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zehiiro · 7 months

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I over analysed the Carol/Daryl promo vids

I'm back again with another over-analysis that no one asked for, but I'm really excited about this one, and I think you guys will love it, too.

Grab yourself a cup of tea because this might be a long one.

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These are the two vids I'll be breaking down and discussing:

Daryl's version on the right came out in August, but I didn't think much of his until I saw Carol's version on the left that came out this week. The puzzle pieces started to come together and a trend emerged.

Firstly, for context, below are the paintings at the start of each of their promo vids respectively:

Both these Paintings are by Gustave Dore. Carol's painting (left) is called The Angel Appearing to Balaam, and Daryl's (right) is called After the Shipwreck.

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Let's start with Daryl's After the Shipwreck.

This painting was made as an illustration of a poem called The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, published in 1875, specifically a scene set at the end of the poem where the Mariner loses his entire crew and is stranded and forced to navigate the seas alone for seven days and nights.

Parallel with Daryl, being taken away from his family/home, getting lost at sea, and being forced to navigate through France on his own, trying to find a way home.

The painting is of the moment the masts of the Mariner's ship disappear underwater, which can be seen in the water to the left.

Parallel with Daryl having to watch that boat that would take him home leave without him.

A pilot and his son see the Mariner in his lifeboat, but they assume he's dead. When the Mariner gets up and grabs the oars, the men think he must be a devil, because they don't believe any man could have survived that.

Parallel with Carol thinking Daryl is dead when she runs into a walker that looks just like him during a scene in 02x01 (according to a leaked script), and later finds out that he's alive and not being able to believe her eyes.

A dark figure is seen at the helm of the lifeboat, presumed to be the Holy Hermit, symbolising the misery awaiting the Mariner on shore.

Parallel with the struggles Daryl experiences in France and his desperation to return home.

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Now, for Carol's The Angel Appearing to Balaam.

This painting is an illustration of a story told in the Bible (Book of Numbers, ch: 22-24), which, to summarise, is about a man named Balaam, who, against God's wishes, goes on a mission given to him by the King of Moab, so God sends him an Angel, who meets him on his route and sets him back on the right path that God wanted him on all along. After his encounter with the Angel, Balaam remains faithful to God, ignoring the constant pressures from the King.

There are so many parallels here, and some can have multiple meanings, but I'll point out the ones that seem most evident to me: who the people in this story represent.

God: I think it represents God/Fate/Destiny/[insert whichever divine power you can think of], and God's plan here represents the story that Daryl & Caryl were meant to be on if Daryl wasn't misled, and they hadn't been separated.

King of Moab: This person to me is Maggie; she didn't intend to separate Daryl/Caryl, but she was the one who ultimately sent Daryl on that mission, and Carol couldn't follow, therefore separating them.

Balaam: This one is clearly Daryl; he accepts the mission from Maggie, leaving Carol behind, thinking he'd be back in no time, which, unbeknownst to him, would end up being a mistake he'd regret greatly.

The Angel: It's clear as day in the actual promo video that Carol is the angel. As the image of the angel fades, Carol appears in its place. She will be the one to go out, find Daryl on his lost path, save him, and help him return to where he was always meant to be, with her, with his Home.

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That was a long one, but I really enjoyed writing it; thank you so much for reading it, and I hope you guys liked it. My high school art history teacher would be so proud 😅

I'd love to know what you guys think and if you'd be interested in me doing a breakdown of the similar videos released for other characters like Laurent, Codron, and Fallou.

[Codron promo vid analysis]

#daryl dixon #carol peletier #caryl #twd spoilers #the walking dead #the book of carol #CarylArchives

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bookqueenrules · 1 month

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Beth "died" with a bang, but she will return with bangs.

So, Beth did not appear on Easter, nor was there any evidence or hint of her return. I feel it was a HUGE missed opportunity. Many viewers of TWD from its peak in seasons 4, 5, 6, watched out of curiosity about Rick. Now that it looks like the CRM has been defeated and the story is over, many will tune back out. There wasn’t anything teased to keep their interest.

Carol and Daryl reuniting? That has already happened MANY times in the flagship.

Been there; done that.

Maggie and Negan facing off? Again, it has already happened MANY times in the flagship. Been there; done that.

A post credits scene would have been the perfect way to give Richonne their happening ending but create further interest in the universe. (No wonder AMC did not like episode 6) Bringing back a classic character like Beth would have been a perfect post credits scene. A golden opportunity was lost.

Do I still think they will bring her back? ABSOLUTELY.

Yes, there is all the symbolism, but more than that, there are the repeated statements that the DD spin-off is about DARYL’S happy ending. It’s been made abundantly clear in the spin-off that a wife and kids are Daryl’s happy ending. Isabelle and Laurent are the “false family” or the temptation to “settle” like Rick and Jadis were tempted to settle for the CRM as a “false family”. Here is a snippet from an article published this week:

In one of the DD season 2 teasers, there is a picture of the angel appearing to Balaam from the Bible. Then, it fades to Carol’s picture. I think it simply means angel/Carol will prevent Daryl/Balaam from going the wrong way/doing the wrong thing. She will stop him from accepting the “false family”.

However, I am concerned that we will see little, if any, Beth in season 2. One, because so much of the time will be about finishing the France story and reuniting Daryl and Carol.

Two, Emily’s bangs are telling us SO much about the timing of Beth's return.

As best as I have been able to piece together, Emily cut her bangs in late October/early November. I don’t believe she filmed anything for season 2 before then. I totally believe that the bangs are to give Beth a new look, and the "bang/bangs" connection. She posts this at the end of November about being "so busy". So, HOPEFULLY she was filming in November!

Emily was in NYC at the same time as the NYCC where Norman, Zabel, Gimple, and Nicotera did a panel last October. Norman was on a radio show also during that time in October saying he was in NYC for three weeks. So, could she have filmed things in NYC to be cut into DD season 2? Maybe, but pictures from the time seem to show her without the bangs.

She seemed to be back in LA by December 5.

So, knowing one episode takes around three weeks to film, she might be in the last two episodes. More likely, she won't show up until the final episode. No one saw her filming in France. That DOES NOT mean that she didn’t film there, but I think it does indicate that, if she did, it was limited. The picture below was posted by the actor who plays Losang, leader of the Nest, also at the end of November:

You will notice the red cross on the right. It looks much like the white cross on the Grady vehicles.

I think this is another clue that Beth’s story will be tied into medical experiments/treatments in some way.

Why the change in color? @frangipanilove has a marvelous post about the color red and its symbolic use on TWD. Here

It's in a tunnel. There is a TON of symbolism there that I will save for another post, but it is not dissimilar to the hallway at Grady. So, Beth returning there would be a perfect parallel to Coda.

