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02/09/2025

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31/08/2025

PHARAOH IN THE WATER Unknown to most of us, what happens in the marine kingdom goes a long way in affecting human existence on earth. Survey the entire complete range of calamities, e.g. accidents, deaths, failure, bankruptcy, divorce, sicknesses, misfortunes, sudden loss of valuable properties, unexplainable attacks and other embarrassing life situations, you will discover that most of them are planned and executed by marine spirits. Although, they have their kingdom inside oceans, rivers and streams, yet the impact of their activities are felt daily by millions of people on the earth. There is hardly any family that has not suffered from the venom and poison of wicked marine agents. What is planned and executed in the marine kingdom has affected human kingdoms, civilization, communities, business concerns, relationships, education and other spheres of life. No one, can therefore afford to dismiss this book with a wove of the hand. You don't hove to be a former marine agent to be concerned about the activities of water spirits. The fact that you are a human being, who interacts daily with people from all works of life should make you to seek knowledge, lest you suffer in ignorance. Also, though you may not have suffered any attack, oppression or evil control as a result of the activities of marine spirits, the fact that you have family members, relatives, friends, acquaintances, and neighbours who are prone to marine attack, should let you be interested in the activities of water spirits. No knowledge is useless. What you think you don't need today may become so useful to you later in life, that your personal survival and well-being may depend on it. It is my prayer, that God will open your eyes to the wicked activities of demonic spirits, from the water kingdom, against human beings.

Marine spirits, are happier when their activities and plans are shrouded. They do not want anyone to identify or keep a track on their organisational structures, plans and projects. Their greatest desire is to multiply their victims and increase their activities without anyone knowing about it or challenging them. Apart from having spirit beings as agents, they also have human agents whom they have captured, trained, mobilized and empowered to carry out the bidding of marine lords and spirits. Therefore, their activities are not restricted to the realm of the water. They are also actively involved in human activities. Hence, a great percentage of human problems and unfavourable situations which have bothered, confused and injured men and women are as a result of what takes place in the water kingdom. The four groups of spiritual power which control the activities that take place on earth are always restless. They are also heartless and always act wickedly. When all these powers plot a thing, the plot is fool-proof. They know man very well. They have decided to concentrate on the Nigerian nation because they are conscious of the fact that one out of every four blackman is a Nigerian. Consequent upon the knowledge that Nigeria occupies an important position in the African Continent, they have decided to concentrate the majority of their presence, weapons and strategies on Nigeria. It appears that they know that their wicked activities among Africans and blacks in diaspora cannot be successful unless they gain a strong foothold in Nigeria. That is why there is a concentration of their activities in Nigeria. It appears that their plan is to get well established here and go ahead to export to other tribes and nations of the world what they have carefully designed and perfected in Nigeria. A state-of-the-art spiritual laboratory has been established; strange experiments have been carried out; human beings have been used as Guinea pigs in which lots of lives have been paralysed or destroyed. These things have gone unnoticed. In fact, the cases of many people have been concluded decades. ago. What such people are going through today, is as a result of what was done many years ago. That is why ignorance is costly.

These spirits, have carefully selected human agents who transfer the realities of the demonic kingdom into the physical realm. What is seen in the physical therefore is directly proportional to what takes place in the spiritual realm. The woes and travails which the average citizen experiences can be traced to the fact that most of niigerin leaders have formed covenants with dark powers. Some of these leaders, have even gone ahead to pollute the lives of innocent men and women. These powers have also affected the economy of the nation. Unfortunately, demonic presence has been registered in places where the nations' oil wells are located. These powers are sometimes generous and patient. However, nobody should be deceived as they are sure of leaving destruction behind everywhere they get to. That is why no tribe is free from their destructive acts. Of all the spiritual problems we have in this country, three are the most serious: these are witchcraft, familiar and marine spirits. Water is one of the mysterious things which God created. The presence of water is noticed right from the first page of the scriptures: Water is visible everywhere. The Bible says, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form and darkness was upon the face of the deep and the Spirit of God began to move upon the waters." Water, blood and the spirit are three mysterious things. Seventy percent of the human body is made of water. Can you imagine the kind of bo***ge which people go into by receiving water spirit in addition to the fact that the greater percentage of their bodies consist of water. Such people have a great battle to fight. The kind of prayer that will settle such problems go beyond the mechanical realm. You must resolve to leave no stone unturned when it comes to the issue of delivering yourself. You have a great deal of praying to do if you come from a riverine area. You must also pray if your in-laws, colleagues, friends, acquaintances or business partners are from riverine areas. Take a look at an average family from riverine areas. How many of them have settled homes? How many of their marriages are stable? Have you not discovered that most of the men are polygamous? They hardly. stay with one wife. It appears strange that these men are incurable polygamists. It is funny but strange, that the s*xual organs of most of these men contain demonic deposits which make it difficult for them to stay with one woman. There are people who are supposed to be multimillionaires but these water spirits have unleashed the spirit of unseriousness on their lives. Brilliant and intelligent people who come from riverine areas have been reduced to nonentities. These people have wonderful ideas and good insight, but they cannot achieve anything. They are pulled down constantly while people who are not as talented as they, are elevated. That is why you must cancel all the negative effects of coming from riverine areas over your life. If you read 1 Samuel 5, you would see a demon there called Dagon. This demon has been likened to what is called Mammy water in Nigerian local place. Many of Nigerians think that mermaid is a new phenomenon. No, it has existed right from the beginning. What do you think is the secret behind the phenomenal success of some popular hits by some celebrated musicians? Some of them even make it clear in their songs that they are inspired by water spirits. These records are sold in thousands. If you have innocently rendered such songs before, you need to cancel the effect of such demonic songs through prayer. These songs clearly elevate mermaid spirits. Pray the following prayer point:
I cancel and destroy, every satanic invitation into my life, in the Name of Jesus. You must be careful about the utterances and songs which come out of your lips. Many of the marine agents could be in your office or neighbourhood. Unfortunately, many people have been initiated into the marine society without being conscious of it. Some spend their entire lifetime in the marine kingdom without ever discovering their evil spiritual state, while some are lucky to know. When such people pray fervently, they see large rivers or a body of water

