Generational Sickness

Christ did redeem us from the curse of the law, having become for us a curse, for it hath been written, `Cursed is every one who is hanging on a tree,'

`And it hath been, if thou dost hearken diligently to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, that Jehovah thy God hath made thee uppermost above all the nations of the earth, — read the full passage →

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

And passing by, he saw a man blind from birth, — read the full passage →

`And it hath been, if thou dost not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God to observe to do all His commands, and His statutes, which I am commanding thee to-day, that all these revilings have come upon thee, and overtaken thee:

who our sins himself did bear in his body, upon the tree, that to the sins having died, to the righteousness we may live; by whose stripes ye were healed,

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause doth not come.

keeping kindness for thousands, taking away iniquity, and transgression, and sin, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on children, and on children's children, on a third <FI>generation<Fi> , and on a fourth.'

And I bless those blessing thee, and him who is disesteeming thee I curse, and blessed in thee have been all families of the ground.'

and they did overcome him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life--unto death;

beloved, concerning all things I desire thee to prosper, and to be in health, even as thy soul doth prosper,

Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;

because of this take ye up the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to resist in the day of the evil, and all things having done--to stand. — read the full passage →

and He gave some <FI>as<Fi> apostles, and some <FI>as<Fi> prophets, and some <FI>as<Fi> proclaimers of good news, and some <FI>as<Fi> shepherds and teachers, — read the full passage →

In those days they do not say any more: Fathers have eaten unripe fruit, And the sons' teeth are blunted.

And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, bright as crystal, going forth out of the throne of God and of the Lamb: — read the full passage →

Here is the wisdom! He who is having the understanding, let him count the number of the beast, for the number of a man it is, and its number <FI>is<Fi> six hundred and sixty six.

he who is doing the sin, of the devil he is, because from the beginning the devil doth sin; for this was the Son of God manifested, that he may break up the works of the devil;

are they not all spirits of service--for ministration being sent forth because of those about to inherit salvation?

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

to whom God did will to make known what <FI>is<Fi> the riches of the glory of this secret among the nations--which is Christ in you, the hope of the glory,

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,

so that if any one <FI>is<Fi> in Christ--<FI> he is<Fi> a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.

but, according as it hath been written, `What eye did not see, and ear did not hear, and upon the heart of man came not up, what God did prepare for those loving Him--'

`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have <FI>it<Fi> abundantly.

And Pilate having seen that it profiteth nothing, but rather a tumult is made, having taken water, he did wash the hands before the multitude, saying, `I am innocent from the blood of this righteous one; ye--ye shall see;' — read the full passage →

In those days they do not say any more: Fathers have eaten unripe fruit, And the sons' teeth are blunted. — read the full passage →

So is My word that goeth out of My mouth, It turneth not back unto Me empty, But hath done that which I desired, And prosperously effected that <FI>for<Fi> which I sent it.

An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.

Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.

Death and life <FI>are<Fi> in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

`Cursed <FI>is<Fi> the man who maketh a graven and molten image, the abomination of Jehovah, work of the hands of an artificer, and hath put <FI>it<Fi> in a secret place, --and all the people have answered and said, Amen.

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and I saw out of the sea a beast coming up, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon its horns ten diadems, and upon its heads a name of evil speaking,

through all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and in regard to this same, watching in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints--

and He gave some <FI>as<Fi> apostles, and some <FI>as<Fi> prophets, and some <FI>as<Fi> proclaimers of good news, and some <FI>as<Fi> shepherds and teachers, — read the full passage →

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called,

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called, — read the full passage →

the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, for your knowing what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the recognition of him,

but even if we or a messenger out of heaven may proclaim good news to you different from what we did proclaim to you--anathema let him be! — read the full passage →

for ye are able, one by one, all to prophesy, that all may learn, and all may be exhorted,

and he who is prophesying to men doth speak edification, and exhortation, and comfort;

And some, indeed, did God set in the assembly, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, afterwards powers, afterwards gifts of healings, helpings, governings, divers kinds of tongues;

because whom He did foreknow, He also did fore-appoint, conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be first-born among many brethren;

have ye not known that to whom ye present yourselves servants for obedience, servants ye are to him to whom ye obey, whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?

Let not then the sin reign in your mortal body, to obey it in its desires;

because of this, even as through one man the sin did enter into the world, and through the sin the death; and thus to all men the death did pass through, for that all did sin;

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God-- — read the full passage →

Jesus who <FI>is<Fi> from Nazareth--how God did anoint him with the Holy Spirit and power; who went through, doing good, and healing all those oppressed by the devil, because God was with him;

and his disciples asked him, saying, `Rabbi, who did sin, this one or his parents, that he should be born blind?'

and the truth shall make you free.'