To me, it seems Beth won't be featured, or get a real story, until Season 3. That may be why she was in Europe this past weekend. Maybe she is looking for a place to stay while filming this summer or even doing some pre-production work.

Regardless, Beth is STILL on her way....

#team delusional #team defiance #beth greene lives #beth is coming #twd daryl and beth #beth is alive #bethyl #beth greene

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ama979302 · 1 month

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An Angel Appears to Balaam (detail) - Gustave Doré, 1880.

Illustration for Paradise Lost, Satan Descends to Earth - Gustave Doré, 1866.

Purgatory Canto 29, The 24 elders in the apocalyptic procession - Gustave Doré, 1867.

Illustration for The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, The Blessed Angelic Spirits - Gustave Doré, 1876.

Inferno Canto 9, The Burning Tombs of Arch Heretics - Gustave Doré, 1866.

Purgatory Canto 9, Dante carried by the eagle in his dream - Gustave Dore, 1867.

Illustration for Orlando Furioso, Astolfo Travels Over Many Lands on the Hippogriff - Gustave Doré, 1879.

Illustration for Rime of the Ancient Mariner, After the Shipwreck - Gustave Doré, 1876.

Pardise Canto 8, Dante meets Charles Martel in the third sphere of heaven - Gustave Doré, 1867.

Illustration for Rime of the Ancient Mariner, The Rotting Sea - Gustave Doré, 1876.

Paradise Canto 18, The Angels in the Sphere of Jupiter - Gustave Doré, 1867.

Illustration for Paradise Lost: So numberless were those bad angels seen, Hovering on wing, under the cope of hell - Gustave Doré, 1866.

Illustration for Paradise Lost, Satan and Beelzebub on the Burning Lake - Gustave Doré, 1866.

Illustration for The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, The Death Fires Danced at Night - Gustave Doré, 1876.

The Monkey and the Dolphin, an Illustration from Fontaine's Fables - Gustave Doré, 1870.

Inferno Canto 11, The Burning Tomb of Pope Anastasius - Gustave Doré, 1866.

The Giant Nimrod in the Ninth and last circle of Hell - Gustave Dore 1885.

The Descent of the Spirit - Gustave Doré, 1880.

Illustration for Peau d’Âne, by Charles Perrault - Gustave Doré, 1867.

Death on the Pale Horse - Gustave Doré, 1880.

Satan resting on the Mountain - Gustave Dore, 1866.

The Fall of the Rebel Angels - Gustave Doré, 1872.

Illustration for Paradise Lost, Satan Talks to the Council of Hell - Gustave Doré, 1866.

Illustration for The Raven - Gustave Doré, 1883.

Paradise Canto 5, The Angels in the Planet Mercury - Gustave Doré, 1867.

Far Away Shines a Single Ray - Gustave Doré, 1865.

The Death of Saint Louis - Gustave Dore, 1877.

#art #painting #Gustave Doré

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yurei-of-the-artist · 2 months

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An Angel Appears to Balaam (detail) - Gustave Doré, 1880.

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ask-but-beware-the-consequences · 9 months

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I found Aziraphale (This is from Gustave Dore! It's titled "An Angel Appears to Balaam.")

#good omens #good omens 2 #good omens 2 spoilers #aziraphale #crowley

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angelthefirst1 · 7 months

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The book of Carol and Ezekiel 38-39 - The war against the Louvre.

Okay, let's talk about the book of Carol.

I've made reference to quite a few different things in the title to this post, all of which are connected.

First, I want to show you a few snippets from the Carol scene we saw at the end of DD6.

This clip in the GIF below can be found on the official amcthewalkingdead insta page for anyone who wants to see it in full.

We have already seen the content of Carol showing up in DD6, but it's what the official page added in between that's important.

We see this painting of an Angel holding a sword. I'll come back to that...

We then see the page burn, and Carol's face appears with her name.

The caption at the bottom reads: Will we get the reunion we've all been hoping for?

In this post here, I talked about how Carol and Isabelle are Beth and that they all slip into each others roles. The self-portrait of Marie Gabrielle-Carpet used in the opening credits of the DD spin-off is a great example of this.

We all quickly recognised the Beth resemblance in the painting. Once I found the artist and name of the portrait, i discovered that Marie actually lived in the Louvre. I was not at all surprised by this because the word “Louvre” comes from the Latin lupara, meaning wolf, due to the presence of wolves in the area in previous centuries.

Beth's song from the end of Still connected her to being a wolf, with the line "There's gonna be a party when the wolf comes home." The song connects wolf with a reunion, and the official account is asking about a reunion also.

So the Louvre would be a very fitting place for Beth to be reintroduced.

And if that's the case, then Marie's self-portrait definitely does have a hidden meaning that points to Beth.

We know, thanks to @frangipanilove they have already been filming at the Louvre for season 2 of DD, you can see the post here. So it all seems to be linked and lining up.

Now, they very deliberately placed Clémence Poésy's name with this self-portrait in the credits because, as I mentioned, Isabelle is pointing to Beth, and the self-portrait is pointing to the Louvre. The Nest is a representation of the pyramid of the Louvre. The Louvre has an inverted pyramid inside.

It is also surrounded by water on one side, which is mirrored in the water of the Nest as seen in this shot below.

It's a VERY deliberate shot to capture the mirror pyramid, pointing us to exactly where Isabelle aka Beth is...

And just as Isabelle is pointing to Beth, so is Carol. After the angel painting, we see the page burning 🔥 like we see the Marie Gabrielle-Carpet self-portrait burning, and then they show us Carol's self portrait!. Carol's story is reverse to Beth because Carol has already been "with the Wolves" in season 6.

See how it's repeating, inverted, and reversed? ♾️ The upside down pyramids are on her forehead.

Now, back to the angle painting and what it means.

The painting is of Balaam's donkey, which is a biblical story found in the book of Numbers. Balaam, a diviner, was sent by the King of Mo-ab to curse Israel, but God sent an Angel to intervene and stop him.

God makes it clear to Balaam through the angle that whoever blesses Israel will be blessed, and whoever curses Israel will be cursed. If he were to try and curse them, the angel of the Lord would kill him.

Now I said that the Nest is a representation of the Louvre, didn't I? Here's where it gets fun.

The Archangel Michael is the protector of Israel. That's one of his main duties.

Well, the place where they filmed the Nest is called Mont Saint Michel, and it's named after?... you guessed it, The Archangel Michael!

So the Louvre and the Nest actually represent Israel, and the flag of Israel indicates the double pyramid.

And Emily? Well, she knows...

Prior to the name of Mont Saint Michel, the commune was called Mont Tombe. Fitting for the representation of the place where Jesus was buried and Beth will be "resurrected."

She's acting out laying dead in a tomb, a tomb that's blue and white, and represents the pyramid of the Louvre/wolf near the water.

