False Teacher Kenneth Copeland

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

I greet you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It is my sincere Prayer that you are being Blessed even as you read this email.

Again, Satan, through an automobile accident, has taken away from us, Sister Betty Wright and grandchild, leaving Reverend Wright clinging to life. It is my stance that as a nation, and in accordance to God's Word "Where two agree as to touch anything upon Earth, ask that my Father may give it to you." (Jesus speaking)

I know many hearts has been touched by the soul-stirring gospel songs that he has sung over the years. Not only in song, but deliverance and healing messages.

As a servant of God, I am requesting that our nation pray for this man of God and his family.

Yours in Jesus Christ,

Bishop William B. Caractor

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

I greet you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It is my sincere Prayer that you are being Blessed even as you read this email.

Today, we study the Book of 1 Samuel chapter 17.

17:2 Valley of Elah is the place in Judah where David killed Goliath (verse 2; 21:9). The location of this valley is established by reference to the towns in the former passage. Shochoh is to be identified with the large Khirbet Abad. The ancient ruin stands on the southern edge of Wadi es-Sant, which is a valley. Shochoh was about two miles south Azekah. Azekah (Tell ez-Zakariyeh) was perched atop a prominent ridge of the Shephelah, around the foot of which the Wadi es-Sant was forced to twist northward before continuing its flow westward to the sea. Azekah lies a short distance northeast of Lachish. During the Israelite-Philistine military confrontation mentioned above, the Philistine encamped on the southern side of the valley, Shochoh and Azekah. The contest between David and Goliath evidently took place in the broad valley on the southern side of the creek bed. When the Philistines retreated, they went in the direction of Ekron and Gath.

17:17 Since there is no indication that Saul had a professional standing army (11:1-11; 15:4; 17:2), there was a real need for those in military service to be supported actively by the citizenry at home.

17: 12 David was the second and greatest king of Israel (1010-970 B.C.), whose dynasty ruled Judah for over four hundred years. He was an ancestor of Jesus Christ (Matthew 1:1). David belonged to the tribe of Judah and was born in Bethlehem to Jesse as the youngest of eight sons. He began as a shepherd, demonstrating his courage and faithfulness by killing a lion and a bear that had attacked the flock. David began his career by playing the lyre in King Saul’s court; he subsequently became his squire. But he became a national hero when he killed the Philistine giant Goliath. Due to Saul’s animosity toward him, he became a fugitive. After Saul’s death, the tribe of Judah elected David king of Judah and placed him on the throne in Hebron. Ultimately, David became king of Israel in Jerusalem and moved the ark of the covenant into the city. His downfall was in committing adultery with Bathsheba and having her husband Uriah murdered (2 Samuel 11, 12). David’s fondness for music is recorded in many places in the Bible. He played skillfully on the harp (16: 18-23); he arranged worship services in the sanctuary (1 Chronicles 6:31); and he composed psalms of lament over Saul and Jonathan (2 Samuel 1:17-27). The author of many Psalms (almost one-half are attributed to him in the titles of KJV) he is remembered as the “sweet psalmist of Israel”(2 Samuel 23:1). God promised David a kingdom without end (2 Samuel 7:14-16). This prophecy would be fulfilled in Jesus (Matthew 1:1; Luke 1:32, 33). God’s own high tribute to David came through Paul (Acts 13:22):“I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart.”(First Reference, 1 Samuel 16:12; Primary References, 1 Samuel 16; 1 Kings 12:16.)

How many Goliaths are in your life?

Yours in Jesus Christ,

Bishop William B. Caractor

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

I greet you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It is my sincere Prayer that you are being Blessed even as you read this email.

Today, we study the Book of Haggai in it's entirety.

1:1 Darius refers to Darius I (Hystapsis), the ruler of Persia from 521 to 486 B.C. The sixth month was the month of Elul and roughly coincides with the month of September. Zerubbabel was a descendant of Shealtiel and was the grandson of Jahoiakim, one of the last kings of Judah prior to the Babylonian captivity. In 1 Chronicles 3:17-19, his father is listed as Pedaiah, the brother of Shealtiel. One was his physical father and the other an uncle who raised him as his son. The high priest, Joshua, was the son of Josedech (also known as Jozadak, Ezra 3:2; and as Jehozadak, 1 Chronicles 6:15), who had been the high priest at the Judah was carried captive into Babylon.

