounded up and euthanized.) Everything was turned off and the personnel all started going into their sleeping quarters to sleep. No one even noticed or thought about doing their duties anymore. (Our prayers and praise will paralyze the enemy and his minions and render them useless. In the Bible the term, “fallen asleep” refers to death, which we have been shown in dreams, happens to the factious leadership.) We just went in and touched everything so quickly and easily and it was so fun and simple. (Yes. All we have to do is pray, bind, believe and thank God. The victory has already been won.) My little son, David, was crawling into smaller areas to turn things off and the Lord had me turning off the mechanical stuff and Tiannah was typing in codes. The whole time we were praying in tongues and all the spiritual aspects were being replaced with Holy Angels and the darkness was being pushed further and further back. (When we pray and send the angels, the darkness and its dominion are diminished and it is defeated.) We walked from the south end of the base to the north end turning it all off. It was so quick and easy and only took about half an hour in real time. Everything was turned off. We walked straight through and didn't even look back; It was all done and complete. (When we exercise our faith we don't ever look back because we consider it done.) It is finished. We exited out the north side. (Jesus said in, Rev. 21:5-6 ...Behold, I make all things new. And he saith, Write: for these words are faithful and true 6 ... “It is finished! I am the Alpha and the Omega—the Beginning and the End…) When the sun/Son started to rise, all the dogs started barking and people arose. The people realized nothing was working and they couldn't even put their boots on properly because their laces would not tie. It was just 3 of us against this whole giant army and they all had to walk home because there was nothing they could do, they couldn't even drive because their cars wouldn't start. (We've had a confirmation that the Lord does do this. When the factious leader lost all of his technical abilities and couldn't even drive his truck for a year and a half or do his job because he had previously factioned out for the 3rd time.) ALL GLORY TO GOD!  (Mal. 4:2 ...But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings;)   Taming the Dragon Through Sanctification Eve Brast - 10/21/22 (David's notes in red) I dreamed that I and my oldest son Noah were in our old house on Vanderbilt Dr. down in Texas. (I believe I am representing the corporate Bride body in this dream because my name is Eve representing the bride of the last Adam. And my son Noah is representing the first fruits Man-child body. The name Vanderbilt indicates great wealth which will come to the first fruits Man-child and Bride to provide for God's people during the 7 year tribulation.) I went into a bathroom in the narrow hallway that was totally white. (This bathroom represents the narrow way of sanctification.) There was an alligator that followed me into the bathroom. It had been following me for a while but I hadn't noticed it until I entered the bathroom. (The alligator is a swamp creature and has been trying to devour Eve, as a type of our local Bride, through faction and witchcraft.) As I sat down to use the restroom, the alligator became like a nervous dog. It began panting and nervously wagging its large tail and trying to roll over and show its underbelly in submission to me. (Living a sanctified life coupled with prayers of faith and praise and thanksgiving to God will defeat our enemies and bring them to surrender, under our feet.) (Note: I haven't dreamed about alligators since I was pregnant with my first son, Noah, 26 years ago. At that time I also dreamed that I was in a pure white bathroom taking a shower and when I pulled the shower curtain back and tried to get out of the tub, there were vicious alligators all over the floor of the bathroom snapping at me and trying to devour me and my unborn son Noah. In the dream I was distraught, wondering how I would escape these alligators, when I woke up.) (This is representative of Rev. 12:1-6 And a great sign was seen in heaven: a woman arrayed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars; 2 and she was with child; and she crieth out, travailing in birth, and in pain to be delivered. 3 And there was seen another sign in heaven: and behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his heads seven diadems. 4 And his tail draweth the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon standeth before the woman that is about to be delivered, that when she is delivered he may devour her child. 5 And she was delivered of a son, a man child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and unto his throne. 6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that there they may nourish her a thousand two hundred and threescore days.)     Select Language Afrikaans Albanian Amharic Arabic Armenian Assamese Aymara Azerbaijani Bambara Basque Belarusian Bengali Bhojpuri Bosnian Bulgarian Catalan Cebuano Chichewa Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Corsican Croatian Czech Danish Dhivehi Dogri Dutch Esperanto Estonian Ewe Filipino Finnish French Frisian Galician Georgian German Greek Guarani Gujarati Haitian Creole Hausa Hawaiian Hebrew Hindi Hmong Hungarian Icelandic Igbo Ilocano Indonesian Irish Italian Japanese Javanese Kannada Kazakh Khmer Kinyarwanda Konkani Korean Krio Kurdish (Kurmanji) Kurdish (Sorani) Kyrgyz Lao Latin Latvian Lingala Lithuanian Luganda Luxembourgish Macedonian Maithili Malagasy Malay Malayalam Maltese Maori Marathi Meiteilon (Manipuri) Mizo Mongolian Myanmar (Burmese) Nepali Norwegian Odia (Oriya) Oromo Pashto Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Quechua Romanian Russian Samoan Sanskrit Scots Gaelic Sepedi Serbian Sesotho Shona Sindhi Sinhala Slovak Slovenian Somali Spanish Sundanese Swahili Swedish Tajik Tamil Tatar Telugu Thai Tigrinya Tsonga Turkish Turkmen Twi Ukrainian Urdu Uyghur Uzbek Vietnamese Welsh Xhosa Yiddish Yoruba Zulu Powered by Translate Printer-friendly version  

église AB Lausanne ; KJV Esther 2 After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her. Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king: And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them: And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so. Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite; Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away. And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter. So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women. And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women. Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it. ...

The most important element that God would use to bring about His purpose for His people in this chapter it would have nothing to do with Mordecai, Esther, concubines, weddings, Xerxes, Hegai, Haman, and the like- Rather, it was the recording of an event by an unnamed scribe about a forgettable attempt against the life of Xerxes.

The most important element that God would use to bring about His purpose for His people in this chapter it would have nothing to do with Mordecai, Esther, concubines, weddings, Xerxes, Hegai, Haman, and the like- Rather, it was the recording of an event by an unnamed scribe about a forgettable attempt against the life of Xerxes.

The most important element that God would use to bring about His purpose for His people in this chapter it would have nothing to do with Mordecai, Esther, concubines, weddings, Xerxes, Hegai, Haman, and the like! Rather, it was the recording of an event by an unnamed scribe about a forgettable attempt against the life of Xerxes.

Proper 19 First Psalm: Psalms 75–76 Psalms 75–76 (Listen) God Will Judge with Equity To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song. 75   We give thanks to you, O God;    we give thanks, for your name is near.  We1 recount your wondrous deeds. 2   “At the set time that I appoint    I will judge with equity.3   When the earth totters, and all its inhabitants,    it is I who keep steady its pillars. Selah4   I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,'    and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn;5   do not lift up your horn on high,    or speak with haughty neck.'” 6   For not from the east or from the west    and not from the wilderness comes lifting up,7   but it is God who executes judgment,    putting down one and lifting up another.8   For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup    with foaming wine, well mixed,  and he pours out from it,    and all the wicked of the earth    shall drain it down to the dregs. 9   But I will declare it forever;    I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.10   All the horns of the wicked I will cut off,    but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up. Who Can Stand Before You? To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song. 76   In Judah God is known;    his name is great in Israel.2   His abode has been established in Salem,    his dwelling place in Zion.3   There he broke the flashing arrows,    the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah 4   Glorious are you, more majestic    than the mountains full of prey.5   The stouthearted were stripped of their spoil;    they sank into sleep;  all the men of war    were unable to use their hands.6   At your rebuke, O God of Jacob,    both rider and horse lay stunned. 7   But you, you are to be feared!    Who can stand before you    when once your anger is roused?8   From the heavens you uttered judgment;    the earth feared and was still,9   when God arose to establish judgment,    to save all the humble of the earth. Selah 10   Surely the wrath of man shall praise you;    the remnant2 of wrath you will put on like a belt.11   Make your vows to the LORD your God and perform them;    let all around him bring gifts    to him who is to be feared,12   who cuts off the spirit of princes,    who is to be feared by the kings of the earth. Footnotes [1] 75:1 Hebrew They [2] 76:10 Or extremity (ESV) Second Psalm: Psalm 23; Psalm 27 Psalm 23 (Listen) The Lord Is My Shepherd A Psalm of David. 23   The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.2     He makes me lie down in green pastures.  He leads me beside still waters.13     He restores my soul.  He leads me in paths of righteousness2    for his name's sake. 4   Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,3    I will fear no evil,  for you are with me;    your rod and your staff,    they comfort me. 5   You prepare a table before me    in the presence of my enemies;  you anoint my head with oil;    my cup overflows.6   Surely4 goodness and mercy5 shall follow me    all the days of my life,  and I shall dwell6 in the house of the LORD    forever.7 Footnotes [1] 23:2 Hebrew beside waters of rest [2] 23:3 Or in right paths [3] 23:4 Or the valley of deep darkness [4] 23:6 Or Only [5] 23:6 Or steadfast love [6] 23:6 Or shall return to dwell [7] 23:6 Hebrew for length of days (ESV) Psalm 27 (Listen) The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation Of David. 27   The LORD is my light and my salvation;    whom shall I fear?  The LORD is the stronghold1 of my life;    of whom shall I be afraid? 2   When evildoers assail me    to eat up my flesh,  my adversaries and foes,    it is they who stumble and fall. 3   Though an army encamp against me,    my heart shall not fear;  though war arise against me,    yet2 I will be confident. 4   One thing have I asked of the LORD,    that will I seek after:  that I may dwell in the house of the LORD    all the days of my life,  to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD    and to inquire3 in his temple. 5   For he will hide me in his shelter    in the day of trouble;  he will conceal me under the cover of his tent;    he will lift me high upon a rock. 6   And now my head shall be lifted up    above my enemies all around me,  and I will offer in his tent    sacrifices with shouts of joy;  I will sing and make melody to the LORD. 7   Hear, O LORD, when I cry aloud;    be gracious to me and answer me!8   You have said, “Seek4 my face.”  My heart says to you,    “Your face, LORD, do I seek.”59     Hide not your face from me.  Turn not your servant away in anger,    O you who have been my help.  Cast me not off; forsake me not,    O God of my salvation!10   For my father and my mother have forsaken me,    but the LORD will take me in. 11   Teach me your way, O LORD,    and lead me on a level path    because of my enemies.12   Give me not up to the will of my adversaries;    for false witnesses have risen against me,    and they breathe out violence. 13   I believe that I shall look6 upon the goodness of the LORD    in the land of the living!14   Wait for the LORD;    be strong, and let your heart take courage;    wait for the LORD! Footnotes [1] 27:1 Or refuge [2] 27:3 Or in this [3] 27:4 Or meditate [4] 27:8 The command (seek) is addressed to more than one person [5] 27:8 The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain [6] 27:13 Other Hebrew manuscripts Oh! Had I not believed that I would look (ESV) Old Testament: Esther 2:5–8; Esther 2:15–23 Esther 2:5–8 (Listen) 5 Now there was a Jew in Susa the citadel whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite, 6 who had been carried away from Jerusalem among the captives carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away. 7 He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his uncle, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was lovely to look at, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter. 8 So when the king's order and his edict were proclaimed, and when many young women were gathered in Susa the citadel in custody of Hegai, Esther also was taken into the king's palace and put in custody of Hegai, who had charge of the women. (ESV) Esther 2:15–23 (Listen) 15 When the turn came for Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his own daughter, to go in to the king, she asked for nothing except what Hegai the king's eunuch, who had charge of the women, advised. Now Esther was winning favor in the eyes of all who saw her. 16 And when Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign, 17 the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she won grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown1 on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. 18 Then the king gave a great feast for all his officials and servants; it was Esther's feast. He also granted a remission of taxes to the provinces and gave gifts with royal generosity. Mordecai Discovers a Plot 19 Now when the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate. 20 Esther had not made known her kindred or her people, as Mordecai had commanded her, for Esther obeyed Mordecai just as when she was brought up by him. 21 In those days, as Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, became angry and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. 22 And this came to the knowledge of Mordecai, and he told it to Queen Esther, and Esther told the king in the name of Mordecai. 23 When the affair was investigated and found to be so, the men were both hanged on the gallows.2 And it was recorded in the book of the chronicles in the presence of the king. Footnotes [1] 2:17 Or headdress [2] 2:23 Or wooden beam or stake; Hebrew tree or wood. This Persian execution practice involved affixing or impaling a person on a stake or pole (compare Ezra 6:11) (ESV) New Testament: Acts 17:16–34 Acts 17:16–34 (Listen) Paul in Athens 16 Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols. 17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there. 18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, “What does this babbler wish to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities”—because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection. 19 And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? 20 For you bring some strange things to our ears. We wish to know therefore what these things mean.” 21 Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there would spend their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new. Paul Addresses the Areopagus 22 So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. 23 For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘To the unknown god.' What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. 24 The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man,1 25 nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything. 26 And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, 27 that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us, 28 for   “‘In him we live and move and have our being';2 as even some of your own poets have said,   “‘For we are indeed his offspring.'3 29 Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man. 30 The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, 31 because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.” 32 Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked. But others said, “We will hear you again about this.” 33 So Paul went out from their midst. 34 But some men joined him and believed, among whom also were Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them. Footnotes [1] 17:24 Greek made by hands [2] 17:28 Probably from Epimenides of Crete [3] 17:28 From Aratus's poem “Phainomena” (ESV) Gospel: John 12:44–50 John 12:44–50 (Listen) Jesus Came to Save the World 44 And Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me. 45 And whoever sees me sees him who sent me. 46 I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. 47 If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. 48 The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day. 49 For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment—what to say and what to speak. 50 And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me.” (ESV)

