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In the days of Rehoboam, son of Solomon, he was given a choice. Follow the words of wisdom of the old men and keep the Israel nation united or hearken to the protestations of the young men which would lead to the division of the ten tribes of Israel from the two of Judah and Benjamin.

Some may ask, “What if a born again Christian blasphemes the Holy Spirit?” I believe such action would be a sin of the flesh, not from the person’s spirit. The inner person would never blaspheme the Holy Spirit.

And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon, And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,

These vain people are full of their own abilities and worth, that they have no time for our God. They meditate day and night on ways to destroy our God and His Word. They are angry and in the end their attempts will be futile and worthless.

In the same vein, the late nineteenth-century Anglican minister, Rev. Robert Douglas, remarked, “If the clergy accepted the Anglo-Israel theory, it would necessitate the relegation of nine-tenths of their old sermons and commentaries to the wastepaper basket.” Few would be willing to do that!

It is hard for us to understand what is happening, but Jesus said to stay close to Him and he will guide us through all that will take place. We must be willing to surrender ourselves to Him and to trust that He knows what is best for us. Sometimes it feels like we are drowning in the storm, but His Hand is always there to hold on to and we know that we can trust Him to keep us safe.

He even worked by the power of God. He announced plagues of frogs, lice, flies, animal disease, water turned to blood, boils on the skin, hail, locusts, and thick darkness. None of those events were of any use in delivering the Israelites. Finally, they trusted in the blood of the lamb, symbolic of the blood of Christ.