Carol, having Balaam's donkey attached to her, is seemingly pointing to her making a choice that will direct her path. She will either bless or curse those at the Louvre, and the results could be deadly.

Now, I've talked about how the book of Carol is a play on the book of Revelation as it's a template of the last days, which the show is following.

The main focus of this book is Israel. The book describes a 7 year period of devastation worldwide, where a false messiah will rise, deceiving many, before the real messiah returns (Jesus)

God says the Israelite's will eventually recognise Jesus as the true messiah.

That's a very short summary of it, but here's we're the symbolism branches out.

I'll eventually get a post out on the false and real messiah and the difference between the two. Since the show has been pointing to it, it's going to be addressed.

Now, in the show, we know Carol had a relationship with Ezekiel. We'll...Ezekiel from Old Testament was a biblical prophet who also wrote about future last days events and specifically about a war where Persia (modern day Iran) allied with Turkey and Russia would come against Israel trying to destroy them.

It's called the war of Ezekiel 38 and 39.

God says he will come against the Iranian coalition and destroy them just as he promised to Balaam.

The theme of the story of Balaam and this prophesy in Ezekiel are the same. I will bless those who bless you and i will curse those who curse you.

Obviously, Carol and Ezekiel are linked due to their relationship in the show, and now they are link due to their names and end time events.

Carol has been given the bless or curse Israel symbolism, which is interesting because in the scene where Carol puts the guy in the trunk of the car, we see this writing on the truck in the background 🚚

It reads Mansouri and Co, which is a direct naming of Persia (modern-day Iran) and Coalition.

The name is literally pointing to the ethnic people group of Iran. And it's written against the very colours of Israel.

Which means Carol is heading to the Louvre (a representation of the people of Israel) and depending on what she does, will determine if she lives or dies.

Now there is one other book from the bible Carol is linked to, and again it revolves around the same theme of 'I will bless those that bless you and curse those who curse you'. That book is called The Book of Esther.

What is the story of Esther in the Bible?

In the biblical book named after her, Esther is a young Jewish woman living in the Persian (Iranian) diaspora who finds favor with the king, becomes queen, and risks her life to save the Jewish people from destruction when the court official Haman persuades the king to authorize a pogrom against all the Jews of the empire.

We know that Carol already had a past story of finding favor with the King (Ezekiel) and becoming Queen.

Here's where Esther's/Carol's story now switches to Beth.

The term Persian (Persian\Iran) can be interchanged with...

A Parisian is a person who comes from Paris. Dun dun dun!

Queen Esther = Beth

The Book of Carol = Queen Beth.

Below is a painting of the ancient Louvre.

Which was originally colored in the same blue and white as represents Israel.

Carol has already been inverted Queen Esther and we were actually shown her version of the Louvre at the Kingdom fair, where she eventually fell out of favor (Separated) with the King because he didn't save her people (Henry). Carol and Ezekiel at The Kingdom hosting the trade fair was in turn pointing to Paris and the World trade fair of 1889 for which the Eiffel tower was built.

Now with the current state of the world, global pandemics and wars in Israel and what this show is putting out about the end of the world. It might be worth asking yourself? Are we them? Are they us?

Despite world events lining up in a scarily similar manner (and i know everyone has a different take on the wars it so don't at me) but i wanted to open your eyes a little and show you why Beth is without a doubt linked to the Louvre and that she is very close to her long awaited return.

One additional thing before i go, there is apparently a leaked script floating about for season 2 of DD (now, i haven't been able to verify this) but apparently Carol thinks Daryl is dead when she runs into a walker that looks like him in episode 201. She later finds out he is alive and can't believe her eyes.

If this isn't pointing to a Beth and Daryl reunion then i don't know what is.

@bookqueenrules Thanks for the ask, i was halfway through this post when you sent it which was perfectly on topic with your question, so I'll just tag you here as a response.

If you got this far and managed to follow all of this, my word you deserve a Beth and Daryl reunion and let me tell you, it's coming!

#team delusional #team defiance #team beth lives #bethyl #beth greene #beth is alive #beth is coming #beth greene lives #td #beth x daryl

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hiswordsarekisses · 6 months

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Riding in the Saddle of Our Assumptions…

When we read about Balaam and his talking donkey, we tend to focus on the miracle of an animal speaking to a human. But there is more to the story than that miracle.

Balak was the king of the Moabites. He saw the approaching Israelites and wanted Balaam to curse them. Balaam refused. Delegations from Balak came to ask for Balaam's appearance promising a blessing if he would curse the Israelites. God told Balaam not to go Balak, but he refused. After some back and forth with God, Balaam got up one morning, saddled his donkey, and started off to meet the Moabite king.

On three different occasions in the journey, the pathway before Balaam narrowed. On the third narrowing, the donkey finally balked and sat down. Each time Balaam experienced a delay, he beat his donkey. “But God was angry that Balaam was going, so he sent the angel of the Lord to stand in the road to block his way” (Numbers 22:22).

On the third delay, Balaam’s donkey saw the angel of the Lord “standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand” (vs. 23). At that point, the Lord gave the donkey the ability to speak, “What have I done to you that deserves your beating me three times?” (vs. 28). Balaam was so upset with the delays that he said if he had a sword with him, he would kill the donkey.

“Then the Lord opened Balaam’s eyes and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the roadway with a drawn sword in his hand” (vs. 31). The angel clarified his assignment, “I have come to block your way because you are stubbornly resisting me” (vs. 32).

Not all the restrictions and delays we face are from the devil. Some of them will reveal our stubbornness, even wanting to kill the messenger of the delay. It will be at this point the Lord will reorient our heart and mission to his original intent, even having supernatural events take place and the revelation of angelic beings sent to show us things we would not see had God not intervened and healed his messenger.

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The 7 churches of Revelation

What can we learn from them? 3. Pergamum

To the Church in Pergamum- The compromised church

The city of Pergamum was built in land on a rocky hill and was about 25 miles inland. The city was filled with statues and tributes to the serpent-god Aesculapius a clear sign of Satan. The rod of Aesculapius was adopted by many healers and magicians as a symbol and today appears on NHS ambulances in England and Wales. The city also had an alter to Zeus the king of the so-called gods of Greece. Pergamum was also the centre of emperor worship. Evidences of Satan and his activities were all over the place. Not an easy place to be a Christian! Sin city!

Revelation 2:12 “To the angel of the church in Pergamum write:

These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword. 13 I know where you live—where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me, not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death in your city—where Satan lives.