Ezra 5:2–6:22 Ezra 5:2–6:22 (Listen) 2 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak arose and began to rebuild the house of God that is in Jerusalem, and the prophets of God were with them, supporting them. 3 At the same time Tattenai the governor of the province Beyond the River and Shethar-bozenai and their associates came to them and spoke to them thus: “Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?” 4 They also asked them this:1 “What are the names of the men who are building this building?” 5 But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they did not stop them until the report should reach Darius and then an answer be returned by letter concerning it. Tattenai's Letter to King Darius 6 This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai the governor of the province Beyond the River and Shethar-bozenai and his associates, the governors who were in the province Beyond the River, sent to Darius the king. 7 They sent him a report, in which was written as follows: “To Darius the king, all peace. 8 Be it known to the king that we went to the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. It is being built with huge stones, and timber is laid in the walls. This work goes on diligently and prospers in their hands. 9 Then we asked those elders and spoke to them thus: ‘Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?' 10 We also asked them their names, for your information, that we might write down the names of their leaders.2 11 And this was their reply to us: ‘We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the house that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished. 12 But because our fathers had angered the God of heaven, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house and carried away the people to Babylonia. 13 However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree that this house of God should be rebuilt. 14 And the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple that was in Jerusalem and brought into the temple of Babylon, these Cyrus the king took out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered to one whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor; 15 and he said to him, “Take these vessels, go and put them in the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt on its site.” 16 Then this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of the house of God that is in Jerusalem, and from that time until now it has been in building, and it is not yet finished.' 17 Therefore, if it seems good to the king, let search be made in the royal archives there in Babylon, to see whether a decree was issued by Cyrus the king for the rebuilding of this house of God in Jerusalem. And let the king send us his pleasure in this matter.” The Decree of Darius 6 Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in Babylonia, in the house of the archives where the documents were stored. 2 And in Ecbatana, the citadel that is in the province of Media, a scroll was found on which this was written: “A record. 3 In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king issued a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be rebuilt, the place where sacrifices were offered, and let its foundations be retained. Its height shall be sixty cubits3 and its breadth sixty cubits, 4 with three layers of great stones and one layer of timber. Let the cost be paid from the royal treasury. 5 And also let the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that is in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be restored and brought back to the temple that is in Jerusalem, each to its place. You shall put them in the house of God.” 6 “Now therefore, Tattenai, governor of the province Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and your4 associates the governors who are in the province Beyond the River, keep away. 7 Let the work on this house of God alone. Let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its site. 8 Moreover, I make a decree regarding what you shall do for these elders of the Jews for the rebuilding of this house of God. The cost is to be paid to these men in full and without delay from the royal revenue, the tribute of the province from Beyond the River. 9 And whatever is needed—bulls, rams, or sheep for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, or oil, as the priests at Jerusalem require—let that be given to them day by day without fail, 10 that they may offer pleasing sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons. 11 Also I make a decree that if anyone alters this edict, a beam shall be pulled out of his house, and he shall be impaled on it, and his house shall be made a dunghill. 12 May the God who has caused his name to dwell there overthrow any king or people who shall put out a hand to alter this, or to destroy this house of God that is in Jerusalem. I Darius make a decree; let it be done with all diligence.” The Temple Finished and Dedicated 13 Then, according to the word sent by Darius the king, Tattenai, the governor of the province Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates did with all diligence what Darius the king had ordered. 14 And the elders of the Jews built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They finished their building by decree of the God of Israel and by decree of Cyrus and Darius and Artaxerxes king of Persia; 15 and this house was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. 16 And the people of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the returned exiles, celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy. 17 They offered at the dedication of this house of God 100 bulls, 200 rams, 400 lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel 12 male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. 18 And they set the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their divisions, for the service of God at Jerusalem, as it is written in the Book of Moses. Passover Celebrated 19 On the fourteenth day of the first month, the returned exiles kept the Passover. 20 For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were clean. So they slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the returned exiles, for their fellow priests, and for themselves. 21 It was eaten by the people of Israel who had returned from exile, and also by every one who had joined them and separated himself from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to worship the LORD, the God of Israel. 22 And they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy, for the LORD had made them joyful and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, so that he aided them in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel. Footnotes [1] 5:4 Septuagint, Syriac; Aramaic Then we said to them, [2] 5:10 Aramaic of the men at their heads [3] 6:3 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters [4] 6:6 Aramaic their (ESV) Esther 1–2 Esther 1–2 (Listen) The King's Banquets 1 Now in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces, 2 in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa, the citadel, 3 in the third year of his reign he gave a feast for all his officials and servants. The army of Persia and Media and the nobles and governors of the provinces were before him, 4 while he showed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor and pomp of his greatness for many days, 180 days. 5 And when these days were completed, the king gave for all the people present in Susa the citadel, both great and small, a feast lasting for seven days in the court of the garden of the king's palace. 6 There were white cotton curtains and violet hangings fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rods1 and marble pillars, and also couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and precious stones. 7 Drinks were served in golden vessels, vessels of different kinds, and the royal wine was lavished according to the bounty of the king. 8 And drinking was according to this edict: “There is no compulsion.” For the king had given orders to all the staff of his palace to do as each man desired. 9 Queen Vashti also gave a feast for the women in the palace that belonged to King Ahasuerus. Queen Vashti's Refusal 10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha and Abagtha, Zethar and Carkas, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus, 11 to bring Queen Vashti before the king with her royal crown,2 in order to show the peoples and the princes her beauty, for she was lovely to look at. 12 But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's command delivered by the eunuchs. At this the king became enraged, and his anger burned within him. 13 Then the king said to the wise men who knew the times (for this was the king's procedure toward all who were versed in law and judgment, 14 the men next to him being Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and sat first in the kingdom): 15 “According to the law, what is to be done to Queen Vashti, because she has not performed the command of King Ahasuerus delivered by the eunuchs?” 16 Then Memucan said in the presence of the king and the officials, “Not only against the king has Queen Vashti done wrong, but also against all the officials and all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus. 17 For the queen's behavior will be made known to all women, causing them to look at their husbands with contempt,3 since they will say, ‘King Ahasuerus commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him, and she did not come.' 18 This very day the noble women of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen's behavior will say the same to all the king's officials, and there will be contempt and wrath in plenty. 19 If it please the king, let a royal order go out from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes so that it may not be repealed, that Vashti is never again to come before King Ahasuerus. And let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she. 20 So when the decree made by the king is proclaimed throughout all his kingdom, for it is vast, all women will give honor to their husbands, high and low alike.” 21 This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did as Memucan proposed. 22 He sent letters to all the royal provinces, to every province in its own script and to every people in its own language, that every man be master in his own household and speak according to the language of his people. Esther Chosen Queen 2 After these things, when the anger of King Ahasuerus had abated, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her. 2 Then the king's young men who attended him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought out for the king. 3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the beautiful young virgins to the harem in Susa the citadel, under custody of Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women. Let their cosmetics be given them. 4 And let the young woman who pleases the king4 be queen instead of Vashti.” This pleased the king, and he did so. 5 Now there was a Jew in Susa the citadel whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite, 6 who had been carried away from Jerusalem among the captives carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away. 7 He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his uncle, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was lovely to look at, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter. 8 So when the king's order and his edict were proclaimed, and when many young women were gathered in Susa the citadel in custody of Hegai, Esther also was taken into the king's palace and put in custody of Hegai, who had charge of the women. 9 And the young woman pleased him and won his favor. And he quickly provided her with her cosmetics and her portion of food, and with seven chosen young women from the king's palace, and advanced her and her young women to the best place in the harem. 10 Esther had not made known her people or kindred, for Mordecai had commanded her not to make it known. 11 And every day Mordecai walked in front of the court of the harem to learn how Esther was and what was happening to her. 12 Now when the turn came for each young woman to go in to King Ahasuerus, after being twelve months under the regulations for the women, since this was the regular period of their beautifying, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and ointments for women—13 when the young woman went in to the king in this way, she was given whatever she desired to take with her from the harem to the king's palace. 14 In the evening she would go in, and in the morning she would return to the second harem in custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch, who was in charge of the concubines. She would not go in to the king again, unless the king delighted in her and she was summoned by name. 15 When the turn came for Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his own daughter, to go in to the king, she asked for nothing except what Hegai the king's eunuch, who had charge of the women, advised. Now Esther was winning favor in the eyes of all who saw her. 16 And when Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign, 17 the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she won grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown5 on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. 18 Then the king gave a great feast for all his officials and servants; it was Esther's feast. He also granted a remission of taxes to the provinces and gave gifts with royal generosity. Mordecai Discovers a Plot 19 Now when the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate. 20 Esther had not made known her kindred or her people, as Mordecai had commanded her, for Esther obeyed Mordecai just as when she was brought up by him. 21 In those days, as Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, became angry and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. 22 And this came to the knowledge of Mordecai, and he told it to Queen Esther, and Esther told the king in the name of Mordecai. 23 When the affair was investigated and found to be so, the men were both hanged on the gallows.6 And it was recorded in the book of the chronicles in the presence of the king. Footnotes [1] 1:6 Or rings [2] 1:11 Or headdress [3] 1:17 Hebrew to disdain their husbands in their eyes [4] 2:4 Hebrew who is good in the eyes of the king [5] 2:17 Or headdress [6] 2:23 Or wooden beam or stake; Hebrew tree or wood. This Persian execution practice involved affixing or impaling a person on a stake or pole (compare Ezra 6:11) (ESV)

Old Testament: Esther 1–2 Esther 1–2 (Listen) The King's Banquets 1 Now in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces, 2 in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa, the citadel, 3 in the third year of his reign he gave a feast for all his officials and servants. The army of Persia and Media and the nobles and governors of the provinces were before him, 4 while he showed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor and pomp of his greatness for many days, 180 days. 5 And when these days were completed, the king gave for all the people present in Susa the citadel, both great and small, a feast lasting for seven days in the court of the garden of the king's palace. 6 There were white cotton curtains and violet hangings fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rods1 and marble pillars, and also couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and precious stones. 7 Drinks were served in golden vessels, vessels of different kinds, and the royal wine was lavished according to the bounty of the king. 8 And drinking was according to this edict: “There is no compulsion.” For the king had given orders to all the staff of his palace to do as each man desired. 9 Queen Vashti also gave a feast for the women in the palace that belonged to King Ahasuerus. Queen Vashti's Refusal 10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha and Abagtha, Zethar and Carkas, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus, 11 to bring Queen Vashti before the king with her royal crown,2 in order to show the peoples and the princes her beauty, for she was lovely to look at. 12 But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's command delivered by the eunuchs. At this the king became enraged, and his anger burned within him. 13 Then the king said to the wise men who knew the times (for this was the king's procedure toward all who were versed in law and judgment, 14 the men next to him being Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and sat first in the kingdom): 15 “According to the law, what is to be done to Queen Vashti, because she has not performed the command of King Ahasuerus delivered by the eunuchs?” 16 Then Memucan said in the presence of the king and the officials, “Not only against the king has Queen Vashti done wrong, but also against all the officials and all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus. 17 For the queen's behavior will be made known to all women, causing them to look at their husbands with contempt,3 since they will say, ‘King Ahasuerus commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him, and she did not come.' 18 This very day the noble women of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen's behavior will say the same to all the king's officials, and there will be contempt and wrath in plenty. 19 If it please the king, let a royal order go out from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes so that it may not be repealed, that Vashti is never again to come before King Ahasuerus. And let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she. 20 So when the decree made by the king is proclaimed throughout all his kingdom, for it is vast, all women will give honor to their husbands, high and low alike.” 21 This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did as Memucan proposed. 22 He sent letters to all the royal provinces, to every province in its own script and to every people in its own language, that every man be master in his own household and speak according to the language of his people. Esther Chosen Queen 2 After these things, when the anger of King Ahasuerus had abated, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her. 2 Then the king's young men who attended him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought out for the king. 3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the beautiful young virgins to the harem in Susa the citadel, under custody of Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women. Let their cosmetics be given them. 4 And let the young woman who pleases the king4 be queen instead of Vashti.” This pleased the king, and he did so. 5 Now there was a Jew in Susa the citadel whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite, 6 who had been carried away from Jerusalem among the captives carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away. 7 He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his uncle, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was lovely to look at, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter. 8 So when the king's order and his edict were proclaimed, and when many young women were gathered in Susa the citadel in custody of Hegai, Esther also was taken into the king's palace and put in custody of Hegai, who had charge of the women. 9 And the young woman pleased him and won his favor. And he quickly provided her with her cosmetics and her portion of food, and with seven chosen young women from the king's palace, and advanced her and her young women to the best place in the harem. 10 Esther had not made known her people or kindred, for Mordecai had commanded her not to make it known. 11 And every day Mordecai walked in front of the court of the harem to learn how Esther was and what was happening to her. 12 Now when the turn came for each young woman to go in to King Ahasuerus, after being twelve months under the regulations for the women, since this was the regular period of their beautifying, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and ointments for women—13 when the young woman went in to the king in this way, she was given whatever she desired to take with her from the harem to the king's palace. 