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Battleground Luke 4:1-13 on 2019-03-03 by Ben Deaver @ Tallgrass Church

Big Idea: Jesus wins the decisive battles so that we will win the war! Maddox had devil’s food cupcakes for his birthday. They were great! I’m not interested in what you think about devil’s food cake tonight though. I’m interested in what you think about the devil!

Do you believe the devil is real? Do you believe we are in a real spiritual battle?

What are your thoughts about the devil? • C.S. Lewis in The Screwtape Letters—“There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall

about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them.”

• East vs. West—Here in the western world we tend to disbelieve in the existence of the devil. Our culture tends to trivialize the devil leading many to not take him seriously or to not believe in him at all. While in the eastern world there’s a tendency to be gripped by fear of the spiritual world.

• Verbal in The Usual Suspects—“The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.”

• Casting the Devil Out of the Jesus Story, Craig Keener, Christianity Today, February 25, 2014 o “A 2009 Barna survey reported that nearly 60 percent of Christians in America view the devil as only a

symbol of evil. Only one quarter of participants strongly affirmed the devil's personal existence…”

• Many, even in the church, are really just humanists at heart who think they can get better on their own.

• And yet much of our movies and TV shows are filled with fascination with the supernatural.

• Ex: Stranger Things and the Upside Down.

• I submit to you that you really need to think about these questions, “Do you believe Satan is real and that we’re in a spiritual battle?”

Our King & Kingdom and The Upside Down Kingdom • Dave did a great job teaching on life in the Upside Down Kingdom and also Jesus’ unlikely followers. Go listen

online if you missed it.

Battleground—We’re in a spiritual battleground, a battle that we can’t see with our eyes, but it’s very real.

This is another aspect to the Upside Down Kingdom.

Luke 4:1-2 1 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry.

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Context • He was hungry! Jesus is fully human. He’s now in a very vulnerable state.

• Genealogy in Luke shows how Jesus is in the line of Adam, the original human AND Son of God.

• Checkout the glowing blue hyperlinks! We’ll click on these hyperlinks and then draw some conclusions.

• This evening we’re going to take some time to look at what the Bible says about the devil and the spiritual battle we find ourselves in.

• And if you’re drawing a blank because you don’t know the Bible very well at all guess what. You’ve come to the right place. We’re so glad you’re here. We all want to grow in our familiarity with and understanding of the Scriptures. Ultimately, we want to know the God of the Bible and how He has made a way where there was no foreseeable way for us to be in relationship with Him. And not only that, but for us to rule the heavens and the earth alongside Him!

• Reference The Bible Project podcast when introducing the hyperlinks.

the devil Who is our enemy? Let’s take a look at the devil’s profile.

Read Ezekiel 28:11-13

• Ezekiel is a book of prophecy. Prophetic books are generally arranged as a series of oracles from God that communicate the truth God has already declared previously in creative ways. Prophetic literature isn’t arranged chronologically. In fact, sometimes a single prophecy can be referring to multiple points in history with significant gaps of time between them.

• The devil is incredibly brilliant, full of wisdom and perfection. Beautiful! • Prince of Tyre was a human ruler

• And yet here, behind the King of Tyre, is the devil

Read Ezekiel 28:13 • Creation

• God created everything out of nothing. We don’t have time to talk about when everything was created nor do I actually have a firm answer from the Scriptures. Were the angelic beings created before the material world? When did humanity show up on the scene? Those questions are beyond our scope this evening.

• The devil is a created being. He is not eternal like God. God created the devil in perfection, like the rest of God’s creation.

• Illus: Kate’s eyes lighting up as these jewels are described.

Read Ezekiel 28:14-16 • What image comes to mind when you think of a cherub angel?

• Cherubim are the spiritual beings that were placed outside the Garden of Eden to guard the entrance when Adam and Eve were driven out. These are powerful spiritual beings!

• At some point in history unrighteousness was found in Satan? God did not put it there. God did not cause this unrighteousness. How did it get there? Let’s keep reading.

• Devil rebels

Read Ezekiel 28:17 • Satan’s pride was his downfall.

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Read Ezekiel 28:18-19 • Satan is hell-bent on self-destruction. That’s the way rebellion towards God goes. He’ll let you go your own

way…and suffer those consequences, which are always self-destruction.

• Ultimately answering the question, “Where did evil come from?” is above our pay grade. However, we know that it did not come from our Heavenly Father who does not tell a lie.

• Notice that God didn’t just kill Satan right then and there. Why not? That would prove Satan’s claim that God is only all about Himself. God had a plan to disprove Satan’s false accusation that God was not truly good to the core once and for all time.

• God cast Satan to the ground, to the earth. The earth is Satan’s domain from this point on in the text of Scripture until one day in the future.

Context to Revelation!!! • Written down by John on the island of Patmos

• Apocalyptic literature

• Revelation = an unveiling or unfolding of things not previously known and which could not be known apart from the unveiling

Read Revelation 12:3-4a • What’s going on here? Thankfully, we have this imagery interpreted for us in the text a few verses later.

• ⅓ of All the Angels Rebel

Read Revelation 12:7-9 • What is Satan’s strategy? Satan’s strategy is deception and accusation.

• ⅓ of all the angels were convinced by Satan that God is not good. These angels were in their own right incredibly

wise and brilliant. Satan’s deceptive power is immense.

• The great dragon is that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world (v. 9). o Devil = diabolos = διάβολος = slanderer—The devil hurls accusations against God. o Satan = Satanas = Σατανᾶς = Adversary

• Satan works through deceit and accusation! His big claim is that the Creator God is not good. o God’s claim is that Satan is the liar. Satan’s claim is that God is the liar. Who will you believe? God or Satan.

That’s the most important question in your life. The whole world is deceived by Satan. That’s why we’re on the offensive, taking the Good News about who Jesus is and how He has dealt with our sin problem once and for all into a dark and deceived world.

• Satan is the deceiver. That’s how he works. He deceives. He’s brilliant too. He deceived a third of the angels, convincing them that God was not in fact good. That God did not have their best interests in mind. That God was just into creation for Himself, not out of love.

• The battle isn’t against flesh and blood but against evil beings in this universe. It’s an idealogical battle. Spiritual beings aren’t hurt by sticks and stones or nuclear warfare for that matter. It’s a battle over truth.

