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Jesus: The Believer’s Inheritance

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  It is fascinating to observe when people talk about inheritance, ones mind would immediately cater properties, wills, houses, jewelries, and other material things. All of which are centered on material temporal things.   In 1 Peter 1:4 , although The Apostle Peter used the term “inheritance” once in his letter, Apostle Paul on the other hand, mentioned this term in his letters several times. ( Eph_1:14 , Eph_1:18 , Eph_5:5 , Col_3:24 ,) But what is so significant about this particular emphasis of Peter? After all, he made a brief description of the inheritance (verse 4-5) a believer will obtain now that he is part of God’s family.   The term “inheritance” is not something new among Jewish ears. Going back to the OT, when God divided the promised land among the 12 tribes of Israel, every tribe received a portion of the land as their inheritance, except for the tribe of Levi…”the priestly tribe”. They were the only tribe that didn’t get one. God’s reason for doing so is interesting. Th
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A Survey on Malachi

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Malachi, which means “my messenger,” is the last book that closes the Old Testament canon. The book is classified by scholars as one of the post-exilic writings along with Haggai and Zechariah. However, among the post exilic writings, Malachi was probably written on a later date between Nehemiah’s return to Persia and his sad homecoming to Jerusalem (Nehemiah 11-13). Malachi records a series of disputations between God and His people, using the question and answer method (Malachi 1:2, 6, 7; 2:17; 3:7, 8, 13). In each disputation, the Lord states His case against His people who scornfully respond. Their responses seem to indicate they have forgotten their past experiences while in exile. In this book, God’s immutability, as described by the Lord (Malachi 3:6) is one of the many attributes of God revealed in Scripture. It is on this attribute that the Israelites were not annihilated as a nation (for God remembers the covenant which He had made with Abraham (Malachi 3:6; cf. Genesis 12).
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Hello!

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Hello! It’s been a while we have not posted some blogs in our website. But we are here; my wife and I have had our hands full lately. Especially, when you have a 3 year old, an infant and another “one” coming… hmm…. Yes, Lord willing this November 2013 Anna will be due with another baby! Please pray for her and our coming baby for good health and safety pregnancy and delivery. Do you have any prayer request that you would like for us to pray? We love to hear from you. Please email your request to info@northsideharvest.org . The Lord bless you.
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