14 In the evening she would go in, and in the morning she would return to the second harem in custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch, who was in charge of the concubines. She would not go in to the king again, unless the king delighted in her and she was summoned by name. 15 When the turn came for Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his own daughter, to go in to the king, she asked for nothing except what Hegai the king's eunuch, who had charge of the women, advised. Now Esther was winning favor in the eyes of all who saw her. 16 And when Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign, 17 the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she won grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown5 on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. 18 Then the king gave a great feast for all his officials and servants; it was Esther's feast. He also granted a remission of taxes to the provinces and gave gifts with royal generosity. Mordecai Discovers a Plot 19 Now when the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate. 20 Esther had not made known her kindred or her people, as Mordecai had commanded her, for Esther obeyed Mordecai just as when she was brought up by him. 21 In those days, as Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, became angry and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. 22 And this came to the knowledge of Mordecai, and he told it to Queen Esther, and Esther told the king in the name of Mordecai. 23 When the affair was investigated and found to be so, the men were both hanged on the gallows.6 And it was recorded in the book of the chronicles in the presence of the king. Footnotes [1] 1:6 Or rings [2] 1:11 Or headdress [3] 1:17 Hebrew to disdain their husbands in their eyes [4] 2:4 Hebrew who is good in the eyes of the king [5] 2:17 Or headdress [6] 2:23 Or wooden beam or stake; Hebrew tree or wood. This Persian execution practice involved affixing or impaling a person on a stake or pole (compare Ezra 6:11) (ESV) Psalm: Psalm 40 Psalm 40 (Listen) My Help and My Deliverer To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 40   I waited patiently for the LORD;    he inclined to me and heard my cry.2   He drew me up from the pit of destruction,    out of the miry bog,  and set my feet upon a rock,    making my steps secure.3   He put a new song in my mouth,    a song of praise to our God.  Many will see and fear,    and put their trust in the LORD. 4   Blessed is the man who makes    the LORD his trust,  who does not turn to the proud,    to those who go astray after a lie!5   You have multiplied, O LORD my God,    your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us;    none can compare with you!  I will proclaim and tell of them,    yet they are more than can be told. 6   In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted,    but you have given me an open ear.1  Burnt offering and sin offering    you have not required.7   Then I said, “Behold, I have come;    in the scroll of the book it is written of me:8   I delight to do your will, O my God;    your law is within my heart.” 9   I have told the glad news of deliverance2    in the great congregation;  behold, I have not restrained my lips,    as you know, O LORD.10   I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart;    I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;  I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness    from the great congregation. 11   As for you, O LORD, you will not restrain    your mercy from me;  your steadfast love and your faithfulness will    ever preserve me!12   For evils have encompassed me    beyond number;  my iniquities have overtaken me,    and I cannot see;  they are more than the hairs of my head;    my heart fails me. 13   Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me!    O LORD, make haste to help me!14   Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether    who seek to snatch away my life;  let those be turned back and brought to dishonor    who delight in my hurt!15   Let those be appalled because of their shame    who say to me, “Aha, Aha!” 16   But may all who seek you    rejoice and be glad in you;  may those who love your salvation    say continually, “Great is the LORD!”17   As for me, I am poor and needy,    but the Lord takes thought for me.  You are my help and my deliverer;    do not delay, O my God! Footnotes [1] 40:6 Hebrew ears you have dug for me [2] 40:9 Hebrew righteousness; also verse 10 (ESV) New Testament: Luke 4 Luke 4 (Listen) The Temptation of Jesus 4 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry. 3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” 4 And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone.'” 5 And the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, 6 and said to him, “To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will. 7 If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.” 8 And Jesus answered him, “It is written,   “‘You shall worship the Lord your God,    and him only shall you serve.'” 9 And he took him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, 10 for it is written,   “‘He will command his angels concerning you,    to guard you,' 11 and   “‘On their hands they will bear you up,    lest you strike your foot against a stone.'” 12 And Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'” 13 And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time. Jesus Begins His Ministry 14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a report about him went out through all the surrounding country. 15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all. Jesus Rejected at Nazareth 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. 17 And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written, 18   “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,    because he has anointed me    to proclaim good news to the poor.  He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives    and recovering of sight to the blind,    to set at liberty those who are oppressed,19   to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.” 20 And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. 21 And he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” 22 And all spoke well of him and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, “Is not this Joseph's son?” 23 And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘“Physician, heal yourself.” What we have heard you did at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.'” 24 And he said, “Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown. 25 But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land, 26 and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27 And there were many lepers1 in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.” 28 When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. 29 And they rose up and drove him out of the town and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff. 30 But passing through their midst, he went away. Jesus Heals a Man with an Unclean Demon 31 And he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the Sabbath, 32 and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word possessed authority. 33 And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, 34 “Ha!2 What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God.” 35 But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm. 36 And they were all amazed and said to one another, “What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!” 37 And reports about him went out into every place in the surrounding region. Jesus Heals Many 38 And he arose and left the synagogue and entered Simon's house. Now Simon's mother-in-law was ill with a high fever, and they appealed to him on her behalf. 39 And he stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her, and immediately she rose and began to serve them. 40 Now when the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to him, and he laid his hands on every one of them and healed them. 41 And demons also came out of many, crying, “You are the Son of God!” But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ. Jesus Preaches in Synagogues 42 And when it was day, he departed and went into a desolate place. And the people sought him and came to him, and would have kept him from leaving them, 43 but he said to them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well; for I was sent for this purpose.” 44 And he was preaching in the synagogues of Judea.3 Footnotes [1] 4:27 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13 [2] 4:34 Or Leave us alone [3] 4:44 Some manuscripts Galilee (ESV)

Old Testament: Esther 1–2 Esther 1–2 (Listen) The King's Banquets 1 Now in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces, 2 in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa, the citadel, 3 in the third year of his reign he gave a feast for all his officials and servants. The army of Persia and Media and the nobles and governors of the provinces were before him, 4 while he showed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor and pomp of his greatness for many days, 180 days. 5 And when these days were completed, the king gave for all the people present in Susa the citadel, both great and small, a feast lasting for seven days in the court of the garden of the king's palace. 6 There were white cotton curtains and violet hangings fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rods1 and marble pillars, and also couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and precious stones. 7 Drinks were served in golden vessels, vessels of different kinds, and the royal wine was lavished according to the bounty of the king. 8 And drinking was according to this edict: “There is no compulsion.” For the king had given orders to all the staff of his palace to do as each man desired. 9 Queen Vashti also gave a feast for the women in the palace that belonged to King Ahasuerus. Queen Vashti's Refusal 10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha and Abagtha, Zethar and Carkas, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus, 11 to bring Queen Vashti before the king with her royal crown,2 in order to show the peoples and the princes her beauty, for she was lovely to look at. 12 But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's command delivered by the eunuchs. At this the king became enraged, and his anger burned within him. 13 Then the king said to the wise men who knew the times (for this was the king's procedure toward all who were versed in law and judgment, 14 the men next to him being Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and sat first in the kingdom): 15 “According to the law, what is to be done to Queen Vashti, because she has not performed the command of King Ahasuerus delivered by the eunuchs?” 16 Then Memucan said in the presence of the king and the officials, “Not only against the king has Queen Vashti done wrong, but also against all the officials and all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus. 17 For the queen's behavior will be made known to all women, causing them to look at their husbands with contempt,3 since they will say, ‘King Ahasuerus commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him, and she did not come.' 18 This very day the noble women of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen's behavior will say the same to all the king's officials, and there will be contempt and wrath in plenty. 19 If it please the king, let a royal order go out from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes so that it may not be repealed, that Vashti is never again to come before King Ahasuerus. And let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she. 20 So when the decree made by the king is proclaimed throughout all his kingdom, for it is vast, all women will give honor to their husbands, high and low alike.” 21 This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did as Memucan proposed. 22 He sent letters to all the royal provinces, to every province in its own script and to every people in its own language, that every man be master in his own household and speak according to the language of his people. Esther Chosen Queen 2 After these things, when the anger of King Ahasuerus had abated, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her. 2 Then the king's young men who attended him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought out for the king. 3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the beautiful young virgins to the harem in Susa the citadel, under custody of Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women. Let their cosmetics be given them. 4 And let the young woman who pleases the king4 be queen instead of Vashti.” This pleased the king, and he did so. 5 Now there was a Jew in Susa the citadel whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite, 6 who had been carried away from Jerusalem among the captives carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away. 7 He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his uncle, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was lovely to look at, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter. 8 So when the king's order and his edict were proclaimed, and when many young women were gathered in Susa the citadel in custody of Hegai, Esther also was taken into the king's palace and put in custody of Hegai, who had charge of the women. 9 And the young woman pleased him and won his favor. And he quickly provided her with her cosmetics and her portion of food, and with seven chosen young women from the king's palace, and advanced her and her young women to the best place in the harem. 10 Esther had not made known her people or kindred, for Mordecai had commanded her not to make it known. 11 And every day Mordecai walked in front of the court of the harem to learn how Esther was and what was happening to her. 12 Now when the turn came for each young woman to go in to King Ahasuerus, after being twelve months under the regulations for the women, since this was the regular period of their beautifying, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and ointments for women—13 when the young woman went in to the king in this way, she was given whatever she desired to take with her from the harem to the king's palace. 14 In the evening she would go in, and in the morning she would return to the second harem in custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch, who was in charge of the concubines. She would not go in to the king again, unless the king delighted in her and she was summoned by name. 15 When the turn came for Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his own daughter, to go in to the king, she asked for nothing except what Hegai the king's eunuch, who had charge of the women, advised. Now Esther was winning favor in the eyes of all who saw her. 16 And when Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign, 17 the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she won grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown5 on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. 18 Then the king gave a great feast for all his officials and servants; it was Esther's feast. He also granted a remission of taxes to the provinces and gave gifts with royal generosity. Mordecai Discovers a Plot 19 Now when the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate. 20 Esther had not made known her kindred or her people, as Mordecai had commanded her, for Esther obeyed Mordecai just as when she was brought up by him. 21 In those days, as Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, became angry and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. 22 And this came to the knowledge of Mordecai, and he told it to Queen Esther, and Esther told the king in the name of Mordecai. 23 When the affair was investigated and found to be so, the men were both hanged on the gallows.6 And it was recorded in the book of the chronicles in the presence of the king. Footnotes [1] 1:6 Or rings [2] 1:11 Or headdress [3] 1:17 Hebrew to disdain their husbands in their eyes [4] 2:4 Hebrew who is good in the eyes of the king [5] 2:17 Or headdress [6] 2:23 Or wooden beam or stake; Hebrew tree or wood. This Persian execution practice involved affixing or impaling a person on a stake or pole (compare Ezra 6:11) (ESV) New Testament: Philippians 1:27–2:11 Philippians 1:27–2:11 (Listen) 27 Only let your manner of life be worthy1 of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel, 28 and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is a clear sign to them of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God. 29 For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake, 30 engaged in the same conflict that you saw I had and now hear that I still have. Christ's Example of Humility 2 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, 2 complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,2 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,3 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant,4 being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Footnotes [1] 1:27 Greek Only behave as citizens worthy [2] 2:5 Or which was also in Christ Jesus [3] 2:6 Or a thing to be held on to for advantage [4] 2:7 Or slave (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface) (ESV) Psalm: Psalm 40 Psalm 40 (Listen) My Help and My Deliverer To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 40   I waited patiently for the LORD;    he inclined to me and heard my cry.2   He drew me up from the pit of destruction,    out of the miry bog,  and set my feet upon a rock,    making my steps secure.3   He put a new song in my mouth,    a song of praise to our God.  Many will see and fear,    and put their trust in the LORD. 4   Blessed is the man who makes    the LORD his trust,  who does not turn to the proud,    to those who go astray after a lie!5   You have multiplied, O LORD my God,    your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us;    none can compare with you!  I will proclaim and tell of them,    yet they are more than can be told. 6   In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted,    but you have given me an open ear.1  Burnt offering and sin offering    you have not required.7   Then I said, “Behold, I have come;    in the scroll of the book it is written of me:8   I delight to do your will, O my God;    your law is within my heart.” 9   I have told the glad news of deliverance2    in the great congregation;  behold, I have not restrained my lips,    as you know, O LORD.10   I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart;    I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;  I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness    from the great congregation. 11   As for you, O LORD, you will not restrain    your mercy from me;  your steadfast love and your faithfulness will    ever preserve me!12   For evils have encompassed me    beyond number;  my iniquities have overtaken me,    and I cannot see;  they are more than the hairs of my head;    my heart fails me. 13   Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me!    O LORD, make haste to help me!14   Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether    who seek to snatch away my life;  let those be turned back and brought to dishonor    who delight in my hurt!15   Let those be appalled because of their shame    who say to me, “Aha, Aha!” 16   But may all who seek you    rejoice and be glad in you;  may those who love your salvation    say continually, “Great is the LORD!”17   As for me, I am poor and needy,    but the Lord takes thought for me.  You are my help and my deliverer;    do not delay, O my God! Footnotes [1] 40:6 Hebrew ears you have dug for me [2] 40:9 Hebrew righteousness; also verse 10 (ESV) Proverb: Proverbs 21:17–18 Proverbs 21:17–18 (Listen) 17   Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man;    he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.18   The wicked is a ransom for the righteous,    and the traitor for the upright. (ESV)