Satan’s throne may refer to the 200 foot high alter to Zeus specifically or in all the Satanic symbolism throughout the city. Jesus commends the church in Pergamum a highly satanic city for their refusal to deny Him and clinging to their faith even when Antipas the first Asian martyr was put to death in Satan’s hometown as it were. History records that Antipas was burned to death in a large bull-shaped copper vat for daring to cast out demons which were worshipped by the local people. In Pergamum the rulers enforced the Roman policy of confessing ‘Caesar is Lord’. Each citizen was required to offer a pinch of incense to Caesar and make a public declaration that ‘Caesar is Lord’ after which they were given a certificate showing they had done this. Anyone refusing to do this was immediately put to death. Quite a test for the Christians living then who saw this as a clear case of needing to declare instead ‘Jesus is Lord’ thus forfeiting their lives.

14 Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam [1], who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols and committed sexual immorality. 15 Likewise, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. 16 Repent therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

Jesus now turns his attention to the various criticisms of the church in Pergamum. Some of the church members were mixing their Christianity with pagan practices including eating meat sacrificed to idols and actually taking part in immoralities of the pagan festivals. The teaching of Balaam and later the Nicolaitans encouraged God’s people to licentiousness by sexually intermingling with the pagan peoples during rituals thus mixing the true religion with an evil one. The church needed to discipline those people who were mixing their faith with outrageous pagan practices. They probably did this to keep their livelihoods. Christians would be thrown out of their various guilds and their employment if they did not participate in the worship of the local god of that particular guild. Jesus condemns these practices and calls the church to repentance warning them that He is coming soon to deal with such enemies.

17 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To those who are victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give each of them a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it.

Whoever is able and willing to hear what the Holy Spirit is saying and is obedient to it will receive true food –the bread of Heaven- and be satisfied with it. The white stone may represent the inner person of Christ as revealed personally to the recipient. The stone (psephos) is like a ‘not guilty’ voting chip from God and is a token of a wonderful and everlasting personalised fellowship with the believer and with Jesus’ new name reflecting on the believer in some way perhaps giving them a new name too. The bestowing of a new name on God’s servants was prophesied by Isaiah [2]

Further commentary from Jacqueline Wilson (the contribution of the late David Hilsley is acknowledged)

Pergamum was the Capital city of Asia until the close of the first century. It was a city given over to the worship of many Greek idols. Two of the most prominent religious systems of the city were the worship of Bacchus (the god of revelry) and the worship of Asclepius (the god of healing)

Verse 13 twice refers to the city as the place where “Satan’s throne is” or where Satan dwells.” Satan has a kingdom; Babylon has from earliest times been considered the capital of this kingdom. Idolatry gained its start in Babylon through Nimrod and his mother inspired by Satan. As long as Babylon was a dominant world power, it made an excellent headquarters for Satan’s attack on mankind. However, when Babylon’s glory began to decline and it was left desolate Satan looked for another location. He selected Pergamum because of its strong idolatrous religions.

The Indulged Church A.D. 312 - 606

Satan learned from his attack on the church of Smyrna that persecution only caused the Church to flourish and continue in a perpetual state of revival. After Diocletian’s unsuccessful attack on the Church, Constantine succeeded him as emperor of Rome. Constantine’s ascendancy to the throne was not without controversy, and it had far-reaching effects on the Christian Church of the fourth, fifth, and sixth centuries.

Constantine, already attracted by Christianity, allegedly saw a vision of a fiery cross in the sky and heard a voice saying, “In this sign conquer”.

Paganism introduced into the Church

The influence of paganism on the Church increased over the years step by step. The Church began to shroud itself in “mystery” and ritualism that had a strong resemblance to Babylonian mysticism. The following is a partial list of unscriptural changes introduced during this age. Gradually these changes became more prominent than the original teachings of Christianity.

A.D. 300 - Prayers for the dead

A.D. 300 - Making sign of the cross

A.D. 375 - Worship of saints and angels

A.D. 394 - Mass first instituted

A.D. 431 - Worship of Mary began

A.D. 500 - Priests began dressing differently than laymen

A.D. 526 - Extreme unction (a sacrament in which a priest anoints and prays for the recovery and salvation of a critically ill or injured person.)

A.D. 593 - Doctrine of purgatory introduced

A.D. 600 - Worship services conducted in Latin

A.D. 600 - Prayers directed to Mary

From A.D. 312 on, the Church became more Roman and less Christian on its practices. The Roman Catholic Church of today is hard put to trace its ancestry beyond A.D. 312.

The name Pergamum literally means “marriage” or “elevation”. As the Church became married to the governmental authority and elevated to a place of acceptance, it declined in spiritual blessing and power.

Postmillennialism Introduced

As the Church became rich and powerful, it was suggested that the world was getting better and better, that Jesus’ kingdom was already ushered in, and that he would come at the end of the thousand year reign. This demanded reinterpretation of the status of Israel, which was accomplished by suggesting that Israel had been “cast off forever” and the promises of Israel now applied to the Church.

Whenever a local Church or denomination has maintained a strong emphasis on the second coming of Jesus, it has been an evangelistic, missionary-sending station. Where this doctrine has been neglected, the church has become cold, indifferent, and worldly.

The Nature of Jesus Revealed to Pergamum

To Pergamum he revealed the “sharp two-edged sword” which without question

refers to the Word of God. The cure for the problems of the local Church at Pergamum, of the Pergamum age of the Church, or of any church is the Word of God

Jesus used the Word of God to sanctify His Church (John 17:17)

to clean it (John 15:3)

to bring it joy (John 15:11)

to bring it peace (John 16:3)

Had the church of Pergamum and the Pergamum age heeded the Word of God, the evils of the Dark Ages could well have been avoided.

Jesus’ Commendation to Pergamum

The commendation of Jesus to Pergamum, in verse 13 falls into three basic categories.

1. I know your works, and where you dwell, even where Satan’s throne is.

2. You hold fast to my name. Criticism cannot be hurled against the Doctrine this Church or church age, for they were doctrinally pure. But they sinned by taking in the ceremonies of paganism.

3. ..and hast not denied my faith. Much of this has already been covered.

Condemnation

The condemnation of Jesus given to the church of Pergamum reveals that although their theological doctrine was correct, their practical doctrines were radically evil. These false doctrines fell into two main categories.

Revelation 2:14

The Doctrine of Balaam

The Doctrine of the Nicolaitans

Counsel

Repent or be judged by the Word of God

Jesus’ Challenge to the Church of Pergamum

It is directed to overcomers - two beautiful symbols loaded with meaning

“hidden manna” and “a white stone”

Hidden manna (Expanded in Conversation)

The White Stone (Expanded in Conversation)

Amen

[1] Numbers chapters 22-25 and 31 see also 2 Peter 2:15 and Jude 11.

