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Leviticus 26:26 | When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven & dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.

[Leviticus 26:27; 2 Kings 6:25; Psalm 105:16; Isaiah 3:1; Isaiah 5:10; Ezekiel 4:16; Ezekiel 4:17; Ezekiel 5:16; Ezekiel 14:13]

When I cut off, בְּשִׁבְרִ֣י (bə·šiḇ·rî) Strong's Hebrew 7665: To break, break in pieces [3x: Leviticus 26:26; Ezekiel 30:18; Ezekiel 34:27]

   Ezekiel 30:18 | The day will be darkened in Tahpanhes    when I break the yoke of Egypt & her proud strength    comes to an end. A cloud will cover her, & her    daughters will go into captivity.

   Ezekiel 34:27 | The trees of the field will give their fruit,    & the land will yield its produce; MY flock will be secure    in their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD,    when I have broken the bars of their yoke &    delivered them from the hands that enslaved them.

Filtered combination: bread + women = 5x [Leviticus 26:26; 1 Samuel 21:4; 2 Samuel 6:19; 1 Chronicles 16:3; Isaiah 4:1]

1 Samuel 21:4 | “There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”

2 Samuel 6:19 | Then he distributed to all the multitude of Israel, both men & women, a loaf of bread, a date cake, & a raisin cake. And all the people departed, each for his own home.

1 Chronicles 16:3 | Then he distributed to each & every Israelite, both men & women, a loaf of bread, a date cake, & a raisin cake.

Isaiah 4:1 | In that day seven women will take hold of one man & say, “We will eat our own bread & provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”

of bread, לֶחֶם֒ (le·ḥem) Strong's Hebrew 3899: Food, bread, grain [155x: Genesis 3:19; Genesis 14:18; Genesis 18:5; Genesis 21:14; Genesis 25:34; Genesis 28:20; Genesis 31:54; Genesis 37:25; Genesis 43:32; Genesis 47:12; Genesis 47:15; Genesis 47:17; Exodus 16:3; Exodus 16:4; Exodus 16:22; Exodus 16:29; Exodus 18:12; Exodus 25:30; Exodus 29:23; Exodus 29:23; Exodus 34:28; Exodus 35:13; Exodus 39:36; Exodus 40:23; Leviticus 3:11; Leviticus 3:16; Leviticus 7:13; Leviticus 8:26; Leviticus 21:6; Leviticus 21:8; Leviticus 21:17; Leviticus 21:21; Leviticus 21:22; Leviticus 22:25; Leviticus 23:17; Leviticus 23:20; Leviticus 26:26; Numbers 21:5; Numbers 28:24; Deuteronomy 8:9; Deuteronomy 9:9; Deuteronomy 9:18; Deuteronomy 10:18; Deuteronomy 16:3; Deuteronomy 29:6; Joshua 9:5; Judges 7:13; Judges 8:5; Judges 19:5; Judges 19:19; 1 Samuel 10:3; 1 Samuel 10:4; 1 Samuel 14:24; 1 Samuel 14:28; 1 Samuel 16:20; 1 Samuel 17:17; 1 Samuel 20:34; 1 Samuel 21:4; 1 Samuel 21:5; 1 Samuel 21:5; 1 Samuel 21:7; 1 Samuel 21:7; 1 Samuel 21:7; 1 Samuel 22:13; 1 Samuel 25:18; 1 Samuel 28:20; 1 Samuel 28:22; 1 Samuel 30:11; 1 Samuel 30:12; 2 Samuel 3:35; 2 Samuel 3:35; 2 Samuel 6:19; 2 Samuel 9:7; 2 Samuel 9:10; 2 Samuel 9:10; 2 Samuel 12:20; 2 Samuel 13:5; 2 Samuel 16:1; 1 Kings 4:22; 1 Kings 5:9; 1 Kings 7:48; 1 Kings 13:8; 1 Kings 13:9; 1 Kings 13:16; 1 Kings 13:17; 1 Kings 13:18; 1 Kings 13:19; 1 Kings 13:22; 1 Kings 13:22; 1 Kings 13:23; 1 Kings 14:3; 1 Kings 17:6; 1 Kings 17:11; 1 Kings 18:4; 1 Kings 18:13; 1 Kings 21:7; 1 Kings 22:27; 2 Kings 4:42; 2 Kings 4:42; 2 Kings 6:22; 2 Kings 18:32; 2 Kings 25:3; 2 Kings 25:29; 1 Chronicles 9:32; 1 Chronicles 16:3; 2 Chronicles 4:19; 2 Chronicles 13:11; 2 Chronicles 18:26; Ezra 10:6; Nehemiah 5:14; Nehemiah 5:18; Job 24:5; Job 42:11; Psalm 14:4; Psalm 42:3; Psalm 53:4; Psalm 78:20; Psalm 78:25; Psalm 80:5; Psalm 104:14; Psalm 105:16; Psalm 127:2; Psalm 136:25; Psalm 146:7; Proverbs 4:17; Proverbs 20:17; Proverbs 23:3; Proverbs 23:6; Proverbs 28:21; Proverbs 30:8; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Ecclesiastes 10:19; Isaiah 3:1; Isaiah 3:7; Isaiah 28:28; Isaiah 30:20; Isaiah 36:17; Isaiah 44:19; Isaiah 55:2; Jeremiah 37:21; Jeremiah 41:1; Jeremiah 44:17; Jeremiah 52:6; Jeremiah 52:33; Lamentations 1:11; Lamentations 4:4; Ezekiel 4:16; Ezekiel 4:16; Ezekiel 4:17; Ezekiel 13:19; Ezekiel 16:49; Daniel 10:3; Amos 4:6; Amos 7:12; Malachi 1:7]

Genesis 3:19 | By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, & to dust you shall return.”

