 Good evening. Good afternoon. Hope you all are doing well. You're all doing wonderful. I am doing wonderful This won't be that long. The reason why is because you all have homework or many of you have homework and so We're gonna do some things we're gonna cover our homework assignments on tomorrow By the way, if you have not started taking part in the little the seminary style classes Just go to patreon. They are free and they are going to Push you to stop Sounds kind of weird, huh? Push you to stop and just look at what it actually is. That's Entering in your eye what the text says what it doesn't say what observations you can glean from that without giving some sort of interpretive Statement to the text. We've used a couple of examples And so in this one you have to have submitted one your favorite Your favorite text to do a to do observations on your favorite text and then find 25 observations But the main thing is the chapter was a John one all of chapter one and Get a enough Observations we didn't we didn't put an actual number But at least if you want to get at least 20 or 25 maybe 30 maybe more because it's the entire chapter But I what I want you to observe are the more important things that we see if see if you can determine a thing Notice the words that are repeated notice the if there's any emphasis if you happen to have And in Atlanta here if you know a little bit of Greek if you got the blue little Bible So like that if you can see kind of the force the emphasis on some of the words Particularly the Greek. What is the subject who's who has been spoken to those sort of things? These are the things that when you look at the Bible after a while They become second nature. You don't start thinking in terms of an Observation or an application or anything like that. You don't you don't do that It just it becomes second nature and you find yourself reading the Bible really the way God wants you to But really honestly the way that you read everything else when you read a menu or if you read a set of directions You see certain things and because it might not be something especially if it's directions something medical you're reading a the back of a pill bottle You want to make sure that you're understanding it properly And so you kind of pay a little bit of attention even though there's some big words that might be used Some sort of medical term that's described. So you want to do the same thing But and trust me even though it feels like it's a lot. It might be daunting. It really isn't after a while It will become second nature. So that being the case We're not gonna spend too much time on the Bible tonight But we've got time to take our time and so we're gonna cover Really just one chapter. We're only gonna cover one chapter. I thought about covering movies You know what? We'll just hold off cover one chapter We covered a little bit of this one chapter on last week that being the case and we go ahead and put it on the screen So you all can see where we are I'll give you guys a just a second because somebody said they want to get a chance to kind of peruse this Let me put this timeline up. I want you guys to see the timeline. This is where we are Now notice where we are on this timeline. We are still in first Kings and So what all could have been read during this whole timeline? Obviously the chronological books Genesis Exodus Numbers Joshua judges then we have 1st and 2nd Samuel 1st and 2nd Kings We have the complimentary books the complimentary book to Genesis is Joe the complimentary book to Exodus is Leviticus and Deuteronomy the complimentary books that we have to To judges roots the complimentary books we have 1st and 2nd Samuel 1st 2nd Kings is 1st and 2nd Chronicles also notice though. We've got Proverbs Ecclesiastes song with Solomon's We also have Psalms. So now that being the case Notice we have not covered just yet. We have not covered any of the prophets We will cover the prophets and again, let me just say this again We do not have what's called major and minor prophets. We're not gonna do that So for us, we'll just talk about what the prophets are prophesying to we'll get there shortly But we've got to go through these different kings and we're dealing with a couple of prophets now what we observed on last week We noticed that we took some time to think about this. We noticed that there hadn't been periods where we saw a lot of Miracles at the hands of a man now. We've always seen miracles We've always seen God doing things from the beginning of the Bible all the way through we've seen God moving But we're talking about moving at the hands of man We see that there are only a few periods in time and so how does that apply today? Well, when someone wants to say that it's normative to or for a man to have all these different powers These different signs and wonders and so forth. Well, we didn't see that in the Bible We had as we saw from Genesis up to Moses That was we had all that time where there was no one that had Powers being shown by them through the hand through their hand except by God And even then even then the powers that we show were really only when Moses was delivering the children out of Israel And we talked about why these why these signs and wonders were for So that God would make they would make this statement about God here Hey, here's God and there's a reason why I'm bringing that out because we're gonna kind of piggyback on that today Then we see it again the next time that we see signs and wonders are When Elijah and Elijah shah, I should say shah shah because I get I confuse people Elijah and Elijah We see signs and wonders at their hands and Then something still being preached about God Which you're gonna talk about today and then we look and see the next time that we see Signs and wonders at the hand of a man, and I want to say two one Jesus Well, that's God that makes sense and then two at the hands of the apostles Why because a message needs to be conveyed and then there's one last time where there's gonna be signs and wonders