The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the
captivity, to the captivity.
JER 15:3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the
sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and
the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.
JER 15:4 And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the
earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that
which he did in Jerusalem.
JER 15:5 For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall
bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?
JER 15:6 Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward:
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: withstand thee?
CH2 20:7 Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of
this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham
thy friend for ever?
CH2 20:8 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary
therein for thy name, saying,
CH2 20:9 If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or
pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence,
(for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction,
then thou wilt hear and help.
CH2 20:10 And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King James Bible: KI1 21:29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he
humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but
in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
KI1 22:1 And they continued three years without war between Syria and
Israel.
KI1 22:2 And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the
king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
KI1 22:3 And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that
Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the
hand of the king of Syria?
KI1 22:4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle
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