Genesis 14:18 | Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread & wine—since he was priest of GOD Most High—

Genesis 18:5 | And I will bring a bit of bread so that you may refresh yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant’s way. After that, you may continue on your way.” “Yes,” they replied, “you may do as you have said.”

   Genesis 18:6 | So Abraham hurried into the tent &    said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine    flour, knead it, & bake some bread.”

   Genesis 19:3 | But Lot insisted so strongly that they    followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for    them & baked unleavened bread, & they ate.

Genesis 21:14 | Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread & a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, & sent her away with the boy. She left & wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.

Genesis 25:34 | Then Jacob gave some bread & lentil stew to Esau; he ate & drank, & then got up & went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

Genesis 28:20 | Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If GOD will be with me & watch over me on this journey, & if HE will provide me with food to eat & clothes to wear,

Genesis 31:54 | Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain & invited his relatives to eat a meal. And after they had eaten, they spent the night on the mountain.

Genesis 37:25 | And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up & saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, & myrrh on their way down to Egypt.

Genesis 43:32 | They served Joseph’s brothers separately from him & the Egyptians who ate with him, because Egyptians would not eat with Hebrews, since that was detestable to them.

Genesis 47:12 | Joseph also provided his father & fellow believers & all his father’s household with food for their families.

Genesis 47:15 | When the money from the lands of Egypt & Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph & said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our funds have run out!”

Genesis 47:17 | So they brought their livestock to Joseph, & he gave them food in exchange for their horses, the animals of their flocks & herds, & their donkeys. Throughout that year he provided them with food in exchange for all their livestock.

Exodus 16:3 | “If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat & ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”

Exodus 16:4 | Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out & gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow MY instructions.****

Exodus 16:22 | On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much food—two omers per person—& all the leaders of the congregation came & reported this to Moses.

Exodus 16:29 | Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; therefore on the sixth day HE will give you bread for two days. On the seventh day, everyone must stay where he is; no one may leave his place.”

Exodus 18:12 | Then Moses’ father-in-law Jethro brought a burnt offering & sacrifices to GOD, & Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence of GOD.

Exodus 25:30 | And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before ME at all times.

Exodus 29:23 | along with one loaf of bread, one cake of bread made with oil, & one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread that is before the LORD.

women, נָשִׁ֤ים (nā·šîm) Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

[55x: Genesis 4:19; Genesis 6:2; Genesis 11:29; Genesis 31:35; Genesis 31:50; Leviticus 26:26; Deuteronomy 17:17; Deuteronomy 21:15; Judges 8:30; Judges 21:18; Judges 21:23; Ruth 1:4; 1 Samuel 1:2; 1 Samuel 15:33; 2 Samuel 1:26; 2 Samuel 15:16; 2 Samuel 20:3; 1 Kings 3:16; 1 Kings 11:1; 1 Kings 11:3; 1 Chronicles 4:5; 1 Chronicles 7:4; 1 Chronicles 14:3; 2 Chronicles 11:21; 2 Chronicles 11:23; 2 Chronicles 13:21; 2 Chronicles 24:3; 2 Chronicles 28:8; Ezra 10:2; Ezra 10:3; Ezra 10:10; Ezra 10:14; Ezra 10:17; Ezra 10:18; Ezra 10:44; Ezra 10:44; Nehemiah 13:23; Nehemiah 13:27; Esther 1:9; Job 42:15; Proverbs 14:1; Isaiah 4:1; Isaiah 27:11; Isaiah 32:9; Jeremiah 9:20; Jeremiah 29:6; Jeremiah 29:6; Lamentations 2:20; Lamentations 4:10; Lamentations 5:11; Ezekiel 16:41; Ezekiel 23:2; Daniel 11:37; Nahum 3:13; Zechariah 5:9]

Genesis 4:19 | And Lamech married two women, one named Adah & the other Zillah.

Genesis 6:2 | the children of GOD saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, & they took as wives whomever they chose.

Genesis 11:29 | And Abram & Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, & Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah & Iscah.

Genesis 31:35 | Rachel said to her father, “Sir, do not be angry that I cannot stand up before you; for I am having my period.” So Laban searched, but could not find the household idols.

Cross Reference: Famine

Leviticus 26:27 | But if in spite of all this you do not obey ME, but continue to walk in hostility toward ME,

2 Kings 6:25 | So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, & a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.

Psalm 105:16 | HE called down famine on the land & cut off all their supplies of food.

Isaiah 3:1 | For behold, the LORD GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem & Judah both supply & support: the whole supply of bread & water,

Isaiah 5:10 | For ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, & a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.”