1:2-6 Ceiled houses refers to ceilings paneled with fine woods. Such a practice was common for the residences of kings (1 Kings 7:7; Jeremiah 22:14). In contrast, the Lord's house lay in waste. The command, Consider your ways, is issued five times throughout the course of this prophecy (verses 5, 7; 2:15, 18). It is a plea on the part of God for the people to take note of what they are doing, and amend their ways accordingly.

2:1, 2 The prophet's second message is dated in the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month-about a month and a half after his receipt of the first message (1:1) and almost a month after the actual building of the temple had begun (1:15).

2:9 The glory of this latter house refers to Christ's physical presence in the second temple (greatly modified by Herod). Ezekiel (chapters 10, 11) had earlier witnessed the departure of God's glory from Solomon's temple, prior to it's destruction by Nebuchadnezzar. Although the builders of the second temple prayed for the shekinah glory to return, there is no record that it ever did. This prophecy would be fulfilled only in the return of the glory in the embodiment of Jesus Christ, of whom His disciples said, "And we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father" (John 4:14).

2:10, 11 The prophet's third message was a message of affirmation. This message came about two months after the message of 2:1-9.

2:12, 13 The people were to ask the priests two questions and, as a result, would learn that holiness is not communicable (verse 12) while unholiness is communicable (verse 13). The Mosaic system clearly taught that ceremonial cleanness was not transferable from one person or thing to another, but ceremonial uncleanness was transferable (Leviticus 6:18; 22:4-6; Numbers 19:11).

2:20, 21a The prophet's fourth message, a message of anticipation, comes on the same date as the previous one.

2:21b-23 Signet ring: This ring used by the owner for the signing of letters and official documents. It was a mark of such honor and of authority, as Zerubbabel's ministry was to bear. He would carry with him the authority of the Lord, and would represent Him.

Yours in Jesus Christ,

Bishop William B. Caractor

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

I greet you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It is my sincere Prayer that you are being Blessed even as you read this email.

Today, we study the Book of Nahum in it's entirety.

1:1 Nineveh was the Assyrian capital situated on the Tigris River. It fell to Babylon in 612 B.C. See note on Jonah 1:1-3.

1:2 Jealous (Hebrew qano, "zealous", or "jealous"). Nahum is not ascribing human imperfection to God. Rather, the thought is that God is the One who embodies a burning zeal for righteousness and justice, quickly arises to the defense of His own, and executes judgment on those who are not His own or who hurt those who are.

1:4 Bashan, Carmel, and Lebanon were all fertile, hilly areas. Bashan is in the Golan Heights. Mount Carmel is a long range between the valley of Jezreel and the Mediterranean Sea. Lebanon is the forested region north of Israel's border. These areas are pictured by the prophet as being devastated by the coming of God in judgment.

1:5-8 The Lord is pictured pouring out judgment like fire. The mountains quake and the earth is burned at his presence. Yet, He is a stronghold in the day of trouble to all those who trust in him. Like all the prophets, Nahum predicts both judgment and hope conditioned on man's response to God.

1:9 The prophet predicts the utter end of Nineveh. His prediction was fulfilled in 612 B.C when the city was destroyed by the Babylonians. It was never rebuilt and has remained a desolate ruin to this day.

1:11 The wicked counselor who will come forth from Assyria may refer to Sennacherib who ruled from 705 to 681 B.C. and invaded Judah in 701 B.C.

1:12 Quiet, and likewise many is an Assyrian phrase implying unity. The idiom means that they are so united that they make the noise of only one person.

2:2 Hath turned away is better translated "will restore." God will restore Judah after the fall of Assyria.

2:3-7 The Medo-Babylonian army is composed of mighty men. Its favorite color was red or "scarlet" (Ezekiel 23:14). The "shields" of the invaders were bright red and must have struck terror into the hearts of the defenders as the army approached the city. The reference to the gates of the rivers may refer to the statement in the Babylonian Chronicle that the flooding river made breaches in the city wall. Huzzab is unclear. It may refer to a goddess whose devotees beat their breasts because she had been taken captive. The taking of a city's gods as spoil in battle is well attested in ancient Near Eastern literature.

