Alan S.L. WONG
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King Asa Relied on God, Until He Didn't
In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, King Baasha of Israel invaded Judah and fortified Ramah in order to prevent anyone from entering or leaving King Asa’s territory in Judah. Asa responded by removing the silver and gold from the treasuries of the Temple of the Lord and the royal palace. He sent it to King Ben-hadad of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus, along with this message:
“Let there be a treaty between you and me like the one between your father and my father. See, I am sending you silver and gold. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel so that he will leave me alone.”
At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa and told him, “Because you have put your trust in the king of Aram instead of in the Lord your God, you missed your chance to destroy the army of the king of Aram. Don’t you remember what happened to the Ethiopians and Libyans and their vast army, with all of their chariots and charioteers? At that time, you relied on the Lord, and he handed them over to you. 9 The eyes of the Lord search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. What a fool you have been! From now on you will be at war.”
Asa became so angry with Hanani for saying this that he threw him into prison and put him in stocks. At that time Asa also began to oppress some of his people.
In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa developed a serious foot disease. Yet even with the severity of his disease, he did not seek the Lord’s help but turned only to his physicians.
More info on King Asa - www.vtaide.com/gleanings/Kings-of-Israel/biography_Asa.html
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King Asa: Facing an army greater than your own
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Once an Ethiopian named Zerah attacked Judah with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots. They advanced to the town of Mareshah, so Asa deployed his armies for battle in the valley north of Mareshah. Then Asa cried out to the Lord his God, “O Lord, no one but you can help the powerless against the mighty! Help us, O Lord our God, for we trust in you alone. It is in your name that we have com...
King Abijah: Speech versus life
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Abijah's speech - When the army of Judah arrived in the hill country of Ephraim, Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim and shouted to Jeroboam and all Israel: “Listen to me! Don’t you realize that the Lord, the God of Israel, made a lasting covenant with David, giving him and his descendants the throne of Israel forever? Yet Jeroboam son of Nebat, a mere servant of David’s son Solomon, rebelled agains...
Jeroboam's wasted opportunity
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King Jeroboam of Israel - One day as Jeroboam was leaving Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh met him along the way. Ahijah was wearing a new cloak. The two of them were alone in a field, and Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing and tore it into twelve pieces. Then he said to Jeroboam, “Take ten of these pieces, for this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about t...
Rehoboam's thick little finger
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King Rehoboam of Judah - The Lord was very angry with Solomon, for his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice. He had warned Solomon specifically about worshiping other gods, but Solomon did not listen to the Lord’s command. So now the Lord said to him, “Since you have not kept my covenant and have disobeyed my decrees, I will surely tear the kingd...
Map of the divided kingdom
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How to draw a simple map of the divided kingdom (of Israel and Judah) and neighboring Gentile nations
Solomon's Temple
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David said, “My son Solomon is still young and inexperienced. And since the Temple to be built for the Lord must be a magnificent structure, famous and glorious throughout the world, I will begin making preparations for it now.” So David collected vast amounts of building materials before his death (1 Chronicles 22:5-6). Then David gave Solomon the plans for the Temple and its surroundings incl...
Vying for the throne
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Adonijah claims the throne: Bathsheba went into the king’s bedroom. He was very old now, and Abishag was taking care of him. Bathsheba bowed down before the king. “What can I do for you?” he asked her. She replied, “My lord, you made a vow before the Lord your God when you said to me, ‘Your son Solomon will surely be the next king and will sit on my throne.’ But instead, Adonijah has made himse...
