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Many will say, he died to forgive sins, but is it not true that Yahshua was forgiving sins as he walked around Judea?  Therefore, he did not HAVE to die to forgive sins.  So, ask the question again - Why did Yahshua HAVE to die?  That and a few other things will be addressed in this study.

As if the title, and sub titles, of this paper is not enough, just wait till you read the content.

As used in this paper, the name Israel will be used to mean God (the creator) and Israel his people.  Israel (the people) refers to the descendants of Jacob and those who choose to follow (including obey) Israel (the creator).  The name Yahshua is used to mean Israel (the creator) in flesh.  For more on this you can read the paper “What is in a Name” which can most likely be found from the same source in which this paper was found or you can try the web address
http://www.tellme1st.israels-ekklesia/index.html

The 1st Covenant referenced in many verses of Scripture is referring to the marriage of Israel (the creator) and Israel (his people).  You may recall that Abraham was promised to become the father of many nations [Genesis 17:4-7 en60].  "Nations" refers to people of some commonality, and his descendants through Isaac and Jacob would be the official beginning of the lineage.  This promise of Israel (the creator) is tantamount to an engagement for marriage.  Jacob wrestled with and prevailed with Israel (the creator), whereby getting his name changed to Israel, meaning “as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed” [Genesis 32:28 en1].  This means simply that Jacob “wrestled” with God and did not give up – he went the distance.  Thereafter, Jacob’s descendants would be known as the “House of Israel” (the people of God – Israel (the creator)).  These people now carry the name of their father Jacob, now known as Israel and also their heavenly father Israel.

It is true that the story of Israel began with Adam as an arranged marriage, but took official sanction with Abraham when Israel (the creator and the people) became engaged.

The engagement ceremony of Israel (the creator) with Israel (the people) was made between Israel (the creator) and Abraham.  Genesis 15 (en2) tells of the ceremony which clinched the deal between Abraham and Israel (the creator).  I know to some people the story in chapter 15 may leave a lot to be desired as an engagement ceremony, but along with the promise of being the father of many nations (offer), comes the inheritor of much land.  When Abraham asked the Lord how he (Abraham) will know that he will inherit the promises and begin his trek towards the promises, the Lord gave instructions and Abraham followed (acceptance), whereby the engagement contract, also called a COVENANT was effectively signed by both parties [verse 18].  There are other covenants in Genesis and such seem to be engagement related, but the conduct in Genesis 15 is very much an offer and acceptance - a contract/covenant.  The engagement was made with and through Abram and by extension Abrams descendants, or at least those willing to participate.  The convenant is not for any other people.

This Covenant was made with Abraham, and Abraham's grandson, Jacob, begot 12 sons to establish the House of Israel.  The House of Israel was a beacon, an example, which other peoples wanted to follow [en61].

After the engagement (the promise made to Abraham), came the marriage ceremony between Israel (the creator) and the people (Israelites).  Exodus 24:1-8 [en62] is the marriage ceremony of Israel (the creator) to Israel (the people).  With these actions at Mount Sinai, there was an offer (proposal - by God) and acceptance (by his people).

From Abram to Sinai was a multi-century engagement period.  At times Israel (the people) backslid and were a displeasure to Israel (the creator).  This was true of the engagement period and became of much distress for Israel (the creator) after the marriage.

Israel as a nation (a people with a commonality, not a country like a 20th & 21st century land called Israel) grew into prominence in the world, then around 1100 BC under the leadership of King David they neared the peak of their prominence.

After the death of David's son Solomon (2 Samuel 12:24 en31), the Israelites disputed the new taxations and split into two kingdoms.  Judah and Benjamin and a bit of Levi took the Southern lands and formed the Southern kingdom and adopted the name "Judah", which was the name of the dominant tribe of that group.  Their capital was at Jerusalem.  The other ten tribes took the Northern lands and formed the Northern kingdom and called themselves "Israel", which was the whole family name.  Their capital was at Samaria.  From time to time Judah and Israel actually fought wars against each other!  Reahboam was the son of Solomon who was the son of David from Bathsheba (1 Kings 11:29 en32).  He made bad decisions on taxes which is the reason for the split of Israel into two kingdoms.  The tribes who broke away took Jeroboam (brother of Reahboam) as their leader in the North (1 Kings 11:31 en33), and the Southern tribes were led by Reahboam.

For many years, the people of the house of Israel (the people) disobeyed and fornicated with other gods.  This happened several ways.  Generally, they would adopt and follow the ways and customs of the peoples they conquered, and this included those gods.  The people fornicated with other gods.  Fornication is not only a sexual thing, but more of intimate acquaintanceship.

As punishment, Israel (the creator) allowed (did not interfere) the Northern ten tribes (called Israel) to be taken captive by Assyria around the year 712 BC.  At this same time, Assyria also took captive about 80% of the nation of Judah (the Southern tribes) [2 Kings 17 en34 & 2 Kings 18:13].  Because they “obeyed not god", he allowed (did not interfere) the Assyians to take the "fenced cities of Judah”, and left enough people to fulfill prophecy regarding Yahshua.

