Brian’s Quiet Time Thoughts.

“For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham as he was returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,” ‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭7‬:‭1‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.7.1.NASB1995 Let us take a look at Melchizedek. We first meet him approaching Abraham in the book of Genesis. “And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; now he was a priest of God Most High. He blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.”  He (Abraham) gave him (Melchizedek) a tenth of all.” ‭‭Genesis‬ ‭14‬:‭18‬-‭20‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/100/gen.14.20.NASB1995 So we have learned that Melchizedek was the King of Salem and a priest of God Most High. This is before the establishment of the Levis becoming priests after Aaron. It is also before the Rule of the kings after David. David set up his kingdom of Jerusalem which I beli

​ “For men swear by one greater than themselves, and with them an oath given as confirmation is an end of every dispute.” ‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭6‬:‭16‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.6.16.NASB1995 Have we ever said, “God as my witness”? We have then proved this verse to be true. Usually, we would say it to verify a crazy story to be true. For if it was not then God would be able to judge you for lying in his name. We mentioned Ananias and Sapphira a few weeks ago. They were declaring that in the sight of God, the money they were giving to the church was the full amount that they had sold the field for. And God was a witness against it and God dropped them both dead at the feet of the apostles. And great fear came over the church. Often in the Old Testament, we hear of a king giving his signet ring to someone this was to say that the one who was not the king was swearing in the name of the king that whatever was sealed by the king has the king's approval.  Who's approval do y

​ “For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is an infant. But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil.” ‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭5‬:‭12‬-‭14‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.5.12-14.NASB1995 How many of you are teachers? Not in the public school, but of the word of God. Whether in a large group or one on one discipleship, we all should be ready to teach, explain, or exhort. There will be times when we feel we cannot but then there are seasons when we can’t help but to teach. “preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction.” ‭‭2 Timothy‬ ‭4‬:‭2‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/100/2ti.4.2.NASB1995 “Instruct t

“For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” ‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭4‬:‭12‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.4.12.NASB1995 The Bible, Word of God, Holy Scripture, Old, and New Testament is a different kind of book. It is alive! No, your Bible will not walk across your room and jump into your hand and say read me! But it is alive in the fact that when we do read, listen, study, memorize, and meditate on it the words will jump off the page and make an impression on your mind and heart. It has the ability to decipher between your spirit and soul, something I have a hard time explaining. It can impact joints and marrow, something that is hard for the medical community to do. It also judges the hidden thoughts and intentions of your heart that you want to be hard to reach.  The word of God has penetrated deep into

​ “For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.” ‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭3‬:‭4‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.3.4.NASB1995 “Unless the Lord builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the Lord guards the city, The watchman keeps awake in vain.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭127‬:‭1‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.127.1.NASB1995 “All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.” ‭‭John‬ ‭1‬:‭3‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.1.3.NASB1995 What is it that we are building today? I am not only talking about physically, but spiritually also. We can plan to build a house in the middle of a forest to escape from all things and people, but if God is not wanting us to do then we labor in vain. We can also be trying to build a ministry, but once again if God is not in it it will be less fruitful than what God wants us to build.  Moses was entrusted with building the tent of meeting for

​ “For assuredly He does not give help to angels, but He gives help to the descendant of Abraham. Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.” ‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭2‬:‭16‬-‭17‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.2.16-17.NASB1995 Why is “descendant of Abraham” singular?  “For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.” ‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭2‬:‭16‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/1/heb.2.16.KJV “For, as we all know, He (Christ) does not take hold of [the fallen] angels [to give them a helping hand], but He does take hold of [the fallen] descendants of Abraham [extending to them His hand of deliverance].” ‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭2‬:‭16‬ ‭AMP‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/1588/heb.2.16.AMP The word descendant can be translated as seed or children. So first God is to help Isaac but not Ishmael. But then God helps Jacob

​ “Are they (angels) not all ministering spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?” ‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭1‬:‭14‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.1.14.NASB1995 While Hebrews 1 is quoting Old Testament scripture about Jesus and God the writer is also trying to show us that 2/3 of the angels are there for our service. The other 1/3 have been cast down with Satan and now they don't minister but they make our lives miserable.  “And He said to them, “I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning.” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭10‬:‭18‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.10.18.NASB1995 “Then another sign appeared in heaven: and behold, a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven diadems. And his tail *swept away a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.” ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭12‬: