Nehemiah 9:1-38 – Come And Listen To The Story Of A Clan Called Jews
June 2, 2019
The Jews hear their history and it leads them to repent and rededicate themselves to the LORD (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The Jews hear their history and it leads them to repent and rededicate themselves to the LORD (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The Jews hear their history and it leads them to repent and rededicate themselves to the LORD (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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When talking about the End Times, we frequently use the phrase, “One-World Government.” It comes from a literal reading of passages in the Revelation. A component of the One-World Government will be a global system of currency. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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When talking about the End Times, we frequently use the phrase, “One-World Government.” It comes from a literal reading of passages in the Revelation. A component of the One-World Government will be a global system of currency. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Ezekiel ends his remarkable prophecy by letting us know that in the future Millennial Kingdom, Jerusalem will have a new name. Weʼll see it in the very last verse of the book – Jehovah-Shammah. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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One special characteristic of the Feast of Tabernacles was the pouring of a vessel of water into a basin that was located at the base of the altar. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Feasts are featured in this chapter. In fact, it closes with a look at the kitchens the levites will use in their preparations for the various feasts. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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In the future Millennial Kingdom Jesus will again distribute the land by lot only without the drama. That distribution begins here in chapter 45. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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We begin to get the order of service in the future Millennial Temple. The very fact that there is an order of service and that the believers have certain assignments is itself instructive. You see, whenever we get together, there is to be some order in our serving the Lord and serving one another. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Sooner or later someone is going to tell you that the word “Trinity” is not found in the Bible. Thatʼs correct. A lot of words arenʼt found in the Bible. For example, the word “bible” is not found in the Bible, but we use it anyway to describe the Bible. Next time someone tells you that “Trinity” is not found in the Bible, tell them they are using a word to describe the Bible that isnʼt found in the Bible! (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Ezekiel is going to fall down at the glory of God only to be lifted up by the Holy Spirit so he doesnʼt miss recording anything. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Our text looks past the Tribulation Temple to the Millennial Temple. Priests will serve in it as well. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Ezekiel had missed an opportunity. At the start of our studies we noted that although Ezekiel was a priest, he was exiled to Babylon before he was of age to actually serve in the Temple at Jerusalem. To say it was a disappointment would be an understatement. But now, as his visions are concluding and his book is nearing its end, Ezekiel is getting a glimpse of the future Temple, the Millennial Temple. He saw it before any other Israelite, priest or otherwise. Not only that, he was guided on his tour by the Lord Himself. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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A man with a measuring rod in his hand takes Ezekiel on a tour of the future Millennial Temple. Itʼs none other than the Lord Himself. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Everyone who reads the last nine chapters of Ezekiel asks and therefore must answer this question: Will there be animal sacrifices in the Temple during the future Millennial Kingdom on the earth? (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Ezekiel thirty-nine goes deeper into certain details of chapter thirty-eight. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Reading about what is going to happen to the armies of Gog when they invade from the north reminded me of the futility of Das Boot. Before ever getting near Israel there is a mighty earthquake. Itʼs so disorienting that the soldiers turn upon one another and kill one another. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Itʼs going to be God versus Gog. Ezekiel was told to “prophesy against him,” against Gog, the captain of these would be conquerers. We might call him ʻCaptain Hooked,ʼ because God says He will “put hooks into [his] jaws, and lead [him] out. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Prophecy expert Mark Hitchcock says, “By far, the most controversial issue in Ezekiel 38-39 is the timing of the invasion. The specific time of the invasion in Ezekiel 38 is difficult to determine.” I should explain that we believe that this prophecy is literal and historical. In other words, it describes a real military campaign against Israel that happens sometime in human history. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Weʼve come to the most quoted passage, the most referenced passage, in the Book of Ezekiel. Chapters thirty-eight and thirty-nine tell of a coming northern confederacy of nations around the Black and Caspian seas who with Persia and North Africa will invade the promised land after Israelʼs restoration to it in the last days. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Ezekiel was an extraordinary illustrator of Bible truth. He was a walking Keynote presentation. His visions and his acted-out dramas brought Godʼs prophecies to life for the exiles in Babylon. We encounter two more of those in chapter thirty-seven. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Our text in Ezekiel is about the return of the Jews to their land. It is a prophecy coming true before our very eyes. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The last fifty years has seen the desert of Israel blossom into a world leader in agriculture. It is exactly what you would expect from reading Bible prophecy regarding the last days. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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High on the list of historic anti-semites are the descendants of Jacobʼs brother, Esau. They are the Edomites and are associated with Mount Seir. Their judgment is described in chapter thirty-five. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Ezekiel thirty-four is all about shepherding. The Lord will compare the leaders of Israel to false, cruel shepherds who put their own needs ahead of His people. Then God will introduce the true shepherd of Israel to be revealed in the last days. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Ezekiel was privy to the fall of Jerusalem before the messenger arrived. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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In chapter thirty-three we have a review of Ezekielʼs call as a watchman to Israel. He has been warning the people for some seven years. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Weʼre in a long section of Ezekiel that declares Godʼs judgment against seven nations. In chapters 29 through 32 we come to a long section in that long section that deals entirely with Egypt. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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In this short section Ezekiel pronounces a quick judgment upon the city of Sidon, then reminds us in the closing verses of the chapter that itʼs all about Israel. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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God was addressing a man, the ruler of Tyre, the whole time. But in the later verses He was revealing the motivation behind the man. It was Satan. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Sudden wealth can be hard to handle. But so can not-so-sudden wealth. Truth is, material prosperity of any kind can ruin you if youʼre not careful. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Our passage in Ezekiel is a great example of predictive prophecy coming true in actual human history. I want to look at it from that perspective – as a proof of the Bibleʼs inspiration. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Nehemiah tells the Israelites listening to the reading of God’s Law to quit crying (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Nehemiah tells the Israelites listening to the reading of God’s Law to quit crying (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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China’s social credit score is starting to have a major effect over every day life for her citizens. It’s not unlike the system the Antichrist will set up according to Bible prophecy (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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China’s social credit score is starting to have a major effect over every day life for her citizens. It’s not unlike the system the Antichrist will set up according to Bible prophecy (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Israel is at the very heart of Godʼs plan for human history. They are Godʼs special people, His elect nation. How you treat them will determined how youʼre treated. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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I wonder what they would have thought about Ezekielʼs demeanor. The prophetʼs wife is going to die suddenly. Ezekiel will go to work the next day. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Weʼre going to meet two sisters, Oholah and Oholibah. They are not real women, but rather characters in a rather graphic parable. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Sixth century Jerusalem had earned a nickname. It was given to her by God. You see it in verse two, “The Bloody City.” (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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In our text tonight King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon practices divination to make an important decision. God will overrule the results to accomplish His divine providence. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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If your life was a song, right now, what song would it be? I only ask because our text tonight will end in a song, and itʼs a pretty sad one. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Israel as a nation was the object of Godʼs national election. It put them into a place of privilege and blessing. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The leaders among the exiles in Babylon came to Ezekiel seeking to inquire from the Lord. Problem was, they were no longer on ʻseeking termsʼ with God. In verse three the Lord directed Ezekiel to say, “I will not be inquired of by you.” (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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A “lament” is some verbal expression of great grief or sorrow. It should not surprise us that God can be grieved by the actions of His people. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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In our text weʼre going to encounter something like that only itʼs called a proverbial saying. Itʼs right at the beginning, in verse two. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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David closes his wisdom psalm with an encouragement for us to take care to watch our steps and to observe other Godly believers. (Assistant Pastor Geno)
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The eagle represents two ancient nations in our text, first Babylon, then Egypt. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The first thirty-four verses of chapter sixteen described the Jews in Judah and especially Jerusalem as an adulterous wife to God and a harlot to the surrounding Gentile nations. Godʼs judgment upon her is the subject of the rest of the chapter. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Chapter sixteen is the longest chapter in Ezekiel. By itself it is longer than six of the Minor Prophets. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Ezekiel, in chapter fifteen, is going to talk about Israel as Godʼs vine. Itʼs the first of three illustrations over the next three chapters that show Jerusalem and the Temple will not be spared from judgment. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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It seems that the Jews of the sixth century held to a hero mentality. Daniel had been carried away into Babylon. By the time of our text he was twenty-five years old. Heʼd already distinguished himself as a righteous man. Though some of his greatest accomplishments were still ahead of him, he was a bona fide hero. Perhaps God would use Daniel in Babylon to deliver the Jews in Jerusalem from further destruction. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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In our text “some of the elders of Israel” came to Ezekiel to inquire of the Lord. It sounds good until you read that their hearts were not right with God. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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We encounter a group of women who are false prophetesses. While Israel was plagued with false prophets who spoke openly and publicly, a network of false prophetesses was at work behind the scenes in private. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The exiles in Babylon were encouraged they would soon be free to return to Israel. The people should have felt the foulness of their words. The false prophets and prophetesses spoke not a word against Israelʼs idolatry. It was foul of them to overlook sin, to ignore Godʼs moral law, and tell the people what they wanted to hear. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Ezekiel was quite the actor there on the banks of the river Chebar in Babylon. He had just finished a one-man, one-day engagement during which he dug a hole through the wall of his house and portrayed a man trying to escape for his life during a violent siege by an invading army. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Ezekiel was ministering to the exiles in Babylon. The Jews still held out false hope they would soon return to Jerusalem. Ezekiel was called upon to act-out another drama before them. He acted the part of an evacuee. It was to represent to them what would befall Zedekiah. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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God promised His people that He would one day “put a new spirit within them.” They would have “a heart of flesh.” Itʼs the new birth being promised. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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We’re going to see the princes of Jerusalem describe themselves as “meat” in a cooking “caldron.” It sounds bad, and it is – but they thought otherwise. How could they think being in the caldron was something good? (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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It takes nothing away from the deity or majesty of God to say He was reluctant. In fact, it magnifies His longsuffering and grace and mercy. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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In chapter nine of Ezekiel God was leaving His building. His glory was departing from the holy of holies in the Temple at Jerusalem. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Ezekiel is taken on a kind of damage survey. In a vision he finds himself at the Temple in Jerusalem. In his case the damage to be surveyed was still in progress. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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“Make a chain.” With that directive from God Ezekiel would pursue the forging of a chain by which he would shackle himself. He would act-out before God’s people what awaited the residents of Jerusalem. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Ezekiel refers to a “rod” in verses ten and eleven. After literally hundreds of years of warnings it was time for God to spank His backslidden people. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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A family trip to the mountains is a common and wholesome occurrence here in the shadow of the beautiful Sierra range. It was common in sixth century Israel, too, but not wholesome. It was in the mountains, in the wilderness, that the Jews went to worship the gods of the Canaanites. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Ezekiel went through acts one, two, and three. From somewhere he produced a sword. With it he proceeded to shave his hair and beard. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Beginning with chapter four and continuing through chapter twenty-four Ezekiel prophesies the destruction of Jerusalem. Four symbolic acts in chapters four and five serve as visual lessons. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Ezekiel was a selective mute, but it wasnʼt a genetic predisposition. It wasnʼt something he practiced on his own, either. It was a God thing. Weʼre going to see that God caused Ezekiel to be a selective mute. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Since we are called to “watch” perhaps we can learn a thing or two from Ezekiel as Israelʼs sixth century watchman. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Ezekiel was another Old Testament saint who experienced sudden transport. Letʼs see what we can glean from his experience. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Ezekiel faced a language barrier of a different kind: It was a spiritual language barrier. It was the result of hardened hearts. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Ezekiel faced a language barrier of a different kind: It was a spiritual language barrier. It was the result of hardened hearts. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Three of Godʼs prophets were commanded to take the metaphor of Godʼs Word as food literally. They each were commanded to eat Godʼs Word. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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You know what happens when a Christian acts like a rebel in his or her walk with Jesus? They conform to the world! Theyʼre not rebels in a romantic sense. Theyʼre rebels in a pathetic sense. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Ezekiel sees the heavens open and a storm approaching. In the storm he sees four living creatures who he will later identify as cherubim. They are special beings, probably angels, that are associated with the presence of God and His throne. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Ezekiel sees the heavens open and a storm approaching. But there is something in the storm. There are four cherubim – of the type that minister constantly around the throne of God. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Was Ezekiel a primitive man doing his best to put an alien encounter on papyrus? (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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While itʼs great to dream and to plan everything must be subordinated to the understanding, “nevertheless not my will but Godʼs will be done.” Had Ezekiel been born a few years earlier he would have enjoyed life serving as a priest during a time of great revival. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Nehemiah facilitates worship in the Temple by appointing gatekeepers, Levites, and singers (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Nehemiah facilitates worship in the Temple by appointing gatekeepers, Levites, and singers (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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It’s been suggested that a rise in persecution is a signal that the rapture is near. Does the Bible really teach this or is it taken out of context? (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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It’s been suggested that a rise in persecution is a signal that the rapture is near. Does the Bible really teach this or is it taken out of context? (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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David describes the growing spiritual fruit in the life of the righteous person while contrasting them with the ungodly (Assistant Pastor Geno)
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Nehemiah’s enemies ask him to go to the plains of Ono where they intend to do him harm (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Nehemiah’s enemies ask him to go to the plains of Ono where they intend to do him harm (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Could the use of A.I. be the way the False Prophet gives ‘life’ to the image of the Beast? (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Could the use of A.I. be the way the False Prophet gives ‘life’ to the image of the Beast? (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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David contrasts the coming future for the Godly and the wicked and depicts God as watching the clock count down (Assistant Pastor Geno)
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Nehemiah calls everyone to assemble after the workers on the wall accuse the wealthy Jewish businessmen of profiting from their hardships (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Nehemiah calls everyone to assemble after the workers on the wall accuse the wealthy Jewish businessmen of profiting from their hardships (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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One important character on the End Times stage in the Bible’s is called the King of the North. For lots of biblical reasons, futurists have for years identified the King of the North with Russia. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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One important character on the End Times stage in the Bible’s is called the King of the North. For lots of biblical reasons, futurists have for years identified the King of the North with Russia. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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An elderly David delivers a wisdom Psalm, teaching us about Godliness, the future of God’s people vs the wicked and instructing us to give up worry and anger (Assistant Pastor Geno)
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Threatened with attack by their enemies, Nehemiah instructs those helping build the wall to rally to him whenever they hear the blowing of the trumpet (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Threatened with attack by their enemies, Nehemiah instructs those helping build the wall to rally to him whenever they hear the blowing of the trumpet (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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News about the trend of tampering with human DNA, which is something you’d expect from a literal, futurist reading of Bible prophecy (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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News about the trend of tampering with human DNA, which is something you’d expect from a literal, futurist reading of Bible prophecy (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The apostle John begins the Revelation of Jesus Christ by announcing that “the time is near” (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The apostle John begins the Revelation of Jesus Christ by announcing that “the time is near” (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Daniel’s book closes with a final look at human history and Daniel asks a single question, but doesn’t get the answer he’s hoping for (Assistant Pastor Geno)
