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1) The devil tries to destroy a child's life at the very beginning. Adonai Yeshua prevents this by concerning those who have been predestined to eternal life since the foundation of the world.
1) The devil tries to destroy a child's life at the very beginning. Adonai Yeshua prevents this by concerning those who have been predestined to eternal life since the foundation of the world.
2) A person who believes in Yeshua lives a set number of years and is guided to choose what to think, say, and do during short life time. Then the resurrection occurs.
3) In the resurrection all the dead will be raised and those who are then alive on earth will also be gathered there. We will be judged according to what is written in the Book of Life.
3) In the resurrection all the dead will be raised and those who are then alive on earth will also be gathered there. We will be judged according to what is written in the Book of Life.
Let's review the Bible verses in the picture
>>7 But Yehowah said unto me, "Don't say, 'I am just a child'. For you will go whomever I send you, and you will speak whatever I order you. 8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you, says Yehowah, to rescue you."<< Jeremiah 1:7
>>Because he has appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he has ordained; whereof he has given assurance unto all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.<< Acts 17:31
>>14 Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death - the lake of fire. 15 And anyone whose name was not found written in the Book of Life was hurled into the lake of fire.<< Revelation 20:14-15
Do you resist when called to serve?
Many well-known Bible characters resisted that. They were, for example, Moses, Saul, Jeremiah, Jonah and Peter. However, Yehowah and Yeshua persuaded each of them to obey Yehowah's will and oh, what a great help were they in His use?
Many well-known Bible characters resisted that. They were, for example, Moses, Saul, Jeremiah, Jonah and Peter. However, Yehowah and Yeshua persuaded each of them to obey Yehowah's will and oh, what a great help were they in His use?
Even if you and I never become like them, each of us is needed to take the Eternal Message of Salvation to those still on the way to perdition, to our relatives, our neighbours and, according to the choice of Yehowah, to the ends of the earth.
Every person led to salvation is infinitely valuable to our Creator and each of us is completely unique, that is, irreplaceable in personality, even though we most often do not think about it. Our Creator created each of us skillfully different.
Many of us, like the people listed above, fear that Jehovah will demand something of us that we are not capable of and that we will ultimately fail completely, causing the people around us to laugh at us. That has happened to me too. But so what!
We can learn from our mistakes, like a little child trying to take his first steps. He falls a few times, but eventually learns to walk and then to run. Apostle Paul urges us to run victoriously in the race of faith that is set before us!
May our goal be obedience in the faith!
It's really difficult, but not impossible! We rarely hear Adonai speaking to us clearly. Often we only notice it as a hint when we read the Bible and suddenly notice that some words start to come to life and jump out to our eyes.
Then it is worth stopping and thinking deeply about what Adonai Yeshua wants to speak to us through those words and for us to do! It can be the beginning of a great chain of events that slowly opens by itself like the buds of a tree in spring.
So it is about obedience in faith, of which we have been given several good examples in the Bible and the history of the New Testament of people who lived in the power of Elohim and performed great deeds by faith: Abel, Noah, Araham, Sarai, Moses, Yeshua, Paul, Peter, Francis of Assisi and George Müller.
Yeshua's Parable of the Faithful Servants
When we read the New Testament, we notice how much value Adonai Yeshua places on the faithful obedience of His chosen servants! The servant who had earned much with the talents (spiritual gifts) he had received received twice as much!
But the lazy servant was severely rebuked and thrown out into darkness. As Yeshua said, "Many are called to salvation, but few are chosen!" Let us be like those servants who were diligent with their talents for the good of their neighbors!
Adonai Yeshua himself left us the best example of what it means to submit to the will of our Almighty Heavenly Father, even if it is against our own will. Then we will find the way of the 'wheat grain' and bear much fruit to the Heaven!
Why does Yehowah discipline us?
One of his many names is 'Yehowah Mekaddishchem'. It is translated: "Yehowah who strikes" (Yehowah who strikes to heal his children) Ezekiel 7:9. The apostle Paul also wrote that we are being refined for heaven. That is why Yehowah scourges each of his children so that we may share in his holiness.
