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著者: Lola Richey
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If you have a minute, we can learn God’s Word together. Church Minute with Minister Lola Richey seeks to teach the Holy Bible so everyone can live the way God planned and experience heaven on earth with Jesus.Copyright 2021 All rights reserved. スピリチュアリティ 衛生・健康的な生活
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  • Israel's Family
    2025/07/07

    The family of Israel is large, wide, and diverse. By way of background, the living Sovereign LORD God of heaven and earth restarted the whole world with a new heaven and new earth after the Great Flood, and He restarted all human life through Noah and Noah’s three sons - Shem (Mesopotamia and Arabia), Ham (Africa and Eastern Mediterranean), and Japheth (Europe and Asia).

    Beginning with Genesis chapter 12, the story of the Holy Bible starts the divine line of Abraham and Abraham’s family, who descended from Noah’s son Shem, which included modern-day Israel, Iraq, Iran, Turkey, and Syria. Abraham was both a prophet and a friend of God. The living Sovereign LORD God called Abraham (Abram) to leave his Babylonian family (present-day Iraq and Iran) and come to His good Promised Land in Canaan (present-day Israel-Palestine). The living LORD God of Glory called Abraham (Abram) to leave Ur and later Haran, located in ancient Mesopotamia (modern-day Iran and Iraq), and move to a new land in Canaan, the Promised Land of Israel-Palestine. Abraham’s wife Sarah (Sarai) accompanied Abraham from Ur to Haran to Canaan. Thus, Abraham and Sarah were probably born in Iraq or Iran. Abraham and Sarah are known as the father and mother of the nation of Israel.

    Abraham became the father of Isaac, Isaac became the father of Jacob (later renamed Israel), and Israel became the father of twelve sons (patriarchs), later known as the Twelve Tribes of Israel. As Isaac grew older, Abraham wanted Isaac to marry a righteous and virtuous woman from Abraham’s homeland of Mesopotamia, rather than from the wicked women of Canaan, who would likely make Isaac’s life miserable. Isaac’s wife, Rebekah, and the mother of Jacob (Israel), came from Paddan Aram, also known as Aram-Naharaim, located in parts of modern-day Syria and Iraq. After their marriage, Isaac and Rebekah gave birth to twin boys named Esau and Jacob (later renamed Israel). Thus, Jacob (Israel) is of Syrian and Iraqi descent. Rebekah and her sons, Esau and Jacob, were Arameans, and Jacob also lived in Aram for many years, which is today modern-day Syria, Turkey, and Iraq. The name “Jacob” became synonymous with the nation of Israel.

    Later, Rebekah sent Jacob to her brother Laban in Haran (present-day Turkey). Also, Isaac and Rebekah sent their son Jacob to Rebekah’s brother Laban in Padan Aram (Haran), located in Mesopotamia (modern-day Turkey, Syria, and Iraq), so he would not marry the wicked women of Canaan. Jacob married Leah and then Rachel along with Leah and Rachael’s attendants (servants), Bilhah and Zilpah, and these women were from Paddan Aram (modern day modern-day Turkey, Syria, and Iraq), and they became the mothers of Jacob’s twelve sons (Twelve Tribes of Israel), who were also born in Paddan Aram. These twelve sons of Jacob were Reuben (Jacob’s oldest), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Joseph, and Benjamin. Thus, Abraham and his children, Isaac and Jacob (also known as Israel), as well as their descendants, were of Syrian, Iranian, and Iraqi descent.

    The living Sovereign LORD God promised that a conquering ruler would come from Jacob’s descendants. Ultimately, the Descendant of Abraham who brings blessings and salvation to all nations and people came with Christ Jesus, our Lord. Through Christ Jesus, everyone receives salvation and becomes a member of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob’s family, receiving God’s divine blessings through our faithful obedience to the living Sovereign LORD God, found in His Son, Christ Jesus.

    In the New Testament, the early Christian church regarded itself symbolically as the Israel of God and descendants of Abraham through their wholehearted faith and belief in Christ Jesus as Lord and Savior. Christ Jesus taught about Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob during His public ministry on earth. In His teaching, Jesus, as well as His cousin John the Baptist, taught everyone the importance of repentance, turning from Satan’s evil deeds, and producing good fruits so that one can enter the narrow gate and enjoy eating at the Messianic banquet with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and the Old Testament prophets. The foundation of New Jerusalem is the Twelve Tribes of Israel (Jacob). Christ Jesus and His Kingdom's message did not abolish the Old Testament Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms because God’s Word and teaching endure forever and points to Christ Jesus, salvation, and righteousness. Salvation of the world comes through the Jewish people - Abraham, Isaac, Jacob (Israel), and Jesus - the Savior of the World.

