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Stand up against the grooming of the bullies (Exodus 13:17–15:27)Road to compromise and collaboration can be paved with good intentionsHow was Israel washed by a cloud? (1Corinthians 10:1–14)How does a cloud baptize?Flee idolatry: ‘Earth Day’ vs. Creator DayCan we trust Heaven without signs and miracles? (John 19:38–20:29)‘Train up a child’: Children don’t know what they don’t know
Stand up against the grooming of the bullies (Exodus 13:17–15:27)
When I’ve read through the book of Revelation, I often wondered why the unrighteous will attack the New Jerusalem, God’s stronghold on Earth (Rev. 20:7–10). It seems utterly illogical and futile to face such power, right?
But we see this same chutzpah personified with Pharaoh and his army, chasing down the Israelites even after they experienced the 10 supernatural plagues on their nation and even as they confront Israel near the Red Sea. There was a supernatural cloud obstructing their view of their enemy. God gave Pharaoh plenty of opportunities to exercise some humility, but he stubbornly refused.
He was like a school yard bully. When children lose their fear of the bully, the bully loses his power over them.
The Day of the LORD, as foretold in Revelation and elsewhere, is all about dismantling the power of the Adversary1 on the Earth. That’s why there are a number of parallels between, for example, the trumpet prophecies in Revelation and the plagues in Exodus.
The children of the Adversary are always after the children of Heaven. There’s a lot of talk today about “grooming.” What is it? We think of it very narrowly, but what it means in the broadest sense is preparing one for a specific duty, such as when an employee starts a new job. The employer trains the employee for the position within the company.
However, what we are observing is that those who are in power and/or authority, either because of their governmental office or because of their massive wealth, are using their money and their authority to groom children, who are the most vulnerable to persuasion, away from the authority of their parents and toward themselves. They use various tactics and and may pull the children in many directions, but all those directions are to pull the next generation away from the natural, God-given authority of their parents.
God tells us in the 10 Commandments that children are duty bound to honor their mother and father (Ex. 20:12; Deut. 5:16). The parents are the ones who have been given the authority and responsibility by God to train their children.
God tells us that it’s the duty of parents to prepare their children for adulthood. The Bible describes children as arrows (Psalm 127:14), which are to be to sent towards a target. Those arrows are not to be shot willy-nilly, but with forethought and with a goal in mind. And that goal should be towards teaching them to become righteous, upright adults.
Road to compromise and collaboration can be paved with good intentions<...
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By Hallel FellowshipIn this study
Stand up against the grooming of the bullies (Exodus 13:17–15:27)Road to compromise and collaboration can be paved with good intentionsHow was Israel washed by a cloud? (1Corinthians 10:1–14)How does a cloud baptize?Flee idolatry: ‘Earth Day’ vs. Creator DayCan we trust Heaven without signs and miracles? (John 19:38–20:29)‘Train up a child’: Children don’t know what they don’t know
Stand up against the grooming of the bullies (Exodus 13:17–15:27)
When I’ve read through the book of Revelation, I often wondered why the unrighteous will attack the New Jerusalem, God’s stronghold on Earth (Rev. 20:7–10). It seems utterly illogical and futile to face such power, right?
But we see this same chutzpah personified with Pharaoh and his army, chasing down the Israelites even after they experienced the 10 supernatural plagues on their nation and even as they confront Israel near the Red Sea. There was a supernatural cloud obstructing their view of their enemy. God gave Pharaoh plenty of opportunities to exercise some humility, but he stubbornly refused.
He was like a school yard bully. When children lose their fear of the bully, the bully loses his power over them.
The Day of the LORD, as foretold in Revelation and elsewhere, is all about dismantling the power of the Adversary1 on the Earth. That’s why there are a number of parallels between, for example, the trumpet prophecies in Revelation and the plagues in Exodus.
The children of the Adversary are always after the children of Heaven. There’s a lot of talk today about “grooming.” What is it? We think of it very narrowly, but what it means in the broadest sense is preparing one for a specific duty, such as when an employee starts a new job. The employer trains the employee for the position within the company.
However, what we are observing is that those who are in power and/or authority, either because of their governmental office or because of their massive wealth, are using their money and their authority to groom children, who are the most vulnerable to persuasion, away from the authority of their parents and toward themselves. They use various tactics and and may pull the children in many directions, but all those directions are to pull the next generation away from the natural, God-given authority of their parents.
God tells us in the 10 Commandments that children are duty bound to honor their mother and father (Ex. 20:12; Deut. 5:16). The parents are the ones who have been given the authority and responsibility by God to train their children.
God tells us that it’s the duty of parents to prepare their children for adulthood. The Bible describes children as arrows (Psalm 127:14), which are to be to sent towards a target. Those arrows are not to be shot willy-nilly, but with forethought and with a goal in mind. And that goal should be towards teaching them to become righteous, upright adults.
Road to compromise and collaboration can be paved with good intentions<...