Morning: Esther 1–3 Esther 1–3 (Listen) The King's Banquets 1 Now in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces, 2 in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa, the citadel, 3 in the third year of his reign he gave a feast for all his officials and servants. The army of Persia and Media and the nobles and governors of the provinces were before him, 4 while he showed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor and pomp of his greatness for many days, 180 days. 5 And when these days were completed, the king gave for all the people present in Susa the citadel, both great and small, a feast lasting for seven days in the court of the garden of the king's palace. 6 There were white cotton curtains and violet hangings fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rods1 and marble pillars, and also couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and precious stones. 7 Drinks were served in golden vessels, vessels of different kinds, and the royal wine was lavished according to the bounty of the king. 8 And drinking was according to this edict: “There is no compulsion.” For the king had given orders to all the staff of his palace to do as each man desired. 9 Queen Vashti also gave a feast for the women in the palace that belonged to King Ahasuerus. Queen Vashti's Refusal 10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha and Abagtha, Zethar and Carkas, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus, 11 to bring Queen Vashti before the king with her royal crown,2 in order to show the peoples and the princes her beauty, for she was lovely to look at. 12 But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's command delivered by the eunuchs. At this the king became enraged, and his anger burned within him. 13 Then the king said to the wise men who knew the times (for this was the king's procedure toward all who were versed in law and judgment, 14 the men next to him being Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and sat first in the kingdom): 15 “According to the law, what is to be done to Queen Vashti, because she has not performed the command of King Ahasuerus delivered by the eunuchs?” 16 Then Memucan said in the presence of the king and the officials, “Not only against the king has Queen Vashti done wrong, but also against all the officials and all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus. 17 For the queen's behavior will be made known to all women, causing them to look at their husbands with contempt,3 since they will say, ‘King Ahasuerus commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him, and she did not come.' 18 This very day the noble women of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen's behavior will say the same to all the king's officials, and there will be contempt and wrath in plenty. 19 If it please the king, let a royal order go out from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes so that it may not be repealed, that Vashti is never again to come before King Ahasuerus. And let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she. 20 So when the decree made by the king is proclaimed throughout all his kingdom, for it is vast, all women will give honor to their husbands, high and low alike.” 21 This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did as Memucan proposed. 22 He sent letters to all the royal provinces, to every province in its own script and to every people in its own language, that every man be master in his own household and speak according to the language of his people. Esther Chosen Queen 2 After these things, when the anger of King Ahasuerus had abated, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her. 2 Then the king's young men who attended him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought out for the king. 3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the beautiful young virgins to the harem in Susa the citadel, under custody of Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women. Let their cosmetics be given them. 4 And let the young woman who pleases the king4 be queen instead of Vashti.” This pleased the king, and he did so. 5 Now there was a Jew in Susa the citadel whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite, 6 who had been carried away from Jerusalem among the captives carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away. 7 He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his uncle, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was lovely to look at, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter. 8 So when the king's order and his edict were proclaimed, and when many young women were gathered in Susa the citadel in custody of Hegai, Esther also was taken into the king's palace and put in custody of Hegai, who had charge of the women. 9 And the young woman pleased him and won his favor. And he quickly provided her with her cosmetics and her portion of food, and with seven chosen young women from the king's palace, and advanced her and her young women to the best place in the harem. 10 Esther had not made known her people or kindred, for Mordecai had commanded her not to make it known. 11 And every day Mordecai walked in front of the court of the harem to learn how Esther was and what was happening to her. 12 Now when the turn came for each young woman to go in to King Ahasuerus, after being twelve months under the regulations for the women, since this was the regular period of their beautifying, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and ointments for women—13 when the young woman went in to the king in this way, she was given whatever she desired to take with her from the harem to the king's palace. 14 In the evening she would go in, and in the morning she would return to the second harem in custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch, who was in charge of the concubines. She would not go in to the king again, unless the king delighted in her and she was summoned by name. 15 When the turn came for Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his own daughter, to go in to the king, she asked for nothing except what Hegai the king's eunuch, who had charge of the women, advised. Now Esther was winning favor in the eyes of all who saw her. 16 And when Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign, 17 the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she won grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown5 on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. 18 Then the king gave a great feast for all his officials and servants; it was Esther's feast. He also granted a remission of taxes to the provinces and gave gifts with royal generosity. Mordecai Discovers a Plot 19 Now when the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate. 20 Esther had not made known her kindred or her people, as Mordecai had commanded her, for Esther obeyed Mordecai just as when she was brought up by him. 21 In those days, as Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, became angry and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. 22 And this came to the knowledge of Mordecai, and he told it to Queen Esther, and Esther told the king in the name of Mordecai. 23 When the affair was investigated and found to be so, the men were both hanged on the gallows.6 And it was recorded in the book of the chronicles in the presence of the king. Haman Plots Against the Jews 3 After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, and advanced him and set his throne above all the officials who were with him. 2 And all the king's servants who were at the king's gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai did not bow down or pay homage. 3 Then the king's servants who were at the king's gate said to Mordecai, “Why do you transgress the king's command?” 4 And when they spoke to him day after day and he would not listen to them, they told Haman, in order to see whether Mordecai's words would stand, for he had told them that he was a Jew. 5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down or pay homage to him, Haman was filled with fury. 6 But he disdained7 to lay hands on Mordecai alone. So, as they had made known to him the people of Mordecai, Haman sought to destroy8 all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus. 7 In the first month, which is the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur (that is, they cast lots) before Haman day after day; and they cast it month after month till the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar. 8 Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom. Their laws are different from those of every other people, and they do not keep the king's laws, so that it is not to the king's profit to tolerate them. 9 If it please the king, let it be decreed that they be destroyed, and I will pay 10,000 talents9 of silver into the hands of those who have charge of the king's business, that they may put it into the king's treasuries.” 10 So the king took his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. 11 And the king said to Haman, “The money is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you.” 12 Then the king's scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and an edict, according to all that Haman commanded, was written to the king's satraps and to the governors over all the provinces and to the officials of all the peoples, to every province in its own script and every people in its own language. It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the king's signet ring. 13 Letters were sent by couriers to all the king's provinces with instruction to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all Jews, young and old, women and children, in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, and to plunder their goods. 14 A copy of the document was to be issued as a decree in every province by proclamation to all the peoples to be ready for that day. 15 The couriers went out hurriedly by order of the king, and the decree was issued in Susa the citadel. And the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was thrown into confusion. Footnotes [1] 1:6 Or rings [2] 1:11 Or headdress [3] 1:17 Hebrew to disdain their husbands in their eyes [4] 2:4 Hebrew who is good in the eyes of the king [5] 2:17 Or headdress [6] 2:23 Or wooden beam or stake; Hebrew tree or wood. This Persian execution practice involved affixing or impaling a person on a stake or pole (compare Ezra 6:11) [7] 3:6 Hebrew disdained in his eyes [8] 3:6 Or annihilate [9] 3:9 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms (ESV) Evening: Acts 5:1–16 Acts 5:1–16 (Listen) Ananias and Sapphira 5 But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, 2 and with his wife's knowledge he kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it and laid it at the apostles' feet. 3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land? 4 While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to man but to God.” 5 When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and breathed his last. And great fear came upon all who heard of it. 6 The young men rose and wrapped him up and carried him out and buried him. 7 After an interval of about three hours his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. 8 And Peter said to her, “Tell me whether you1 sold the land for so much.” And she said, “Yes, for so much.” 9 But Peter said to her, “How is it that you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.” 10 Immediately she fell down at his feet and breathed her last. When the young men came in they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband. 11 And great fear came upon the whole church and upon all who heard of these things. Many Signs and Wonders Done 12 Now many signs and wonders were regularly done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon's Portico. 13 None of the rest dared join them, but the people held them in high esteem. 14 And more than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women, 15 so that they even carried out the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them. 16 The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all healed. Footnotes [1] 5:8 The Greek for you is plural here (ESV)

Esther 1–5 Esther 1–5 (Listen) The King's Banquets 1 Now in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces, 2 in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa, the citadel, 3 in the third year of his reign he gave a feast for all his officials and servants. The army of Persia and Media and the nobles and governors of the provinces were before him, 4 while he showed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor and pomp of his greatness for many days, 180 days. 5 And when these days were completed, the king gave for all the people present in Susa the citadel, both great and small, a feast lasting for seven days in the court of the garden of the king's palace. 6 There were white cotton curtains and violet hangings fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rods1 and marble pillars, and also couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and precious stones. 7 Drinks were served in golden vessels, vessels of different kinds, and the royal wine was lavished according to the bounty of the king. 8 And drinking was according to this edict: “There is no compulsion.” For the king had given orders to all the staff of his palace to do as each man desired. 9 Queen Vashti also gave a feast for the women in the palace that belonged to King Ahasuerus. Queen Vashti's Refusal 10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha and Abagtha, Zethar and Carkas, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus, 11 to bring Queen Vashti before the king with her royal crown,2 in order to show the peoples and the princes her beauty, for she was lovely to look at. 12 But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's command delivered by the eunuchs. At this the king became enraged, and his anger burned within him. 13 Then the king said to the wise men who knew the times (for this was the king's procedure toward all who were versed in law and judgment, 14 the men next to him being Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and sat first in the kingdom): 15 “According to the law, what is to be done to Queen Vashti, because she has not performed the command of King Ahasuerus delivered by the eunuchs?” 16 Then Memucan said in the presence of the king and the officials, “Not only against the king has Queen Vashti done wrong, but also against all the officials and all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus. 17 For the queen's behavior will be made known to all women, causing them to look at their husbands with contempt,3 since they will say, ‘King Ahasuerus commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him, and she did not come.' 18 This very day the noble women of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen's behavior will say the same to all the king's officials, and there will be contempt and wrath in plenty. 19 If it please the king, let a royal order go out from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes so that it may not be repealed, that Vashti is never again to come before King Ahasuerus. And let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she. 20 So when the decree made by the king is proclaimed throughout all his kingdom, for it is vast, all women will give honor to their husbands, high and low alike.” 21 This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did as Memucan proposed. 22 He sent letters to all the royal provinces, to every province in its own script and to every people in its own language, that every man be master in his own household and speak according to the language of his people. Esther Chosen Queen 2 After these things, when the anger of King Ahasuerus had abated, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her. 2 Then the king's young men who attended him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought out for the king. 3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the beautiful young virgins to the harem in Susa the citadel, under custody of Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women. Let their cosmetics be given them. 4 And let the young woman who pleases the king4 be queen instead of Vashti.” This pleased the king, and he did so. 5 Now there was a Jew in Susa the citadel whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite, 6 who had been carried away from Jerusalem among the captives carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away. 7 He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his uncle, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was lovely to look at, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter. 8 So when the king's order and his edict were proclaimed, and when many young women were gathered in Susa the citadel in custody of Hegai, Esther also was taken into the king's palace and put in custody of Hegai, who had charge of the women. 9 And the young woman pleased him and won his favor. And he quickly provided her with her cosmetics and her portion of food, and with seven chosen young women from the king's palace, and advanced her and her young women to the best place in the harem. 10 Esther had not made known her people or kindred, for Mordecai had commanded her not to make it known. 11 And every day Mordecai walked in front of the court of the harem to learn how Esther was and what was happening to her. 12 Now when the turn came for each young woman to go in to King Ahasuerus, after being twelve months under the regulations for the women, since this was the regular period of their beautifying, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and ointments for women—13 when the young woman went in to the king in this way, she was given whatever she desired to take with her from the harem to the king's palace. 