[2] See Isaiah 62:2 and 65:15

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childofchrist1983 · 5 months

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And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. - NumberS 24:15-17 KJV

As we look at this Bible passage from The Book Of Numbers, Balaam is mentioned in Apostle Peter's second letter as a man who loved being paid for wrongdoing but was stopped on his journey by an angel who appeared to him. However, he did not see the angel, but his ass did. Only because God allowed his donkey to speak, were Balaam's eyes opened to see the angel. Those who were waiting for Balaam wanted him to curse the Israelites, but God only allowed him to speak God's words. After three tries to get him to do what they wanted him to do, they let him go and Balaam returned to the camp.

Although this passage is not mentioned anywhere in the New Testament, it is considered a Messianic prophecy. It is thought that the Messiah is the star that will come out of Jacob and the scepter that will rise out of Israel. I'm sure that this is why it is included in the Advent readings. In reading about Balaam and his oracles, it made me wonder how often our eyes are closed to the actions of God and what must it take for us to finally see. I doubt that we will have an animal speak to us to let us know what God wants us to do, but I do believe that He sends people into our lives to open our eyes and hearts, waking us up to the presence of God in our lives. I know that there have been times when a chance meeting or a brief conversation has stopped me in my tracks and made me reexamine what I thought I knew. We always need to be open to see and hear the messages God wants us to know, or that God wants us to share with others. God sent an angel to Balaam and changed the course of his life. May we be open to God and the angels He sends to us so that we may follow the destined path He has in mind for us. May He help us to come to Him in true repentance and with faith in Him and His grace and merciful nature. May He give us the grace, courage and strength we need to walk with Him and do His will daily. May He teach us to watch our words when we pray to Him and to speak reverently and rightly. May we continually ask God to transform our hearts and make us faithful and humble as we walk with Him daily. We must come to Father God Almighty and the LORD Jesus Christ with honest, humble and repentant hearts. We must seek Him and His will and choose to follow Him all the days of our lives. May He help transform our hearts, help us to seek and live for Him above all else and to grow spiritually and build our faith and relationship with Him with each passing day. May He forgive our sinful nature and help us always make Him and our relationship with Him top priority.

As true and born-again Christians, we choose to walk in His righteous path and lead a life that is pleasing to Him. We desire Him and His will above anything else. We desire to walk in accordance with the love and light He has shown to us through His Holy Word and Spirit. We long for a deeper relationship with Him and a deeper fellowship with our brothers and sisters in Christ as well. When we fall into temptation and sin, we must turn to Him for forgiveness, strength and guidance. When believers learn to walk in accordance with God's Holy Word and Spirit, they have deeper fellowship with both God and one another. And the sin that could threaten to destroy that fellowship, if confessed (1 John 1:9), is covered in the blood of Jesus Christ and no longer a barrier between us and God. May we ask Father God Almighty and the LORD Jesus Christ to forgive us for any sins we have sinned this day or in days past. May we be faithful to Him and His Holy Word always. May He help us to walk more consistently in the light and to not neglect long to confess and forsake any sins that hinder our walk with Him. May He lead us in the direction He wants us to go so that we may seek and serve Him faithfully. God is holy and almighty and deserving of all praise honor and glory. We rejoice in Father God Almighty and the LORD Jesus Christ, knowing He is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8). He is the Alpha and the Omega (Revelation 1:8). May our hearts always be filled with thanksgiving and rejoicing. May He help us to praise Him freely and honestly like all believers who came before us. May we live a life that showcases our love and trust in Him and His Holy Word and Spirit as He uses us draw others to Him and His soul-saving Gospel Truth daily. May He continue guide, correct and protect us, so that we continue to grow in Him and not weaken and stray. May we all remain faithful to Him and to this duty and purpose He has called us to. Seek and put your faith and trust in Father God Almighty and the LORD Jesus Christ and let Him do the rest. May He humble our hearts and help us focus on following and serving Him daily and helping others with joy and happiness. We lift our voices in praise to Him for His love, mercy, peace, faithfulness and grace - For EVERYTHING!

It is vital that we remain rooted in Father God Almighty and the LORD Jesus Christ through prayer and His Holy Word and Spirit and that we live and walk as a beacon of His light and love and share and spread the Gospel Truth daily, so that the lost souls in this world can come to know Him and be saved. The more we focus on Father God Almighty and the LORD Jesus Christ, growing spiritually by building our relationship with Him, leaning on Him and His Holy Word and Spirit, the better off we will be. Thanks to this and our faith in Him, we know that everything will be alright. And we will forever be grateful to Him. As true and born-again Christians, we believe in Him and His Holy Word and we strive daily to walk in His Holy Spirit. We know though our mortal bodies should die, He will raise us up and into new and glorious bodies (The Rapture). We who are truly His and alive at His second coming will never die, and our bodies will be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, and so shall we ever be with Him in His Kingdom of Heaven forevermore (1 Corinthians 15:51-52, 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17). This is one of many promises given to us by God Himself. Thank God for His strength and guidance when we are faced with sin and temptation. Thank Him for His mercy and grace. Through Bible study and prayer, God reveals His wisdom and guides us to see opportunities to grow closer to Him and grow spiritually. He gives us direction to live our lives daily according to His will.

Jesus Christ is the ONLY way to Heaven (John 3:5, 14:6), the ONLY way to salvation (Acts 4:12, Ephesians 2:8-9) and He is the resurrection and the life (John 11:25-26). Jesus Christ the LORD of lords, the KING of kings, the GOD of gods (Deuteronomy 10:17, 1 Timothy 6:15, Revelation 17:14, Revelation 19:16) - He is the Living, Almighty and Everlasting God (Isaiah 9:6, Revelation 1:8, John 3:16, John 3:36, Jeremiah 10:10). There is no other God besides Him (Isaiah 45:5). We MUST humble ourselves before Him, turning our backs on false teachers, false gods and idols and our sinful ways. We MUST repent and turn back to God and recognize who He is and love Him in return for His great love for us. We MUST make God top priority everyday! May we be motivated to spread God's Holy Word and Gospel Truth to all the Earth, knowing that it is the only hope of all those lost in their sins. Let us not hold out a false hope for men to be saved without the Gospel, but instead, strive to do our part to get the Gospel out to a lost and dying world.

Leaning on Father God Almighty and the LORD Jesus Christ through prayer and His Holy Word and Spirit strengthens us and our knowledge and wisdom about God and His Gospel Truth, exposing these imposters. May God help us to seek and lean on Him daily to gain the strength, wisdom and spiritual discernment needed to expose Satan and his imposters who seek to destroy us and God's ultimate Truth. Everyday, we must remember to share Jesus Christ's Gospel Truth with the world and to thank Father God Almighty and the LORD Jesus Christ for the grace that He poured out for us on the cross at Calvary. He has freed us from the burdens of sin and from the eternal damnation of Hell. In all we say and do, may all praise, honor and glory always be given to Him and His Kingdom of Heaven.