These captured people effectively disappeared from history as they subsequently migrated to other lands.  They became known as the "Lost Tribes" of Israel.  They are "lost" because they had forgotten their heritage.  Many millions of their descendants exist today in many parts of the world, but very few have any idea of their origins, their heritage.  Despite their various modern-day political "nationalities," they are however, as far as the Bible is concerned, still Israelites and possible inheritors of the "Earthly" promises fulfilled and yet to be fulfilled, and possible inheritors of the Kingdom to come.  The knowledge of who they are is vital to the understanding of prophecy!  Many times, especially from Kings and Chronicles forward, when you read “Gentile”, sometimes you can substitute it as other peoples/nations, or sometimes the “Lost Ten Tribes of Israel”.  But, more generally Gentile merely means "peoples of other nations", and Israelites are found IN the population of Gentiles [Matthew 10:4-5 en7.4].  Yahshua instructed his disciples to go to the lands of the Gentiles, but not follow the ways of the Gentiles, and while there they would find "the lost sheep of the house of Israel".  In other words, not all Gentiles (people of other nations) are Israelites.

Around 585 BC, the remaining 20% of the nation of Judah (mainly the city of Jerusalem) was taken captive by the Babylonians under King Nebuchadnezzar [2 Kings 24 en35].  Some of the captives were allowed to return to Jerusalem after about 70 years in captivity.

These captivities constituted a divorce of Israel (the people) by Israel (the creator) as he had enough of his adulterous wife.  Jeremiah 3 tells of this divorce [en 3.1].  This is a divorce of Israel and not Judah.  This is after the death of Solomon and the split of the kingdom or land of Israel into a Northern association keeping the family name Israel and a smaller Southern association taking the name of the dominate tribe of that group - Judah.

From this split forward, the name Israel can have at least 3 meanings.  It can mean the creator, his people as a whole, or his people as the Northern tribes.

Even Judah did not avoid being divorced [Jeremiah 11 en11].

Nebuchadnezzar had occupied the land and captured many of the remaining people, but after a time, they were allowed to return to Jerusalem, and some took that option [Ezra 2 & Nehemiah 7].  Jeremiah 3 [en3.2] and Jeremiah 7 [en36] outlines the history and prophecy of the whole house of Israel (both Israel and Judah).

As an aside, around 150AD the Romans used 6 legions of men to scatter any remaining people of Judah from the land, so far that they could not at all see their former land.  This was a fulfillment of prophecy.  The Romans named the land Palestine after the enemies of the Israelites - the Philistines.  The land remained in the hands of the Philistines (Palestine) for about 2000 years.  Having no headship (husband), Judah, and all of Israel, was dispossessed of her homeland.  Nothing in the 1948 political creation of a land called Israel is a fulfillment of prophecy and is not necessarily occupied by any Israelites.

Many will say God hates divorce and as such he condemns divorce.  While this is usually a "christian" "platitude" or "cliché'", it is partly true.  But divorce is allowed and God did it.  There are conditions and rules to follow for divorce and remarriage.  For example, Israel (the creator) says that if a woman is divorced from a man and is HAD or TAKEN or KNOWN (these words have intimate [sometimes sexual] connotations) by another man and the new man divorces her, she shall not be retaken by the first man [Deuteronomy 24:1-5 en4, Romans 7:2-4 en53.1]

When Israel (the people) fornicated with other gods and Israel (the creator) divorced Israel (the people), the people did not cease their fornicating with those other gods.  Israel (the people) was therefore TAKEN and KNOWN by these other gods, and this made her the wife of those gods.  Thereafter, she could never again be the wife of the first husband – Israel (the creator).  Yet, the covenant is till death (such as "till death do us part") [1 Corinthians 7:39 en52, Romans 7:2-4en53.2].

In Romans 7:2-4, Paul is telling that Israelites are now free from the law of their 1st husband, not the law of god, but rather no longer obligated to her first husband and, as such, free to remarry.

In Paul's strange way of writing, he tells us in verses 1-4, the rules of marriage and divorce and remarriage.  These are the same rules already established, but Paul is trying to convey their use as part of the GOSPEL (good news).  He is expressly telling fellow Israelites that they are now (after the death of Yahshua) free from being bound, as a wife to a dead husband.  Their first husband Israel/Yahshua had died and they are now free to marry yet another - one who is raised from the dead.  Who is raised from the dead?  Yahshua!  It is a technicality, that Israel (the creator) will be both husbands.  Israel (the creator) was the husband to Israel (the people), and that after Yahshua (Israel in the flesh) died and resurrected and ascended he will again be the Husband to Israel (the people).

A transgression must be paid or redeemed (as a ransom).  If you break the law, a price must be exacted.  This price can be a punishment or payment OR redemption.  You can be punished and/or you can pay compensation OR someone else can take your punishment for you, or redeem you by paying the price/compensation.