This is for us a model in the Old Testament. The acacia boards surrounding the Tabernacle were of the same length, or equal value. The acacia tree grows crookedly and has thorny branches. Its material is hard and heavy. First the thorny branches had to be removed from it and then its crooked shape had to be straightened. Finally, it was covered with gold.
One of his many names is 'Yehowah Mekaddishchem'. It is translated: "Yehowah who strikes" (Yehowah who strikes to heal his children) Ezekiel 7:9. The apostle Paul also wrote that we are being refined for heaven. That is why Yehowah scourges each of his children so that we may share in his holiness.
This is for us a model in the Old Testament. The acacia boards surrounding the Tabernacle were of the same length, or equal value. The acacia tree grows crookedly and has thorny branches. Its material is hard and heavy. First the thorny branches had to be removed from it and then its crooked shape had to be straightened. Finally, it was covered with gold.
We are all like that acacia tree by nature and therefore we must submit to Yehowah's handling. We have to cry many times and shed many tears before we are worthy of the King's children by nature, fit for service in heaven and have learned to be obedient and humble. Then we will be worthy and will get very close to our Heavenly Father.
Dream related to the previous one
Last night I had a dream about this very topic. I went to a big river with three of my friends after the rain to fish for trout. We didn't catch any. Then we remembered that a small stream flows into the big river, and now after the rain there must be trout. The stream was located in private land and fishing is prohibited there. We still went there as a group.
My friends didn't catch any fish, but I, being a skilled fisherman, caught a trout weighing about a kilo. I killed it, bled it's blood out on the shore, quickly put the fish in a plastic bag, put bag in backpack, and closed the backpack. Suddenly, a very angry woman, the landowner, ran up to us. She cursed and shouted that fishing was not allowed here!
He noticed a bloodstain on the shore and said, "Aha! One of you caught a fish." He started asking, starting with my friends, that who caught it. They were silent. Then the woman came up to me and stared at my face and asked sternly, "Did you catch it?" I had already put on the most innocent, humble, and surprised expression on my face. I was also silent.
One of my friends said to the woman, "I apologize for all of us and we're leaving this place now." That was a relief to me. We left with a big trout in my backpack. The dream revealed to me that my acacia board was still too crooked and needed to be worked on. Only then would it be straight and suitable for gold plating!
Dream related to the previous one
Last night I had a dream about this very topic. I went to a big river with three of my friends after the rain to fish for trout. We didn't catch any. Then we remembered that a small stream flows into the big river, and now after the rain there must be trout. The stream was located in private land and fishing is prohibited there. We still went there as a group.
My friends didn't catch any fish, but I, being a skilled fisherman, caught a trout weighing about a kilo. I killed it, bled it's blood out on the shore, quickly put the fish in a plastic bag, put bag in backpack, and closed the backpack. Suddenly, a very angry woman, the landowner, ran up to us. She cursed and shouted that fishing was not allowed here!
He noticed a bloodstain on the shore and said, "Aha! One of you caught a fish." He started asking, starting with my friends, that who caught it. They were silent. Then the woman came up to me and stared at my face and asked sternly, "Did you catch it?" I had already put on the most innocent, humble, and surprised expression on my face. I was also silent.
One of my friends said to the woman, "I apologize for all of us and we're leaving this place now." That was a relief to me. We left with a big trout in my backpack. The dream revealed to me that my acacia board was still too crooked and needed to be worked on. Only then would it be straight and suitable for gold plating!
Songs suitable for the topic
Obs. Our Savior's original name in Hebrew is Yeshua HaMashiach HaNotzri
Song Of The Harvest
A Shelter In The Time Of Storm
He Knows My Name
It Dream was True
Draw Me Close
P.S. 1 You can check out the interesting stages of my life from the link below. My life has been a great adventure. There have been successes and setbacks. Adonai Yeshua has always helped me!
https://seventh-river.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-seventh-river.html
P.S. 2 I have also prepared these studies in Finnish. They consist of selected Bible translations and include various hymns:
https://yakov-tutkielmia-sapattina.blogspot.com/2026/08/pohdintaa-sapattina-2882026.html
https://yakov-tutkielmia-sapattina.blogspot.com/2026/08/pohdintaa-sapattina-2882026.html