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  • God's Holy Presence
    2025/06/14
    Joseph of the Old Testament is a good example of God’s Presence with His faithful people who obey Him. Sadly, Joseph experienced some hard times and mistreatment by others. First, Joseph was thrown into a deep well (cistern, pit) by his brothers at the age of seventeen (17) and eventually sold to Ishmaelite and Midianite merchants, who sold Joseph into Egyptian slavery. Later, Joseph was falsely accused of sexual assault by an adulterous and lying woman, although Joseph was innocent of any wrongdoing, and then Joseph was unjustly imprisoned in the king’s prison (another pit) for a crime he did not commit. While imprisoned, the Sovereign LORD God promoted Joseph and continued to show Joseph His eternal love and grace, elevating Joseph to a high rank within the Egyptian king’s prison. One day, Joseph met two senior royal attendants of the Pharaoh, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker, who were both imprisoned for angering and offending the Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. Both prisoners had a dream one night, and the cupbearer and baker presented their dreams to Joseph as God’s Holy Spirit living inside Joseph gave Joseph the spiritual gift of dream interpretation. Joseph correctly interpreted the cupbearer and baker’s dreams, in which the cupbearer was restored to his royal position by Pharaoh’s side, while the baker was eventually put to death by Pharaoh. However, Joseph remained unjustly imprisoned for two more years, even after his correct dream interpretation. Eventually, the Pharaoh of Egypt had two strange but divine dreams that confused Pharaoh and his wise men (magicians), but only Joseph, with his divine wisdom from God’s Holy Spirit, could correctly interpret and explain Pharaoh’s dream. With God’s divine help through His Holy Spirit, Joseph announced to Pharaoh that Egypt and the world would experience seven years of abundance, followed by seven years of severe famine, hunger, and scarcity. Joseph then recommended that Pharaoh implement a plan to save the people. Pharaoh saw Joseph’s divine wisdom, intelligence, administrative planning skills, and excellent discernment, which Joseph attributed to the Holy Spirit’s empowerment. Consequently, Pharaoh released Joseph from prison and promoted Joseph to be ruler (governor, chief administrator) over all of Egypt, second only to Pharaoh. Joseph was thirty years (30) old when he entered the service of Pharaoh as ruler (governor, chief administrator). Pharaoh gave Joseph a new name, Zaphenath-panel, an Egyptian wife who gave birth to two healthy sons. Joseph gave his two sons Hebrew names, Manasseh and Ephraim. As ruler of Egypt, Joseph implemented a wise and trustworthy plan to store grain during times of abundance, which would eventually save his father, Jacob (also known as Israel), and his brothers from hunger and starvation in Canaan (present-day Israel-Palestine) during times of famine. The book of Genesis notes that Joseph was a loyal and hardworking man of integrity, living a blameless life of faithful obedience to the Sovereign Lord God, even during times of trials and testing. Joseph was a well-built and handsome Hebrew man of integrity filled with the Holy Spirit’s gifts of intelligence, divine discernment, prudence, understanding, and wisdom. Despite his mistreatment, Joseph never abused God’s grace by living a wicked and evil life that sinned against God, but he lived a faithful life that feared and honored God, and God graciously filled Joseph with divine wisdom and abundant favor (grace). Joseph honored the sanctity of marriage and never yielded to adultery and sexual temptation, unlike his brothers Reuben and Judah, who both yielded to sexual sins and temptation. All sins are against the Sovereign LORD God of heaven and earth. The living Sovereign LORD God and His Holy Presence continued to be with Joseph, and He favored and promoted Joseph, making him prosper and succeed in everything he did, even during his time in Egyptian slavery and later imprisonment as God’s providential care and blessings governed Joseph’s life. Even the people around Joseph became blessed because of God’s Presence, with His holy blessings and favor (grace) upon Joseph’s life, just as it was with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Queen Esther, and King David. Notably, the Sovereign LORD God gives His Holy Spirit with blessings and peace to those who faithfully walk with love and obedience to Him, but He sends an evil, troubling, tormenting, and depressing spirit to those who rebel, disobey, and dishonor Him. The all-wise Sovereign LORD God planned and allowed Joseph’s imprisonment from the age of seventeen (17) to thirty (30) to prepare him for his divine leadership role in Egypt, which would ultimately lead to the salvation of his father, Jacob (Israel), and his brothers, who would become the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The good Sovereign LORD God of heaven and earth, who is the only great and all-wise ...
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  • Joseph the Dreamer
    2025/06/03

