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The gods Pt. 4: The First Commandment

We’ve discussed that there are many different gods according to the Bible. We’ve even discussed what these gods could be and what they most certainly are not. So, the question is, if they are gods, then can we worship them? What if we don’t put them above God? Doesn’t the First Commandment allow the worship of other gods as long as we worship the LORD above all? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture for the answers to these questions and more in her video, The gods Pt. 4: The First Commandment.

Exodus 20:3
Genesis 17:17-18
Malachi 3:14
Genesis 45:7
Malachi 3:1
Exodus 23:13
Exodus 20:8
Psalms 77:11
1 Timothy 2:5-6
Colossians 2:13-15
Proverbs 18:10
Exodus 34:5-8
Exodus 23:13
Deuteronomy 4:19-20
Exodus 12:49
Acts 10:34-35
John 15:18-19
Genesis 12:1-3
Joshua 24:1-3
Acts 17:22-34

The gods Pt. 4: The First Commandment

What Does The First Commandment Say?

3 You shall have no other gods before me.

Exodus 20:3

7 You shall have no other gods before me.

Deuteronomy 5:7

You Can’t Serve More Than One Master

24 No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and Mammon.

Matthew 6:24

16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?

Romans 6:16

19 What do I imply then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything? 20 No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons. 21 You cannot drink the cup of the LORD and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the LORD and the table of demons. 22 Shall we provoke the LORD to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

1 Corinthians 10:19-22

14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? 15 What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God;

2 Corinthians 6:14-16

There Is Only One God Deserving of Worship

5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave Himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.

1 Timothy 2:5-6

13 You shall tear down their altars and break their pillars and cut down their Asherim 14 (for you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God), 15 lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and when they whore after their gods and sacrifice to their gods and you are invited, you eat of his sacrifice, 16 and you take of their daughters for your sons, and their daughters whore after their gods and make your sons whore after their gods.

Exodus 34:13-16

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The gods Pt. 3: Demons

In the first two parts, we discussed that other gods are real as well as what those other gods are, the Host of Heaven. But does that mean that only the Host of Heaven are the gods? Are any other beings the gods? When Moses and the Israelites left Egypt, they were warned of worshiping the gods of the people in Canaan. What were they worshiping? Who were the gods of Canaan? Are the gods also demons? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to find the answer to these questions and more in her video, The gods Pt. 3: Demons.

Deuteronomy 12:29-31
Psalms 82:1-4
Jeremiah 19:4-5
Deuteronomy 32:15-18
Psalms 106:36-39
1 Kings 18:26-29
2 Kings 21:2-6
Isaiah 47:13

The gods and Demons

Demons

First Mentioned

15 But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked; you grew fat, stout, and sleek; then he forsook God who made him and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation. 16 They stirred him to jealousy with strange gods; with abominations they provoked him to anger. 17 They sacrificed to demons that were no gods, to gods they had never known, to new gods that had come recently, whom your fathers had never dreaded. 18 You were unmindful of the Rock that bore you, and you forgot the God who gave you birth.

Deuteronomy 32:15-18

According to God, demons are not gods. They are strange ‘gods’ that came recently, gods that the Israelites’ ancestors never knew.

How Demons Were Worshiped

37 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons; 38 they poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood. 39 Thus they became unclean by their acts, and played the whore in their deeds.

Psalms 106:37-39

25 Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first, for you are many, and call upon the name of your god, but put no fire to it.” 26 And they took the bull that was given them, and they prepared it and called upon the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no voice, and no one answered. And they limped around the altar that they had made. 27 And at noon Elijah mocked them, saying, “Cry aloud, for he is a god. Either he is musing, or he is relieving himself, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened.” 28 And they cried aloud and cut themselves after their custom with swords and lances, until the blood gushed out upon them.

1 Kings 18:25-28

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The gods Pt. 2: The Host of Heaven

In part one, we searched through Scripture and found that the gods of old are real. We found that God even brought judgment on the gods of Egypt. This then begs the question, if the other gods are real, what are they? What are the gods? Who are the gods? What does the Bible say what the other gods are? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture for the answer in her video, The gods Pt. 2: The Host of Heaven.

