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The Sin We Must Remove From Our Lives
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xLUYBRlZ7HM" width="480"></iframe><div><h2><span style="font-size: xx-small; font-weight: normal;">https://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-sin-we-must-remove-from-our-lives.html</span></h2><h2><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">S</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">in is an action of a sort that is likely to be strongly condemned.</span></h2><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">Outside the bible,</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> the specific behaviors we condemn are constantly changing. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">W</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">hat was unacceptable 50 years ago could today be considered morally neutral... or even migrate from the category of sin to the category of virtue. So... outside of the "</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">biblical</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> context" sin is what we say it is.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> The spirit of political correctness in not new.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">God’s word is where we must look</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> for a definition of right and wrong that is not subject to the shifting sands of human opinion.<span></span></span></p></div><a href="http://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-sin-we-must-remove-from-our-lives.html#more">Keep Reading »</a>
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Jesus Death By Crucifixion: Did it Really Happen?
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gDDBD8DzZoI" width="480"></iframe><div><h3><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">D</span></b><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">id Je</span></b><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">sus </span></b><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">Death By Crucifixion </span></b><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">Really </span></b><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">Happen</span></b><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">?</span></b><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h3><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">Since the very beginning there has been opposition to God's truth and His church. Some opponents even make the bold claim that Jesus death by crucifixion never happened.<span></span></span></p></div><a href="http://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2023/03/jesus-death-by-crucifixion-did-it.html#more">Keep Reading »</a>
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The Passover Lamb is a Prophecy
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gAaBaF6EeOg" width="480"></iframe><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">God put the first Passover in place among the people of Israel just days before they would gather up all their stuff leave behind the slavery they had known in Egypt. Egypt did not want to let them go… God fought the Egyptians for the freedom of His people. He did this through a series of devastating plagues attacking everything the Egyptians held sacred. The last of these plagues was the death of every precious firstborn in the land. This final blow took place on the night of the Passover.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> <span></span></span></p></div><a href="http://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-passover-lamb-is-prophecy.html#more">Keep Reading »</a>
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The Mission and Purpose of the Messiah
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/F9xrOFhoTVk" width="480"></iframe><div><br></div><div><h2><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">The</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> 3.5 year</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> period Jesus spent preaching and teaching </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> was filled with amazing activity. He healed the sick, raised the dead, quieted the storm, cast out demons, </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">and </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">proclaimed the coming kingdom of God... </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Y</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">et</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">,</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> out of the tens of thousands He reached, He was misunderstood and rejected by almost everyone. Only 120 people were there when the Church of God began with the receipt of the holy spirit.</span></h2><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">Some of that misunderstanding was cleared up by the NT writings of the apostles… some remains with us today… and some new ones have developed along the way: The wise sage… the fighter for social justice… the welcoming and accepting friend.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">Our purpose today is to review the biblical statements about <a href="https://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-mission-and-purpose-of-messiah.html">Jesus mission and purpose as Messiah</a>.<span></span></span></p></div><a href="http://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-mission-and-purpose-of-messiah.html#more">Keep Reading »</a>
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When God Became a Human Being - The Word Becomes Flesh and Blood
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/I4HjjFHMop0" width="480"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif;">The Word who was God and was with God became flesh and blood and lived like one of us. But how can a God become a human being? Many people stumble and become confused about the person and life of Jesus. “Was he a real human being just like us… or was he a human being with incredible super powers?” Or “when He was a human being, was He still God?” </span> Get a FREE copy of our eBook "What Really Happens After Death?" Full details are at this link: </span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://eepurl.com/ddB0yb">http://eepurl.com/ddB0yb</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Hebrews 5:</strong><strong>7</strong><strong>-9</strong> Jesus lived to demonstrate what is possible for people. He served as a human example of the entire salvation process, including conception, life, death, and resurrection to an immortal body powered by spirit to be saved from death.</div>
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The Prayer of Daniel - Confession of Sin and Restoration for His People
