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Isaiah 14, Pride comes before the fall!

Isa 14:1, FOR THE LORD WILL HAVE MERCY ON JACOB, AND WILL STILL CHOOSE ISRAEL, AND SETTLE THEM IN THEIR OWN LAND. …

After the devastation of Israel by the hand of Babylon the LORD will bring back a remnant of HIS people! It also happened in WWII and it will also happen again in the near future! 

Rom 11:5, EVEN SO THEN, AT THIS PRESENT TIME THERE IS A REMNANT ACCORDING TO THE ELECTION OF GRACE. 

Isa 14:9, “HELL FROM BENEATH IS EXCITED ABOUT YOU, TO MEET YOU AT YOUR COMING…

Isaiah wrote about the king of Babylon, but he is also talking about satan himself!

Isa 14:12, “HOW YOU ARE FALLEN FROM HEAVEN, O LUCIFER, SON OF THE MORNING! HOW YOU ARE CUT DOWN TO THE GROUND, YOU WHO WEAKENED THE NATIONS!  

Satan once had a great position in heaven till iniquity (PRIDE) was found in him!

Eze 28:14-15, “You were the anointed cherub who covers; I established you; You were on the holy mountain of God; You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones. You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created, TILL INIQUITY WAS FOUND IN YOU.

He, satan, wanted to be GOD

Isa 14:13-14, For you have said in your heart: ‘I WILL ASCEND INTO HEAVEN, I WILL EXALT MY THRONE ABOVE THE STARS OF GOD; I WILL ALSO SIT ON THE MOUNT OF THE CONGREGATION ON THE FARTHEST SIDES OF THE NORTH; I WILL ASCEND ABOVE THE HEIGHTS OF THE CLOUDS, I WILL BE LIKE THE MOST HIGH.’

He wanted to be exalted like GOD, He wanted to sit on HIS throne and receive praise! YET!

Isa 14:15-16, YET YOU SHALL BE BROUGHT DOWN TO SHEOL, TO THE LOWEST DEPTHS OF THE PIT …

Rev 19:20, THEN THE BEAST WAS CAPTURED, AND WITH HIM THE FALSE PROPHET WHO WORKED SIGNS IN HIS PRESENCE, …. THESE TWO WERE CAST ALIVE INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE BURNING WITH BRIMSTONE.

THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD, AND WHAT HE SAYS WILL BE DONE! REMEMBER, AS THIS NATION CELEBRATES PRIDE MONTH, “PRIDE COMES BEFORE THE FALL”!

Isa 14:24, 27, THE LORD OF HOSTS HAS SWORN, SAYING, “SURELY, AS I HAVE THOUGHT, SO IT SHALL COME TO PASS, AND AS I HAVE PURPOSED, SO IT SHALL STAND… FOR THE LORD OF HOSTS HAS PURPOSED, AND WHO WILL ANNUL IT? HIS HAND IS STRETCHED OUT, AND WHO WILL TURN IT BACK?” 

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Proverbs 11, Don’t trust in riches!

Pro 11:1, Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, But a just weight is His delight. 

GOD deeply cares if you rob the poor, dishonest scales, fraud are an abomination to HIM!

Deu 25:15-16, You shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure, that your days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD your God is giving you. For all who do such things, all who behave unrighteously, are an abomination to the LORD your God.

Pro 11:4, Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death. 

What good is earthly wealth in the day of wrath? Will you bribe GOD with useless things?

1Ti 6:17-19, Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, NOR TO TRUST IN UNCERTAIN RICHES BUT IN THE LIVING GOD, who gives us richly all things to enjoy. LET THEM DO GOOD, THAT THEY BE RICH IN GOOD WORKS, READY TO GIVE, WILLING TO SHARE, storing up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

Pro 11:22, As a ring of gold in a swine’s snout, So is a lovely woman who lacks discretion. 