As a teenager, you or someone you know may have gotten in trouble, and the parents stepped in to free the child from the ramification of the trouble.  The parents may have paid a fine, they may have repaired the damage, they most certainly bled for the child as their emotional and financial pains were great.  This is a redemption.  After the redemption, the child would be in debt to the redeemer and that would take whatever form the redeemer established.

The mortal wounding and bleeding (stripes) of Yahshua paid for the transgressions of Israel’s (the people) fornicating with those other gods.  In 1 Corinthians 15:3 [en6] Paul told the Lost Sheep of Israel in Corinth that Yahshua died for THEIR sins.  It must be remembered that Yahshua came only to find the Lost House of Israel, and he sent the Disciples, including Paul, only to the Lost House of Israel [Matthew 10:5 en7.1 & Matthew 15:24 en8.1, James 1:1 en23, Romans 11:1 en37], and those people would be found in the population of the Gentiles (people of other nations).  So, it follows that Paul, and the other Disciples were seeking and preaching for the Lost House of Israel.  But, this does not mean the actual people to whom Paul was talking are the ones for whose sins Yahshua died.  Paul was referring to the “sins of their fathers”.  Some examples of this type reference is proffered in Nehemiah 9:2 [en14] & Daniel 9:16 [en15] and Romans 7:2-4 [supra].

The stripes Yahshua suffered were for redemption, they were the price to be paid for the wife's (Israel the people) transgressions. The death was for fulfilling the law, so He and His people could again marry.  Remember Matthew 5:17 [en58.2] "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil".  Yahshua fulfilled the law by his dying so He and the people could remarry, but he redeemed (paid the price) her but letting blood.

Isaiah 50:1-2 [en54] is a prophecy of Yahshua's paying for the transgressions of His people.  In prophecy, Isaiah is reporting what Yahshua is saying about our (Israel, the people) foremothers transgressions and divorcement.  In this case, "mother" and "foremother" refers to the ancient people of Israel.  Yahshua continues in verse 2 saying that when he came (future tense of that time - prophecy) there was no man to claim His people Israel.  Then Yahshua rhetorically asks if he is incapable of redeeming His people.  Of course Yahshua IS capable of redeeming His people and he did so by mortal wounding and letting of blood (stripes) for the sins of their forefathers (physical lineage) and foremothers (metaphysical lineage or family heritage).

In Matthew 23, Yahshua was talking to the Pharisees and they knew full well that their forefathers had committed transgressions which must be paid.  At verses 30-33 [en38.1] they admit this knowledge.

The Lost Sheep of Israel refers to the descendants of Jacob who, over several centuries, have lost their identity (forgot their heritage), much like people today do not know their ancestry.  Can you say anything about your family 200 years ago?  Probably not.  For more on this please refer to other writings from this source.

Micah 1:5 [en16] is very telling on this point.  It is referring to the transgressions of “Jacob”.  Yet Jacob is long dead at the time of Micah.  But, throughout Scripture, Jacob is often used to refer to His descendants called the House of Israel.  Micah 1:5 says just that.  In these references, the transgressions are of the society of Israel, which of course includes the individuals, but is a reflection of how the society conducted itself and is not a purposeful reference to individuals like you, except where an individual effects how society proceeds.

When Paul said that Yahshua died for “their” sins, Paul was referring to Israel (the people) as a whole, and meant the sins of their forefathers back around 700BC – 500BC.  Yahshua had to redeem his former bride.  Why?  Because he planned to marry her again and share a NEW covenant with her.  But there was a bit of a problem, Israel (the people) had already been HAD, TAKEN and KNOWN, by other gods and the Law prohibited an earlier husband from remarrying a woman who had later been HAD by another man (god).  It is true that individual conduct plays into the conduct of the whole, but to personalize the matter misses the family aspect and the marriage of the family of Israel (the people).

Israel (the creator), as husband, divorced Israel (the people), as wife, ending the first covenant.  He intended to remarry her in the end times, whereby making a new covenant, [Jeremiah 31:31 en12.1 & Hebrews 8:8 en13.1]. Yet, he could not violate his own law regarding marriage and divorce and remarriage.

The first covenant was broken by the people, who were at fault [Hebrews 8:7 en13.2].  The contract, by nature is not capable of being at fault, but one of the parties to the contract can breach it, whereby be at fault.

In Scriptural rule, a husband is responsible for the transgressions of the wife and children.  This is not to say that the wife and/or children can do as they please and expect the husband to always fix it, as this is highly irresponsible and disrespectful, not to mention impractical.  Of course, this has a measure of presumption that the husband has authority with the wife and children, which is not the case in the 20th - 21st century.  So, the way to fix this quandary was for Israel (the creator) to redeem Israel (the people) of her transgressions, and the price of redemption was blood [Ephesians 1:7 en55, Colossians 1:14 en56, Hebrews 9:12 en57].