With renewed minds, hearts and wills, let us serve Him humbly and faithfully out of pure love and grateful rejoicing. May He remind us of His presence and to remain at peace, fully knowing that all will be well because He is always with us. Let us seek Father God Almighty and the LORD Jesus Christ today and everyday with all our heart and being, looking for His love, light and will for our lives with each step we take. Let us seek to please Him with our thoughts, words, and deeds and seek to advance His Kingdom of Heaven and His glory with our lives. Let us seek Him from a pure and humble heart, and when we so seek, we believe Him and His promise that we will find. May He help us all to be more sensitive to the teaching ministry of His Holy Word and Spirit, relying on Him and allowing Him to speak to us and guide us every step of our Christian journey.

God gave us the Holy Bible - His living and Holy Word - to let us know of Him and His abiding love and care as well as guide and prepare us for all our lives. May He help us encourage one another as we continue our walk with Him and our duty to Him daily. Thank Father God Almighty and the LORD Jesus Christ for being present for all our new beginnings and all our lives. May He redirect any anxiety we feel as He provides countless opportunities for growth and change. May we humble ourselves before God always, asking Him to forgive our sins and make our hearts and lives anew through His Holy Word and Spirit. May He help us make Him and His Holy Word top priority, so we can grow spiritually and grow in our relationship with Him as we apply it to our daily lives. Thank God that we can focus on Him and everything about Him, for that is what keeps us sane and at peace. May our words and actions always be a reflection of Him and His Holy Word and Spirit and will.

May He help us to always walk in His grace and Holy Spirit, not by our own measure. May He give us the humble humility to know that our freedom and eternal salvation is found only in Him, so that His grace may sustain us, and we may never lose sight of His love and light and mercy. Thank Father God Almighty and the LORD Jesus Christ for calling us to Him and to serve Him. May He equip us to do all that He has called us to do so that as He works through us, He may use us to produce fruit, to reach others, and to encourage all brothers and sisters in Christ. May He work all of these things in us and through us for His Kingdom and His glory. Thank Father God Almighty and the LORD Jesus Christ for all His creation, for His miraculous ways and for everything He does and has done for us! Keep the faith and keep moving forward in your walk with Jesus! He loves us and He knows what is best for us. Seek, follow and trust in Him - Always!

Thank Father God Almighty and the LORD Jesus Christ for His Holy Word and for sending His Holy Spirit so that we might have His grace, not only to awaken us and transform our hearts in our spiritual rebirth and guarantee our eternity with Him, but to also call upon Him whenever we are in need. Thank Father God Almighty and the LORD Jesus Christ for all the reminders of His love and mercy and faithfulness within His Holy Word. He is bigger than any challenge or circumstance in our lives. Knowing this within our minds and our hearts, nothing can deter our faith in Him and His Truth. May we all accept Him and His eternal gift of salvation and ask that He would transform our hearts and lives according to His will and ways. Thank Father God Almighty and the LORD Jesus Christ for His Holy Spirit who saves, seals and leads us. May we always thank Father God Almighty and the LORD Jesus Christ for His almighty power and saving grace. For He is our strength, and He alone is able to save us, forgive our sins and gift us eternal salvation and entry into His Kingdom of Heaven.

May we make sure that we give our hearts and lives to God and take time to seek and praise Him and share His Truth with the world daily. May the LORD our God and Father in Heaven help us to stay diligent and obedient and help us to guard our hearts in Him and His Holy Word daily. May He help us to remain faithful and full of excitement to do our duty to Him and for His glorious return and our reunion in Heaven as well as all that awaits us there. May we never forget to thank the LORD our God and our Creator and Father in Heaven for all this and everything He does and has done for us! May we never forget who He is, nor forget who we are in Christ and that God is always with us! What a mighty God we serve! What a Savior this is! What a wonderful LORD, God, Savior and King we have in Jesus Christ! What a loving Father we have found in Almighty God! What a wonderful God we serve! His will be done!

Thanks and glory be to God! Blessed be the name of the LORD! Hallelujah and Amen!

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PROMPT: Write two prayers for your character: one to be said in private, one to be said in public.

(Note: inspiration shamelessly taken from my beloved, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner.)

In the square: O LORD GOD, we lift up this cherished soul to Your eternal throne of grace, and we entrust him to Your everlasting care, wrapped in the blessed bosom of Abraham and accounted among the righteous in that happy realm which awaits all Your faithful children. Although we grieve the sudden manner in which he was taken from us, and we know not the precise reasons or particularities behind his passing, we take comfort in the assurance that You will receive him with joy who has believed and partaken of the holy body of Christ, as we know he did in life. Grant him peace and life forevermore, Almighty God. Amen.

In the alcove: O my GOD, holy and JUST are Thy ways! I thank You and praise You with every fibre of my being. Thou hast given me the victory over this foul sinner, this fountain of anathemas and limb of antichrist. As a two-edged sword in Your hand, I have visited Your wrath upon this agent of destruction, cutting him down in the full strength of his iniquity and thereby cleansing this earth and preserving Your holy church in her sainted purity. I sing as one with the Psalmist, "You gave me my enemies' necks, and those who hated me I destroyed. Blessed be my rock...the God who gave me vengeance!" And now, O LORD, may the molten mouth of hell ope wide to receive a son of perdition, fitted for that destruction ordained for him from the beginning—for the sake of Your glory and almighty Name. May fiends infernal devour his flesh—may the glut of his sin be as fat for the flames, a hissing, crackling torment—and may the smoke of it rise up forever, a sweet scent to the righteous above. Amen.

image: detail from "An Angel Appears to Balaam" by Gustave Doré

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ancestorsofjudah · 9 months

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1 Kings 7: 31-33. "The Movable Stands, Part 2: The Opening Frame."

31 On the inside of the stand there was an opening that had a circular frame one cubit[s] deep. This opening was round, and with its basework it measured a cubit and a half.[t] Around its opening there was engraving. The panels of the stands were square, not round.

The Circular Opening represents God's Commandment that all Patriarchs pass along the blessing of Shabbat to their ancestors. During Shabbat what passes by the lips must be enjoyed, it must nourish, it must displace all that is untrue, unworthy of the dream of Jacob for the future of the people Israel. In this way all the People of Israel are blessed without limits.

"Shabbat is associated with a limitless blessing, the blessing God gave to Jacob during his Shabbat, the one that gave birth to Israel itself."

The Gematria says the Mouth is 1x1.5 Cubits = 8065, ח‎אֶפֶסו‎ה, "She is locked up, 2863 בח‎וג in the circle 2823, בחבג‎ ‎with pleasure."

The Mouth of Pleasure in Judaism is Twilight, when the Three Stars, together called Chabad, AKA the Three Transitional States of Mind that crown a man with the wisdom God has sent him in exchange for observing Shabbat.