Trouble in King David's family
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Do you remember what Nathan said to David in 2 Sam. 12:9-12? For you have murdered Uriah the Hittite with the sword of the Ammonites and stolen his wife. From this time on, your family will live by the sword (cf., 2 Sam. 13:23-29; 18:14-15) because you have despised me by taking Uriah’s wife to be your own. “This is what the Lord says: Because of what you have done, I will cause your own househ...
David's sin(s) and Nathan's rebuke
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David, Bathsheba and Nathan - The Lord sent Nathan the prophet to tell David this story: “There were two men … one was rich, and one was poor. The rich man owned many sheep and cattle, but the poor man owned only one little lamb he had bought. He raised that little lamb, and it grew up with his children. It ate from the man’s own plate and drank from his cup. He cuddled it in his arms like a ba...
Shaved and stripped
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Ammon and Aram defeated - When David’s ambassadors arrived in the land of Ammon, the Ammonite commanders said to Hanun, their master, “Do you really think these men are coming here to honor your father? No! David has sent them to spy out the city so they can come in and conquer it!” So Hanun seized David’s ambassadors and shaved off half of each man’s beard, cut off their robes at the buttocks,...
Transporting the Ark to Jerusalem
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Then David again gathered all the elite troops in Israel, 30,000 in all. He led them to Baalah of Judah [Kirath-jearim] to bring back the Ark of God, which bears the name of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, who is enthroned between the cherubim. They placed the Ark of God on a new cart and brought it from Abinadab’s house, which was on a hill. Uzzah and Ahio, Abinadab’s sons, were guiding the cart ...
Tragic end of King Saul
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How did King Saul die? When the medium saw Samuel, she screamed, “You’ve deceived me! You are Saul!” “Don’t be afraid!” the king told her. “What do you see?” “I see a god coming up out of the earth,” she said. “What does he look like?” Saul asked. “He is an old man wrapped in a robe,” she replied. Saul realized it was Samuel, and he fell to the ground before him. “Why have you disturbed me by c...
David, Nabal and Abigail
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David: (the fugitive) “While your shepherds stayed among us near Carmel, we never harmed them, and nothing was ever stolen from them. So would you be kind to us, and share any provisions you might have since we have come at a time of celebration?” Nabal (the fool): “Who does David think he is? There are lots of servants who run away from their masters. Should I take my food and give it to a ban...
David spares Saul's life again [2]
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David slipped over to Saul’s camp one night to look around. Saul and Abner son of Ner, the commander of his army, were sleeping inside a ring formed by the slumbering warriors. David and Abishai went right into Saul’s camp and found him asleep, with his spear stuck in the ground beside his head. Abner and the soldiers were lying asleep around him. “God has surely handed your enemy over to you t...
David spares Saul's life [1]
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David spares Saul's life [1]
God's deliverance of David
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God's deliverance of David
Saul's enmity against David
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Saul's enmity against David
Slaying a giant [3]
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Slaying a giant [3]
Preparing to face a giant [2]
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Preparing to face a giant [2]
Challenge of a giant [1]
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Challenge of a giant [1]
Choosing a new king
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Choice and rejection of a king
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Choice and rejection of a king
Ebenezer stone
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Ark of the Covenant Taken
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Ark of the Covenant Taken
Samuel hears from God
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Samson and Delilah (4)
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Samson's revenge (3)
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Samson's riddle (2)
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Birth of Samson (1)
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  • @vtaide
    @vtaide 6 місяців тому

