The Elohim Cypher

The Day of the Lord according to Zephaniah - Part 2 of 4

A four part series on Zephaniah's end of the age prophecy that reveals how it happens.

Zephaniah’s Day of the Lord - Part 1

The Faith of Peter’s Strangers

(1 Peter 1:1)  Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,(1 Peter 1:2)  Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
(1 Peter 1:3)  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, ...
(1 Peter 1:3)  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,(1 Peter 1:4)  To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,(1 Peter 1:5)  Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
(1 Peter 1:6)  Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: ...
(1 Peter 1:7)  That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: ...
(1 Peter 1:8)  Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:(1 Peter 1:9)  Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
(1 Peter 1:10)  Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: ...
(Job 19:7)  Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
(Job 19:14)  My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.(Job 19:15)  They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
(Job 19:16)  I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.
(Job 19:17)  My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body.(Job 19:18)  Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
(Job 19:19)  All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.(Job 19:20)  My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
(Job 19:21)  Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
(Job 19:22)  Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
(Job 19:23)  Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!(Job 19:24)  That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
(Job 19:25)  For I know ....
(Job 19:25)  For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:(Job 19:26)  And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:(Job 19:27)  Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.
(1 Peter 1:10)  Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: ...
(1 Peter 1:10)  Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:(1 Peter 1:11)  Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
(1 Peter 1:12)  Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; ...
(1 Peter 1:13)  Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; ...
(1 Peter 1:13)  Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;(1 Peter 1:14)  As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: ...
(1 Peter 1:15)  But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;(1 Peter 1:16)  Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
(1 Peter 1:16)  Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
(1 Peter 1:16)  For it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.(1 Peter 1:17)  And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:(1 Peter 1:18)  Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation [or your vain life] ...
... received by tradition from your fathers;(1 Peter 1:19)  But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:(1 Peter 1:20)  Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,(1 Peter 1:21)  Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
(1 Peter 1:22)  Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: ...
(1 Peter 1:22)  Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, ...
(1 Peter 1:23)  Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.(1 Peter 1:24)  For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. ...
...The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:(1 Peter 1:25)  But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

Christianity in the Old Scriptures

When you see some new machine with its gears spinning, shafts turning, motors humming, you won’t understand what it is or what it does, until somebody shows you a plan of it. Similarly, you can’t understand history and its climax, modern civilization, until you see a plan of it. The only such plan of history is in the Bible and it is amazingly complete. However, you can’t understand this plan in the Bible, until you know who you are. You must learn the Bible was lived and written by your ancestors, written about you and written to you. The identity of the Anglo-Saxon, Scandinavian and Teutonic people as the Israel of the Bible, is the only key to the whole book.
If somebody wrote a very exact history of the United States, but never used the name United States therein, always calling the nation in this history China, you couldn’t make much sense out of it. As a history of China, it would be demonstrably false, it could never make good sense until you put the name of the right nation into it, however all the major churches have falsified the Bible. They have taken our history, the various prophecies about us and told us that all this was just about the people we know as Jews (Jer. 24). This conception is an easily demonstrated falsehood. That is why in any debate an intelligent and well-educated atheist has always made a monkey out of any clergyman maintaining this misconception. The traditional church doctrines on the Bible make no sense and have no continuity.
The churches have taught us another falsehood. That is this. They have taught the Old Testament is a record of a different religion, the Jewish religion, which Yahweh tried out and found that He couldn’t make it work. So, He had to abandon it and start a brand-new religion Christianity, in the New Testament. In this, they have greatly slandered Yahweh.
In these lessons we have proven the Anglo-Saxon, Scandinavian and Teutonic people are the Israel of the Bible. We have proven this by showing you that these people and no others, especially not the Jews, fulfill the Bible prophecies about Israel. We have traced their migration through the writings of most of the recognized historians of those centuries.
You have heard us prove the New Testament is just as much an Israel book as is the Old Testament. We have reviewed the New Testament and showed that it was clearly speaking about and speaking to Israel. You have often heard us say that the Old Testament is just as much a Christian book as is the New Testament. Today, we shall begin the proof of the Christian content and character of the Old Testament. Yahweh our God, was not mistaken when He inspired the prophets to write the Old Testament. It was not a failure which He had to abandon and start all over again with a new, different religion. Yahweh was right the first time and His religion and His plan of the ages has always been the same, from the very beginning until this moment.