Who would put a golden ring in a pig’s snout, it just doesn’t fit so is a lovely woman who lacks discretion! A while back in school I saw this beautiful young lady who called the attention of all who had seen her! When I spoke to her, she cursed more than any sailor could ever do. It just didn’t fit, and her beauty left!

Pro 21:19, Better to dwell in the wilderness, Than with a contentious and angry woman.

Pro 11:28, HE WHO TRUSTS IN HIS RICHES WILL FALL, BUT THE RIGHTEOUS WILL FLOURISH LIKE FOLIAGE. 

Do you place your trust in money or in GOD? Wealth is a useful tool.  Like a hammer in the hand of a builder with it he can build a home, help his family and friends. YET to trust in it is foolish!

Psa 62:10, Do not trust in oppression, Nor vainly hope in robbery; IF RICHES INCREASE, DO NOT SET YOUR HEART ON THEM. 

Pro 11:30, The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, AND HE WHO WINS SOULS IS WISE. 

True wisdom is he that wins souls for the LORD; for the time is short and many perish not knowing the HIM as savior!

Rom 3:23, FOR ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD, 

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Psalm 14, All have sinned!

Psa 14:1, …THE FOOL HAS SAID IN HIS HEART,”THERE IS NO GOD.” THEY ARE CORRUPT, THEY HAVE DONE ABOMINABLE WORKS, THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD. 

About a month before my father passed, I asked him if he believed in GOD? He told me “ONE DAY I WAS SITING OUTSIDE LOOKING AT THE TREES, THE BIRDS, THE SKY, JUST EVERYTHING AROUND ME; THIS CAN’T JUST BE AN ACCIDENT”!

Rom 1:20, For since the creation of the world HIS INVISIBLE ATTRIBUTES ARE CLEARLY SEEN, BEING UNDERSTOOD BY THE THINGS THAT ARE MADE, EVEN HIS ETERNAL POWER AND GODHEAD, SO THAT THEY ARE WITHOUT EXCUSE,

My dad clearly saw the CREATOR through HIS creation! THERE IS NO EXCUSE, BUT THAT IS WHY DAVID CALLED THEM FOOLS!

Psa 14:2-3, THE LORD LOOKS DOWN FROM HEAVEN UPON THE CHILDREN OF MEN, TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY WHO UNDERSTAND, WHO SEEK GOD. They have ALL turned aside, They have together become corrupt; THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD, NO, NOT ONE.

Rom 3:23, FOR ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD, 

ALL, EVEN BELIEVERS IN GOD, ALL HAVE CORRUPTED THEMSELVES, ALL HAVE FALLEN SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD!

Gal 3:22, BUT THE SCRIPTURE HAS CONFINED ALL UNDER SIN, THAT THE PROMISE BY FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST MIGHT BE GIVEN TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE. 

GET OVER YOURSELF; YOUR NOT PERFECT, BUT HE IS! DO YOU BELIEVE IN JESUS?

Psa 14:7, OH, THAT THE SALVATION OF ISRAEL WOULD COME OUT OF ZION! When the LORD brings back the captivity of His people, Let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad.

Isa 59:20, “THE REDEEMER WILL COME TO ZION, And to those who turn from transgression in Jacob,” Says the LORD. 

Psa 50:2, Out of Zion, THE PERFECTION OF BEAUTY, GOD WILL SHINE FORTH.  JESUS, THE REDEEMER, DID COME TO JERUSALEM AND HE IS COMING BACK AGAIN! BE READY! HE IS AT THE DOOR!

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Esther 5, pride comes before the fall!

Est 5:1-2, Now it happened on the THIRD DAY that Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king’s palace, …SO IT WAS, WHEN THE KING SAW QUEEN ESTHER STANDING IN THE COURT, THAT SHE FOUND FAVOR IN HIS SIGHT, AND THE KING HELD OUT TO ESTHER THE GOLDEN SCEPTER THAT WAS IN HIS HAND….