    Just to add to the view that the animal sacrifices will be offered in a memorial sense: The sacrifices prescribed under the Old Covenant lacked the power to permanently remove sin; they merely provided temporary covering and foreshadowed the ultimate sacrifice to be made (Hebrews 10:1-4, 10). These sacrifices were never intended to secure salvation, as salvation has always been attained through faith in Christ. Even with the establishment of the church, Jewish believers continued to engage in the sacrificial rituals of Israel, as seen in Acts 21:26. For them, these sacrifices served as reminders of Christ's ultimate sacrifice.

  • @ben-menashe
    @ben-menashe 6 місяців тому

    The northern border should be at the Syrian cities of Hamat and Sadad, north of Lebanon. The southern boundary should be along the entire length of the bed of Wadi El Arish. Each tribe must receive an equal area of land, equal to the area of the land of the tribe of Levi, that is, the sum of the land for the Kohanim and for the Levites, 4,151 square kilometers. The location of the Temple is determined by measurements from chapter 48, 30 km south of Jerusalem: ua-cam.com/video/mDuXS_9QkPY/v-deo.html

    • @vtaide
      @vtaide 6 місяців тому

      Thank you for stopping by. We seem to hold differing views regarding the allocation of land.

  • @bibleprophecy947
    @bibleprophecy947 11 місяців тому

    Daniel's last week of seven years will begin when the Antichrist brokers a Peace Agreement with the Jews and their Palestinian enemies in Daniel 9:27. In the middle of the Tribulation, after all of the Christians are martyred, the tribulation will escalate into the Great Tribulation of Matthew 24:20-22 of the Jews and the other 11 tribes of Israel. This is when the Antichrist will set up the Abomination that causes Desolation in Matthew 24:15 and Daniel 9:27. It is also when the Antichrist will mandate everyone to take his mark to buy and sell. The three-and-a-half years of Revelation 11, 12 and 13 occur during the last part of seven-year Tribulation.

    • @vtaide
      @vtaide 11 місяців тому

      I've a different take on when the abomination of desolation will be set up. For more, view ua-cam.com/video/957luLs5mMY/v-deo.html

    • @bibleprophecy947
      @bibleprophecy947 11 місяців тому

      @@vtaide I understand your concern as I used to believe that there were 1290 days between the time that the daily sacrifice is taken away and the time that the Abomination that makes it desolate is set up. Unfortunately, other scriptures did not line up to support this view. The Bible is a great chronological puzzle to say the least. The timeline of biblical events must pass the test of all related scripture. If you read Daniel 12:11 carefully using the King James Version, you will see that this is a compound statement. This: And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. Daniel 12:11 KJV Can be read as: And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. And from the time that the abomination that maketh desolate is set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. Daniel 12:11 KJV And not: And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away UNTIL the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. Daniel 12:11 KJV Times, a time and half a time, 1260 days and 42 months are bible codes for the last 3 1/2 years of the seven-year Tribulation. Many prophetic events happen at this time including the Great Tribulation, Jacob's trouble, cessation of the daily sacrifice, the Abomination that causes Desolation, the mark of the beast, the worship of the image of the beast, the war in heaven, Satan and his angles cast down to earth, the war against the Jews in Jerusalem... This is a major milestone when the war between God and Satan escalates to the extreme level. God encodes and seals the timing of these events from the casual reader but He reveals it to those who would search the Scriptures. In Matthew 24:3-8, Jesus tells His disciples what events will happen during the first half of the Tribulation before He returns, which Christ calls, the beginning of sorrows. Then, in Matthew 24:9-14, Jesus lists for His disciples the events that will take place in the Great Tribulation. This will be when the Antichrist breaks the peace agreement, wars against the Jews and kills the Jews. The Tribulation begins when the Antichrist brokers a Peace Agreement with the Jews and their Palestinian enemies for 7 years. The Great Tribulation begins when the Antichrist breaks the peace treaty in the middle of the Tribulation and sets up the Abomination that causes Desolation. Next, in Matthew 24:15-28, Jesus backtracks to the middle of the Tribulation and fills in the details of the great Tribulation, which span a 3 1/2 year period starting with the Abomination that causes Desolation in Daniel 9:27. Finally, in Matthew 24:29-31, Christ lays out the events of His return to rapture the remnant of the selected 144,000, not the Church, immediately AFTER the Tribulation, of those days. The Great Tribulation lasts for 1260 days. But Daniel 12:12 lists an extra 75 days totalling 1335 days. The significance of these 75 days in Judaism is that on any given calendar year there are always 75 days from the end of Tabernacles to Hanukkah. Hanukkah commemorates when Antiochus Epiphanies desecrated the holy Temple in Jerusalem with a pig on the alter. When the Jews regained control of the Temple, they purified it, which began Hanukkah - a prophecy that Christ will fulfill when He returns. One month after Jesus ends the Tribulation at the battle at Armageddon, the Temple will still be defiled by the Antichrist's Abomination of Desolation statue and there will be no sacrifices (Dan. 12:11). 75 days after Christ ends the Tribulation at Armageddon: 1. The carnage from the war will be cleaned up, 2. The destruction of the land and the Sea by the Vial Plagues will be healed, 3. The Abomination that causes Desolation will be destroyed - 45 days earlier, 4. The Temple will be purified in fulfillment of Hanukkah, 5. The sacrifices will resume, 6. Christ will rule in the Temple over all the nations, 7. And the Jews who last up to that time will rule with Jesus (Dan. 12:12). It doesn't make sense for the Abomination that causes Desolation to be set up and for people to worship it a month after Christ comes back to end the 7-year Tribulation and judge the False Prophet who is the Antichrist (Rev. 19:20). Tspnyc.org