2:11-13 The rapacity and ferocity of the Assyrians is well documented in the annals of her cruel kings. The lion was the national symbol of Assyria. Here Nineveh is pictured as the dwelling of the lions.

3:1-6 Nineveh is called the bloody city and is pictured as a harlot whose witchcrafts and whoredoms shall be brought down to the dust. Discover means to "uncover." Thus, Nineveh shall be exposed for what she is: the mistress of the nations.

3:7-10 The prophet predicts the ultimate destruction of mighty Nineveh in the prophetic present: Nineveh is laid waste. The reference to populous No should be translated "No-amon" (City of Amun), known to Greeks as Thebes and today as Luxor. It was the capital of Eighteenth through Twentieth Dynasties of Egypt and was the favorite burial place of the Pharaohs of that period. Thebes, however, fell to the Assyrians in 663 B.C and served as an appropriate warning to the people of Nineveh. Put and Lubim refer to the districts of Libya.

Yours in Jesus Christ,

Bishop William B. Caractor

Bishop William Caractor wrote:

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
I greet you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It is my sincere Prayer that you are being Blessed even as you read this email.
Today, we study the Book of Nahum in it's entirety.
1:1 Nineveh was the Assyrian capital situated on the Tigris River. It fell to Babylon in 612 B.C. See note on Jonah 1:1-3.
1:2 Jealous (Hebrew qano, "zealous", or "jealous"). Nahum is not ascribing human imperfection to God. Rather, the thought is that God is the One who embodies a burning zeal for righteousness and justice, quickly arises to the defense of His own, and executes judgment on those who are not His own or who hurt those who are.
1:4 Bashan, Carmel, and Lebanon were all fertile, hilly areas. Bashan is in the Golan Heights. Mount Carmel is a long range between the valley of Jezreel and the Mediterranean Sea. Lebanon is the forested region north of Israel's border. These areas are pictured by the prophet as being devastated by the coming of God in judgment.
1:5-8 The Lord is pictured pouring out judgment like fire. The mountains quake and the earth is burned at his presence. Yet, He is a stronghold in the day of trouble to all those who trust in him. Like all the prophets, Nahum predicts both judgment and hope conditioned on man's response to God.
1:9 The prophet predicts the utter end of Nineveh. His prediction was fulfilled in 612 B.C when the city was destroyed by the Babylonians. It was never rebuilt and has remained a desolate ruin to this day.
1:11 The wicked counselor who will come forth from Assyria may refer to Sennacherib who ruled from 705 to 681 B.C. and invaded Judah in 701 B.C.
1:12 Quiet, and likewise many is an Assyrian phrase implying unity. The idiom means that they are so united that they make the noise of only one person.
2:2 Hath turned away is better translated "will restore." God will restore Judah after the fall of Assyria.
2:3-7 The Medo-Babylonian army is composed of mighty men. Its favorite color was red or "scarlet" (Ezekiel 23:14). The "shields" of the invaders were bright red and must have struck terror into the hearts of the defenders as the army approached the city. The reference to the gates of the rivers may refer to the statement in the Babylonian Chronicle that the flooding river made breaches in the city wall. Huzzab is unclear. It may refer to a goddess whose devotees beat their breasts because she had been taken captive. The taking of a city's gods as spoil in battle is well attested in ancient Near Eastern literature.
2:11-13 The rapacity and ferocity of the Assyrians is well documented in the annals of her cruel kings. The lion was the national symbol of Assyria. Here Nineveh is pictured as the dwelling of the lions.
3:1-6 Nineveh is called the bloody city and is pictured as a harlot whose witchcrafts and whoredoms shall be brought down to the dust. Discover means to "uncover." Thus, Nineveh shall be exposed for what she is: the mistress of the nations.
3:7-10 The prophet predicts the ultimate destruction of mighty Nineveh in the prophetic present: Nineveh is laid waste. The reference to populous No should be translated "No-amon" (City of Amun), known to Greeks as Thebes and today as Luxor. It was the capital of Eighteenth through Twentieth Dynasties of Egypt and was the favorite burial place of the Pharaohs of that period. Thebes, however, fell to the Assyrians in 663 B.C and served as an appropriate warning to the people of Nineveh. Put and Lubim refer to the districts of Libya.
Yours in Jesus Christ,
Bishop William B. Caractor

Moving you over to the main Oklahoma City Topix forum, Bill.....just so all the folks can see what a boring buffoon you are. The Bishop of Boring Buffoonery.

http://www.topix.net/forum/city/oklahoma-city...