Jesus answered, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born of water, and the Spirit, he is not able to enter into the reign of God;

`Every one who is sending away his wife, and marrying another, doth commit adultery; and every one who is marrying her sent away from a husband doth commit adultery.

`The Spirit of the Lord <FI>is<Fi> upon me, Because He did anoint me; To proclaim good news to the poor, Sent me to heal the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives deliverance, And to blind receiving of sight, To send away the bruised with deliverance, — read the full passage →

And he, having risen in the morning of the first of the sabbaths, did appear first to Mary the Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven demons; — read the full passage →

And he said to them, `This kind is able to come forth with nothing except with prayer and fasting.'

and they had then a noted prisoner, called Barabbas,

Verily I say to you, this generation may not pass away till all these may come to pass.

And having gone forth, Jesus departed from the temple, and his disciples came near to show him the buildings of the temple, — read the full passage →

`But, take heed of the false prophets, who come unto you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves. — read the full passage →

`Do not suppose that I came to throw down the law or the prophets--I did not come to throw down, but to fulfil;

Doth man deceive God? but ye are deceiving Me, And ye have said: `In what have we deceived Thee?' The tithe and the heave-offering! — read the full passage →

And I turn back, and lift up mine eyes, and look, and lo, a flying roll. — read the full passage →

Cut off have been My people for lack of knowledge, Because thou knowledge hast rejected, I reject thee from being priest to Me, And thou forgettest the law of thy God, I forget thy sons, I also!

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel hath seen a dream, and the visions of his head on his bed, then the dream he hath written, the chief of the things he hath said. — read the full passage →

Then Daniel hath spoken with the king: `O king, to the ages live:

`And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying: — read the full passage →

But--each for his own iniquity doth die, Every man who is eating the unripe fruit, Blunted are his teeth.

Surely our sicknesses he hath borne, And our pains--he hath carried them, And we--we have esteemed him plagued, Smitten of God, and afflicted. — read the full passage →

Who hath given credence to that which we heard? And the arm of Jehovah, On whom hath it been revealed? — read the full passage →

The burden of Egypt. Lo, Jehovah is riding on a swift thick cloud, And He hath entered Egypt, And moved have been the idols of Egypt at His presence, And the heart of Egypt melteth in its midst. — read the full passage →

Seize ye for us foxes, Little foxes--destroyers of vineyards, Even our sweet-smelling vineyards.

Whoso is returning evil for good, Evil moveth not from his house.

Bind them on thy fingers, Write them on the tablet of thy heart.

Keep my commands, and live, And my law as the pupil of thine eye.

let Thine ear be, I pray Thee, attentive, and Thine eyes open, to hearken unto the prayer of Thy servant, that I am praying before Thee to-day, by day and by night, concerning the sons of Israel Thy servants, and confessing concerning the sins of the sons of Israel, that we have sinned against Thee; yea, I and the house of my father have sinned;

`I have caused to testify against you to-day the heavens and the earth; life and death I have set before thee, the blessing and the reviling; and thou hast fixed on life, so that thou dost live, thou and thy seed,

`Jehovah doth cause to cleave to thee the pestilence, till He consume thee from off the ground whither thou art going in to possess it.

`Cursed <FI>is<Fi> he who is removing his neighbour's border, --and all the people have said, Amen.

And Balak saith unto Balaam, `What hast thou done to me? to pierce mine enemies I have taken thee--and lo, thou hast certainly blessed;' — read the full passage →

And Balaam saith unto Balak, `Build for me in this <FI>place<Fi> seven altars, and make ready for me in this <FI>place<Fi> seven bullocks and seven rams.'

and now, come, I pray thee, curse for me this people, for it <FI>is<Fi> mightier than I; it may be I prevail--we smite it--and I cast it out from the land; for I have known--that which thou blessest is blessed, and that which thou cursest is cursed.'

And the Canaanite--king Arad--dwelling in the south, heareth that Israel hath come the way of the Atharim, and he fighteth against Israel, and taketh <FI>some<Fi> of them captive. — read the full passage →

`And a man who committeth adultery with a man's wife--who committeth adultery with the wife of his neighbour--the adulterer and the adulteress are surely put to death. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah cometh down in a cloud, and stationeth Himself with him there, and calleth in the Name of Jehovah, — read the full passage →

Thou dost not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, Jehovah thy God, <FI>am<Fi> a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third <FI>generation<Fi> , and on the fourth, of those hating Me,

peoples serve thee, and nations bow themselves to thee, be thou mighty over thy brethren, and the sons of thy mother bow themselves to thee; those who curse thee <FI>are<Fi> cursed, and those who bless thee <FI>are<Fi> blessed.'

And Jacob saith unto Rebekah his mother, `Lo, Esau my brother <FI>is<Fi> a hairy man, and I a smooth man, — read the full passage →