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jadGNMJWfe0" width="480"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the year 538 BC. the prophet Daniel was watching the ancient prophecy of Judah's return from Babylon after 70 years of captivity come to pass before his very eyes! We might expect <a href="https://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-prayer-of-daniel-confession-of-sin.html">Daniels prayer</a> to be filled with joy and thanksgiving... but he responds with a prayer confession the sins of Israel and requesting merciful forgiveness. This is a model for us. Get a FREE copy of our eBook "What Really Happens After Death?" Full details are at this link: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://eepurl.com/ddB0yb">http://eepurl.com/ddB0yb</a></span></div>
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The World Before Adam and Eve
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qOrXXyLiHEo" width="480"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Contemporary research has determined that one of the main reasons young people abandon God, scripture, church is confusion and doubt about Genesis 1. What is the biblical explanation for the <a href="https://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-world-before-adam-and-eve.html">world before Adam and Eve</a>? Get a FREE copy of our eBook "What Really Happens After Death?" Full details are at this link: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://eepurl.com/ddB0yb">http://eepurl.com/ddB0yb</a></span></div>
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The Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xy91D0h3Mns" width="480"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The spirit of wisdom and revelation is a spiritual blessing from God. Through revelation we are given to know truths about reality we would not otherwise know. Through wisdom we are able to use these truths to grow in grace and knowledge. This is how we begin thinking with a sold biblical foundation. Get a FREE copy of our eBook "What Really Happens After Death?" Full details are at this link: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://eepurl.com/ddB0yb">http://eepurl.com/ddB0yb</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>
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Rebellion That Causes Desolation - Antiochus Epiphanes Great Abomination
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/luiJrQZKUK0" width="480"></iframe><div><h2><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt;"><a href="https://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2023/01/rebellion-that-causes-desolation.html">The Rebellion That Causes Desolation</a></span></b><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h2><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Daniel 8:1</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> Most </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">bible reading </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">people agree </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">that Daniel chapter 8 is a</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> vision provid</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">ing</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> greater detail concerning the Greek empire that will follow Persia in the succession of gentile kingdoms. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> So it expands upon </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">Neb's dream of the metal statue</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> [focusing on the transition from the arms and chest of silver to the belly and thighs of brass</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">... and Daniel's own vision of the 4 savage beasts </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">where the bear gives way to the leopard</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">The details provided concerning the Greek empire line up with the records of history. They line up so well that some say they are a remarkable proof of the divine origin of scripture... whereas others say the vision must therefore have been written </span><u><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">after</span></u><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> the events happened.<span></span></span></p></div><a href="http://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2023/01/rebellion-that-causes-desolation.html#more">Keep Reading »</a>
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Was Elijah Taken Up to Heaven? How to Read this Bible Verse
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jtrslOp22EU" width="480"></iframe><div><h2><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt;">Did Elijah </span></b><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt;">Really </span></b><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt;">Go to Heaven?</span></b><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h2><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">2 Kings 2:11</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> The average person reads about the fi</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">er</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">y chariot that swoops down and takes Elijah up into heaven and assumes it means that Elijah was taken up into the spiritual realm where he would then live forever in the presence of God. It seems like a logical conclusion</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">… especially</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> for people who believe that human beings possess an immortal soul which never dies. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">But its a false </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">conclusion </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">that is inconsistent with many clear statements found in scripture.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">Jesus said something that should make you stop and think twice about what 2 Kings 3:11 says about Elijah... Let's read </span><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">John 3:13</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">. We appear to have reached a point where scripture is contradicting itself.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Get a FREE copy of our eBook "What Really Happens After Death?" Full details are at this link: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://eepurl.com/ddB0yb">http://eepurl.com/ddB0yb</a></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><span></span></span></p></div><a href="http://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2022/12/was-elijah-taken-up-to-heaven-how-to.html#more">Keep Reading »</a>
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Does Belief in an Immortal Soul Come From the Bible?