• Satan convinced a third of the angels to join his rebellion. Then he convinced humanity to join his rebellion. • The thing about deception is you’re the last one to know you’re deceived. If you knew you were deceived then you

wouldn’t be deceived, would you?

• Humanity rebels

All Humanity Joins the Rebellion • 2 Corinthians 11:14b …for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

• See also: o Ephesians 2:1-3 1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following

the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying

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out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

o 2 Corinthians 4:4 In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

o 1 John 5:19 We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

• Notice as Genesis goes on that although death did enter the world God did not just utterly destroy humanity. God had a plan to disprove Satan’s false accusation that God is not truly good to the core once and for all.

• Let’s dig into the initial deception of humanity to see how the devil twists what God says.

Read Genesis 3:1-3 • Planting seeds of doubt on God’s goodness.

• He accuses God to us. “God doesn’t really have your best interests in mind. He’s really a killjoy. He doesn’t want you to have any fun. He’s only about His own glory, not your good.”

• He accuses us to each other. “Your friend who seems to be growing in their faith is really actually prideful. He’s looking down his nose at your right now. You see that other friend of yours who’s really, really sinful. She’s not even trying to walk with God at all. She probably doesn’t even have a relationship with God. You’re so much better than her. You should probably feel pretty good about yourself compared to her.”

Read Genesis 3:4-5 • Outright lies…yet mixed with half-truths!

Read Genesis 3:6-7 1) SENSUALITY—good for food 2) STUFF—delight to the eyes 3) STATUS—desired to make one wise

Let’s look at the pattern of temptations we face from the devil.

The Three Classic Temptations:

Temptation #1—Sensuality

• good for food

• desires of the flesh

• Will I trust God for what I need? Or do I think I know better?

Temptation #2—Stuff/Materialism

• delight to the eyes

• desires of the eyes

• Will I trust God to provide for my happiness? Or do I want more and in my way?

Temptation #3—Status/Identity • desired to make one wise

• pride of life

• Will I trust what God says about who I am? Will I trust God’s plan for me to be who He wants me to be? Or will I make my own way?

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Why does the devil hate humanity? • He hates us even after we’ve sided with him. Why? Why is Satan mad at people? Why is he trying to make me

sin? We joined his side! Why is he pissed? 1) God loves humanity…even when we were His enemy. (Rom 5:8)

2) Humans will rule earth AND heaven alongside God. (Heb 2:5-9)

Hebrews 2:5-9 5 For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking. 6 It has been testified somewhere, “What is man, that you are mindful of him, or the son of man, that you care for him? 7 You made him for a little while lower than the angels; you have crowned him with glory and honor, 8 putting everything in subjection under his feet.” (Quoting Psalm 8) Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control. At present, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him. 9 But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.

3) Amazing things are prepared for humanity!—(1 Cor 2:7-9) 1 Corinthians 2:7-9 7 But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. 8 None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”—

4) Eternal weight of glory prepared for humanity. (2 Cor 4:16-18) 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 16 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. 17 For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18 as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

5) A Seed of Eve will crush the devil.—(Gen 3:15) Genesis 3:14-15 14 The Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. 15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”

This sets up the battleground between the devil and humanity. • The victory of humanity over Satan was prophesied first here in Genesis 3. The first Gospel message!

What human will pass the test of loyalty to God in the face of these temptations from the devil? Genesis 4:6-7 6 The LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? 7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it.”

• What happens next? • 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking

someone to devour.

• Genesis 4—failed test and Cain driven into the wilderness, East of Eden o Genesis 4:16 Then Cain went away from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of

Nod, east of Eden.

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Human failure over and over again! • Individuals and entire nations fail over and over again. They don’t pass the test. They don’t resist the

temptations. We are never introduced to the promised Seed who would crush the head of the Serpent.

• The 20th century is full of examples of nations at the height of human development and achievement yet utterly giving in to the temptation of the devil and becoming terribly wicked.

• Modern examples are all over the news.

• We could take some time tonight to shine our own lives up on the projector and see human failure on display as well!

• We have a rebellion problem! We have a sin problem!!!

Back to Luke! Read Luke 4:1-2 1 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry.

• The wilderness and forty days hyperlinks go straight back to Israel wandering in the wilderness for 40 years after God delivered them from Egypt through the parting of the Red Sea. They failed the test over and over again.

• So here’s the battleground between humanity and the devil, between Jesus and Satan, the deceiver of the world and accuser of God.

• In the Mark account it says the Spirit immediately “drove him out” = ekballo = threw out; eject out—threw Him out into the Test

o Jesus got kicked out of the nest to see if He could fly! o When humanity failed the test they were driven into the wilderness. o Genesis 3:24 He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a

flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life. o In this case, Jesus is driven into the wilderness by the Spirit of God to take the test. o The battleground is both a test and a real spiritual battle between Jesus and Satan. o Will Jesus pass the test and win the battle? What does this battleground have to do with humanity?

What does this battleground have to do with history?

Luke 4:3-13—The Victory of Humanity over the Devil

Temptation #1—Sensuality—“desires of the flesh”; “good for food”

Luke 4:3-4 3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”

• Extreme hunger.

• “God won’t provide for you. Make it happen in your own way!”

4 And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone (but by every word that comes from the mouth of God—in the Matthew account).’” (quotes Deut. 8:3)

• Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 5, 6, 7-10 2 And you shall remember the whole way that the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not. 3 And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. 5 Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the LORD your God disciplines you. 7 For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out in the valleys and hills, 8 a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey, 9 a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing, a land whose

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stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper. 10 And you shall eat and be full, and you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land he has given you.

• The Word of God is battling Satan with the Word of God.

• PASS! Yay!

Temptation #2—Stuff—“desires of the eyes”; “delight to the eyes”

Luke 4:5-8 5 And the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, 6 and said to him, “To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will. 7 If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.”

• The devil didn’t have these kingdoms to give ultimately, but, he did have immense power and perhaps thought if I can deceive Jesus then we can overthrow the Creator God once and for all.