Chabad consists of Chochmah, "pure ignorance", Binah, "formalized knowledge", and Da'at, "evidence of understanding."

These three states transition one's naive state into one's practical/identical state during the few hours between the 6th and Seventh Days, AKA Shabbat.

The Circle mentioned above is the mouth, it is also a loop of contintuity, the intake of blessings during Shabbat and Pesach, the speaking forth of the truth which is the food that blesses humankind, those who observe the Shabbat and those who do not.

No matter what Shabbat feeds mankind Manna.

"Ten things were created on the eve of Shabbat at twilight. These are: the mouth of the earth (where it swallowed Korach); the mouth of the well (of Miriam, that provided water for the Israelites in the desert); the mouth of the donkey (Balaam’s); the rainbow; the manna; the staff (Moses’); the shamir (that cut the stones of the Altar in the Holy Temple); and the writing, the inscription and the tablets [of the Ten Commandments]."

Ethics of the Fathers 5:6

The Circular Opening is represented by the number 300, AKA Shin, AKA the Three Stars that adorn the Crown of the Patriarch, the King of Israel:

When the shin is representative of the intellectual dimension, the three lines stand for the three intellectual faculties of the Sefiros: the right line being Chochmah, the flash of an idea; the left line being Binah, understanding; and the centerline Daas, application of knowledge.

32 The four wheels were under the panels, and the axles of the wheels were attached to the stand. The diameter of each wheel was a cubit and a half.

The only reference to Four Wheels other than the Four Directions, which we now know very well, is found in Ezekiel 10, and refers to the nature of the Ophanim, the infinity angel at the heart of creation:

9 I looked, and I saw beside the cherubim four wheels, one beside each of the cherubim; the wheels sparkled like topaz. [= zara, the planting of Israel from the dream of Jacob].

10 As for their appearance, the four of them looked alike; each was like a wheel intersecting a wheel.

11 As they moved, they would go in any one of the four directions the cherubim faced; the wheels did not turn about[a] as the cherubim went. The cherubim went in whatever direction the head faced, without turning as they went.

12 Their entire bodies, including their backs, their hands and their wings, were completely full of eyes, as were their four wheels.

13 I heard the wheels being called “the whirling wheels.”

14 Each of the cherubim had four faces: One face was that of a cherub, the second the face of a human being, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

The Cherub is what is hidden by God, the man is born and gives birth to himself, the lion predates upon what the man does not yet know, and the eagle is the final stage of life when one detaches from all that is on the ground, what is left behind as man contemplates all that he can possibly know before he passes it on.

=4957, דטהז‎‎ ‎dataz, "If so, then knowledge is power."

33 The wheels were made like chariot wheels; the axles, rims, spokes and hubs were all of cast metal.

= 6319, וגא‎ט, and gat "the winepress" = the symbol of the ingenuity and happiness of man which provides the wine, the other essential element of a good Shabbat besides the Manna.

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dailyaudiobible · 1 year

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3/15/2023 DAB Transcript

Numbers 22:21-23:30, Luke 1:57-80, Psalm 58:1-11, Proverbs 11:12-13

Today is the 15th day of March, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian. It is great to be here with you today, as we gather together and take the next step forward together. And we have been working our way through the Book of Numbers and we have just begun to encounter a story between the king of Moab, his name is Balak, and a person who speaks to God, who hears from God, but is also known to have the ability to bless and curse things. And Balak summons Balaam to curse God's people, the children of Israel, because they're more powerful than Moab and they are making Moab very nervous. So, Balaam inquired of the Lord and the Lord told him not to go. And so, he sent the emissaries away. And they sent another group to them. You gotta come, you gotta come curse these people. And so, he goes back to the Lord, who tells him that he can go with these people, the next batch of people, but he can only do what he is told to do. And that is where we pick up the story, Numbers chapter 22 verse 21 through 23 verse 30 today.

Commentary:

Okay so, we still have an unfolding story Balaam and Balak and the children of Israel and who gets to curse who. And we will continue that story as we move forward tomorrow and then talk about it. We also have this unfolding story in the Gospel of Luke, and we talked how the angel Gabriel had given to Annunciation's, two announcements about the birth of two different children, one that would become John the Baptist and one that would be Jesus, the Lord. And we talked about the reactions to those announcements. The fact that Zechariah was a priest and happened to be in the temple of the most high God burning incense when he had this revelation. And how he was struck dumb, he could not speak, he could not speak about what he had seen until it had been fulfilled. And in today's reading, John is born. Everyone assumed that he would be named Zechariah after his father. It's their firstborn son and it's they’re, they’re older like this is probably their only son, so he should take the name of his father forward. But he declares what he had heard from the angel and writes it down, his name is John. And everybody's amazed by this and then immediately Zechariah's mouth is opened and he began to speak praises to God. So they’re amazed that the boy’s name will be John and then fear comes over them when his mouth is opened and he begins to praise God. And according to the Gospel of Luke, all these things were talked about throughout the entire hill country of Judea. All who heard them pondered them and said what then will this child become, for indeed the hand of the Lord was with him. And then Zechariah gets a prophecy over his son. We know John the Baptist was sent to prepare the way of the Lord and that he shows up at the Jordan and he’s baptizing people and calling people to repentance. What we see here, once again in the Gospels, is that it didn't happen in a vacuum. John didn't just appear out of the wilderness at the Jordan crying out to the people to turn their hearts back to God. We’re looking at what's happening. John is born and he is born to a priest of the most high God, who has done work in the temple in Jerusalem, so he's not obscure, he's a priest who has had the opportunity to serve God in Jerusalem in the temple. And when he was serving God in the temple, he received a vision and when he came out of the temple, people were waiting for him, and he couldn't talk. So, the rumors begin there. And then Elizabeth in her old age gets pregnant and then any number of rumors or jokes or whatever, like there in the dialogue of the people that are in their community, people are talking about this. Because Zechariah is a priest who can't talk and he can do other things because his wife gets pregnant, but he still can't talk. So, there's probably plenty of talk about them. And then the baby is born and Zechariah names him John, which is unusual, and the people are shocked by it, but once he does, once he does this act of obedience, his mouth is open, and he begins to worship God and prophesy and freaks the people out. That's the context for John the Baptist. And so years later, after he's gone through his childhood and grown into adulthood and he shows up at the Jordan, people are going to find out what's going on because that was the kid, that was the kid that Zechariah and Elizabeth had, and Zechariah couldn't talk and then he named him John and everybody was talking about it, and everybody was wondering what's going to become of this kid. Or to quote the Gospel of Luke, “What then will this child become.” So, they’re wondering. There’s almost this prophetic aura around John his whole life. And so, when he shows up, calling people to repentance, he’s not just showing up like a mirage in the wilderness. They’ve wondered what…what God was going to do through this John. Of course, we know that what he's going to do is prepare the way of the Lord. And we will watch that unfold as we continue through the Gospel of Luke.

