Jacob Fears To Meet Esau. The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you, and there are four hundred men with him.”
JACOB FEARS TO MEET ESAU
JACOB FEARS TO MEET ESAU
People of the World where are you going? Turn back to God! Back to your faithful principles!
JACOB FEARS TO MEET ESAU
Jacob Fears To Meet Esau. The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you, and there are four hundred men with him.”
JACOB’S VISION AT BETHEL IN A DREAM
He dreamed that there was a ladder (stairway) placed on the earth, and the top of it reached [out of sight] toward heaven; and [he saw] the angels of God ascending and descending on it [going to and from heaven].
GOD DESTROYS SODOM AND GOMORRAH
Abraham started out early the next morning to the place where he [only the day before] had stood before the LORD;
and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the valley [of the Dead Sea]; and he saw, and behold, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a kiln (pottery furnace).
ABRAHAM INTERCEDES FOR SODOM AND GOMORRAH
And the LORD said, “The outcry [of the sin] of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave.
THE LAMB OF GOD AND THE 144,000
Then I looked, and this is what I saw: the Lamb stood [firmly established] on Mount Zion, and with Him a hundred and forty-four thousand who had His name and His Father’s name inscribed on their foreheads [signifying God’s own possession].
THE SOUNDING OF THE FITH TRUMPET THE THREE WOES
The sounding of the fifth Trumpet the three woes. Then the fifth angel sounded [his trumpet], and I saw a star (angelic being) that had fallen from heaven to the earth; and the key of the bottomless pit (abyss) was given to him (the star-angel).
THE SEVENTH SEAL AND THE GOLDEN CENSER>
The Seventh Seal and the Golden Censer. When He (the Lamb) broke open the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour [in awe of God’s impending judgment]. [Zep_1:7]
Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
TO THE CHURCH IN SARDIS
“To the angel (divine messenger) of the church in Sardis write: “These are the words of Him who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: ‘I know your deeds; you have a name (reputation) that you are alive, but [in reality] you are dead.
WARNING AGAINST NEGLECTING SALVATION
YOU HAVE MADE HIM FOR A LITTLE WHILE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS; YOU HAVE CROWNED HIM WITH GLORY AND HONOR, AND SET HIM OVER THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS;
Parable of the Lost Sheep