• Jesus was set out to reclaim humanity and this would’ve been His short cut to that end. 8 And Jesus answered him, “It is written, “‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’” (quotes Deut. 6:13)

• Relationship with the Father was more important to Jesus than quick access to stuff. He would inherit plenty of amazing stuff in the long-run. No shortcuts.

• Deuteronomy 6:12-14 12 …then take care lest you forget the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 13 It is the LORD your God you shall fear. Him you shall serve and by his name you shall swear.14 You shall not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples who are around you—

• PASS! Yay!

Temptation #3—Status—“pride of life”; “desired to make one wise—be like God”

Luke 4:9-12 9 And he took him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, 10 for it is written, “‘He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you,’ (Ps. 91:11) 11 and “‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’” (Ps. 91:12)

• Twisting of the truth. Jesus DID HAVE the protection of the angels. Jesus WAS TO BE recognized as the great King with myriads upon myriads of angels at His beck and call.

• 450 feet to the bottom!

• “Take a short cut to glory and fame! God doesn’t know what He’s up to here. I have the quickest and best path for you.”

12 And Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’” (quotes Deut. 6:16)

• The status He was out to attain could only be gotten through the exaltation of the cross, through brutal humiliation and death. That’s what Jesus would accomplish in Jerusalem. Not gaining fame by throwing Himself from the top of the Temple.

• God the Father loved His Son even while He sent His Son to die to reclaim humanity.

• Deuteronomy 6:16 You shall not put the LORD your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah.

• PASS! Yay!

• Matthew 4:10 “Be gone, Satan!” o See Matthew 16:23 “Be gone, Satan!” o Adam and Eve should’ve said to the Serpent, “Be gone, Satan!”

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Test Passed—Humans Win Luke 4:13 And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.

• The onslaught of Satan’s attack is relentless.

Human Success • 1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will

not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

How has God dealt with Satan?

• Satan is conquered by the blood of the Lamb!

• God ultimately defeats Satan through self-giving love, a concept that Satan can’t wrap his mind around. The sacrificial death of King Messiah is the ultimate strategic move to defeat Satan once and for all.

• While our struggle is not against flesh and blood ironically God used the flesh and blood of His Son, Jesus Christ, to ultimately conquer Satan. Satan’s accusation that God is not truly good to the core was once and for all forever put to rest through the destruction of the body of Jesus Christ, the Suffering Servant of God who by the way is also King Messiah!

• Colossians 2:15 He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.

• Eternal reign o Genesis 3:15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring

(seed) and her offspring (seed); he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel. o Romans 16:20a The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. o This Good News shapes everything about human history and human behavior. o Ultimate triumph comes at the Return of the King!!! We live in the meantime, the here and now.

Battleground Read Revelation 12:10-12

• The devil is real, the devils is overlooked, the devil’s time is short, his wrath is great, he hates humanity, he remains brilliant, he’s the deceiver and the accuser, and if you don’t know Jesus he wants to keep it that way and if you do know Jesus the devil wants to devour you and make you totally ineffective!

• Illus: Maddox yelling, “Pause the game. Pause the game!” Satan doesn’t pause the game just because we’re worn out. That’s when he goes on the attack.

• Next week we’ll learn that we are on the offensive with the Good News of the Kingdom of God.

Application: • How does this affect the way we pray?

• How does this affect the way we speak about reality?

• How does this affect our emotions? Our heart?

• How does this affect the way we view other humans?

• How does this affect the way we share Good News?

Resources: • The Bible Project podcast

• Satan and His Kingdom by Dennis McCallum

• The Unseen Realm by Michael Heiser

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Pray I pray that our eyes are opened to the battleground we’re in. May we follow the lead of our Commander in Chief, Jesus Christ, who has shown us how to fight well and has already won the decisive battle in this war on the cross. 2 Kings 6:15-17 15 When the servant of the man of God rose early in the morning and went out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was all around the city. And the servant said, “Alas, my master! What shall we do?” 16 He said, “Do not be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” 17 Then Elisha prayed and said, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” So the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

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Chopping Block & Study Notes:

Goals/Application—Know the Battleground! • Know Our Scriptures—Biblical literacy

o We need to understand what the text meant to them back then and there so we can apply it to us here and now.

o What are the themes of animals, wilderness, 40, 70, etc. throughout the Scriptures?

• Know Our Enemy—Awareness of the battle we’re in and the nature of our Enemy

• Know Our King

• Know Ourselves—Understanding of who we are and the time in which we live o The nature of humans—physical beings embodied with a soul; animals but made in the Image of

God—Idols of God o Humans are where heaven and earth overlap.

• Next week—Know the Battle Plan starting with Luke 10.

• Fight the war!

wilderness & forty days 40 Days or Years in the Wilderness—Testing Times Israel in the Wilderness—Exodus 16:35; Numbers 14:33, 34; 32:13; Deuteronomy 8:2, 4; 29:5; Joshua 5:6;

Psalm 95:10; Amos 2:10; 5:25; Acts 7:30, 36, 42; 13:18; Hebrews 3:9, 17

• Numbers 14:33 And your children shall be shepherds in the wilderness forty years and shall suffer for your faithlessness, until the last of your dead bodies lies in the wilderness.

• Deuteronomy 8:2 And you shall remember the whole way that the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not.

• Psalm 95:10 “For forty years I loathed that generation and said, “They are a people who go astray in their heart, and they have not known my ways.”

• Hebrews 3:9 …where your fathers put me to the test and saw my works for forty years.

Jesus in the Wilderness—Matthew 4:2; Mark 1:13; Luke 4:2

40 Days Theme—See also: • Noah & the Flood—Genesis 7:4, 12, 17; 8:6

• Spies in Canaan—Numbers 13:25

• Moses on the Mountain—Exodus 24:18; 34:28; Deuteronomy 9:9, 11, 18, 25; 10:10

• David & Goliath—1 Samuel 17:16

• God Speaks to Elijah—1 Kings 19:8

Examples of tests:

• Abraham gets it right eventually…like on his tenth test. See Genesis 22. Romans 16:20a The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.

Accusation

• Satan accuses God to humans. Satan says God’s a liar. God says Satan’s a liar. Who ya gonna believe?