It took great courage to go before the king knowing that she could have been killed for it!

Psa 56:3-4, WHENEVER I AM AFRAID, I WILL TRUST IN YOU. In God (I will praise His word), IN GOD I HAVE PUT MY TRUST; I WILL NOT FEAR. WHAT CAN FLESH DO TO ME?

Esther invited the king and Haman to a banquet, but it wasn’t the right time! THIS IS ALSO OF GOD! FOR THE LORD RESTRAINED HER; HE WAS STILL SETTING THINGS UP!

Est 5:9-10, SO HAMAN WENT OUT THAT DAY JOYFUL AND WITH A GLAD HEART; but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, and that he did not stand or tremble before him, HE WAS FILLED WITH INDIGNATION AGAINST MORDECAI. nevertheless Haman RESTRAINED himself and went home, …

Haman had riches, and was being honored by the king and queen of Persia, Yet his heart was filled with Anger because of just one man! THE RICHES AND HONOR OR THIS WORLD CAN’T SATISFY A MAN’S HEART, ONLY THE LORD CAN! THE HEART IS DESPERATELY WICKED WHO CAN KNOW IT! JER 17:9

Both Esther and Haman restrained themselves, The LORD has HIS timing! IN TIMES OF TROUBLE WE WANT THE LORD TO ACT QUICKLY ON OUR BEHALF, WE GROW ANXIOUS AND WORRY! HE IS NEVER LATE!

Mic 7:7, Therefore I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation; My God will hear me. 

HAMAN BOASTED ABOUT HIS RICHES AND INFLUENCE TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS, YET LITTLE DID HE KNOW THAT THIS WAS HIS LAST NIGHT ON EARTH!

Pro 16:18, PRIDE GOES BEFORE DESTRUCTION, AND A HAUGHTY SPIRIT BEFORE A FALL.

Pro 18:12, Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, And before honor is humility.

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2Chronicles 8, slowly falling away!

2Ch 8:6, also Baalath and all the storage cities that Solomon had, AND ALL THE CHARIOT CITIES AND THE CITIES OF THE CAVALRY, …

Deu 17:16, BUT HE SHALL NOT MULTIPLY HORSES FOR HIMSELF, NOR CAUSE THE PEOPLE TO RETURN TO EGYPT TO MULTIPLY HORSES…

It’s not that Solomon didn’t know GOD’s command, but that he didn’t take it seriously! Chariots is a symbol of military strength; something to trust in case of war! David, Solomon’s father wrote the following!

Psa 20:7, SOME TRUST IN CHARIOTS, AND SOME IN HORSES; BUT WE WILL REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE LORD OUR GOD. 

Solomon later wrote proverbs 21!

Pro 21:31, The horse is prepared for the day of battle, BUT DELIVERANCE IS OF THE LORD. 

True strength only comes from the LORD! What good is a strong military in a Plague or pestilence?

2Ch 8:11, … “My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, BECAUSE THE PLACES TO WHICH THE ARK OF THE LORD HAS COME ARE HOLY.” 

It’s always sad when a husband or wife doesn’t share the same faith. Solomon married the daughter of Pharaoh for political reasons, but this is the beginning of his downfall!

Deu 17:17, Neither shall he multiply wives for himself, lest his heart turn away; nor shall he greatly multiply silver and gold for himself. 

Solomon’s heart was turned away from the LORD because of the multiple women in his life! TRUST IN THE LORD FOR HE KNOWS BEST! IF IT’S WRITTEN IN HIS WORD THEN OBEY FOR THE LORD KNOWS THE HEART OF MEN!

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1Chronicles 20, Confess your sins!

1Ch 20:1, It happened in the spring of the year, at the time KINGS GO OUT TO BATTLE, that Joab led out the armed forces and ravaged the country of the people of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. BUT DAVID STAYED AT JERUSALEM….