Deuteronomy 10:17
Psalms 82:6-7
Deuteronomy 4:15-20
Exodus 12:12
Genesis 1:14-19
2 Chronicles 32:9
Joshua 10:12-15
1 Samuel 31:10-13
2 Chronicles 21:8-10
Judges 5:20
Amos 5:25-27
Isaiah 14:13
Joel 2:10-11
Joel 3:13-16
Matthew 24:29-31
Deuteronomy 17:3

The gods Pt. 2: The Host of Heaven

What are the gods?

The Host of Heaven Rule The Day and The Night

8 the sun to rule over the day, for His steadfast love endures forever; 9 the moon and stars to rule over the night, for His steadfast love endures forever;

Psalms 136:8-9

The Host of Heaven Are Punished On The Day of The LORD

4 All the host of heaven shall rot away, and the skies roll up like a scroll. All their host shall fall, as leaves fall from the vine, like leaves falling from the fig tree.

Isaiah 34:4

25 And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves, 26 people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 27 And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.

Luke 21:25-28

The Host of Heaven are the gods of old. They are the ruling powers that are shaken when the LORD returns for His people and then brings His wrath upon the earth and heaven.

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The Sons of God Pt. 2: The gods

In the book of Genesis, we have an account of mysterious beings referred to as the Sons of God (Elohim). These beings came down and slept with human women and, as a result, had supernatural children. In part one, we explained that these beings recorded in what some refer to as The Genesis 6 Experiment weren’t just the righteous sons of Seth, but they were actually celestial angels. So, if they were angels, why didn’t God just refer to them as angels? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture for the answer in her video, The Sons of God Pt. 2: The gods.

Genesis 6:1-4
2 Peter 2:4-10
Jude 5-7
Job 1:6-12
Psalms 78:23
Isaiah 24:18
Genesis 6:1-4
Mark 12:24-27
1 Corinthians 15:51-58
Luke 20:34-40
Daniel 10:13
Jude 9
Psalms 82
Daniel 10:10-14
Job 38:4-7

The Sons of God Pt. 2: The gods

First Appearance of the Sons of God (Elohim)

Genesis 6 Experiment

1 When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose. 3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.” 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.

Genesis 6:1-4

Genesis 6 took place, not because mankind’s DNA needed to be corrupted or even because of some experiment. It took place because of the lust of the celestial beings.

One of the First Things the Sons of God (Elohim) Did

4 Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. 5 Who determined its measurements—surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? 6 On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone, 7 when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Job 38:4-7

The Sons of God (Elohim) were from before the foundation of the earth was laid. That means they were created at the same time Heaven and its entirety was created. Therefore, they are celestial angels created in Heaven on the first day before the earth was even formed.

What Was the Purpose of the Sons of God?

What are the Sons of God?

1 God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment: 2 “How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah 3 Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. 4 Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.” 5 They have neither knowledge nor understanding, they walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken. 6 I said, “You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you; 7 nevertheless, like men you shall die, and fall like any prince.”

Psalms 82:1-7

The Sons of God, according to God Himself, aren’t just regular celestial angels, they are the gods. The gods of old. The gods that other nations worshipped and bowed down to. In Psalms 82, God Almighty refers to the Sons of Elohim as the Sons of the Most High. When did this take place?

6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them. 7 The Lord said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.” 8 And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?”

9 Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Does Job fear God for no reason? 10 Have you not put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. 11 But stretch out your hand and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face.” 12 And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your hand. Only against him do not stretch out your hand.” So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.

Job 1:6-12

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The gods Pt. 1: Are Other gods Real?

Throughout the world, there are approximately 4,200 religions. There are thousands of deities in Hinduism alone. If people all over the world are worshipping all of these different gods, but there’s only one God, who or what are they worshipping? Are other gods even real? Are Christians really just atheists who believe in one more God than regular atheists? Does the Bible talk about other gods? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture for the answers in her video, The gods Pt. 1: Are Other gods Real?