Men and women who are captured by marine spirits can be divided into two categories. One, there are those who are uncomfortable with their involvement in the marine kingdom and are willing to get out. The second group are those who actually enjoy their membership in the marine kingdom. This second category appreciates the benefits which they derive from their membership and are not willing to part with them. They cherish swimming in the river in their dreams. They prefer putting on red clothes and also enjoy the fact that they possess seducing spirits. Water spirits actually provide their members with their own kind of benefits and pleasure. Whenever you see a lady who attracts the attention of numerous men wherever she goes, you can be sure that such a lady is filled with marine spirits. Another characteristic is constant occurrence of s*x in the dream. Some members of this evil society are often affected whenever it rains. Others are identified by the fact that they do not find prayer meetings convenient. Some of these people easily shed tears, even when there is no cause for such an action. Some of their members make fantastic money only for their fortunes to disappear in mysterious circumstances. Some members of the marine kingdom have their wives in some mysterious rivers somewhere. Such marine wives generally fight against. the physical wives living with these members. Some of them have materials like snakes or evil crowns on their heads. Some of them have mirrors attached to their foreheads. These objects are not visible to the human eyes. However, they are laden with wicked spiritual power. Some of these people see serpents in their dreams. These are not ordinary serpents. When a human being sees a serpent that talks like a human being in the dream, it is an evidence that such a person is a member of the marine kingdom. Some marine agents have their weapons in their palms. These weapons come in various shapes and forms. They come in the form of evil stones or pins inside their palms. Some of them also have serpentine tongues. They can abuse anybody with impunity. They can even abuse anointed men of God. Most of them are talkative. They often talk themselves out of every good thing in life. Some of them have demonic chains on their necks. Others have cowries inside their bodies. Someone gave a testimony recently, concerning a woman who gave birth to a kolanut along side her baby. This is an example of the manifestation of marine spirits. People with marine spirits also have invisible objects on their waists and wrists. These satanic bangles and beads come from the river. If God should open your eyes to see the various objects which these people have on their bodies, you will pray for hours, nonstop. Many marine agents have serpentine spirits inside their reproductive organs. That is why such people are addicted to s*xual immorality. They may not like what they are doing but their attachment to water spirits keep them perpetually bind to sin. This is how stubborn water spirits can be. Many people have lost the greatest blessings of their Jives through careless actions. Someone spends a lot of time to pray, concerning some special blessings from God. The parcel is prepared and God summoned an angel to get ready to deliver it to the beneficiary. Just as the angel prepares to take off from heaven and head towards the beneficiary, the person becomes tempted. Instead of praying and saying no to temptation, he decides to play the sin game with a marine agent.

A few minutes of sinful pleasure with a demonic lady and the die is cast. The deed is done. Satan, the accuser of the brethren comes on the Scene. He challenges God by saying, "Almighty God, I know that you are Just and righteous in all blessings, but this person does not qualify for it. He has just" committed sin with one of our marine agents. Here is the photograph. That package of blessings must not get to him." God has no option than to summon the angel and tell him that the package will no longer be sent to the man for whom it was previously earmarked. This is how some men lose great blessings which they have spent months of serious fasting and prayer to get. Unknown to them, the trap was set and it worked against them due to their spiritual carelessness. Some agents of the marine kingdom have stones in their hearts. No matter what you tell them, they remain stubborn and incorrigible. Such people would need an anointed minister to lay hands on their chest for at least one hour and pray fervently before the yoke can be broken. The following may sound strange but it is true. Some of the people see on the streets of Nigeria today are partly human and partly fish. From their waist upward, they are human while their waist downward is fish. There are women who go to the hospital to have fibroid removed from their wombs but doctors fail to find any physical object in their stomachs. The problem of such people can be traced to the fact that their bodies are made up of human and marine components. Unknown to most people, what they want the doctors to remove through surgery are nothing but evil spiritual deposits. Nothing can be done to improve such people's physical conditions unless the evil spirits behind their problems are dealt with. You must be prepared to deal with strange spiritual deposits in your body before you can be free. Every demonic property in your body, must be destroyed if you want to enjoy your health. One very effective strategy of dealing with these wicked spirits, is to focus on the individual, before we can talk about communities, people and groups who are suffering from marine spirits. When individuals are delivered from marine spirits, they become qualified to take the message of communal deliverance to their towns and villages. Then such people can join forces with deliverance ministers to deal with territorial water spirits which are in control of riverine areas.
The redemption of most. communities is in the hands of Christian believers. The situation in most rural communities will not change until there is concerted effort by spirit filled believers and deliverance ministers to send water lords packing. The situation in most riverine communities is alarming. Things may get worse unless Christians are ready to Invade riverine communities with territorial deliverance. If we must get results, and if we must change the spiritual climate of such besieged communities, something must be done about the presence and the domination of water spirits over all riverine communities in African nations. Politicians can make a lot of noise, but they have nothing to offer when it comes to the practical nitty-gritty of obtaining freedom. Only Christians, can offer a practical and lasting help. Marine agents have done a terrible havoc in the lives of individuals and many communities. They have initiated hundreds of thousands of ladies across the country. Most of the attractive ladies which litter Nigerian streets are from the marine kingdom. They are exceptionally beautiful. Some of them are so beautiful that they do not appear natural at all. There are also very powerful priestesses in the marine kingdom. These high-ranking agents recruit members, conduct spiritual marriages, destroy homes, prolong problems, increase human suffering, cause misfortune and lead people into complicated problems. They also specialise in expanding people's problems. They are responsible for arresting people's progress. Also, they are responsible for destroying the destiny of so many people. Unfortunately, they are also responsible for putting many people who come from riverine areas into spiritual coffins. They are responsible for the vagabond anointing which is a prevalent feature among natives and dwellers of riverine areas. It is unfortunate, that many natives of riverine communities are living below God's expectation and designs for their lives. Many homes have been shattered by water spirits. Many people who have struggled in life have achieved nothing as a result of the wicked activities of these water spirits. Much damage has been done. Much property lost, many destinies paralysed, many marriages destroyed, and many lives reduced to nothing. Enough is enough. You cannot afford to allow water spirits to continue to make your life a dumping ground. You must rise up and declare war against them. All you need to fight this war, is repentance and violent prayers. Get ready, Give yourself no rest, until every foe is vanquished and Christ is LORD indeed.