• Satan accuses humans to God—Revelation 12:10; Zechariah 3:1-2; Job

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• Satan accuses believers to each other—2 Corinthians 2:10-11; Ephesians 4:26-27; 1 Corinthians 4:3-5

• Accusing me to myself—Romans 8:1; Romans 8:33; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Philippians 3:9

wild animals

When do humans and wild animals dwelling together peacefully in the Scriptures? • Adam & Eve in the Garden of Eden—Genesis 2

• Noah & the Ark—Genesis 7-8; 9:1-7

• Daniel in the Lion’s Den—Daniel 6

• Jesus in the Wilderness—Mark 1:12-13

• The Saints in Eternity—Isaiah 11:6-9 Isaiah 11:6-9 6 The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them. 7 The cow and the bear shall graze; their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 8 The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den. 9 They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.

Mark 1:9-13 9 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. 11 And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.” 12 The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. 13 And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him.

• 14 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, 15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

• “torn” = schizo = split

• This is a new Exodus. God is making a way where there was no way.

• Casting out demons shortly after the inauguration of the Kingdom of God being reclaimed.

Forty Genesis 7:4 For in seven days I will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and every living thing that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground.” In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Genesis 7:12 And rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Genesis 7:17

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The flood continued forty days on the earth. The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Genesis 8:6 At the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Genesis 18:28 Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking. Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?” And he said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.” In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Genesis 18:29 Again he spoke to him and said, “Suppose forty are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of forty I will not do it.” In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Genesis 25:20 and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Genesis 26:34 When Esau was forty years old, he took Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite to be his wife, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite, In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Genesis 32:15 thirty milking camels and their calves, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Genesis 50:3 Forty days were required for it, for that is how many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Exodus 16:35 The people of Israel ate the manna forty years, till they came to a habitable land. They ate the manna till they came to the border of the land of Canaan. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Exodus 24:18 Moses entered the cloud and went up on the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Exodus 26:19 and forty bases of silver you shall make under the twenty frames, two bases under one frame for its two tenons, and two bases under the next frame for its two tenons; In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Exodus 26:21 and their forty bases of silver, two bases under one frame, and two bases under the next frame. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Exodus 34:28 So he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights. He neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Exodus 36:24 And he made forty bases of silver under the twenty frames, two bases under one frame for its two tenons, and two bases under the next frame for its two tenons.

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In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Exodus 36:26 and their forty bases of silver, two bases under one frame and two bases under the next frame. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Leviticus 25:8 [ The Year of Jubilee ] “You shall count seven weeks of years, seven times seven years, so that the time of the seven weeks of years shall give you forty-nine years. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Numbers 13:25 [ Report of the Spies ] At the end of forty days they returned from spying out the land. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Numbers 14:33 And your children shall be shepherds in the wilderness forty years and shall suffer for your faithlessness, until the last of your dead bodies lies in the wilderness. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Numbers 14:34 According to the number of the days in which you spied out the land, forty days, a year for each day, you shall bear your iniquity forty years, and you shall know my displeasure.’ In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Numbers 32:13 And the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the LORD was gone. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Numbers 35:6 “The cities that you give to the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge, where you shall permit the manslayer to flee, and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Numbers 35:7 All the cities that you give to the Levites shall be forty-eight, with their pasturelands. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Deuteronomy 2:7 For the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He knows your going through this great wilderness. These forty years the LORD your God has been with you. You have lacked nothing.”’ In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Deuteronomy 8:2 And you shall remember the whole way that the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Deuteronomy 8:4 Your clothing did not wear out on you and your foot did not swell these forty years. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Deuteronomy 9:9 When I went up the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Deuteronomy 9:11 And at the end of forty days and forty nights the LORD gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Deuteronomy 9:18

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Then I lay prostrate before the LORD as before, forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all the sin that you had committed, in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke him to anger. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Deuteronomy 9:25 “So I lay prostrate before the LORD for these forty days and forty nights, because the LORD had said he would destroy you. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Deuteronomy 10:10 “I myself stayed on the mountain, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights, and the LORD listened to me that time also. The LORD was unwilling to destroy you. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Deuteronomy 25:3 Forty stripes may be given him, but not more, lest, if one should go on to beat him with more stripes than these, your brother be degraded in your sight. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Deuteronomy 29:5 I have led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandals have not worn off your feet. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Joshua 5:6 For the people of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, the men of war who came out of Egypt, perished, because they did not obey the voice of the LORD; the LORD swore to them that he would not let them see the land that the LORD had sworn to their fathers to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Joshua 14:7 I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought him word again as it was in my heart. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Joshua 14:10 And now, behold, the LORD has kept me alive, just as he said, these forty-five years since the time that the LORD

spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness. And now, behold, I am this day eighty-five years old. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Joshua 21:41 The cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the people of Israel were in all forty-eight cities with their pasturelands. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Judges 3:11 So the land had rest forty years. Then Othniel the son of Kenaz died. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Judges 5:8 When new gods were chosen, then war was in the gates. Was shield or spear to be seen among forty thousand in Israel? In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Judges 5:31 “So may all your enemies perish, O LORD! But your friends be like the sun as he rises in his might.” And the land had rest for forty years. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Judges 8:28

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So Midian was subdued before the people of Israel, and they raised their heads no more. And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Judges 12:14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys, and he judged Israel eight years. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Judges 13:1 [ The Birth of Samson ] And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, so the LORDgave them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 1 Samuel 4:18 As soon as he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell over backward from his seat by the side of the gate, and his neck was broken and he died, for the man was old and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 1 Samuel 17:16 For forty days the Philistine came forward and took his stand, morning and evening. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 2 Samuel 2:10 Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 2 Samuel 5:4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 1 Kings 2:11 And the time that David reigned over Israel was forty years. He reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 1 Kings 6:17 The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 1 Kings 7:3 And it was covered with cedar above the chambers that were on the forty-five pillars, fifteen in each row. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 1 Kings 7:38 And he made ten basins of bronze. Each basin held forty baths, each basin measured four cubits, and there was a basin for each of the ten stands. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 1 Kings 11:42 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 1 Kings 14:21 [ Rehoboam Reigns in Judah ] Now Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. His mother's name was Naamah the Ammonite. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 1 Kings 15:10 and he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 1 Kings 19:8