One of them had to die, either God or His people.  The death had to be His, because if the mortal people (bride) died there would be no one remaining to marry, but He could come in flesh and die then rise again to his normal state of spirit.  Yes, it is a technicality, but it worked.  His stripes and death had at least two effects.  His stripes paid for the former wife’s transgressions, AND his death allowed her to be free from adultery and again lawfully remarry, albeit to Israel (the creator) again.

The nature of Israel (the creator) is that he resurrects souls (not flesh bodies or spirit bodies).  Israel (the creator) divorced Israel (the people) circa 700BC - 400BC, for her fornicating with other gods.  By Yahshua being mortally wounded and letting blood (stripes) he paid the price for the transgressions of Israel (the people), and paved the way for himself to be “reborn” and then remarry Israel (the people).

STRIPES (1 Peter 2:24) - 3468 mw,lwy molops {mo'-lopes}  •  from molos ("moil", probably akin to the base of 3433) and probably ops (the face, from 3700); TDNT -  4:829,619; n m •  AV - stripe 1; 1 •  1) a bruise, wale, wound that trickles with blood

STRIPE (2 Corinthians 6:5, Luke 12:28, Acts 16:23) - 4127 plhgh, plege {play-gay'}  •  from 4141;; n f •  AV - plague 12, stripe 5, wound 4; 21 •  1) a blow, stripe,
a wound 2) a public calamity, heavy affliction, plague,

STRIPE (Luke 12:27) - 1194 de,rw dero {der'-o}  •  a root word;; v •  AV - beat 12, smite 3; 15 •  1) to flay, skin 2) to beat, thrash, smite

The "stripes' of Scripture are the mortal wounding and blood letting of Yahshua, to pay for the transgressions of Israel (the people), which gave rise to Israel (the creator) divorcing them.

In 1 Peter 1:1-2 [en21], Peter begins writing to the strangers SCATTERED (the whole of the people in the land) throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia: who are the Elect (chosen - Israel (the people)) according to the foreknowledge of God the Father.  Continuing through 1 Peter 2:24 [en22] Peter tells them they (Israelites) are healed by the stripes of Yahshua.  To whom is Peter writing and who is healed?  Referring back to 1 Peter 1:1-2, his audience of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia: are the Elect (chosen of Israel, by their being accounted worthy) according to the foreknowledge of God the Father.  When writing to another assembly of Israelites at Thessalonica, Paul again shows this merit in [2 Thessalonians 1:5 en59]

This is not to everyone on Earth.  This audience is the direct descendants of Israel (the people) and/or those who wish to be adopted into the family of Israel.

As with Paul (previously mentioned herein) and all the Disciples and Apostles, it must be remembered that Yahshua came only to find the Lost House of Israel, and he sent the Disciples and Apostles, including Peter, to find only the Lost House of Israel [Matthew 10:5 en7.2 & Matthew 15:24en8.2, James 1:1 en23], and those people would be found in the population of the Gentiles (people of other nations). So, it follows that Peter, and the other Disciples were seeking and preaching for the benefit of the Lost House of Israel.  But, Peter, like Paul, was referring to the “sins of their fathers”, and not necessarily the sins of the people to whom he was physically talking/writing.  Some examples of this type reference is proffered in Nehemiah 9:2 [en14] & Daniel 9:16 [en15] & Matthew 23:30-33 [en38.2].

An interesting aside here is that 1 Peter 2:21-24 tells us that his people would follow (obey) in his steps, and that the sins of Israel (the people) were healed (redeemed) by Yahshua’s stripes.  Hence, those who follow (obey) Yahshua (not just lip service, like "christrians" do) should be called "Israel", not "Christian".  "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." [2 Chronicles 7:14].  The people of Israel (the creator) are called Israel, which makes sense as children have the name of their father, it also makes sense that a bride takes the name of her husband, except a contentious women.  Again, for more on this you can read the paper “What is in a Name?” which can most likely be found from the same source in which this paper was found or you can try the web address http://www.tellme1st/israels-ekklesia/index.html

Therefore, Peter is writing to the Lost Sheep of the House of Israel (descendants of Jacob and all those who desire to be in the family) and referring to the healing of the family or society of Israel (the people).  Evidence of this lies in 1 Peter 2:25, when he writes that “they” had gone astray (they did not know their master) like sheep, but now (or a time after their being lost/scattered) are returned to the Shepherd (found, having the heritage of Israel revealed to them).  Remember, Peter was sent to the lost (astray, as in forgotten heritage) sheep of Israel.  Beginning prior to the dispersions of Israel (the people) and continuing through their dispersions, they had forgotten their heritage – hence they (their descendants) are lost.  The great commission is to share this gospel (good news), and show those with the eyes to see and ears to hear and willingness to follow (including obey) that the people of Israel can once again marry Israel (the creator).  This path is only for Israel (the people) and not for any other people.