Ezekiel 4:16 | Then HE told me, “SON of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, & in despair they will drink water by measure.

Ezekiel 4:17 | So they will lack food & water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.”

Ezekiel 5:16 | When I shower you with the deadly arrows of famine & destruction that I will send to destroy you, I will intensify the famine against you & cut off your supply of bread.

Ezekiel 14:13 | “SON of man, if a land sins against ME by acting unfaithfully, & I stretch out MY hand against it to cut off its supply of bread, to send famine upon it, & to cut off from it both man & beast,

Pulpit Commentary by D.S. Jones [1836-1917] |  | Isaiah 4:1

1.] Seven women shall take hold of one man.      This verse has been well called a "companion      picture to Isaiah 3:6-7.

     As there, in the evil time of GOD's judgment, the      despairing men are represented as" taking hold"      of a respectable man to make him their judge,

     so now the despairing women "take hold" of      such a man & request HIM to allow them all      to be regarded as HIS wives.

     There has been such a destruction - men have      become so scarce - that no other way can      women escape the shame & reproach of      being unwedded & childless.

2.] Our own bread will we eat. They do not ask      HIM to support them; they are able &      willing to support themselves.

3.] To take away; rather, take thou away -      the imperative mood, not the infinitive.

4.] Our reproach. Children were regarded      as such a blessing in the ancient times that      to be childless was a misfortune & a subject      of reproach.

     Hagar "despised" the barren Sarai      [Genesis 16:4].

     Her "adversary provoked Hannah sore,      because the LORD had shut up her womb"      [1 Samuel 1:6].

     Compare the lament of Antigone, who views      it as a disgrace that she descends to the tomb      unwed [Soph. 'Antig.' 11, 813-816].

     Among the Jews childlessness was a special      reproach, because it took away all possibility of      the woman being in the line of the Messiah's      descent [comp. Isaiah 54:1-4].

Charles John Ellicott, Theologian [1819–1905] |  | Isaiah 4:1

     [1] And in that day seven women—The CH division      wrongly separates this verse from the foregoing.

     It comes as the climax of the chastisement of the      daughters of Zion, as the companion picture to      [Isaiah 3:6].

          Isaiah 3:6 | A man will seize his brother within           his father’s house: “You have a cloak—you be           our leader! Take charge of this heap of rubble.”

     As men sought eagerly, yet in vain, a protector,      so women should seek for a husband.

     Those who had been wooed & courted, & had      been proudly fastidious, should supplicate in eager      rivalry [the 7 women to 1 man implies a land      depopulated by war, & so making polygamy natural]      for the protection of marriage, & that not on the usual      conditions of having food & clothing found for them      [Exodus 21:10], but as working for their own livelihood.

3.] To take away our reproach—Better, as an imperative,      take thou away. The reproach is that of being childless.

     From the Jewish standpoint that was not only the great      sorrow, but the great shame, of womanhood, implying,      as men thought, a sin of which it was the chastisement      [Genesis 30:23; 1 Samuel 1:6; Luke 1:25].

          Genesis 30:23 | & she conceived & gave birth to           a son. “GOD has taken away my shame,” she said.

          1 Samuel 1:6 | Because the LORD had closed           Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her           & taunt her viciously.

          Luke 1:25 | “The LORD has done this for me.           In these days HE has shown me favor &           taken away my disgrace among the people.”

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John 3:8 | The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the SPIRIT.”

Exegete “wind” in the BIBLE, 74 occurrences, where pneuma occurs 383x

Pneuma is used 350x in the NT, & 27x in this Gospel for "the SPIRIT;" & if the usage is reversed here, this is the solitary occasion.

wind, πνεῦμα (pneuma) Strong's Greek 4151: Wind, breath, spirit.

Genesis 8:1 | But GOD remembered Noah & all the animals & livestock that were with him in the ark. And HE sent a wind over the earth, & the waters began to subside.

     Pulpit Commentary by Donald Spence Jones [1836-1917]

     Augustine, though acquainted with      the other rendering, approves of this;      so Origen, Bengel.

     The great majority of commentators &      versions have held that the former of      the two translations is correct;

1.1] That the first time the word Πνεῦμα is      used, it refers to the wind, "the unseen      similitude of GOD the SPIRIT -

     HIS most meet & mightiest sign;"

     & that, since the same word is used for      the two things, SPIRIT & wind, the      LORD, after the parabolic manner which      HE adopted [in the synoptic Gospels],

     took advantage of some gusts of roaring      wind then audible, to call attention to the      mystery & incomprehensibility of its      origin or end,

     & to see a parallel between      the unknown ways of the wind & the      unknown points of application to the      human spirit of the mighty energy of      the living GOD.

           Ecclesiastes 11:5 | As you do not know the path            of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a            mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the            work of GOD, the Maker of all things.

1.2] The passage, Ecclesiastes 11:5, may have been in      his mind [though there "SPIRIT" is as likely to be the      reference as is the motion of the "wind," &

           our ignorance of the way of the SPIRIT            is akin to our ignorance of the formation            of bones in the womb of her who is with child

1.3] And the adoption of the unusual word πνεῖ      [John 6:18; Revelation 7:1; Matthew 7:25; Acts 27:40]

     is in support of the comparison between "wind" & the      "SPIRIT;" while the φωνή, the "voice" or sound of the      wind in trees or against any barriers, & the other effects

     that the rapid motion of the air produces,      gives a lively illustration of the method in      which the SPIRIT of GOD works in      human minds,

           revealing, not itself, but its effects.