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And he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mount of God. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 2 Kings 2:24 And he turned around, and when he saw them, he cursed them in the name of the LORD. And two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 2 Kings 8:9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, all kinds of goods of Damascus, forty camels' loads. When he came and stood before him, he said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this sickness?’” In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 2 Kings 10:14 He said, “Take them alive.” And they took them alive and slaughtered them at the pit of Beth-eked, forty-two persons, and he spared none of them. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 2 Kings 12:1 In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 2 Kings 14:23 [ Jeroboam II Reigns in Israel ] In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, began to reign in Samaria, and he reigned forty-one years. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 1 Chronicles 29:27 The time that he reigned over Israel was forty years. He reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 2 Chronicles 9:30 Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 2 Chronicles 12:13 So King Rehoboam grew strong in Jerusalem and reigned. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there. His mother's name was Naamah the Ammonite. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 2 Chronicles 16:13 And Asa slept with his fathers, dying in the forty-first year of his reign. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 2 Chronicles 24:1 [ Joash Repairs the Temple ] Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Nehemiah 5:15 The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took from them for their daily ration forty shekels of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so, because of the fear of God. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Nehemiah 9:21 Forty years you sustained them in the wilderness, and they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.

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In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Psalm 95:10 For forty years I loathed that generation and said, “They are a people who go astray in their heart, and they have not known my ways.” In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Ezekiel 4:6 And when you have completed these, you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side, and bear the punishment of the house of Judah. Forty days I assign you, a day for each year. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Ezekiel 29:11 No foot of man shall pass through it, and no foot of beast shall pass through it; it shall be uninhabited forty years. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Ezekiel 29:12 And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of desolated countries, and her cities shall be a desolation forty years among cities that are laid waste. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Ezekiel 29:13 “For thus says the Lord GOD: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they were scattered, In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Ezekiel 41:2 And the breadth of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sidewalls of the entrance were five cubits on either side. And he measured the length of the nave, forty cubits, and its breadth, twenty cubits. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Ezekiel 46:22 in the four corners of the court were small courts, forty cubits long and thirty broad; the four were of the same size. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Amos 2:10 Also it was I who brought you up out of the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Amos 5:25 “Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Jonah 3:4 Jonah began to go into the city, going a day's journey. And he called out, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!” In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Matthew 4:2 And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Mark 1:13 And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Luke 4:2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations

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John 2:20 The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?” In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Acts 1:3 He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Acts 4:22 For the man on whom this sign of healing was performed was more than forty years old. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Acts 7:23 “When he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Acts 7:30 “Now when forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Acts 7:36 This man led them out, performing wonders and signs in Egypt and at the Red Sea and in the wilderness for forty years. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Acts 7:42 But God turned away and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: “‘Did you bring to me slain beasts and sacrifices, during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Acts 13:18 And for about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Acts 13:21 Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Acts 23:13 There were more than forty who made this conspiracy. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Acts 23:21 But do not be persuaded by them, for more than forty of their men are lying in ambush for him, who have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him. And now they are ready, waiting for your consent.” In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 2 Corinthians 11:24 Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Hebrews 3:9 where your fathers put me to the test and saw my works for forty years. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Hebrews 3:17 And with whom was he provoked for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations

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Revelation 11:2 but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Revelation 13:5 And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations

Seraphim Isaiah 6:2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Isaiah 6:6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations

Saraph Strong's Hebrew: 8314. ף ר 7 Occurrences — (saraph) שNumbers 21:6 HEB: ת ים א חש ים הנ פ ר כו הש נש י את־ ו NAS: sent fiery serpents among the people KJV: sent fiery serpents INT: the people serpents fiery bit the people Numbers 21:8 HEB: ה ך עש ף ל ר ים ש ש אתו ו NAS: Make a fiery [serpent], and set KJV: Make thee a fiery serpent, and set INT: Moses Make A fiery and set on Deuteronomy 8:15 HEB: א הנור ש ו ף ׀ נח ר ב ש ר עק מאון ו צ ו NAS: wilderness, [with its] fiery serpents and scorpions KJV: wilderness, [wherein were] fiery serpents, INT: and terrible serpents fiery and scorpions and thirsty Isaiah 6:2 HEB: ים פ ר ים ש ד על ׀ עמ מ מ NAS: Seraphim stood above KJV: it stood the seraphims: each one INT: Seraphim stood above Isaiah 6:6 HEB: ן־ אחד ים מ פ ר ידו הש ה וב פ צ ר NAS: Then one of the seraphim flew KJV: one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal INT: one at of the seraphim his hand A burning Isaiah 14:29 HEB: פע יו צ ר ף ופ ר ף׃ ש עופ מ NAS: will be a flying serpent.

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KJV: [shall be] a fiery flying serpent. INT: A viper fruit serpent flying Isaiah 30:6 HEB: ם ה עה מ ף אפ ר ש ף ו עופ או מ ש י NAS: and flying serpent, They carry KJV: flying serpent, they will carry INT: where viper serpent and flying carry

Cherubim Genesis 3:24 He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Exodus 25:18 And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work shall you make them, on the two ends of the mercy seat. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Exodus 25:19 Make one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end. Of one piece with the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim on its two ends. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Exodus 25:20 The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Exodus 25:22 There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Exodus 26:1 [ The Tabernacle ] “Moreover, you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns; you shall make them with cherubim skillfully worked into them. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Exodus 26:31 “And you shall make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. It shall be made with cherubim skillfully worked into it. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Exodus 36:8 And all the craftsmen among the workmen made the tabernacle with ten curtains. They were made of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns, with cherubim skillfully worked. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Exodus 36:35 He made the veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen; with cherubim skillfully worked into it he made it. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Exodus 37:7 And he made two cherubim of gold. He made them of hammered work on the two ends of the mercy seat, In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Exodus 37:8