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/l6Nb6K0taN8" width="480"></iframe><div><h2><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt;">What Is a Human Being?</span></b><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h2><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">Is it a spiritual soul temporarily encased in a physical material body... is the spiritual soul good while the flesh and blood material body is bad?... What happens at death? ... </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">T</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">he material body </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">obviously </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">disintegrate into atoms and molecules... </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">But does</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">a</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> spiritual/soul live on? Does it suffer consequences for what was done in the flesh... can it experience bliss... where does it live?</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">What does the bible say? Do you know? </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">What do most people think the bible says about these questions? Does what people teach about what they assume the bible says match the actual words of scripture? The answer is no, and its a serious problem... false teaching leads to doubt, which leads to disobedience, which leads to missing out on the good things God has prepared for us.<span></span></span></p></div><a href="http://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2022/12/does-belief-in-immortal-soul-come-from.html#more">Keep Reading »</a>
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Why Is There Evil In The World
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/10Cnbgf0oTg" width="480"></iframe><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">God's plan for salvation and eternal life involves a confrontation with evil. Our confrontation with through a 7 step program of repentance, forgiveness, overcoming, spiritual discernment. Then the final two steps are direct intervention by Christ, and destruction of the source of evil.<span></span></span></p></div><a href="http://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2022/12/why-is-there-evil-in-world.html#more">Keep Reading »</a>
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Son of Man and Daniel's Vision of the 4 Beasts
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XpK9TMBHVx4" width="480"></iframe><div><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">The 7th chapter of Daniel is the turning point in the book. The first half of the book </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">gave</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> us the story of Daniel's life and background: a man of impeccable character, a man of great wisdom, great skill, a trustworthy spokesperson of Israel and the one true God of heaven.</span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">The second half of the book [chapters 7-12] switches</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> from Aramaic to Hebrew and is a record of</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> the prophetic visions </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">delivered to Daniel</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> rather than the king of Babylon </span><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Daniel 7:1</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">.<span></span></span></p></div><a href="http://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2022/11/son-of-man-and-daniels-vision-of-4.html#more">Keep Reading »</a>
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The God of Peace Will Be With You
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nR1yTvRkCzk" width="480"></iframe><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Philippians 4:1-3</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> Now we get to the real-life circumstances that caused Paul to write this letter to the congregation in Philippi. Up to this point Paul has given </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">instruction</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> on unity, an</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">d</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> positive int</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">e</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">ractions among the members of the congregation. He covers these themes in great detail because there is friction between two women in Philippi, Euodia and Syntyche.<span></span></span></p></div><a href="http://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-god-of-peace-will-be-with-you.html#more">Keep Reading »</a>
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Creation Issues... in the New Testament
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yJIp2PdgxrY" width="480"></iframe><div><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">We live in the age of technology, or science applied to solving the practical problems of life. Discoveries in physics, chemistry, math have allowed us to develop complex machines, </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">to </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">invent powerful drugs, </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">to </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">peer into the structure of atoms, and </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">to </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">discover truths about the vast universe.</span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">Human knowledge and ingenuity have accomplished much. And because of the huge success of technology in addressing the comfort, convenience and needs of human beings... we assume that physicists, chemists, and mathematicians have better answers to questions</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> about life’s origins and purpose.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">And </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">scientists </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">seem eager to offer their opinions about big questions: Is there anything beyond the material universe? Where does life come from? How did matter become organized and structured? Does God exist? Their speculations have deeply influenced modern thinking.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">https://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2022/11/creation-issues-in-new-testament.html</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><span></span></span></p></div><a href="http://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2022/11/creation-issues-in-new-testament.html#more">Keep Reading »</a>
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How Spiritually Mature People Think - Philippians 3