Yahshua’s STRIPES are his punishment for Israel’s transgressions of fornicating with other gods.

Because of the stripes Yahshua intended to endure or had endured, Israel (the people) had their sins forgiven.  Their sins were their fathers’ fornication with other gods.  This was necessary for Israel (the creator) to again have a clean bride, as washed in his blood and wearing white robes.

Look at some of the references to Yahshua’s stripes and forgiveness [Matthew 9:2&5 en24, Mark 2:5&9 en25, Luke 5:20 en26, Luke 7:44-46 en27, James 5:15 en28].  In every one of these examples, the forgiveness of sins came to those whose faith warranted forgiveness.  NOTHING in scripture says Yahshua, carte blanche, forgave EVERYONE their sins.

Some of these examples refer to a sickness.  What is the sickness?  It is sin, the transgression of law.  Hence, those who converted and turned from their ways of iniquity (lawlessness) and showed their love for, and obedience to, Israel (the creator), enjoyed forgiveness.  These people show their change with life long conduct, and obedience, of Israel (the people). This is sometimes called "christ like", but "christians" come woefully short of being truly "christ like".

This conversion process leading to forgiveness is demonstrated in Mark 4:11-12 [en29].  A word search and study of “converted” will show many other references to conversion and forgiveness and pardon.  Hearing to the point of understanding and seeing to the point of perceiving lead to conversion.  This is NOT "asking" someone into your heart or "accepting" someone into your .. whatever.

Forgiveness is reserved for Israel (the people).  Remember, Israel (the people) is anyone who chooses to follow (including obey) Israel (the creator) and includes those of blood lineage and adoption (grafting).  Yahshua told us that if we Love him we will keep his commandments (as distinguished from law (torah) which means instruction) – all of them (not to be confused with Talmudism or Judaism, which many people call Jewish law).  Following (obeying) Israel (the creator) is to show our Love for him.  "If ye love me, keep my commandments." [John 14:15].

Yahshua did not have to die to forgive sins.  Yahshua walked all over Judea and forgave sins.  So, if he did, and could, forgive sins while traveling the countryside, he did NOT have to die to forgive sins.

Some will refer to 1 John 2:2 [en20] and say that ALL this writing must be wrong.

1 John 2:2 is correct (duh - would the Bible be lying?), and understanding would make the difference.  Since Israel (the people) are the intended leaders (leading by example in the flesh, and as priests and kings in the kingdom) of the whole world, it follows that if Israel (the people) goes astray, then the remainder of the (whole) world also will suffer, for lack of a proper leader.  Therefore, by logical extension, Yahshua died for the sins of the whole world, because he had to die for the sins of Israel (the people), whereby making her again clean, as washed in his blood and wearing a white robe.

Matthew 13:37-52 [en30] is an explanation of the parable of the tares (which many "christians" conveniently omit), and shows that the wheat (the good seed are the children of the kingdom - Israel the people) and tares (children of the wicked one) grow together, but the wheat is among the tares.  Israel (the people) are among the gentiles, the dogs [Matthew 15:26-28 en8.3] (non-Israelites).  Israel (the creator) calls through the whole world, and those who hear and heed the shepherd are called (named) by his name - Israel.  Therefore, Israel (the people) are called to follow (obey) and Love Israel (the creator), like a shepherd calls his sheep [John 10 en19.1].  The word "call" has at least two way of being used here..

Israel (the people) knew that Israel (the creator) was the one true God.  They had knowledge of the truth.  Israel (the creator) divorced his bride (of old) (wife) Israel (the people), because they cheated on Him by fornicating with other gods.  Israel (the creator) had to let blood (bleeding - stripes) to redeem (pay the price for) His bride (of old and to be).  Yahshua gave His disciples (His sheep who had knowledge of their heritage) a commission, which was to go out and find the remainder (remnant) [Romans 11:21 en44 and John 10:16 en19.2] of His bride (of old and to be) (the lost sheep of Israel).  Yahshua said the sheep (lost sheep of Israel) would be found in the places of the Gentiles.  Yahshua said to tell her (the lost sheep of Israel) He has paid the price, He has redeemed her and she can again be His wife.  This is the GOOD NEWS - the GOSPEL.  He said, He is going to prepare a place for His bride (to be) (Israel) [John 14:2 en46] and He will come back to get her (His bride to be).  We (as disciples) have been sent on a mission (beginning at Pentecost when he ascended) to be like a lighthouse, a city on the hill [Matthew 5:11 en58.1] for guiding the remnant to the light (not dragging them, not evangelizing, not sending missionaries).  Israel (the creator) sent his disciples to find the lost sheep of Israel [Acts 2:1 en47 and Matthew 10:6 en7.3 ], find His lost bride(of old and to be) , and prepare her for His return and their remarriage.