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one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end. Of one piece with the mercy seat he made the cherubim on its two ends. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Exodus 37:9 The cherubim spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat were the faces of the cherubim. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Numbers 7:89 And when Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim; and it spoke to him. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 1 Samuel 4:4 So the people sent to Shiloh and brought from there the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, who is enthroned on the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 2 Samuel 6:2 And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale-judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the LORD of hosts who sits enthroned on the cherubim. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 1 Kings 6:23 In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olivewood, each ten cubits high. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 1 Kings 6:25 The other cherub also measured ten cubits; both cherubim had the same measure and the same form. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 1 Kings 6:27 He put the cherubim in the innermost part of the house. And the wings of the cherubim were spread out so that a wing of one touched the one wall, and a wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; their other wings touched each other in the middle of the house. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 1 Kings 6:28 And he overlaid the cherubim with gold. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 1 Kings 6:29 Around all the walls of the house he carved engraved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, in the inner and outer rooms. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 1 Kings 6:32 He covered the two doors of olivewood with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. He overlaid them with gold and spread gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 1 Kings 6:35 On them he carved cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and he overlaid them with gold evenly applied on the carved work. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 1 Kings 7:29 and on the panels that were set in the frames were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the frames, both above and below the lions and oxen, there were wreaths of beveled work. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 1 Kings 7:36

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And on the surfaces of its stays and on its panels, he carved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths all around. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 1 Kings 8:6 Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the house, in the Most Holy Place, underneath the wings of the cherubim. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 1 Kings 8:7 For the cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 2 Kings 19:15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD and said: “O LORD, the God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 1 Chronicles 13:6 And David and all Israel went up to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim that belongs to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the LORD who sits enthroned above the cherubim. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 1 Chronicles 28:18 for the altar of incense made of refined gold, and its weight; also his plan for the golden chariot of the cherubim that spread their wings and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 2 Chronicles 3:7 So he lined the house with gold—its beams, its thresholds, its walls, and its doors—and he carved cherubim on the walls. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 2 Chronicles 3:10 In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of wood and overlaid them with gold. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 2 Chronicles 3:11 The wings of the cherubim together extended twenty cubits: one wing of the one, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and its other wing, of five cubits, touched the wing of the other cherub; In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 2 Chronicles 3:13 The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits. The cherubim stood on their feet, facing the nave. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 2 Chronicles 3:14 And he made the veil of blue and purple and crimson fabrics and fine linen, and he worked cherubim on it. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 2 Chronicles 5:7 Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place, in the inner sanctuary of the house, in the Most Holy Place, underneath the wings of the cherubim. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 2 Chronicles 5:8 The cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim made a covering above the ark and its poles. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Psalm 80:1 [ Restore Us, O God ] [ To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Testimony. Of Asaph, a Psalm. ] Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock. You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.

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In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Psalm 99:1 [ The LORD Our God Is Holy ] The LORD reigns; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake! In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Isaiah 37:16 “O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Ezekiel 10:1 [ The Glory of the LORD Leaves the Temple ] Then I looked, and behold, on the expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim there appeared above them something like a sapphire, in appearance like a throne. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Ezekiel 10:2 And he said to the man clothed in linen, “Go in among the whirling wheels underneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city.” And he went in before my eyes. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Ezekiel 10:3 Now the cherubim were standing on the south side of the house, when the man went in, and a cloud filled the inner court. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Ezekiel 10:5 And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when he speaks. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Ezekiel 10:6 And when he commanded the man clothed in linen, “Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim,” he went in and stood beside a wheel. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Ezekiel 10:7 And a cherub stretched out his hand from between the cherubim to the fire that was between the cherubim, and took some of it and put it into the hands of the man clothed in linen, who took it and went out. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Ezekiel 10:8 The cherubim appeared to have the form of a human hand under their wings. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Ezekiel 10:9 And I looked, and behold, there were four wheels beside the cherubim, one beside each cherub, and the appearance of the wheels was like sparkling beryl. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Ezekiel 10:15 And the cherubim mounted up. These were the living creatures that I saw by the Chebar canal. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Ezekiel 10:16 And when the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them. And when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels did not turn from beside them. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Ezekiel 10:18 Then the glory of the LORD went out from the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations

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Ezekiel 10:19 And the cherubim lifted up their wings and mounted up from the earth before my eyes as they went out, with the wheels beside them. And they stood at the entrance of the east gate of the house of the LORD, and the glory of the God of Israel was over them. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Ezekiel 10:20 These were the living creatures that I saw underneath the God of Israel by the Chebar canal; and I knew that they were cherubim. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Ezekiel 11:22 Then the cherubim lifted up their wings, with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel was over them. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Ezekiel 41:18 It was carved of cherubim and palm trees, a palm tree between cherub and cherub. Every cherub had two faces: In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Ezekiel 41:20 From the floor to above the door, cherubim and palm trees were carved; similarly the wall of the nave. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Ezekiel 41:25 And on the doors of the nave were carved cherubimand palm trees, such as were carved on the walls. And there was a canopy of wood in front of the vestibule outside. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Hebrews 9:5 Above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations

The Animals in the Bible From A to Z • Addax (a light-colored, antelope native to the Saharan Desert) - Deuteronomy14:5 • Ant - Proverbs 6:6 and 30:25 • Antelope - Deuteronomy 14:5, Isaiah 51:20 • Ape - 1 Kings 10:22 • Bald Locust - Leviticus 11:22 • Barn Owl - Leviticus 11:18 • Bat - Leviticus 11:19, Isaiah 2:20 • Bear - 1 Samuel 17:34-37, 2 Kings 2:24, Isaiah 11:7, Daniel 7:5, Revelation 13:2 • Bee - Judges 14:8 • Behemoth (a monstrous and mighty land animal; some scholars say it's a mythical monster of ancient

literature, while others think it could be a possible reference to a dinosaur) - Job 40:15 • Buzzard - Isaiah 34:15 • Camel - Genesis 24:10, Leviticus 11:4, Isaiah 30:6, and Matthew 3:4, 19:24, and 23:24 • Chameleon (a type of lizard with the ability to change color rapidly) - Leviticus 11:30 • Cobra - Isaiah 11:8 • Cormorant (a large black water bird) - Leviticus 11:17 • Cow - Isaiah 11:7, Daniel 4:25, Luke 14:5 • Crane (a type of bird) - Isaiah 38:14 • Cricket - Leviticus 11:22 • Deer - Deuteronomy 12:15, 14:5

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• Dog - Judges 7:5, 1 Kings 21:23–24, Ecclesiastes 9:4, Matthew 15:26-27, Luke 16:21, 2 Peter 2:22, Revelation 22:15