actually by two people One who's not on our team, but then there's gonna be these witnesses and there'll be signs and wonders at them Why because a message needs to be conveyed now the reason why we're bringing that up is because this message that needs to be conveyed. Amen vitally important because what I want you to think about is People not necessarily having an excuse Now we want to give them as little excuse as possible To to not accept Christ we want to give them all that they need However, we're gonna see that they still do have enough that being the case Let's go ahead and jump into it. We are in first kings 19 We're gonna pick back up in verse one Even though we've already read this and so here we go first first kings chapter 19 one Remember we're at a time where we have a divided nation Israel is divided Okay, you've got the northern kingdom. You've got the southern kingdom. By the way, I know you guys know Uh, the the the two kingdoms What is the name of you know the name of the southern kingdom That is Judah The northern kingdom is Israel But what is the other name that is also commonly known by I just want to know if you all remembered if you all One of you if you if you gather that while you were reading because you're gonna see that come up from time to time As a matter of fact, you're gonna see it in and When we get to revelation whenever that's going to be you'll see it brought up in other places. Exactly. Good job, dutch Ephraim So you might either so you'll hear Israel the northern kingdom referred to either as Israel or as Ephraim And you'll hear the southern kingdom as Uh, Judah, okay Ultimately in the end The term that is ascribed to Judah Will also be ascribed to even Israel all of Israel north and south. So that's another story. So going back to First kings 19 now ahab told Jezebel We could just stop there As some preachers would do, uh, they might read a few words of a passage And then begin to give a sermon and build off of that Sometimes those are disastrous But now ahab told Jezebel told Jezebel What that's the important thing? What did ahab tell Jezebel? All that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword Then Jezebel sent messengers to Elijah saying So may the guys do to me and even more if I do not make your life as the life of the one Of one of them by tomorrow about this time so Ahab clearly knows what God has done What God has done through the hands of Elijah. We know that because he's telling Jezebel Now by the way, there are two people two groups of people that we're going to talk about Okay Two groups of people that get this warning Okay, so just hold off for a second. We'll cover those two in a second But first three and he was afraid and arose and ran for his life Big chicken big bad tough prophet now becomes a chicken It's like Have you ever seen a large animal afraid of a small animal? Maybe an insect a little mouse or something like that I don't I don't know if elephants actually are afraid of mice. I don't know but certainly in the cartoons You'd see an elephant a mice a mouse show up in the elephant scared in cartoons I don't know if that's the case if that's true or not But that's kind of what we have here, right? It's kind of what we have here And he was afraid and rose and ran for his life and came to Bersheba which belongs to Judah And left his servant there But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under Juniper tree And he requested for himself that he might die. Oh god. Just kill me kill me now lord Take my life Right, but wait a second Aren't you the man of god hadn't the lord been working with you and working through you and speaking to you And even speaking through you And here's this woman who as far as we know she didn't have any powers She hadn't no signs or wonders or anything has ever come through her But he's afraid And he says it is enough now. Oh lord take my life for I'm not better than my father's He lay down and slept under the juniper tree and behold there was an angel touching him And he said to him a rise in each so two things that we discovered on last week We're having a little fun with the words Elijah The very first person ever before there was an internet before there was cell phone service He's the very first person to get uber eats or door dash because god is bringing him food Meat and so forth by these ravens Giving him shade and so forth. Then he also gets he gets um wake-up services He gets wake-up service because an angel shows up and wakes him up He says a rise in each verse six. Then he looked and behold there was at his head a bread Uh bread cake baked on hot stove He gets fresh food delivered and a jar of water So he ate and drank and lay down again the angel the lord came again a second time And touched him and said a rise in each because the journey is too great for you So he rose and ate and drank and went into the strength of that food 40 days and 40 nights to orb the mount of god Then verse nine then he came there to a cave and lodged there and behold the word of the lord came to him And he said to him. What are you doing here? Elijah? He said I have been very listen what he says I have been very zealous for the lord the god of hosts For the sons of israel have forsaken your covenant Torn down your alters and killed your prophets and the uh with the sword and I alone am left and they seek my life to take it away Make sure You never find yourself in a position where you think is just me I'm the only one either doing the right thing or i'm the only one going through something bad But it's just me Poor me What was me? I'm the only one lord. No nobody else is doing it right and oh, by the way, let's stop for a sec We've got a lot of folks out there when you just listen just listen to the scuttlebutt on on social media You hear that a lot Kind of in in certain ways you hear people acting as though that they are they are the only one That is doing it or very few people are let me just say this There are a lot of fine preachers out and a lot of them don't get the notoriety