Israel (the creator) came to this world in flesh, known as Yahshua.  He chose to redeem (pay the price) his bride (of old and to be) (Israel -the people) for the transgressions she committed by fornicating with other gods, and clear the way for all those who want to be (grafted) Israel (the people).  Israel's (the creator) bride must be without blemish (non-blameable) [Ephesians 5:27 en48].  It follows that the only people who will enter the Kingdom are His people, Israel (the people), and they must be free of blemish.  By Yahshua letting blood (bleeding - stripes) for his people, he took their blame upon himself and paid the price for their transgressions.  Now, in the cosmic sense, the heritage of Israel (the people) is restored to a clean slate status, which allows Israel (the descendants and those adopted/grafted) to re-marry Israel (the creator).  One aspect of salvation may now be more clear, that if a soul sins at certain stages in its growth (learning), it is sacrificing a measure of its ranking in the Kingdom.

It is clear that Israel (as Yahshua) departed and went to prepare a place for his people Israel [John 14:1-4 en49].  The Kingdom is a temporary home (tabernacle for 1000 years) only for Israel (the people), after Israel (the creator) takes his bride home.  Israel (the creator) wants his bride to be washed and clothed in white (without blemish).  Being "washed" is a reference to a cleansing, and being attired in white is a reference to purity that can only be attained when Israel/Yahshua has come to bring the new spirit bodies of His people, at the end of the tribulation.

The bride accepts the creators sacrifice and gives more than lip service to Him (as do most "christians") and is washed in His blood, or covered by His redemption [Revelation 3:5 en50 and Revelation 7:9-14 en51].

"Yahshua died for our sins".  That seems to be what Paul said in 1 Corinthians 15:3 [en17].  Paul also said it was previously written that Yahshua would have to die for those sins.  How could such a thing have been previously written, long before Yahshua and Paul walked on Earth?  Obviously a prophecy can do that, but the sins committed were committed more than 500 years earlier, and as such were written by someone in the old text writing them as history..

You remain skeptical and think Yahshua died for YOUR sins and the sins of the WHOLE world, after all, that is what "christianity" tells you.  John tells us in John 11:51-52 [en18] that Yahshua died for a certain “nation”.  Nation means a group a people of some commonality, not the whole world.  John confirms which people this nation is, and they are a people who are scattered abroad (from the Judean area) and Yahshua intends to regather them.  This is the people of Israel (not a political region today known as Israel inhabited by IsraeLIES - jews].  For more on who Israel (the people) is, see several other writings from this source, such as
“Who are God’s People?” [http://www.tellme1st/israels-ekklesia/ who_are_gods_people.html] and
“What is in a Name?” [http://www.tellme1st/israels-ekklesia/What_is_in_a_Name.html]

John 10:14-16 [en19.3] tries to show a distinction for at least 2 general groups of people both known as his “fold” or “sheep”.  John reports that Yahshua says he knows his sheep (people) and that he gave his life for them, this is Israel of old.  As has been shown, the first fold is Israel of old up through the Jews of Yahshua's day (those Jews being the remaining portions of the House of Israel in Judea).  Then, in verse 16, he says he has "other" sheep (people) which are not of the first fold (Israel of old) and these SHALL (future tense) hear his voice and they all shall be ONE fold.

This theme of the Tribes of Israel (descendants of Jacob) being regathered, yet in the future, is repeated in many other verses, such as Hosea 1:11[en39], Hebrews 8:8-11[en13.3], Isaiah 11:11-12 [en41], Jeremiah 3:18 [en42], Ezekiel 37:19-28 [en43].

But as shown above, Yahshua died for the sins of ALL of the House of Israel, OUR fathers, IF we be Israel.

As for the new covenant and remarriage of Israel (the creator) and the house of Israel (the people), both Jeremiah and Hebrews tells of a day yet in the future when this will happen.  Israel (the creator), as husband, divorced Israel (the people), as wife, ending the first covenant of marriage.  Israel intends to remarry her in the end times, when he returns with spirit bodies for His remaining chosen/elect (the remnant), whereby making a new covenant of marriage [Jeremiah 31:31 en12.2 & Hebrews 8:8 en13.4].

Have you seen anything in history or current events to indicate ANY peoples calling themselves Israel and ANY peoples calling themselves Judah being peaceably united?  If not, then Israel/Yahshua has not yet returned and we are not yet in spirit bodies and we are not yet in the Kingdom and no one is yet "saved" from death.
 
 

endnotes

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Genesis 32:25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
 27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
 29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

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Genesis 15:1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
 2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
 4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
 6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
 7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
 8 And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
 9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
 10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
 11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
 12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
 13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
 14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
 15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
 16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
 17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
 18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
 19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
 20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
 21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

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Jeremiah 3:1 They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.
 2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
 3 Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
 4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?
 5 Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.
 6 The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
 7 And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
 8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
 9 And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
 10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.
 11 And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
 12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.
 13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.
 14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
 15 And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
 16 And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.
 17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.
 18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.
 19 But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
 20 Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.
 21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.
 22 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.
 23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.
 24 For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
 25 We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.