30/08/2025

Kingdom of Heaven rule over human !!!
The first King of Israel King Saul started his human reign with GOD allignment with supernatural REIGN OF ETERNAL KING and end with alignment with NATURAL world under devil who is the god of this present world which is reserved for FIRE.BUT SECOND KING OF ISRAEL , King David STARTED his human reign with THE HOLY LOVE JUST RIGHTEOUS GOD THE ETERNAL KING OF THE UNIVERSE Completely ALLIGNMENT WITH SUPERNATURAL WORLD and ended his reign on the LORD's chosen people with GOD, the eternal KING AND RULER OF THE UNIVERSE

The bible verse Isaiah 14:5, which reads, "The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers". This verse, found in the Book of Isaiah, describes the defeat of a powerful and oppressive ruler, symbolizing the end of their authority and the restoration of peace to the land.

Psalm 94
God the Refuge of the Righteous
O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongs—
O God, to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth!
2Rise up, O Judge of the earth;
Render punishment to the proud.
3LORD, how long will the wicked,
How long will the wicked triumph?
4They utter speech, and speak insolent things;
All the workers of iniquity boast in themselves.
5They break in pieces Your people, O LORD,
And afflict Your heritage.
6They slay the widow and the stranger,
And murder the fatherless.
7Yet they say, “The LORD does not see,
Nor does the God of Jacob understand.”
8Understand, you senseless among the people;
And you fools, when will you be wise?
9He who planted the ear, shall He not hear?
He who formed the eye, shall He not see?
10He who instructs the nations, shall He not correct,
He who teaches man knowledge?
11The LORD knows the thoughts of man,
That they are futile.
12Blessed is the man whom You instruct, O LORD,
And teach out of Your law,
13That You may give him rest from the days of adversity,
Until the pit is dug for the wicked.
14For the LORD will not cast off His people,
Nor will He forsake His inheritance.
15But judgment will return to righteousness,
And all the upright in heart will follow it.
16Who will rise up for me against the evildoers?
Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
17Unless the LORD had been my help,
My soul would soon have settled in silence.
18If I say, “My foot slips,”
Your mercy, O LORD, will hold me up.
19In the multitude of my anxieties within me,
Your comforts delight my soul.
20 Shall the throne of iniquity, which devises evil by law,
Have fellowship with You?
21They gather together against the life of the righteous,
And condemn innocent blood.
22But the LORD has been my defense,
And my God the rock of my refuge.
23He has brought on them their own iniquity,
And shall cut them off in their own wickedness;
The LORD our God shall cut them off.

Psalm 97
A Song of Praise to the Sovereign LORD
The LORD reigns;
Let the earth rejoice;
Let the multitude of isles be glad!
2Clouds and darkness surround Him;
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
3A fire goes before Him,
And burns up His enemies round about.
4His lightnings light the world;
The earth sees and trembles.
5The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD,
At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
6The heavens declare His righteousness,
And all the peoples see His glory.
7Let all be put to shame who serve carved images,
Who boast of idols.
Worship Him, all you gods.
8Zion hears and is glad,
And the daughters of Judah rejoice
Because of Your judgments, O LORD.
9For You, LORD, are most high above all the earth;
You are exalted far above all gods.
10You who love the LORD, hate evil!
He preserves the souls of His saints;
He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
11Light is sown for the righteous,
And gladness for the upright in heart.
12Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous,
And give thanks at the remembrance of His Holy Name.

Psalm 82
A Plea for Justice

God stands in the congregation of the mighty;
He judges among the gods.a
2How long will you judge unjustly,
And show partiality to the wicked?
Selah
3Defend the poor and fatherless;
Do justice to the afflicted and needy.
4Deliver the poor and needy;
Free them from the hand of the wicked.
5They do not know, nor do they understand;
They walk about in darkness;
All the foundations of the earth are unstable.
6I said, “You are gods,a
And all of you are children of the Most High.
7But you shall die like men,
And fall like one of the princes.”
8Arise, O God, judge the earth;
For You shall inherit all nations.