A lot of them are in smaller congregations or a lot of them are not trying to Uh make their brand as big or as great as possible A lot of those preachers are not out there in bright color suits doing Uh doing jumping jacks on stage or on trampoline or god all kind of goofy things to be seen We don't most preachers I shouldn't say most preachers, but i should say this there are a lot of preachers out there There are faithful men to the text who just want to do what god says Again god is not going to leave us out here barren to where there's only a couple of people that can give The word okay, you all know some fine preachers who they're not known on facebook youtube instagram or wherever else But you know them and god knows main man And so let's never get to the point to where it's just me why because what god is doing remember God is the one that's orchestrating some things God is the one that's moving things and god does not first of all it'd be pretty arrogant to think that god has God has rested his plans The full weight of his plans on your shoulders Because this is kind of how elijah is acting. It's just it's just me No, i'm using you in this point But don't think that you're the only one that i'm using elijah. There's more to the picture And so and god tells him this okay. Let's go back to it uh verse Let's finish he says i have been very zealous for the lord and uh the god of host for the sons of israel You're and for the sake of your covenant. I'm sorry israel's forsaken your covenant torn down your altars and killed your prophets And i alone am left and they seek my life to take away. What's funny about this is Didn't he know about the prophets that were hidden? He knows about the other prophets So he already knows that i alone am not the only one. He at least he should know that So he said go forth and stand on the mountain before the lord and behold the lord was passing by And a great strong wind was rending the mountains and breaking in pieces the rocks before the lord But the lord was not in the wind and after the wind and earthquake But the lord was not in the earthquake and after the earthquake a fire But the lord was not in the fire And after the fire a sound of a gentle blowing when elijah heard it He wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave and behold a voice came to him And said what are you doing here elijah? Let's stop for a second. You ever wondered why that is why why is god Having all these things to happen You got this strong wind. You got this earthquake. You got this fire And the lord was not in either but he was in this this this kind of whisper of a wind This gentle blowing Here comes god Why does the bible go out and tell us that that he's not in the earthquake not in the fire not in the wind why I just thought i don't know why am i the only one who just popped up in my head earth wind and fire Am i the only one that just pop well some of you young folks. I know it didn't some of you young folks it didn't But uh, you older folks Some of you older folks. I know so Not in the earthquake not in the wind not in the fire It was easy it was easy coming with that conclusion because earth went in fire Why is he mentioning that? Why is he why why is he telling us that now the bible didn't really say why? but If you are talking to god and then you hear this earthquake you feel it's earthquake And the rocks are being torn apart If you are just going to be talking god crying out to god And then there's this fire and there's this wind The tendency might be one to to to for some people to interpret that. Hey, that's god But more to the more more to the point. I think is this All the things that you see happening around you and then you hear god's voice I think for me for me now, this is just me the bible didn't say so this isn't gospel But for me is to say Just because things are happening doesn't mean that i'm not there. I'm there in this quiet voice In this still quiet voice in this gentle sound. I'm there So quit tripping Remember Elijah is a man A matter of fact, I didn't I didn't do this. I didn't do this. Wait a second. Hold on one second Let me pull this up. I just I just thought about this and I shouldn't do this Yeah, let me pull this passage up. I shouldn't do this But I have to and there's a reason for this now oops Uh-oh if I can put this Hold on I'm gonna give you one second. I want to pull a passage up. I want to show you this passage And I I just thought about this As I was saying this Elijah has bone Elijah has blood Elijah has a heartbeat Elijah is a man He's not perfect And I think that's important for us to remember and it just dawned on me a passage to go to And I had to make it large enough for you guys to see this passage But remember in James even though we don't know about James We don't know about the New Testament, but I just I just wanted to bring this up just to make the bigger point The bible tells us about Elijah in James 5 Verse 17 says Elijah was a man with a nature like ours And he prayed earnestly that it would not rain and did not rain on the earth For three years and six months now the reason why I wanted to bring that point out Is not because of the fact that he's speaking about having faith and so forth, but What does James tell us? He tells us that Elijah is a man with a nature like ours just like us Just like us Maybe tall or maybe shorter Maybe well definitely older But he is a man with a nature just like ours And so is it is it natural to think that Elijah Might have been bothered might have been discouraged might have been you know one with it sure Sure that happens that happens to everybody even if we go into the New Testament We see someone like paul paul is saying all the things that we were going through That we despaired even of life itself. That's paul making that statement That's paul making that statement someone says Hair yeah, elijah probably has hair, but but elijah didn't So anyway, so one one prophet has hair the other prophet didn't The I'm gonna say the better prophet was elijah. That's