14 In the evening she would go in, and in the morning she would return to the second harem in custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch, who was in charge of the concubines. She would not go in to the king again, unless the king delighted in her and she was summoned by name. 15 When the turn came for Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his own daughter, to go in to the king, she asked for nothing except what Hegai the king's eunuch, who had charge of the women, advised. Now Esther was winning favor in the eyes of all who saw her. 16 And when Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign, 17 the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she won grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown5 on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. 18 Then the king gave a great feast for all his officials and servants; it was Esther's feast. He also granted a remission of taxes to the provinces and gave gifts with royal generosity. Mordecai Discovers a Plot 19 Now when the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate. 20 Esther had not made known her kindred or her people, as Mordecai had commanded her, for Esther obeyed Mordecai just as when she was brought up by him. 21 In those days, as Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, became angry and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. 22 And this came to the knowledge of Mordecai, and he told it to Queen Esther, and Esther told the king in the name of Mordecai. 23 When the affair was investigated and found to be so, the men were both hanged on the gallows.6 And it was recorded in the book of the chronicles in the presence of the king. Haman Plots Against the Jews 3 After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, and advanced him and set his throne above all the officials who were with him. 2 And all the king's servants who were at the king's gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai did not bow down or pay homage. 3 Then the king's servants who were at the king's gate said to Mordecai, “Why do you transgress the king's command?” 4 And when they spoke to him day after day and he would not listen to them, they told Haman, in order to see whether Mordecai's words would stand, for he had told them that he was a Jew. 5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down or pay homage to him, Haman was filled with fury. 6 But he disdained7 to lay hands on Mordecai alone. So, as they had made known to him the people of Mordecai, Haman sought to destroy8 all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus. 7 In the first month, which is the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur (that is, they cast lots) before Haman day after day; and they cast it month after month till the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar. 8 Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom. Their laws are different from those of every other people, and they do not keep the king's laws, so that it is not to the king's profit to tolerate them. 9 If it please the king, let it be decreed that they be destroyed, and I will pay 10,000 talents9 of silver into the hands of those who have charge of the king's business, that they may put it into the king's treasuries.” 10 So the king took his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. 11 And the king said to Haman, “The money is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you.” 12 Then the king's scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and an edict, according to all that Haman commanded, was written to the king's satraps and to the governors over all the provinces and to the officials of all the peoples, to every province in its own script and every people in its own language. It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the king's signet ring. 13 Letters were sent by couriers to all the king's provinces with instruction to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all Jews, young and old, women and children, in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, and to plunder their goods. 14 A copy of the document was to be issued as a decree in every province by proclamation to all the peoples to be ready for that day. 15 The couriers went out hurriedly by order of the king, and the decree was issued in Susa the citadel. And the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was thrown into confusion. Esther Agrees to Help the Jews 4 When Mordecai learned all that had been done, Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and he cried out with a loud and bitter cry. 2 He went up to the entrance of the king's gate, for no one was allowed to enter the king's gate clothed in sackcloth. 3 And in every province, wherever the king's command and his decree reached, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting and weeping and lamenting, and many of them lay in sackcloth and ashes. 4 When Esther's young women and her eunuchs came and told her, the queen was deeply distressed. She sent garments to clothe Mordecai, so that he might take off his sackcloth, but he would not accept them. 5 Then Esther called for Hathach, one of the king's eunuchs, who had been appointed to attend her, and ordered him to go to Mordecai to learn what this was and why it was. 6 Hathach went out to Mordecai in the open square of the city in front of the king's gate, 7 and Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, and the exact sum of money that Haman had promised to pay into the king's treasuries for the destruction of the Jews. 8 Mordecai also gave him a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for their destruction,10 that he might show it to Esther and explain it to her and command her to go to the king to beg his favor and plead with him11 on behalf of her people. 9 And Hathach went and told Esther what Mordecai had said. 10 Then Esther spoke to Hathach and commanded him to go to Mordecai and say, 11 “All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that if any man or woman goes to the king inside the inner court without being called, there is but one law—to be put to death, except the one to whom the king holds out the golden scepter so that he may live. But as for me, I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days.” 12 And they told Mordecai what Esther had said. 13 Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, “Do not think to yourself that in the king's palace you will escape any more than all the other Jews. 14 For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” 15 Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai, 16 “Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish.”12 17 Mordecai then went away and did everything as Esther had ordered him. Esther Prepares a Banquet 5 On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king's palace, in front of the king's quarters, while the king was sitting on his royal throne inside the throne room opposite the entrance to the palace. 2 And when the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, she won favor in his sight, and he held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. Then Esther approached and touched the tip of the scepter. 3 And the king said to her, “What is it, Queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given you, even to the half of my kingdom.” 4 And Esther said, “If it please the king,13 let the king and Haman come today to a feast that I have prepared for the king.” 5 Then the king said, “Bring Haman quickly, so that we may do as Esther has asked.” So the king and Haman came to the feast that Esther had prepared. 6 And as they were drinking wine after the feast, the king said to Esther, “What is your wish? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled.”14 7 Then Esther answered, “My wish and my request is: 8 If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king15 to grant my wish and fulfill my request, let the king and Haman come to the feast that I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king has said.” Haman Plans to Hang Mordecai 9 And Haman went out that day joyful and glad of heart. But when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he neither rose nor trembled before him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai. 10 Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home, and he sent and brought his friends and his wife Zeresh. 11 And Haman recounted to them the splendor of his riches, the number of his sons, all the promotions with which the king had honored him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and the servants of the king. 12 Then Haman said, “Even Queen Esther let no one but me come with the king to the feast she prepared. And tomorrow also I am invited by her together with the king. 13 Yet all this is worth nothing to me, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.” 14 Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Let a gallows16 fifty cubits17 high be made, and in the morning tell the king to have Mordecai hanged upon it. Then go joyfully with the king to the feast.” This idea pleased Haman, and he had the gallows made. Footnotes [1] 1:6 Or rings [2] 1:11 Or headdress [3] 1:17 Hebrew to disdain their husbands in their eyes [4] 2:4 Hebrew who is good in the eyes of the king [5] 2:17 Or headdress [6] 2:23 Or wooden beam or stake; Hebrew tree or wood. This Persian execution practice involved affixing or impaling a person on a stake or pole (compare Ezra 6:11) [7] 3:6 Hebrew disdained in his eyes [8] 3:6 Or annihilate [9] 3:9 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms [10] 4:8 Or annihilation [11] 4:8 Hebrew and seek from before his face [12] 4:16 Hebrew if I am destroyed, then I will be destroyed [13] 5:4 Hebrew If it is good to the king [14] 5:6 Or done [15] 5:8 Hebrew if it is good to the king [16] 5:14 Or wooden beam; twice in this verse (see note on 2:23) [17] 5:14 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters (ESV)

The Book of Esther- Sovereignty and Love of God. The story of Esther is one of the most known in the Bible. But why? What is so special about it? The story revolves around bravery, trust, and loyalty. It's a story of hope, and it illustrates how God can use anyone for His plans. Esther is a beautiful yet humble girl raised by a cousin, and she allowed the Lord to step into the situation to use her to save not only her life but the lives of his people. Esther reveals the sovereignty of God and his love for all his people.  Join the conversation with me, Lisa, and my friends Shaunda and Darys, as we discuss the book of Esther to help you understand its message! The events that happen show how we can be victorious by allowing God to step into our situation and use us for his glory. It doesn't matter how desperate it is. God has the power to redeem us. Let's dive into the story! Tune in!  In This Episode, You Will Learn About:  [00:22] Focus of part two of the series on seeking and finding God in the OT [01:40] The theme for the book of Esther, Esther 4:14 [02:22] Shauda shares a summary and lessons from the book of Esther  [10:51] Esther's life, trauma, and God's providence in her life [14:12] Hegai's role in Esther's preparation to do great things  [16:08] How to find favor with God and men through his word  [18:14] God's sovereign plan in our lives  [19:10] God uses our suffering for the greater good and his glory  [20:24] Lessons from Ruth and Esther: There is no situation that's so desperate that God can't redeem it  [22:07] Overcoming hatred and bitterness and walking in the counsel of God  [25:33] Lesson from Esther; Be concerned about the good of those around you  [26:27] Queen Vashti and why God removed her from her spot [28:35] The level of submission and obedience that God calls us to [33:40] Being willing and available to see what God can do in your life [34:49] Calls to action and ending with a word of prayer Notable Quotes: If you don't act for the Lord, He is going to use someone else God is aware of our suffering, and he uses it to prepare us for greatness Do not judge the outcome of the battle by the way things look Hatred ultimately destroys the one doing the hating We have to be careful about the counsel we receive and give to others Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. Follow Faith with Friends onWebsite: https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttps://faith-with-friends.captivate.fm/%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;source%3Deditors%26amp;ust%3D1651240749401725%26amp;usg%3DAOvVaw2dSYpDiGyP-lVuN9nnHOnG&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1651240749412541&usg=AOvVaw0OoU72wguD_IH3I87UDMB4 (https://faith-with-friends.captivate.fm/) Instagram: https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttps://www.instagram.com/faithwithfriends_podcast/%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;source%3Deditors%26amp;ust%3D1651240749402426%26amp;usg%3DAOvVaw3gEkXA1xW4FCg2DXt6R-w2&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1651240749412778&usg=AOvVaw3jPDSKyxBHCJ0e3wUOzOga (https://www.instagram.com/faithwithfriends_podcast/) Let's Connect! Lisa Lorenzo: https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttps://www.instagram.com/lisalorenzo/%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;source%3Deditors%26amp;ust%3D1651240749403292%26amp;usg%3DAOvVaw33UkyhGQl5Fgse_i3jsW-C&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1651240749412904&usg=AOvVaw3jtkCOMljjCQBMSYHU1uNK (https://www.instagram.com/lisalorenzo/) Shaunda Longo: https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttps://www.instagram.com/shaundalongo/%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;source%3Deditors%26amp;ust%3D1651240749403843%26amp;usg%3DAOvVaw0HklXicwkut6FOWX-f2SXv&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1651240749412979&usg=AOvVaw1wkkb-R-OI1PzOMaIuPGdk (https://www.instagram.com/shaundalongo/)

Psalms and Wisdom: Psalm 89 Psalm 89 (Listen) I Will Sing of the Steadfast Love of the Lord A Maskil1 of Ethan the Ezrahite. 89   I will sing of the steadfast love of the LORD, forever;    with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.2   For I said, “Steadfast love will be built up forever;    in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness.”3   You have said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one;    I have sworn to David my servant:4   ‘I will establish your offspring forever,    and build your throne for all generations.'” Selah 5   Let the heavens praise your wonders, O LORD,    your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones!6   For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD?    Who among the heavenly beings2 is like the LORD,7   a God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones,    and awesome above all who are around him?8   O LORD God of hosts,    who is mighty as you are, O LORD,    with your faithfulness all around you?9   You rule the raging of the sea;    when its waves rise, you still them.10   You crushed Rahab like a carcass;    you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.11   The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours;    the world and all that is in it, you have founded them.12   The north and the south, you have created them;    Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.13   You have a mighty arm;    strong is your hand, high your right hand.14   Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;    steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.15   Blessed are the people who know the festal shout,    who walk, O LORD, in the light of your face,16   who exult in your name all the day    and in your righteousness are exalted.17   For you are the glory of their strength;    by your favor our horn is exalted.18   For our shield belongs to the LORD,    our king to the Holy One of Israel. 19   Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one,3 and said:    “I have granted help to one who is mighty;    I have exalted one chosen from the people.20   I have found David, my servant;    with my holy oil I have anointed him,21   so that my hand shall be established with him;    my arm also shall strengthen him.22   The enemy shall not outwit him;    the wicked shall not humble him.23   I will crush his foes before him    and strike down those who hate him.24   My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him,    and in my name shall his horn be exalted.25   I will set his hand on the sea    and his right hand on the rivers.26   He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father,    my God, and the Rock of my salvation.'27   And I will make him the firstborn,    the highest of the kings of the earth.28   My steadfast love I will keep for him forever,    and my covenant will stand firm4 for him.29   I will establish his offspring forever    and his throne as the days of the heavens.30   If his children forsake my law    and do not walk according to my rules,531   if they violate my statutes    and do not keep my commandments,32   then I will punish their transgression with the rod    and their iniquity with stripes,33   but I will not remove from him my steadfast love    or be false to my faithfulness.34   I will not violate my covenant    or alter the word that went forth from my lips.35   Once for all I have sworn by my holiness;    I will not lie to David.36   His offspring shall endure forever,    his throne as long as the sun before me.37   Like the moon it shall be established forever,    a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah 38   But now you have cast off and rejected;    you are full of wrath against your anointed.39   You have renounced the covenant with your servant;    you have defiled his crown in the dust.40   You have breached all his walls;    you have laid his strongholds in ruins.41   All who pass by plunder him;    he has become the scorn of his neighbors.42   You have exalted the right hand of his foes;    you have made all his enemies rejoice.43   You have also turned back the edge of his sword,    and you have not made him stand in battle.44   You have made his splendor to cease    and cast his throne to the ground.45   You have cut short the days of his youth;    you have covered him with shame. Selah 46   How long, O LORD? Will you hide yourself forever?    How long will your wrath burn like fire?47   Remember how short my time is!    For what vanity you have created all the children of man!48   What man can live and never see death?    Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah 49   Lord, where is your steadfast love of old,    which by your faithfulness you swore to David?50   Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked,    and how I bear in my heart the insults6 of all the many nations,51   with which your enemies mock, O LORD,    with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed. 52   Blessed be the LORD forever!      