You and others like you give Christianity a bad name.

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

I greet you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It is my sincere prayer that you are being Blessed even as you read this e-mail.

Today’s lesson is coming out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida where I am running a revival at The House of the Lord Ministries located at 50 SW 31st Ave (also known as Martin Luther King Blvd). Today we will study the book of Amos chapters 1 & 2.

Two years before the earthquake: While earthquakes are not uncommon in Palestine, the one to which Amos refe3rsmust have been unusually sever; for it is mentioned again by Zechariah in his prophecy (Zec. 14:4,5) more than tow hundred years later. It stands as a reminder of God’s great power in nature and is warning of His judgment that is about to overtake Israel. Amos begins his prophecy with words taken from Joel (cf v. 2 with Joel 3:16).

1:3-5. Damascus is the capital city of Syria and is to be especially stricken in judgment because of the cruelties Syria had inflicted on Israel. For three transgressions and for fur (which introduces the message of judgment to all of the nations, including Israel) is a rhetorical way of saying that the offender has been guilty of an incalculable number of offenses. The plain of Aven may have been an area in which idolatry was deeply entrenched. The house of Eden (“House of Pleasure”) may refer to the king’s pleasure resort. The precise location of Kir is unknown.

1:6-8 The mention Ashdod, Asheklon, Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines (v.8) lets us know that the prophecy is directed against Philistia as a whole. Their crime was the taking of a whole population captive and delivering it over to Edom. Joel 3:3-8 fills in the details that Amos’s prophecy lacks.

1:9, 10. Tyre remembered not the brotherly covenant which their King Hiram had made with David and Solomon. This covenant had been long-standing (cf. 2 Sam 5:11; 1 Kin. 5:2-6, 15-18; 9:11-14), and no king of Israel or Judah had ever made war on Phoenicia. Though Judah honored it side of the treaty, Phoenicia had sold Israelites to others (cf Joel 3:4-8).

1:13-15. Rabbah (lit.“The Great”) was the capital city of Ammon. Amos prophesies that it will be utterly destroyed, and the king and is princes taken into captivity for it unspeakable atrocities against God’s people.

2:4, 5. Israel was probably as pleased at this pronouncement of judgment as she was with al the others. Judah’s sin is similar to Israel’s, for they have despised the law of the Lord Israel should realize that if God would judge Judah, then certainly He would also judge Israel herself. Judah’s sin is worse that those of the nations, because Judah has violated the law of God that was delivered to her by direct revelation.

2:13-16. Because of Israel’s flagrant violations of God’s righteous law and His gracious provisions, in escapable judgment must inevitably fall, though it will fall only after God has permitted Himself to endure Israel’s many and grievous sins far beyond what might ordinarily be considered he breaking point.

Yours in Jesus Christ,

Bishop William B. Caractor
Presiding Prelate
Discovered Being Ministry, Incorporated

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

I greet you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It is my sincere Prayer that you are being Blessed even as you read this email.

Today's lesson will be coming from the sunny state of Florida, specifically Fort Lauderdale, where a great revival is taking place. We will be studying the Book of Joel in its entirety.

1:4 This verse describes the devastation of the locust plague. Moses prophesied that God would use locusts to punish His people if they were disobedient (Deuteronomy 28:38, 42). The language may express the four stages in the development of a single type of insect. The palmerworm (Hebrew gazam, "to gnaw") is the stage at which the locust is first hatched and is characterized by its gnawing activity. The locust (Hebrew arben, "to be many") is the most common name for the locust, and is the second stage, in which the locust gets its wings and flies. The cankerworm (Hebrew yeleg, "to lick off") is the stage in which it does its destructive work. The caterpillar (Hebrew chasil, "to devour or to consume") is the final stage, in which the locust reaches its full growth and devours everything in its path.

