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Heavenly Father, thank you for your many blessings. Thank you for holding us blameless in a crooked and perverse generation. Thank you for giving us the power to tread on scorpions and serpents, and for proclaiming that 'no harm shall by any means comes to us.' Let Your Will be done in our lives and on earth, as it is in Heaven, and let Your words always be mine. Praise God! Amen.
Today, as I was watching Prophet Robin Bullock's The Eleventh Hour live stream from March 8, 2022 (see video below) about living 'by faith,' I realized, yet again, exactly how great our God is! One week earlier, on March 1, 2022, I posted a blog titled "By Faith." (Read "By Faith" here.) If God has a word to be said, He will make sure it is said, all around the world, any which way He can, however we are listening!
In Robin's video below, he talks about, among other things, Hebrews 11, The Triumphs of Faith, which shows how man's faith in God has sustained and saved mankind since Abel. It is truly amazing!
By faith, Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, the people of Israel, the walls of Jericho, Rahab the prostitute, and many others, kings and prophets, all by faith in God, perpetuated mankind's existence and blessings from God. Hallelujah! Praise God! Amen.
Hebrews 11
The Triumphs of Faith
3 "By faith we understand that the worlds (universe, ages) were framed and created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.
4 By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which it was testified of him that he was righteous, and God testified by accepting his gifts. And though he died, yet through [this act of] faith he still speaks.
(See God's word to me about Cain and Abel, here.)
5 By faith Enoch was caught up and taken to heaven so that he would not have a glimpse of death; and he was not found because God had taken him; for even before he was taken [to heaven], he received the testimony [still on record] that he had walked with God and pleased Him.
6 But without faith it is impossible to [walk with God and] please Him, for whoever comes [near] to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists and that He rewards those who [earnestly and diligently] seek Him.
7 By faith Noah, being warned by God about events not yet seen, in reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of his family. By this [act of obedience] he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness which comes by faith.
8 By faith Abraham, when he was called [by God], obeyed by going to a place which he was to receive as an inheritance; and he went, not knowing where he was going.
9 By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land, as in a strange land, living in tents [as nomads] with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise.
10 For he was looking forward to the city which has foundations, [an eternal, heavenly city] whose architect and builder is God.
11 By faith even Sarah herself received the ability to conceive [a child], even [when she was long] past the normal age for it, because she considered Him who had given her the promise to be reliable and true [to His word].
12 So from one man, though he was [physically] as good as dead, were born as many descendants as the stars of heaven in number, and innumerable as the sand on the seashore." . . ."
17 "By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises [of God] was ready to sacrifice his only son [of promise];" . . ."
20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even regarding things to come.
21 By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and bowed in worship, leaning on the top of his staff.
22 By faith Joseph, when he was dying, referred to [the promise of God for] the exodus of the sons of Israel [from Egypt], and gave instructions concerning [the burial of] his bones [in the land of the promise].
23 By faith Moses, after his birth, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful and divinely favored child; and they were not afraid of the king’s (Pharaoh’s) decree.
24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, 25 because he preferred to endure the hardship of the people of God rather than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin." . . ."
27 "By faith he left Egypt, being unafraid of the wrath of the king; for he endured [steadfastly], as seeing Him who is unseen.
28 By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood [on the doorposts], so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch them (the firstborn of Israel).
29 By faith the people [of Israel] crossed the Red Sea as though they were passing through dry land; but when the Egyptians attempted it they were drowned.
30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days [by Joshua and the sons of Israel].
31 By faith Rahab the prostitute was not destroyed along with those who were disobedient, because she had welcomed the spies [sent by the sons of Israel] in peace.
32 And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets,
33 who by faith subdued kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promised blessings, closed the mouths of lions,
34 extinguished the power of [raging] fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became mighty and unbeatable in battle, putting enemy forces to flight.
35 Women received back their dead by resurrection; and others were tortured [to death], refusing to accept release [offered on the condition of denying their faith], so that they would be resurrected to a better life;
36 and others experienced the trial of mocking and scourging [amid torture], and even chains and imprisonment.
37 They were stoned [to death], they were sawn in two, they were lured with tempting offers [to renounce their faith], they were put to death by the sword; they went about wrapped in the skins of sheep and goats, utterly destitute, oppressed, cruelly treated
38 (people of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and [living in] caves and holes in the ground."
These are those whom will rule with Christ for a thousand years (the Millennial Reign). Rev. 20:4
Let's pray that we all, by faith, endure and remain steadfast in Christ until the end, because, truly, ours is the Kingdom of God!
Love and light in Christ,
Melanie