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The Israelites are assigned certain sections of the wall and specific gates to repair (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The Israelites are assigned certain sections of the wall and specific gates to repair (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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As futurists, we’d expect the nations of Russia and Turkey to be moving toward an alliance antagonistic toward Israel and that’s what we’re seeing in the news today (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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As futurists, we’d expect the nations of Russia and Turkey to be moving toward an alliance antagonistic toward Israel and that’s what we’re seeing in the news today (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Daniel’s vision continues, showing the acts of Antiochus Epiphanes as well as foretelling the coming Antichrist (Assistant Pastor Geno)
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So we come to the end of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. What a remarkable teaching it was and is! (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Jesus uses soil problems to end His sermon. I’m told that in the Holy Land all the sandy soil becomes hard during the dry months. It thus appears solid. Then the storms come and reveal which soil is really just hardened sand and which is bedrock. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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There are people who think they know Jesus Christ but are in fact still dead in their sins. They call Jesus Lord and can point to amazing supernatural works and wonders. But Jesus never knew them and they will be lost for all eternity. Immediately you wonder, How can that be? How do I know if I’m saved? (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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These men always appear to be Christians. They look like sheep, Jesus said; but they are really wolves hiding among the sheep seeking to devour. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The primary interpretation of these verses is to the Christian regarding personal discipline. They can have application to salvation in terms of eternal destinations; but they are really for saved disciples to gauge their level of personal spiritual discipline. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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These verses follow the Lord’s exhortation that you not be judgmental. Deal with sin in your own life so you can then minister effectively to others who are desperate for the Gospel. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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It’s no accident that this section on judging immediately follows the teaching concerning earthly wealth. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Jesus may have been saying, if therefore you look to be generous. It fits the context because, after all, when we talk about investing in Heaven we’re talking about giving towards the Lord’s work. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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It is profoundly interesting to me that Jesus didn’t say, “Where your heart is, there your treasure will be.” Instead, He said, “Put your treasure in heaven, and your heart will inevitably follow.” (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Fasting has come under attack in recent years. Certain Christian scholars and intellects have decided that fasting is no where commanded as a binding obligation. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Jesus told us to pray, Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. He emphasizes why in these verses. There is a conditional aspect to forgiveness. Your Father forgives you on the condition you forgive others. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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You can live your life as if you are seated in heaven with God. Every spiritual resource in heaven is available to you. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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We can’t help but hear the word prayer and immediately think in terms of a spiritual discipline. It is… and it isn’t. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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In keeping with the general tone of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus will be interested more in your inward motives than the activities themselves. It is always your heart-life that is of interest and importance to the Lord. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The essential problem was that the religious teachers saw God’s Law as only law. They did not comprehend it as a Law of love flowing forth from a heart that desired to fellowship with sinful man. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Jesus quotes this passage in His teaching on the true interpretation of the law. He does not say that the eye for eye principle is wrong; rather, He simply condemns the use of it to make it an obligation to exact revenge against someone who has personally offended me. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The Jews had developed a bad habit of swearing such false oaths in every day matters. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The real intent of these verses in the Sermon on the Mount is to return us to a pure and original interpretation and obedience to God’s Law, and to marriage. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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It is likely that the Pharisees had explained this commandment as extending only to the external act; and that they regarded evil thoughts and a wanton imagination as of little consequence, or as not forbidden by the law. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The scribes and Pharisees assumed you would be angry. As long as you did not kill anyone, they felt you were keeping the Law. You could get mad; insult someone; even sue them; and then just go about your business, feeling righteous because you hadn’t committed assault or murder. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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How can we fulfill the Law? By yielding to the Holy Spirit and allowing Him to work in our lives. The Holy Spirit enables us to experience the righteousness of the law in daily life. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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It’s important to remember that Jesus was not the first-century founder of a new religion. Nor were His disciples after Him. Biblical Christianity began before the foundations of the earth – before creation. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Jesus assumes His hearers understand the world is in a kind of spiritual darkness. Religion; philosophy; even the sciences, to a certain extent, are mankind’s attempts to illuminate the spiritual darkness. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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A person who lives in the world and who lives-out the beatitudes that Jesus taught will affect the world for God and for good. That affect is illustrated: You will be like salt, and you will be like light. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The second century Christian leader Tertullian was once approached by a man who said, “I have come to Christ, but I don’t know what to do. I have a job that I don’t think is consistent with what Scripture teaches. What can I do? I must live.” To which Tertullian replied, “Must you?” (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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If you manifest the previous beatitudes, guess what: You will be persecuted! (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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This was a shocking statement to the Jews. They were subjugated by the Roman Empire. All their thoughts of the coming Messiah were about being set free from Rome. They assumed the Messiah would lead a military revolt. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Christianity ‘works’ at the level of the heart. It works from within; it then works its way out. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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I am merciful, because it is God’s nature and my new nature. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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We are being conformed, day-by-day, into the image of Jesus by the indwelling Holy Spirit. These beatitudes describe what we are like when we are Christ-like. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Even in the Church we don’t always value meekness. There is always a general feeling that we would be stronger, and better equipped to fight our enemies, if Christians were all united. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Who’s dead? Who are we mourning for? I’m going to suggest that it is you, and I, who is dead. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The Sermon on the Mount promises happiness. The word blessed, repeated so often, means something like, O how happy and to be envied. It means to be truly satisfied. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The Sermon on the Mount is often misunderstood and, thus, misapplied. What Jesus said in verse twenty is a key to how we are to understand and apply His words. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Not knowing exactly what to expect, Nehemiah goes from gate-to-gate along Jerusalem’s ruined wall (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Not knowing exactly what to expect, Nehemiah goes from gate-to-gate along Jerusalem’s ruined wall (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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French President Marcon has some interesting things surrounding his name, his mindset and his leadership style (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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French President Marcon has some interesting things surrounding his name, his mindset and his leadership style (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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An angel gives Daniel an incredibly detailed and complex vision, accurately foretelling hundreds of years of human history (Assistant Pastor Geno)
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Nehemiah’s sadness prompts the king to ask him what is wrong with him (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Nehemiah’s sadness prompts the king to ask him what is wrong with him (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The trend of utilizing powerful biometric technology to control commerce and travel continues, just as you would expect from a literal reading of Bible prophecy (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The trend of utilizing powerful biometric technology to control commerce and travel continues, just as you would expect from a literal reading of Bible prophecy (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Nehemiah is greatly moved upon hearing that the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and that its gates are burned with fire (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Nehemiah is greatly moved upon hearing that the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and that its gates are burned with fire (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Scientists are working to resurrect a wooly mammoth. This isn’t the first time DNA has been manipulated. The same thing was happening during the days of Noah. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Scientists are working to resurrect a wooly mammoth. This isn’t the first time DNA has been manipulated. The same thing was happening during the days of Noah. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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At the end of his life, Daniel receives one more dramatic vision, first of the Glorious Man then of great future events (Assistant Pastor Geno)
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The Israelites who married pagan women are told that they must divorce them (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The Israelites who married pagan women are told that they must divorce them (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Facebook wants to create a mind reading machine. Is this a trend we should expect from reading Bible prophecy literally? (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Facebook wants to create a mind reading machine. Is this a trend we should expect from reading Bible prophecy literally? (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Daniel receives the Seventy Weeks prophecy from Gabriel, outlining the flow of prophetic history in groups of sevens (Assistant Pastor Geno)
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The returned exiles who listened to Ezra teach God’s Word are described as “trembling” (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The returned exiles who listened to Ezra teach God’s Word are described as “trembling” (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Movements toward government control via “social credit” scores and systems are exactly what you’d expect from reading Bible prophecy literally (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Movements toward government control via “social credit” scores and systems are exactly what you’d expect from reading Bible prophecy literally (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Daniel is studying prophecy, then realizes the captivity is close to finished, which leads him to pray one of the great prayers of the Bible (Assistant Pastor Geno)
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Before setting out for Jerusalem, Ezra makes camp for three days by the river (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Before setting out for Jerusalem, Ezra makes camp for three days by the river (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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More news is coming out about the ways mankind is tinkering with our own DNA. How does this relate to Bible prophecy? (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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More news is coming out about the ways mankind is tinkering with our own DNA. How does this relate to Bible prophecy? (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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We’re encouraged to reflect on the burials of Joshua, Joseph and Eleazar (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Joshua’s speech to the Israelites about idols and idolatry gets us thinking about the effect of false gods in our own lives (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Joshua, now an old man, gathers together the leaders of Israel to speak to them about remaining faithful to the Lord after his death (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The two and one-half tribes return to their land on the other side of the Jordan River and promptly set up an altar that almost causes a civil war (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The Levites can be seen as a type for believers of how we are to live the everyday, ordinary, average Christian life (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Joshua designates six cities of refuge to provide shelter for those who commit manslaughter (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Joshua casts the lots to determine the portion of land each tribe will be responsible to settle and control (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Caleb offers his daughter in marriage to whoever will attack Debir and slay its occupants (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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One of the two oldest guys, Caleb suddenly steps forward to demand the land he had been promised as his inheritance 45 years earlier (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The two and one-half tribes who misspoke asking for land east of the Jordan River receive their inheritance (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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God commands Joshua to divide the land among the tribes of Israel and encourages them to finish the task of subduing all the country (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Joshua summarizes the conquest of thirty-three kings by himself and Moses on both sides of the Jordan River (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Joshua’s campaigns to conquer the land of Canaan culminate with a decisive victory by the waters of Merom where he hamstrings