David should have been with his men, yet because he stayed home and had idle time; he lusted over a woman he saw bathing and ended with her husband (Uriah) being murdered!

Gen 4:7, … SIN LIES AT THE DOOR. AND ITS DESIRE IS FOR YOU, BUT YOU SHOULD RULE OVER IT.” 

Mat 26:41, WATCH AND PRAY, LEST YOU ENTER INTO TEMPTATION. THE SPIRIT INDEED IS WILLING, BUT THE FLESH IS WEAK.” 

David wrote Psalm 51 in which he confessed his sin against God!

Psa 51:3-4, For I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin is always before me. Against You, You only, have I sinned, And done this evil in Your sight—That You may be found just when You speak, And blameless when You judge.

We all fall short of HIS glory because of our sin nature. Rom 3:23

1Ch 20:2, Then David took their king’s crown from his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it. AND IT WAS SET ON DAVID’S HEAD…

1Jn 1:9, IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS, HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US OUR SINS AND TO CLEANSE US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. 

WE’RE NOT PERFECT AND HE KNOWS THAT WE ARE BUT DUST; CONFESS YOUR SINS AND GET RIGHT WITH THE LORD!

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2Kings 25, The Fall of Judah!

2Ki 25:7, THEN THEY KILLED THE SONS OF ZEDEKIAH BEFORE HIS EYES, PUT OUT THE EYES OF ZEDEKIAH, BOUND HIM WITH BRONZE FETTERS, AND TOOK HIM TO BABYLON.

Judgement has fallen on Judah like it did to the northern tribes of Israel! Zedekiah is caught in the LORD’s net!

Eze 12:13,15, I will also spread My net over him, and he shall be caught in My snare. I WILL BRING HIM TO BABYLON, TO THE LAND OF THE CHALDEANS; YET HE SHALL NOT SEE IT, THOUGH HE SHALL DIE THERE. …”THEN THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD…

2Ki 25:9-10, HE BURNED THE HOUSE OF THE LORD AND THE KING’S HOUSE; all the houses of Jerusalem, that is, all the houses of the great, he burned with fire…. BROKE DOWN THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM ALL AROUND.

Isa 64:11, OUR HOLY AND BEAUTIFUL TEMPLE, WHERE OUR FATHERS PRAISED YOU, IS BURNED UP WITH FIRE; AND ALL OUR PLEASANT THINGS ARE LAID WASTE.

The beautiful Temple that Solomon built for the LORD lasted a little over 400 years.  With men nothing beautiful last; The Garden of Eden was perfect, until man was left in charge and sin entered their hearts! 

Psa 14:2-3, The LORD looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any who understand, WHO SEEK GOD. THEY HAVE ALL TURNED ASIDE, THEY HAVE TOGETHER BECOME CORRUPT; THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD, NO, NOT ONE.

YET, THE LORD GOD SENT HIS ONLY SON TO DIE FOR OUR SINS THAT WE MAY ONE DAY BECOME SONS OF THE LIVING GOD!

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2Kings 24, Judgement!

2Ki 24:3-4, Surely at the commandment of the LORD this came upon Judah, to remove them from HIS SIGHT BECAUSE OF THE SINS OF MANASSEH, according to all that he had done, and also BECAUSE OF THE INNOCENT BLOOD THAT HE HAD SHED; FOR HE HAD FILLED JERUSALEM WITH INNOCENT BLOOD, WHICH THE LORD WOULD NOT PARDON.

The Lord warned Israel about shedding innocent blood in the land!

Deu 19:10, LEST INNOCENT BLOOD BE SHED IN THE MIDST OF YOUR LAND which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and THUS GUILT OF BLOODSHED BE UPON YOU. 

Pro 6:16-19, THESE SIX THINGS THE LORD HATES, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him: A proud look, A lying tongue, HANDS THAT SHED INNOCENT BLOOD, A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that are swift in running to evil, A false witness who speaks lies, And one who sows discord among brethren.

