Curtis Bowers Introduction Speech

Introduction: Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I want to thank everyone for coming out this evening and taking their time to hear Curtis Bowers presentation tonight. Also I want to thank Curtis Bowers and his family for their sacrifice and hard work in all they do serving the Lord by waking up many people and churches to the dangers of Marxist ideology. Finally, I want to thank God tonight because we have a place to meet. We have a good speaker. We have like-minded Christians here tonight. Its truly a joy for me to see God bless our efforts to make this meeting happen!

Why This Meeting: Now I want to briefly say, I do feel as though it’s a honor to be the one to introduce Curtis Bowers. Now it is true that I have not met Curtis personally until today, but I know he is very good and I have watched and read and listen to about 170 of his Agenda weekly emails that have been sent out. So I can verify we are in for a treat tonight.

Also: The Reasons for asking Curtis Bowers to come to Emporia are two basic ones. 1) I really believe one of the greatest threats in America politically and spiritually is one and the same enemy. And 2) I really want to wake up the churches in America. That is actually my number one goal, I have wished for the last decade to shake Christians to wake up. I believe inviting Curtis Bowers will help on both of these goals.

Miscellaneous things: Before I introduce Curtis let me mention a few brief things. First, please remember to turn your cell phones on silent right now if you have not done so, just so we do not have more distractions, unless your a first responder or something,vwhich requires you to have your cell phone on. Second, after Curtis’s teaching there will be a 30 minute Q and A, so please, if you have any questions about anything you think Curtis can answer, ask him during that time. Third, After the question and answer time, the Bowers will have tables with resources like books and CDs if you would like to buy any of it. They would be very helpful information. Fourth, If you really like Curtis’s teaching, come back tomorrow here at 10AM to hear his testimony about AGENDA’s story. I personally really have enjoyed the story behind AGENDA. I believe it will be a big encouragement to you.

Fifth and Finally: The last thing I I feel like I need to say is this: I want us who live in Emporia to be able to start changing and influence those around us in emporia. You see, Curtis will speak twice and give excellent insights and then he will leave. We who live in Emporia will still be here and I want us who take these things seriously to be able to meet consistently with like minded people, and learn how to change Emporia for the good. So that this is very practical and that we all do our part in changing Emporia. If you would like to get civilly involved and meet periodically then please see me or Larry Ellis after the teaching tonight.

Curtis Bio: Now let me introduce Curtis. Curtis Bowers is a former Idaho state legislator and restauranteur (Resturant- tier), and the Award-winning filmmaker of AGENDA: Grinding America Down and AGENDA 2: Masters of Deceit. Curtis hosts the AGENDA Weekly show, an in-depth weekly report analyzing the agenda behind the news from a Christian, conservative perspective. Curtis has traveled extensively across America for the past 13 years, seeking to “wake the troops” to the dangers of Marxist ideology and equip the grassroots to push back. Curtis and his wife Lauren have been married for 34 years, homeschooled their nine children, and have six adorable grandchildren.

So I am happy and thrilled to have Curtis speak tonight. Would you help me give Curtis a warm round of applause as he now comes up to teach on the topic of, “5th generation warfare: the Battle for your Heart and Mind”. (Start clapping as Curtis comes up)

Changes from the 1611 KJV to Blayney’s 1769 version

The changes marked with an asterix “*” are all those which are considered improper or unnecessary by F.H.A. Scrivener, an eminent authority on the text of the KJV, in his book, “The Authorized Edition of the English Bible (1611), its subsequent Reprints and modern Representatives.” (Cambridge: University Press, 1884).