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nePkODwyXc8" width="480"></iframe> <div><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt;"><a href="https://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2022/10/how-spiritually-mature-people-think.html">How Spiritually Mature People Think</a></span></b></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Philippians 3:1</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> we begin with a call to rejoice which is one of the over-arching themes of the letter. Because we understand the truth of what God is accomplishing in the world we can have a positive, uplifting outlook on the events and circumstances life throws at us. </span><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Hebrews 12:2</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> the joy Jesus had was not based on material circumstances, rather it was based on knowing that what He was experiencing had purpose and was leading toward a positive outcome.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">https://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2022/10/how-spiritually-mature-people-think.html</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><span></span></span></p></div><a href="http://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2022/10/how-spiritually-mature-people-think.html#more">Keep Reading »</a>
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Living Worthy of the Gospel
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rk7qITOWiI4" width="480"></iframe><div><h2><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt;">Living L</span></b><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt;">i</span></b><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt;">ves Worthy of the Gospel</span></b><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h2><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">In the </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">1st</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> chapter </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">of Philippians, </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">Paul lets the</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> members</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> know about the dangerous situation he finds himself in. He might be put to death for preaching the gospel, although he expects a better outcome.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">Paul considered</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> the situation as a net positive for getting the message out to more people</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">. In the next section He offers us </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">some life lessons. Regardless of the circumstances </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">we</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> should always work towards living </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">our</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> lives in a manner worthy of the kingdom of God.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">https://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2022/10/living-worthy-of-gospel.html</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><span></span></span></p></div><a href="http://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2022/10/living-worthy-of-gospel.html#more">Keep Reading »</a>
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The Three Woes of the Seventh Seal
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/t18sh8Qzb3w" width="480"></iframe><div><br></div><div><h2><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Christ's </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">second coming to planet earth is announced by a mighty trumpet blast</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Matthew 24:31-32</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">.</span></h2><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">Two long awaited event take place at His coming: 1) the resurrection of those who are in Christ 2) the time when he will take up His rule as king of kings announcing condemnation upon the governments, cultures, and false religions of humanity.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">1 Corinthians 15:52</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> Paul tells us this trumpet blast is "the final one" indicating there are some other trumpets sounded prior to this final blast.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">https://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-three-woes-of-seventh-seal.html</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><span></span></span></p></div><a href="http://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-three-woes-of-seventh-seal.html#more">Keep Reading »</a>
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The 5th and 6th Seals of Revelation - What Will Be The Sign of Your Coming?
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lOF0fjMfz6I" width="480"></iframe><div><h2><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt;">What Will Be The Sign of Your Coming?</span></b><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h2><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">First let’s review Jesus’ first coming…</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">Scripture tells us the Word [who was God and was with God] set aside His glory to come to us in the form of a flesh and blood human being. Furthermore, we are told that He did not come into the world to condemn it. His purpose was to save those who were willing to listen and heed God's call to repentance, baptism, and the receiving of the holy spirit. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">T</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">hrough His own life and death He opened up the doorway to life eternal so that people, like you, could walk through.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">https://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-5th-and-6th-seals-of-revelation.html</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span></span></p></div><a href="http://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-5th-and-6th-seals-of-revelation.html#more">Keep Reading »</a>
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Daniel and Darius the Mede - Thrown Into The Den of Lions
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZvUdXWdYLc8" width="480"></iframe><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">Chapter 6 is one of them most well known stories in the Bible - Daniel in the Lion's Den. The setting is the aftermath of the Persian conquest of Babylon. A new government was being formed... very likely within the first or second year 539-537 BC. Daniel was over 80 years old but God still had a few more things for him to do.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">https://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2022/09/daniel-and-darius-mede-thrown-into-den.html</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><span></span></span></p></div><a href="http://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2022/09/daniel-and-darius-mede-thrown-into-den.html#more">Keep Reading »</a>
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Belshazzar's Feast - The Handwriting on the Wall
