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Hymns 107 186 273
Reading Deuteronomy 28 : 58 to 68
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Past Wonders
In the Middle East
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Pyramids
Pyramids
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Hanging Gardens of
Babylon
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Lighthouse at Alexandria
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Statue of Zeus at Olympia
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Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
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Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
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Lion at the British Museum
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Past WondersSeven wonders
1. Old Testament2. Hebrew Language
3. Birthplace of mankind4. Birth of a Nation
5. Birth of Christianity6. New Testament
7. Changing the world
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Old Testament
Prophecy
Know the truth
Text Book for living
Orderly, Healthy and Peaceful Lives
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The Bible writers in different countries
Thebes
Memphis
Riv
er
N
ile
ISRAEL
EGYPT
JORDAN
SYRIA
LEBANON
SAUDI ARABIA
Mediterranean
Sea
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Red
Sea
Baghdad
SAUDI ARABIA
IRAQIRAN
SYRIA
TURKEY
Babylon
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Writers and their messages
Different:
�backgrounds
�centuries
�and places
Writers
They do in the Bible!
Give the same message?
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The Bible writers
440 BC
630 BC
580 BC
1000 BC
750 BC
1450 BC
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Genesis 3:20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother
of all living.
Mitochondrial EVEHuman genetics - she was the most
recent woman from whomall living humans today descend.
Through the female, not the male line.Principle right but place and timing ??
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Leviticus 26 v 33
I will scatter you among the nations
Deuteronomy 28 v 64
Ezekiel 22 v 15I will scatter you among the nations, disperse you throughout the countries
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•A nation under king David•Turbulent history•Scattered round world •Persecuted •Survived for 1900 years –
no homeland•Returned to homeland•Jewish state formed 1948•Focus of world attention
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
ISRAEL
EGYPT
JORDAN
SYRIA
LEBANON
SAUDI ARABIA
Summary of the Jews’ story:
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Present WondersThe new Seven Wonders in full are:
Chichén Itzá, MexicoChrist the Redeemer, Brazil
The Great Wall, ChinaMachu Picchu, Peru
Petra, JordanThe Roman Colosseum, Italy
The Taj Mahal, India.
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Present WondersThe new Seven Wonders in full are:
Chichén Itzá, MexicoChrist the Redeemer, Brazil
The Great Wall, ChinaMachu Picchu, Peru
Petra, JordanThe Roman Colosseum, Italy
The Taj Mahal, India.
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Petra, Jordan
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Israel will not remain scattered
That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and
will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath
scattered thee.Deuteronomy 30:3
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Returned to homelandJewish state formed 1948
Chaim Azriel Weizmann
1874 - 1952
David Lloyd George PM
Ottoman Empire – Palestine Captured
National Home for my People
Industrial Fermentation
Conkers – Acetone – Cordite
Explosive Propellants – World War I
Churchill – Arthur Balfour
Balfour Declaration to create the
State of Israel
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Jerusalem –
centre of
Middle East
Tension
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And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
Zechariah 12:3
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Psalm 83:2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
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Children of IsraelRemoved from their homeland in the 1st
Century.
Returned in 1948.
Spoken language that of the nation of residencenot Hebrew.
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Language of the Old Testament
Hebrew
Abraham Genesis 14:13Genesis 17:5
Jesus Acts 26:14 & 15
Became a Dead language
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Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
1858 - 1922
Father of Modern Hebrew.
The prime mover in the revival of spoken Hebrew.
Now the official language of the State of Israel
40 years - Wonder
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Present Day WonderNobel Prize Winners
Jewish Population 2 in 1000 (0.2%)
Muslim Population 200 in 1000 (20%)
Jewish Prize winners 22 in 100Muslim Prize winners 9 in totalof which 5 have been for Peace!!!
Data from 2012
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Future WondersTherefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until
the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations,
that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my
jealousy.For then will I turn to the people a pure language,
that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.
Zephaniah 3: 8 & 9
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Zechariah 12 v 3
And it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it.
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The Return of the KING
Prophecy from the Past
Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into
heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
Acts 1:11
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The Return of the KINGMatthew 24:30
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of
heaven with power and great glory.
Mark 13:26 and Luke 21:27
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Zechariah 8:23
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.
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Isaiah 2:3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his
paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from
Jerusalem.
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Final Conflict
Revelation 20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
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Zephaniah 3:9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one
consent.
1 Corinthians 15:28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all
things under him,that God may be all in all.
One Language for the world
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Habakkuk 2:14
For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as
the waters cover the sea.
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Seven new wonders.Peace
No DeathNo Sorrow/tearsJoy and PraiseImmortality
No wars or disasters No Former things – money so no root of evil
No Lust of eyes, flesh nor Pride of Life
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Do we want to see it?
Now is the time to look.
Bible is the only place to lookTrue Wonders – Past – Present –
FUTURE