1.4] It is further urged that the following clause,

           So is every one that hath been            born of the SPIRIT

     meaning, So doth it happen to every one who is      born of the SPIRIT - suggests the analogy between      πνεῦμα in its material sense, & πνεῦμα in its      customary & deeper sense.

     Now, on the other hand, it appears to me that this      latter clause is compatible with the older translation      & application.

     There is a comparison, but it may be between the      mysterious working, breathing of the Divine SPIRIT,

           whose "voice" or "word" may be heard,            whose effects are present to our senses            & consciousness,

           but the beginnings & endings of which            are always lost in GOD,

     & the special operations of Divine grace      in the birth of the SPIRIT.

1.5] There are numberless operations of the SPIRIT        referred to in the OT, from the first brooding of        the SPIRIT on the formless abyss, to all the        special & mighty effects wrought in creation, all       the heightening & quickening of human faculty,

           all the conference of special strength upon men -            their intellectual energies & Divine inspirations.

1.6] Over & above all these, there is all the supernatural      change wrought in souls by the HOLY SPIRIT.

     CHRIST calls this a "birth of the SPIRIT," & declares that,      according to all the mysterious comings & departings of      the SPIRIT, leaving only manifold effects, so is the

           special Divine work which morally            & spiritually recreates humanity.

1.7] The WORD θέλει, is, moreover, more appropriate      to a living Being than to the wind.

     There is another way which suggests itself by which      the WORD Πνεῦμα may mean the same in      both clauses:

           The breath of GOD blows            where it listeth, etc.,

     so is every one born of the breath of GOD.

     If this be possible, the form of the expression supplies      a cooperating similitude drawn from the unknown origin      & mighty effects of the unseen breath of heaven;

     & on this translation the comparison is drawn between      all the ways of the SPIRIT & the special work of the      SPIRIT in regeneration.

     An inference is deducible from either interpretation of      this verse, incompatible with the theory that      "birth from water" is equivalent to      "regeneration in baptism."

     If the rite of baptism provided the moment & occasion      of the spiritual result, we should know whence it came      & whither it went.

           We might not know "how,"            but we should know "when" &            "whence" the spiritual change took place.

     But this knowledge is distinctly negated by CHRIST,      who herein declares the moment of the spiritual birth      to be lost or hidden in GOD.

     Physical birth is a deep mystery, both whence the      "spirit" comes & whither it goes;

     the signs of the presence of life are abundant, but      there is an infinite difference between the stillborn      or dead child & the living one.

     Similarly, the commencement of the SPIRIT's      creation within our nature is lost in mystery.

     We discern its presence by its effects,      by consciousness of a new life &      sense of a new world all around the newly born,

     but the SPIRIT-birth, like all the other      operations of the SPIRIT,      is hidden in GOD.

     Charles John Ellicott, Christian Theologian [1819–1905]

1.8] The baptism of the SPIRIT is needed for all.

     Now, indeed, coming as a fire      burning in men's hearts,      consuming the chaff of sin,      while HE purifies & stores      up all that is true & good;

           now coming as in a moment, & arresting a man in a            course of evil, revealing the iniquity of sin, & giving            the power to reform;

           now coming as the gradual dawning of day upon the            youthful soul who has never been wholly without it;

           here in a sermon or a prayer,            there in the lessons of childhood;

           now by the example of a noble life or            the lessons of history;

           again in the study of SCRIPTURE or            the truths written on the page of nature            —the SPIRIT breaths where it wills.

     We may not limit HIS action, but by HIS action must      every one be born again.

1.9] Compare the instances of what men call gradual conversion      & sudden conversion, placed side by side in the same      chapter, in Acts 16:14; Acts 16:29 et cetera.

           Acts 16:14 | Among those listening was a woman            named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the            city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of GOD.            The LORD opened her heart to respond to            Paul’s message.

           Acts 16:29 | Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in            & fell trembling before Paul & Silas.

July 3, 2020 [1.8] Lesson: Baptism of the SPIRIT = fire in men’s hearts

Exodus 10:13 | So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, & throughout that day & night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.

Exodus 10:19 | And the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind that carried off the locusts & blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained anywhere in Egypt.

Exodus 14:21 | Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, & all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,

Numbers 11:31 | Now a wind sent by the LORD came up, drove in quail from the sea, & brought them near the camp, about two cubits above the surface of the ground, for a day’s journey in every direction around the camp.

1 Kings 19:11 | Then the LORD said, “Go out & stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great & mighty wind tore into the mountains & shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.

2 Kings 3:17 | For the LORD says, ‘YOU will not see wind or rain, but the valley will be filled with water, & you will drink—you & your cattle & your animals.’

Job 1:19 | when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert & struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people & they are dead, & I alone have escaped to tell you!”

Job 28:25 | When GOD fixed the weight of the wind & measured out the waters,

Job 30:22 | YOU snatch ME up into the wind & drive ME before it; YOU toss ME about in the storm.

