BIBLE KNOWLEDGE: GOD'S TIMING IS PERFECT! #2

 

Romans 5:5-6

[5]Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. Christ in Our Place

[6]For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

Galatians 6:9

And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart

1 Peter 5:6-7

[6]Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,

[7]casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

TODAY'S BIBLE KNOWLEDGE QUESTION:

Which scripture(s) explained that God knew

you before you were born?

HINT:

Read Psalms 139: Jeremiah 1

ANSWER  5/12/26 BIBLE QUESTION IS:

Proverbs 3: 5-6

BIBLE KNOWLEDGE: GOD'S TIMING IS PERFECT!

 

GOD'S TIMING: 

DELIVER ISRAELITES FROM EGYPTIAN OPPRESSION:

Exodus 3:7-8

[7]And the Lord said: “I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.

[8]So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites.

DAVID  WAITS ON THE LORD: SEES EVIDENCE 

OF HIS GREAT WORKS & POWER:

Psalms 27:13-14

[13]I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living.

[14]Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord!

Psalms 145:10,13,17

[10]All Your works shall praise You, O Lord, And Your saints shall bless You.

[13]Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And Your dominion endures throughout all generations.

[17]The Lord is righteous in all His ways, Gracious in all His works.

DAVID'S SON SOLOMON WISEST: 

UNDERSTOOD GOD'S TIMING PERFECT:

Ecclesiastes 3:1,11

[1]To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven:

[11]He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.

PROPHET ISAIAH CHOSEN TO BE GOD'S 

MESSENGER TO KING AHAZ. GOD'S PLAN

DECLARED & WILL PREVAIL:

Isaiah 6:1-2,5,8

[1]In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple.

[2]Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

[5]So I said: “Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, The Lord of hosts.”

[8]Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: “Whom shall I send, And who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”

Isaiah 7:3-7

[3]Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and Shear-Jashub your son, at the end of the aqueduct from the upper pool, on the highway to the Fuller’s Field,

[4]and say to him: ‘Take heed, and be quiet; do not fear or be fainthearted for these two stubs of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and the son of Remaliah.

[5]Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have plotted evil against you, saying,

[6]“Let us go up against Judah and trouble it, and let us make a gap in its wall for ourselves, and set a king over them, the son of Tabel”—

[7]thus says the Lord God: “It shall not stand, Nor shall it come to pass.

Isaiah 55:5-6,8-9

[5]Surely you shall call a nation you do not know, And nations who do not know you shall run to you, Because of the Lord your God, And the Holy One of Israel; For He has glorified you.”

[6]Seek the Lord while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near.

[8]“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord.

[9]“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.

TODAY'S BIBLE QUESTION:

WHERE IS THE SCRIPTURE WHERE LORD SAYS:

Trust in the Lord...And lean not on your own understanding.

HINT:

READ PROVERBS 3:

BECOME A BIBLE SMARTIE!

Isaiah 60:2,22

[2]For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people; But the Lord will arise over you, And His glory will be seen upon you.

[22]A little one shall become a thousand, And a small one a strong nation. I, the Lord, will hasten it in its time.”

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BIBLE KNOWLEDGE: COVENANT PROMISE! # 4

 

DAVID:

2 Samuel 7:26,28-29

[26]So let Your name be magnified forever, saying, ‘The Lord of hosts is the God over Israel.’ And let the house of Your servant David be established before You.

[28]“And now, O Lord God, You are God, and Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant.

[29]Now therefore, let it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue before You forever; for You, O Lord God, have spoken it, and with Your blessing let the house of Your servant be blessed forever.”

1 Chronicles 17:1,10,16,20,23-24

[1]Now it came to pass, when David was dwelling in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under tent curtains.”

[10]since the time that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel. Also I will subdue all your enemies. Furthermore I tell you that the Lord will build you a house.

[16]Then King David went in and sat before the Lord; and he said: “Who am I, O Lord God? And what is my house, that You have brought me this far?

[20]O Lord, there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

[23]“And now, O Lord, the word which You have spoken concerning Your servant and concerning his house, let it be established forever, and do as You have said.

[24]So let it be established, that Your name may be magnified forever, saying, ‘The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, is Israel’s God.’ And let the house of Your servant David be established before You

1 Kings 8:25-26

[25]Therefore, Lord God of Israel, now keep what You promised Your servant David my father, saying, ‘You shall not fail to have a man sit before Me on the throne of Israel, only if your sons take heed to their way, that they walk before Me as you have walked before Me.’

[26]And now I pray, O God of Israel, let Your word come true, which You have spoken to Your servant David my father.

Jeremiah 23:5-6

[5]“Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness; A King shall reign and prosper, And execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.

