How could studying "a Rock" be exciting? 

What if it is your Rock? Your Diamond. Your Sapphire. Your Ruby. Or far better, and it is the most expensive, exquisite, and forever enduring Rock known to Man. Wouldn't that be worth your time to study and know what it is that you have?

Below is our PROPHETIC RECORD where God clearly reveals that
Jesus Christ is the Rock of Our Salvation. That's not just a New Testament teaching. It is older than Moses.

 
Therefore this message/study is particularly important
>>>==>   to ALL who will BELIEVE & Follow Him,
--Reside & Abide with Him,
--Love & Obey Him.    <==<<<

That would include all who: Trust Him,  Serve Him, and Walk daily in Harmony and in Honor with Him.

 
That will be our JOY, and our CROWN,
--to all who bend the knee to Jesus,
as Lord and Savior.
He will be the Unmovable
Rock of Our Salvation!

Note: The Unbelief and subsequent Rebellion that the Israelites experienced in their day, is just as ACTIVE & AGRESSIVE,  (belligerent & disrespectful), PERVASIVE & ENTRENCHED, as the unbelief present, not only in the world today, but even within the body of Christ today.

These ancient texts reflect what is happening in our lives, and in the lives of those all around us on a daily basis.

When we realize what previous generations have gone through, we can more clearly see what we are going through, and will likely go through in the days ahead.    (--What goes around, comes around.)

As you personally study and meditate upon these timeless, changeless, and eternal Prophecies, I pray that you will see Patterns, and Applications, and Wisdom that are needed right here, right now, even today.

Shalom, 

TPD

May you dig into the meat of God's Word, and be filled up with Good Things, that will validate and secure you in your faith, love, and trust in God & Jesus. 

False Education + Intelligence = An Educated Fool

Some times certain people have been educated beyond their intelligence,.
They confidently carry around silly notions, they believe to be true, because their own echo chamber has told them they are true, until a true person sets them straight. 

This confirms the Bible: 

2 Timothy 3:13 (KJV)
13 But evil men and seducers
shall wax worse and worse,
deceiving, and being deceived. 

As in the Case Below, the falsehood of one speakers thesis is thoroughly dismantled by simply stating the facts as they stand.

Those who don't know the Word, nor the Truth, will often have egg on their face when confronted about either.

Thankfully, Jesus is our Rock and the Evidence is clear, our Rock stands firm before any person seeking the Truth.

Disclaimer: There is one attribution high lighted in RED that is mis-identified. In one case, I believe "their rock" does refer to Christ, whereas the other "their rock" does refer to a pagan diety. I tried to decode and change it but was unsuccessful. I decided to leave the error in to test the reader to see if he can spot an annomally.

"The Stone

that Smote the image

 Became a Great Mountain, 

and Filled the whole earth."

This is one of the most intense and vivid visualizations that God gives us concerning the stone--That is Jesus. He gives us this revelation through Daniel, who was to become the main prophet to a foreign King, in a foreign land--Babylon.

Note: the First King, Nebuchadnezzar, repented from his sins, after going through a horrific personal judgment of God, designed to humble this arrogant man.

But the second King, Belshazzar, his son, did not repent, but did poop in his pants, the night he was exposed, and judged, by the "Handwriting on the Wall." (Daniel 5--an action packed supernatural great read--very applicable to us today.)

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Daniel 2:25-49 (KJV) 

25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him,

"I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation." 

26 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, 

"Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?" 

27 Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said,

"The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king; 

28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. 

Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these:

29 As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass. 30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.

31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. 32 This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, 33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. 34 

Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. 35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.

36 This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king. 

37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. 38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. 

Thou art this head of gold. 39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth. 40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. 42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. 43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. 

44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. 

45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure."

46 Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him. 47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret. 

48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon. 49 Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.

BTW: Everything in the Dream has happened exactly as the Dream has predicted.

The final Act is this Drama is waiting to be Finalized, but the whole process has begun. Historians all confer the Kingdoms identified in the Dream are: Babylon (the Head of Gold), Persia (the Mede and the Persians, being the arms of Silver),  Greece (being the loins, and thighs of Bronze), Rome (being the legs of Iron, noting the incredible reach and roads built by Rome), and then the Final Kingdom that is partly Iron (modern democratic republics), and partly Clay (the Body of Christ, which is the Clay that is being molded and shaped into the Image of Christ, and that Body is Filling the Whole Earth.)