So that we can recognize Christianity when we find it in the Old Testament, we must clarify our ideas about it. What is the essence of Christianity, expressed in a few words? Isn’t it this, that man is responsible for his own actions? If he disobeys Yahweh, this disobedience is sin and the penalty of sin is death. Man must personally pay this penalty by his own death, unless someone pays it for him. But no other ordinary person could do this for you, because the other person is already under the death sentence for his own sins, and therefore could not die in your place. Therefore, Yahweh provided the only possible sacrifice which could pay the penalty of you sins, Yahshua the Son of Yahweh [being both the Father and the Son], being perfect and wiyou t sin, had no penalty of his own to pay. Therefore, when He gave His own life for us when He died on the cross, He paid all the penalty of our sins, so that we will not have to meet this penalty. If we accept this basis of our relationship to our God, openly confessing that Yahshua is our only Savior, then we have become acceptable to Yahweh, because sin no longer stands between Him and us. Instead of bearing the responsibility for our sins, we now have attributed to us the righteousness of Yahshua. This is Christianity, this is what we must now look for in the Old Testament.
The first promise of the coming of Yahshua our Redeemer, is found in Genesis 3:15. Yahweh has called Adam, Eve and Satan before Him, to give account of their misdeeds. Yahweh says to Satan, “I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed: He shall crush your head and you  shall bruise his heel.” One who is of the seed, or descendant of Eve, shall crush the power of Satan, but in doing so, He shall suffer from Satan’s malice. However, the wound to Satan is far greater than the wound received by the Redeemer. We have seen this fulfilled in the crucifixion of Yahshua, a most terrible thing for Him to endure. By this and His resurrection, Yahshua totally and permanently broke the power of Satan to hold all men in his power through fear of death. The prophecy in Genesis 3:15 unmistakably applies to Yahshua, and is the first instance of Christianity in the Old Testament.
Note, this records Satan was to have as literal children as Eve. The same Hebrew word for seed, zerah, is used in the case of both Satan and Eve. One of Eve’s descendants, which we know to be Yahshua, was to defeat Satan alyou gh suffering terribly in the process. Carefully note another thing, it is Yahweh who puts enmity between Satan’s children and Eve’s children. You know how Satan’s children love to parrot the official Democratic party line and call us “haters”. The Bible itself tells us that Yahweh commanded and created that enmity or hatred. As a matter of fact, it only appears as hatred among Satan’s children. We don’t hate them, we just detest the evil character shown by the wicked things they are constantly doing. Satan’s children are today known as Jews, formerly they were known as Canaanites, Hittites, etc.
The Bible only records a very limited account of this conversation between Yahweh and Adam and Eve. However, it very clearly implies that at this time Yahweh explained to them the entire plan of redemption, including the fact that He, Yahweh, would be the Redeemer coming in the form of a descendant of Eve.
Naturally Adam and Eve didn’t like being under the curse, which came as a consequence of their disobedience of Yahweh, and they hoped that the curse would soon be ended. Since Yahweh had not explained to them how many generations it would be until He came as the promised Redeemer, Eve hoped that her first child Cain, would be the Redeemer. This is concealed from you by the mistranslation in the King James Bible which says this in Genesis 4:1. “She conceived and bore Cain and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.” In the Hebrew it reads, “She conceived and bore Cain and said, I have gotten a man even Yahweh.” Eve you thought that this, her first child, was Yahweh, God Himself come in the flesh as one of her descendants, to be the Redeemer of His children. This also is Christianity in the Old Testament. You will remember that in the lesson on “Who Is Your Savior?”, I gave the Biblical proof that Yahshua is Yahweh, come in the flesh to be our Savior and Redeemer.
We find further confirmation of this in Genesis 4:3-7 which tells us, “Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto Yahweh. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And Yahweh had respect unto Abel and to his offering: but unto Cain and to his offering He had not respect. And Cain was very wroth and his countenance fell. And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art you  wroth?  If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; you are its object of desire, but you must master it.” Yes, I know the King James Bible says that sin lies at the door, but the same Hebrew word means both the sin itself and the sin offering, the blood sacrifice. The two ideas were closely identified, the sin and the offering, which cleansed the sinner of his guilt.