just me I'm kidding. I'm kidding. Let's go back to it Verse 13 when elijah heard it He wrapped his face in his mantle and he went out and stood in the entrance of the cave and behold a voice came to him and said What are you doing here elijah? Then he said I have been very zealous for the lord the god of hosts for the sons of israel have forsaken your covenant Torn down your altars and killed your prophets with the sword And I alone am left and they seek my life to take it away first of all It's not they it's just her a she But elijah Again boo who why elijah Says it's just me the lord said to him go Return your way to the wilderness of demascus and we by the way by the way. Let me just say this What if elijah was right? What if elijah was was right and he was the only one? What if elijah was the only one? Can I ask you guys a question? If elijah was the only one what should his response be? To me, I would say his response should be so The only one Eli, I'm the only one so Because If you are the only one if you're a prophet of god you're a prophet of god Sometimes the situation gets us to not look at Who is there? We pay too much attention to what is there instead of the who is there? Who is there is more important again? Going forward we haven't earned the right to talk about jesus yet because as we are at this stage in the book We don't know of a person named jesus But time out. Let's go. Let's move forward jesus is with his disciples And they're focusing on the what instead of the who the who is in the boat sleeping They are focused on the what the what is making a bunch of noise the who is in the back or in at at the bow wherever he's at sleeping Their point is and jesus gets up and says it says those you have no faith because i'm literally right there So, okay, elijah. What if you were the only one so still got god There's someone I believe i'm not a prophet but someone's gonna write elijah That's gonna say that If god is for you, he's more than the world against you Yeah That was free for you elijah. Anyway back to it He says go return your way to the wilderness of demascus and when you have arrived you shall anoint Haseyo king of aram and jayhu the son of nemeshi I'm sorry nemeshi and you shall anoint king over israel and elijah The son of sapat and of abel mahala You shall anoint as prophet in your place And did you catch that? Did anybody catch that? I don't know if y'all caught that Now god is getting ready to answer elijah Elijah He's getting ready to answer elijah But before he answered elijah He tells elijah what to do This is what this is what I want you to do elijah I heard what you just said, but I want you to do this Oh, by the way, since you're the only one that's left Let me get somebody to replace you I'm I'm throwing out but he does say replace you And jayhu son of nemeshi you shall anoint king over israel and elijah The son of sapat you shall anoint as prophet in your place It shall come about the one who escapes from the sword of hazeo jayhu shall put to death and the one who escapes from the sword of jayhu Elijah shall put to death Look what he says yet I will leave seven thousand in israel And the knees i'm sorry and all the knees that have not bowed to bail and every mouth that has not kissed him Elijah, you're not the Elijah. You're not the only one So we departed from there verse 19 and found elijah So there's a pot while he was plowing with 12 pairs of oxen before him And he went with the 12th and elijah passed over to him and threw his mantle on him Now in that day, that's a sign of saying hey, I'm I'm bringing you under under me, okay And so it's likely that he obviously knew who Elijah. I mean Elijah knew who Elijah was He left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said please let me kiss my father my mother Then I will follow you and he said to him go back again for what have I done to you? This isn't this isn't a negative statement guys when he says what have I done to you? He says go ahead and your business. He's telling them So he returned from the from following him and he took a pair of oxen and sacrificed them and boiled their Their flesh with their implements of the oxen and gave to the people and they ate Then he rose and followed Elijah and ministered to him in other words So Elijah was letting everybody know. Hey y'all i'm gone. I'm out of here. I love all y'all y'all take care Be cool But i'm over here now right so Verse 20 i'm sorry tip 20 verse one now benedot King of eram gathered all his army and there were 32 kings with him And horses and chariots and he went up and besieged samaria and fought against it Now by the way What has happened so far? This is something that elijah should be thinking about How many days have passed? Since jezebel said by tomorrow you'll be dead Some bit it doesn't say but there's some days have passed Some days have passed and so Elijah I think you might want to stop worrying Okay, continuing and there were 32 kings with him and horses and chariots And he went up and besieged samaria and fought against them Then he sent messengers to the city of eight to ahab king of israel and said to him Thus says benedot your silver and your gold are mine Your most your most beautiful wives and the children are also mine the king of israel applied It is according to your word my lord. Oh king. I am yours and all that I have Then the messengers returned and said thus says benedot surely I sent to you saying you shall give me your silver and your gold and your wives and your children But about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to you and they will search your house And the houses of your servants and whatever is desirable in your eyes They will take in their hand and carry away. So we've got the king of eram benedot Who is the king of again the king of eram he's saying to um ahab We want everything first that we want your silver and your gold and your and your and your best women Then he says, you know what on second thought I want to send my servants and whatever they see they're