Mark 2:23-28

We need to be very careful not to make the OT Laws with its 600 or so man made bylaws as static and realize that the NT of God’s mercy and grace came to fulfill God's law. The Holy Spirit inside of us teaches us the  ways of Jesus Christ and they become written in our new hearts so that we no longer need the parameters of the Law to do what is right. We are changed precept by precept through His love. As our love for Him grows we radiate that love and make positive changes in our life and the lives of others.

Filtered through our love for God we fulfill the commands of Jesus Christ to love God above all and to love others with that same love that He has for us…. then we will fulfill the law and the commandments.

 Without love we are are just irritating noise.

The point to the Pharisees’ accusation against Jesus and His disciples was that they had performed work on the Sabbath, but their charge was dubious. The act of plucking grain should not be confused with Sabbath work condemned in the law. This incident is further proof of rising opposition to Jesus’ ministry. Part of Jesus’ defense was to recall the story of David’s eating the showbread from the tabernacle. Since that bread was intended for the priests, it was not lawful for others to eat.

Mark 2:23-28

²³ Now it happened that He went through the grainfields on the Sabbath; and as they went His disciples began to pluck the heads of grain. ²⁴ And the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why do they do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

²⁵ But He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and hungry, he and those with him: ²⁶ how he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the showbread, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and also gave some to those who were with him?”

²⁷ And He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. ²⁸ Therefore the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath.”

You made known to them Your holy Sabbath, And commanded them precepts, statutes and laws, By the hand of Moses Your servant. 

Nehemiah 9:14

⁸ For the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.” 

Matthew 12:8

Matthew 2:1-2

Those who seek Him…..find Him! The wise men, most likely astrologers, had been searching the sky for a sign of His birth to seek out the King of the Jews to worship Him…..they found Him. 

Knowledge is the beginning of wisdom.

His star in the East may refer to a star supernaturally introduced into the heavens, discernible only to students of the sky. The star reappeared to guide the wise men to where Christ was. The fact that it was called “His star” indicates that the wise men identified the star with the arrival of the King of the Jews.

Matthew 2:1-2

2 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, ² saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him.”

“I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near; A Star shall come out of Jacob; A Scepter shall rise out of Israel, And batter the brow of Moab, And destroy all the sons of tumult. 

Numbers 24:17

The Gentiles shall come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising. 

Isaiah 60:3

For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 

Luke 2:11

1 Corinthians 15:1-8

The salvation of the world was seen by men and believed by those who witnessed the event and they spread the Word of the Gospel to all who would accept it….blessed are those who by faith believe! The simplicity of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is a stumbling block to those who believe they can earn their way to eternal life…but it is a gift of God to man so that no one can boast. Eternal life is promised to all who choose to believe in His birth, death and resurrection.

Christ is a risen Savior today.

At the time of Paul’s writing, a person could have verified the truthfulness of the apostle’s statements. The majority of the five hundred people who saw the risen Christ, as well as all the apostles and James (the half brother of Jesus), were still living.

Christ’s death dealt decisively with our sins. He suffered in our place to endure the just wrath of God against us.The Resurrection verifies the fact that Christ’s death paid the full price for sin. The Greek term translated rose here is in the perfect tense, emphasizing the ongoing effects of this historical event. 

 1 Corinthians 15:1-8

15 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, ² by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.

³ For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, ⁴ and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, ⁵ and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve. ⁶ After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep. ⁷ After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles. ⁸ Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.

²¹ For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. 

1 Corinthians 1:21

¹⁶ in the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel. 

Romans 2:16

² through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 

Romans 5:2

²⁰ Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear. 

Romans 11:20

¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel ³of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. 

Romans 1:16

Our Triune God

Anything is possible to those who believe! When you hold onto Jesus you hold on to the very breath of the Almighty. Seek Him and  He promises that you will find Him.There is healing in His name.

The Son provides life as a gift and the Father has authorized and authenticated the Son as the Giver of life. All we ask in the name of Jesus is accomplished through the power of the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit appears in the Gospel of John as the power by which Christians are brought to faith and helped to understand their walk with God. He brings a person to new birth: “That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit” (3:6); “It is the Spirit who gives life” (6:63). The Holy Spirit is the Paraclete, or Helper, whom Jesus promised to the disciples after His ascension. The Trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are unified in ministering to believers (14:16, 26). It is through the Helper that Father and Son abide with the disciples (15:26).