Alyou gh Cain had herds and flocks of his own, he brought no blood sacrifice, just fruits and vegetables. He made no confession of sin, no prayer for pardon. He merely told Yahweh, “Landlord, here’s your crop-rent” and then he wondered why Yahweh was not pleased by this! Abel knew sin would separate any man from Yahweh, and he could not become acceptable to Yahweh until cleansed of his sins. This was only by making the blood offering, to proclaim his faith in Yahweh’s revelation that someday the Savior would die to pay the penalty of Abel’s sins and he could become free from sin. Abel showed an understanding of the basic principles of Christianity nearly 4,000 years before the birth of Yahshua.
Hebrews 11:4 reminds us that Abel understood the need of the blood sacrifice, symbolic of his faith that the Savior would give His life to pay for Abel’s sins. These incidents in the third and fourth chapters of Genesis occurred close to 4000 B.C. The book of Genesis which tells of this, was written by Moses about 1446 B.C., and it is not the earliest book in the Bible. Alyou gh the book of Job was later assigned its place as the 18th book in the Bible, it was written about nine centuries before Moses lived. Its great age appears from the fact that it never mentions the law which Yahweh gave to Moses, and nothing as important as the law would be omitted if the Book of Job had been written later. Job complains of his undeserved suffering and his friends assure him that suffering comes only as a just punishment, so Job must have done something very wicked to deserve such punishment. But they never mention any law which they think Job has broken. Also, Job, who wrote the book, is mentioned in Genesis 10:29 as Jobab, Father Job, a great, great grandson of Shem and a grandson of Eber, from whom the people got the name Hebrews.
In all his suffering, Job never loses sight of the promise of the coming Redeemer. Even while he is wishing for death to put him out of his misery, in Job 19: 25-27, he says, “For I know that my Redeemer lives and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: and you gh after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see Yahweh: Whom I shall see for myself and mine eyes shall behold, and not another.”
Abraham also knew and expressed some of the basic ideas of Christianity. In Genesis 22:1-14 we read that Yahweh put Abraham to a severe test, He told Abraham to offer his beloved son Isaac, on the altar, as a burnt offering. Remember how much Isaac meant to Abraham. In addition to all the ordinary love of a father for his son, Yahweh had promised Abraham that the many great prophecies given to him would be fulfilled through Isaac. Then, when Isaac was still only a child, and none of the promises had yet been fulfilled, Yahweh suddenly commanded Abraham to sacrifice Isaac as a burnt offering! Did it mean that Yahweh had changed His mind and would not make good on His many promises? No, Abraham knew that Yahweh’s word was always reliable. Therefore, Yahweh would find a way to fulfill His promises that through Isaac would be born a number of nations, destined to demonstrate to the world the goodness of Yahweh.
Abraham started out with Isaac for the place where he was to offer up the sacrifice, going cheerfully, not in the awful grief of a father about to not only witness, but even to cause, the death of his beloved son. He went in the serene confidence of one who knew that his God was always faithful. It records. “Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, father, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? And Abraham said, My son, Yahweh will provide Himself a lamb for a burnt offering.”
Possibly his confidence might have been based in part upon the conviction that, if Yahweh did permit the death of Isaac, He would resurrect him, so that the promises would be fulfilled through Isaac. Remember that resurrection is a basic part of Christianity. By his own statement, Abraham also was calmly certain that Yahweh would intervene, providing a lamb for the sacrifice to be offered in place of Isaac, so that by the death of lamb, in his place, Isaac could be spared. This again, is the very essence of Christianity. In John 1:29 Yahshua is called the Lamb of God, which takes away the sin of the world. In Revelation 13:8 Yahshua is called, “The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” Genesis 22 tells how Abraham’s faith was justified. Yahweh stopped him before any harm could come to Isaac and provided a ram, caught in a nearby thicket, for the sacrifice.
This incident of Abraham and Isaac was written in the Book of Genesis by Moses. Do you think Moses did not know the significance of what he had written? Not at all, the Bible itself tells us Moses was a Christian, does that surprise you? Hebrews 11:24-26 records, “By faith, Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter: choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward.” Certainly you can’t have faith in something you have never heard of. It is clear Moses knew the significance of the symbolism in the Old Testament rituals which he told the people of Israel to use.
