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Covenant is a Strong Word 2/19/23 susan allen Gen 6:17 kjv- And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. 22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. Chpt 7:1 And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.   COVENANT: in the sense of cutting, a compact, an alliance, an agreement, pledge or bond Girdlestone’s synonyms of OT words OT:1285 Translators have found much difficulty in giving a uniform rendering to the word berith even in the Old Testament. Expressions answering to the words alliance, bond, compact, covenant, disposition, treaty, have been resorted to, but after all it has been felt that none of them are perfectly satisfactory, and for this reason, that while they do very well to represent the nature of a covenant between man and man, none of them are adequate for the purpose of setting forth the nature of God's gracious disposition towards man, which are described by the word berith. The translators of the LXX evidently felt the difficulty, and instead of using sunqh/kh, which would be the natural word for a covenant, used diaqh/kh which means a Disposition, and hence a Testament. The Spanish translator De Reyna, after discussing the Preface to his Bible the words Concierto, Pacto, and Alliança, comes to the conclusion that noue of them are good, because what is needed is a word which signifies an agreement 'made in conjunction with the ceremonial death of an animal' (hecho con solemne rito de muerte de algun animal). On the whole, however, he thought it better to use a word which was an imperfect representation of berith than to reproduce the word, and thus convey no sense at all.The difficulty which translators have found, from the days of Jerome downwards, in adopting a uniform rendering of diaqh/kh, is a grave misfortune. Granted that there is no connexion between our idea of a covenant and the shedding of the blood of animals, yet it would be far more likely that the true meaning of the word would be obtained from the context if it were always uniformly rendered, than is the case now for example in the A. V., where we sometimes read of a new Testament, sometimes of a new Covenant. If Testament is on the whole the best word, then it ought to be applied to berith as well as to diaqh/kh; for the Jewish Covenant, as well as the Christian, was confirmed in Death. The word Disposition would be the best, were it not used now of the inclinations of the mind as well as of the arrangement of one's property. Dispensation answers rather to oi)konomi/a than to diaqh/kh. As was said above, an adequate word will be looked for in vain, because human language is constructed for human affairs, and we can find no parallel in our transactions with one another for the wonderful and gracious mode in which God has set forth his loving-kindness to the human race in the Covenant confirmed in Christ. In this, as in many other cases, the student of Scripture gradually learns to attach a new and sacred meaning to the words which he uses, and he is thus preparing for the day when linguistic difficulties shall have passed away, and when 'the tongue of the stammerer shall be loosed.'   Isa 42:6-kjv  I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.   In Gen 15 God had cut covenant with a man named Abram Then God PROVES ABRAM Gen 22:1-kjv  And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt (put to the proof) Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you,6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.15 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.   NOW man has “given” his only son, the son of promise at God’s request/need God has proved ABRAM God can legally without question give up His only son, the son of promise for man’s need This covenant that you have with God, this BLOOD COVENANT is legal And if it is challenged…you have proof from Gen to Rev In particular you have PROOF through the blood of Jesus Christ That you have a blood covenant with God Almighty    

Charting the Course part 3 LOOKING FORWARD 1/29/23 Part 1: Using His Word to chart our course Part 2: The use of our words in charting our course   Your IMAGINATION is the God given ability to LOOK FORWARD Gen 3:6 kjv  And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. Imagination is the picture part of your soul and it is where you SEE YOURSELF DOING before you DO it Wrong thoughts come to everyone But THOUGHTS are opportunities they are “SEEDS” you CAN take or you CAN reject IMAGINATIONS are when we attach a PICTURE to our THOUGHT This can be powerfully constructive or powerfully destructive Matt 6:31 kjv  Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? ? HOW DO YOU REJECT A THOUGHT? If you choose to TAKE THE SEED –you give it your will Prov 23:7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he…   A taken thought begins to develop a picture in your mind And more VIVID thoughts will strengthen that imagination Until it is a STRONG IMAGINATION, a STRONG HOLD 2 Cor 10:3-KJV 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; Amp 3 For though we walk (live) in the flesh, we are not carrying on our warfare according to the flesh and using mere human weapons. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood], but they are mighty before God for the overthrow and destruction of strongholds, 5 [Inasmuch as we] refute arguments and theories and reasonings and every proud and lofty thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God; and we lead every thought and purpose away captive into the obedience of Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One),   TPT 3-4For although we live in the natural realm, we don’t wage a military campaign employing human weapons, using manipulation to achieve our aims. Instead, our spiritual weapons are energized with divine power to effectively dismantle the defenses behind which people hide.  5We can demolish every deceptive fantasy  that opposes God and break through every arrogant attitude that is raised up in defiance of the true knowledge of God. We capture, like prisoners of war, every thought  and insist that it bow in obedience to the Anointed One. 6Since we are armed with such dynamic weaponry, we stand ready to punish any trace of rebellion, as soon as you choose complete obedience. Stronghold: prison or a fortress   Isa 55:7-kjv 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.