2:1, 2 The trumpet was used primarily for religious purposes to call the congregation together for meetings, to usher in the beginning of the month and to note solemn days and festive occasions. In this instance, it is to be used to alarm the people to the seriousness of the crisis that is upon them. A double figure of locusts and a future invading army may be intended in verses 1-11.

2:3-6 The locusts have the appearance of warhorses and sound like the noise of chariots as they go about their destruction. No natural barrier can contain them because they leap.

2:11 Nature has not gone awry; the locusts are not beyond God's control. They move at His specific command.

2:12, 13 The customary way a Jew showed his grief was to tear his outer garment. This external sign could be meaningless. The tearing of the outer garment is useless, unless the heart is broken in repentance and contrition.

2:14 God is immutable and does not change. This verse sets forth the possible results of revival and repentance from man's point of view. When man changes, he is unaware of the change in himself, and views it as though it were a change in God.

2:12-17 This is the second invitation to blow the trumpet in Zion. It summons the whole nation to an assembly of repentance in order to implore God's mercy.

2:28-32 And it shall come to pass afterward is a formula employed to speak of future events. This differentiates the message on the locust plague from the day of the Lord. The promised outporing of God's Spirit will be on all ages and classes of people: sons and daughters. Accompanying the outpouring of the Spirit will be full salvation, or deliverance, for all who put their trust in the Lord as their Redeemer. Joel has compressed together, in true prophetic fashion, events separated by millennia. The crucial points of history are the events of the locust plague in Joel's day: the Day of Pentecost, on which the Holy Spirit was indeed poured out universally and made available to all mankind, about A.D 33; the events of the Great Tribulation (separated from the Day of Pentecost by over 1,900 years, 3:1-17); and the establishment of the earthly Davidic millennial kingdom that follows the events of the Great Tribulation (verses 18-21).

3:9-17 In anticipation of the judgment that will be visited on them, God taunts His enemies and urges them to get ready for war, to come and fight Him, even though it is a hopeless cause (verse 9); to get their armaments ready, though they will be of no avail (verse 10); to get their allies ready, though they will be of no help (verse 11); and to get all the nations ready to fight Him. All of their efforts and preparations will be futile, for God will judge them. Just as the land was helpless before its devastators, so they will be helpless before God, who will judge them on behalf of Judah and Jerusalem. The valley of decision (verse 14) is synonymous with the valley of Jehoshaphat (verse 2). The scene is not one where the multitudes are in the midst of making a decision in favor of the Lord and repenting of their sin. Rather, the decision is made by God, a decision to judge the multitudes for their treatment of Judah and Jerusalem! This judgment will be meted out against them in the day of the Lord that takes place in the Great Tribulation.

3:18-21 Joel's final prophecy pictures the great millennial age when the Lord dwelleth in Zion. The word dwelleth (Hebrew shakan) indicates the abiding presence of the shekinah glory of old with His repentant and restored people.

Yours in Jesus Christ,

Bishop William B. Caractor

Keep it up Bill. You're revealing yourself to be deliberately {{{{{{{evil}}}}}}}, and in turn, causing yourself to appear, or actually be... mentally ill, as well as a thread parasite.
Repent, and start your own thread if you wish, it's not unreasonable to ask you to do that, nor is it difficult to start a thread...
and seriously, you need to repent of your stubborness and stop hijacking this thread. It doesn't look good for you no matter what you think and is starting to be a stench in our nostrils on this forum to see you keeping this up. It is unbelievably obnoxious and distasteful.
Is that truly what you want? Is that truly being a servant of Christ? To deliberately aggravate the good folks on here? Or, are you instead being an enemy of Christ by your behavior and attitude.
You are not drawing people TO Christ, you are driving them away.
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Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

I greet you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It is my sincere Prayer that you are being Blessed even as you read this email.

Today, we study the Book of Habakkuk in its entirety.

1:1-4 Burden (Hebrew masa, "heavy load" or "oracle") also describes the prophecies of Nahum (Nahum 1:1) and Malachi (Malachi 1:1) as that which the Lord has entrusted to His prophet. It was a sentence of divine judgment.