Job 37:21 | Now no one can gaze at the sun when it is bright in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.

Job 38:1 | Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind & said:

Job 38:24 | In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?

Job 40:6 | Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind & said:

Psalm 11:6 | On the wicked HE will rain fiery coals & brimstone; a scorching wind will be their portion.

Psalm 48:7 | With a wind from the east YOU wrecked the ships of Tarshish.

Psalm 78:26 | HE stirred the east wind from the heavens & drove the south wind by HIS might.

Psalm 103:16 | when the wind passes over, it vanishes, & its place remembers it no more.

Psalm 135:7 | HE causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. HE sends lightning with the rain & brings the wind from HIS storehouses.

Proverbs 10:25 | When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure forever.

Proverbs 25:14 | Like clouds & wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.

Proverbs 25:23 | As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.

Proverbs 27:16 | restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.

Proverbs 30:4 | Who has ascended to heaven & come down? Who has gathered the wind in HIS hands? Who has bound up the waters in HIS cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is HIS name, & what is the name of HIS SON—surely you know!

Ecclesiastes 1:6 | Blowing southward, then turning northward, round & round the wind swirls, ever returning on its course.

Ecclesiastes 8:8 | As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.

Ecclesiastes 11:4 | HE who watches the wind will fail to sow, & he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.

Isaiah 11:15 | The LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind HE will sweep HIS hand over the Euphrates. HE will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals.

Isaiah 17:13 | The nations rage like the rush of many waters. HE rebukes them, & they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.

Isaiah 27:8 | By warfare & exile YOU contended with her & removed her with a fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows.

Isaiah 40:24 | No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than HE blows on them & they wither, & a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.

Isaiah 41:16 | YOU will winnow them, & a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 57:13 | When you cry out, let your companies of idols deliver you! Yet the wind will carry off all of them, a breath will take them away. But he who seeks refuge in ME will inherit the land & possess MY holy mountain.”

Jeremiah 2:24 | a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.

Jeremiah 4:11 | At that time it will be said to this people & to Jerusalem, “A searing wind from the barren heights in the desert blows toward the daughter of MY people, but not to winnow or to sift;

Jeremiah 4:12 | a wind too strong for that comes from ME. Now I also pronounce judgments against them.”

Jeremiah 10:13 | When HE thunders, the waters in the heavens roar, & HE causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. HE sends the lightning with the rain & brings the wind from HIS storehouses.

Jeremiah 23:19 | Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out in fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.

Jeremiah 49:32 | Their camels will become plunder, & their large herds will be spoil. I will scatter to the wind in every direction those who shave their temples; I will bring calamity on them from all sides, declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 51:16 | When HE thunders, the waters in the heavens roar, & HE causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. HE makes lightning for the rain & brings forth the wind from HIS storehouses.

Ezekiel 1:4 | I looked & saw a whirlwind coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing back & forth & brilliant light all around it. In the center of the fire was a gleam like amber,

Ezekiel 5:12 | A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, & a third I will scatter to every wind & unleash a sword behind them.

Ezekiel 17:10 | Even if it is transplanted, will it flourish? Will it not completely wither when the east wind strikes? It will wither on the bed where it sprouted.’”

Ezekiel 19:12 | But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, & the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off & they withered; the fire consumed them.

Ezekiel 27:26 | YOUR oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea.

Daniel 2:35 | Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, & gold were shattered & became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, & not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that had struck the statue became a great mountain & filled the whole earth.

Hosea 4:19 | The whirlwind has wrapped them in its wings & their sacrifices will bring them shame.”

Hosea 8:7 | Indeed, they sow the wind & reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.

Hosea 12:1 | Ephraim chases the wind & pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies & violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria & sends olive oil to Egypt.

Hosea 13:15 | Although he flourishes among his fellow believers, an east wind will come—a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. HIS fountain will fail, & his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.

Amos 1:14 | So I will kindle a fire in the walls of Rabbah to consume its citadels amid war cries on the day of battle & a violent wind on the day of tempest.

Jonah 1:4 | Then the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, & such a violent storm arose that the ship was in danger of breaking apart.

Micah 2:11 | If a man of wind were to come & say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine & strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!

Nahum 1:3 | The LORD is slow to anger & great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. HIS path is in the whirlwind & storm, & clouds are the dust beneath HIS feet.

Habakkuk 1:11 | Then they sweep by like the wind & pass on through. They are guilty; their own strength is their god.

Zechariah 5:9 | Then I lifted up my eyes & saw two women approaching, with the wind in their wings. Their wings were like those of a stork, & they lifted up the basket between heaven & earth.

Zechariah 7:14 | But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, & the land was left desolate behind them so that no one could come or go. Thus they turned the pleasant land into a desolation.”

Matthew 14:24 | but the boat was already far from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.

Matthew 14:32 | And when they had climbed back into the boat, the wind died down.

Mark 4:39 | Then JESUS got up & rebuked the wind & the sea. “Silence!” HE commanded. “Be still!” And the wind died down, & it was perfectly calm.

Mark 4:41 | Overwhelmed with fear, they asked one another, “Who is this, that even the wind & the sea obey Him?”