1. *Mat 3:12Add he before will burn up. Rejected by Scrivener.
2. Mat 6:3Add hand after right. Approved by Scrivener.
3. *Mat 9:34Omit the before devils.
4. *Mat 12:23Add not before this the son.
5. *Mat 13:6Read had no root instead of had not root.
6. Mat 16:16Add the before Christ.
7. Mat 16:19Add and before whatsoever thou shalt loose.
8. Mat 26:75Read word instead of words.
9. Mat 27:22Read Pilate saith instead of Pilate said.
10. *Mat 27:52Add the before saints.
11. Mark 2:4Add the before press.
12. Mark 5:6Read he ran instead of he came.
13. *Mark 6:7Read he called instead of he calleth.
14. *Mark 6:53Read Gennesaret instead of Genesareth. 1611 followed another source. 1769: S B E. 1611: Er Vul.
15. Mark 10:18Read [there is] none good but one instead of there is no man good, but one.
16. Mark 11:8Read branches off the trees instead of branches of the trees.
17. Luke 1:3Add all before things.
18. Luke 1:74Read hand instead of hands.
19. Luke 3:21Omit and before it came to pass.
20. *Luke 8:8Add had before said.
21. *Luke 11:16Read others instead of other.
22. Luke 17:34Add and before the other shall be left.
23. *Luke 18:9Read others instead of other.
24. Luke 19:9Read a son of Abraham instead of the son of Abraham.
25. Luke 20:12Read sent a third instead of sent the third.
26. Luke 23:19Read cast into prison instead of cast in prison.
27. John 5:18Transpose not only because he to because he not only.
28. John 7:16Add and said after Jesus answered them.
29. John 8:30Read these words instead of those words.
30. John 11:3Read his sisters instead of his sister.
31. *John 11:34Read They said unto him instead of They say unto him.
32. John 12:22Read tell Jesus instead of told Jesus.
33. John 15:20Read than his lord instead of than the Lord.
34. *John 16:25Add but before the time. 1611 followed another source. 1769: S B E. 1611: Er Vul.
35. John 21:17Read He saith unto him instead of he said unto him.
36. Acts 2:22Add and before wonders.
37. *Acts 5:34Add the before law.
38. Acts 7:35Read by the hand instead of by the hands.
39. Acts 8:32Read his shearer instead of the shearer.
40. *Acts 10:9Add top after upon the house.
41. *Acts 18:5Add the before spirit.
42. *Acts 19:19Transpose also of them to of them also.
43. *Acts 24:14Add in before the prophets.
44. Acts 24:24Read Jewess instead of Jew.
45. Acts 27:18Read And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next [day] instead of And being exceedingly tossed with a tempest the next day.
46. Rom 3:24Read Christ Jesus instead of Jesus Christ.
47. Rom 4:12Add who before also walk.
48. Rom 6:12Transpose reign therefore to therefore reign.
49. *Rom 7:2Read law of her husband instead of law of the husband.
50. Rom 7:13Transpose Was that then to Was then that.
51. Rom 11:28Read for your sakes instead of for your sake.
52. Rom 12:2Read and acceptable instead of that acceptable.
53. Rom 14:6Read regardeth the day instead of regardeth a day.
54. Rom 14:10Add for before we shall all stand.
55. *1 Cor 4:9Read appointed to death instead of approved to death.
56. 1 Cor 7:32Read things that belong instead of things that belongeth.
57. 1 Cor 10:28Add for before the earth is.
58. 1 Cor 12:28Read helps, governments instead of helps in governments.
59. *1 Cor 13:2Read have not charity instead of have no charity.
60. *1 Cor 14:15Add I before will pray.
61. *1 Cor 14:18Read than ye all instead of than you all.
62. 1 Cor 14:23Read one place instead of some place.
63. 1 Cor 15:6Read After that instead of And that.
64. 1 Cor 15:41Read and another glory of the moon instead of another of the moon.
65. 1 Cor 15:48Add also before that are earthy.
66. 1 Cor 16:22Read anathema, Maranatha instead of Anathema Maranatha.
67. *2 Cor 5:1Read made with hands instead of made with hand.
68. 2 Cor 5:2Read groan, earnestly desiring instead of groan earnestly, desiring.
69. 2 Cor 5:20Omit that before be ye reconciled.
70. 2 Cor 8:21Add also before in the sight.
71. 2 Cor 9:5Add and before not.
72. 2 Cor 9:5Add as before of covetousness.
73. 2 Cor 9:6Add also after reap twice.
74. 2 Cor 11:26Read journeyings instead of journeying.
75. 2 Cor 11:32Add of the Damascenes after the city.
76. *Gal TitleAdd the Apostle before to the Galatians. 1611 followed another source. 1769: E. 1611: S.
77. Gal 3:13Add a before tree.
78. *Gal 5:15Add that after take heed.
79. *Eph 1:9Read hath purposed instead of had purposed.
80. Eph 4:24Read the new man instead of that new man.
81. *Eph 6:24Add Amen at end of verse. 1611 followed another source. 1769: S E. 1611: Vul.
82. Phil 4:6Read requests instead of request.
83. 2 Th 2:14Read our Lord Jesus Christ instead of the Lord Jesus Christ.
84. 1 Tim 1:4Add godly before edifying.
85. *1 Tim 2:9Read shamefacedness instead of shamefastness.
86. 2 Tim 1:7Add and before of love.*
87. 2 Tim 1:12Omit I before am persuaded.
88. 2 Tim 2:19Read this seal instead of the seal.
89. 2 Tim 4:8Add all before them also.
90. 2 Tim 4:13Add and the books after bring [with thee].
91. Heb 3:10Read their heart instead of their hearts.
92. Heb 8:8Add with before the house of Judah.
93. Heb 11:23Add were before not afraid.
94. Heb 12:1Omit unto before the race.
95. James 5:2Add are before motheaten
96. .1 Pet 2:1Add all before evil speakings.
97. 1 Pet 2:5Read sacrifices instead of sacrifice.
98. 1 Pet 2:6Add also after Wherefore.
99. *1 Pet 5:10Read called us unto instead of called us into.
100. 1 John 2:16Add and before the lust of the eyes.
101. *1 John 3:17Read have need instead of hath need.
102. 1 John 5:12Add of God after hath not the Son.
103. Jude 1:25Add both before now and ever.
104. Rev 1:4Add which are before in Asia.
105. Rev 1:11Add unto before Philadelphia.
106. Rev 5:13Add and before honour.
107. Rev 5:13Add and before glory.
108. Rev 12:14Read fly instead of flee.
109. Rev 13:6Read them that dwell instead of them that dwelt.
110. *Rev 17:4Read precious stones instead of precious stone.
111. *Rev 22:2Read on either side instead of of either side.

Psychologies History and Influence on Christianity

Introduction: My goal in this work is to first define Psychology. Psychologies definition has changed over time and not all schools of thought agreed on or still agree on the correct definition of Psychology, but biblically there is an exact definition. My goal is to start with Psychology according to the Scriptures then in the times of the Roman Empire. Though the name Psychology is not used in ancient times the concepts are strikingly similar. Psychology is basically science plus philosophy. Ancient Greeks alike with the German Psychologists in the 19th and 20th century made profound mathematical or scientific discoveries while others theorized how man’s soul functioned. Sometimes science is put along side of philosophy and wrapped together in one box. Ancient Greeks and modern Psychologists do the same exact thing adding science to philosophy. The problem that Psychologists make among many other mistakes, is that they wrap in the same box science and philosophy together and try to present the whole thing as a science. If a Christian rejects the philosophy then we are told that we are rejecting science, but the philosophy part of psychology, no matter how much science is wrapped with it will never become science. And the science never proves the philosophy that is with it. Psychologist also use techniques, what they call science today, what scripturally is actually witchcraft and then they teach these so called scientific techniques to people, like hypnosis! We will see that they are able to call these techniques science only because they have changed the definition of Psychology, but psychology is not a science. We will also see what the Scriptures say about man. What the early church Father’s position was toward the ideas of their day and time, and therefore how we should view Psychology in our day and time. I trust the Lord will help me so that I can write clearly. And finally scripture admonishes us with this word: “O Timothy. . . Avoid . . . Oppositions of science falsely so called.” Paul warns Timothy that people would oppose him with a falsely claimed teaching which they call “science”, but is not science. In our 21st century world this verse could read as a application in the following way: “Austin avoid these people that oppose you, falsely calling this teaching of Psychology as a science.” Lord willing I will do so.

Scriptures View of Man:

‘God said, let us make man in our image, after our likeness . . . So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” In all three appearances of the word God, which is translated in Hebrew, Elohim, God is plural. So God (plural) said, let us (the trinity) make man in our image. Image and likeness denotes that we are like God in our attributes and person. God can think, show emotions, and love. So we too can do these things and therefore are like God. While God said “let us make man in our image”, God then makes man in his image and not our image. His refers to one person of the Trinity and not all three. For Paul says of us, “He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son”. The Son is the image bearer of the Trinity, but the Son is not the Father or the Holy Ghost. So we are shown by Moses in Genesis that we are in the image of the Son specifically. Since the Son is God then this fulfills the plurality of “Our image”. Man is created in God’s image and man is divided into male and female. Therefore mankind is God’s image as male and female. In Genesis 2:7 it is written: “And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living Soul.” Man’s body is made of clay. This breath of life is better translated in it’s plural original as ‘breath of lives’. The inbreathing of God produced a two-fold life: soulical, and spiritual. When God breathed into man’s nostrils the breath of life, man became a living Soul. Man’s spirit is the principle of life within him. As the spirit touched man’s dead body, the organ animated was called the soul, hence man became a living soul.