Matthew 14:34-35

³⁴ When they had crossed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret. ³⁵ And when the men of that place recognized Him, they sent out into all that surrounding region, brought to Him all who were sick, ³⁶ and begged Him that they might only touch the hem of His garment. And as many as touched it were made perfectly well.

Mark 6:53-56

⁵³ When they had crossed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret and anchored there. ⁵⁴ And when they came out of the boat, immediately the people recognized Him, ⁵⁵ ran through that whole surrounding region, and began to carry about on beds those who were sick to wherever they heard He was. ⁵⁶ Wherever He entered, into villages, cities, or the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged Him that they might just touch the hem of His garment. And as many as touched Him were made well.

John 6:22-25

²² On the following day, when the people who were standing on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except that one which His disciples had entered, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with His disciples, but His disciples had gone away alone—²³ however, other boats came from Tiberias, near the place where they ate bread after the Lord had given thanks—²⁴ when the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they also got into boats and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus. ²⁵ And when they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “Rabbi, when did You come here?”

²⁶ Jesus answered them and said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. ²⁷ Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him.²⁸ Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?”

²⁹ Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.”

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 

Ephesians 2:8

“Behold! My Servant whom I uphold, My Elect One in whom My soul delights! I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles. 

Isaiah 42:1

While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!” 

Matthew 17:5

John 12:44-50

The Father and the Son are one just as we are one in Christ with the Father who created us. The perfect gentleman, the Holy Spirit will never intrude into our lives without an invitation….invite Him in and be made whole! Jesus the Christ is our only hope and the door to eternity with God.

Jesus insisted that anyone who believed in Him was at the same time exercising belief in God the Father. Jesus explained that He was the personal manifestation of God. He did not come to judge but to save. Those who choose not to accept Him condemn themselves.

John 12:44-50

⁴⁴ Then Jesus cried out and said, “He who believes in Me, believes not in Me but in Him who sent Me. ⁴⁵ And he who sees Me sees Him who sent Me. ⁴⁶ I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness. ⁴⁷ And if anyone hears My words and does not believe, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. ⁴⁸ He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him—the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day. ⁴⁹ For I have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak. ⁵⁰ And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I speak.”

¹⁸ “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 

John 3:18

¹⁶ For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 

John 3:16

¹⁶ He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.” 

Luke 10:16

¹⁸ I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him. 

Deuteronomy 18:18

¹⁷ For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 
                                                                                                                      John 3:17

¹⁵ He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 
                                                                                                             Colossians 1:15

Romans 3:21-26

FAITH alone pleases God! His grace through faith in Jesus the Christ is His gift to mankind that no man can boast in his own goodness but can rejoice in the mercy and goodness of the triune God.

In this context the righteousness of God is not an attribute of God, but an act of God whereby He declares a sinner righteous. This is righteousness from God. No one can live up to what God created us to be; we all fall short of His glory. We cannot save ourselves because as sinners we can never meet God’s requirements. Our only hope is faith in Jesus Christ.

Those who believe are justified, that is, “declared righteous,” freely, without cost, by God’s grace, or “favor.” Christ Jesus died to provide redemption, which means He died to pay the price required to ransom sinners. By paying the penalty of their sin through His death, Jesus can free people from their sin and transfer His righteousness to those who believe in Him.

By His death, Christ satisfied the justice of God. He paid the penalty of sin in full. Paul cites two reasons why the righteousness of God comes through Christ’s death. The first is to demonstrate that God Himself is righteous, and did not judge the sins committed prior to the Cross. The second reason for the Cross is that God wanted to show that He is both righteous and at the same time the One who can declare sinners righteous. Because of Christ’s death, God does not compromise His holiness when He forgives a sinner.

Romans 3:21-26

²¹ But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, ²² even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference; ²³ for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, ²⁴ being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, ²⁵ whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, ²⁶ to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

¹¹ But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus ²Christ we shall be saved in the same manner as they.” 

Acts 15:11

⁴⁶ For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me. 