Genesis 31:19
Exodus 12:12
Exodus 20:1-3
Revelation 17
Revelation 19
Ephesians 6:11-13
Ephesians 1:15-23
Deuteronomy 10:17
Luke 1:5-25
Daniel 11:36
Psalms 82:1
Verse 6-7
Ezekiel 28:9-10
Hebrews 9:27

The gods Pt. 1: Are Other gods Real?

gods (deities) in the Bible

The Old Testament

11 In this manner you shall eat it: with your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. It is the Lord’s Passover. 12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord. 13 The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.

Exodus 12:11-13

16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer stubborn. 17 For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe. 18 He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing.

Deuteronomy 10:16-18

The New Testament

24 No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve [Yahweh] and [Mammon].

Matthew 6:24

4 Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that “an idol has no real existence,” and that “there is no God but one.” 5 For although there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth—as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”—

1 Corinthians 8:4-5

The Bible is filled with the story after story of the deities of old. They are all throughout our Bible. Why? Because they really exist. They really have power. They are real. They aren’t a fantasy or a fairy tale. They aren’t even mythology, as we see them throughout our Bible. So, no, Christians who take the Bible as the unchanged literal Word of our LORD and believe all that is in it are not atheists. They acknowledge that these other religions have power and have a spiritual hand guiding their beliefs. Even though they believe these things, the difference between them and those who practice these religions is that the Christian only worships one. The Alpha and the Omega. The King of kings and LORD of lords. The Beginning and the End. He Who Was, Who Is, And Who Is To Come. Yahweh.

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The Sons of God Pt. 1: Who Are They?

Whenever giants or the Nephilim are mentioned, more times than not, the Sons of God are brought up in the same breath. This is all because of what some have named, The Genesis 6 Experiment. Genesis 6:1-4 explains that the Sons of God came down and reproduced with the daughters of man. Many believe that these Sons of God were angels, while others believe they were the righteous sons of Seth. But is it even possible for angels to have sex with women? Can angels even take human form? Aren’t angels terrifying beings? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to understand who the Sons of God were in Genesis 6 in her video, The Sons of God Pt. 1: Who Are They?

Genesis 6:1-4
Genesis 5:1-3
1 Corinthians 15:45
John 3:1-21
2 Corinthians 5:17
2 Peter 2:4-10
Jude 5-7
Hebrews 4:6
Hebrews 4:9
Hebrews 10:26
2 Corinthians 5:2
Genesis 19
Hebrews 13:1-2

The Sons of God Pt. 1: Who Are They?

Who Are The Sons of God?

The Genesis 6 Experiment

1 When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose. 3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.” 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.

Genesis 6:1-4

In Genesis 6, the author doesn’t write that the Sons of God and the daughters of man had sex and conceived the Nephilim. It simply said that during the time the Sons of God were sleeping with the daughters of man, the Nephilim were on the earth as well. Oh, and also they were on the earth after that as well.

The New Testament Account

4 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into [Tartarus] and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment; 5 if He did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly; 6 if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes He condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; 7 and if He rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked 8 (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard); 9 then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment, 10 and especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority.

2 Peter 2:4-10

Peter explains that there are angels who sinned and are now still in chains of gloomy darkness in Tartarus, until Judgment Day. These angels are the same beings as the Sons of God recorded in Genesis 6:1-4.

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The Nephilim Pt. 1: The Sons of God and The Nephilim

Genesis 6 describes an incident between mankind and celestial beings that we have called the first incursion. The Bible records that the Sons of God had children with the daughters of man; it then goes on to explain that the Nephilim were on the earth in those days and after. So, that then begs the question, who are the Nephilim? Are the Nephilim the offspring of women and angels? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he searches through Scripture for answers to these questions and more about the mysterious giants of old in his video, The Nephilim Pt. 1: The Sons of God and The Nephilim.