• Donkey - Numbers 22:21–41, Isaiah 1:3 and 30:6, John 12:14 • Dove - Genesis 8:8, 2 Kings 6:25, Matthew 3:16 and 10:16, John 2:16. • Dragon (a monstrous land or sea creature.) - Isaiah 30:7 • Eagle - Exodus 19:4, Isaiah 40:31, Ezekiel 1:10, Daniel 7:4, Revelation 4:7 and 12:14 • Eagle Owl - Leviticus 11:16 • Egyptian Vulture - Leviticus 11:18 • Falcon - Leviticus 11:14 • Fish - Exodus 7:18, Jonah 1:17, Matthew 14:17 and 17:27, Luke 24:42, John 21:9 • Flea - 1 Samuel 24:14 and 26:20 • Fly - Ecclesiastes 10:1 • Fox - Judges 15:4, Nehemiah 4:3, Matthew 8:20, Luke 13:32 • Frog - Exodus 8:2, Revelation 16:13 • Gazelle - Deuteronomy 12:15 and 14:5 • Gecko - Leviticus 11:30 • Gnat - Exodus 8:16, Matthew 23:24 • Goat - 1 Samuel 17:34, Genesis 15:9 and 37:31, Daniel 8:5, Leviticus 16:7, Matthew 25:33 • Grasshopper - Leviticus 11:22 • Great Fish (whale) - Jonah 1:17 • Great Owl - Leviticus 11:17 • Hare - Leviticus 11:6 • Hawk - Leviticus 11:16, Job 39:26 • Heron - Leviticus 11:19 • Hoopoe (an unclean bird of unknown origin) - Leviticus 11:19 • Horse - 1 Kings 4:26, 2 Kings 2:11, Revelation 6:2-8 and 19:14 • Hyena - Isaiah 34:14 • Hyrax (either a small fish or a small, gopher-like animal known as a rock badger) - Leviticus 11:5 • Kite (a bird of prey.) - Leviticus 11:14 • Lamb - Genesis 4:2, 1 Samuel 17:34 • Leech - Proverbs 30:15 • Leopard - Isaiah 11:6, Jeremiah 13:23, Daniel 7:6, Revelation 13:2 • Leviathan - (could be an earthly creature like a crocodile, a mythical sea monster of ancient literature, or a

reference to dinosaurs.) Isaiah 27:1, Psalms 74:14, Job 41:1 • Lion - Judges 14:8, 1 Kings 13:24, Isaiah 30:6 and 65:25, Daniel 6:7, Ezekiel 1:10, 1 Peter 5:8, Revelation 4:7

and 13:2 • Lizard (common sand lizard) - Leviticus 11:30 • Locust - Exodus 10:4, Leviticus 11:22, Joel 1:4, Matthew 3:4, Revelation 9:3 • Maggot - Isaiah 14:11, Mark 9:48, Job 7:5, 17:14, and 21:26 • Mole Rat - Leviticus 11:29 • Monitor Lizard - Leviticus 11:30 • Moth - Matthew 6:19, Isaiah 50:9 and 51:8 • Mountain Sheep - Deuteronomy 14:5 • Mourning Dove - Isaiah 38:14 • Mule - 2 Samuel 18:9, 1 Kings 1:38 • Ostrich - Lamentations 4:3 • Owl (tawny, little, short-eared, great-horned, desert.) - Leviticus 11:17, Isaiah 34:15, Psalms 102:6 • Ox - 1 Samuel 11:7, 2 Samuel 6:6, 1 Kings 19:20–21, Job 40:15, Isaiah 1:3, Ezekiel 1:10 • Partridge - 1 Samuel 26:20 • Peacock - 1 Kings 10:22

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• Pig - Leviticus 11:7, Deuteronomy 14:8, Proverbs 11:22, Isaiah 65:4 and 66:3, Matthew 7:6 and 8:31, 2 Peter 2:22

• Pigeon - Genesis 15:9, Luke 2:24 • Quail - Exodus 16:13, Numbers 11:31 • Ram - Genesis 15:9, Exodus 25:5. • Rat - Leviticus 11:29 • Raven - Genesis 8:7, Leviticus 11:15, 1 Kings 17:4 • Rodent - Isaiah 2:20 • Roe Deer - Deuteronomy 14:5 • Rooster - Matthew 26:34 • Scorpion - 1 Kings 12:11 and 12:14, Luke 10:19, Revelation 9:3, 9:5, and 9:10. • Seagull - Leviticus 11:16 • Serpent - Genesis 3:1, Revelation 12:9 • Sheep - Exodus 12:5, 1 Samuel 17:34, Matthew 25:33, Luke 15:4, John 10:7 • Short-eared Owl - Leviticus 11:16 • Snail - Psalms 58:8 • Snake - Exodus 4:3, Numbers 21:9, Proverbs 23:32, Isaiah 11:8, 30:6, and 59:5 • Sparrow - Matthew 10:31 • Spider - Isaiah 59:5 • Stork - Leviticus 11:19 • Swallow - Isaiah 38:14 • Turtledove - Genesis 15:9, Luke 2:24 • Viper (a poisonous snake, adder) - Isaiah 30:6, Proverbs 23:32 • Vulture (griffon, carrion, bearded, and black) - Leviticus 11:13 • Wild Goat - Deuteronomy 14:5 • Wild Ox - Numbers 23:22 • Wolf - Isaiah 11:6, Matthew 7:15 • Worm - Isaiah 66:24, Jonah 4:7

Leviathan Strong's Hebrew: 3882. ן ית ו 6 Occurrences — (Livyathan) ל Job 3:8 HEB: ר ים ער יד עת ן׃ ה ית ו ל NAS: Who are prepared to rouse Leviathan. KJV: to raise up their mourning. INT: are prepared to rouse Leviathan Job 41:1 HEB: ך ש מ ן ת ית ו בל ל ח ב ה ו חכ ב NAS: Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? KJV: Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? INT: draw Leviathan angle A cord Psalm 74:14 HEB: י ת ראש צצ ן ר ית ו ל ל אכ ננו מ ת ת NAS: the heads of Leviathan; You gave KJV: the heads of leviathan in pieces, [and] gavest INT: crushed the heads of Leviathan gave food Psalm 104:26 HEB: ון כ הל ות י י ן אנ ית ו ת ל ר ה־ יצ ז NAS: move along, [And] Leviathan, which