Christianity is the central theme of the Old Testament, especially in the writings of Moses and Isaiah. The deepest religious truths therein are expressed symbolically in the sacrifices and rituals. Since they are not explained in words of one syllable for the benefit of the lazy, the uninterested and the shallow, they have not been perceived by churchmen whose religion never gets beyond mere emotionalism. These are the men who tell us Yahweh was mistaken in the Old Testament, that His plan would not work, because men in their wickedness were stronger than Yahweh. They would not let Him carry out His plans, so He had to abandon all this and start over again in the New Testament. That is not a religion that gives much inspiration to follow! They call themselves New Testament Christians, but they either won’t read or won’t believe the New Testament in addition to the Old Testament.
In this same New Testament Yahshua, to whom these Jews render lip service, calls their attention to Christianity in the writings of Moses. In John chapter 5 He twice called attention of the Jews to this fact saying, “Search the scriptures: for in them you think you have eternal life: it is these scriptures which testify of Me.” The earliest book of the New Testament, Matthew, was not written until ten years after Christ spoke, so the scriptures He told them to read were necessarily those of the Old Testament. Yahshua told them, “There is one that accuses you, even Moses, in whom you trust. For had you believed Moses, you would have believed Me: for he wrote of Me.” Can you be a New Testament Christian if you won’t believe Yahshua’s own words?
We find the essence of Christianity clearly symbolized in the origin of the Passover. You remember Moses had repeatedly demanded of the Pharaoh of Egypt that he let the people of Israel go, and the Pharaoh had each time refused, despite the many miracles Moses worked bringing down plagues upon Egypt to show his authority. So Yahweh told Moses that one more plague would be sent upon Egypt, which would surely convince Pharaoh that he should let the children of Israel go. “Thus, says Yahweh, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt: and all the first born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first born of Pharaoh that sits upon the throne, even unto the first born of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the first born of beasts. But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that you may know how Yahweh puts a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.”
Note what this means, because of the stubborn wickedness of the Egyptians, the death penalty was to come upon them. Yet the children of Israel, who were also imperfect and sinful, were to escape this penalty. There was only one way in which they could be spared, by the ritual of the Passover. This Passover certainly symbolizes Christianity as the way of salvation from death.
The instructions for this ritual were given in Exodus chapter 12. “In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for a house. And you shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. And they shall take of the blood and strike it on the two side posts and upon the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. And they shall eat the flesh in the night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs shall they eat it. And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where you are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy when I smite the land of Egypt. And this day shall be unto you for a memorial: and you shall keep it for a feast to Yahweh throughout your generations; you shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever.”
This symbolized Yahshua giving His life to save those who believe in Him. This festival was always kept in the Hebrew month of Nisan. This meal gave the Israelites strength for their forced march, that night and all the next day, leaving Egypt in the exodus. The lamb’s blood had to be placed outside the door on the two door posts and the lintel above the front door of each house. Although they were cruelly mistreated slaves in the land of their enemies, they could not eat the Passover supper in secret. Salvation from death came only to those who publicly proclaimed their faith that the blood of the lamb would save them.
This is clearly New Testament Christianity. First, the necessity for public confession of faith in the blood of the Lamb. In Matthew 10:32-33 Yahshua says, “Whosoever therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My father which is in heaven.” Also read Luke 12:8-9. In Romans 10:9 Paul reminds us, “That if you shall confess, with your mouth, Yahshua the Christ, and shall believe in your heart that Yahweh has raised Him from the dead, you  shall be saved.”
Eating the flesh of the lamb, to gain strength for the great effort of the exodus from the world and evil into salvation and the kingdom of Yahweh, is again clear Christian symbolism. In John chapter 6 Yahshua says, “I am the bread of life: he that comes to Me shall never hunger; and he that believes on Me shall never thirst. I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever: and the bread that I will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”
Perhaps some of you are wondering about the command in Exodus 12:24, “And you shall observe this thing for an ordinance to you and to your children forever.” Are we violating Yahweh’s law when we do not celebrated Passover as such today? No, you will note that the Passover ritual was an ordinance, all the religious rituals were stated as ordinances. There are four grades of divine law. (1) The commandments, which are the greatest rules governing man’s relation to his God. (2) The statutes, which are the rules for governing the nation, including many of the rules for man’s relation to his fellow man. (3) The judgments, which are the rules telling the judges how to decide cases between man and man. (4) The ordinances, which are the rules for the religious rituals and ceremonies. The commandments, statutes and the judgments are the rules which are forever necessary for a good life in this world and they are still in force. The ordinances governed only the religious ceremonies and rituals, and all of these were symbolic of the coming Savior and Redeemer, Yahshua.
