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The very roots our Almighty Creator commanded us to honor so we could have the kind of long life worth having, are slipping from our grasp. The more we race for youth and longevity, the more the younger workforce is forced to toil 24/7, relegates our parents to functionaries, valued only for their economic utility, slaves to their children, set aside as “non-performing assets” at a certain age, each generation a vile antithesis of the fifth commandment, wrinklier and sicker...

“Honor your father and your mother...” –Exodus 20:12a, NKJV

Could there be any particular reason why the LORD God turns our attention to parents immediately after the first four commandments? How does honoring our parents affect our neighbors, the relationships we have and our view of life? What exactly about parents is most essential that we honor? In what way does honoring our parents help years before a cuddly baby turns into a sulky teenager? Who is responsible for teaching sons and daughters how to honor parents? Is there any letup for parents’ effort to ensure their sons and daughters learn what often seems impossible to teach?

Are there any consequences that extend beyond this life, when we honor our parents?

CLICK ON THE PODCAST EPISODE to take a second look at how deep and how far honoring our roots will take us...

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In Scripture, covenant between humans involved assessment of each other, drafting an agreement with conditions that benefit both parties; obtaining critical support of forces necessary in order for a sovereign to establish rule of order; words of honor established with trustworthy persons especially when you can’t find them in your own family... 

This episode explores the beauty of COVENANT as prepared by the LORD God from the beginning and throughout the ages:

From the time the Almighty Creator introduced Himself “I AM THE LORD your GOD” to Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, making covenant (Heb. beyrith)  with both conditions and promises extending to their descendants... to GOD’s REMEMBRANCE of His covenant whenever willful, headstrong descendants cried out to Him... to the time GOD Himself made a covenant with the people of Israel, the most basic manifestation of which was the commandments... one feature stands out: That even if people have been consistently unfaithful, the LORD GOD has always been faithful “from eternity to eternity...”

Making it all the more astonishing that the LORD GOD went ahead to lay everything on the line to give His only Son to shed His own blood for a “new covenant [Gr. diatheke] ]which the LORD GOD will make with the house of Israel,” the conditions and promises extending to humans all over the earth...

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“Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy...

What is it about this day, specifically prepared by the CREATOR for the physical and spiritual well-being of His creation, MAN, that we the beneficiaries IGNORE?

This episode shows how the written command itself shows the purpose of the Sabbath resistant to any man-made restriction, whether those who refuse to partake of its blessings by continuing to do their own thing, or the layered restrictions imposed by religious bodies which just as well detract from the Sabbath’s purpose  ...

How did the Lord Jesus, Christ of God, the first to triumph over death, recalland remind believers of the purpose of the Sabbath? In what way did he reveal the liberty this day carried, the healing from sickness and deliverance from every form of bondage, that of the Enemy that keeps the mind bound in darkness of the lie?

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Far from being confined to Egyptian history, or any tyrannical regime since, SLAVERY now takes all forms of material promises, to which participants willingly offer themselves, later wanting to break free, yet unable and even not wanting to break free, grasping it, seeing no other hope... How has the value of life sunk so low when the ultimate sacrifice and blood-price has been paid by the Almighty Father, who, in love so beyond human comprehending, gave His ONLY Son, who shed His precious blood that ANYONE who believes might LIVE?

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Did the LORD God intend earthquakes to bring calamitous grief? Contrary to the horrible destruction to man-made habitations, in Scripture, seven occurrences of earthquakes precede momentous healing and restorative events. The giving of the law, realization of the Son of God, His resurrection, among others. Listen to this episode to recognize how, despite the perils to physical life as we know it, earthquakes can wake us up to acknowledge the LORD God, and strengthen instead of weaken. Scripture also reasssures that the “big one” to come will precede the most awesome event in human history...

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“How parents raise their children, the love they give, the values they teach, the environment they offer, education they provide influences not only their child but the four generations to follow...”  With the sanctuary of family ripped by parental abuse, resignation and hands-off neglect, assorted descendants who try to patch a family from casual attachments is but one outcome of the five-generation rule... this episode tells how to have a part in a generational blessing once given to a man who chose to follow God, a blessing essential as the spiritual lifeblood of succeeding generations...

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Before even uttering the first commandment in its codified version, the LORD God introduced Himself – The meaning and application of all the commandments hangs on the acknowledgment of who GOD is. Or else, what for?

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Does the use of the translated word “predestined” (Gr. proorizo (pro-or-id'-zo) within Scripture coincide with the commonly held concepts of “predestination” circulated in conventional thought and discussion?

What understanding does God’s Word open up when we discover in what context “predestined” is used? What exactly IS Pre-Destined by the LORD GOD? Does it have anything to do with us? Would it change anything if we knew? What is the simple blazing truth about it that people keep walking all over?

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In a world running to and fro 24/7, most people resign themselves to believe everything in man is preprogrammed, “I have no option, no choice, the life that I have is the one given to me and any flaws are not my fault, but are pre-willed...”

Yet how does this pattern of thinking cripple a human being from realizing the most awesome choice that the Almighty Creator has privileged every human being to make?

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Does it make a difference in your life to actually keep the commandments than to analyze it while "standing afar off"?

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