Treasures of the Snow Christmas Peace Message to pass on

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Treasures of the Snow Christmas Peace Message

Microscopic photos of snowflakes can be seen @
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/photos/photos.htm

and @ http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4838269n



Isa.55
[10] For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and
returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring
forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the
eater:

Job.38
[22] Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou
seen the treasures of the hail,

Job.37 [6] For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth;

Pss.51
[7] Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall
be whiter than snow.

Isa.1
[18] Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though
your
sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be
red
like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Isa.7
[14] Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a
virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name
Immanuel.

Isa.9
[6] For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the
government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called
Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The
Prince of Peace.

Isa.53
[1] Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD
revealed?
[2] For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root
out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we
shall
see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
[3] He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and
acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he
was despised, and we esteemed him not.
[4] Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we
did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
[5] But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our
iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his
stripes we are healed.
[6] All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to
his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
[7] He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep
before
her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
[8] He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare
his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for
the transgression of my people was he stricken.
[9] And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his
death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his
mouth.
[10] Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief:
when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his
seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall
prosper in his hand.
[11] He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied:
by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he
shall
bear their iniquities.
[12] Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he
shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out
his
soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he
bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

Col.1
[12] Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be
partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
[13] Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath
translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
[14] In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the
forgiveness of sins:
[15] Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every
creature:
[16] For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that
are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or
dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by
him, and for him:
[17] And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
[18] And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the
beginning,
the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the
preeminence.
[19] For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
[20] And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to
reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be
things in earth, or things in heaven.
[21] And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind
by
wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
[22] In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and
unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

John.1
[1] In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God.

[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.

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/w/h/i/whiterts.htm

Lord Jesus, I long to be perfectly whole;
I want Thee forever to live in my soul.
Break down every idol, cast out every foe;
Now wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Refrain
Whiter than snow, yes, whiter than snow.
Now wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Lord Jesus, let nothing unholy remain,
Apply Thine own blood and extract ev’ry stain;
To get this blest cleansing, I all things forego—
Now wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Refrain
Lord Jesus, look down from Thy throne in the skies,
And help me to make a complete sacrifice.
I give up myself, and whatever I know,
Now wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Refrain
Lord Jesus, for this I most humbly entreat,
I wait, blessèd Lord, at Thy crucified feet.
By faith, for my cleansing, I see Thy blood flow,
Now wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Refrain
Lord Jesus, Thou seest I patiently wait,
Come now, and within me a new heart create;
To those who have sought Thee, Thou never saidst “No,”
Now wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Refrain
The blessing by faith, I receive from above;
O glory! my soul is made perfect in love;
My prayer has prevailed, and this moment I know,
The blood is applied, I am whiter than snow.

Eph.2 [14] For he is our peace, who hath made
both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between
us;

Relaxation Music. Peaceful Falling Snow. A Snowy Day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bqGVDJ8HF8&feature=fvw

http://www.allabouttruth.org/messianic-prophecy.htm


Messianic Prophecy: What Is It?
Messianic prophecy is the collection of over 100 predictions (a
conservative estimate) in the Old Testament about the future Messiah
of the Jewish people. These predictions were written by multiple
authors, in numerous books, over approximately 1,000 years. Messianic
Prophecy is so dramatic today, because with the discovery of the Dead
Sea Scrolls and the reliability of the Septuagint version of the Old
Testament (both of which have been proven to exist prior to the time
Jesus walked on the earth) you can be assured that these prophecies
were not “conspired” after-the-fact.

Messianic Prophecy: Fulfillment by Jesus Christ
Messianic prophecy was fulfilled by the Messiah, Jesus Christ.
Although many Jews did not accept Jesus as their Messiah, many did,
and they became the Jewish sect later known as the Christians.
Christianity, based in dramatic part on the fulfillment of historical
prophecy, spread rapidly throughout the Roman Empire of the 1st
Century. Examine the prophecies yourself, and calculate the
probability of one man fulfilling just a handful of the most specific
ones, and you’ll be amazed.