    Genesis first introduces Joseph as a seventeen-year-old young man who gives a bad report to his father, Jacob, about his other brothers. Jacob (Israel) had twelve sons, and these twelve sons would later become known as the Twelve Tribes of Israel. Joseph was Jacob’s eleventh son, and Joseph became Israel’s favorite son, whom Israel loved more than all of his other sons. At an early age, Joseph flaunted his father’s favoritism. Favoritism and rivalry have a sad history in the book of Genesis, leading to family jealousy, anger, and resentment, as Isaac favored Esau, Rebekah favored Jacob, and Jacob favored his wife, Rachel, over Leah. Israel made his son Joseph a colorful robe (coat of many colors or ornate robe), revealing Joseph’s privileged status within the family, and Joseph’s brothers became angry and jealous of Joseph’s colorful robe and their father’s favoritism toward Joseph. One night, Joseph had a divine dream of his future, which only made his brothers hate him all the more. In the Holy Bible, dreams and visions were a frequent method of divine revelation from God. Joseph informed his brothers of his dream, in which they were bundling grain (sheaves) from the field, and all the bundles of grain (sheaves) bowed down to his bundle of grain (sheaf). Joseph’s dream angered his other brothers, and they developed a jealous hatred of Joseph because his dream showed him reigning over them with dominion and authority. Then, Joseph had another dream from God about his future. In this second divine dream, Joseph informed his brothers and his father, Israel (also known as Jacob), that this time, even the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to him. Upon hearing the divine dream, Israel rebuked Joseph, asking him if his dream meant that he would reign and his family would bow down to him. Joseph’s brother became even more angry, bitter, and envious towards Joseph, but Israel kept the matter in mind. Joseph revealing his dreams to his brothers when he was seventeen was partly a matter of faith but also partly a result of youthful foolishness and pride, but Joseph would later grow into a wise and prudent leader.

    Sometime later, Israel’s other sons went to Shechem to tend and feed their sheep, and Israel sent Joseph to find his brothers in Shechem and later into Dothan. When Joseph’s brothers saw him coming, they hard-heartedly devised an evil plan and plot to kill their own brother Joseph out of envy and then lie to their father about Joseph’s death at the hands of a ferocious animal. However, the oldest brother, Reuben, heard of the plan, and he tried to save and rescue Joseph from his brothers’ evil scheme. Eventually, Joseph’s brothers took Joseph's coat of many colors and threw Joseph into a deep, dry well (cistern) despite Joseph’s plea not to be thrown into the cistern. Later, Judah and the other brothers sold Joseph to Ishmaelite and Midianite traders heading to Egypt for twenty shekels, and these traders sold Joseph into Egyptian slavery away from the Promised Land of God (Canaan). After selling Joseph into slavery, Joseph’s brother devised another evil scheme, and they lied to their father, Israel, saying that a wild animal had killed Joseph.

    Despite Joseph’s betrayal and slavery in Egypt, the Sovereign LORD God continued to be with Joseph with His divine mercy and favor (grace), and He blessed Joseph with His providential care, like Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The Sovereign LORD God allowed Joseph’s sale into slavery and later imprisonment to test and build Joseph’s character - patience, faith, and perseverance, and God always brings good out of evil. Joseph’s visionary dreams would come true when he was appointed governor over Egypt by Pharaoh and was responsible for the grain of Egypt, causing his brothers to bow down to him. Additionally, Joseph would become the prince and crown among his brothers, and Joseph received the rights of the firstborn, as Jacob had adopted Joseph’s two children, Ephraim and Manasseh. Royal rulers would come through Joseph’s youngest son, Ephraim, who would rule Israel’s northern kingdom, and also through Judah, who would become the ancestor of Christ Jesus, the Ruler and King of the world. Joseph’s name means “may He add,” and Joseph is the last of the Genesis patriarchs, following Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (also known as Israel).

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