The soul is different then the spirit. We can understand the differences of these three: body, soul, and spirit by their functions. The body is our sense conscience (5 senses), our soul is our self-conscience, and our spirit is our God conscience. Tertullian calls the ‘flesh’ which is our physical being- “The body of the soul”, and the soul “the vessel of the spirit”. If we had a jar sealed full of water then we could liken the outside air around the jar as our body, the jar our soul, and the water our spirit so that the water does not directly touch the outside, nor does our spirit directly touch our body. The soul stands between the spirit and body. Irenaeus says, “The soul, body, and spirit are three separate parts of man.” And later Irenaeus describes that we (our soul) either gives into the flesh or we obey the spirit. Jessie penn-Lewis points out in the book Soul and Spirit “As to the distinction between soul and spirit, Gall points out that not only in the English language is the distinction made, but in every classic language from Hebrew downward.” Justin Martyr says in the Fragments on the resurrection: “For the body is the house of the soul; and the soul the house of the spirit. These three, in all those who cherish a sincere hope and unquestioning faith in God, will be saved.” In Justin’s dialogue the old man in chapter 6 says this: “but as a man does not live always, and the soul is not for ever conjoined with the body, since, whenever this harmony must be broken up, the soul leaves the body, and the man exists no longer; even so, whenever the soul must cease to exist, the spirit of life is removed from it, and there is no more soul, but it goes back to the place from whence it was taken.”

Our soul therefore is the meeting point of our spirit and body, For Genesis says when God gave a dead body his breath, man became a living soul, therefore the soul exists by the spirit touching the body. yet our soul is in nature different then our spirit. Watchman Nee states this example for Explanation: “This trinity of spirit, soul, and body may be partially illustrated by a light bulb. Within the bulb, which can represent the total man, there are electricity, light and wire. The spirit is like the electricity, the soul the light, and the body the wire. Electricity is the cause of the light while the light is the effect of the electricity. Wire is the material substance for carrying the electricity as well as for manifesting the light. The combination of spirit and body produces soul, that which is unique to man. As electricity, carried by the wire, is expressed in light, so spirit acts upon soul and the soul, in turn, expressed itself through the body.”

The spirit and flesh cannot have direct communication but is carried out through the medium of the soul. The soul is the seat of our personality: mind, emotions, and will. Therefore in our soul we are choosing to walk by the Spirit or our flesh. Our soul is the gateway which opens up to the flesh or spirit or chooses its own way. If I walk by God’s Spirit then I’m allowing the outer man (soul and body) to be spirit filled, but if I’m walking after the flesh then my life will display the sins of the flesh as Paul lists out: “Adultery, fornification, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and similar like things.” But if my soul is choosing the things of the spirit then I will display this fruit: “love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance.” I also could be walking my own way as my soul pleases which is not spirit-filled. Therefore the personality of a Christian is either characterized by their flesh or spirit, but these characteristics are known through the soul, for my free will is like a gate either opening up and allowing the spirit to fill the soul, or opening up to the flesh and allowing the flesh to fill the soul. Will the soul manifest the spirit or the flesh?

Proof verses:

1. Man is triune in nature. 1 Thessalonians 5:23 “and the very God of peace Sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless.” Wholly sanctified consists of spirit and soul and body. Therefore these three consist of the whole man.
2. Soul and spirit our different. Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper then any two-edged sword, piercing even to the asunder of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” God’s word is able to give us discernment of the difference of what is soulical and spiritual. Just like a high priest divides the corporal part of the animal dividing the joints and marrow, so our high priest Jesus uses the word dividing our non-corporal spirit and soul, therefore since spirit and soul can be divided then it follows they are different in nature.
3. God’s Holy Spirit and our human spirit our different. Romans 8:16 “The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit.” And 1 Corinthians 2:11 “For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? Even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.” This shows that there is the spirit of man and Spirit of God. And in Zechariah 12:1 “The LORD . . . Formeth the spirit of man within him”. The Holy Spirit is uncreated, while man’s spirit was formed.

The Soul: its faculties are mainly mind, emotion, and will (volition). I should mention here I use soulical as an adjective pertaining to the soul, as spiritual is the adjective of the spirit. In English we lack an adjective for soul, therefore Pember, Stockmayer, Jessie penn-Lewis, and Watchman Nee all use soulish or soulical when pertaining to the soul, which seems to fill the need of the missing adjective. These following proofs I have taken from the “Spiritual Man”.

Mind, Intellect:

• “Whereunto they lift up their soul, their sons and their daughters.” Ezekiel 24:25 Darby
• “That a soul be without knowledge is not good.” Proverbs 19:2 Darby
• “How long must I bear pain (Syriac:Hebrew: hold counsels) in my soul?” Ps 13:2
• “Marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well” ps 139:14 Darby
• “My soul continually thinks of it” Lam 3:20.
• “Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul” prob 2:10
• “Keep sound wisdom and discretion . . . And they will be life for your soul” prov 3:21,22
• “Know that wisdom is such to your soul” proverbs 24:14

These words in bold: wisdom, knowledge,, counsel, lift up, ect. are activities of man’s mind or intellect, and the scriptures indicate that these emanate from man’s soul.

Will, Volition:

• “Give me not up to the will (original “soul”) of my adversaries” ps 27:12
• “Thou dost not give him up to the will (original “soul”) of his enemies.” Ps 41:2
• “Delivered you to the greed (original “soul”).” Ezekiel 16:27
• You will let her go where she will (original “soul”). Deut 21:14
• “Aha, we have our hearts desire (original “soul”)”. Ps 35:25
• “Or swear an oath to bind himself (original “soul”) by a pledge.” Num 30:2
• “Now set your mind and heart (original “soul”) to seek the Lord your God” 1 Chronicles 22:19
• “They desire and lift up their soul to return to dwell there”. Jeremiah 44:14 amplified
• “These afflictions my soul refuses to touch”. Job 6:7 amplified
• My soul chooseth strangling, death, rather than my bones”. Job 7:15 Darby

These verses show man has a choice and can exercise his free will, which have their springs in the soul.

Emotion: Emotion of Affection, Emotion of Desire, and Emotions of feeling and Sensing: Though to the casual reader these may seem similar, a careful study shows Watchman Nee learned from God how to “rightly divide the word of truth.” For he says in How to Study the Bible: “Second, no one can be careless in reading the Bible. The Bible is a very accurate book. Not a single
word of it can be misread or replaced. If a person is somewhat careless, he will miss God’s word. A subjective man will miss God’s word, and a careless man will also miss God’s word. We have to be careful. The more we know God’s word, the more careful we will be. A sloppy person has a sloppy
reading of the Bible. As soon as we hear a brother speak on the Bible, we know whether he is a sloppy person or a careful person. In reading or memorizing a verse, many people make careless mistakes with
crucial words. This is a terrible habit. It is easy for us to become inaccurate in our habit. This leads to an inaccurate understanding of the Bible. In many instances a little carelessness on our part will lead to a misunderstanding of God’s word.” Therefore this quote explains why Nee is so careful in breaking down this section in tediously accurate detail.