the enemies horses and burns their chariots (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Joshua brings out and kills the five kings who were hiding in the cave at Makkedeh (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Joshua asks God to prevent the sun from going down until Israel can route her enemies (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The Gibeonites trick Joshua into a treaty (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The Israelites go to Shechem, build an altar, then interact with the Word of God as it is read publically (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The Israelites execute God’s unusual battle strategy against Ai while Joshua holds up the spear for them all to see (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Defeated at Ai, Joshua identifies Achan as the person who has sinned by taking some of the accursed spoil of Jericho for himself (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Rahab is kept safe as the walls of Jericho fall (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The Israelites march around Jericho’s walls while its inhabitants watch with fear (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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God quits sending manna and Gets Joshua ready to be sent into battle (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Forty years after their fathers were disciplined for refusing to enter the Promised Land the Lord commands Joshua to circumcise the new generation of Israelites as a renewal of His covenant (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Joshua retells the story of the crossing of the Jordan River with an emphasis on the stones that were taken from the riverbed (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The tribes of Israel cross over on dry ground as the priests bear the Ark of the Lord into the Jordan River (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Rahab tells a lie to protect the two spies who have come to her inn seeking information about the condition of the people of Canaan (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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After commanding the nine and one half tribes to prepare for conquest Joshua reminds the two and one half tribes of their commitment to fight and then listens as they offer him counsel (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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God gives Joshua His Word that the children of Israel will possess every place their feet tread upon in the Promised Land (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Six times in the next two chapters, Ezra describes “the good hand of his God” upon him (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Six times in the next two chapters, Ezra describes “the good hand of his God” upon him (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The most well known prophecy of the last days is the mark of the beast. Based on this, you’d expect a trend toward the elimination of personal privacy on a large and invasive scale (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The most well known prophecy of the last days is the mark of the beast. Based on this, you’d expect a trend toward the elimination of personal privacy on a large and invasive scale (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Daniel sees a new vision of the kingdom of Greece and the “little horn” that would arise after Alexander The Great – the terrible tyrant Antiochus Epiphanes (Assistant Pastor Geno)
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The prophets Haggai & Zechariah encourage the Israelites as they work to complete their stone and timber Temple (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The prophets Haggai & Zechariah encourage the Israelites as they work to complete their stone and timber Temple (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The Bible predicts that, in the time of the end, the love of many will grow cold. In this update, we hear about how some are suggesting that bringing death to another person is actually a way of “loving self” (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The Bible predicts that, in the time of the end, the love of many will grow cold. In this update, we hear about how some are suggesting that bringing death to another person is actually a way of “loving self” (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Being deeply troubled, Daniel seeks interpretation for the dream he’s had of the flow of human history (Assistant Pastor Geno)
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Two Persian officials pen a letter to King Darius to determine if the Jews have permission to rebuild their Temple (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Two Persian officials pen a letter to King Darius to determine if the Jews have permission to rebuild their Temple (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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In the days of Noah, human DNA was being manipulated because of the influence of the ‘sons of God.’ Today, human DNA is once again being tinkered with in a profound way, just as you would expect from reading Bible prophecy. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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In the days of Noah, human DNA was being manipulated because of the influence of the ‘sons of God.’ Today, human DNA is once again being tinkered with in a profound way, just as you would expect from reading Bible prophecy. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Daniel and sees the Ancient of Days seated as Judge in the courtroom of heaven (Assistant Pastor Geno)
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Ezra lists the many strategies Israel’s enemies used to discourage them from building the Temple (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Ezra lists the many strategies Israel’s enemies used to discourage them from building the Temple (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The Bible says that the Antichrist’s False Prophet will be able to give life to an image that people will worship, under penalty of death. How could this be possible? (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The Bible says that the Antichrist’s False Prophet will be able to give life to an image that people will worship, under penalty of death. How could this be possible? (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Some of the old men who had seen the splendor of the first Temple wept aloud with disappointment at the simplicity of the second Temple (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Some of the old men who had seen the splendor of the first Temple wept aloud with disappointment at the simplicity of the second Temple (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The trend toward cashless societies continues to gain traction and influence around the world (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The trend toward cashless societies continues to gain traction and influence around the world (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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42,360 exiles march 900 miles over a period of four months to return to Jerusalem (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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42,360 exiles march 900 miles over a period of four months to return to Jerusalem (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Amazon’s facial recognition technology has amazing power, speed, accuracy, and is being increasingly used (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Amazon’s facial recognition technology has amazing power, speed, accuracy, and is being increasingly used (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Daniel sees a prophetic vision of 4 terrible beasts which symbolize the flow of the world empires of Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome (Assistant Pastor Geno)