John 5:46

¹⁰ Of this salvation the prophets have inquired and searched carefully, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you, 

1 Peter 1:10

^28 lThere is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 

Galatians 3:28

²² But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. 

Galatians 3:22

¹⁶ Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be ⁴sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all 

Romans 4:16

Nahum 3:8-10

God shows favor to no man or nation….they are equal in sin and equal in His righteousness. If they turn from His ways they will be punished. God will not tolerate strange gods put before Him that includes greed and power. Out of God’s will for our lives we are lost and without hope.There are consequences to our actions.

The destruction of the city of Thebes near the Nile River in 663 b.c. was going to be a template for the destruction of Nineveh. No Amon is the Hebrew name for Thebes, derived from the Egyptian name meaning “City of [the god] Amon.” The argument seems to suggest that before its destruction, no one would have even dreamed of the fall of Thebes. But the destruction had happened—not long before the writing of the Book of Nahum. The city of Thebes was rebuilt only to be destroyed later during the Roman period (29 b.c.). Nineveh, however, would never be rebuilt. 

The city of No Amon had many powerful allies, but they were not sufficient to protect her in her hour of need. Who would ally with Nineveh to fight off the Lord’s attack?

Nahum 3:8-10

⁸ Are you better than No Amon

That was situated by the River,

That had the waters around her,

Whose rampart was the sea,

Whose wall was the sea?

⁹ Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength,

And it was boundless;

Put and Lubim were your helpers.

¹⁰ Yet she was carried away,

She went into captivity;

²⁵ The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will bring punishment on Amon of No, and Pharaoh and Egypt, with their gods and their kings—Pharaoh and those who trust in him. 

Jeremiah 46:25

²Go over to Calneh and see; And from there go to Hamath the great; Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Or is their territory greater than your territory? 

Amos 6:2

¹⁴I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to Zoan, And execute judgments in No. ¹⁵ I will pour My fury on Sin, the strength of Egypt; I will cut off the multitude of No, And set a fire in Egypt; Sin shall have great pain, No shall be split open, And Noph shall be in distress daily. 

Ezekiel 30:14–16

Daniel 6:16-17

If we are faithful in the small things of our every day life that same faith will deliver us in the storms.

Daniel’s faithfulness got him into trouble; his faith got him out of it.

Daniel 6:16-17

So the king gave the command, and they brought Daniel and cast him into the den of lions. But the king spoke, saying to Daniel, “Your God, whom you serve continually, He will deliver you.” ¹⁷ Then a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signets of his lords, that the purpose concerning Daniel might not be changed.

Daniel 6:10 

¹⁰ Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days. 

Hebrews 11:33

who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 

Have a blessed New Year!

“Therefore, having obtained help from God, to this day I stand” (Ac 26:22 NKJV). 

 “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness” (Lam 3:22-23 NIV).

Psalm 145:3-7

Jesus Christ, King of kings and Lord of Lords, all God and and all man, the Word of God made flesh….He alone has been given the redemptive right to save us and give us eternal life. In Him. through Him. in the unity of the Holy Spirit. the gift of god so that no man could boast! we are saved not by our power and might but by his.

Psalm 145:3-7

      You are fairer than the sons of men;

Grace is poured upon Your lips;

Therefore God has blessed You forever.

³ Gird Your sword upon Your thigh, O Mighty One,

With Your glory and Your majesty.

⁴ And in Your majesty ride prosperously because of truth, humility, and righteousness;

And Your right hand shall teach You awesome things.

⁵ Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the King’s enemies;

The peoples fall under You.

⁶ Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;

A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.

⁷ You love righteousness and hate wickedness;

Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You

With the oil of gladness more than Your companions.

Anointing set aside a particular person for special service to God. In OT times, those who were anointed for special service foreshadowed the Anointed One, the meaning of Messiah and Christ. This is a portrait of heaven, with God as King and the church as His radiant bride.

The words Your throne indicate the messianic direction of the psalm. Here the King is addressed as God, yet it is “God, Your God” who anointed Him. Thus these verses describe the interaction of the Father and the Son, for both are called “God.” The writer of Hebrews used these verses to assert Jesus’ deity.

So all bore witness to Him, and marveled at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth. And they said, “Is this not Joseph’s son?” 

