We always cast the deciding vote – really the only vote – which determines the quality of our relationship with our Heavenly Father.

We are citizens of heaven, ‘just passin’ through’ this world. Are we acting like citizens of this world – or of the one to come?

Which nature dominates – the old man or the new man – depends on which one we nurture. Which one are we feeding?

• Pekah (son of Remaliah), King of Israel
• Rezin, King of Syria
• Tiglath-pileser, King of Assyria
• Isaiah 7:1 – 12:6
• II Kings 15:37 – 16:20

So Ben-Hadad heeded King Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel. He attacked Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maachah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

• “They would cut off legs, arms, noses, tongues, ears, and testicles. They would gouge out the eyes of their prisoners. They would burn small children alive.”
• Invented crucifixion
• Impalement
• Flaying

“But it shall come to pass, if you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

49 The Lord will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you will not understand, 50 a nation of fierce countenance, which does not respect the elderly nor show favor to the young.

45 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
46 And Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?”
Philip said to him, “Come and see.”

I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live;

20 And Adah bore Jabal. He was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. 21 His brother’s name was Jubal. He was the father of all those who play the harp and flute.

The Hebrew word for “government” – misrah – occurs only in Isaiah 9:6-7

For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

Wonderful, Counselor – 33 of 54 translations translated “wonderful counselor”
Hebrew word – “to advise, deliberate”

And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—

7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, 8 which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

26 the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints.  27 To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.