  • @mikes502
    @mikes502 2 роки тому

    The symbolism for "the flood" that comes out of the dragons mouth (Revelation 12:15) is likely a parallel passage to Isaiah 59:19 (the enemy shall come in like a flood).. indicating that this "flood" is all of the many temptations and deceptive tactics to get the "woman" (elect/bride of Christ) who is FASTING in the wilderness to fall away from the living God along with the rest of the church.

  • @vtaide
    @vtaide 3 роки тому

    Question: Rev 22:5 says that we will reign but who do we reign over? My answer: Initially, the subjects of the millennial kingdom will be the living Jews and Gentiles who are alive after the battle of Armageddon and who will enter the millennium in their mortal bodies. Subsequently, the subjects will include babies born and children raised in the millennial earth and their descendants will populate the earth (Isa. 65:23).

  • @vtaide
    @vtaide 3 роки тому

    Question: "How can there be living people on earth after the battle of Armageddon?" My answer: Rev. 19:21 states that the rest (of the armies of the Beast and the kings of the earth) were slain with the sword. Then what happen to those who are not part of the armies ... the non-combatants? I believe they enter the millennial kingdom in their physical bodies. Questions for thought: (1) If no one is (physically) alive after the battle of Armageddon, then who did Satan deceive after his release from the abyss after a 1,000 years? (2) Who are the nations of the earth in Rev. 20:8?

  • @vtaide
    @vtaide 3 роки тому

    The following question was posed, "Is there a gate for Gentile believers ... as the12 gates are for the tribes of Israel?" My answer: Rev. 21:12 states that the gates are named after the 12 tribes of Israel, NOT that they are for Israel only. Those who can enter are only those whose names are written in the Book of Life (Rev. 21:27). In other words, all believers can enter the New Jerusalem.

  • @vtaide
    @vtaide 3 роки тому

    This question was posed to me. "Alan, you mentioned several judgments ... so how many times did Jesus come?" My answer: Christ will come back (physically to earth) only ONCE as laid out in Rev. 19:11-16 (c.f., Zech. 14:3-4). (1) At the Rapture, the Church ... both dead and living believers ... will meet Christ in the air (1 Thess. 4:17). In other words, Christ will not come physically on earth. After the Rapture, there will be a judgment seat of Christ taking place in heaven (2 Cor. 5:10 and 1 Cor. 3:12-15). (2) At His second coming (the only ONCE coming mentioned above), there will be a judgment of the living on earth (those alive after Armageddon) ... (a) the living Jews (Ezek. 20:34-38) and (b) the living Gentiles (Matt. 25:31-46). (3) After the Millennial Kingdom (Christ is already on earth and ruling for 1,000 years), the unbelieving dead will be resurrected and judged at the Great White Throne judgment (Rev. 20:11-15).

  • @vtaide
    @vtaide 3 роки тому

    After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things.” (Rev. 4:1) Two possible meanings of “after these things” (1) Related to the actual receiving of visions … that is, John received the visions in Rev. 4-22 after he received the messages to the churches in Rev. 2-3. (2) Related to how the events will actually take place … that is, the events spoken of in Rev. 4-22 will take place after the present time, the church age. Note that the FIRST "after these things" in Rev. 4:1 was spoken by John while the SECOND "after these things" was spoken by Jesus. I believe that John's words have the first meaning above while Jesus' words have the second meaning.