going to take Whatever more than your silver more than your gold more than whatever if they see your sons if they see whatever We're taking that and so it's time to count because now he's asking for a bit much So verse 20 verse 7 the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said Please observe and see how this man is looking for trouble For he sent me for my wives and my children and my silver and my gold and I did not refuse him All the elders and all the people said to him Do not listen or consent. So he said to the messenger of benedot tell my lord the king All that you sent for uh for you to your servant at first I will do but this thing I cannot do now. So let's just kind of summarize this So this man wants a whole lot He wants a lot and so now because he's decided not to there is going to be a war Okay, so let's drop down to verse 13 and this is going to kind of make our point for this whole Bible study. I think it's the 33rd Bible study 33 Behold a prophet approached ahab king of israel Now notice this how we started off Ahab told Jezebel what Elijah had done what God had done through Elijah, right? So Elijah not Elijah. Ahab knows what God has been up to what God has been doing Ahab knows there is a God Now a prophet verse 13 approached ahab king of Israel said thus says the Lord so the Lord has a word for ahab Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold I will deliver them into your hand today And you shall know that I am the Lord Okay, that's the reason why we're going over this Ahab said by whom so he said thus says the Lord by the young men of the rules of the provinces Then he said who shall begin the battle and he said you you're going to get it started You're going to start this battle off. Then he mustered the young men of the rules of the provinces And there were 232 and after then he mustered all the people even all the sons of israel seven thousand They went out at noon while benedot was drinking himself drunk in the temporary shelters With the 32 kings who helped him the young men of the rulers of the provinces went out first and benedot sent out And they told him saying men Men have come out from samaria Then he said if they have come out for peace take them alive Or if they have come out for war take them alive So these went out from the city young men of the rulers of the provinces verse 20 They killed each his man and the aramans fled and israel pursued them and benedot king of aram escaped on a horse with horsemen So now I want y'all to see what's happened They've got less people than benedot, but the lord did exactly what he said He delivers them into their hand verse 22 Then the prophet came near to the king of israel and said him go strengthen yourself and observe and see What you have to do For the turn of the year the king of aram will come up against you now the servants of the king of aram said to him Their gods are gods of the mountain therefore They were stronger than we but rather let us fight against them So I'm saying they be it's because their god is a is a mountain god We're we're on if we get on the plane their guys can handle our gods. So he says Um, but rather let us fight against them in the plane and surely we will be stronger Do this thing remove the king each from his place and put captains in their place So if we drop down, we're going to see what happens verse 26 at the turn of the year benedot mustered the aramians and went up to afaq to fight against israel The sons of israel were mustered and were providence and and went to meet them And the sons of israel camped before them like two little flocks of goat But the aramians filled the country then a man of god came near and spoke to the king of israel says He says thus says the lord because the aramians have said the lord is a god of the mountains But he is not a god of the valleys Therefore, I will give you all this great multitude in your hands and you shall know that I am the lord now Let's stop for a second. You can kind of get metaphorical here as well You can get a little bit metaphorical because what does he say? Well, yeah, he's the god of the mountains, but he's not the god of the valleys I can see I can see someone saying no, he's not the god when you're just going top He's also the god when you're going through something when you're he's a god of when you're getting blessed And also when you're going through some I don't have a problem someone saying that But god says i'm the god of the mountains. I'm the god of the valleys. I'm a god I am god no matter where things happen. No matter where you are no matter what's happening I am god. So he says that you will know Look what he says and you shall know that I am the lord And that's all you need to know. I am the lord Here's the problem And we're going to stop here at this point in first kings. We're not through with the lesson But Ahab is going to die Ahab is going to find himself in hell Do you know what ahab can never say? Ahab can never ever ever ever say That he did not know he can never say that he didn't get a warning He told Jezebel What god has done The lord is speaking to him twice for the prophet And he still won't change ahab is not considered a good king Of israel of any of the kings He's considered an evil wicked king Now here's my question all of that was an introduction Because Someone asked and I said well, you know what we cut we'll cover this Does god give you an opportunity does god give you the the ability to know of him? Or Are you just thrown away without having an opportunity if we look throughout scriptures we keep seeing That god shows himself We keep seeing that that these people that turn their backs on god They didn't have they didn't have any excuses a matter of fact. I said before there are two people That are warned One you've got the people that know better And you've got the people that should know better You've got the people that know better And you've got the people that should know better Both of those groups are going to be in hell now there's groups now That's