“Jesus said to them, ‘This is what I told you while I was still with
you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law
of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.’” Luke 24:44 (NIV)

The Old Testament verses are the prophecy; the New Testament verses
proclaim the fulfillment. Check them all out for yourself!



Born of a virgin (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:21-23)
A descendant of Abraham (Genesis 12:1-3; 22:18; Matthew 1:1; Galatians
3:16)
Of the tribe of Judah (Genesis 49:10; Luke 3:23, 33; Hebrews 7:14)
Of the house of David (2 Samuel 7:12-16; Matthew 1:1)
Born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2, Matthew 2:1; Luke 2:4-7)
Taken to Egypt (Hosea 11:1; Matthew 2:14-15)
Herod´s killing of the infants (Jeremiah 31:15; Matthew 2:16-18)
Anointed by the Holy Spirit (Isaiah 11:2; Matthew 3:16-17)
Heralded by the messenger of the Lord (John the Baptist) (Isaiah
40:3-5; Malachi 3:1; Matthew 3:1-3)
Would perform miracles (Isaiah 35:5-6; Matthew 9:35)
Would preach good news (Isaiah 61:1; Luke 4:14-21)
Would minister in Galilee (Isaiah 9:1; Matthew 4:12-16) Would cleanse
the Temple (Malachi 3:1; Matthew 21:12-13)
Would first present Himself as King 173,880 days from the decree to
rebuild Jerusalem (Daniel 9:25; Matthew 21:4-11)
Would enter Jerusalem as a king on a donkey (Zechariah 9:9; Matthew
21:4-9)
Would be rejected by Jews (Psalm 118:22; I Peter 2:7)
Die a humiliating death (Psalm 22; Isaiah 53) involving:
rejection (Isaiah 53:3; John 1:10-11; 7:5,48)
betrayal by a friend (Psalm 41:9; Luke 22:3-4; John 13:18)
sold for 30 pieces of silver (Zechariah 11:12; Matthew 26:14-15)
silence before His accusers (Isaiah 53:7; Matthew 27:12-14)
being mocked (Psalm 22: 7-8; Matthew 27:31)
beaten (Isaiah 52:14; Matthew 27:26)
spit upon (Isaiah 50:6; Matthew 27:30)
piercing His hands and feet (Psalm 22:16; Matthew 27:31)
being crucified with thieves (Isaiah 53:12; Matthew 27:38)
praying for His persecutors (Isaiah 53:12; Luke 23:34)
piercing His side (Zechariah 12:10; John 19:34)
given gall and vinegar to drink (Psalm 69:21, Matthew 27:34, Luke
23:36)
no broken bones (Psalm 34:20; John 19:32-36)
buried in a rich man’s tomb (Isaiah 53:9; Matthew 27:57-60)
casting lots for His garments (Psalm 22:18; John 19:23-24)
Would rise from the dead!! (Psalm 16:10; Mark 16:6; Acts 2:31)
Ascend into Heaven (Psalm 68:18; Acts 1:9)
Would sit down at the right hand of God (Psalm 110:1; Hebrews 1:3)

Messianic Prophecy - What Are The Odds of Fulfillment Without God?
Messianic Prophecy is so powerful because of the statistical odds that
one man would fulfill every single one of them. If we just analyze
seven of the more specific prophecies in the Old Testament, that were
later fulfilled in the Person of Jesus Christ, we are stunned by the
statistical impossibility of such an historical reality. As an
illustration, we have inserted some conservative "odds" alongside
seven established prophecies. Please feel free to propose your own
prophecies and your own odds - the dramatic point will still be made!





Messianic Prophecy - The Challenge
Messianic prophecy is phenomenal evidence that sets the Bible apart
from the other "holy books." We strongly encourage you to read the Old
Testament prophecies and the New Testament fulfillments on the
previous page. Better yet, get a Jewish Tanakh (the Hebrew scripture
read in the Jewish synagogues) and read the Messianic prophecies from
there. It is dramatic, eye-opening and potentially life-changing!