[6]In His days Judah will be saved, And Israel will dwell safely; Now this is His name by which He will be called: THE Lord OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

Ezekiel 34:23-25,30

[23]I will establish one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them—My servant David. He shall feed them and be their shepherd.

[24]And I, the Lord, will be their God, and My servant David a prince among them; I, the Lord, have spoken.

[25]“I will make a covenant of peace with them, and cause wild beasts to cease from the land; and they will dwell safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.

[30]Thus they shall know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, and they, the house of Israel, are My people,” says the Lord God.’

TODAY'S BIBLE SMART QUESTION:

How many years did David reign as king?

Hint: Read 1 Chronicles 29 & 1 Kings 2

BIBLE KNOWLEDGE: COVENANT PROMISE! #3

 

MOSES:

Exodus 24:3-4,7

[3]So Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord and all the judgments. And all the people answered with one voice and said, “All the words which the Lord has said we will do.”

[4]And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord. And he rose early in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

[7]Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read in the hearing of the people. And they said, “All that the Lord has said we will do, and be obedient.”

Exodus 29:35,44-45

[35]“Thus you shall do to Aaron and his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. Seven days you shall consecrate them.

[44]So I will consecrate the tabernacle of meeting and the altar. I will also consecrate both Aaron and his sons to minister to Me as priests.

[45]I will dwell among the children of Israel and will be their God. In

Deuteronomy 11:22-23,25,31

[22]“For if you carefully keep all these commandments which I command you to do—to love the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him—

[23]then the Lord will drive out all these nations from before you, and you will dispossess greater and mightier nations than yourselves.

[25]No man shall be able to stand against you; the Lord your God will put the dread of you and the fear of you upon all the land where you tread, just as He has said to you.

[31]For you will cross over the Jordan and go in to possess the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and you will possess it and dwell in it.

 

TODAY'S BIBLE SMART QUESTIONS:

1. How old was Moses when he died?

2.  What area was he buried at?

Please place answer in comment section below.

Answer to BIBLE SMART QUESTION ON 5/1/26:

Isaac & Ishmael buried Abraham.

GENESIS 25: 9-10

Bible Smartie. Thank you!

BIBLE KNOWLEDGE: COVENANT PROMISE #2

RAM IN THICKET ( GOD WILL PROVIDE- JEHOVAH JIRED: GENESIS 22:14)

ABRAHAM: 

Genesis 12:1-2,7

[1]Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, From your family And from your father’s house, To a land that I will show you.

[2]I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing.

[7]Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” And there he built an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

Genesis 15:5,18

[5]Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”

[18]On the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying: “To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates

Genesis 17:1-2,4-5,7,9-10,15

[1]When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.

[2]And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.”

[4]“As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.

[5]No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations.

[7]And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you.

[9]And God said to Abraham: “As for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.

[10]This is My covenant which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: Every male child among you shall be circumcised;

[15]Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.

Genesis 22:1-2,11-13,16-18

[1]Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

[2]Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”

[11]But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” So he said, “Here I am.”

[12]And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”

[13]Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son.

[16]and said: “By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son —

[17]blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.

[18]In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

TODAY'S BIBLE SMART QUESTION:

Who buried Abraham after he died?

Hint: Read Genesis 25

**Answer to Bible Smart Question 4/30/26:

Noah became a farmer after the flood.

If you answered correctly, Bless You "Bible Smartie!"

 

BIBLE KNOWLEDGE: COVENANT PROMISE!

NOAH:

Genesis 6:1,5,7

[1]Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,

[5]Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

[7]So the Lord said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.”

Genesis 7:17

Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.

Genesis 8:21

And the Lord smelled a soothing aroma. Then the Lord said in His heart, “I will never again curse the ground for man’s sake, although the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.

Genesis 9:8-9,11,13-15

[8]Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying:

[9]“And as for Me, behold, I establish My covenant with you and with your descendants after you,

[11]Thus I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

[13]I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.

[14]It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud;

[15]and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.

TODAY'S BIBLE SMART QUESTION:

What was Noah's job after "The Flood"?

Hint: Read: Genesis 9

Place answer in comments section below.

Thank you.

BIBLE KNOWLEDGE: GOOD MEDICINE/GOOD HEALTH! #2

Acts 27:34-36

[34]Therefore I urge you to take nourishment, for this is for your survival, since not a hair will fall from the head of any of you.”

[35]And when he had said these things, he took bread and gave thanks to God in the presence of them all; and when he had broken it he began to eat.

[36]Then they were all encouraged, and also took food themselves.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

[19]Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?

[20]For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

1 Corinthians 10:30-31

[30]But if I partake with thanks, why am I evil spoken of for the food over which I give thanks?

[31]Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.h7

Ephesians 5:18

[18]And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit,

1 Timothy 4:8-9

[8]For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.

[9]This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance.

3 John 1:2

[2]Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.

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