Luke 4:22

And He has made My mouth like a sharp sword; In the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me, And made Me a polished shaft; In His quiver He has hidden Me.” 

Isaiah 49:2

For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 

Hebrews 4:12

For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called ^kWonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 

Isaiah 9:6

To God our Savior, Who alone is wise, Be glory and majesty, Dominion and power, Both now and forever. Amen. 

Jude 25

But to the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom. 

Hebrews 1:8

And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer. 

Revelation 6:2

Ezekiel 21:24

God loves us too much to leave us the way He found us. There are consequences to our actions….repeated sin or old patterns of dealing with life causes residual havoc in our life. Ask forgiveness for past sins, yours and others, and leave them where they belong….in the past. History repeats itself until we recognize that the past had failed us miserably and we seek new ways {God’s way} to handle the ups and downs of life. Be set free in Christ!

The Judeans in their pride and false sense of security in the treaties (sworn oaths) would conclude that the king received a false divination. However, the verdict had been pronounced: Jerusalem would be taken. Nebuchadnezzar would be God’s instrument to punish the people’s rebellion.

Ezekiel 21:24

²⁴ “Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Because you have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your doings your sins appear—because you have come to remembrance, you shall be taken in hand.

that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded in the riches of their liberality. 

2 Corinthians 8:2

Surely, after my turning, I repented; And after I was instructed, I struck myself on the thigh; I was ashamed, yes, even humiliated, Because I bore the reproach of my youth.’ 

Jeremiah 31:19

“Behold, therefore, I beat My fists at the dishonest profit which you have made, and at the bloodshed which has been in your midst. 

Ezekiel 22:13

In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I have cleansed you, and you were not cleansed, You will not be cleansed of your filthiness anymore, Till I have caused My fury to rest upon you. 

Ezekiel 24:13

Psalm 150

Everything comes from God. The air that we breathe, the environment that surrounds us, the plants and animals that provide us sustenance, the people that share this world with us…..every thing comes from God and to Him alone belongs all honor and praise. Be thankful. Be humble. Know that life is His gift. Praise God.

Psalm 150, a psalm of praise, is a development of the Hebrew word hallelujah, meaning “Praise the Lord.”

The very breath that God gives us should be used to praise Him. As long as we live we should praise our Creator. By His breath God created all things, and by our breath we should adore Him.

Psalm 150

Let All Things Praise the Lord

¹ Praise  the Lord!

Praise God in His sanctuary;

Praise Him in His mighty firmament!

² Praise Him for His mighty acts;

Praise Him according to His excellent greatness!

³ Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet;

Praise Him with the lute and harp!

⁴ Praise Him with the timbrel and dance;

Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes!

⁵ Praise Him with loud cymbals;

Praise Him with clashing cymbals!

⁶ Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord!

Nehemiah 2:17-18

God is in the restoration business. He will take what we give to Him and restore it to His perfect will for our life. In the birth, death and resurrection of our Lord and Savior is our abundant life to be found. Place everything you have mentally, physically and spiritually at the feet of God and He will use it for His glory and the glory of His Church!!! Nehemiah was used by God to encourage others to build up the House of the Lord. We are called to do the same.

Reconciliation is the restoration of friendly relation or the action of making one view or belief compatible with another. Bringing the Messiah of the Jews, Jesus Christ, to the Gentiles of the world.

Nehemiah, whose name means “The Lord Comforts,” was a highly placed statesman associated with Ezra in the work of reestablishing the people of Judah in the Promised Land. The month of Chislev corresponds to our November–December.

Nehemiah encouraged all of the people to assist in rebuilding the city’s walls emphasizing that it was not just his idea to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem. Rather, the idea had come to him from the Lord. In response to Nehemiah’s challenge, the people replied, Let us rise up and build.

Christ in the Scriptures

Like Jesus, Nehemiah gives up a high position in order to identify with the plight of his people. Like Jesus, he comes with a specific mission and accomplishes it. And like Jesus, Nehemiah’s life is punctuated by his prayerful dependence on God. His purpose is not just to get the Jews back to Jerusalem; his ultimate goal is restoration! The temple is rebuilt. The city walls are repaired. Jerusalem is reconstructed. The covenant is renewed. The people are reformed. According to the apostle Paul, Jesus came into our world for exactly the same reasons: reconciliation and renewal.