Amen and Amen. Footnotes [1] 89:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term [2] 89:6 Hebrew the sons of God, or the sons of might [3] 89:19 Some Hebrew manuscripts godly ones [4] 89:28 Or will remain faithful [5] 89:30 Or my just decrees [6] 89:50 Hebrew lacks the insults (ESV) Pentateuch and History: Exodus 35:1–29 Exodus 35:1–29 (Listen) Sabbath Regulations 35 Moses assembled all the congregation of the people of Israel and said to them, “These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to do. 2 Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death. 3 You shall kindle no fire in all your dwelling places on the Sabbath day.” Contributions for the Tabernacle 4 Moses said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, “This is the thing that the LORD has commanded. 5 Take from among you a contribution to the LORD. Whoever is of a generous heart, let him bring the LORD's contribution: gold, silver, and bronze; 6 blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen; goats' hair, 7 tanned rams' skins, and goatskins;1 acacia wood, 8 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, 9 and onyx stones and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece. 10 “Let every skillful craftsman among you come and make all that the LORD has commanded: 11 the tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its hooks and its frames, its bars, its pillars, and its bases; 12 the ark with its poles, the mercy seat, and the veil of the screen; 13 the table with its poles and all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence; 14 the lampstand also for the light, with its utensils and its lamps, and the oil for the light; 15 and the altar of incense, with its poles, and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle; 16 the altar of burnt offering, with its grating of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils, the basin and its stand; 17 the hangings of the court, its pillars and its bases, and the screen for the gate of the court; 18 the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the court, and their cords; 19 the finely worked garments for ministering2 in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, for their service as priests.” 20 Then all the congregation of the people of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. 21 And they came, everyone whose heart stirred him, and everyone whose spirit moved him, and brought the LORD's contribution to be used for the tent of meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy garments. 22 So they came, both men and women. All who were of a willing heart brought brooches and earrings and signet rings and armlets, all sorts of gold objects, every man dedicating an offering of gold to the LORD. 23 And every one who possessed blue or purple or scarlet yarns or fine linen or goats' hair or tanned rams' skins or goatskins brought them. 24 Everyone who could make a contribution of silver or bronze brought it as the LORD's contribution. And every one who possessed acacia wood of any use in the work brought it. 25 And every skillful woman spun with her hands, and they all brought what they had spun in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. 26 All the women whose hearts stirred them to use their skill spun the goats' hair. 27 And the leaders brought onyx stones and stones to be set, for the ephod and for the breastpiece, 28 and spices and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense. 29 All the men and women, the people of Israel, whose heart moved them to bring anything for the work that the LORD had commanded by Moses to be done brought it as a freewill offering to the LORD. Footnotes [1] 35:7 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain; also verse 23; compare 25:5 [2] 35:19 Or garments for worship; see 31:10 (ESV) Chronicles and Prophets: Esther 2 Esther 2 (Listen) Esther Chosen Queen 2 After these things, when the anger of King Ahasuerus had abated, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her. 2 Then the king's young men who attended him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought out for the king. 3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the beautiful young virgins to the harem in Susa the citadel, under custody of Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women. Let their cosmetics be given them. 4 And let the young woman who pleases the king1 be queen instead of Vashti.” This pleased the king, and he did so. 5 Now there was a Jew in Susa the citadel whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite, 6 who had been carried away from Jerusalem among the captives carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away. 7 He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his uncle, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was lovely to look at, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter. 8 So when the king's order and his edict were proclaimed, and when many young women were gathered in Susa the citadel in custody of Hegai, Esther also was taken into the king's palace and put in custody of Hegai, who had charge of the women. 9 And the young woman pleased him and won his favor. And he quickly provided her with her cosmetics and her portion of food, and with seven chosen young women from the king's palace, and advanced her and her young women to the best place in the harem. 10 Esther had not made known her people or kindred, for Mordecai had commanded her not to make it known. 11 And every day Mordecai walked in front of the court of the harem to learn how Esther was and what was happening to her. 12 Now when the turn came for each young woman to go in to King Ahasuerus, after being twelve months under the regulations for the women, since this was the regular period of their beautifying, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and ointments for women—13 when the young woman went in to the king in this way, she was given whatever she desired to take with her from the harem to the king's palace. 14 In the evening she would go in, and in the morning she would return to the second harem in custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch, who was in charge of the concubines. She would not go in to the king again, unless the king delighted in her and she was summoned by name. 15 When the turn came for Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his own daughter, to go in to the king, she asked for nothing except what Hegai the king's eunuch, who had charge of the women, advised. Now Esther was winning favor in the eyes of all who saw her. 16 And when Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign, 17 the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she won grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown2 on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. 18 Then the king gave a great feast for all his officials and servants; it was Esther's feast. He also granted a remission of taxes to the provinces and gave gifts with royal generosity. Mordecai Discovers a Plot 19 Now when the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate. 20 Esther had not made known her kindred or her people, as Mordecai had commanded her, for Esther obeyed Mordecai just as when she was brought up by him. 21 In those days, as Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, became angry and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. 22 And this came to the knowledge of Mordecai, and he told it to Queen Esther, and Esther told the king in the name of Mordecai. 23 When the affair was investigated and found to be so, the men were both hanged on the gallows.3 And it was recorded in the book of the chronicles in the presence of the king. Footnotes [1] 2:4 Hebrew who is good in the eyes of the king [2] 2:17 Or headdress [3] 2:23 Or wooden beam or stake; Hebrew tree or wood. This Persian execution practice involved affixing or impaling a person on a stake or pole (compare Ezra 6:11) (ESV) Gospels and Epistles: 1 Corinthians 7 1 Corinthians 7 (Listen) Principles for Marriage 7 Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” 2 But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. 3 The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. 4 For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. 5 Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. 6 Now as a concession, not a command, I say this.1 7 I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another. 8 To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single, as I am. 9 But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion. 10 To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband 11 (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife. 12 To the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her. 13 If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him. 14 For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy. 15 But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you2 to peace. 16 For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife? Live as You Are Called 17 Only let each person lead the life3 that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches. 18 Was anyone at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was anyone at the time of his call uncircumcised? Let him not seek circumcision. 19 For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but keeping the commandments of God. 20 Each one should remain in the condition in which he was called. 21 Were you a bondservant4 when called? Do not be concerned about it. (But if you can gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity.) 22 For he who was called in the Lord as a bondservant is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is a bondservant of Christ. 23 You were bought with a price; do not become bondservants of men. 24 So, brothers,5 in whatever condition each was called, there let him remain with God. The Unmarried and the Widowed 25 Now concerning6 the betrothed,7 I have no command from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy. 26 I think that in view of the present8 distress it is good for a person to remain as he is. 27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife. 28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned, and if a betrothed woman9 marries, she has not sinned. Yet those who marry will have worldly troubles, and I would spare you that. 29 This is what I mean, brothers: the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none, 30 and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no goods, 31 and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the present form of this world is passing away. 32 I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord. 33 But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife, 34 and his interests are divided. And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things, how to please her husband. 35 I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord. 36 If anyone thinks that he is not behaving properly toward his betrothed,10 if his11 passions are strong, and it has to be, let him do as he wishes: let them marry—it is no sin. 37 But whoever is firmly established in his heart, being under no necessity but having his desire under control, and has determined this in his heart, to keep her as his betrothed, he will do well. 38 So then he who marries his betrothed does well, and he who refrains from marriage will do even better. 39

Obey and Love or be Separated (4) (Audio) David Eells - 3/13/22 Bride Rids the House of Snakes Claire Pienaar - 2/24/22 (David's notes in red)   I dreamed I was cleaning out an old wooden home, and I found a large fat brown snake. I grabbed it like it was an old piece of wood, and walked through the house to the front porch, where I chucked it into a terrarium. (The snake was no threat though many would think it is.)  (I asked the Lord what the brown snake was and received "no man there", (which represents the Syrians who fled because the Lord scattered them and they were not a threat like the snake.) in 2 Ki. 7:5-7  And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians; and when they were come to the outermost part of the camp of the Syrians, behold, there was no man there. 6 For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.  7 Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life. (What was perceived to be a threat by God's people was under the control of God who is in control of all of our enemies.)  (The name Syria means The highland, exalted; which comes from the Hebrew word "Aram" (Strong's #H758). This brown snake represents the beast hidden in the house. Mar 16:18 they shall take up serpents... The Lord said that we must take courage, because He has overcome the world. If I represent the Bride, then she has been given the grace to take the snake out of the wooden home, which represents the 'cross life or crucified life' of putting to death the old self. ( Isa 27:1  In that day Jehovah with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the sea.) Also, if there are sinful Christians in our midst, we are commanded to put those individuals with their spirits out of our midst so that the whole body doesn't miss out on the benefits of God. 1Co 5:7-13  Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, even as ye are unleavened. For our passover also hath been sacrificed, even Christ:  8  wherefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 9 I wrote unto you in my epistle to have no company with fornicators; 10 [not at all meaning with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous and extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world: 11 but as it is, I wrote unto you not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one no, not to eat. 12 For what have I to do with judging them that are without? Do not ye judge them that are within? 13 But them that are without God judgeth. Put away the wicked man from among yourselves.) In the dream my children were quite alarmed at my cavalier attitude towards taking out this snake. There was a frog, a fish and some insects in there too. (These represent the unclean individuals and their evil spirits that must be removed from the corporate Bride body or “house".). Then I went back to cleaning in the wooden home, and I saw a bright green snake, very thin and quite small, slither up next to a wooden chair I was wiping down. I was not frightened. (The enemy seeks to frighten us out of resting on the promises of the cross).  I took the snake in my hands to put it into the terrarium with the other creatures, but a piece of the snake broke off, it was so brittle. (This represents a faction of the faction like Abimelek and the men of Shechem as we will see in another revelation below. This happens because they reap what they sow.) So I picked both pieces of the snake up, and then the snake tried to talk me out of putting it in the terrarium. I did not engage with it at all. I popped it in the terrarium, and its head became swollen or bulbous in anger and it tried to bite me but it was just too weak. (I asked the Lord what the green snake was, and received "Ar of Moab" from Isa. 15:1  For in a night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nought; for in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nought. (Moab factioned against their kindred Israel and so they were destroyed.) I put the lid on the terrarium, and then thought, “Huh, they're not going to be able to breathe in there. Oh well”. I knew they'd die in there. (I am not so cavalier about killing God's creatures in the natural, so that is why this attitude stood out to me in the dream. The point is that both of these were placed in the terrarium with a lid on them, meaning they would receive no more fresh air and eventually die, according to my dream. Normally terrariums have a way for the critters inside to breathe, but not in this dream.) (Those who continue in their willful disobedience will die. God resists the proud. Jas. 4:6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore the scripture saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.) I went back inside and my grannies appeared in the kitchen, cooking some good food. (Representing the original Church and Gospel.) I realized then that I was actually quite tired but this supernatural energy came over me and I woke up, with much energy for the day. (Riaan: Cleaning or sanctification and deliverance are synonymous in this dream it seems. Once the demons and curses have been removed, you can turn back to the mature gospel once delivered unto the saints, represented by Claire's grannies).   Rebellion Halts Our Progress to be in the Bride Eve Brast - 2/2/22 (David's notes in red) I dreamed that I (Representing the Bride Body) was out in the front driveway of the UBM house which seemed like my house too in the dream. (The front driveway represents a happening in the near future.) I had been given a brand new, luxury, Lincoln SUV with shiny, chrome rims to drive. It was a company car owned by UBM. (Lincoln was the president under whom the faction between the states was reunited and under whom slavery was abolished. This corporate Unleavened Bread Ministries “Lincoln" vehicle that the Bride is given to drive will, through the anointing of the Man-child, abolish the factions of apostasy and their system of slavery to self works, legalism and false doctrines. Isa. 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;) But cats had wedged themselves up into the wheel rims of the car and I had to really struggle to get them dislodged from each wheel before I was able to drive the car forward. (They were keeping the wheels from turning.) (As a bride body we have been making progress towards being sanctified to be ready for the Lord's coming. Any spots or blemishes hinder that progress.) So I went around to all the wheels and worked hard to get the cats out. Once they were out I went inside the house into the living room and sat down at a blue card table with two other UBM brethren who also had cats stuck in their wheels. (Cats represent what their nature is. Self will, stubborn independence, and rebellion which the Bible says is witchcraft. This stops the progress towards the goal of being in the Bride.) There was a Man in authority standing behind me a little to my right. (Representing the Lord) He was telling these two brethren to listen to me because I had succeeded in getting the cats out of my wheels. So they began to listen to me and learn how to dislodge the cats from the wheels of their own vehicles, so that they too could move forward and drive their cars. (Moving forward is maturing in Christlikeness which the Bride is an example of.) Then I woke up.   History Repeats: Abimelek and the Men of Shechem Claire Pienaar - 3/5/22 (David's notes in red) I dreamed I was walking a long dusty road with my children. There were large homes on the left side of the road and we needed to turn off the road at some point to get to our Airbnb for a rest. (An Airbnb is a temporary corporate or privately owned residential vacation rental.) The other side of the road had rolling open fields.  