Hello My Friend; Good day.
Our reading for today is from Jeremiah chapter 46. Jeremiah also prophesied about other nations other than Israel and Judah. This chapter is particularly about the defeat of Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. This war brought about the transfer of world domination from Egypt to Babylon. Please note that from the beginning of time and the recorded history, this defeat of Egypt indicated the first time any other nation and race dominated the world other than the Africans and the Black race. The life application Bible translation says in verses 8-9, "It is the Egyptian army, boasting that it will cover the earth like a flood, destroying every foe. Then come, O horses and chariots and mighty soldiers of Egypt ! Come, all of you from Cush and Put and Lud who handle the shield and bend the bow !" The African Heritage Edition of King James calls them Ethiopians and Libyans and the Lydians. The Ryrie study Bible says: "O warriors-men of Cush and Put who carry shields." No mention of London, France, Germany, or Italy is made here. This commercial is just to serve notice that this Bible is an African Book and Africans wrote it about themselves. They have to love it and read it and not allow any other people to steal their legacy.
The footnote by the Ryrie version on verse 9, says that men of Cush (Upper Nile region) and Put (N. coast of Africa), and men of Lydia (inhabitants of Asia Minor) were employed as mercenaries by the Egyptians is erroneous and total falsehood which the Europeans writers have perpetrated through the centuries to hide the African involvement and ownership of the Biblical story. It begs the Big question then, who are the Egyptians? Are they not those the Bible calls Put? Were they not Black and Africans?
Look at verses 27 and 28. The message turns again to the Jews who escaped to Egypt and comforts them that though they were punished for a minute due to idol worship, God will surely save them out of the distant places and their descendants from the lands of their exile.
My Friend, lets face it. Today, it does not matter what color or race you belong. God punished both Egyptians and the Jews because of the worship of idol gods instead of the one true God. God is calling the wrold to come to Him through His Son Jesus Christ so we can all belong in one family of faith. Halellujah. Amen.
Prayer for today: (adapted from Ephesians 4:13): Lord help us to build your Church, the Body of Christ and reach unity in faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature and attain the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. For His sake and in His Name we pray. Amen.
Apostle Ndueso Udoiwod.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Friday, January 30, 2009
Daily Devotion and Meditation on the Word of God on January 30, 2009
Hello My Friend; Good day.
Our reading for today is from Jeremiah chapter 45. This is a very short chapter which should have been appended to chapter 36. In the 4 th year of the reign of Jehoiakim, 605 B.C., Jeremiah told Baruch to write on the scroll everything he would dictate and go to the Temple to read it out to the people. At that time Prophet Jeremiah had been banned from entering the Temple because of his controversial prophecies. Baruch carried out this instruction and got into a lot of trouble and threats to his life. Please refer to Jeremiah chapter 36 and re-read it.Look at 36:19: "Then the officials said to Baruch, you and Jeremiah, go and hide. Don't let anyone know where you are." So you know, after king Jehoiakim had burnt the scroll, he ordered the arrest of Jeremiah and Baruch(36:26).
Due to this threats, Baruch was afraid and began to complain openly about how much trouble was out there for him saying: "Woe to me ! The Lord has added sorrow to my pen. i am worn out with groaning and find no rest."(verse 3). We should understand that it was no easy task to write the prophecies with pen and ink. So Baruch was right. In fact he had to write it over after the king had burned the first scroll. Then after that to face the threat of death. Some of us have not suffered like that yet we complain. But listen to the Word of the Lord to Baruch: "Should you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not. For I will bring disaster on all people, declares the Lord, but wherever you go I will let you escape with your life."(verse 5). Baruch had the whole chapter 45 of Jeremiah recounting God's message to him. God does not promise us riches and fame, but He promises to be with us. Baruch was given an assurance of God's protection during troubling times. Think about it like this. You were in a place like Iraq during the invasion and God sent the Prophet to tell you that nothing will harm you. That would be a great news. My friend, God does not forget our good deeds. He constantly things about those who obey His laws. Hallelujahs. Amen.
Prayer for today: (Adapted from Psalm 25) : Remember, O Lord, your great mercy and love, for they are of old. Show us your ways, guide us in your truth, and teach us for you are God our Savior and our hope is in you all day long. In the Name of Jesus we pray. Amen.
Apostle Ndueso Udoiwod.
Our reading for today is from Jeremiah chapter 45. This is a very short chapter which should have been appended to chapter 36. In the 4 th year of the reign of Jehoiakim, 605 B.C., Jeremiah told Baruch to write on the scroll everything he would dictate and go to the Temple to read it out to the people. At that time Prophet Jeremiah had been banned from entering the Temple because of his controversial prophecies. Baruch carried out this instruction and got into a lot of trouble and threats to his life. Please refer to Jeremiah chapter 36 and re-read it.Look at 36:19: "Then the officials said to Baruch, you and Jeremiah, go and hide. Don't let anyone know where you are." So you know, after king Jehoiakim had burnt the scroll, he ordered the arrest of Jeremiah and Baruch(36:26).