Emotions of Affection

• “The soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul”. 1 Sam 18:1
• “You whom my soul loves” Song 1:7
• “My soul magnifies the Lord”. Luke 1:46
• “His life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty food.” Job 33:20 Darby (negative example of affection).
• “Who are hated by David’s soul” 2 Sam 5:8
• “My soul was vexed with them” Zech 11:8 Darby
• “You shall love the Lord your God . . . With all your soul” Deut 6:5
• My soul is weary of my life” Job 10:1 Darby
• Their soul abhorreth all manner of food” ps 107:18 Darby

Emotions of Desire

• “For whatever the soul desireth . . . Or for whatever thy soul asketh of thee.” Deut 14:26 Darby
• “What thy soul may say”. 1 Sam 20:4 Darby
• “My soul longs, yea, faints for the courts of the Lord.” Ps 84:2
• “Your souls longing” Ezek 24:22 Darby
• “So longs my soul for thee, o God” Ps 42:1
• “My soul yearns for thee in the night” Isa 26:9
• “My soul is well pleased” Matt 12:18

Emotions of feeling and Sensing

• “A sword will pierce through your own soul also” Lk 2:35
• “All the people were bitter in soul” 1 Sam 30:6
• “Her soul is bitter and vexed within her.” 2 Kings 4:27 Amplified
• “His soul was grieved for the misery of Israel” Judges 10:16 Darby
• “How long will ye vex my soul” Job 19:2 Darby
• “My soul shall exult (Joyful) in my God” Isa 61:10
• “Gladden the soul of thy servant” Ps 86:4
• “Their soul fainted within them” Ps 107:5
• “Why are you cast down, O my soul” Ps 42:5
• “Return, oh my soul, to your rest” Ps 116:7
• “My soul is consumed with longing” Ps 119:20
• “Sweetness to my soul” Prov 16:24
• “Let your soul delight itself in fatness” Isa 55:2 Amplified
• “My soul Fainted within me.” Jonah 2:7

Our soul is capable therefore of loving, hating, feeling, and Sensing. And therefore from this sections we discover the souls functions are volition, intellect (mind), and emotion.

The Soul Life: Watchman Nee writes in the spiritual man the following, “Some Bible scholars point out to us that three different words are employed in the Greek to designate “life”: (1) bios (2) Psuche (3) Zoe. They all describe life but convey very different meanings Bios has reference to the means of life or living. Our Lord Jesus used this word when he commended the woman who cast into the temple treasury her whole living. Zoe is the highest life, the life of the spirit. Whenever the Bible speaks of eternal life it uses this word. Psuche refers to the animated life of man, his natural life or the life of the soul. The bible employs this term when it describes the human life. Let us note here that the word “soul” and “soul life” in the Bible are one and the same in the original. In the Old Testament the Hebrew word for “soul”-nephesh-is used equally for “soul life”. The New Testament consequently employs the Greek word “Psuche” for both “soul” and “soul life”. Hence we know “soul” not only is one of the three elements of man but also is man’s life, his natural life. In many places in the bible, “soul” is translated as “life.” In 1 Peter 3:20 scripture says “eight souls were saved by water,” Rendered in modern translations as “eight persons”, this shows us that a soul is equally the same as a person. Because a person’s soul in essence characterizes the person, the very self, this is the reason why soul is considered the person and his own natural life. Here is some following proof that soul is translated as self.

• “you shall not defile yourselves with them” Lev 11:43
• “You shall not defile yourselves” Lev 11:44
• “For themselves and for their descendants” Esther 9:31
• “You who tear yourself in your anger” Job 18:4
• “He justified himself” Job 32:2
• “But themselves go into captivity” Isa 46:2
• “What every one (original “every soul”) must eat, that only may be prepared by you” Ex 12:16
• “Who kills any person (original “kill any soul”) without intent” Num 35:11,15
• “Let me (Original, “let my soul”) die the death if the righteous” Num 23:10
• “When any one (original “any soul”) brings a cereal offering” Lev 2:1
• “I have . . . Quieted myself” Ps 131:2 AV
• “Think not that in the king’s palace you (original “soul”) will escape” Esther 4:13
• “The Lord God has sworn by himself (original, “sworn by his soul”)” Amos 6:8

Also here is a passage that shows man’s life as his natural self, meaning man’s life and soul are inseparable. If a man loses his life he forfeits his soul because his soul is his very life. In Mathew 16:26 “For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life (Psuche)?” And in Luke 9:25 “For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself (eautov)?” Both Gospel writers said the same thing but one uses soul and the other life. This shows that man’s life though distinguishable from the soul is inseperable.

Man’s Spirit: is the principle of life in man. The spirit of man is where we touch God and hear his voice and sense him. There are physical sound waves in the external world and we know they exist because we have the organ called the ear that has the ability to detect this sound waves. If God is Spirit then how do we connect to God, for the physical ear can only detect material objects? We have a spirit in the realm of the spirit world where we can hear God’s voice. Man’s spirit has three main functions: conscience, intuition (spiritual sense), and worship. Conscience is the discerning organ which distinguished right and wrong, not by the influence of knowledge stored up in the mind but rather by a spontaneous direct judgment. The mind can reason and justify our conscience’s judgment. Intuition is the sensing function of the human spirit, but it very different from soulical sense. This intuition involves a direct sensing independent of outside influences. That knowledge which comes without any help from the mind, emotion, or volition comes intuitively. Communion is worshiping God. The organs of the soul are incompetent to worship God. We can only really know Gods presence by our spirit and not by our mind, emotion or volition. The spirit is our inner man while our soul is our outward man (2 For 4:16).

The Function of Conscience

• “The Lord your God hardened his spirit” Deut 2:30
• “Saves the crushed in spirit” Ps 34:18
• Put a new and right spirit within me” Ps 51:10
• “When Jesus had this spoken, he was troubled in spirit.” John 13:21
• “His spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols.” Acts 17:16
• “It is the Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God” Rom 8:16
• “I am present in spirit, and as if present, I have already pronounced judgment” 1 Cor 5:3
• “I had no rest in my spirit” 2 Cor 5:13 AV
• “For God did not give us the spirit of timidity” 2 Tim 1:7

Functions of intuition in Man’s spirit

• “The spirit indeed is willing” Matt 26:41
• “Jesus perceiving in his spirit” Mk 2:8
• “He sighed deeply in his spirit” Mk 8:12
• “He was deeply moved in spirit” Jh 11:33
• “Paul was pressed in the spirit” Acts 18:5 AV
• ‘Being fervent in spirit” Acts 18:25
• “I am going to Jerusalem, bound in the spirit” Acts 20:22
• “What person knows a man’s thoughts except the spirit of a man which is in him” 1 Cor 2:11
• They refreshed my spirit as well as yours” 1 Cor 16:18
• “His spirit was refreshed by you all 2 Cor 7:13 AV

The Function of Communion in Man’s Spirit

• “My spirit rejoices in God my savior” All 1:47
• “The true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth.” Jh 4:24
• “Whom I serve with my spirit” Rom 1:9
• “We serve . . . In the new life of the spirit” Rom 7:6
• “You have received the spirit of sonship when we cry Abba Father” Rom 8:15
• “He who is united to the Lord becomes one spirit with him” 1 Cor 6:17
• “I will sing with the spirit” 1 Cor 14:15
• “If you bless with the spirit” 1 For 14:16
• “In the spirit he carried me away” Rev 21:10

Summary of Man: Mankind in his innocent state did not know the ceaseless strivings of the flesh. Adam possessed a body which related to the external world, and a spirit which related to the spiritual realm. His soul being the medium of the body and spirit, could interact with both the physical and spiritual realm. Therefore Adam has a perfectly blended mixture of body, soul, and spirit. He did not have a overly active body that was full of fleshly desires, nor did he have a selfish ambitious soul. He would have been led by his spirit and would have known by intuition what was right and wrong and he would be choosing to do right. This is sufficient so that the reader has a basic understanding of biblical Psychology, which is far different then what modern psychologists teach. Mans self Conscience is in his soul, where he can think, feel emotion, and make decisions, but he cannot experience God in his soul but only in his Spirit. All modern psychologists completely fail to make a distinction of soul and spirit. The scriptures tell us what not to do and what to do with our bodies. Sexual immortality is sin, and these are the following sins: adultery (cheating on ones wife or husband), fornification (having sex while unmarried), homosexuality (man with man or woman with woman), beastiality (mankind with animal). Also glutton’s, liars, idolaters, thieves, violent men, murderers, kidnappers, those who pervert children, those who does discord among brethren, and too many sins here to mention, all of which will be condemned and those who practice these things will burn in the lake of fire and brimstone for all eternity! And sin is non existent in modern psychology which is another problem. Psychology is actually talked about by Paul. Remember psychology is science mixed with philosophy. The science does not prove the philosophy nor the philosophy help the science. Let me explain. So Paul says in Colossians “Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.” And Paul tells Timothy to “avoid contradictions of what is falsely called science.” The whole world uses logic sourced from evil spirits which is why reasoning apart from the revealed Scriptures always lead to contradictory opinions. People gather some true and some false scientific facts and add reason to it and anciently this was called philosophy but now today we call it theory. For instance the theory of evolution is meant to explain the origin of the world. Though it is accepted by alot of people, more scientific facts are against the big bang then for it. Neither can adding theory like the big bang, which is not scientificly proveable, to some type of observation, like the amount of carbon in a rock, tell us anything about why we are here or what is morality or even when we existed. The theory does not prove the science of carbon dating, but neither does the carbon dating science prove the big bang theory. This whole idea only contradicts the Bible and is falsely called science. Carbon dating or rock dating is completely determined by guess work with assumptions based on what they want to assume and the evidence directly contradicts the numbers produced by the dating.

Psychology has some scientific facts about our body and emotions. Also psychologist sometimes believe in a free will, while others put mans decisions as merely the outcome of their environment, which means that man is not at fault for his poor decisions. They theorize and break down behavior onto charts and show their pupils the outcome of harmful behaviors and what actions are helpful. Then they emphasize the good actions. They also emphasize knowing yourself and analyzing your emotions. Know thyself as the philosophers say. If you know yourself and know what good helpful behaviors are then you can make the right decision. Easy enough, right? What is anger? Well, I know the signs of anger when my body gets hot and I feel like harming someone. The voice being raised and the clenching of fists is also a sign of anger. Blood pressure and my heart beats speed up is also observable. While some of the basic body changes as I get angry are scientificly observable, the final question is can I actually learn how to control my anger and or at least let it out in a healthy way? What is the goal therefore of Psychology? It is to describe, explain, predict, and then modify. Psychology is not a true science because philosophy is added to it. Why do I get angry? First we already described what bodily changes happen when I get angry. Next, what thing around me or environmental change caused me to get angry? I stubbed my toe. Why did I stub my toe? Because I was not paying attention. So if I modify my actions of paying attention more then I won’t stub my toe and get angry. Problem solved. Well, maybe? Maybe someone puts me down with negative words and makes me angry to the point of hostility? Perhaps I try to overlook the persons words and believe that they really did not mean it and therefore I have modified my action as to not get angry. Psychology can therefore deal with certain actions but it doesn’t explain why the action is morally wrong. Psychology can’t tell you why your born, and it can’t tell you where you go when you die, nor can it tell you your purpose in life.

Psychology cannot free a person from his sinful nature. Remember the God who made us, and then tells us how mans body, soul and spirit works, knows what’s right and best for man. Scriptures are a divine revelation that is not always scientificly observable, Yet what God says concerning man is 100% reliable. In fact any so called contradictions that are against the Scriptures put the opposite party under scrutiny and not the Scriptures. While we could slip up concerning our interpretation of Scripture, so then, we should double check our interpretation when contradicted from Psycology, but careful to hold onto the Scriptures that are clear. Since Psychology is philosophy (Man’s reasonings, logic, and moral beliefs) and scientific facts that are combined together, therefore Psycology is a philosophy and a science, so that the study of Psycology cannot be grouped as a whole under science. To do so is misleading.

Prayers of a Desert Dweller

Prayer 1: Lord I am journeying towards the desert, let my path be pleasant. May I find no terrors and may I see the beauty of the stars shine! Oh how lovely is your dwelling places oh God, to seek and find you! Therefore I have set off on this journey. Not to despise work, but to be inwardly filled with your presence. The desert is a lonely place, but you are my friend. The dryness of the desert, may it cause me to earnestly seek water, living water! I am not a desert Dweller but may I learn those secrets of how to survive in the desert. Let me not love the desert more then your will at anytime. May I find the Oasis that the Israelites found with seventy palm trees and be satisfied. When the desert becomes calm and cool at night, let my mind contemplate the beauty of all the stars that you have created. My path is nearing the desert and therefore I am switching my job from outward activities to the inward filling of the Spirit of God. Without you I can do nothing so I then pray, be with me, bless me, and guide me until I come out of the desert. Amen.