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God moves both King Cyrus of Persia and the Israelites in exile to build a second Temple in Jerusalem (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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God moves both King Cyrus of Persia and the Israelites in exile to build a second Temple in Jerusalem (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Technology is moving closer and closer to what the Bible has depicted for thousands of years – technology that might be harnessed by the Beast in the Great Tribulation (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Technology is moving closer and closer to what the Bible has depicted for thousands of years – technology that might be harnessed by the Beast in the Great Tribulation (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Daniel is miraculously saved from the power of the lions and Darius’ life is forever changed (Assistant Pastor Geno)
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The apostle Paul describes all of our present sufferings as a light affliction that results in a future weight of glory (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The apostle Paul describes all of our present sufferings as a light affliction that results in a future weight of glory (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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In the days of Noah, human DNA was being tampered with. Jesus said the same would be occurring before His return (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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In the days of Noah, human DNA was being tampered with. Jesus said the same would be occurring before His return (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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As he readies for death Abraham reveals his will for all of his sons (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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After instructing his servant about where to find a proper wife for his son Isaac, Abraham has him swear an oath by placing his hand under his thigh (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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When his wife, Sarah, dies, Abraham secures a cemetery plot where she, he, and their descendants after them, can be buried (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Abraham places his son, Isaac, on an altar as a sacrifice to God (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Even in the mundane routine of day-to-day living God was revealing Himself to and through Abraham (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The weaning of Isaac is accompanied by two very different types of laughing (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Abraham once again asks Sarah to tell everyone she is his sister (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Sexual sins are the backdrop for Godʼs judgment upon the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Abrahamʼs prayer for the righteous within Sodom and Gomorrah is an example of what Jesus meant when He encouraged His disciples left in the world to “Occupy till I come” (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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After Abraham and Sarah show hospitality to the Lord, He tells them that Sarah will conceive and bear a son (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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God changes Abramʼs and Saraiʼs names by adding the fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ה (HEH, pronounced hey) to each of them (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Sarah calls upon her maidservant, Hagar, to bear Abraham a son (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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God causes a deep sleep to come upon Abraham as He promises him to give him the Promised Land as an inheritance (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Abraham is told that the descendants who will be both born and born-again because of him will be as innumerable as the stars in the heavens (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Despite the fact Lot brings it upon himself by making terrible personal choices, Abraham risks his own life to rescue his brotherʼs son (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Given his choice of grazing land, Lot chose the lush fertile plains of Jordan (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Fearing for his life in Egypt, Abraham asks his beautiful wife Sarah to lie and tell everyone she is only his sister (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Abraham begins his lifelong pilgrimage in response to Godʼs call (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Abraham sets out for Canaan but hesitates in Haran for a long while before fully heeding Godʼs call (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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One prominent feature of the Great Tribulation is how the AntiChrist will be able to exercise complete control over his citizens in the ultimate totalitarian state. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Paul solicits prayer from the Colossians for the many brothers helping him spread the Gospel (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Paul solicits prayer from the Colossians for the many brothers helping him spread the Gospel (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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One prominent feature of the Great Tribulation is how the AntiChrist will be able to exercise complete control over his citizens in the ultimate totalitarian state. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Think you’ve heard all the Christmas passages in the Gospels? Think again. There’s one very Christmastime story you probably haven’t thought of before. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Think you’ve heard all the Christmas passages in the Gospels? Think again. There’s one very Christmastime story you probably haven’t thought of before. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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When each of you put on the new man in Christ, your home life will be blessed by mutual submission (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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We know for certain that a third Temple will eventually be built in Jersualem, so you’d expect to see a trend toward rebuilding the Temple, and that’s exactly what you see. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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When each of you put on the new man in Christ, your home life will be blessed by mutual submission (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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We know for certain that a third Temple will eventually be built in Jersualem, so you’d expect to see a trend toward rebuilding the Temple, and that’s exactly what you see. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Daniel’s enemies convince King Darius to pass a blasphemous new law, hoping to trap Daniel and get him killed (Assistant Pastor Geno)