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KJV: the ships: [there is] that leviathan, [whom] thou hast made INT: the ships move along Leviathan which made Isaiah 27:1 HEB: ל ה ע חזק ה ן ו ית ו ש ב ל ח נח ר NAS: will punish Leviathan the fleeing KJV: shall punish leviathan the piercing INT: and mighty Even Leviathan serpent the fleeing Isaiah 27:1 HEB: על ח ו ן בר ית ו ון ל ש עקלת נח NAS: Even Leviathan the twisted KJV: serpent, even leviathan that crooked INT: the fleeing Even Leviathan serpent the twisted

Sea Creatures Strong's Hebrew: 8577. ין 27 Occurrences — (tannin) תנ Genesis 1:21 HEB: ים את־ ם אלה ינ ת התנ א ים ו דל הג NAS: the great sea monsters and every KJV: great whales, and every living INT: created God sea the great and every Exodus 7:9 HEB: י ה ה י ע ין׃ פר תנ ל NAS: [that] it may become a serpent.' KJV: Pharaoh, [and] it shall become a serpent. INT: Pharaoh may become A serpent Exodus 7:10 HEB: י ה יו וי ין׃ עבד תנ ל NAS: and it became a serpent. KJV: his servants, and it became a serpent. INT: and his servants became A serpent Exodus 7:12 HEB: יו ה הו וי ם מט ינ תנ ה־ ל לע מט ב וי NAS: and they turned into serpents. But Aaron's KJV: his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's INT: his staff turned serpents swallowed staff Deuteronomy 32:33 HEB: ת ם חמ ינ אש תנ ר י ינם ו NAS: is the venom of serpents, And the deadly KJV: [is] the poison of dragons, and the cruel INT: is the venom of serpents their wine poison Nehemiah 2:13 HEB: ין י ע נ ין פ ער התנ אל־ ש ו KJV: even before the dragon well, INT: the direction affliction the dragon about Gate Job 7:12 HEB: ם־ י א נ ין א ים תנ י־ תש כ NAS: or the sea monster, That You set KJV: [Am] I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest INT: I or serpent that you set

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Job 30:29 HEB: י ית ח הי ים א תנ ות ל נ ב ע ל ר ו KJV: I am a brother to dragons, and a companion INT: A brother have become to dragons companion first Psalm 44:19 HEB: ום ק מ יתנו ב כ ים ד ינו תנ ס על כ ות KJV: us in the place of dragons, and covered INT: have crushed A place of dragons and covered with Psalm 74:13 HEB: י ת ראש ר ב ים ש ינ נ ם׃ ת י על־ המ NAS: the heads of the sea monsters in the waters. KJV: the heads of the dragons in the waters. INT: broke the heads of the sea in the waters Psalm 91:13 HEB: יר פ ס כ מ ר ין׃ ת תנ ו NAS: The young lion and the serpent you will trample down. KJV: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. INT: will trample the young and the serpent Psalm 148:7 HEB: רץ ן־ הא ים מ ינ נ ה ת כל־ ת ות׃ו מ NAS: from the earth, Sea monsters and all KJV: from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: INT: from the earth Sea and all deeps Isaiah 13:22 HEB: יו מנות אל ים ב י ים א תנ נג ו י ע ל יכ ה ב KJV: in their desolate houses, and dragons in [their] pleasant INT: Hyenas their fortified and dragons palaces their luxurious Isaiah 27:1 HEB: ג את־ הר ין ו ם׃ התנ ר בי אש NAS: And He will kill the dragon who KJV: and he shall slay the dragon that [is] in the sea. INT: the twisted will kill the dragon who the sea Isaiah 34:13 HEB: ה ו תה נ הי ים ו ות תנ נ ב יר ל חצ KJV: thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, [and] a court INT: will also be a haunt of dragons an abode first Isaiah 35:7 HEB: ה ו נ ם ב י ים מ יר תנ ה חצ צ ב ר KJV: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, INT: of water the haunt of dragons resting Grass Isaiah 43:20 HEB: ה ים חית השד ענה תנ ות י נ וב KJV: shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: INT: the beast of the field the dragons first and the ostriches Isaiah 51:9 HEB: חוללת הב מ ין׃ ר תנ NAS: in pieces, Who pierced the dragon? KJV: Rahab, [and] wounded the dragon? INT: Rahab pierced dragon Jeremiah 9:11 HEB: ג וןל ע ים מ ים ל י תנ את־ ער ו

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KJV: [and] a den of dragons; and I will make INT: A heap A haunt of dragons the cities of Judah Jeremiah 10:22 HEB: ון ע ה מ ממ ים׃ ש ס תנ KJV: desolate, [and] a den of dragons. INT: A desolation A haunt of dragons Jeremiah 14:6 HEB: ו רוח ים שאפ ם כתנ ינ יה ו ע כל KJV: the wind like dragons; their eyes INT: pant air dragons fail their eyes Jeremiah 49:33 HEB: ון ע מ ים חצור ל ה עד־ תנ ממ ש KJV: shall be a dwelling for dragons, [and] a desolation INT: Hazor A haunt dragons A desolation for Jeremiah 51:34 HEB: (י ק נ לע ין (ב שו כתנ ר לא כ מ NAS: He has swallowed me like a monster, He has filled KJV: he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled INT: an empty cover A monster has filled his stomach Jeremiah 51:37 HEB: עון־ ים ׀ מ גל ים ל ה תנ ק ר ה וש שמ KJV: a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, INT: A heap a haunt dragons an object and hissing Ezekiel 29:3 HEB: י ם ר צ לך־ מ ים הת מ ץ נ ול הרב הגד NAS: The great monster that lies KJV: the great dragon that lieth INT: king of Egypt monster the great lies Ezekiel 32:2 HEB: אתה ית ו מ ד ים נ גח כתנ ים ות בימ NAS: of the nations, Yet you are like the monster in the seas; KJV: of the nations, and thou [art] as a whale in the seas: INT: compared you the monster the seas burst Micah 1:8 HEB: ד פ ס ה מ ים אעש ות כתנ נ ב בל כ א ו KJV: a wailing like the dragons, and mourning INT: make A lament the dragons mourning first