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2 Timothy 1
2 Timothy 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to
the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,
2 To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the
Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3 I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that
without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;
4 Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled
with joy;
5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt
first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in
thee also.
6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which
is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and
of a sound mind.
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Sound mind = self control, teach to be sober
8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his
prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the
power of God;
9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our
works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ
Jesus before the world began,
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Was given us in Christ Jesus before the world
began = 1st earth age
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Called us with an Holy calling, not according to
our work = 1st earth age
10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who
hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the
gospel:
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The Lord did this in His own person, when He
rose from the dead, alive for evermore.
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Romans 6:9 Knowing that Christ being raised from
the dead dieth no more; death hath no more
dominion over him.
10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once:
but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
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Revelation 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was
dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore,
Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
11 Where unto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the
Gentiles.
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A preacher to teach All peoples
12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not
ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to
keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
13 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and
love which is in Christ Jesus.
14 That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Spirit which dwelleth in us.
15 This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of
whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
16 The Lord give mercy unto the house of One siphorus; for he oft refreshed me,
and was not ashamed of my chain:
17 But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me.
18 The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and
in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.
• Exactly 2520 years from the exile
of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.
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The first tribe to be
conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh,
in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.
(Leviticus. 26: 28-46) God warned Israel that if they persisted in continually
breaking His Laws, not only would curses come upon them.
He would punish them for seven times, (a time being 360 years, seven times would
be 2520 years) and would banish them from the land of Palestine and scatter them
among the heathens (like lost sheep)
• Study the book: Abrahamic Covenant,
(A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt
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