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Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted 1 Samuel 8:19-22 NASB
Nevertheless, the people arefused to listen to the voice of Samuel, and they said, "No, but there shall be a king over us,athat we also may be like all the nations, that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles."Now after Samuel had heard all the words of the people, ahe repeated them in the Lord'S hearing.The Lord said to Samuel, "aListen to their voice and appoint them a king." So Samuel said to the men of Israel, "Go every man to his city."
Nov 9
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted 1 Samuel 8:6-18 NASB
So Samuel spoke all the words of the Lord to athe people who had asked of him a king.He said, "aThis will be the procedure of the king who will reign over you: bhe will take your sons and place them for himself in his chariots and among his horsemen and cthey will run before his chariots."aHe will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and of fifties, and some to do his plowing and to reap his harvest and to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots."He will also take your daughters for perfumers and cooks and bakers."aHe will take the best of your fields and your vineyards and your olive groves and give them to his servants."He will take a tenth of your seed and of your vineyards and give to his officers and to his servants."He will also take your male servants and your female servants and your best young men and your donkeys and use them for his work."He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his servants."Then ayou will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but bthe Lord will not answer you in that day."But the thing was adispleasing in the sight of Samuel when they said, "Give us a king to judge us." And bSamuel prayed to the Lord.The Lord said to Samuel, "Listen to the voice of the people in regard to all that they say to you, for athey have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being king over them."Like all the deeds which they have done since the day that I brought them up from Egypt even to this day--in that they have forsaken Me and served other gods--so they are doing to you also."Now then, listen to their voice; ahowever, you shall solemnly warn them and tell them of bthe procedure of the king who will reign over them."
Nov 9
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted 1 Samuel 8:4-5 NASB
Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at aRamah;and they said to him, "Behold, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now aappoint a king for us to judge us like all the nations."
Nov 9
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted 1 Samuel 8:1-3 NASB
And it came about when Samuel was old that ahe appointed his sons judges over Israel.Now the name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judging in aBeersheba.His sons, however, did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain and atook bribes and perverted justice.
Nov 9
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Judges 8:22-25 NASB
Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, "Rule over us, both you and your son, also your son's son, for you have delivered us from the hand of Midian."But Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, nor shall my son rule over you; athe Lord shall rule over you."Yet Gideon said to them, "I would request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his spoil." (For they had gold earrings, because they were aIshmaelites.)They said, "We will surely give them." So they spread out a garment, and every one of them threw an earring there from his spoil.
Nov 9
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Judges 4:11-22 NASB
Now Heber athe Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, from the sons of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far away as the oak in bZaanannim, which is near Kedesh.Then they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor.Sisera called together all his chariots, anine hundred iron chariots, and all the people who were with him, from bHarosheth-hagoyim to the river Kishon.Deborah said to Barak, "Arise! For this is the day in which the Lord has given Sisera into your hands; behold, athe Lord has gone out before you." So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.aThe Lord routed Sisera and all his chariots and all his army with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera alighted from his chariot and fled away on foot.But Barak pursued the chariots and the army as far as Harosheth-hagoyim, and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; anot even one was left.Now Sisera fled away on foot to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite, for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, "Turn aside, my master, turn aside to me! Do not be afraid." And he turned aside to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.aHe said to her, "Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty." So she opened a bottle of milk and gave him a drink; then she covered him.He said to her, "Stand in the doorway of the tent, and it shall be if anyone comes and inquires of you, and says, 'Is there anyone here?' that you shall say, 'No.'"But Jael, Heber's wife, atook a tent peg and seized a hammer in her hand, and went secretly to him and drove the peg into his temple, and it went through into the ground; for he was sound asleep and exhausted. So he died.And behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him and said to him, "Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking." And he entered with her, and behold Sisera was lying dead with the tent peg in his temple.
Nov 9
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Judges 4:23-24 NASB
So aGod subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the sons of Israel.The hand of the sons of Israel pressed heavier and heavier upon Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin the king of Canaan.
Nov 9
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Judges 4:3-10 NASB
Barak called aZebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh, and ten thousand men went up bwith him; Deborah also went up with him.The sons of Israel cried to the Lord; for he had nine hundred airon chariots, and he oppressed the sons of Israel severely for twenty years.Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.She used to sit under the apalm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the sons of Israel came up to her for judgment.Now she sent and summoned aBarak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh-naphtali, and said to him, "Behold, the Lord, the God of Israel, has commanded, 'Go and march to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men from the sons of Naphtali and from the sons of Zebulun.'I will draw out to you Sisera, the commander of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his many troops to the river Kishon, and aI will give him into your hand.'"Then Barak said to her, "If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go."She said, "I will surely go with you; nevertheless, the honor shall not be yours on the journey that you are about to take, afor the Lord will sell Sisera into the hands of a woman." Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh.