How much innocent blood has our country shed, abortion, in the name of women’s rights?

Pro 17:15, HE WHO JUSTIFIES THE WICKED, and HE WHO CONDEMNS THE JUST, Both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.

2Ki 24:20, …HE FINALLY CAST THEM OUT FROM HIS PRESENCE. …

The scariest phrase found in scripture “I NEVER KNEW YOU; DEPART FROM ME”! DON’T BE DECIEVED; HE SEES ALL AND KNOWS ALL!

Job 34:21, “FOR HIS EYES ARE ON THE WAYS OF MAN, AND HE SEES ALL HIS STEPS. 

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2Kings 17, the fall of Israel!

2Ki 17:6-7, In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and CARRIED ISRAEL AWAY TO ASSYRIA, …. For so it was that THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HAD SINNED AGAINST THE LORD THEIR GOD, … and they had FEARED OTHER GODS,

It was time for judgement for Israel and only Judah was in their land!

Hos 10:7, As for Samaria, HER KING IS CUT OFF LIKE A TWIG ON THE WATER. 

2Ki 17:13-14, Yet the LORD testified …. “Turn from your evil ways, and keep My commandments and My statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by My servants the prophets.” NEVERTHELESS THEY WOULD NOT HEAR, BUT STIFFENED THEIR NECKS, LIKE THE NECKS OF THEIR FATHERS, WHO DID NOT BELIEVE IN THE LORD THEIR GOD.

Amo 4:2, The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days shall come upon you When He will take you away with fishhooks, And your posterity with fishhooks. 

The people of the northern kingdom (Israel) were led away naked and connected together with strings and fishhooks pierced through their lower lip! The judgement of the LORD!

2Ki 17:18, Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them from His sight; there was none left but the tribe of Judah alone. 

Nah 1:6, Who can stand before His indignation? And who can endure the fierceness of His anger? His fury is poured out like fire, And the rocks are thrown down by Him. 

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1Kings 9, the LORD appears to Solomon!

1Ki 9:3, And the LORD said to him: “I HAVE HEARD YOUR PRAYER AND YOUR SUPPLICATION THAT YOU HAVE MADE BEFORE ME; I have consecrated this house which you have built TO PUT MY NAME THERE FOREVER, AND MY EYES AND MY HEART WILL BE THERE PERPETUALLY. 

It’s amazing to think that the creator of heaven and earth can hear our prayers! THE PRAYER OF THE UPRIGHT IS HIS DELIGHT Pro 15:8!

Deu 11:12, a land for which the LORD your God cares; THE EYES OF THE LORD YOUR GOD ARE ALWAYS ON IT, FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO THE VERY END OF THE YEAR. 

1Ki 9:6-7, BUT IF you or your sons at all TURN FROM FOLLOWING ME, AND DO NOT KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS AND MY STATUTES WHICH I HAVE SET BEFORE YOU, BUT GO AND SERVE OTHER GODS AND WORSHIP THEM, THEN I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; AND THIS HOUSE which I have consecrated for My name I will cast out of My sight. ISRAEL WILL BE A PROVERB AND A BYWORD AMONG ALL PEOPLES.

IT’S A CHOICE GIVEN TO SOLOMON AND A CHOICE GIVEN TO US; TO FOLLOW THE LORD AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS! BUT A BACKSLIDER ONLY HARMS HIMSELF!

Jer 2:19, YOUR OWN WICKEDNESS WILL CORRECT YOU, AND YOUR BACKSLIDINGS WILL REBUKE YOU. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing That you have forsaken the LORD your God, And the fear of Me is not in you,” Says the Lord GOD of hosts. 

THE LORD WANTS TO USE US TO DRAW MORE PEOPLE TOWARDS HIMSELF ONLY IF WE ARE FAITHFUL TO HIM! KEEP WATCH OVER YOUR OWN HEART!