Prayer:

And so, Father, we invite You into all that we've read today, all that we read in the Book of Numbers between Balak and Balaam. And all that we’ve read here in the Gospel of Luke, of the arrival of John the Baptist to prepare the way. We ask that You continue to open our hearts, may they be wide open to You and may You lead us into the truth, and may we have eyes to see and ears to hear all that You are speaking into our story, transforming us. We pray this in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen.

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Prayer and Encouragements:

Good morning DAB Family, this is Abba’s Child in Southwest Florida. I’m calling to respond to a few people that just called in for prayer today on March 11th. The first one is Beloved in Texas whose 12-year-old daughter is suffering from depression. Oh, sweet girl, my daughters 34 and suffers from depression. I had called in and asked for prayer and someone responded to my prayer, his name was Steve. He and his wife suffered with their own daughter with her depression and her anxiety disorder. I am praying for you, dear on. It’s so hard when our kids are suffering, especially with something that we can’t physically fix. Mental illness is such a curse. And all we can do is trust. And I’m telling you now, the crisis that my daughter just went through, I have learned to truly trust. So, I hope that my prayer for you is that you can have peace in knowing that Jesus has the wheel. And Sparky, you called in today too, to remind us to ask for prayer, that everyone has problems. We all suffer the same issues big and small. And none of them are too small or too big to ask for prayer about. And last but not least, PA Chappy, the pastor whose celebrating his very first year at his new church that has gone from 60 members to 90 members, who was suicidal 8 years ago. God bless you man. I just love hearing stories like that. God is so good, and I will pray for you and your church. I love you all, I love this community. In Jesus …

Hey DABers, this is Emily of Emily and Jim. Sorry to bother you again and hopefully this recording will actually work. I had to call though for the mother of the 12-year-old girl who was diagnosed with major depression. And is being diagnosed with ADHD. I had ADHD, I was diagnosed when I was 46, I’m 53 now. But from ages 10 to 12, to 13 I’m sorry, I was suicidal every single day. I was bullied. I didn’t fit in because kids with ADHD don’t fit in generally. And ADHD wasn’t a thing then and especially not with girls. So, I just want to, first of all, encourage you that it was in clinging to Jesus. My family weren’t even believers. But if somehow reaching out to Jesus and the word, that kept me alive. I’m here today. And so, I want to pray for your daughter because God is going to work in her life. The enemy is not going to have her. And I pray, Father God, for this…this 12-year-old girl, Lord, that you would give her hope. Lord, that she would cling to Jesus. Lord, that Your Holy Spirit would fill her up and fill her with joy. Father, we pray for the right diagnosis, Lord, and Father, the right coping mechanisms. Whatever she needs, Father. But I thank You Lord God, that she will have life, I speak life to her, I speak the joy of the Lord, which is her strength. And, Lord, I thank You, that You have my life as a testimony that the enemy will not prevail. The enemy will not prevail in this 12-year-old girls' life. Thank You, Lord God, for Your faithfulness. And I pray these things, I pray life and joy and hope for this girl. In the name of Jesus. Amen.

Hello, my wonderful DAB family. This is Rosie, aka Great to Be Free in Jesus. And I’m calling in regarding the prayer request, Winnie called in about her nephew who lost his wife and lost his home. And I just want you to know that I’m praying for him. Cause I’m sure he’s got a broken heart. I went through a really hard time when I lost my husband. I had never known such grief. And when I would cry, it felt like the tears were coming from the very pit of my stomach. And it was so painful. I was stuck on the question, why. And I was on that question for two years. And people kept saying to me, Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. And it took me two years to finally do that. I finally just told Lord, Lord, I don’t know why my husband died because You told us to move from Indiana to Oklahoma. And now I don’t have a husband. And I don’t know why he died but You do, and I don’t have to know why. I trust You. And once I did that, all those tears no longer felt like they were coming from the very pit of my stomach. And I also had children at home that I had to finish raising. It was a very hard time. I just wanted you to know, he’s got a broken heart. And I’m praying for him. I love you my DAB family. God bless you.

Hi DAB family, this is God Knows My Name. I’m calling to ask for prayers please. I need prayers for this anger that I’m feeling. I feel so angry. I am pregnant. And I, I’m aware that you know, the hormones get some pregnant women to, to be like that. Sometimes and my anger is started towards my husband. Not for something that he did. And even though I have given some proposals on how we can manage it, including maybe seeking counseling, he prefers to just pretend like everything’s okay. And basically, not address the proposals I’ve given and not propose anything for me and it just makes me even angrier. I don’t know if it’s the hormones. I’m so angry. I’m angry at my daughter’s father. He has refused to talk to her for a very long time and I don’t know why. And I’m so angry because I kept her out of her life for so long and he begged, and I finally let him into her life and now he is just breaking her and me. He just popped in and now he’s just popped out. And I’m so angry that I exposed her to that. And I don’t know why he’s doing that to her, she’ just 11-years-old. She’ll be 11 next month. So, please just pray for me. I don’t want to feel this way.

Hi, this is Victorious Soldier, just calling to pray for some of the DABers. I want to pray for Tim from New Hampshire, and I want to pray for his wife to be strengthened. I want to pray for Dennis from Anis, Texas. She’s the mayor there, there was an unexplained death of her, of her, I think it was her brother or someone in the family. I wanna pray for that family. And they found out that it was no foul play but just pray for that family and the loss of that loved one. I wanna pray for Audrie and I wanna pray for Matthew who needs a miracle for their nephew and the 8-year-old with autism. I wanna pray for them. I also wanna pray for the lady who lost her, her mother, she called on the 9th of March and she lost her precious mother. I wanted to pray for her. And I wanted to pray for those families who are going through who called in on that March 9th. Gracious Father, we just ask You to have Your way. Father, we just ask You to heal. We ask You to deliver. Lord, that precious baby, the lady that is pregnant with her baby and she is going through the, through some challenges, Father. We just ask You to pray, to bless her and bless that family, Father. We just ask You to give life and favor, Lord. We just ask You to open doors, we just ask You to bless those marriages, 30 and 31 years, Lord, we ask You to bless those marriages. Bless those families. Bless those children that are trying to take them with astrology and all of this wicked stuff. Father, You have Your way, the devil wants to take our children, but You have already prayed for them. Father, we just ask You to continue to have a support of our kids, what You have for them, Lord. So that the devil don’t have an opportunity to pull anything else. And Lord, we give You the glory. We just thank You for Brian, we thank You for them being back and getting through with the jet lag and we just thank You for Your grace and Your mercy. We just thank you for Your amazing blessing.

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