Nov 9
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Revelation 5:1-4 NASB
I saw in the right hand of Him who asat on the throne a bbook written inside and on the back, csealed up with seven seals.And I saw a astrong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the book and to break its seals?"And no one ain heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the book or to look into it.Then I began to weep greatly because no one was found worthy to open the book or to look into it;
Nov 5
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Daniel 11:1-20 NASB
"His sons will mobilize and assemble a multitude of great forces; and one of them will keep on coming and aoverflow and pass through, that he may again wage war up to his very fortress."The aking of the South will be enraged and go forth and fight with the king of the North. Then the latter will raise a great multitude, but that multitude will be given into the hand of the former."When the multitude is carried away, his heart will be lifted up, and he will cause tens of thousands to fall; yet he will not prevail."For the king of the North will again raise a greater multitude than the former, and after an ainterval of some years he will press on with a great army and much equipment."Now in those times many will rise up against the king of the South; the violent ones among your people will also lift themselves up in order to fulfill the vision, but they will fall down."Then the king of the North will come, cast up a asiege ramp and capture a well-fortified city; and the forces of the South will not stand their ground, not even their choicest troops, for there will be no strength to make a stand."But he who comes against him will ado as he pleases, and bno one will be able to withstand him; he will also stay for a time in the cBeautiful Land, with destruction in his hand."He will aset his face to come with the power of his whole kingdom, bringing with him a proposal of peace which he will put into effect; he will also give him the daughter of women to ruin it. But she will not take a stand for him or be on his side."Then he will turn his face to the acoastlands and capture many. But a commander will put a stop to his scorn against him; moreover, he will brepay him for his scorn."So he will turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will astumble and fall and be bfound no more."In the afirst year of Darius the Mede, I arose to be an encouragement and a protection for him."Then in his place one will arise who will asend an oppressor through the Jewel of his kingdom; yet within a few days he will be shattered, though not in anger nor in battle."And now I will tell you the atruth. Behold, three more kings are going to arise in Persia. Then a fourth will gain far more riches than all of them; as soon as he becomes strong through his riches, he will arouse the whole empire against the realm of bGreece."And a amighty king will arise, and he will rule with great authority and bdo as he pleases."But as soon as he has arisen, his kingdom will be broken up and parceled out atoward the bfour points of the compass, though not to his own descendants, nor according to his authority which he wielded, for his sovereignty will be cuprooted and given to others besides them."Then the aking of the South will grow strong, along with one of his princes who will gain ascendancy over him and obtain dominion; his domain will be a great dominion indeed."After some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will come to the aking of the North to carry out a peaceful arrangement. But she will not retain her position of power, nor will he remain with his power, but she will be given up, along with those who brought her in and the one who sired her as well as he who supported her in those times."But one of the descendants of her line will arise in his place, and he will come against their army and enter the afortress of the king of the North, and he will deal with them and display great strength."Also their agods with their metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold he will take into captivity to Egypt, and he on his part will refrain from attacking the king of the North for some years."Then the latter will enter the realm of the king of the South, but will return to his own land.
Nov 5
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Daniel 11:21-35 NASB
"In his place a despicable person will arise, on whom the honor of kingship has not been conferred, but he will come in a time of tranquility and aseize the kingdom by intrigue."The overflowing aforces will be flooded away before him and shattered, and also the prince of the covenant."After an alliance is made with him he will practice deception, and he will go up and gain power with a small force of people."In a time of tranquility he will enter the arichest parts of the realm, and he will accomplish what his fathers never did, nor his ancestors; he will distribute plunder, booty and possessions among them, and he will devise his schemes against strongholds, but only for a time."He will stir up his strength and courage against the aking of the South with a large army; so the king of the South will mobilize an extremely large and mighty army for war; but he will not stand, for schemes will be devised against him."Those who eat his choice food will destroy him, and his army will aoverflow, but many will fall down slain."As for both kings, their hearts will be intent on aevil, and they will bspeak lies to each other at the same table; but it will not succeed, for the cend is still to come at the appointed time."Then he will return to his land with much plunder; but his heart will be set against the holy covenant, and he will take action and then return to his own land."At the appointed time he will return and come into the South, but this last time it will not turn out the way it did before."For ships of aKittim will come against him; therefore he will be disheartened and will return and become enraged at the holy covenant and take action; so he will come back and show regard for those who forsake the holy covenant."Forces from him will arise, adesecrate the sanctuary fortress, and do away with the regular sacrifice. And they will set up the babomination of desolation."By asmooth words he will turn to godlessness those who act wickedly toward the covenant, but the people who know their God will display bstrength and take action."aThose who have insight among the people will give understanding to the many; yet they will bfall by sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder for many days."Now when they fall they will be granted a little help, and many will ajoin with them in bhypocrisy."Some of those who have insight will fall, in order to arefine, bpurge and make them cpure until the dend time; because it is still to come at the appointed time.