Due to this threats, Baruch was afraid and began to complain openly about how much trouble was out there for him saying: "Woe to me ! The Lord has added sorrow to my pen. i am worn out with groaning and find no rest."(verse 3). We should understand that it was no easy task to write the prophecies with pen and ink. So Baruch was right. In fact he had to write it over after the king had burned the first scroll. Then after that to face the threat of death. Some of us have not suffered like that yet we complain. But listen to the Word of the Lord to Baruch: "Should you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not. For I will bring disaster on all people, declares the Lord, but wherever you go I will let you escape with your life."(verse 5). Baruch had the whole chapter 45 of Jeremiah recounting God's message to him. God does not promise us riches and fame, but He promises to be with us. Baruch was given an assurance of God's protection during troubling times. Think about it like this. You were in a place like Iraq during the invasion and God sent the Prophet to tell you that nothing will harm you. That would be a great news. My friend, God does not forget our good deeds. He constantly things about those who obey His laws. Hallelujahs. Amen.
Prayer for today: (Adapted from Psalm 25) : Remember, O Lord, your great mercy and love, for they are of old. Show us your ways, guide us in your truth, and teach us for you are God our Savior and our hope is in you all day long. In the Name of Jesus we pray. Amen.
Apostle Ndueso Udoiwod.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Daily Devotion and Meditation on the Word of God on January 29, 2009
Hello My Friend; Good day.
Our reading for today is from Jeremiah chapter 44. This message from the Lord came to Jeremiah in the year 580 B.C. while he was forced to go to Egypt by those Jews who escaped from Jerusalem to Egypt. God had sent several prophets to warn them but they refused to listen(vvs 4-14). The Queen of Heaven who the Jews were worshpping in Egypt was a name for Ishtar, the Mesopotamian goddess of love and war. When the Jews escaped to Egypt, they began again to worship her. They even thought that the reason things went bad for them was because they failed to worship the Queen of Heaven the right way. They failed to recognize that their involvement in worshipping the idol was the root cause of their dispersion from their land. Read up on Jeremiah's response to them in verses 24-30.
The people of Judah never learned any lesson from their past mistakes so they kept on repeating the same over and over again. To fail to learn from a mistake is to guarantee repeated failures. The past should be a school for the future. God swore by His Great Name it will do them no good by seeking His help and blessings. God will watch over them but not for good. He swore to see to it that evil befell them(verses 26-28). These were very powerful statements. God's promises are timeless and subject to contextualization. We may not be living in Jerusalem but if we do the same things as the Jews did, the same curses apply. Let me ask you my friend, what are your idols? What do you hold as the Queen of Heaven? Are you aware that by doing so you are creating enmity between you and your God? DEPART FROM THEM AND RETURN TO YOUR GOD AND BE BLESSED. Halellujah. Amen.
Prayer for today: Dear Lord, we sing in our song:" You are the Lord, that is your Name. You will never share your glory with anyone; you will never share your glory with anybody; Almighty God, that is your Name". You will never share your glory even with the so-called "Queen of Heaven". Help us to put you at the center of our lives so that you bless us with all heavenly blessings. So that you watch over us for good and protect us from all evil. We pray in the Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
Apostle Ndueso Udoiwod.
Our reading for today is from Jeremiah chapter 44. This message from the Lord came to Jeremiah in the year 580 B.C. while he was forced to go to Egypt by those Jews who escaped from Jerusalem to Egypt. God had sent several prophets to warn them but they refused to listen(vvs 4-14). The Queen of Heaven who the Jews were worshpping in Egypt was a name for Ishtar, the Mesopotamian goddess of love and war. When the Jews escaped to Egypt, they began again to worship her. They even thought that the reason things went bad for them was because they failed to worship the Queen of Heaven the right way. They failed to recognize that their involvement in worshipping the idol was the root cause of their dispersion from their land. Read up on Jeremiah's response to them in verses 24-30.
The people of Judah never learned any lesson from their past mistakes so they kept on repeating the same over and over again. To fail to learn from a mistake is to guarantee repeated failures. The past should be a school for the future. God swore by His Great Name it will do them no good by seeking His help and blessings. God will watch over them but not for good. He swore to see to it that evil befell them(verses 26-28). These were very powerful statements. God's promises are timeless and subject to contextualization. We may not be living in Jerusalem but if we do the same things as the Jews did, the same curses apply. Let me ask you my friend, what are your idols? What do you hold as the Queen of Heaven? Are you aware that by doing so you are creating enmity between you and your God? DEPART FROM THEM AND RETURN TO YOUR GOD AND BE BLESSED. Halellujah. Amen.
Prayer for today: Dear Lord, we sing in our song:" You are the Lord, that is your Name. You will never share your glory with anyone; you will never share your glory with anybody; Almighty God, that is your Name". You will never share your glory even with the so-called "Queen of Heaven". Help us to put you at the center of our lives so that you bless us with all heavenly blessings. So that you watch over us for good and protect us from all evil. We pray in the Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
Apostle Ndueso Udoiwod.
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