Psalm 99
Praise to the LORD for His Holiness
The LORD reigns;
Let the peoples tremble!
He dwells between the cherubim;
Let the earth be moved!
2The LORD is great in Zion,
And He is high above all the peoples.
3Let them praise Your great and awesome name—
He is holy.
4The King’s strength also loves justice;
You have established equity;
You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
5Exalt the LORD our God,
And worship at His footstool—
He is holy.
6Moses and Aaron were among His priests,
And Samuel was among those who called upon His name;
They called upon the LORD, and He answered them.
7He spoke to them in the cloudy pillar;
They kept His testimonies and the ordinance He gave them.
8You answered them, O LORD our God;
You were to them God-Who-Forgives,
Though You took vengeance on their deeds.
9Exalt the LORD our God,
And worship at His holy hill;
For the LORD our God is Holy.

Psalm 100
A Song of Praise for the LORD’s Faithfulness to His People

Make a joyful shout to the LORD, all you lands!
2Serve the LORD with gladness;
Come before His presence with singing.
3Know that the LORD, He is God;
It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves;a
We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
4Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,
And into His courts with praise.
Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.
5For the LORD is good;
His mercy is everlasting,
And His truth endures to all generations.

Psalm 101
Promised Faithfulness to the LORD
A Psalm of David.
I will sing of mercy and justice;
To You, O LORD, I will sing praises.
2I will behave wisely in a perfect way.
Oh, when will You come to me?
I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
3I will set nothing wicked before my eyes;
I hate the work of those who fall away;
It shall not cling to me.
4A perverse heart shall depart from me;
I will not know wickedness.
5Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor,
Him I will destroy;
The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart,
Him I will not endure.
6My eyes shall be on the faithful of the land,
That they may dwell with me;
He who walks in a perfect way,
He shall serve me.
7He who works deceit shall not dwell within my house;
He who tells lies shall not continue in my presence.
8Early I will destroy all the wicked of the land,
That I may cut off all the evildoers from the city of the LORD.

Psalm 23
The LORD the Shepherd of His People

The GOD. YESHUA MESSIAH is my shepherd;
I shall not want.
2He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still waters.
3He restores my soul;
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake.
4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil;
My cup runs over.
6Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days of my life;
And I will dwell in the house of the LORD
Forever

Psalm 24
The King of Glory and His Kingdom

The earth is the. GOD YESHUA MESSIAH ’s, and all its fullness,
The world and those who dwell therein.
2For He has founded it upon the seas,
And established it upon the waters.
3Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD?
Or who may stand in His holy place?
4He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol,
Nor sworn deceitfully.
5He shall receive blessing from the LORD,
And righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6This is Jacob, the generation of those who seek Him,
Who seek Your face.

7Lift up your heads, O you gates!
And be lifted up, you everlasting doors!
And the King of glory shall come in.
8Who is this King of glory?
The LORD strong and mighty,
The LORD mighty in battle.
9Lift up your heads, O you gates!
Lift up, you everlasting doors!
And the King of glory shall come in.
10Who is this King of glory?
The ADONAI YESHUA MESSIAH of HOSTS,
He is the KING of GLORY.

Psalm 33
The Sovereignty of the LORD in Creation and History
Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous!
For praise from the upright is beautiful.
2Praise the LORD with the harp;
Make melody to Him with an instrument of ten strings.
3Sing to Him a new song;
Play skillfully with a shout of joy.
4For the word of the LORD is right,
And all His work is done in truth.
5He loves righteousness and justice;
The earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.
6By the word of the LORD the heavens were made,
And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.
7He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap;a
He lays up the deep in storehouses.
8Let all the earth fear the LORD;
Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.
9For He spoke, and it was done;
He commanded, and it stood fast.
10The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect.
11The counsel of the LORD stands forever,
The plans of His heart to all generations.
12Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD,
The people He has chosen as His own inheritance.
13The LORD looks from heaven;
He sees all the sons of men.
14From the place of His dwelling He looks
On all the inhabitants of the earth;
15He fashions their hearts individually;
He considers all their works.
16No king is saved by the multitude of an army;
A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
17A horse is a vain hope for safety;
Neither shall it deliver any by its great strength.
18Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him,
On those who hope in His mercy,
19To deliver their soul from death,
And to keep them alive in famine.
20Our soul waits for the LORD;
He is our help and our shield.
21For our heart shall rejoice in Him,
Because we have trusted in His holy name.
22Let Your mercy, O LORD, be upon us,
Just as we hope in You.

Psalm 46
God the Refuge of His People and Conqueror of the Nations

God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.
2Therefore we will not fear,
Even though the earth be removed,
And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3Though its waters roar and be troubled,
Though the mountains shake with its swelling.
Selah
4There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God,
The holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High.
5God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved;
God shall help her, just at the break of dawn.
6The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved;
He uttered His voice, the earth melted.
7The LORD of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our refuge.
Selah
8Come, behold the works of the LORD,
Who has made desolations in the earth.
9He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two;
He burns the chariot in the fire.
10Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!
11The LORD of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our refuge.

Psalm 50
God the Righteous Judge

The Mighty One, God the LORD,
Has spoken and called the earth
From the rising of the sun to its going down.
2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God will shine forth.
3Our God shall come, and shall not keep silent;
A fire shall devour before Him,
And it shall be very tempestuous all around Him.
4He shall call to the heavens from above,
And to the earth, that He may judge His people:
5“Gather My saints together to Me,
Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
6Let the heavens declare His righteousness,
For God Himself is Judge.
Selah
7“Hear, O My people, and I will speak,
O Israel, and I will testify against you;
I am God, your God!
8I will not rebuke you for your sacrifices
Or your burnt offerings,
Which are continually before Me.
9I will not take a bull from your house,
Nor goats out of your folds.
10For every beast of the forest is Mine,
And the cattle on a thousand hills.
11I know all the birds of the mountains,
And the wild beasts of the field are Mine.
12“If I were hungry, I would not tell you;
For the world is Mine, and all its fullness.
13Will I eat the flesh of bulls,
Or drink the blood of goats?
14Offer to God thanksgiving,
And pay your vows to the Most High.
15Call upon Me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.”
16But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to declare My statutes,
Or take My covenant in your mouth,
17Seeing you hate instruction
And cast My words behind you?
18When you saw a thief, you consenteda with him,
And have been a partaker with adulterers.
19You give your mouth to evil,
And your tongue frames deceit.
20You sit and speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother’s son.
21These things you have done, and I kept silent;
You thought that I was altogether like you;
But I will rebuke you,
And set them in order before your eyes.
22“Now consider this, you who forget God,
Lest I tear you in pieces,
And there be none to deliver:
23Whoever offers praise glorifies Me;
And to him who orders his conduct aright
I will show the salvation of God.”