Nov 5
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Daniel 11:36-45 NASB
"Then the king will ado as he pleases, and he will exalt and bmagnify himself above every god and will cspeak monstrous things against the dGod of gods; and he will prosper until the eindignation is finished, for that which is fdecreed will be done."He will show no regard for the gods of his fathers or for the desire of women, nor will he show regard for any other god; for he will magnify himself above them all."But instead he will honor a god of fortresses, a god whom his fathers did not know; he will honor him with gold, silver, costly stones and treasures."He will take action against the strongest of fortresses with the help of a foreign god; he will give great honor to those who acknowledge him and will cause them to rule over the many, and will parcel out land for a price."At the aend time the bking of the South will collide with him, and the cking of the North will dstorm against him with chariots, with horsemen and with many ships; and he will enter countries, eoverflow them and pass through."He will also enter the aBeautiful Land, and many countries will fall; but these will be rescued out of his hand: Edom, bMoab and the foremost of the sons of cAmmon."Then he will stretch out his hand against other countries, and the land of Egypt will not escape."But he will gain control over the hidden treasures of gold and silver and over all the precious things of Egypt; and aLibyans and bEthiopians will follow at his heels."But rumors from the East and from the North will disturb him, and he will go forth with great wrath to destroy and annihilate many."He will pitch the tents of his royal pavilion between the seas and the beautiful aHoly Mountain; yet he will come to his end, and no one will help him.
Nov 5
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Daniel 9:22-23 NASB
He gave me instruction and talked with me and said, "O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you insight with aunderstanding."At the abeginning of your supplications the command was issued, and I have come to tell you, for you are bhighly esteemed; so give heed to the message and gain cunderstanding of the vision.
Nov 5
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Daniel 9:3-19 NASB
nor have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in His teachings which He aset before us through His servants the prophets."Indeed aall Israel has transgressed Your law and turned aside, not obeying Your voice; so the bcurse has been poured out on us, along with the oath which is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, for we have sinned against Him."Thus He has aconfirmed His words which He had spoken against us and against our brulers who ruled us, to bring on us great calamity; for under the whole heaven there has cnot been done anything like what was done to Jerusalem."As it is written in the alaw of Moses, all this calamity has come on us; yet we have bnot sought the favor of the Lord our God by cturning from our iniquity and giving attention to Your truth."Therefore the Lord has akept the calamity in store and brought it on us; for the Lord our God is brighteous with respect to all His deeds which He has done, but we have not obeyed His voice."And now, O Lord our God, who have abrought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and have bmade a name for Yourself, as it is this day--we have sinned, we have been wicked."O Lord, in accordance with all Your righteous acts, let now Your aanger and Your wrath turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your bholy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become a creproach to all those around us."So now, our God, listen to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplications, and for Your sake, O Lord, alet Your face shine on Your bdesolate sanctuary."O my God, aincline Your ear and hear! Open Your eyes and bsee our desolations and the city which is ccalled by Your name; for we are not dpresenting our supplications before You on account of any merits of our own, but on account of Your great compassion."O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and take action! For Your own sake, O my God, ado not delay, because Your city and Your people are called by Your name."So I gave my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth and ashes.I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed and said, "Alas, O Lord, the agreat and awesome God, who bkeeps His covenant and lovingkindness for those who love Him and keep His commandments,awe have sinned, committed iniquity, acted wickedly and brebelled, even cturning aside from Your commandments and ordinances."Moreover, we have not alistened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our princes, our fathers and all the people of the land."aRighteousness belongs to You, O Lord, but to us bopen shame, as it is this day--to the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, those who are nearby and those who are far away in call the countries to which You have driven them, because of their unfaithful deeds which they have committed against You."Open shame belongs to us, O Lord, to our kings, our princes and our fathers, because we have sinned against You."To the Lord our God belong acompassion and forgiveness, for we have brebelled against Him;
Nov 5
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Daniel 9:1-2 NASB
In the first year of aDarius the son of Ahasuerus, of Median descent, who was made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans--in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, observed in the books the number of the years which was revealed as the word of the Lord to aJeremiah the prophet for the completion of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, aseventy years.
Nov 5
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Daniel 8:26-27 NASB
"The vision of the evenings and mornings
Nov 5
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted 1 John 4:17-21 NASB
By this, alove is perfected with us, so that we may have bconfidence in cthe day of judgment; because das He is, so also are we in this world.There is no fear in love; but aperfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not bperfected in love.aWe love, because He first loved us.aIf someone says, "I love God," and bhates his brother, he is a cliar; for dthe one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, ecannot love God whom he has not seen.And athis commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God bshould love his brother also.
Nov 2
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted 1 John 4:15-16 NASB
aWhoever confesses that bJesus is the Son of God, God cabides in him, and he in God.aWe have come to know and have believed the love which God has bfor us. cGod is love, and the one who dabides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
Nov 2
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted 1 John 4:11-14 NASB
aBeloved, if God so loved us, bwe also ought to love one another.aNo one has seen God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His blove is perfected in us.aBy this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.We have seen and atestify that the Father has bsent the Son to be the Savior of the world.
Nov 2
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted 1 John 4:7-10 NASB
In this is love, anot that we loved God, but that bHe loved us and sent His Son to be cthe propitiation for our sins.aBeloved, let us blove one another, for love is from God; and ceveryone who loves is dborn of God and eknows God.The one who does not love does not know God, for aGod is love.By this the love of God was manifested ain us, that bGod has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him.
Nov 2