Since He had not come in Old Testament times, all the symbolism of the rituals looked to the future. But after Yahshua had actually come, we cannot go on proclaiming our faith that our Redeemer has not yet come but will come in the future. That would be a rejection of Yahshua who has already come. Therefore, only the form of the ceremony, not its eternal truth, is changed to a new form the last supper or communion, which proclaims our faith in a Redeemer who has already come. It is still the same eternal truth about the same Redeemer. It does not reject any of the truth implied in the Passover, it merely proclaims this as already accomplished.

Did Israel Reject Jesus - Part 1

(John 1:11)  He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
(John 1:12)  But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:(John 1:13)  who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
(John 1:14)  And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
(John 1:15)  John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, "This was He of whom I said, 'He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.' "
(John 1:16)  And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace.
(John 1:29)  The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
(John 1:30)  This is He of whom I said, 'After me comes a Man who is preferred before me, for He was before me.'(John 1:31)  I did not know Him; but that He should be revealed to Israel, therefore I came baptizing with water."
(John 1:35)  Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;(John 1:36)  And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he said, Behold the Lamb of God!(John 1:37)  And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
(John 1:44)  Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.(John 1:45)  Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
(John 1:46)  And Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see."(John 1:47)  Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!"(John 1:48)  Nathanael said to Him, "How do You know me?" Jesus answered and said to him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."(John 1:49)  Nathanael ...
(John 3:22)  After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He remained with them and baptized.
(John 4:7)  A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink."(John 4:8)  For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.(John 4:9)  Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, "How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. 
(John 4:10)  Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."(John 4:11)  The woman said to Him, "Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water?(John 4:12)  Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?"
(John 4:25)  The woman said to Him, "I know that Messiah is coming" (who is called Christ). "When He comes, He will tell us all things."
(John 4:26)  Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am He."(John 4:27)  And at this point His disciples came, and they marveled that He talked with a woman; yet no one said, "What do You seek?" or, "Why are You talking with her?"(John 4:28)  The woman then left her waterpot, went her way into the city, and said to the men,(John 4:29)  "Come, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?"
(John 4:39)  And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, "He told me all that I ever did."(John 4:40)  So when the Samaritans had come to Him, they urged Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.(John 4:41)  And many more believed because of His own word.(John 4:42)  Then they said to the woman, "Now we believe, not because of what you said, for we ourselves have heard Him and we know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world."
(John 4:43)  Now after the two days He departed from there and went to Galilee.(John 4:44)  For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.(John 4:45)  So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, having seen all the things He did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they also had gone to the feast.
(John 4:46)  So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.
(John 4:50)  Jesus said to him, "Go your way; your son lives." So the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way.(John 4:51)  And as he was now going down, his servants met him and told him, saying, "Your son lives!"(John 4:52)  Then he inquired of them the hour when he got better. And they said to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him."(John 4:53)  So the father knew that it was at the same hour in which Jesus said to him, "Your son lives." And he himself believed, and his whole household.
(John 5:1)  After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
(John 5:15)  The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.(John 5:16)  For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath.(John 5:17)  But Jesus answered them, "My Father has been working until now, and I have been working."(John 5:18)  Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.
(John 5:37)  And the Father Himself, who sent Me, has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form.
(John 5:38)  But you do not have His word abiding in you, because whom He sent, Him you do not believe.(John 5:39)  You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me.(John 5:40)  But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.(John 6:1)  After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.(John 6:2)  And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased.
(John 6:10)  And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. (John 6:66)  From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more.(John 6:67)  Then Jesus said to the twelve, "Do you also want to go away?"(John 6:68)  But Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.(John 6:69)  Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
(John 7:1)  After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judea because the Jews sought to kill him.