Right now we are still in the final hours, before the Return of Christ, when the Stone Comes and smashes into the feet of iron, mixed with clay, and the whole worlds systems of governments, dictators, kings, presidents, theives, and raiders will be completely crushed by the stone, and the Whole World will be filled with the Righteous Saints who have been faithful, and obedient to study, learn, and prepare for the Coming of the KING.

Cheer up, and get ready for this prophecy is soon to be fulfilled:

"Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold;"

"Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. 35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth."

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Note: This whole passage reveals a pattern.

 
Before God would bring Judgment against the people of the Earth, It appears He always had a Prophet of his own, to speak them, whatever Nation, or People Group that He was Going to Judge. Oftentimes, he had his prophets write down the Judgments that were coming. And every so often God's Prophets, would speak with such authority, that the Nation, King, and Leaders would all repent, and abate the judgment until a future time.

We have thoroughly been given the Prophecy of the Prophets, and have them at our finger tips, if only we would hit a button. 

And yet today, their is more Bible illiteracy, that in 1611, England, when the Word of God was recorded in English, and the nation of England so flourish, that English became the Primary Language, for the whole New World to receive,  for English became the New Greek, the Language of Commerce around the World, touching every continent.

Do you see the pattern, of prophecy from the Mouth of Daniel:

Spoken Judgment ---> Written Judgment ---> Physical Judgment.

Take for example: When you Read the Story of Jonah ...

You will notice that when repentance occurs. There is regularly a delay in the Actual Physical Judgment. But most often the Judgment is only delayed, because future generations, or even the same generation, willfully choose to break their covenant with God, break their promises, break their commitments, break their ethics, and even come to despise the Word of God, but:

1. 1. 1.  just a little bit later.

      2.  just a little bit prouder.

      3. just a little bit more presumptious.

      4. After the Fear of God, has worn off.

      5. After the boldness to sin against God has increased again,

      6. After the False Prophets, were able to deceive the people again,

      7. After God has had his fill of their evil workings against the Innocent, and Himself.

Thus it becomes time for Judgment again.

But this time the people refuse to listen to the Voice of God. Even though God may send a second prophet, a second witness to call them out of the insane design to break their covenant with God.  After Jonah, God sent Nahum. See Below.

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Man just refuses to learn from History (His Story).

 proclaimed through the message of the Prophet of God. And you can guess the result: The Judgment of God is poured out in just measure to the depth of rebellion, and disobedience to:  the Word of God, Will of God, Wisdom of God, and Work of God.

Then, God would step in and Bring Judgment to the Majority, in order to bring Deliverance to the Minority. 

Below is just a little historical background as to what happened to the Assyrian Empire, after being spoken to by God. This is a reflection of what is happening and going to happen to the American Empire that refused to hear the voice of God, and the prophets thereof. 

The two Old Testament prophets called by God to speak to Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, were Jonah and Nahum. [1, 2]

Jonah

• First sent to Nineveh around 760 BC.

• Commanded by God to warn the city to repent, leading to a temporary revival after the people and king turned from their violence. [1, 2, 3, 4]

As noted in biblical studies, “In Jonah, God is portrayed as abounding in steadfast love and mercy, demonstrated through the salvation of the Ninevites despite Jonah's reluctance.” -- [YouTube].

Nahum

• Prophesied against Nineveh roughly 100 years later, when the Assyrians had returned to extreme cruelty and oppression.

• Delivered an oracle announcing the absolute destruction and judgment of the city. [1, 2, 3]

As detailed in historical overviews, “This prophecy was fulfilled in 612 BC when a coalition of Babylonian and Median armies destroyed Nineveh, marking the end of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.” 

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May the God of Mercy and Grace, grant you the wisom to repent of your sins, and prepare yourself, your family, your community, and your nation for the sure Return of His Heavenly Kingdom Hear on Earth, as it is in Heaven.

May we all have lives that brought honor, glory, truth, righteousness, faith, hope, grace, mercy, patience, endurance and compassion into the lives of those closest to us.

I pray this in Jesus Christ's Holy Name. Amen!

Shalom,

TPD

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