19 And when the blast of the trumpet sounded long and became louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by voice.
20 Then the LORD came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain. And the LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
21 And the LORD said to Moses, "Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to gaze at the LORD, and many of them perish.
22 "Also let the priests who come near the LORD consecrate themselves, lest the LORD break out against them."
23 But Moses said to the LORD, "The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai; for You warned us, saying, 'Set bounds around the mountain and consecrate it.' "
24 Then the LORD said to him, "Away! Get down and then come up, you and Aaron with you. But do not let the priests and the people break through to come up to the LORD, lest He break out against them."
25 So Moses went down to the people and spoke to them.
 

Lev23..15 'And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed.
16 'Count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall offer a new grain offering to the LORD.
21 'And you shall proclaim on the same day it is a holy convocation to you. You shall do no customary work a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.

Ex20..18 Now all the people witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw they trembled and stood afar off.
19 Then they said to Moses, "You speak with us, and we will hear, but let not God speak with us, lest we die. "
20 And Moses said to the people, "Do not fear; for God has come to test you, and that His fear may be before you, so that you may not sin."
21 So the people stood afar off, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God.
22 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: 'You have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.'"
 
Jam1..12 Blessed the man who endures temptation; for when he has been tried, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
 

1Cor15..20 But now Christ is risen from the dead, has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

Jn3:6.."that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
8 "The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."

Acts1:8… "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses..."
 
4:33…And with great power the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And great grace was upon them all.
 
6:8… And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.
 
2Tim1:7... For GOD has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
 
Rev11:3… "And I will give (power) to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth."
6 These have power to shut heaven, so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy; and they have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they desire.
 
 
 
1 Cor4:21... What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
 
Gal6:1… Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted.
 
1Pet3:4… Rather, the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible (beauty) of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of GOD.
 
2Tim2:24… And a servant of the LORD must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient,
25 In humility correcting those who are in opposition, if GOD perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth,
26 and they may come to their senses out of the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to his will.

1Cor2:3… I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.
4 And my speech and my preaching not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
5 That your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of GOD.
6 However, we speak wisdom among those who are perfect, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
7 But we speak the wisdom of GOD.
16... we have the mind of Christ.
 
Eph1:17…That the GOD of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,
 
Col1:9…For this reason we also since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
 
 
 
 
 
2Pet 1:3…As His divine power has given to us all things that (pertain) to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue,
4 By which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature,
 
 
 
Rev19:10… For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophesying.
 
Rev22:17… the Spirit and the bride say "Come!"
 
…so proving the 7 spirits are one with GOD Rev1:4; 3:1

Acts15:16...'After this I will return and will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down; I will rebuild its ruins, and I will set it up;'

Is32..1 Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.
 
Jer23..1 "Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!" says the LORD.
2 Therefore thus says the LORD GOD of Israel against the shepherds who feed My people: "You have scattered My flock, driven them away, and not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your doings," says the LORD.
3 "But I will gather the remnant of My flock out of all countries where I have driven them, and bring them back to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.
4 "I will set up shepherds over them who will feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, nor shall they be lacking," says the LORD.
5 "Behold, 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 His name by which He will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
9 My heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake. I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine has overcome, because of the LORD, and because of His holy words.
10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of a curse the land mourns. The pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up. Their course of life is evil, and their might not right.
11 "For both prophet and priest are profane; yes, in My house I have found their wickedness," says the LORD.
12 Therefore their way shall be to them like slippery; in the darkness they shall be driven on and fall in them; for I will bring disaster on them, the year of their punishment," says the LORD.
14 Also I have seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem: they commit adultery and walk in lies; they also strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns back from his wickedness. All of them are like Sodom to Me, and her inhabitants like Gomorrah.
15 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets: 'Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem profaneness has gone out into all the land.'

16 Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They make you worthless; they speak a vision of their own heart, not from the mouth of the LORD.
17 They continually say to those who despise Me, "The LORD has said, 'You shall have peace;'" and to everyone who walks according to the dictates of his own heart, 'No evil shall come upon you.' "
18 For who has stood in the counsel of the LORD, and has perceived and heard His word? Who has marked His word and heard?
19 Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD has gone forth in fury - a violent whirlwind! It will fall violently on the head of the wicked.
20 The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has executed and performed the thoughts of His heart. In the latter days you will understand it perfectly.
21 "I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran. I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
22 But if they had stood in My counsel, and had caused My people to hear My words, then they would have turned them from their evil way and from the evil of their doings.
39 'Therefore behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you and forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and out of My presence.
40 'And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.'"
 