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Deuteronomy 24:1 When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
 2 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife.
 3 And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife;
 4 Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
 5 When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.

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Matthew 22:24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
 25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:
 26 Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.
 27 And last of all the woman died also.
 28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.

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1 Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
 5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
 6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
 7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.
 8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.

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Matthew 10:1  And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
 2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
 3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
  4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
 5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
 6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
 7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
 8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
 9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,
 10 Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
 11 And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.
 12 And when ye come into an house, salute it.
 13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
 14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.

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Matthew 15:22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
 23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
 24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
 25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
 26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.
 27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
 28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
 29 And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.

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Romans 7:1 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
 2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
 3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

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1 Corinthians 7:39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

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Jeremiah 11:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
 2 Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
 3 And say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant,
 4 Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:
 5 That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD.
 6 Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them.
 7 For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
 8 Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do; but they did them not.
 9 And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
 10 They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
 11 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.
 12 Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble.

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Jeremiah 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
 32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which
my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
 33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts,
and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
 34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the
least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

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Hebrews 8:4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
 5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
 6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
 8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
 11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
 13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.

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Nehemiah 9:1 Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.
 2 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
 3 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.

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Daniel 9:13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.
 14 Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.
 15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
 16 O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
 17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.

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Micah 1:1 The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
 2 Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
 3 For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
 4 And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
 5 For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?
 6 Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.

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1 Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
 5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:

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John 11:50-49 And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,
 50 Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
 51 And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;
 52 And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.  [Scattered abroad is the "lost sheep of Israel" as mentioned in many other parts of Scripture]
 53 Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.
 54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
 55 And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
 56 Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast?
 57 Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.

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John 10:1  Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
 2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
 3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
 4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
 5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
 6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
 7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
 8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
 9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
 10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
 11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
 12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
 13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
 14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
 15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
 16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.  [The Jews of Yahshua's time were already known to be of the descendants of Israel and more or less followers of the word, and they were already in the "fold", the "lost sheep of Israel" are the other sheep to which Yahshua refers here]
 17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
 18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
 19 There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
 20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
 21 Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?
 22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
 23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
 24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
 25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
 26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
 28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
 29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
 30 I and my Father are one.
 31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
 32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
 33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
 34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
 35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;  36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
 37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
 38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
 39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,  40 And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.
 41 And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.
 42 And many believed on him there.
 

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1 John 2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
 2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. [propitiation is an appeasement]
 3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
 4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
 5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
 6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

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1 Peter 1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia,
Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
 2 [the] Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

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1 Peter 2:19 For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
 20 For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
 21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
 22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
 23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
 24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.  [Healing in this case is to "make whole", as in restoring to status, and takes place AFTER committing trangression.  Hence this healing is a penance paid for trangressions previously committed by Israel (the people)]
 25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. ["sheep gone astray" is a parallel to the "lost sheep of Israel"]

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James 1:1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are
scattered abroad, greeting.
 2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
 3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
 4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

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Matthew 9:1 And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city.
 2 And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith
said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.
 3 And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth.
 4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?
 5 For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?
 6 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick
of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.
 7 And he arose, and departed to his house.

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Mark 2:1 And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the
house.
 2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no,
not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them.
 3 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.
 4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and
when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
 6 But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
 7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
 8 And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said
unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
 9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take
up thy bed, and walk?
 10 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of
the palsy,)
 11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
 12 And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all
amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.

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Luke 5:17 And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of
the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the
power of the Lord was present to heal them.
 18 And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to
bring him in, and to lay him before him.
 19 And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went
upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus.
 20 And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
 21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies?
Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
 22 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?
 23 Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?
 24 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick
of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.
 25 And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own
house, glorifying God.
 26 And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen
strange things to day.
 27 And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom:
and he said unto him, Follow me.

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Luke 7:39 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he
were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a
sinner.
 40 And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master,
say on.
 41 There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.
 42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will
love him most?
 43 Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou
hast rightly judged.
 44 And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house,
thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the
hairs of her head.
 45 Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet.
 46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
 47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom
little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
 48 And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.
 49 And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?
 50 And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.

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James 5:13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
 14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing
him with oil in the name of the Lord:
 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed
sins, they shall be forgiven him.
 16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual
fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
 17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and
it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
 19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
 20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from
death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

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Mark 4:9 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
 10 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
 11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them
that are without, all these things are done in parables:
 12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at
any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
 13 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
 14 The sower soweth the word.

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Matthew 13:37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
 38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of
the wicked one;
 39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the
angels.
 40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.  [those 1st taken are the evil/bad people, those left behind are the good/chosen people]
 41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that
offend, and them which do iniquity;
 42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
 43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear,
let him hear.
 44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he
hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
 45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
 46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
 47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
 48 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast
the bad away.
 49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the
just,
 50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
 51 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.
 52 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like
unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
 53 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.

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2 Samuel 12:24 And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.

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1 Kings 11:42 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
 43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his
son reigned in his stead.