We were coming to a shady portion where a few little outdoor booths for selling things. There were only ladies serving the public there, and they were all dressed in flowing white apparel. Something seemed off about this little intersection, and I thought of the words “white witches”. (Riaan: On the outside everything appears peaceful, like suburbia, but there is a dark war going on with witchcraft attacks against the Bride. But as we will see, it is all under control from the Father, who ultimately controls everything, even the evil to test the righteous.) Then I saw a little black dog run towards us from across the hills. It was coming straight for my daughter, and was going to attack her. I braced her for the attack and put myself between the dog and her, and it came right for my right shoulder. Before the dog tore into my flesh, I saw another black dog bounding from it's owner. It was much bigger, and it was much faster. This second black dog tore into the little dog immediately and we were spared. I was so thankful! (This is like Abimelek, the small dog, and the men of Shechem, the larger dog, who were in agreement to kill the sons of Gideon but they missed the surviving Man-child who prophesied that their faction would turn against one another and destroy each other.) This reminds me of a dream Eve had recently: Eve said, “On 3/8/22 I dreamed that I was responsible to guard, mentor and protect a young lady. After I insured that she was safe and provided for at the moment, I went and laid down to take a nap. Suddenly, I was awakened by a sense of urgency that the young lady was in danger from the faction. (We can't ever sleep on the job. We must stay alert and armored up and in warfare against the plots and attacks of the wicked.) As I was trying to wake up, a heavy sleep paralysis came upon me so strong that it was preventing me from getting up and going to check on her to ensure her current safety. I was in a panic concerning her well-being as I struggled to rise up against the attack. I was finally able to overcome this witchcraft paralysis and go to tend to the young ladies needs. I was relieved to find her safe, happy and unaffected. I knew in the dream that it was witchcraft that was being sent against me by the factious to prevent me from protecting the weaker and less mature members of our Body." Claire went on to say: The dog's owner came up to me. He was a strong, very muscular man with bright blue training shorts and blue t-shirt on, with white socks and tennis shoes. He was tanned and looked exceptionally healthy. I was so thankful, and I praised him for this salvation. (This man represents the Lord who is in charge of all the black dogs whose blackness represents evil works. Isa. 45:7  I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil. I am Jehovah, that doeth all these things.) Then the man said, “Look what happens next”.  The shady area had now transformed into a flea-market booth. There were dark-skinned women in bright rainbow-colored flowing dresses, with rainbow-colored head-dresses. (On the more literal side, I believe they represent the LGTBQ#?! Community or those who are “woke” OR leftist, globalist anarchists.) (These non-sensical people all faction against the righteous.).  They were making and handing out all these little trinkets where you could show your support for the little dog that had been wounded. I thought, “This makes no sense. My daughter was almost mauled by that dog. How are they getting this wrong?”). (This is why we call them the stupid demons.) They were trying to force me to wear their little arm bands and wrist bands and wanted my money to “support their cause”. I thought “This is non-sensical. The well-trained bigger dog totally saved my life. This guy has trained the dog so well!”. Then I woke up. (The larger faction will turn on the leadership like the men of Shechem did with Abimelek.) Our Lord has the dogs trained to do exactly what they are supposed to do. I received the following verse by faith at random when I asked the Lord for a word: Ezekiel 22:20  As they gather silver and brass and iron and lead and tin into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my wrath, and I will lay you there, and melt you.    Bride Almost Ready to Leave for the Kings House Eve Brast - 3/6/22 I dreamed that I was in the Spirit watching myself and David standing on a train station platform. We were both very tall and thin and we both had golden blonde hair (Symbolizing submission to the Son). We were much younger than in real life. (I believe that the Lord is using me as a representation of the Bride Body and David as the Man-child/ David Body. My hair wasn't really curly like it is in real life but long and wavy. And my appearance also was not as it is in real life but stunningly beautiful.) (Curls go in every direction which may speak of confusion.  Waves are more in unison. Hair represents submission so I see peace in the body here as we submit to God.) I was dressed in a vintage Southern Bell dress from the 1860's Civil War time period. It was a sky blue and white, plaid material. (Dressed in the works of the early church while war is going on around us.) I had many young, very handsome and beautiful children of different ages, also with golden blonde hair, gathered all around me. (The fruit around and being raised by the Bride body also learning submission to the Lord.) They were clinging to the skirt of my dress and I had a new born baby boy with golden blonde hair in a forest green infant carrier that was strapped to the front of my chest.(The Brides personal fruit of Christ in her) We were all there to catch the last train leaving the station. David looked over at me and said, “The train is getting ready to leave the station, but there are still a few boxes left at my house that you need to go and pack up before we can leave.” (This could be timing because spiritually we are hauling away boxes of our stuff from the old house to leave the leaven in it. We just had a dream below where Father told us to go into the old house and get what is ours out. When Esther left the house of the women it was to go to the Kings House. So the train is going to the Kings House. What did Esther take with her? Only what the Kings Chamberlain, the Holy Spirit, showed her. Est 2:15-17  Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favor in the sight of all them that looked upon her.  16  So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.  17  And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained favor and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.) I, being in the Spirit, was a little shocked and disappointed at hearing this because I appeared so beautiful with all my beautiful children on the boarding platform and it looked as if we were all ready to leave. (If I hadn't had the dream knowledge that I was viewing myself in this dream, I absolutely would not have recognized this beautiful woman as me.) (Which is important for the types because Eve was the bride of Adam and Jesus is the last Adam. He is the born again Adam and the Father of the born again people of God, the NEW creation people.  He is called the Father of Eternity in Isa 9:6-7  For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father (Hebrew: Father of Eternity), Prince of Peace.  7  Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this. Those who walk in the Adamic nature are the old natural creation. "As in Adam all died so also in Christ shall all be made alive.” 1Co 15:50  Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. Jesus told the old creation Jews like Nicodemus that they had to be born again. So Jesus had to preach to the souls in prison before they could enter the Kingdom. Eve went on to say: So I went back to David's house, which was much bigger with many more rooms than in real life. (The Man-child David's house and its members now reach around the world. Mar 11:17  And he taught, and said unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? but ye have made it a den of robbers. Rev 12:5  And she was delivered of a son, a man child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and unto his throne.)   I began to pack up the remaining boxes and tidy up the last remaining areas of the house while David and the children waited for my return to the boarding platform. (Leaving behind the leaven and warfare to peace and prosperity with the presence of the Lord in Zion, the King's house.) Then I woke up. (PTL! Almost there.)   Coming out of the Old House to go to the Kings House Claire Pienaar - 11/17/21 (David's notes in red) I dreamed I was with my Father in a white car. (My father represents my heavenly Father, and the white car represents sanctification when I am in communion with Him through His Son, Jesus). He had told me and my step-mom, Ruth, that we needed to go into the house that he pulled up in front of, and get everything out that belonged to us, as he had directed. (Leaving this house represents leaving the house of the women spoken of in Esther to go to the King's house. Many of God's people are like the queens, concubines and virgins mentioned in Song of Solomon who were not chosen to be the perfected Bride as the Shulammite was. Song 6:8-9,13 There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, And virgins without number. 9 My dove, my undefiled, (meaning spotless and blemishless) is but one; She is the only one of her mother; She is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed; Yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her… 13 Return, return, O Shulammite; (Perfect or completed one) Return, return, that we may look upon thee. Why will ye look upon the Shulammite, As upon the dance of Mahanaim? We must be willing to come out of the house of the women as Esther did to go to the house of the King. Here in Song of Solomon the King chose these perfected ones.)  Ruth was trying to enter and leave the house too quickly. (She is not ready to be promoted to the position of Bride.) (My step-mom represents the name “Ruth” meaning: "those who commiserate with those who are in misery." (We are not called to stay in the apostate church to commiserate with their misery, but to come out from among them.) (I represent the Bride, who listens attentively to the voice of the Father and does what He requires.)   I went behind her and started packing up the things I knew my dad wanted. A few things stood out to me: The first was a large purple shampoo bottle. (Purple is a sign of royalty. Shampoo is to clean up our hair; a sign of submission to the Lord in 1Co.11, so that we may be His royal children.) The second thing that stood out to me was that I was piling coverings of many kinds into the car. These included shawls, blankets, scarves, and so forth. (Preparing for winter, just ahead, which is tribulation according to Jesus. The apostate church is not preparing for tribulation, but to ‘fly away' before it.)  The last thing that stood out to me was that I threw out all the clothes with holes that were in the house, and then I brought all the long dresses I could carry for my daughters. (When flesh is seen through our clothes we are in outward sin. Long dresses cover all flesh in our walk. We are to be covered in the blood.)   My step-mom did not fare well in this exercise. (Because she had not grown beyond the house of the women.) She was very forgetful, undecided, and kept on walking into a room and not knowing why she was there. (She sees no purpose in this preparation or separation.) She also kept forgetting to pack toiletries, and each time I went into the bathroom, I had to remind her that we need that stuff, and that my dad wants that stuff. (The Bride in Esther took only what was pleasing to the King.)  (I think this represents the languishing power of the apostate church, she's aging and it shows. Riaan: Her forgetfulness represents the fact that a large portion of the apostate church has forgotten the tools required to be “cleaned” spiritually: deliverance, authority to cast out demons, as Jesus said in Luke 10:19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you.).  I was kind and patient but my Father was growing slightly impatient with her... (He desires that we come out from among them so we are not partakers of their evil works. Then we may go to Zion, the King's house.)   Resist Faction: "I Am not a Harsh God" Marie Kelton - 11/12/21 (David's notes in red)  I had an open vision, of the Lord dressed in kingly garments with a scepter in his hand. He was sitting on a throne and He started to get up. I was wearing all white and standing in the middle of the room facing him. As He was getting up I turned and started running towards the door. (Fear of the Lord can cause people to be white or righteous in their actions. But an unhealthy fear of the Lord can cause a person to not see Him as a loving Father.)  I heard Him call my name. He didn't say it in a mean way, but I kept running. Then two large angels came and stood in front of me to keep me from running to the door. (God was showing her what Factious spirits do to people. Spirits of faction and factious thoughts and unforgiveness, even towards ourselves, will rob us of our faith which is the foundation of our salvation in all circumstances. Then we don't have boldness to go before the throne of God with confidence.) As I was cowering on the floor, the Lord came and lifted me up and put his hand on my face and gently said to me, "I Am not a harsh God." Then the Lord's clothes changed into a simple, white linen garment. He took my hand and we walked together through the doors and I knew I was in heaven. (The Lord is weak to the weak represented by Him changing His garments from His kingly stature to a simple white linen garment so that we are able to relate to Him and walk with Him. 2 Pe 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.)    Your Covenant with Death Shall be Annulled Marie Kelton - 11/1/21 (David's notes in red) The Lord gave me an open vision. I was holding a black object in my left hand. The Lord, who was seated next to me, took it from me and stepped on it. As He did this, the object shattered like glass. (This black object in the left hand represents the covenant with death that our sinful flesh nature is in agreement with.) Then I saw the Lord with a black scroll in His hand and He ripped it in half. (Representing that my covenant with death has been annulled. Isa 28:18  And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand...).  Then, I saw the Lord writing on a white scroll and He said to me, "I will enter into a covenant with thee”. Eze 16:8 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 Lord Jehovah, and thou becamest mine. (As we repent of our former life, we are coming out of our covenant with death to enter in to covenant with God as we read of His promises and warnings.) Heb 8:10-13 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel After those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, And on their heart also will I write them: And I will be to them a God, And they shall be to me a people: 11 And they shall not teach every man his fellow-citizen, And every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: For all shall know me, From the least to the greatest of them. 12 For I will be merciful to their iniquities, And their sins will I remember no more. 13 In that he saith, A new covenant he hath made the first old. But that which is becoming old and waxeth aged is nigh unto vanishing away.   Don't Avoid Your Cross  Isaac Payne - 2/19/21 (David's notes in red) In this dream, I was in the days of Jesus during the Roman occupation in Israel. (Rome was the physical Beast kingdom in Jesus' day. This dream is a representation of our modern day Roman Beast kingdom that oppresses and persecutes God's spiritual Israel. This Beast in our day is described in Daniel as the Iron mixed with clay. Dan. 2:41-44 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron, (The original Roman empire) forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things; and as iron that crusheth all these, shall it break in pieces and crush. 41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters clay, and part of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. 42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. (The Roman empire in our day is mixed with lesser kingdoms that were never part of the original empire.) 43 And whereas thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men; but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron doth not mingle with clay. 44 And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty thereof be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. History just repeats on larger and larger scales as it says in Ecc. 1:9 That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.) I was in what I believe was the Roman Praetorium. It had large columns and steps that led downward to the square of the Praetorium. The square was a level lower than the entrance. (The Praetorium was the residence of the Roman governor, and in the case of Judaea Province there was a Praetorium in both Caesarea and Jerusalem due to the Roman capital being at Caesarea, but the additional importance of maintaining a Roman presence in Jerusalem due to its place as the center of worship for Judaism.)  There were many people there and all of them were of high estate. Everyone was wearing Roman Togas. (Only Roman citizens were allowed to wear togas representing all those who are a part of the Beast kingdom.) Also, in this dream I wasn't myself, I was the disciple Peter. I looked around and saw all the other disciples. I, being Peter, and the rest of the disciples formed a circle and in the center of us was Jesus. Jesus had long hair and a beard and was wearing a blue and white tunic. (This represents Jesus who dwells in the midst of the body of His disciples individually and corporately. Zec. 2:10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion; for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith Jehovah.) As I (Peter) looked around the Praetorium, I noticed Roman soldiers lined up in a single file and searching for Jesus. The Roman soldiers looked just as you would imagine. They had the bronze soldiers helmet with a red plume of horse hair, a bronze breast plate, sword sheath on their side and leather tunics. They were marching single file throughout the Praetorium looking to capture Jesus.  (Acts 4:26-28 The kings of the earth set themselves in array, And the rulers were gathered together, Against the Lord, and against his Anointed: 27  for of a truth in this city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together, 28 to do whatsoever thy hand and thy council foreordained to come to pass.) I (Peter) and the rest of the disciples did not want them capturing Jesus. We kept Him in the middle of our formed circle and scurried through the peoples attempting to hide Jesus.  