1:6-11 The prophet describes the mighty Chaldeans who ruled Babylon from 625 to 539 B.C. They were Semitic nomads who were descendants of Chesed, the son of Abraham's brother Nahor (Genesis 22:20-22). They gradually populated southern Babylon and were under Assyrian authority until Nabopolassar destroyed Nineveh in 612 B.C. and founded the Neo-Babylonian Empire, which reached its greatest height under Nebuchadnezzar.(see the note on Daniel 1:1) The success of the Chaldeans is attributed to their swiftness and violence. To heap dust refers to building ramparts of earth to scale the walls of enemy cities. His god is Marduk, god of war and the patron god of Babylon.

1:12-17 The prophet appeals to God not to look on Babylonia's iniquity approvingly, and calls on Him to judge the mighty nation which has caught the other nations in its fish net.

2:2, 3 Write the vision...upon tablets refers to the common practice of writing public notices with such large characters on the clay tablets that someone running by could easily read them. If the notice was a warning it would also cause the reader to run quickly to prepare for what was coming. An appointed time indicates a specific future fulfillment of Habakkuk's prophecy of the fall of Babylon. See Daniel 5:30, 31.

2:4 Two classes of people are contrasted:(1) the proud, haughty Chaldeans who will be the victors in the forthcoming conflict; and (2) the righteous ones of Judah who will appear to be defeated in the forthcoming conflict, but in reality will be the victors because of their faith in the Lord. The just shall live by faith is often quoted in the New Testament in support of the doctrine of justification by faith.(See Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:11; Hebrews 10:38) Thus, this Old Testament prophecy anticipates the New Testament gospel which shall ultimately conquer the nations and bring them to Christ.

2:5 Hell (Hebrew Sheol, "the unseen world of the dead") can be understood both as a reference to the grave and as the residence of the departed dead.

2:8-11 The proud and seemingly impregnable city on Babylon fell to Cyrus the Great in 539 B.C., due as much to its own inner corruption as to the presence of the great conqueror. According to the reports of the ancient world, Cyrus was hailed as a liberator (Isaiah 45:1-3).

3:1, 2 A prayer (Hebrew tepilah, "prayer" or "song of praise"): It was written to be used as a part of the public worship services of Israel. It was set to Shigionoth, which refers to the kind of music with which the psalm was to be accompanied. The following song, a victory ode, was to be sung triumphantly and with great excitement.

3:3-15 These verses contain two poems (verses 3-7 and 8-15) recounting God's deliverance of His people in the days of Exodus. The poems emphasize His preservation in the wilderness and His triumphal leading into the Promised Land. Selah: This expression is thought to be equivalent to a musical rest, in which the reader of singer was instructed to stop and think about what he just sang or read.

3:16-19 The instructions in the postscript indicate that this psalm was used as a part of the temple liturgy. It is a great psalm expressing obedience and praise to God, and trust in Him.

Yours in Jesus Christ,

Bishop William B. Caractor

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

I greet you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It is my sincere Prayer that you are being Blessed even as you read this email.

Today, we study the Book of Ezekiel chapter 37.

37:1-14 The resuscitation of the nation is compared here to dry bones coming to life. At this point the Israelites were like dry bones, nationally dead, and with no hope of restoration (verse 11). Yet God promises that just as the bones came to life in Ezekiel's vision, so God says: I will...bring you into the land of Israel...and shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live (verses 12-14). Again, this is both a physical regathering to the land and a spiritual regathering to God Himself. The present-day existence of the state of Israel may be the initial fulfillment of the prophecy, but it can completely fulfilled only when Christ returns to establish His kingdom (Matthew 24:30, 31).

37: Ezekiel was commanded to write the names of Judah and Israel on separate sticks, and then join them together as one stick (verses 16, 17). This action represented the fact that the two nations would be rejoined as one nation at the same time as the national revival just prophesied in the preceding chapter. The kingdom had split in 931 B.C. after the death of Solomon, with 10 tribes in the north being known as Israel (or Ephraim) and two tribes in the south, Benjamin and Judah, being known as Judah. These two kingdoms were never officially reunited in history. Therefore, this prophecy awaits its ultimate fulfillment during the millennial reign of Christ. The closing verses of this chapter indicate the close association of God's three great unconditional covenants with His people: the Abrahamic, the Davidic, and new covenants. See the note on Jeremiah 31:31-34.