not saying the people that know better won't be in heaven either But in hell you got two groups those that know better and those that should know better Now the ones that know better These people that hear the word of the lord and in those that should know better They also hear the word of the lord both have given the opportunity There are those who may call themselves believers Children of god who don't live like that You know better You matter of fact, you should know better than those who aren't necessarily the children of god But god has revealed himself you know better also You know better also Because god has made himself evident now before we go further. Let's back up Think about adam and eve At their sin at they're eating the fruit at the fall did they know better Sure Did eve know better? Absolutely, we know eve knows better because eve tells Satan tells the devil exactly what god said to do We know adam knows better because god he was the first one that god told not touch the fruit But then even after that god gave him a shot god gave them chances right Think about kane The bible says in genesis chapter four verse five But for kane and for his offering he had no regard So kane became very angry and his countenance fell look what the lord says to him Then the lord said to kane. Why are you angry? Why has your countenance followed and the lord says if you do well Will not your countenance be lifted and if you do not do well Sin is crouching at the door and his desire is for you, but you must master it So kane Knows better He's told better We know the story. We know what he does. He kills his brother You don't have to even be A people of god You don't have to be a person of god You can be someone with just eyeballs. You can just look and see for yourself Kind of survey the landscape and see this is what god is doing We've got a person who is known by their particular sin who was able to see What god was doing who am I speaking up? We're speaking of rehab now before they lay down. This is rehab. She came to them On the roof and said to the men I know this is rehab. The harlot says I know that the lord has given you the land And that the terror of you has fallen upon us And that all the inhabitants of the land have melted away for you for we have heard Look what he says for we have heard How the lord dried up the waters of the red sea before you when you came out of egypt And what you did to the two kings of the amorites Who were beyond the jordan and see how sehan and op whom you utterly destroyed When we heard it our hearts melted and had no courage remained No courage remained in any in any man any longer because of you for the lord your god He is god in heaven above and on earth below Not just the god of the mountains, but also the god of the plains is the god of the valleys Your god is god the lord your god is god So now Rehab has the ability but guess what? Is rehab the only one? Is she the only one that knows? Is rehab the only she just said she just said no She just told us that we Plural we all heard this and our our hearts melted Rehab is the only one that acquiesce based on what she had heard Rehab knew but she wasn't the only one who knew as a matter of fact Remember there were two spies that went out into the land There were two spies that went out into the land Who were they you all know this story who were the two spies of of the land that went out Caleb and joshua Joshua and Caleb come back with a good report They send them out and they saw every notice this They saw everything that the other spies saw They saw they saw the same thing as the other ten saw they saw the same thing The problem is what they saw was more than what the other ten saw they saw God's victory god's hand over them the other people they just saw god I mean they just saw the uh the giants in the land They just saw how we just like grasshoppers of these people we we we can't we can't fight these people Not Caleb and joshua now the reason why i'm bringing up Caleb and joshua is because Caleb's name does anybody remember what Caleb's name is Does anybody remember what Caleb's name means because it's a big point Caleb Should not even beat with him. Well, he should but he shouldn't But Caleb is an unlikely person with them Hey, man guys Caleb name means dog Caleb in Hebrew means dog Why who who names their kid dog? Well, first of all Americans do we call our kid Caleb A bunch of Caleb's running around and we don't think back. Hey that name means dog But why is his name dog? Do you think they knew what dog meant in Hebrew? Sure they did Well, here's why Here is why Caleb does anybody know what Caleb Caleb is not a Jew For some people that's going to be news flash Caleb is not a Jew Caleb's not a Jew Does anybody remember we've covered this? Does anybody remember what Caleb uh, where he's from? Does anybody remember where Caleb came from? He's he's not a Jew Over in numbers 3212 Caleb the son of jefunah the kenozite Caleb is a kenozite Think about that for a second a kenozite is not a Jew Well, wait a second Corey wait a second wait a second wait a second if he's not a Jew Then why is he numbered amongst the Children of Israel? Because Caleb begins to camp with the children with with the tribe of Judah So we see him with the Jews. He's with Judah But that's not his ethnic group, but he's in with them Which tells us something that will come to in just a little bit But does anyone know where the kenozites are from? Well, Genesis 3 15 I mean, I'm sorry 15 Genesis 5 and Genesis 5 18 God makes a covenant with who? God makes a covenant with Abram He says on that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram saying to your descendants I have given this land from the river Egypt as far as the great river the river Euphrates now There's some people in that land You have to kick these people out of that land Who are these people in that land the kenoite and the kena the kenozite? Oh, and the catamites. We don't have to go any further the kenozites those are Caleb's people So when God makes