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 A Bible Teaching Ministry of Galyn Wiemers
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April 30 - Morning
"In the first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah opened the doors of the temple of the Lord and repaired them. He brought in the priests and the Levites, assembled them in the square
on the east side and said:
'Listen to me, Levites! Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the temple of the Lord, the God of your ancestors. Remove all defilement from the sanctuary. Our fathers were unfaithful; they did evil in the eyes of the Lord our God and forsook him. They turned their faces away from the Lord’s dwelling place and turned their backs on him. They also shut the doors of the portico and put out the lamps. They did not burn incense or present any burnt offerings at the sanctuary to the God of Israel. Therefore, the anger of the
Lord has fallen on Judah and Jerusalem."
- Second Chronicles 29:3-8 |
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| Hezekiah Leads Judah Back to Temple Worship of YHWH |
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Hezekiah, one of the sons his father Ahaz did not sacrifice in the fire, became co-regent with his father in 729 BC and became the sole king in 715 BC. Hezekiah was both a moral man and a great leader. He would rule Judah for 25 years. Hezekiah destroyed the high places, cut down the Asherah poles and even had to crush the bronze snake Moses had made in the wilderness because the people had begun to worship it. The first thing Hezekiah did as king was open the doors to the temple and begin restoring it. The priests and Levites were reorganized and given orders to prepare themselves and the temple for public worship again. When the people of Judah responded there were not enough priests to keep up with the sacrifices. Hezekiah then invited all the people, including the northern tribe, to come and celebrate the Passover. The Passover had not been celebrated by all twelve tribes of Israel since the days of Solomon over 200 years before. An enormous crowd gathered and overwhelmed the priests and the Levites who were not fully prepared. |
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| "My wish and desire is that people get right with God, settle the big question, and die happy knowing they will be with Jesus." - Luis Palau |
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The oldest nearly-complete manuscript of the Bible is the Codex Vaticanus from 325-350 AD. It is kept in the Vatican library in Rome. It may be one of the fifty Bibles Constantine ordered to be copied in 331 AD as described by church historian Eusebius (263-339) and distributed to the churches by the Bishop of Constantinople.
(Details here, here; pic here.
View pages here. Download Codex Vaticanus NT text .pdf facsimile here.)
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Shakach (Hb) – Forget (Eng) – shakach is the Hebrew word that means “to forget” and it is translated every one of the 101 times it is used as “forget,” “forgets,” “forgotten,” etc. The simple meaning of shakach is clear – shakach means to forget something such as information. But, the implication is that if details and information are forgotten then the emotions or the desire to take action is also lost. So, when Jeremiah writes in 31:34 that the Lord “will forgive their wickedness
and will remember their sins no more,” he is saying not only that God has forgot the details,
but that he will not recall the sins in order to take action to punish the sins he has forgotten. |
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Amenemope and his wise sayings found in “instruction of Amenomope,” come from 1000 BC. His funeral mask and scroll have been found. Many of his thoughts found their way into Solomon’s proverbs, or vice versa. |
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I will always live life and serve the Lord in anticipation of revival and
expectation of great works of God in the hearts of people. |
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"There are three things that are stately in their stride,
four that move with
stately bearing:
a lion, mighty among beasts,
who retreats before nothing;
a strutting rooster, a he-goat,
and a king secure
against revolt."
- Proverbs 30:29-31
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Attitude of encouragement |
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| Reps & Sets is a daily Bible devotional for Christians from Generation Word Bible Teaching used each morning and evening. |
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