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The World hates the Shepherd

When Joseph brings his fam­ily to Egypt, to set­tle in Goshen, he tells his brothers: When Pharaoh calls you and says, ‘What is your occu­pa­tion?’ you shall say, ‘Your ser­vants have been keep­ers of live­stock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,’ in order that you may dwell in the land of [...]
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When the Son rises

Another spir­i­tual inter­pre­ta­tion, this time from Psalm 104:21,22: Satan and his demons prowls around like roar­ing lions seek­ing some­one to steal and devour from God When the day dawns and the Morn­ing Star rises in your heart, they steal away and lie down in their dens. See 1 Peter 5:8 and 2 Peter 1:19. Also be sure to read the Psalm.
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Security in the Blood

I read Proverbs 31 today as part of my devo­tional read­ing. There are two parts, one talk­ing about what is fit­ting for a King, another part describ­ing what a vir­tu­ous woman/wife is like. Some­thing at the end of it made stop and re-read it. This time equat­ing the vir­tu­ous woman as a spir­i­tual type of Jesus’ bride, [...]
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The Kingdom of God is among you(?)

Many newer trans­la­tions are trans­lat­ing Luke 17:21 as: 20 Being asked by the Phar­isees when the king­dom of God would come, he answered them, The king­dom of God is not com­ing with signs to be observed, 21 nor will they say, Look, here it is! or There! for behold, the king­dom of God is in the midst [...]
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