Ez33..6 'But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand.'
7 "So you, son of man: I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear a word from My mouth and warn them for Me.
8 "When I say to the wicked, 'O wicked, you shall surely die!' And you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.
9 "Nevertheless if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul."

Acts15..16 'After this I will return and will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down; I will rebuild its ruins, and I will set it up;'
 
Mat23..23 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier (parts) of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.
24 "Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
25 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and self-indulgence.
26 "Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.
27 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead bones and all uncleanness.
28 "Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
29 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous,
30 "And say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.'
31 "Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
32 "Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers."
33 "Serpents, brood of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell?"
 
2Thes1..8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know GOD, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our LORD Jesus Christ.
9 These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the LORD and from the glory of His power.

Acts2:1..And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
 
Acts18:21..But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if GOD wills.
 
Acts20..6 And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of the unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days.

7 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
 
1Cor16..7 For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the LORD permit.
8 But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.

    In Jerusalem's New Imperial Hotel in 1966, Bishop Homer A. Tomlinson of the Church of God (World Headquarters) crowned himself King of the World.
 
    A genial American evangelical and occasional presidential candidate on the Theocratic Party ticket, Tomlinson had already set foot in as many nations as possible, claiming them for God's kingdom. Evelyn Waugh happened on the scene in Dar-es-Salaam when the "purposeful and recollected" Tomlinson placed a "light and inexpensive crown" on his head and announced his rule as God's agent over Tanzania.
 
    Tomlinson's calculations, based on the prophecies of Daniel and Biblical commentaries, convinced him that in 1966 the Kingdom of God would come on Earth and the throne of David would be restored. The New Yorker even tracked Tomlinson's road to Jerusalem.
 
    Well, the Kingdom of God did not arrive in 1966. But its arrival is still on many minds. While most evangelicals know nothing of Tomlinson's antics, most share his deepest conviction: that the nation of Israel and the "end times" are inseparably linked. Indeed, they believe that the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 set the stage for the return of Christ. This is one reason evangelicals have been such strong supporters of Israel throughout its history, including today.
 

    One source of an end-times scenario is the best-selling Scofield Reference Bible (1909). There we can read how Christ's Second Coming and the founding of a new Heaven and new Earth will follow the arrival of the Anti-Christ, the tribulation and the conversion of the Jewish nation. The battles of Armageddon will take place in Israel, it is believed, and the triumphant return of Christ will end them, establishing Jerusalem as the capital of his earthly kingdom.
 
    For evangelicals, marking events in Israel is a way of noting progress on their own end-times calendar. It reminds them of the need to evangelize the lost as well as of the importance of their own readiness for Christ's return. Some also eagerly await the conversion to Christianity of the Jews, taking literally (as the Scofield Bible teaches) the words of St. Paul's Letter to the Romans: "All Israel shall be saved." This hope has long animated evangelical missions to the Jews.
 

    The evangelical interest in Israel reaches much further back than 1948. Jonathan Edwards, grandson of the Puritans and promoter of the Great Awakening, proclaimed in the 18th century his expectation that the Jews would return to the land of Israel. For Edwards, this certainty was rooted in the character of God, who had promised it. And so generations of American evangelicals have embraced the view that the God who is faithful to his promises will someday restore Israel incontrovertibly to the Jews.
 
    This historical fascination with Israel does not mean that evangelicals everywhere endorse whatever Israel does. Though they may point to biblical passages that seem to them to explain the conflict, they do not neglect the biblical injunction to pray for the peace of Jerusalem. And clearly the most strident factions of the Christian Right do not speak for all evangelicals.
 
    But a substantial group does give Israel a unique place in history's prophetic unfolding.
 

Popular evangelicalism assigns the Jews at least "favored nation" status, even if it does not envision their full conversion. And the belief that the state of Israel plays a determinative role in the end-times calendar encourages the devout to pay attention to day-to-day events there that hold significance for their own salvation and the ushering in of the kingdom of God.
 

    This interest easily takes political form, but its driving force is spiritual and its implications are practical. What happens to Israelis and Palestinians is for some evangelicals primarily about God and God's covenant with man. Events in Israel perennially suggest to them that "the day" is at hand, summoning all humankind to conversion.