Mark 6:48 | HE could see that the disciples were straining to row, because the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night, JESUS went out to them, walking on the sea. HE intended to pass by them,

Mark 6:51 | Then HE climbed into the boat with them, & the wind died down. And the disciples were utterly astounded,

Luke 8:24 | The disciples went & woke HIM, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” Then JESUS got up & rebuked the wind & the raging waters, & they subsided, & all was calm.

Luke 12:55 | And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ & it is.

John 3:8 | The wind blows where it wishes. YOU hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the SPIRIT.”

John 6:18 | A strong wind was blowing & the sea grew agitated.

Acts 2:2 | Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven & filled the whole house where they were sitting.

Acts 27:7 | After sailing slowly for many days, we arrived off Cnidus. When the wind impeded us, we sailed to the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.

Acts 27:13 | When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had their opportunity. So they weighed anchor & sailed along, hugging the coast of Crete.

Acts 27:40 | Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind & made for the beach.

Acts 28:13 | From there we weighed anchor & came to Rhegium. After one day, a south wind came up, & on the second day we arrived at Puteoli.

Ephesians 4:14 | Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves & carried around by every wind of teaching & by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.

Revelation 7:1 | After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back its four winds so that no wind would blow on land or sea or on any tree.

Genesis 8:1; Exodus 10:13; Exodus 10:19; Exodus 14:21; Numbers 11:31; 1 Kings 19:11; 2 Kings 3:17; Job 1:19; Job 28:25; Job 30:22;

Job 37:21; Job 38:1; Job 38:24; Job 40:6; Psalm 11:6; Psalm 48:7; Psalm 78:26; Psalm 103:16; Psalm 135:7; Proverbs 10:25;

Proverbs 25:14; Proverbs 25:23; Proverbs 27:16; Proverbs 30:4; Ecclesiastes 1:6; Ecclesiastes 8:8; Ecclesiastes 11:4; Isaiah 11:15; Isaiah 17:13; Isaiah 27:8;

Isaiah 40:24; Isaiah 41:16; Isaiah 57:13; Jeremiah 2:24; Jeremiah 4:11; Jeremiah 4:12; Jeremiah 10:13; Jeremiah 23:19; Jeremiah 49:32; Jeremiah 51:16;

Ezekiel 1:4; Ezekiel 5:12; Ezekiel 17:10; Ezekiel 19:12; Ezekiel 27:26; Daniel 2:35; Hosea 4:19; Hosea 8:7; Hosea 12:1; Hosea 13:15;

Amos 1:14; Jonah 1:4; Micah 2:11; Nahum 1:3; Habakkuk 1:11; Zechariah 5:9; Zechariah 7:14; Matthew 14:24; Matthew 14:32; Mark 4:39;

Mark 4:41; Mark 6:48; Mark 6:51; Luke 8:24; Luke 12:55; John 3:8; John 6:18; Acts 2:2; Acts 27:7; Acts 27:13;

Acts 27:40; Acts 28:13; Ephesians 4:14; Revelation 7:1

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Thursday, July 2, 2020 | Jonathan Cahn

     Have you ever heard a preacher say      the same SCRIPTURE twice?

     How many times have you heard the SCRIPTURE,

           "GOD so loved the world HE gave             HIS only begotten son that whosoever             would believe in HIM would not perish             but have everlasting life?"

     The answer is you've never      heard the same SCRIPTURE twice.

     Your ears may have heard the sound      of it before, your mind may have      pondered the thought of it.

           But you can never hear the            same SCRIPTURE twice,

     even if it's the same verse-for GOD      only speaks now &

           HIS WORD is always new.

     It doesn't matter if you've heard the same      verse every minute of every hour of      every day of your life.

     GOD will speak a new word to you      through that same SCRIPTURE &

           it will change your life if you            receive it anew.

     For GOD only speaks now, & right now      HE has a WORD to speak to you that      you've never heard before.

     So, open up the BIBLE today &      your heart...that you may receive      the new, fresh, & life-changing      WORD HE has to give you.

     If you receive it - it will be new &      will change your life.

From Message #1195 - Sharp

Try this for today.

Go get your Bible, open it up

find a verse you've heard before, &

now receive it as if you have never heard it before - as if for the first time.

Scripture: Hebrews 4:12

           Hebrews 4:12 | For the WORD of GOD            is living & active. Sharper than any            double-edged sword, it pierces even            to dividing soul & spirit, joints & marrow.            It judges the thoughts & intentions of the heart.

Steven Furtick repeats key statements by the 3rd/4th repetition, something new clicks.

Your message is truth, correlates w/

Isaiah 55:11 | so MY WORD that proceeds from MY mouth will not return to ME empty, but it will accomplish what I please, & it will prosper where I send it.

2 Corinthians 9:10 | Now HE who supplies seed to the sower & bread for food will supply & multiply your store of seed & will increase the harvest of your righteousness.

           Deuteronomy 32:2 | Let my teaching fall like rain &            my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new            grass, like showers on tender plants.

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Symbols: More Than Words P1,2,3,4,5 | Robert Morris [Sept.10/18]

You might not know everything; there might be some things in the BIBLE that you’ve never seen. [15:04]

Things I’ve never seen, & that’s why I read it everyday.

