I'm soooo tired God.

Deuteronomy 32:35 (KJV)  

To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; Their foot shall slide in due time: For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that shall come upon them make haste.  

Deuteronomy 32:41 (KJV)  

If I whet my glittering sword, And mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, And will reward them that hate me. 

Deuteronomy 32:43 (KJV)  

Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: For he will avenge the blood of his servants, And will render vengeance to his adversaries, And will be merciful unto his land, and to his people. 

Judges 11:36 (KJV)  

And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.  

1 Samuel 25:21 (KJV)  

Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.  

2 Samuel 2:6 (KJV)  

And now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.  

2 Samuel 16:12 (KJV)  

It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.  

2 Chronicles 6:23 (KJV)  

then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.  

Psalm 10:14 (KJV)  

Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The poor committeth himself unto thee; Thou art the helper of the fatherless.  

Psalm 41:10 (KJV)  

But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, And raise me up, that I may requite them.  

Psalm 58:10 (KJV)  

The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.  

Psalm 94:1 (KJV)  

O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.  

Psalm 99:8 (KJV)  

Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: Thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.  

Psalm 149:7 (KJV)  

To execute vengeance upon the heathen, And punishments upon the people; 

Proverbs 6:34 (KJV)  

For jealousy is the rage of a man: Therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. 

Isaiah 34:8 (KJV)  

For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.  

Isaiah 35:4 (KJV)  

Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.  

Isaiah 47:3 (KJV)  

Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.  

Isaiah 59:17 (KJV)  

For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.  

Isaiah 61:2 (KJV)  

to proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;  

Isaiah 63:4 (KJV)  

For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.  

Jeremiah 11:20 (KJV)  

But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.  

Jeremiah 20:12 (KJV)  

But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause. 

Jeremiah 46:10 (KJV)  

For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates. 

 Jeremiah 50:15 (KJV)  

Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.  

Jeremiah 50:28 (KJV)  

The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.  

Jeremiah 51:6 (KJV)  

Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.  

Jeremiah 51:11 (KJV)  

Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.  

Jeremiah 51:36 (KJV)  

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.  

Jeremiah 51:56 (KJV)  

because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.  

Lamentations 3:60 (KJV)  

Thou hast seen all their vengeance And all their imaginations against me.  

Ezekiel 24:8 (KJV)  

that it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.  

Ezekiel 25:12 (KJV)  

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them;  

Ezekiel 25:14 (KJV)  

And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord GOD.  

Ezekiel 25:17 (KJV)  

And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.  

Micah 5:15 (KJV)  

And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.  

Nahum 1:2 (KJV)  

God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.  

Luke 21:22 (KJV)  

For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled  

Romans 3:5 (KJV)  

But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)  

Romans 12:19 (KJV)  

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.  

Romans 13:4 (KJV)  

for he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.  

2 Thessalonians 1:8 (KJV)  

in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:   

Hebrews 10:30 (KJV)  

For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.

Jesus ministry timeline

     Many know the prophecy's of the book of Daniel can be difficult at best to understand. Many in some churches do not even try to understand while others have a misunderstanding of them. In the Seventh-day Adventist circle there is even some confusion. Many have heard of the prophetic timeline in Daniel chapter 9 pointing to the Messiah's first advent. I'm going to attempt to break it down here with supporting historical documents as well. We will start in Daniel chapter 9 verses 24 through 27. "24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. 25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. 26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. 27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate." https://my.bible.com/bible/1/DAN.9.KJV

    We have, as SDA's, all seen this chart and it is not my intention to go through every detail of this here. For an in depth study of this chapter click on this link: https://www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/study-guide/e/4995/t/right-on-time--prophetic-appointments-revealed

    My focus is specifically the year AD 27. Facts we know: Jesus lived for 33 1/2 years. Jesus ministry was 3 1/2 years. Jesus was 30 in the year 27 AD. Jesus was crucified in the spring of AD 31. Therefore Jesus was 33 1/2 years old when He died. Which makes His birthday in the fall. But what I want to take a closer look at is a few verses and some history involving 27 AD.