Prayer 2: Lord, where is the fresh clean spring of water? I earnestly desire to find that water. I hear it is the purest stream and the most satisfying water to quench ones thirsty soul. A dove flew to me and said “here Christian is the map to the desert, God sent me to give it to you.’ Thank you, no thank him for he knows and hears my longing. In this map contained knowledge and wisdom and understanding for in it contains all the secrets to make dessert dwellers fruitful. I flipped through the map and found this phrase, “For My people have committed two evils: they have forsaken Me, the Fountain of living waters, to hew out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.” Oh Lord, help me to understand what Jeremiah is pointing to in this map. After contemplating this verse I came to this conclusion: God, the Lord, he is the fountain which is the source of living water. If I forsake the source of living water then all I have left is my own methods and ways to get living water, but these methods and ways are broken cisterns and are not capable of holding any water. Aha, I have found the living water! Thank you Lord! I will not leave the source of my drink.

Prayer 3: In this Desert it gets very hot. This causes me grief, and on top of that the path I must continue on is called “Righteousness”. Indeed this is a very hard path, for the morality is soo high and the temperature soo hot, that few can endure! There is also a path much wider and smoother and goes down into a cool cave which gets away from the heat. I thought of tracking down the easy path but I did not know where it led. Most people seem to go down that broad path. Then I remembered, ‘the map’, look at it! I looked and behold the Lord said the broad path leads to death and hell, but the small narrow path to eternal life and few find it. So I turned back and tried to get onto the narrow path. There was a steep hill I could not climb. There was a valley that had too many cliffs which I could not go down. How do I get onto the narrow path? It would be easier if I just stayed on the broad path, but I knew it led to destruction. I tried to build a great ladder but it burned with fire, and a bridge but the wind collapsed it. I tried again and again to get to the path of life but I could not! What misery and hopelessness. I altogether gave up, but i saw on the ground a shadow of a dove that flew by and I heard the voice say, ‘the path is by faith and not through works lest any man should boast’. By faith in Christ Jesus I climb to the path of life and I made it onto the path! Oh precious map and dove which led me to the path of life. On the basis of works I could not make it, but by faith without works I strained onto the path of life.

Prayer 4: immediately on entering the path of life I saw a hideous thing come at me. An angry looking wolf with vicious teeth. ‘Oh Lord, help me!’ I cried. It growled at me hindering me from pursuing further the path of life. I know the map showed me the blueprint of this hideous looking wolf, and the map called it a pet demon. Indeed I remember now that wolf was on the broad path before but seemed friendly, but not now! I drew out my sword for this is the weapon given to the desert dwellers. The sword is of special material, for the ancient smith that formed the sword made it of pure gold, yet it is sharper then the sharpest known object to human kind! When yielded correctly man of renown have been known to tear down massive engineered rock and steel castles with the faithful swings of the sword. The sword is only as effective as he who knows how to wield it. The demonic dog attacked me and bit me and wounded me, but I pushed on fighting and stabbing and the dog had to yield. I cried out in the name of Jesus and the dog feared and ran but it would come back in the night to torment me. At last I met an old Chinese man whom I met along the road and talked to him about the dog. He said “dog comes back because he sees weakness in you and sees holes in your armor, put on the full armor of God and do God’s will and it will give up almost completely.’ I took this man’s advice and it worked. The more I faithfully grew up in Christ and the more I made sure I had the armor on, and especially being Spirit filled the dog came back less and less seeing less opportunity.

Prayer 5: Lord, it is good and fitting to praise you in this desert. Yes, praise the Lord! No matter how many calamities come our way, I have not died! No evil has overtaken me. No trial has completely destroyed me. He has watched over me and protected me. He has not let my foot stumble beyond recovery. Praise God! Surely this path is lonely and few I see have found it! Oh what misery. Pastors do not lead into the righteous path. Seldom does one warn a person out the future fires of hell. Confusion aligns all the ways. Even false teachers arise and fasle pastors and what has happened? I was reminded to open my map, perhaps it had the answers. The map said an enemy sowed evil men among the good. The enemy also hired deacons that look righteous to infiltrate the church. The enemy purposely built seminary’s to teach satanic doctrines to new pastors. The enemy has worked all kinds of plots to destroy the church of God. Balaam’s having been paid unrighteous wealth to secretly introduce false doctrines into the assemblies. Because of the weakness of saints, they have not the spirit to overcome these things or see the errors! Wake up, wake up! I sat there and cried for the misery of my people being enslaved! I must defend all opposing view points and attack all who contradict truth for the sake of the salvation of the church.

Prayer 6: I have found the right path, and I strive to stay on this path to excel and go far quickly! But the pace seems strenuous and tedious, however this does not mean I travel quickly, for although I strive and strain yet the pace is not quickened. I desire holiness, but slow is the attainment thereof. Sometimes it is hard to tell if I made any progress, and Lord, I pray desperately, don’t let me backslide and waste my time! At this rate I will not be very spiritual when I die, at least I don’t think! Answer me Father and I will ask you. For with you is infinite knowledge, nor do you lie, nor do you beat around the bush. Am I making progress? Am I back sliding? Am I just going back and forth and therefore not making any real progress? How do I quicken my pace? Please answer me quickly? Do not delay for my soul longs for answers desperately. I fear you will whip me for all my lack of spiritual life, and how could I argue for I deserve this. Nevertheless do not delay to answer me.

Prayer 7: Lord, you do not have passions like humans and therefore it seems as though how you comfort us is not intuitive according to us. You do not anger easily nor do you show your love in an emotional way. In the desert you exert faithful and constant discipline. You love is understood through revelation and knowledge of who you are and I sense it accordingly. When evil man curse you, you are patient but they misunderstand your patience for lack of care or that you exist. They say we curse him and he does nothing for he does not care nor exist and therefore we are god! Oh Father in the desert lead me to understand how to communicate to you oh God, for I only have communication with humans all my life. I want to know you and your nature. Does God see? Yes but not as a human sees. Does God hear? Yes but not with organism of flesh and blood. Does God remember? Yes but he never forgets. Does God think? Yes, about me he thinks and feels but with no end to his wisdom or understanding. Only he could think of me a million years ago before I existed. Does God listen and answer our prayers? Yes, but he knows before I pray. Does God change his mind? No, he is not man that he should repent, yet he does things he would not normally do because we have asked him. Why did Moses argue with God who has infinitely more wisdom and power and understanding and knowledge then he had? Why would God listen, yet he did listen to Moses. It is therefore God’s character and nature both divine yet he comes down to our level and listens to us. God constrains his wisdom when he speaks so to allow Moses to argue with God and not be smashed in the argument immediately. God does not take away the voice of the wicked when they curse. God does not make deaf those who harden their heart. The adulterer is not caught at first. The thief is not stopped immediately. The murderer lives 10 more years. The wicked are cruel generation after generation. The rich take bribes and prosper. The righteous struggles day after day. The world is unjust and the unjust ruling stands. The ones who fight the culture loses ground for a decade. Nevertheless this is trivial on God’s time scale. The wicked May live 100 years in ease but their torment is eternal. The righteous may suffer all his life but he has an eternity to rest. This then is wisdom: the eternal above the temporal. Lord teach me this wisdom.