Genesis 6:1–4
Numbers 13:33

The Sons of God and The Nephilim

The Nephilim (giants) didn’t come from the Sons of God (angels) and women because they were on the earth before the flood and long after the flood.

1 When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose. 3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.” 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.

Genesis 6:1-4

32 So they brought to the people of Israel a bad report of the land that they had spied out, saying, “The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people that we saw in it are of great height. 33 And there we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim), and we seemed to ourselves like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them.”

Numbers 13:32-33

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Where Is Paradise?

Throughout Scripture, we see that the afterlife plays a huge role in our theology. Where we go when we die isn’t left up to every person’s individual imagination or even interpretation, the Bible sets out a clear description of what happens when we die. So, then what or where was the man Paul speaks about being caught up to paradise go? What is paradise exactly? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture for the answer to these questions and more in her video, Where is Paradise?

Luke 23:40-43
Matthew 12:39-40
Psalms 16:9-10
Ephesians 4:8-10
2 Corinthians 12:2-4
Luke 16
Matthew 11:12
John 10:7-30
Revelation 2:7
Genesis 3:22-24
Ezekiel 31:15-17
Genesis 3:19
Psalms 139:7-8

Where is Paradise?

42 And he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” 43 And He said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

Luke 23:42-43

2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows. 3 And I know that this man was caught up into paradise—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows— 4 and he heard things that cannot be told, which man may not utter.

2 Corinthians 12:2-4

7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.’

Revelation 2:7

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Is Science Always Right?

Our world is ruled by two sets of beliefs: a belief based on faith in God or a belief based on faith in science. These two belief systems rule our world. So, as Christians, what happens if science and the Bible contradict? Should Christians believe science over the Bible? Does the science ever contradict the Bible anyway? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture for some answers in her video, Is Science Always Right?

John 10:35
2 Timothy 3:16-17
Genesis 1:1
Genesis 1:16-19
Matthew 12:39-40
Genesis 1:6-8
Genesis 1:14-19

Is Science Always Right?

Science Vs. The Bible

Creation vs. Evolution

Science

Human evolution, the process by which human beings developed on Earth from now-extinct primates.

Britannica.com

According to science, humans evolved from primates. In other words, apes. How does this match up with the Bible?

The Bible

26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

27 So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Genesis 1:26-27

According to the Genesis account, the Theory of Evolution is a direct contradiction to the Bible. So, if science got this wrong, is it possible they got other things wrong as well?

Orion: Trial By Fire

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Who Is Cain?

Cain has become the center of many conspiracy theories of the Bible. The biggest probably being his origin. Where did Cain come from? Now, this may seem like an easy question to many people, but many believe that Cain’s origins may have been a bit more interesting than just Adam and Eve. Many believe that Cain is the offspring of the Serpent and Eve. But is that true? Is Cain the son of the Serpent? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he investigates these claims of the Biblical origins of Cain in his video, Who Is Cain?

Genesis 4:1–2
John 8:42–47
1 Corinthians 2:13–14
Genesis 7:22–23
Genesis 9:8–9
1 John 3:12
1 John 3:1–2
Matthew 13:36–39
1 Chronicles 2:55
Genesis 4:1–2a
Genesis 4:17
Genesis 4:25
Genesis 16:4

Who Is Cain?

The Genesis Account of the Origins of Cain

1 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord.”

Genesis 4:1

John’s Possible Account of the Origins of Cain

12 We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous.

1 John 3:12

Jesus’ Possible Account of the Descendants of Cain

39 They answered Him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing the works Abraham did, 40 but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did. 41 You are doing the works your father did.” They said to Him, “We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father—even God.”

42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me. 43 Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.

44 You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 45 But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. 46 Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? 47 Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.”

John 8:39-47

Conclusion

Cain is not the physical son of the Serpent, the Devil, but the Spiritual son of the Devil. Just like we are not the physical children of God or Abraham, but we are Spiritual children of God and the Spiritual children of Abraham. Those who sin, are children of the Devil, but those who walk in the ways of righteousness are the children of God.

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