Psalm 2
The Messiah’s Triumph and Kingdom 1000. Years REIGN OF GOD YESHUA MESSIAH ON HIS EARTH

Why do the nations rage,
And the people plot a vain thing?
2The kings of the earth set themselves,
And the rulers take counsel together,
Against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying,
3“Let us break Their bonds in pieces
And cast away Their cords from us.”
4He who sits in the heavens shall laugh;
The Lord shall hold them in derision.
5Then He shall speak to them in His wrath,
And distress them in His deep displeasure:
6“Yet I have set My King
On My holy hill of Zion.”
7“I will declare the decree:
The LORD has said to Me,
‘You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.
8Ask of Me, and I will give You
The nations for Your inheritance,
And the ends of the earth for Your possession.
9You shall breaka them with a rod of iron;
You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.’ ”
10Now therefore, be wise, O kings;
Be instructed, you judges of the earth.
11Serve the LORD with fear,
And rejoice with trembling.
12a Kiss the Son, lest b He be angry,
And you perish in the way,
When His wrath is kindled but a little.
Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him.

1 Samuel 5
The Philistines and the Ark
1Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. 2When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagona and set it by Dagon. 3And when the people of Ashdod arose early in the morning, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and set it in its place again. 4And when they arose early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the ground before the ark of the LORD. The head of Dagon and both the palms of its hands were broken off on the threshold; only Dagon’s torsoa was left of it. 5Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor any who come into Dagon’s house tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.
6But the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod, and He ravaged them and struck them with tumors,a both Ashdod and its territory. 7And when the men of Ashdod saw how it was, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not remain with us, for His hand is harsh toward us and Dagon our god.” 8Therefore they sent and gathered to themselves all the lords of the Philistines, and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?”
And they answered, “Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried away to Gath.” So they carried the ark of the God of Israel away. 9So it was, after they had carried it away, that the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction; and He struck the men of the city, both small and great, and tumors broke out on them.
10Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. So it was, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, “They have brought the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people!” 11So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go back to its own place, so that it does not kill us and our people.” For there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there. 12And the men who did not die were stricken with the tumors, and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

1 Kings 18
Elijah’s Message to Ahab
1And it came to pass after many days that the word of the LORD came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the earth.”
2So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab; and there was a severe famine in Samaria. 3And Ahab had called Obadiah, who was in charge of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly. 4For so it was, while Jezebel massacred the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah had taken one hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty to a cave, and had fed them with bread and water.) 5And Ahab had said to Obadiah, “Go into the land to all the springs of water and to all the brooks; perhaps we may find grass to keep the horses and mules alive, so that we will not have to kill any livestock.” 6So they divided the land between them to explore it; Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
7Now as Obadiah was on his way, suddenly Elijah met him; and he recognized him, and fell on his face, and said, “Is that you, my lord Elijah?”
8And he answered him, “It is I. Go, tell your master, ‘Elijah is here.’ ”
9So he said, “How have I sinned, that you are delivering your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me? 10As the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my master has not sent someone to hunt for you; and when they said, ‘He is not here,’ he took an oath from the kingdom or nation that they could not find you. 11And now you say, ‘Go, tell your master, “Elijah is here” ’! 12And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of the LORD will carry you to a place I do not know; so when I go and tell Ahab, and he cannot find you, he will kill me. But I your servant have feared the LORD from my youth. 13Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the LORD, how I hid one hundred men of the LORD’s prophets, fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water? 14And now you say, ‘Go, tell your master, “Elijah is here.” ’ He will kill me!”
15Then Elijah said, “As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely present myself to him today.”
16So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
17Then it happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”
18And he answered, “I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father’s house have, in that you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals. 19Now therefore, send and gather all Israel to me on Mount Carmel, the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, and the four hundred prophets of Asherah,a who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
Elijah’s Mount Carmel Victory
20So Ahab sent for all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together on Mount Carmel. 21And Elijah came to all the people, and said, “How long will you falter between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.” But the people answered him not a word. 22Then Elijah said to the people, “I alone am left a prophet of the LORD; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and fifty men. 23Therefore let them give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull for themselves, cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, but put no fire under it; and I will prepare the other bull, and lay it on the wood, but put no fire under it. 24Then you call on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD; and the God who answers by fire, He is God.”
So all the people answered and said, “It is well spoken.”
25Now Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one bull for yourselves and prepare it first, for you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it.”
26So they took the bull which was given them, and they prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even till noon, saying, “O Baal, hear us!” But there was no voice; no one answered. Then they leaped about the altar which they had made.
27And so it was, at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, “Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is meditating, or he is busy, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened.” 28So they cried aloud, and cut themselves, as was their custom, with knives and lances, until the blood gushed out on them. 29And when midday was past, they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice. But there was no voice; no one answered, no one paid attention.
30Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down. 31And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come, saying, “Israel shall be your name.”a 32Then with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD; and he made a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed. 33And he put the wood in order, cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood, and said, “Fill four waterpots with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice and on the wood.” 34Then he said, “Do it a second time,” and they did it a second time; and he said, “Do it a third time,” and they did it a third time. 35So the water ran all around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.
36And it came to pass, at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near and said, “LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and I am Your servant, and that I have done all these things at Your word. 37Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that You are the LORD God, and that You have turned their hearts back to You again.”
38Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood and the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench. 39Now when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!”
40And Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let one of them escape!” So they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the Brook Kishon and executed them there.
The Drought Ends
41Then Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.” 42So Ahab went up to eat and drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; then he bowed down on the ground, and put his face between his knees, 43and said to his servant, “Go up now, look toward the sea.”
So he went up and looked, and said, “There is nothing.” And seven times he said, “Go again.”
44Then it came to pass the seventh time, that he said, “There is a cloud, as small as a man’s hand, rising out of the sea!” So he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot, and go down before the rain stops you.’ ”
45Now it happened in the meantime that the sky became black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy rain. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel. 46Then the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah; and he girded up his loins and ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