     Everyday.

Because this BOOK was written by a higher BEING. A Spiritual BEING, & IT has all sorts of Spiritual symbols in IT.

     #1 BIBLE is full of Spiritual Symbols      #2 Sheep have an Enemy

2] Sheep have an Enemy

The reason I’m doing this is because we know sheep represents something, Psalm 100:3

           Psalm 100:3 | Know that the LORD is GOD.            It is HE who made us, & we are HIS;            we are HIS people, & the sheep of HIS pasture.

We’re the sheep of HIS pasture, so we’re called sheep.

Everyone know that? Right OK.

Now we’re going to read another verse, see you already believe in symbols, you believe in the BIBLE.

IT talks about the sheep of HIS pasture, it’s about the people of GOD. [15:47]

           Ezekiel 34:1-3 | Then the WORD of the LORD            came to me, saying, “SON of man, prophesy            against the shepherds of Israel.

     Alright Stop for a moment:      You think he’s talking about literal shepherds?

     Of course not, he’s not talking about a guy on the side of      a hill with a dress & stick, that’s not what he’s talking about.      What’s he talking about?      He’s talking about pastors, spiritual leaders. [16:12]      But it says shepherds, why? Because we’re sheep.

           Prophesy & tell them that this is what the LORD            GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel,            who only feed themselves!            Should not the shepherds feed their flock?            You eat the fat, wear the wool, & butcher the            fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.

     K, “woe to the shepherds”

     So shepherds are spiritual leaders,      & flocks are the ppl of GOD.

K, so I’m going to show you another verse where flocks/sheep mean people & shepherd means pastors.

But there’s another symbol & you need to understand that it means something too in the spiritual language [16:52].

Alright? In the spiritual world that’s going on around us.

           Ezekiel 34:5 | They were scattered for lack of a            shepherd, & when they were scattered they            became food for all the wild beasts.

So they, “that’s sheep” that’s HIS people were scattered because no shepherd was feeding them the WORD of GOD; & they became food for all the beasts of the field—when they were scattered [17:12]

Now see here’s what bothers me: [17:15]

     We say now sheep = people,      we also say shepherds = pastors, but      the beasts of the fields = lions & tigers!!? [17:26]

     No, it means demonic spirits.

And I’ll prove it to ya, I’m a show you some more SCRIPTURES on the beasts of the field. But here’s what’s amazin’

     Just get your BIBLE program &      look at “beasts of the field” &      “birds of the air”

     Just look all through the BIBLE, & watch how many      times that it represents the devil.

And I’ll show you JESUS HIMSELF, I just mentioned birds here, said it HIMSELF, K? [17:55]

Let me show you another symbol that you already know:

Genesis 3:1, it starts with three words “now the serpent” Who’s the serpent? Satan [you can answer] OK, how do you know? No (2x), I want know book/CH/verse. [18:21]

           Genesis 3:1 | Now the serpent was more crafty            than any beast of the field that the LORD GOD            had made. And he said to the woman,            “Did GOD really say, ‘You must not eat of any            tree in the garden?’”

To be continued... 1] Bread    [Mar.03/18]   gatewaypeople.com/series/more-than-words?sermon=bread   girlwitharib.tumblr.com/post/622289503544115200 2] Water    [Mar.17/18]   gatewaypeople.com/series/more-than-words?sermon=water 3] Breath   [Mar.24/18]   gatewaypeople.com/series/more-than-words?sermon=breath 4] Dominion [Mar.30/18   gatewaypeople.com/series/more-than-words?sermon=dominion 5] Love     [Apr.14/18]   gatewaypeople.com/series/more-than-words?sermon=love 6] Symbols  [Sept.08/18]   gatewaypeople.com/series/more-than-words?sermon=symbols   girlwitharib.tumblr.com/post/621786654045323264   girlwitharib.tumblr.com/post/621836626153373696   girlwitharib.tumblr.com/post/622288780461850624   girlwitharib.tumblr.com/post/622356539727069185 7] Sight    [Sept.15/18]   gatewaypeople.com/series/more-than-words?sermon=sight   girlwitharib.tumblr.com/post/615406812892741633   girlwitharib.tumblr.com/post/616060595663437824 8] Light    [Sept.22/18]   gatewaypeople.com/series/more-than-words?sermon=light

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Symbols: More Than Words P1,2,3,4,5 | Robert Morris [Sept.10/18]

Different types of exegesis:

Historical: what it means at the time;

Contextual: what's the context of it;

Allegorical: what is the story of allegory behind it (what is it symbolic of);

Revelatory: some theologians don't agree with this, but it's what is GOD saying to me through this passage?

But even when you do that, it's all got to line up with what we call cohesive exegesis, that means it has to be in agreement with the entire BIBLE, & the nature, & character of GOD.

And I've already talked about that stuff, so the today the title of the message is symbols.

Because I want to show you some symbols in SCRIPTURE.

And the BIBLE is full of symbolic SCRIPTURE.

When I first saw this, when I was in my early 20′s, I got saved at 19—this is what caused me to just devour the BIBLE.

To read it & read it & read it.

Because I saw all these symbols [4:38]

Now let me say this too, about the book & about us.