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nQ1XSBx22Yw" width="480"></iframe><div><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt;">The Handwriting on the Wall</span></b></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Daniel 5:1</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> according to the historians Xenophon and Herodotus this feast happened October 12 539 BC. 30 years had passed since the death of Nebuchadnezzar</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">…</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> a new king was on the throne</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">…</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> and Daniel </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">the prophet </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">was an old man [probably 80 years old].</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">We know the date of the feast because it is also the night the Persian army broke into the city of Babylon and conquered the kingdom. As prophesied Babylon's days were ended</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">[compare with verse 30].</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">https://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2022/09/belshazzars-feast-handwriting-on-wall.html</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><span></span></span></p></div><a href="http://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2022/09/belshazzars-feast-handwriting-on-wall.html#more">Keep Reading »</a>
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Knowing God's Purpose For Your Life... The Source of Joy
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/e_mzD6ROOLI" width="480"></iframe><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">A great and horrible lie taken root in our society... the lie is this</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">:</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> "human life has no purpose". We are not created beings with a great destiny to fulfill. We are a highly improbable accident that came about by a series of random events. We come from nothing and our end is nothing. In between the best we can do is grab a bit of pleasure and enjoyment until the day we die. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">God's message to you is that your life does have purpose... and knowing that purpose </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">is the way to find</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> great joy... </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">no matter what your circumstances</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2022/08/knowing-gods-purpose-for-your-life.html">https://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2022/08/knowing-gods-purpose-for-your-life.html</a></span></p><h2><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt;"><span></span></span></b></h2></div><a href="http://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2022/08/knowing-gods-purpose-for-your-life.html#more">Keep Reading »</a>
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Repentance is the Answer for Nebuchadnezzar
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xCCnj-G66j8" width="480"></iframe><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">The 4th chapter of Daniel is unique... it is the personal testimony of one of the great Gentile kings about his personal encounter with the living God. Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had an intense experience that changed his way of thinking and he wants you to know about it.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">https://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2022/08/repentance-is-answer-for-nebuchadnezzar.html</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><span></span></span></p></div><a href="http://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2022/08/repentance-is-answer-for-nebuchadnezzar.html#more">Keep Reading »</a>
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The Proverbs 31 Woman
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q-OBu2T1dUk" width="480"></iframe><div><br></div><div><h2><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt;">The W</span></b><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt;">oman </span></b><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt;">of W</span></b><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt;">isdom</span></b><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt;"> - the Proverbs 31 Woman</span></b><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h2><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">At the end of the book of Proverbs we find a</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> character sketch of a woman</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">… she’s a</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> good woman, </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">she’s </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">a wife, </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">she’s </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">a mother. Through her </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">we are given a short summary of </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">the practical wisdom presented in the book of Proverbs</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> interpreted in the setting of a happy home.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">In biblical thought, true wisdom is pictured by contentment with diligent work in a safe, peaceful, structured family setting…</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">. </span><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">We must actively teach this Godly wisdom to our children</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">. We must do this in word and in deed. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">In a world that tells them “</span><i><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">its not enough</span></i><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">”, we must tell them, and show them “</span><i><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">this is the way</span></i><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">”.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">https://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-proverbs-31-woman.html</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><span></span></span></p></div><a href="http://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-proverbs-31-woman.html#more">Keep Reading »</a>
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God is Able to Deliver - Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-Op_tBWgEVo" width="480"></iframe><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Daniel 3:1-3</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> Just before this section of the book Nebuchadnezzar had experienced a dream of a golden statue which Daniel, the man of the true God in heaven, interpreted for him. That dream foretold the sequence of worldly kingdoms that would dominate the earth from </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">the time of Israel’s demise,</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> until the return of the Messiah</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> at the end of the age</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">In that vision </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">Nebuchadnezzar had the flattering position of the hea</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">d</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> of gold while the subsequent kingdoms were of lesser value. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">Later we’ll see that he might have let this go to his head…</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">https://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2022/07/god-is-able-to-deliver-shadrach-meshach.html</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span></span></p></div><a href="http://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2022/07/god-is-able-to-deliver-shadrach-meshach.html#more">Keep Reading »</a>
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