this um this covenant with Abram Caleb's people are there Caleb's descent or sorry Caleb's ancestors Caleb's people are there in the land So God has told Abram to go conquer that land Now obviously we're talking about hundreds of years later To go conquer this land and to conquer those people the kenozites How in the world can a kenozite be part of this with the same way a Rahab a harlot Another keno night can also be part of that because anybody remember and I saw someone in the chats with this That as they came out of Egypt Other people came along sojourners But even folks who were not sojourners if you were someone and you recognize that God is God Well, then guess what you can do you could also become part of them You could also recognize and serve God in that manner just like Caleb did Amen, and so just because You might not have started off As a christian You're you didn't grow up in a christian household or you didn't start off as a jew You you as a matter of fact you started off when your family was against the jews Your family was against God didn't mean that you had to end up that way also All you got to do is place your faith and allegiance to God Rahab did Caleb did as a matter of fact as a matter of fact Caleb gets an inheritance Remember everybody decided we can't do it two people said yes, we can yes, we can how do they say in spanish Cease is am i saying it right guys in spanish, okay? Cease se puede did I said that right? Yes, we can yes, we can We can do it So everyone you know what you all have to die Except for everyone under 20 years and under except for joshua and Caleb joshua and dawg Isn't that interesting anything with the names think about joshua's name which means the lord saves and then dawg is also with him Later on in the bible we're going to see the lord who saves We're putting stuff together. We're going to see the actual lord who saves have a conversation with a dawg not a real dawg but a canonite a canonite woman who he calls dawg Letting her know letting us let us know that all of us dawgs Can also be saved too Amen, so we're going to see that happen later on it is pretty cool, huh orange So we've got we've got the lord who saves and dawg Believing that god is going to deliver people and then later on we see the lord who saves speaking to someone he calls dawg I just thought that was pretty cool. Anyway, so Caleb Is not part of the crew Nor is rahab matter of fact nor is Ruth There are a lot of people that are part of this group because they recognize that god The god of our god is god There's only one god and that god is god now Nobody Is without excuse Nobody Due to ronemy 28 God tells them He says but it should come about if you do not obey the lord your god to observe to do all his commandments And his statues without charge you today Then all these curses will come upon you And he go excuse me goes through all these curses It's interesting that we always want to try to glom on to Israel and claim ourselves to be jews, which we're not which we are not At least not all of us. I'm not I'm not someone said quarry quarry. You're a jew. No, I'm not like some brown Who who told you that stop that? but If you don't do right If you don't do right within this will be punishment and remember he's telling them this in due to ronemy 28 They hadn't even gone to the land yet. They have not gone into the land But god is telling them what will happen if you disobey and then in 30 verse 1 Notice what he says. This is this is pretty odd of god to say this So it shall be when all these things have come upon you the blessings and the curses Which I have set before you And you call them to mind in all the nations where the lord your god has banished you wait a second god This is just weird How in the world god are you talking about taking us in these blessings and curses? And bringing us back from the lands of these nations that you have banished us We hadn't even gone until we haven't even gone into the land yet And you're talking about banishing us and then bringing us back Huh? Yeah, because you guys are knuckleheads You guys are knuckleheads. You are jewish knuckleheads and then we got gentile knuckleheads But don't worry about it. Don't worry. Gotta say I got this I'll save some people But he said he verse 2 and you return to the lord your god and obey him with all your heart And soul according to all that I command you today you and your sons notice what he just says here when you return To the lord your god and obey him with all your heart and your soul according to like and so jesus jesus These words aren't just brought up just because When when jesus asked what what are the greatest commandments? And he says love the lord your god with all your heart mind body So everything about you and then same thing with your neighbors He's piggybacking off this because this was a bedrock for them anyone that follows god Whether you are uh at this time jewish and under the law Previous to the law After the cross Same thing Love the lord with all that you can and then love your love your neighbor that you love yourself Verse three then the lord your god will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you And will gather you again from all the people where the lord your god has scattered you now remember remember Israel is divided right now northern and southern kingdom After he divides them what is he going to do? He is going to scatter them we're going to go back to verse type of 20 into a second But after he divides him he's going to scatter them If your outcasts are at the ends of the earth from there the lord your god will gather you And from there he will bring you back the lord your god will bring you back to the land which your father possessed you And you shall possess it and he will prosper you and multiply you more than your father's moreover The lord your god will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants So he's going to circumcise your heart at some point in time That is what the lord is going to do now I want to go back to 