Prayer 8: God you have said, ‘Do not fret because of evil doers nor be envious of the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.’ God I know you are good and upright and righteous, yet how long will it be until you render and mete out judgment?

How long shall the evil men persist in their schemes?
How long shall the terrorists walk into our land?
How long shall drugs be brought over?
How long shall the church be weak?
I have seen and behold marriages broken.
There exist another evil children that hurt.
Children hurt because of marriage broken.
I foresee no father guiding them.
I foresee drugs destroying them soon.
They are children without a shepherd.
There Is people who have no escape.
Satan is making his move to ensnare.
God do not be silent! God do not do nothing!
Give us a large portion of your Spirit. 
Wake us up! Wake up your church!
Jesus died and shed his precious blood. 
Do not consider this prayer lightly,!

Jesus said have faith and do not doubt. 
With God all things are possible.
Yes, I know this is true! I know . . . But
Lord God I know all too well my weaknesses.
God I know all too well my shortcomings.
I also know my flesh is not capable of doing your will.
I know I must be filled with that Holy Ghost.
Will you help me in this? 
Or is this on me?
Strengthen me for your own glory.
Strengthen me for others sake.
Hear my prayer and the intent of my heart.

All praise to you God! For you are good.
You are holy. You have tender mercy!
You have bowels of compassion!
You hear my prayer to answer.
Jesus, your my high priest that intercedes for me.
You sympathize with my weakness.
You yourself remember your days in our nature.
You Yourself call me brother because we are of one Father 
Yet you are God.
All praise to you Jesus Christ!
Thank you for sending your Spirit.

Prayer 9: Father, I want to know my exact calling in this desert. Show me the hidden treasures in this dessert. Gold and silver are considered precious, how much more the secret of your mysteries! The dove answered “Know Jesus Christ” and I thought, “if that be the answer then the mystery is revealed in the New Testament, for it is these scriptures along with the Old Testament that testify of Christ.”

Prayer 10: I fear that the enemy will try to destroy my child. I hate all the works that stem from darkness. I feared we had made the wrong choices, but let not the spirits that come from Satan win the battle. May I be wrong but the one does not agree in unity. How can this be? Is the head not tolerated. Is the second one then leaving a hole so that the evil one has found it? I refuse in the name of Jesus Christ to give ground! As far as it depends on me I will fight. Let not me give up. Ultimately the evil one is wrong and he is the cause of strife. Repay all the evil with evil. Let them not stand in strength. Reveal their plots, destroy their plans, yes frustrate them. Let their bow shoot themselves. Let their bows be broken in half. Let the battle be decisive in our favor. Forgive us of our sins because of your precious blood. I know you foresee all things. I know you allow Satan to attack your children, but let not the enemy ultimately win. Yes try us! Yes refine us. Increase our faith and spirituality. But know we are dust and weak, and know our limitations. I give my awareness to the fact that you answer all my requests according to your will. You love me and all of us. You desire righteousness. You see and know what I ask. You see who is involved. Let not the weak be destroyed or miss used. Amen.

Prayer 11: My Heart is filled with thankfulness! When I look back I see your hand guiding me. This is my confidence going forward. Your faithfulness and truth preserved me. Yes, the enemy attacked but all his wiles failed. My house was kept safe, and my children and wife are happy. You have anointed my family with the oil of gladness. Indeed terrible crafts were invented. The terrors of the night came. Many died and many were slaughtered, but my house we saw with our eyes the recompense of the wicked. We saw and our house was safe. You opened the eyes of many. Thank you God! It is you who turn the trap on the one who set it. Justice was not forgotten. Yes, and hallelujah! All praise to you. This desert path is narrow, nor is the way always easy, but it’s safe.

Prayer 12: My flesh is at constant war with my spirit and with God’s Spirit. In my mind i want to do God’s will, but my body does not, and my soul gives way to the flesh. In my mind I say by faith alone I overcome sin, yet practically it does seem to help. The results are not always according to faith. Or is what I’m saying wrong. You say by Faith one is saved and not by works. Is by faith one sanctified and not by works?

Prayer 13

The Scriptures, its Inerrancy and Reliability and General Material Related to the Subject of the Scriptures; A Case Study from the Mosaic Law (Torah); Part 2: Genesis

Introduction: I recommend going to my first article that has the same exact title, except for it says, “part 1”. In this article I will continue pulling scriptural data.

Historical Data: here I will list throughout Genesis not exact quotes which I did in part one, but rather the historical Data that Moses gives. There is quite a bit of material I will have to select from. First here is a list from Genesis chapter one.

1. On day one God created the heavens and the earth
2. Moses detail’s for us that the earth was without form.
3. The darkness was on the face of the deep
4. The Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
5. God divided the light from darkness
6. God called the light day and the darkness he called night.
7. Day is defined from morning to evening.
8. On day two God made an expanse, the arc of the sky, in the midst of waters
9. There was now water above the sky and below the sky, for the sky divided these waters.
10. God called the arc of the sky heaven
11. On day three God gathered all the waters into one place and so let the dry land appear
12. God called the dry land earth
13. God called the gathering waters ‘seas’
14. God brought forth the grass from the earth
15. On day four God created the Sun, moon, and stars.
16. The Sun and Moon were divided between the day and the night
17. The Sun and Moon were to be for signs and for calendar use
18. On day five God made living creatures in the water.
19. God created the birds, and specifically told them to mate on the earth.
20. On day six God told the earth to bring forth living creatures that is cattle, beasts, and creeping things.
21. God then makes man in his own image
22. God makes man to rule over the animal kingdom
23. He made mankind as male and female.
24. Moses makes the point that God called the sixth day very good.

Why, you might ask am I giving you a list of historical Data from the first chapter of Genesis. The reason is to start to give you a sample of how much facts and exact things Moses detail’s in Genesis. All this data and more will show us Moses is not writing made up stories but rather he wrote an excellent accurate historical record of ancient times.

Historical Records of Dates: here is a list of records Moses gives us in Genesis. This section focuses on the dates and times and years given in this book.