2 Corinthians 5:18 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, 

2 Corinthians 5:19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. 

Nehemiah 2:17-18

¹⁷ Then I said to them, “You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come and let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer be a reproach.” ¹⁸ And I told them of the hand of my God which had been good upon me, and also of the king’s words that he had spoken to me.

So they said, “Let us rise up and build.” Then they set their hands to this good work.

Romans 7:13-20

Oh wicked men that we are….let the Love of God expressed in Jesus Christ change you precept by precept into the person you were created to be. There is no one righteous. no. not. one. If we hold God up in the cross of His salvation others will be drawn to His mercy and  love.

The problem is not the law; the problem is sin. Sin used the good law to produce evil, that is, death. But through the law, sin is shown for what it is, and its evil and tragic consequences are clearly revealed. Even though Paul was a Christian dedicated to serving God, he continued to fall short of God’s moral standards.

Being fleshly, sold over to sin, involves a conflict that mystifies Paul and other believers. Paul feels he does not understand himself. He finds himself defeated, not doing what he wants to do, and doing what he hates to do. The conflict indicates that there is battle between two identities in the believer. First there is something that acknowledges that the law … is good. Second there is something within, called sin, which produces evil. The problem is the flesh, the part of the believer in which there is nothing good. The will is the desire to do good. Yet the ability to perform is lacking.

²⁰ So Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” And he answered, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the Lord: 

1 Kings 21:20

¹⁷ And they caused their sons and daughters to pass through the fire, practiced witchcraft and soothsaying, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger. 

2 Kings 17:17

⁵ Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 

Genesis 6:5

²¹ And the Lord smelled a soothing aroma. Then the Lord said in His heart, “I will never again curse the ground for man’s sake, although the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done. 

Genesis 8:21

¹⁷ For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. 

Galatians 5:17

¹⁹ For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice. 

Romans 7:19

Romans 7:13-20

¹³ Has then what is good become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that sin through the commandment might become exceedingly sinful. ¹⁴ For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin. ¹⁵ For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do. ¹⁶ If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good. ¹⁷ But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. ¹⁸ For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find. ¹⁹ For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice. ²⁰ Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.

Micah 2:1-2

God protects those who cannot protect themselves….it is a bad thing to have your God as your enemy. All things are under His control and it is our duty to uphold equality and justice for all people.

The ethical teaching of the prophets regularly included oracles of judgment against greed, theft, and oppression, actions of the powerful in attacking the weak.

Deuteronomy 10:18 

He administers justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing. 

Deuteronomy 32:4

He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He. 

Deuteronomy 24:17

“You shall not pervert justice due the stranger or the fatherless, nor take a widow’s garment as a pledge. 

Micah 2:1-2

2  Woe to those who devise iniquity,

And work out evil on their beds!

At morning light they practice it,

Because it is in the power of their hand.

² They covet fields and take them by violence,

Also houses, and seize them.

So they oppress a man and his house,

A man and his inheritance.

Daniel 7:13-14

Come Lord Jesus, come back into this world to rule and show us God’s way of love and peace. you came because god so loved his creation and you so loved the father….you in god and we in you…. together all in all.

Son of Man is Semitic for “human being.” Daniel saw One like the “Son of Man,” indicating that He is not a man in the strict sense, but rather the perfect representation of humanity. Jewish and Christian expositors have identified this individual as the Messiah. Jesus Himself used this name to emphasize His humanity as the incarnate Son of God.In contrast to the vanishing nature of the previous empires, His dominion is … everlasting.

John 3:13 No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven. 

John 3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 

John 5:27 and has given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man. 

Matthew 24:30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 

1 Corinthians 15:28 Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all. 

Revelation 19:16 And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS 

Revelation 1:7  Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen. 

Daniel 7:13-14

¹³     “I was watching in the night visions,

And behold, One like the Son of Man,

Coming with the clouds of heaven!

He came to the Ancient of Days,

And they brought Him near before Him.

¹⁴ Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom,

That all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him.

His dominion is an everlasting dominion,

Which shall not pass away,

And His kingdom the one

Which shall not be destroyed.