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Itʼs been said that no other single book of the Bible is so responsible for transforming the lives of men than Paul’s letter to the Romans. We canʼt really know if thatʼs true but we can say that Romans has been responsible for transforming the lives of certain men God used mightily through the centuries. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The apostle Paul wanted to go to Rome. It wasnʼt the Coliseum that interested him; it was the church. Not a building, but the people – whom he had never even met! (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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In biblical terms we would say that God has given all men everywhere for all time a witness of Himself in creation as the Creator. The next three verses in Romans chapter one (18-20) talk about that witness. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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We are going to see what happens when, instead of receiving the witness of God, mankind rejects it and God lets us go our own way. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Since God is infinitely holy, God’s standard of righteousness is absolute perfection. It matters little in heaven whether one man is better in some ways than another because all still fall short of perfection. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Donʼt forget that the point of these opening chapters of Romans is to establish the universal problem that all have fallen short of the glory of God, including the Jews. There is no one, Jew or Gentile, who is righteous. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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This next section of Romans, verses one through eight of chapter three, reminds me of a role play. We might call it an apologetics role play. Paul asks anticipated real-world questions then answers them. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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God looks down from Heaven upon the righteousness of men. Even if your righteousness was like that of Mt. Everest, reaching high above that of your fellow men, and you were one of the few standing on the summit of good works, you would still be level with the rest of the human race. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The Jews were proud that they had Godʼs law. It made them feel special. It should, however, have made them feel guilty! The “law” wasnʼt a get-out-of-jail free card. It wasnʼt a talisman or a goodluck charm. The Jews, and Paul included himself saying “we,” were “under” it, they were subject to its standards. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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“Faith” and “believe” are used fifteen times in Romans chapter four. It is the Bible’s great chapter on salvation by grace through believing alone, apart from your behavior. It is, in many ways, the Bible’s great chapter. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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If salvation were by works of righteousness, you could never be saved. You commit individual acts of sin. You inherit a sin nature. Sin is imputed to you. Bottom line: You canʼt work your way to Heaven. How do you get there? (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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“To gush,” “to run greedily out,” “to spill.” Itʼs the word the KJV translates “shed abroad” and the NKJV translates “poured out” in Romans 5:5. J.B. Phillips translates it, “Already we have the love of God flooding through our hearts by the Holy Spirit given to us.” (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The importance of Adam being a real person is clearly seen in Romans five. You are regarded by God and treated by God based on the actions of another person who acted on your behalf. When your representative acted, God says that you acted. He says that you were “in” that person. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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There are three terms you should be somewhat familiar with as you read and study the Bible: justification, sanctification, and glorification. They describe the various stages of salvation from the moment you accept Jesus Christ until you see Him face-to-face. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Romans six is Paul the apostleʼs ʻthe more you knowʼ campaign. He keeps using the words know or knowing. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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God gives you life and freedom but you can be so affected by years of living in sin, responding sinfully by yielding your body to the world and the devil, that it’s hard to walk as a ‘normal’ person the way God intended. You can and theses verses tell you how. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Does emphasizing grace over rules, rites, rituals and regulations really open the door to all manner of sinful behavior? Thatʼs our subject as we close out Romans six. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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In this text, we need to decide when was Paul describing. What time in his life was he referring to? Was this his current and on-going experience? Or was he referring back to his experience before he was saved? In other words, is this a struggle I will have as a Christian? (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The Apostle Paul is going to talk about how Godʼs Law was a spiritual diagnostic to reveal the human heart. If youʼve ever had an x-ray youʼve probably seen the report from the radiologist. After describing what the x-ray shows he or she summarizes the findings. Verse five reads like a summary of the findings. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The apostle Paul, well-read and well-traveled, would have been familiar with this practice of the body of death as a literal torture carried out upon persons. That being the case, we can see that he used it as an illustration in verse twenty-four. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Life, Leading, Love. Those three powerful ʻLʼ words provide a map of where we are headed as we navigate Romans chapter eight. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Our text in Romans 8 tells us that we can “set [our] minds” (v5). Where we set them dictates our route as we journey homeward toward the mansions Jesus is finishing construction on for each of us in the heavenly city, New Jerusalem. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The apostle Paul compares putting on Christ to putting on clothing (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The apostle Paul compares putting on Christ to putting on clothing (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Jesus told us that the last days would be like the Days of Noah. How does tampering with DNA fit into that prophecy? (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Jesus told us that the last days would be like the Days of Noah. How does tampering with DNA fit into that prophecy? (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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God tells Belshazzar that He has been watching his life, that he has been weighed in the balance and found wanting (Assistant Pastor Geno)
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Paul reminds us to “seek those things which are above, where Christ is, for [we] died, and [our lives are] hidden with Christ in God.” (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Paul reminds us to “seek those things which are above, where Christ is, for [we] died, and [our lives are] hidden with Christ in God.” (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Delta has unveiled the USA’s first biometric terminal, scanning faces to grant access onto flights (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Delta has unveiled the USA’s first biometric terminal, scanning faces to grant access onto flights (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Paul illustrates your Christian life as if you are on a voyage home in a fully-supplied ship (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Paul illustrates your Christian life as if you are on a voyage home in a fully-supplied ship (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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In a move that is eerily similar to the style of government that will be used by the AntiChrist in the Tribulation, China is monitoring behavior before allowing its citizens to buy, sell or move (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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In a move that is eerily similar to the style of government that will be used by the AntiChrist in the Tribulation, China is monitoring behavior before allowing its citizens to buy, sell or move (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The apostle Paul rejoiced that he was privileged to continue the sufferings of Jesus for His church (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The apostle Paul rejoiced that he was privileged to continue the sufferings of Jesus for His church (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Usage of under-skin chips continues to expand and become a more normal part of life (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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