28 and I want to point out something as though the lord is not in control The lord knows exactly what he's doing. I want to put this on the screen because He's he's he's giving them information that they can use And they're not listening to him Which is what we do sometimes to Even Elijah who can literally be right there hearing from god and then say lord god. What was me But don't forget this part right here in verse 36. Yeah The lord will bring you and your king whom whom you set over you to a nation Which neither you nor your fathers have known. Well, what does israel have they've got kings now Israel and Judah got a king I'm going to take you and your king and deliver you to a nation and have them over you So nobody I don't care if you're jewish I don't care if you're not jewish jew or gentile. You have no excuse whatsoever No excuse whatsoever to know god. He now what we see is god telling people implicitly and directly God is saying something to their face and god is all what god has done is god has declared himself In some ways not fully but he has revealed himself enough for people to follow him He's revealed himself Just like rehab declared. He's revealed himself in such a way that they see he's god Now just because just because god has been revealed to you does not mean that you're gonna follow him Because rehab's family members didn't do the same thing or i'm sorry rehab's people Just rehab and her family and her family only because of rehab Caleb we don't see a whole bunch of other kenozites with him. We just see Caleb Joining the children of israel So we we keep constantly seeing other people joining And we also see even then we see jews not wanting to follow But there's not one person on the planet that can claim To have any excuses for not following god. Remember we see his handiwork Psalm 19 the heavens are telling of of the glory of god Remember this is one of the passages one of the books that we can read because it's part of what we've covered So the heavens are telling of god of the glory of god and their expanse is declaring the work of his hand Day to day pours forth speech and night to night reveals knowledge There is no speech nor are there words their voice is not heard Their line has gone out through the all the earth and their utterances to the end of the world in them He has placed a tent for the sun Which is as a bridegroom coming out of the chamber. It rejoices a strong man to run his course It's rising is from the from one end of the heavens And it's circuit to the other end of them and there is nothing hidden from its heat from the sun So god is saying that all of nature declares what i'm doing who i am Now paul picks at this in romans as well So there's no one that doesn't have excuse. Well, what's the point of this quarry? Well People are going to go to hell People are going to suffer Some matter of fact all needlessly People are going to just intellectually reject god Some people are going to reject god just from their heart god makes sense. I understand it, but i'm still gonna reject them It's gonna happen Nothing that you can do about it. You can't you can't stop it But what you can do is you can be a part of who god is saving How so? Well, you've got two things you're supposed to do two things live for god number one number two In some way shape from a fashion let others know that you're living for god And they'll ask you You don't have to again You don't have to get a bullhorn and be on the street corners and go out preaching You don't have to go out and deliver sermons to people You don't even have to know all there is to know about the bible. Nope All you got to know is two things one god loves you and that through you he can love others That's that's all it doesn't have to be some some perfect sermon At some point in time jesus said that let your light shine People will then see your good works what you're doing how you're living how you're moving throughout the day And they will do what they will then glorify god They're gonna be they're going to be people in hell But let it be that whoever is in hell That they're not there for lack of you trying You have done everything that you can As much as pop now again Someone being safe is not up to you You can't make someone get saved you won't be the reason why someone gets saved now god can use you Use your life use your words use your teaching because we want to grow in the word We want to grow and other because I can promise you this if you love the lord and you love his word and you grow in his word Others will see that I think it's literally personally and I can I can't Now you know what no it's impossible for you to love the lord and others not see it It's impossible for you to love his word and others not see it Now how many it varies with thousands and from thousands see it not necessarily maybe just one person Maybe two Certainly your family Certainly your friends you are going to testify of him how so with your mouth with your words with your heart Hey, ma'am, so I just want to put that out there now. We're going to go next week next session Which will be the 34th bible study session We'll start covering more of these kings We'll start we're going to chapter 20 and make our way into seeing a laisha And then we're also going to see some of these prophecies that god told a lai Ja to do but a lai ja doesn't do it a lai ja is told to do something But a lai ja ends up doing it So anyway that been the case guys. Thank you so much. This wasn't supposed to be too long It's not too long not even an hour yet. Um, so make sure you've got your homework done Uh sing it in You can't get an f you can't get an f But just want to see where you are Just want to see if you're if you're getting this understanding for those y'all who are joining late If you haven't gone to patreon and just signed up to take the classes. It's all free All of this is free Okay, so that been the case guys. Love you all the lord says the same I plan to see you on tomorrow and we're going to cover Our homework. Amen. Amen