(John 7:14)  Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
(John 7:25)  Now some of them from Jerusalem said, "Is this not He whom they seek to kill?(John 7:26)  But look! He speaks boldly, and they say nothing to Him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is truly the Christ?
(John 7:27)  However, we know where this Man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from."(John 7:28)  Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, saying, "You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know.(John 7:29)  But I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me."(John 7:30)  Therefore they sought to take Him; but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.(John 7:31)  And many of the people believed in Him, ...
(John 7:31)  And many of the people believed in Him, and said, "When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than these which this Man has done?"
(John 7:32)  The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
(John 7:33)  Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.(John 7:34)  You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come."(John 7:35)  Then the Jews said among themselves, "Where does He intend to go that we shall not find Him? Does He intend to go to the Dispersion among the Gentiles [Greeks] and teach them [the Greeks]?
(John 7:36)  What is this thing that He said, 'You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come'?"(John 7:37)  On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.(John 7:38)  He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."(John 7:39)  But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.(John 7:40)  Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.(John 7:41)  Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
(John 7:42)  Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the seed of David and from the town of Bethlehem, where David was?"(John 7:43)  So there was a division among the people because of Him.
(John 8:13)  The Pharisees therefore said to Him, "You bear witness of Yourself; Your witness is not true."(John 8:14)  Jesus answered and said to them, "Even if I bear witness of Myself, My witness is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from and where I am going.
(John 8:19)  Then they said to Him, "Where is Your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither Me nor My Father. If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also."
(John 8:23)  And He said to them, "You are from beneath; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.(John 8:24)  Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins."(John 8:25)  Then they said to Him, "Who are You?" And Jesus said to them, "Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning.(John 8:26)  I have many things to say and to judge concerning you, but He who sent Me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I heard from Him."(John 8:27)  They did not understand that He spoke to them of the Father.
(John 8:28)  Then Jesus said to them, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things.(John 8:29)  And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him."(John 8:30)  As He spoke these words, many believed in Him.
(John 8:31)  Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.(John 8:32)  And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
(John 8:33)  They answered Him, "We are Abraham's descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can You say, 'You will be made free'?"
(John 8:34)  Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin.(John 8:35)  And a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever.(John 8:36)  Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.(John 8:37)  "I know that you are Abraham's descendants, but you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you.
(John 8:39)  They answered and said to Him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham.(John 8:40)  But now you seek to kill Me, a Man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.(John 8:41)  You do the deeds of your father." Then they said to Him, "We were not born of fornication; we have one Father—God."
(Exodus 4:21)  And the LORD said to Moses, "When you go back to Egypt, see that you do all those wonders before Pharaoh which I have put in your hand. But I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go.(Exodus 4:22)  Then you shall say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says the LORD: "Israel is My son, My firstborn.(Exodus 4:23)  So I say to you, let My son go that he may serve Me. But if you refuse to let him go, indeed I will kill your son, your firstborn.
(Hosea 11:1)  When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.(Jeremiah 31:1)  At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
(Jeremiah 31:6)  For there shall be a day When the watchmen will cry on Mount Ephraim, 'Arise, and let us go up to Zion, To the LORD our God.' "(Jeremiah 31:7)  For thus says the LORD: "Sing with gladness for Jacob, And shout among the chief of the nations; Proclaim, give praise, and say, 'O LORD, save Your people, The remnant of Israel!'(Jeremiah 31:8)  Behold, I will bring them from the north country, And gather them from the ends of the earth, Among them the blind and the lame, The woman with child And the one who labors with child, together; A great throng shall return there.(Jeremiah 31:9)  They shall come with weeping, And with supplications I will lead them. 
... I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters, In a straight way in which they shall not stumble; ...
... For I am a Father to Israel, And Ephraim is My firstborn.
(John 8:38)  I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.
(John 8:41)  You do the deeds of your father." Then they said to Him, "We were not born of fornication; we have one Father—God." 
(John 8:42)  Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me.(John 8:43)  Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word.(John 8:44)  You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own soul [resources], for he is a liar and the father of it.
(John 8:45)  But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me.
(John 8:46)  Which of you convicts Me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe Me?
(John 8:47)  He who is of God hears God's words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God."
(John 8:47)  He who is of God hears God's words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God."(John 8:48)  Then the Jews answered and said to Him, "Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?"