1. Genesis chapter 1 and chapter 2 gives us 6 days of creation and one day of rest.
2. Adam at 130 years begat Seth- 5:3
3. Adam lived 800 years after Seth- 5:4
4. Adam lived a total of 930 years- 5:5
5. Seth at 105 years begat Enosh- 5:6
6. Seth lived 807 years after Enosh- 5:7
7. Seth died at 912 years- 5:8
8. Enosh at 90 years begat Cainan- 5:9
9. Enosh lived 815 years after Cainan- 5:10
10. Enosh died at 905 years- 5:11
11. Cainan at 70 years begat Mahalalel- 5:12
12. Cainan lived 840 years after Mahalalel- 5:13
13. Cainan died at 910 years-5:14
14. Mahalalel at 65 begat Jared- 5:15
15. Mahalalel lived 830 years after begetting Jared- 5:16
16. Mahalalel died at 895 years- 5:17
17. Jared at 162 years begat Enoch- 5:18
18. Jared lived 800 years after Enoch- 5:19
19. Jared died at 962 years- 5:20
20. Enoch at 65 years begat Methuselah- 5:21
21. Enoch walked with God 300 years- 5:22
22. God took Enoch home at 365 years- 5:23,24
23. Methuselah at 187 years begat Lamech- 5:25
24. Methuselah- lived 782 years after begetting Lamech- 5:26
25. Methuselah died at 969 years- 5:27
26. Lamech begat Noah at 182 years- 5:28,29
27. Lamech lived 595 years after Noah- 5:30
28. Lamech died at 777 years- 5:31
29. Noah was 500 years when he by that time begotten three sons- 5:32
30. The LORD gave 120 years of time for repentance- 6:3
31. God gave 7 days before the flood for Noah to gather the animals- 7:4
32. Noah was 600 years old at the time of the flood- 7:6
33. The flood started when Noah was 600, in the second Month, and 17th day of the month- 7:11
34. It rained for forty days and nights- 7:13
35. The flood waters prevailed for 150 days- 7:24
36. The ark rested on the Mountains of Ararat in the Seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month- 8:4
37. The tops of the mountain were seen on the 10 month, on the first day of the month- 8:5
38. Noah opened up the window of the Ark in the 40th day- 8:6
39. On the 601st year of Noah’s life on the first day of the first month the ground was dry- 8:13
40. In the second month of the 27th day the earth was dry- 8:14
41. Noah lived 350 years after the flood- 9:28
42. Noah lived 950 years- 9:29
43. At 100 years Shem begat Arphaxad- 9:10
44. Abram was 75 years old when he departed from Haran- 12:4
45. The king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah served Chedorlaomer for 12 years- 14:4
46. In the 13th year the kings rebelled against Chedorlaomer- 14:4
47. In the 14th year Chedorlaomer and the other kings came to attack those who rebelled- 14:5
48. Abram was 86 years old when Hagar bore Ishmael-16:16
49. Ishmael was circumcised at 13 years old- 17:25
50. Sarah lived 127 years old- 23:1
51. Abraham died at 175 years old- 25:7
52. Isaac married Rebekah at 40 years of age- 25:20
53. Isaac was 60 years old when Rebekah bore Esau and Jacob- 25:26

I suppose I could keep going with dates but this is sufficient to show Moses had very much exact dates of events. This brings out a point. Genesis is an exact history of the beginning of creation and many other things. Also I really don’t think Moses wrote all that he wrote down from oral tradition. He had to be using written records, unless one wants to argue that Moses received all this straight from the mouth of God.

Historical Records of Places: In this section I wanted to list the cities and countries and places Moses records for us in the book of Genesis.

1. God plants a garden Eastward in Eden- 2:8
2. There is a river that flows out of Eden that produces four river heads, the first being Pishon which skirts the whole land of Havilah- 2:10,11
3. The second river is Gihon which goes around the whole land of Cush- 2:13
4. The third river is Hiddekel which goes toward the east of Assyria- 2:14
5. The fourth river is Euphrates- 2:14
6. Cain dwelt in the land of Nod east of Eden- 4:16
7. The ark rested on the mountains of Ararat- 8:4
8. Nimrods kingdom began with Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar- 10:10
9. Nimrod went to Assyria and built these five cities: Nineveh, Rehoboth, Ir, Calah, and Resen- 10:11,12
10. The Canaanites borders was from Sidon as you go toward Gerer as far as Gaza, then as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, as far as Lasha- 10:19
11. The sons of Joktan and their dwelling place was from Mesha as you go toward Sephar, the mountains of the east- 10:30
12. The people came to the plain in the land of Shinar- 11:1-2
13. Abram is from Ur of Chaldeans- 11:28
14. Abraham was called from Ur to Canaan and he went from Ur to Haran- 11:31
15. Abram went from Haran to the land of Canaan- 12:5
16. Abram went to Shechem as far as the terebinth tree of Moreh- 12:6
17. Abram went from Shechem to the mountains east of Bethel – 12:8
18. Abraham pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east- 12:8
19. Abram went to Egypt- 12:11
20. Abram went from Egypt to Negev – 13:1
21. The plain of Jordan was what Lot choose for himself- 13:10
22. Moses likens the plain of Jordan to Zoar in Egypt- 13:10
23. Lot pitched his tent as far as Sodom- 13:12
24. Abraham dwelt to the Terebinth trees of Mamre which are in Hebron- 13:18
25. Moses mentions the valley of Siddim- 14:3
26. These are the places mentioned where Chedorlaomer attacked, Ashteroth Karnaim, Ham, Shaveh Kiriathaim, the mountains of Seir as far as El Paran- 14:5,6
27. Then Chedorlaomer turned back and went to En Mishpat (Kadesh), and Hazezon Tamar- 14:7
28. Abram and his army went as far as Dan and the Hobah, which is north of Damascus- 14:14,15
29. The king of Sodom met Abram in the valley of Shaveh (Kings valley)- 14:17
30. Melchizedek is king of Salem- 14:18
31. A well is mentioned between Kadesh and Bered- 16:14
32. Abraham journeyed and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and stayed in Gerar- 20:20
33. Hagar wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba- 21:14
34. Ishmael dwelt in the wilderness of Paran- 21:21
35. Land of Philistines is mentioned- 21:34
36. Land of Moriah mentioned- 22:2
37. Sarah died in Kirjath Arba (Hebron) in the land of Canaan- 23:2
38. The cave where Sarah was buried is in the field of Ephron which is in Machpelah before Mamre- 23:17
39. Mesopotamia, the city of Nahor is mentioned- 24:10
40. Beer Lahai Roi is mentioned- 24:62
41. Isaac went to Gerar- 26:17
42. Beersheba is mentioned- 26:33
43. Isaac tells Jacob to go to Padam Aram- 28:2
44. Jacob went from Beersheba to Haran- 28:10

Summary: I suppose I could continue but this is sufficient to show you Moses is recording a historical detailed story and stories with the exact locations and directions involved. So now we see that Moses records all kinds of exact facts. He records all kinds of names of people (which I could have done a separate list of names), lands, cities, years and dates, numbers and many other things. Since we are scoping in on the subject of Scriptures and their reliability and inerrancy and general material related to this topic, I do think this information is very helpful because it will help us see what scriptures are.