Isaiah 45
Cyrus, God’s Instrument
1“Thus says the LORD to His anointed,
To Cyrus, whose right hand I have held—
To subdue nations before him
And loose the armor of kings,
To open before him the double doors,
So that the gates will not be shut:
2‘I will go before you
And make the crooked placesa straight;
I will break in pieces the gates of bronze
And cut the bars of iron.
3I will give you the treasures of darkness
And hidden riches of secret places,
That you may know that I, the LORD,
Who call you by your name,
Am the God of Israel.
4For Jacob My servant’s sake,
And Israel My elect,
I have even called you by your name;
I have named you, though you have not known Me.
5I am the LORD, and there is no other;
There is no God besides Me.
I will gird you, though you have not known Me,
6That they may know from the rising of the sun to its setting
That there is none besides Me.
I am the LORD, and there is no other;
7I form the light and create darkness,
I make peace and create calamity;
I, the LORD, do all these things.’
8“Rain down, you heavens, from above,
And let the skies pour down righteousness;
Let the earth open, let them bring forth salvation,
And let righteousness spring up together.
I, the LORD, have created it.
9“Woe to him who strives with his Maker!
Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth!
Shall the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’
Or shall your handiwork say, ‘He has no hands’?
10Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What are you begetting?’
Or to the woman, ‘What have you brought forth?’ ”
11Thus says the LORD,
The Holy One of Israel, and his Maker:
“Ask Me of things to come concerning My sons;
And concerning the work of My hands, you command Me.
12I have made the earth,
And created man on it.
I—My hands—stretched out the heavens,
And all their host I have commanded.
13I have raised him up in righteousness,
And I will direct all his ways;
He shall build My city
And let My exiles go free,
Not for price nor reward,”
Says the LORD of hosts.
The LORD, the Only Savior
14Thus says the LORD:
“The labor of Egypt and merchandise of Cush
And of the Sabeans, men of stature,
Shall come over to you, and they shall be yours;
They shall walk behind you,
They shall come over in chains;
And they shall bow down to you.
They will make supplication to you, saying, ‘Surely God is in you,
And there is no other;
There is no other God.’ ”
15Truly You are God, who hide Yourself,
O God of Israel, the Savior!
16They shall be ashamed
And also disgraced, all of them;
They shall go in confusion together,
Who are makers of idols.
17But Israel shall be saved by the LORD
With an everlasting salvation;
You shall not be ashamed or disgraced
Forever and ever.
18For thus says the LORD,
Who created the heavens,
Who is God,
Who formed the earth and made it,
Who has established it,
Who did not create it in vain,
Who formed it to be inhabited:
“I am the LORD, and there is no other.
19I have not spoken in secret,
In a dark place of the earth;
I did not say to the seed of Jacob,
‘Seek Me in vain’;
I, the LORD, speak righteousness,
I declare things that are right.
20“Assemble yourselves and come;
Draw near together,
You who have escaped from the nations.
They have no knowledge,
Who carry the wood of their carved image,
And pray to a god that cannot save.
21Tell and bring forth your case;
Yes, let them take counsel together.
Who has declared this from ancient time?
Who has told it from that time?
Have not I, the LORD?
And there is no other God besides Me,
A just God and a Savior;
There is none besides Me.
22“Look to Me, and be saved,
All you ends of the earth!
For I am God, and there is no other.
23I have sworn by Myself;
The word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness,
And shall not return,
That to Me every knee shall bow,
Every tongue shall take an oath.
24He shall say,
‘Surely in the LORD I have righteousness and strength.
To Him men shall come,
And all shall be ashamed
Who are incensed against Him.
25In the LORD all the descendants of Israel
Shall be justified, and shall glory.’ ”

Isaiah 6
Isaiah Called to Be a Prophet
1In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple. 2Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3And one cried to another and said:
“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts;
The whole earth is full of His glory!”
4And the posts of the door were shaken by the voice of him who cried out, and the house was filled with smoke.
5So I said:
“Woe is me, for I am undone!
Because I am a man of unclean lips,
And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips;
For my eyes have seen the King,
The LORD of hosts.”
6Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal which he had taken with the tongs from the altar. 7And he touched my mouth with it, and said:
“Behold, this has touched your lips;
Your iniquity is taken away,
And your sin purged.”
8Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying:
“Whom shall I send,
And who will go for Us?”
Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”
9And He said, “Go, and tell this people:
‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand;
Keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’
10“Make the heart of this people dull,
And their ears heavy,
And shut their eyes;
Lest they see with their eyes,
And hear with their ears,
And understand with their heart,
And return and be healed.”
11Then I said, “Lord, how long?”
And He answered:
“Until the cities are laid waste and without inhabitant,
The houses are without a man,
The land is utterly desolate,
12The LORD has removed men far away,
And the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.
13But yet a tenth will be in it,
And will return and be for consuming,
As a terebinth tree or as an oak,
Whose stump remains when it is cut down.
So the holy seed shall be its stump.”