We went the opposite way that the soldiers were heading, walking through the crowd that seemed to form a maze. (John 12:23-25 And Jesus answereth them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat fall into the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit. 25 He that loveth his life loseth it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.) As we got to the far side of the praetorium we turned around and saw the soldiers also turning around at the opposite side of the praetorium. Again they marched single file; coming our way yet again looking to capture Jesus. We walked in their direction but on the far side of the Roman civilians that were forming a maze hiding us.  We passed by the Roman soldiers yet again but without being noticed and were again at the far end of the praetorium. As I (Peter) looked again to see what the Roman soldiers were doing. They were once again turning around and coming our way to seize Jesus.  The disciples and I, still forming a circle around Jesus, began to walk to the opposite side that the Roman soldiers were heading to. We passed through the maze of Roman civilians yet again and without being noticed by the Roman soldiers. Then I woke up. (When our will is not in line with the Father's will then we have set ourselves in opposition against Him and we will just make things harder on ourselves. We must get on God's side against our old man otherwise we can't walk with Him. John 21:18-19 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. 19 Now this he spake, signifying by what manner of death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me. John 12:23-27  And Jesus answereth them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat fall into the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit. 25 He that loveth his life loseth it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. 26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will the Father honor. 27 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this cause came I unto this hour.) Mat 16:21-23 From that time began Jesus to show unto his disciples, that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed and the third day be raised up. 22  And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: This shall never be unto thee. 23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, get thee behind me Satan: thou art a stumbling block unto me: for thou mindest not the things of God, but the things of men. Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would follow me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me. For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it. (I believe that in this dream this was exactly what I, as Peter, was doing. I was trying to keep Christ in me from going to His cross.)    The same morning of having the dream, I opened my Bible to read it before work. I just so happened to open it at John 18, not even meaning to do a faith at random text for my dream. John 18:1-5 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook of Kidron where was a garden into which he entered, himself and his disciples. 2 Now Judas also, who betrayed him knew the place: for Jesus oft-times resorted thither with his disciples. 3 Judas then, having received the band of soldiers, and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. 4 Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were coming upon him, went forth, and saith unto them, Whom seek ye? 5 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them I am. And Judas also also, who betrayed him, was standing with them.  (What is significant about this verse is that Jesus knew he had to carry his cross and "went forth.”) (We too, need to go forth as sons of God and carry out our Father's will. If we love Him we will keep His commandments.)   The Son of God in You Gabe Watson - 3/2/22 (David's notes in red) In a dream, I felt like I couldn't do something. (Php. 4:13 I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.) I then saw the words "Son of God" on a page in a book. There were other words around it but I couldn't see the other words except in my mind. I knew it said, "Son of God in you”. (If the Son of God is in you we are not limited to do anything that is the will of God. This is like the promise of Christ in you the hope of Glory as it says in Col. 1:27 to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.) Then all the other words started to disappear and fade away. Then the words "Son of God" became the only visible ones and the words "in you" faded away. (By faith we no longer see ourselves and our old nature but only the Son of God in us. 2Co. 3:18 But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.) As I focused on the words "Son of God" I knew that it was me. As I realized this, it physically felt like a powerful rushing wind in my whole body and a shaking in my body, like my body was being lifted up. (Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. This realization is what ultimately brings the manifestation of Christ in us.) It was almost like a presence or an entity. (Jesus) I awoke out of the dream feeling the same thing in my body. The process was still happening as it was in the dream.  As I was thinking about the dream, I fell back asleep and dreamed, that I felt like something bad was going to happen to my wife. (Representing satan's plan for the Bride.) As we were having cereal in the dream, I began to believe that something bad wasn't going to happen to her. (Because the Sons of God bind it with their faith. Jesus said of the disciples that John the Baptist called the Bride. John 17:12 While I was with them, I kept them in thy name which thou hast given me: and I guarded them, and not one of them perished, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.)  As I had that thought, the rushing wind came again and it woke me out of sleep, the same as it had before. The whole process was the same as it was in the previous dream.    Christ is Coming in You Before He Comes for You Isaac Payne- 2/20/22 (David's notes in red) In this dream I was in an elevator that was inside a high-rise building. (Representing our assent to Mount Zion which is located in the heavenlies in Christ where we are seated at His right hand.)  As I was standing in the elevator the doors opened up and two women walked inside the elevator with me. (These women represent sects and denominations of apostate Christianity.) These women had curly brown hair that looked like it was permed. (Curly Brown hair is hair that goes in every direction and represents being in submission to the darkness and confusion of the false religious doctrines of apostate Christianity.) They both were wearing a button up shirt and skirts. By the way they were dressed I assumed they were Pentecostals. I knew in the dream they were religious by the traditions they followed. Col. 2:8 Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.)    As the two women walked into the elevator I walked out.  (2 Co 6:17 Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you.)   As I was walking out, I heard them talking about the rapture and how God was going to come and get them. I think that they meant being raptured before tribulation. (Mat 24:29-31 But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 30 and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he shall send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.) As they were talking about the rapture I turned around and said, "Do you want to hear a truth?" They looked at me a bit confused that I was even talking to them. Then I said, "The truth is this, Christ is coming in you before he comes for you." They were shocked and looking at me with confusion. I don't believe they received the truth I told them. (1 Joh 2:28 And now, my little children, abide in him; that, if he shall be manifested (in us), (The Greek word for manifested here is Phaneroo and it means to make visible or cause to shine.) we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. (The Greek word here is Parousia, meaning his physical coming.) And 1Joh 3:2-10 Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested (in us), we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is. 3 And every one that hath this hope set on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. 4 Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. 5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away sins; and in him is no sin. 6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither knoweth him.  7 My little children, let no man lead you astray: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous: 8 he that doeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. To this end was the Son of God manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 9 Whosoever is begotten of God doeth no sin, because his seed abideth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is begotten of God. 10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.) Then the elevator door shut and I'm not sure where the elevator took them but, I feel that they went downward toward the bottom of the high-rise, but I didn't see it in my dream. (If we hang on to our idolatry we will lose our position in the kingdom and it could end up costing us the position in the first fruits.) I felt that I was on one of the upper floors of the building; not to the top yet, but certainly on my way. Then I woke up. (2 Joh 1:8-9 Look to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which we have wrought, but that ye receive a full reward. 9 Whosoever goeth onward and abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the teaching, the same hath both the Father and the Son.)   The David's Manifest Death to Self   Adriana Santoro - 3/8/22 (David's notes in red) I was in a large open spaced home. The lights were turned off, but it wasn't pitch black because there was still moonlight shining through the windows.  I'm not quite sure whose home this was, my memory has faded a little, but I believe I actually felt it was my own home as well. (The UBM house.) I walked down a set of stairs into the kitchen area and saw an open book on the end of the kitchen bench, opened to the last page. It was a book of David Eells and there was a note stating that David had passed away, but he was aware of it and had pre-planned all the details with members of the UBM ministry to take over certain roles. (The Man-child David's will have much help to take over tasks which will leave them free to do what Jesus did. One parable I have seen is that David the warrior was passing away through sanctification, as His fruit, Solomon, the prince of peace, as a type of Jesus, was taking his place to build the house of the Lord.  This is about to happen. 2Ch 6:4-9 And he (Solomon) said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hands fulfilled it, saying, 5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be prince over my people Israel: 6 but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.  7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel. 8 But Jehovah said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house for my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart: (but David was a man of blood) 9 nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins (who was Solomon; the prince of peace, a type of Jesus), he shall build the house for my name. (i.e. David died through sanctification and brought forth Jesus.) David had written on the note concerning his death, “I have been sanctified.” (This Represents David's death to self, spiritually.) (David was physically alive when he wrote the note saying “I have been sanctified” so it is spiritual death to self. Sanctification is the process of death to the old man and the resurrection life of the new man in you. This new man is Solomon, the prince of peace, Jesus.) For some reason after reading that line in the book, I had an inclination David had passed in the UBM house but I wasn't sure where and I was in a bit of shock, considering! 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Esther 2:1-18 (NIV)Esther Made Queen1 Later when King Xerxes' fury had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what he had decreed about her. 2 Then the king's personal attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king. 3 Let the king appoint commissioners in every province of his realm to bring all these beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women; and let beauty treatments be given to them. 4 Then let the young woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” This advice appealed to the king, and he followed it.5 Now there was in the citadel of Susa a Jew of the tribe of Benjamin, named Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, 6 who had been carried into exile from Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, among those taken captive with Jehoiachin[a] king of Judah. 7 Mordecai had a cousin named Hadassah, whom he had brought up because she had neither father nor mother. This young woman, who was also known as Esther, had a lovely figure and was beautiful. Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter when her father and mother died.8 When the king's order and edict had been proclaimed, many young women were brought to the citadel of Susa and put under the care of Hegai. Esther also was taken to the king's palace and entrusted to Hegai, who had charge of the harem. 9 She pleased him and won his favor. Immediately he provided her with her beauty treatments and special food. He assigned to her seven female attendants selected from the king's palace and moved her and her attendants into the best place in the harem.10 Esther had not revealed her nationality and family background, because Mordecai had forbidden her to do so. 11 Every day he walked back and forth near the courtyard of the harem to find out how Esther was and what was happening to her.12 Before a young woman's turn came to go in to King Xerxes, she had to complete twelve months of beauty treatments prescribed for the women, six months with oil of myrrh and six with perfumes and cosmetics. 13 And this is how she would go to the king: Anything she wanted was given her to take with her from the harem to the king's palace. 14 In the evening she would go there and in the morning return to another part of the harem to the care of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch who was in charge of the concubines. She would not return to the king unless he was pleased with her and summoned her by name.15 When the turn came for Esther (the young woman Mordecai had adopted, the daughter of his uncle Abihail) to go to the king, she asked for nothing other than what Hegai, the king's eunuch who was in charge of the harem, suggested. And Esther won the favor of everyone who saw her. 16 She was taken to King Xerxes in the royal residence in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.17 Now the king was attracted to Esther more than to any of the other women, and she won his favor and approval more than any of the other virgins. So he set a royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. 18 And the king gave a great banquet, Esther's banquet, for all his nobles and officials. He proclaimed a holiday throughout the provinces and distributed gifts with royal liberality.Footnotes[a] Esther 2:6 Hebrew Jeconiah, a variant of Jehoiachin

Trust God for Favor Esther Chapters 1-2 The Book of Esther in the Old Testament is a story of how the Jewish people were saved from annihilation while they were living in Persia (now known as Iran around 483BC). Although the Jews were foreigners, they still maintained their culture and kept their faith and worship of God. During this time the Persian King Ahasuerus was very powerful and wealthy. He reigned over 127 provinces from India to North Africa. During the third year of his reign, the king wanted to show off the splendor of his kingdom, his wealth, and riches to all of his noblemen, officials, and princes of his provinces. It took six months and after that, he hosted a great seven-day feast with royal wine flowing in abundance. At the same time, his beautiful wife, Queen Vashti, entertained the wives and women in her own palace. On the seventh day when the king had plenty to drink he wanted to show off his beautiful wife and ordered her to appear before him and all of his guests. She was to wear her royal crown, and most likely not anything else. The queen refused and the king was very angry and humiliated before all of his guests. To punish her he took away her royal position and said he would replace her with someone else. An order was made to gather the most beautiful virgins who would undergo a 12-month beauty preparation before meeting the king. Each would have a turn to be presented to the king for him to choose a new queen. One of those was an orphaned Jewish girl by the Persian name of Esther whose guardian was her Uncle Mordecai. Mordecai instructed her to keep her Jewish heritage a secret. Esther was beautiful and God gave her favor. The head of the women, Hegai, favored Esther and gave her the best place to stay and gave her seven of the best handmaids to help her. She was given daily beauty treatments and instructed in the royal ways. When it became Esther's turn, she could pick anything she wanted to wear and how she wanted to look. Being wise she asked Hegai for his advice and followed what he recommended. She was delivered in the evening and was to return in the morning. The king fell in love with her and crowned her as his new queen. Although an orphan, Esther was obedient to her Uncle and found favor with those she was around. She sought the wisdom of others (Hegai) and followed instructions. God gives us favor no matter our humble beginnings. Claim God's favor over your life and allow Him to elevate you to new heights.For You O Lord will bless the righteous; With favor You will surround me as with a shield. Psalm 5:12 Personal Development Tip Of The Week: “Take 10” I challenge you this week to take 10 minutes every morning before you start your day to be with God. This could be sitting silent praying or speaking out loud (my favorite!) with God. Praying has had such a profound impact on my life and if you start your morning right you set yourself up to have a great day.Take 10 each morning before you start your day and spend it with God. If you don't feel like praying, read a couple of pages in the bible, watch something on YouTube, challenge yourself to spend the first parts of your day with the lord in whatever way feels right with you.We have to remember this is a relationship and a relationship takes time and effort. Prayer for the week:  Dear Heavenly Father, as the holidays come to an end I ask you to be with us as we get back to our normal routines. Help us find time to be grateful like we are during holiday times. I ask you lord to help us not try to lean on our own understanding of things but to seek you first and the kingdom of God in all that we do because with you all things are possible. Bless us to have a great week lord, bless us to do everything we need to do to show up and be our