    Turn with me to Luke chapter 3:1,2,21-23 "1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituræa and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, 2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. 21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, 22 and the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased. 23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age,..." Notice it does not say he had actually turned 30 yet, but it took place in the Year in which he would turn 30.  https://my.bible.com/bible/1/LUK.3.KJV We know from historical records when all of the people in verses one and two were all in power together, was the year 27 AD. (see study guide above) We also know that after Jesus baptism He was led straightway into the wilderness and was tempted by the devil. Matthew 4:1-11 "1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, 6 and saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: And in their hands they shall bear thee up, Lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; 9 and saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. 10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him." https://my.bible.com/bible/1/MAT.4.KJV But I want to focus for a few minutes on John's account of the timeline of events as recorded in John chapters 1 and 2. We won't read all of it. Jesus is baptized sometime around verse 32 but in John's account Jesus then begins to gather disciples to Himself. When we come to John chapter 2 it must have taken place after the temptation in the wilderness and in verse 4 it says "4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come." https://my.bible.com/bible/1/JHN.2.KJV So Jesus has already been baptized and gone through the wilderness temptation and He states that His hour had not yet come to publicly proclaim His ministry. Why is this important?  Some people push off the beginning of Jesus ministry to the spring of AD 28 but this would mean that Jesus ministry wasn't 3 1/2 years long. They use the following text John 2:19 "Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. 20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? 21 But he spake of the temple of his body." https://my.bible.com/bible/1/JHN.2.KJV They try to put the beginning of the building of the temple in 19 BC instead of 20 AD. According to Jewish history 20 AD would be more accurate. See: https://amazingbibletimeline.com/blog/herod-rebuilds-temple/ Let's read together Luke 4:14 "And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. 15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. 17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; He hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised, 19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. 20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. 22 And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?" https://my.bible.com/bible/1/LUK.4.KJV This event happened shortly after the baptism and had to also have happened after the miracle of turning the water into (unfermented) wine. I will expound on this timeline, but first, what Jewish feast is being described here in these verses? It was the Jubilee, freedom for the captives. See Leviticus chapter 25 especially vs. "54 And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, both he, and his children with him. 55 For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God." https://my.bible.com/bible/1/LEV.25.KJV The Jubilee coincided with the day of Atonement or Yom Kippur as we know it today, which is always in the fall around the end of September or in October sometime.  Incidentally because Jesus died in the spring at the age of 33 1/2 that means that He was also born in the fall, and if I don't miss my guess I would say that because Jesus came to proclaim liberty to the captives of sin that He was probably born on Yom Kippur as well, in the year 4 BC, since we know that he died in the Spring of AD 31. See an example here of dates: https://www.calculateconvert.com/calculators/date/history.php?era2=adce&month2=04&day2=13&year2=31&era=bcbce&month=10&day=13&year=4   Jesus in verse 21 of Luke chapter 4 (above) said "This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears." It was only after this proclamation that Jesus openly began His ministry. He could not have waited until the spring of AD 28 to begin his ministry. He would not have had a 3 1/2 year ministry if He had. 

    All of this to say that God is precise, God's timing is perfect, and God's words can be trusted to be fulfilled exactly as He has said.

It's not about abortion

 While most are arguing about the right or wrongness of Roe v Wade. I'm going to suggest that RvW is not actually about abortion but it IS about the phrase "my body my choice". You see the government cannot allow  that phrase to be law because it contradicts their agenda. Not only are the "leaked" documents causing yet another rift among the American people, which was the main reason for the "leak" but it is also a precedent which  they have to remove in order for them to continue with the agenda.  God gave us 10 laws to govern our morality.  If we would only follow them them this debate would not exist. But even God gives us freedom of choice to obey or disobey. 

Fire is coming

 The huge fire was on the horizon way up on a long hill.  The road leading up the hill was next to a river flowing down from the hill.  I was traveling up the hill towards the fire when suddenly the fire began to come down the hill very quickly. I had wanted something that was on the hill but now abandoned those plans. The fire was just to close. I looked towards the river and there were people casually floating along in the water seemingly unaware of the dangerous fire coming towards them.  They thought that as long as they were in the water that they were safe from the fire. I saw my children.  I found a boat that I could get into and begged my kids to get in the boat.  They wanted to get one of their toys.  I begged them to hurry. Finally I relented and said that if they just got in the boat they could bring one single toy with them only they needed to hurry up and get in the boat.  Others around were just lazily playing around in the water, while I was trying to yell at everyone to start moving down the river and away from the fire. They laughed and said that they were perfectly safe because of the water. I was then reminded of when Elijah was on Mount Carmel and the fire came down and devoured not only the sacrifice but also everything else, even the water that was in the ditch. And then I woke up.