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1 Kings 11:29 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field:
 30 And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:
 31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:
 32 (But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:)

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2 Kings 17:1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.
 3 Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.
 4 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.
 5 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
 6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
 7 For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,  ["feared is worshipping]
 8 And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.  [following in the ways of those heathen, rather than the ways of Israel (the creator)]
 9 And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
 10 And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:
 11 And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger:
 12 For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
 13 Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.
 14 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.
 15 And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.
 16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
 17 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
 18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.
 19 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.[Israel (the people) followed  their own rules and not those of Israel (the creator)]
 20 And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
 21 For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin.
 22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;
 23 Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.
 24 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
 25 And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them.
 26 Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.
 27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.
 28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.
 29 Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.
 30 And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,
 31 And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
 32 So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.
 33 They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.
 34 Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
 35 With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:
 36 But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.
 37 And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.
 38 And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.
 39 But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
 40 Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.
 41 So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.

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2 Kings 24:1 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
 2 And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets.
 3 Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;
 4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.
 5 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
 6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
 7 And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
 8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
 9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done.
 10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
 11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.
 12 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
 13 And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said.
 14 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.  [NONE remained]
 15 And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
 16 And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
 17 And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
 18 Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
 19 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
 20 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

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Jeremiah 7:6 The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.  [fornicating with other gods]
 7 And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.  [Israel (the creator) pleaded with Israel (the Northern people) to mend their ways, all the while Judah (the Southern people) witnessed the events]
 8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.  [Israel (the creator) divorced Israel (the Northern people) and Judah (the Southern people) were not swayed and also fornicated with other gods]
 9 And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
 10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.  [Judah did not whole heartedly follow Israel (the creator), but gave lip service and claimed to follow Him all the while really following other doctrines]
 11 And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.  [Both nations of the house of Israel fornicated with other gods, but the Northern tribes called Israel were less treacherous about it]
 12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.  [repent and receive blessing (or not punishment)]
 13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.
 14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
[now is prophecy]
 15 And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
 16 And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.
 17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.
 18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.  [Israel and Judah will be together again, but supposes the two houses will know their identity]
 19 But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
 20 Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.
 21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.  [the wife treacherously departs from her husband by acting as the House of Israel did – chasing false doctrines]
 22 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.
 23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.
 24 For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
 25 We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God. Judah more treacherous than Israel.

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Romans 11:1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
 2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,

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Matthew 23:25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
 26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
 27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
 28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
 29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
 30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
 31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
 32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
 33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

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Hosea 1:10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
 11 Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

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Isaiah 11:11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
 12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
 13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.

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Jeremiah 3:18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.

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Ezekiel 37:18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?
 19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
 20 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.
 21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
 22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:
 23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
 24 And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
 25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.
 26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
 27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
 28 And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.

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Romans 11:16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
 17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
 18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
 19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.
 20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
 21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
 22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
 23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.
 24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?
 25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
 26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
 27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

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John 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
 2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
 4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.

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Acts 2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
 3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
 5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
 6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
 7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
 8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
 9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
 10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
 11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
 12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
 13 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
 14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:
 15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
 16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;

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 Ephesians 5:14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
 15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
 16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
 17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
 18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
 19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
 20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
 21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
 22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
 24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
 26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
 27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
 28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
 29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
 30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
 31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
 32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
 33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

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John 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
 2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
 4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.

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Revelation 3:3 Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
 4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
 5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
 6 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

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Revelation 7:1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
 2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
 3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
 4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
 5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.
 6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.
 7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.
 8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
 9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
 10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
 11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
 12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
 13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
 14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
 15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
 17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

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1 Corinthians 7:35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
 36 But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.
 37 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.
 38 So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.
 39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
 40 But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.

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Romans 7:1 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
 2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
 3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
 4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
 5 For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
 6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

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Isaiah 50:1  Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
 2 Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
 3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
 4 The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.

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Ephesians 1:6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
 7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
 8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
 9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
 10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
 11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

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Colossians 1:10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
 11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
 12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
 13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
 14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
 15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
 16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
 17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
 18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

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Hebrews 9:8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
 9 Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
 10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
 11 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
 12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
 13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
 14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
 15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
 16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
 17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
 18 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
 19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
 20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
 21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
 22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
 23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
 24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
 25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
 26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
 27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
 28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

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Matthew 5:11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
 12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
 13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
 17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
 19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
 20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

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2 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
 2 Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
 3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
 4 So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:
 5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:
 6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
 7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
 10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
 11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
 12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Genesis 17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
 2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
 3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
 4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
 6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
 7 And I WILL establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
 9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
 10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.

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Matthew 5:12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
 13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
 17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
 19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

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Exodus 24:1  And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.
 2 And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.
 3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.
 4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
 5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.
 6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
 7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.
 8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.

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Matthew 10:1  And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
 2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
 3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
  4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
 5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
 6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
 7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
 8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
 9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,
 10 Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
 11 And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.
 12 And when ye come into an house, salute it.
 13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
 14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
 
 

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