Yours in Jesus Christ,

Bishop William B. Caractor

Bishop William Caractor wrote:

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
I greet you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It is my sincere Prayer that you are being Blessed even as you read this email.
Today, we study the Book of Ezekiel chapter 37.
37:1-14 The resuscitation of the nation is compared here to dry bones coming to life. At this point the Israelites were like dry bones, nationally dead, and with no hope of restoration (verse 11). Yet God promises that just as the bones came to life in Ezekiel's vision, so God says: I will...bring you into the land of Israel...and shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live (verses 12-14). Again, this is both a physical regathering to the land and a spiritual regathering to God Himself. The present-day existence of the state of Israel may be the initial fulfillment of the prophecy, but it can completely fulfilled only when Christ returns to establish His kingdom (Matthew 24:30, 31).
37: Ezekiel was commanded to write the names of Judah and Israel on separate sticks, and then join them together as one stick (verses 16, 17). This action represented the fact that the two nations would be rejoined as one nation at the same time as the national revival just prophesied in the preceding chapter. The kingdom had split in 931 B.C. after the death of Solomon, with 10 tribes in the north being known as Israel (or Ephraim) and two tribes in the south, Benjamin and Judah, being known as Judah. These two kingdoms were never officially reunited in history. Therefore, this prophecy awaits its ultimate fulfillment during the millennial reign of Christ. The closing verses of this chapter indicate the close association of God's three great unconditional covenants with His people: the Abrahamic, the Davidic, and new covenants. See the note on Jeremiah 31:31-34.
Yours in Jesus Christ,
Bishop William B. Caractor

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Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

I greet you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It is my sincere Prayer that you are being Blessed even as you read this email.

Today, we study the Book of Psalms chapter 37.

Psalm 37 The psalm is written in the form of an acrostic, although our numbering is out of step with the Hebrew. There is no logical outline to the psalm, so it is best studied according to its topics. The major point of the psalm seems to be that the wicked's prosperity is short-lived. Though David was troubled by the prosperity of the unrighteous, he knew by faith that their undeserved bounty would be cut off. His underlying belief is that God will intervene in His time. Then the present, temporary reversal of fortunes will be set right and the righteous "shall inherit the earth" (verses 9, 11, 22, 29, 34). The mention of inheriting the earth would be encouraging and uplifting to the pious Israelite since all of God's blessing was connected with the Promised Land. In contrast to this blessed destiny the wicked "shall be cut off," an expression used often in the Old Testament of a violent death. The psalm also contains a simple formula for achieving peace of mind in the face of the wicked's prosperity: fret not...neither be thou envious (verse 1), trust...do good (verse 3), delight thyself also in the Lord (verse 4), commit thy way...trust (verse 5), rest...wait patiently...fret not (verse 7), cease from anger...forsake wrath...fret not (verse 8). All of these exhortations urge the believer to confidently trust the Lord with all of life's problems. The psalm concludes appropriately with an underlying affirmation of faith and trust in the unchanging character of God.

Yours in Jesus Christ,

Bishop William B. Caractor

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

I greet you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It is my sincere Prayer that you are being Blessed even as you read this email.

Today, we study of the Book of Isaiah chapter 8.

8:1-4 Isaiah is commanded to take a great roll (scroll) and write on it the symbolic name of his son Maher-shalal-hash-baz (meaning "Speed the Spoil, Hasten the Prey"). His name was to symbolize the swift and successful Assyrian conquest of Damascus (Syria) and Samaria (Israel). Uriah is referred to as a faithful witness and may be the priest name in 2 Kings 16:16. Zechariah is one of 28 men so named in the Old Testament. He is here distinguished as the son of Jeberechiah.