Amos 9
The Destruction of Israel
1I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and He said:
“Strike the doorposts, that the thresholds may shake,
And break them on the heads of them all.
I will slay the last of them with the sword.
He who flees from them shall not get away,
And he who escapes from them shall not be delivered.
2“Though they dig into hell,a
From there My hand shall take them;
Though they climb up to heaven,
From there I will bring them down;
3And though they hide themselves on top of Carmel,
From there I will search and take them;
Though they hide from My sight at the bottom of the sea,
From there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them;
4Though they go into captivity before their enemies,
From there I will command the sword,
And it shall slay them.
I will set My eyes on them for harm and not for good.”
5The Lord GOD of hosts,
He who touches the earth and it melts,
And all who dwell there mourn;
All of it shall swell like the River,a
And subside like the River of Egypt.
6He who builds His layers in the sky,
And has founded His strata in the earth;
Who calls for the waters of the sea,
And pours them out on the face of the earth—
The LORD is His name.
7“Are you not like the people of Ethiopia to Me,
O children of Israel?” says the LORD.
“Did I not bring up Israel from the land of Egypt,
The Philistines from Caphtor,
And the Syrians from Kir?
8“Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom,
And I will destroy it from the face of the earth;
Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,”
Says the LORD.
9“For surely I will command,
And will sift the house of Israel among all nations,
As grain is sifted in a sieve;
Yet not the smallest grain shall fall to the ground.
10All the sinners of My people shall die by the sword,
Who say, ‘The calamity shall not overtake nor confront us.’
Israel Will Be Restored
11“On that day I will raise up
The tabernaclea of David, which has fallen down,
And repair its damages;
I will raise up its ruins,
And rebuild it as in the days of old;
12That they may possess the remnant of Edom,a
And all the Gentiles who are called by My name,”
Says the LORD who does this thing.
13“Behold, the days are coming,” says the LORD,
“When the plowman shall overtake the reaper,
And the treader of grapes him who sows seed;
The mountains shall drip with sweet wine,
And all the hills shall flow with it.
14I will bring back the captives of My people Israel;
They shall build the waste cities and inhabit them;
They shall plant vineyards and drink wine from them;
They shall also make gardens and eat fruit from them.
15I will plant them in their land,
And no longer shall they be pulled up
From the land I have given them,”
Says the LORD your God.