Let me say this about us first:

     We have a tendency to believe that we are humans      having a Spiritual experience [4:53]. But the truth is      we’re Spirits having a human experience.

K, let me say this about the BIBLE:

     This is a Spiritual BOOK written by a Spiritual BEING        to Spiritual beings.

Let me tell you what that means [5:32]:

That’s why GQ Magazine doesn’t have a clue what they’re talking about. Cause this is a Spiritual BOOK written by a Spiritual BEING to Spiritual beings. 

And btw the natural man, which means the person who’s not born again—here’s what the BIBLE says [5:43]:

     can’t even understand this book

So I’m going to show you some Spiritual signs, so here’s

#1: The BIBLE is full of Spiritual Symbols [5:54]

Also you need to know this: I’m going to go through a lot of SCRIPTURE; & I don’t have time to exegete all of these passages doctrinally.

I’m just going to show you some symbols; & I hope that you listen to this message about 10x.

And then I hope you get so hungry for the BIBLE, that you read it. [6:22]

     Matter of fact, one time after I spoke about symbols      this guy said to me, “I’m a go read the BIBLE, to see      if all that stuff you said is true.”  I said great.

     I would love for you to read the BIBLE, to see if      everything I say is true. I’d love for you to do that.

So let me show you some Spiritual symbols, when we get to Luke 10 in a moment [6:41]

           Psalm 105:40-41 | They asked, & HE brought quail            & satisfied them with the bread of heaven. HE            opened a rock, & water gushed out;            it flowed like a river in the desert.

The BREAD of heaven, water, rock; I talked about bread & water in the Spring, in this series.

Now you say, “yeah but I don’t understand how you get this Spiritual symbols?”

K, let me make another statement here, the BIBLE interprets itself. You don’t interpret the BIBLE, the BIBLE interprets you.

When I say there’s a Spiritual symbol, I’ve got a book, chapter, & verse for it; so let me show it to you Spiritually symbols here now. I read that in Psalm 105, now let me show you in the NT that tells me what the symbols are [7:30].

           1 Corinthians 10:1-2 | I do not want you to be            unaware, fellow believers, that our forefathers            were all under the cloud, & that they all passed            through the sea.            They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud            & in the sea.

Verse 2 have the 3 symbols, & these are the baptisms here.

     “Baptized into Moses” that was their deliverer, which for us       we get baptized into JESUS when we get saved.

     “in the cloud” that would represent SPIRIT.

     “in the sea” that would represent water.

So there are the 3 symbols for baptisms right there [7:59].

Watch v.3-4,

           1 Corinthians 10:3-4 | They all ate the same spiritual            food & drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank            from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, & that            rock was CHRIST.

Okay, so where do I get Spiritual symbols from? Right there.

Because it said they ate Spiritual food, & we read about bread—there’s a whole message on BREAD, in this series.

If you want to mainly go back & listen to those messages, so you can kind of catch-up [refresh your memory].

Since we had a break in between this series [8:34].

Bread representing JESUS, water representing JESUS, it’s in the WORD of GOD. Now the rock representing JESUS.

But you see it says right there Spiritual bread/water/rock.

#1.1] Spiritual Symbol:

Let me show you another Spiritual symbol [8:51], about something having a Spiritual meaning in the BIBLE.

Revelation 11:8, this is about the two witnesses.

           Revelation 11:8 | Their bodies will lie in the street            of the great city—figuratively called Sodom & Egypt            —where their LORD was also crucified.

figuratively [Spiritually]

But Spiritually he said there’s a name for it—in the Spirit realm.

Now look at Luke 10:17, I’m a show you some symbols & I’m going to show you how easy it is to let the BIBLE define symbols for you. OK? [9:29]

           Luke 10:17-18 | The 72 returned with joy & said,            “LORD, even the demons submit to us in YOUR            name.” So HE said to them,            “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

           Luke 10:19-20 | See, I have given you authority            to tread on snakes & scorpions, & over all the            power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.            Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits            submit to you, but rejoice that your names are            written in heaven.”

To be continued... 1] Bread    [Mar.03/18]   gatewaypeople.com/series/more-than-words?sermon=bread   girlwitharib.tumblr.com/post/622289503544115200 2] Water    [Mar.17/18]   gatewaypeople.com/series/more-than-words?sermon=water 3] Breath   [Mar.24/18]   gatewaypeople.com/series/more-than-words?sermon=breath 4] Dominion [Mar.30/18   gatewaypeople.com/series/more-than-words?sermon=dominion 5] Love     [Apr.14/18]   gatewaypeople.com/series/more-than-words?sermon=love 6] Symbols  [Sept.08/18]   gatewaypeople.com/series/more-than-words?sermon=symbols   girlwitharib.tumblr.com/post/621786654045323264   girlwitharib.tumblr.com/post/621836626153373696   girlwitharib.tumblr.com/post/622288780461850624   girlwitharib.tumblr.com/post/622356539727069185 7] Sight    [Sept.15/18]   gatewaypeople.com/series/more-than-words?sermon=sight   girlwitharib.tumblr.com/post/615406812892741633   girlwitharib.tumblr.com/post/616060595663437824 8] Light    [Sept.22/18]   gatewaypeople.com/series/more-than-words?sermon=light