8:5-10 The waters of Shiloah refers to to the waters of the pool of Siloam, known for their healing powers (John 9:7). Since the people of Israel have refused the Lord in a time of peace. God will bring upon them the waters of the river, which are contrasted to those of the gentle pool. This phrase is used figuratively of the overflowing of the army of the king of Assyria. Thus Isaiah names in advance the nation that will destroy Israel. That this invasion will also pass through Judah, and will overflow even to the neck, indicates that the Assyrian invasion will wipe out the northern kingdom and nearly drown the southern kingdom. Judah's narrow escape is described in Isaiah 36 and 37. Thy land, O Immanuel indicates that Immanuel is no ordinary person born in the days of Isaiah. He is the One who owns the land Himself (a claim reserved in Scripture only for God). Thus the invading nations are told that their alliances will not stand against Judah because God is with us. There can be no doubt that the use of these terms is intended to connect this chapter with the prophecy of the virgin birth of Immanuel and to serve as a link to the prediction of His birth as King in chapter 9.

8:11-18 The stone of stumbling and...rock of offense in verse 14 is quoted in Romans 9:33 and 1 Peter 2:8 as predictively referring to Christ. A gin is a trap. Instead of finding asylum in the Lord, the unbelievers will stumble over Him in disbelief. The prophet closes the section by stating the he and his children are intended to be signs and...wonders to the nation of Judah. Their symbolic names were to serve as a final warning to the people of Zion.

8:19-22 Familiar spirits refers to witches, and wizards refers to male soothsayers. Peep and...mutter is better rendered "chirp and whisper." In times of distress people often turn to witchcraft instead of God. The prophet warns them not to seek these mediums for the living to the dead, that is, "Do not consult the dead on behalf of the living." This warning speaks against spiritism and calls the reader back to the law and...the testimony as the only basis for interpreting a claim to divine revelation.

Yours in Jesus Christ,

Bishop William B. Caractor

He's a tool of Satan.

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

I greet you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It is my sincere Prayer that you are being Blessed even as you read this email.

During the entire month of August, we will study the Book of Matthew, beginning with chapter 2.

2:1, 2 Beth-lehem of Judea was also called Ephrath. The town is five miles south of Jerusalem. Its name in Hebrew means "House of Bread." This Judean city was the birthplace of King David. It was the original city of Joseph's ancestors. According to Luke 2:1-7, he and Mary traveled there form Nazareth and Jesus was born in a stable after they arrived. Herod the king was known as Herod the Great, and was the son of Antipater, and Edomite. He became king by Roman decree in 43 B.C. Wise men were originally the priestly caste among the Persians and Babylonians. These Magi from the East were experts in the study of the stars. Tradition claims that there were three royal visitors who were also kings. However, there is no real historical evidence to verify this. Born King of Jews: The wise men naturally came to Jerusalem, the royal capital of Israel, seeking one whom they thought was to be born a king, on the basis of their calculations of the stars. His star could not have been merely a natural phenomenon, since it led the wise men to Jerusalem and later to Bethlehem. It almost certainly was a divine manifestation used by God to indicate the fact and place of the Messiah's birth.

2:5, 6 When the scribes replied that He would be born in Beth-lehem of Judea: for thus it is written by the prophet, they clearly anticipated a literal fulfillment of the Old Testament prophecies regarding the coming of the Messiah. The quotation is from Micah 5:2. The governor who will come from Bethlehem is none other than the child-ruler predicted in Isaiah 9:6, "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder."

2:7-11 Herod's fear of a rival ruler caused him to question what time the star appeared. His subsequent slaughter of the children at Bethlehem from two years old and under was apparently calculated from the time given him by the wise men. The fact that the young child was found in a house (verse 11) indicates that the family had now moved out of the stable into a rented home at Bethlehem. Since the wise men brought three gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh, it has been assumed that they were three in number. Significantly, they worshiped him, indicating their recognition of the deity of the One whom they were worshiping.

Yours in Jesus Christ,

Bishop William B. Caractor

You know what William B. Caractor ? You are absolutely the first person I've ever seen post religious spam. Do u think anyone is reading it?

Zena Princess wrote:

You know what William B. Caractor ? You are absolutely the first person I've ever seen post religious spam. Do u think anyone is reading it?

He thinks he's posting an e-mail. Always does it on this thread, is off topic anyway. Must be touched in the head. There is no other explanation.

you got to coop with his bull spewing lip service egotistic blabbery,hehehhahahhehee

he ant meek,hehehhahahhehehheee,nor humble