Daniel 2
Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream
1Now in the second year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was so troubled that his sleep left him. 2Then the king gave the command to call the magicians, the astrologers, the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans to tell the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. 3And the king said to them, “I have had a dream, and my spirit is anxious to know the dream.”
4Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic,a “O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”
5The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, “My decision is firm: if you do not make known the dream to me, and its interpretation, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made an ash heap. 6However, if you tell the dream and its interpretation, you shall receive from me gifts, rewards, and great honor. Therefore tell me the dream and its interpretation.”
7They answered again and said, “Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will give its interpretation.”
8The king answered and said, “I know for certain that you would gain time, because you see that my decision is firm: 9if you do not make known the dream to me, there is only one decree for you! For you have agreed to speak lying and corrupt words before me till the time has changed. Therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that you can give me its interpretation.”
10The Chaldeans answered the king, and said, “There is not a man on earth who can tell the king’s matter; therefore no king, lord, or ruler has ever asked such things of any magician, astrologer, or Chaldean. 11It is a difficult thing that the king requests, and there is no other who can tell it to the king except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.”
12For this reason the king was angry and very furious, and gave the command to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. 13So the decree went out, and they began killing the wise men; and they sought Daniel and his companions, to kill them.
God Reveals Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream
14Then with counsel and wisdom Daniel answered Arioch, the captain of the king’s guard, who had gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon; 15he answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, “Why is the decree from the king so urgent?” Then Arioch made the decision known to Daniel.
16So Daniel went in and asked the king to give him time, that he might tell the king the interpretation. 17Then Daniel went to his house, and made the decision known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions, 18that they might seek mercies from the God of heaven concerning this secret, so that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. 19Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. So Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
20Daniel answered and said:
“Blessed be the name of God forever and ever,
For wisdom and might are His.
21And He changes the times and the seasons;
He removes kings and raises up kings;
He gives wisdom to the wise
And knowledge to those who have understanding.
22He reveals deep and secret things;
He knows what is in the darkness,
And light dwells with Him.
23“I thank You and praise You,
O God of my fathers;
You have given me wisdom and might,
And have now made known to me what we asked of You,
For You have made known to us the king’s demand.”
Daniel Explains the Dream
24Therefore Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon. He went and said thus to him: “Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon; take me before the king, and I will tell the king the interpretation.”
25Then Arioch quickly brought Daniel before the king, and said thus to him, “I have found a man of the captivesa of Judah, who will make known to the king the interpretation.”
26The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen, and its interpretation?”
27Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, “The secret which the king has demanded, the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, and the soothsayers cannot declare to the king. 28But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head upon your bed, were these: 29As for you, O king, thoughts came to your mind while on your bed, about what would come to pass after this; and He who reveals secrets has made known to you what will be. 30But as for me, this secret has not been revealed to me because I have more wisdom than anyone living, but for our sakes who make known the interpretation to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart.
31“You, O king, were watching; and behold, a great image! This great image, whose splendor was excellent, stood before you; and its form was awesome. 32This image’s head was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighsa of bronze, 33its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.a 34You watched while a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. 35Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
36“This is the dream. Now we will tell the interpretation of it before the king. 37You, O king, are a king of kings. For the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, strength, and glory; 38and wherever the children of men dwell, or the beasts of the field and the birds of the heaven, He has given them into your hand, and has made you ruler over them all—you are this head of gold. 39But after you shall arise another kingdom inferior to yours; then another, a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth. 40And the fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron, inasmuch as iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything; and like iron that crushes, that kingdom will break in pieces and crush all the others. 41Whereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet the strength of the iron shall be in it, just as you saw the iron mixed with ceramic clay. 42And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile. 43As you saw iron mixed with ceramic clay, they will mingle with the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay. 44And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. 45Inasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold—the great God has made known to the king what will come to pass after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation is sure.”
Daniel and His Friends Promoted
46Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, prostrate before Daniel, and commanded that they should present an offering and incense to him. 47The king answered Daniel, and said, “Truly your God is the God of gods, the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you could reveal this secret.” 48Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many great gifts; and he made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief administrator over all the wise men of Babylon. 49Also Daniel petitioned the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego over the affairs of the province of Babylon; but Daniel sat in the gatea of the king.
Mark 5
A Demon-Possessed Man Healed
1Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes.a 2And when He had come out of the boat, immediately there met Him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, 3who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no one could bind him,a not even with chains, 4because he had often been bound with shackles and chains. And the chains had been pulled apart by him, and the shackles broken in pieces; neither could anyone tame him. 5And always, night and day, he was in the mountains and in the tombs, crying out and cutting himself with stones.
6When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped Him. 7And he cried out with a loud voice and said, “What have I to do with You, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore You by God that You do not torment me.”
8For He said to him, “Come out of the man, unclean spirit!” 9Then He asked him, “What is your name?”
And he answered, saying, “My name is Legion; for we are many.” 10Also he begged Him earnestly that He would not send them out of the country.
11Now a large herd of swine was feeding there near the mountains. 12So all the demons begged Him, saying, “Send us to the swine, that we may enter them.” 13And at once Jesusa gave them permission. Then the unclean spirits went out and entered the swine (there were about two thousand); and the herd ran violently down the steep place into the sea, and drowned in the sea.
14So those who fed the swine fled, and they told it in the city and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that had happened. 15Then they came to Jesus, and saw the one who had been demon-possessed and had the legion, sitting and clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid. 16And those who saw it told them how it happened to him who had been demon-possessed, and about the swine. 17Then they began to plead with Him to depart from their region.
18And when He got into the boat, he who had been demon-possessed begged Him that he might be with Him. 19However, Jesus did not permit him, but said to him, “Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He has had compassion on you.” 20And he departed and began to proclaim in Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him; and all marveled.
A Girl Restored to Life and a Woman Healed
21Now when Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side, a great multitude gathered to Him; and He was by the sea. 22And behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue came, Jairus by name. And when he saw Him, he fell at His feet 23and begged Him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter lies at the point of death. Come and lay Your hands on her, that she may be healed, and she will live.” 24So Jesus went with him, and a great multitude followed Him and thronged Him.
25Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years, 26and had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse. 27When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment. 28For she said, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.”
29Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction. 30And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that power had gone out of Him, turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched My clothes?”
31But His disciples said to Him, “You see the multitude thronging You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’ ”
32And He looked around to see her who had done this thing. 33But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth. 34And He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction.”
35While He was still speaking, some came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house who said, “Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?”
36As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, He said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not be afraid; only believe.” 37And He permitted no one to follow Him except Peter, James, and John the brother of James. 38Then He came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and saw a tumult and those who wept and wailed loudly. 39When He came in, He said to them, “Why make this commotion and weep? The child is not dead, but sleeping.”
40And they ridiculed Him. But when He had put them all outside, He took the father and the mother of the child, and those who were with Him, and entered where the child was lying. 41Then He took the child by the hand, and said to her, “Talitha, cumi,” which is translated, “Little girl, I say to you, arise.” 42Immediately the girl arose and walked, for she was twelve years of age. And they were overcome with great amazement. 43But He commanded them strictly that no one should know it, and said that something should be given her to eat.

Luke 10
The Seventy Sent Out
1After these things the Lord appointed seventy others also,a and sent them two by two before His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to go. 2Then He said to them, “The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. 3Go your way; behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves. 4Carry neither money bag, knapsack, nor sandals; and greet no one along the road. 5But whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’ 6And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on it; if not, it will return to you. 7And remain in the same house, eating and drinking such things as they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house. 8Whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you. 9And heal the sick there, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ 10But whatever city you enter, and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say, 11‘The very dust of your city which clings to usa we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near you.’ 12Buta I say to you that it will be more tolerable in that Day for S***m than for that city.
Woe to the Impenitent Cities
13“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. 15And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades.a 16He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.”
The Seventy Return with Joy
17Then the seventya returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.”
18And He said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 20Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rathera rejoice because your names are written in heaven.”
Jesus Rejoices in the Spirit
21In that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight. 22Alla things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.”
23Then He turned to His disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see; 24for I tell you that many prophets and kings have desired to see what you see, and have not seen it, and to hear what you hear, and have not heard it.”

2 Thessalonians 2
The Great Apostasy
1Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, 2not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christa had come. 3Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sina is revealed, the son of perdition, 4who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as Goda in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
5Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? 6And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time. 7For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only Hea who now restrains will do so until Heb is taken out of the way. 8And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming. 9The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, 10and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, 12that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.