  • @vtaide
    @vtaide 3 роки тому

    The following question was posed to me ... "Is it possible for the THEN believers who go through the 7-year (or so) Tribulation to unknowingly take the mark of the beast?" My response: If it is possible then we would have a situation where there will be people with the mark of the Beast but do NOT worship the Beast. But Rev. 14:9 seems to equate taking the mark of the Beast with worshipping the Beast. To put it simply, taking the mark of the Beast = worshipping the Beast. Therefore the situation (of unknowingly taking the mark) is not possible. It will be a deliberate decision to take the mark of the Beast to signify one's loyalty to (worship of) the Beast.

  • @graftedin6745
    @graftedin6745 3 роки тому

    Tribulation saints really vs 17 is the church

    • @vtaide
      @vtaide 3 роки тому

      Watch ua-cam.com/video/ET-mRXCaxEM/v-deo.html for the three reasons why I believe the Church will NOT go through the Tribulation.

  • @justforthesaints8536
    @justforthesaints8536 3 роки тому

    The Beast is a National symbol For the Kingdom or State that rules the world after Roman Empire. The First Beast coming out of The Sea (Rev 13:1) It means The Beast just walks on the land. Looked like leopard,bear and lion (Rev 13:2). European Kingdoms after Roman Empire from Anglo Sexon to UK used this Beast as Nasional Symbol. (E.g, Royal Arm of England Symbol) The Second Beast coming out of the earth (Rev 13:11) It means The Beast can Fly like a bird. The Second Continental Congress selected the Bald Eagle as the U. S. National Symbol on June 20, 1782. It had two horns like a lamb (Rev 13:11) = short-lived two-party system alternately sovereign. Causing fire to come down from heaven (Rev 13:13) = Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. (the original word for heaven in Revelation 13:13 is uranus in the world of Greek mythology is the god of the sky) The Image of The First Beast (Rev 13:14,15) = NATO (see how NATO was formed and how America helped NATO members who were injured after the World War according to the Marshall Plan) The mark on their right hand or on their forehead (Revelation 13:16) = The mark of the beast is on the sleeves and hats of military uniforms. USA always enforces military service when in a state of war. The United States abolished the military service in 1975, but all male citizens aged 18-25 are required to register with the US Selective Service System to facilitate reinstatement if necessary. They could not buy or sell unless they had the mark (Rev 13:17) = Money is a tool for buying and selling. The Mark of The Beast is on Banknotes/Bill, especially on $1 prints of 1935. 666 in Roman Numerals = DCLXVI Out of Many, One = E Pluribus Unum. We can find out in The Great Seal of The US.

    • @justforthesaints8536
      @justforthesaints8536 3 роки тому

      The First beast en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_arms_of_England The Second Beast en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States

    • @vtaide
      @vtaide 3 роки тому

      The interpretation presented above (the European kingdoms after the Roman empire of the first century, the Federal government of the US [with its adoption of the eagle as its national symbol] in the 18th century and NATO in the 1950s) does not square with Rev. 13 where the beast from the sea, the beast from the land and the image of the beast all exist in the same time period.

    • @justforthesaints8536
      @justforthesaints8536 3 роки тому

      @@vtaide The beast that comes out of the sea means He lives on land. From sea to land. The Lion Passant Guard in the Heraldry is a Leopard, clawed like a bear, has the face of a lion. www.theheraldrysociety.com/articles/why-three-leopards/ The UK once ruled the world before being replaced by the USA. The world is ruled by the Evil One. (1 John 5:19) The dragon is the devil (Revelation 12:9) The dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. (Revelation 13:2)

    • @justforthesaints8536
      @justforthesaints8536 3 роки тому

      @@vtaide They do not appear in the same period. Revelation 13 is related to Revelation 12 where John describes the sequence of events from the time of the prophecy of enmity between Eve and her offspring and the serpent and her offspring (Genesis 3:15), to the present day. The woman in Revelation 12 is a Jew. The newborn boy is Jesus Christ. The rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ are Jesus's diciples. The devil used the world government at that time the Roman empire to kill them. It was only after that time that the first beast in Revelation 13 appeared and then the second beast appeared. Regarding NATO, please study the history of its formation. Britain and other European countries had been seriously injured due to world wars 1 and 2. America provided assistance to them until NATO was formed.