Dig Deeper: April 2015

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Battlefield Earth Series - Laodicea pt.2

The Groupings among God's People

Let both grow together until the harvest:

and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers,

Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them:

but gather the wheat into my barn.

Matthew 13:30

(The War in Context)

"The teaching of this parable is illustrated in God's own dealing with men and angels. Satan is a deceiver. When he sinned in heaven, even the loyal angels did not fully discern his character. This was why God did not at once destroy Satan. Had He done so, the holy angels would not have perceived the justice and love of God."

Christ's Object Lessons p.23 E.G.W.

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins,

which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

And the foolish said unto the wise,

Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you:

Matthew 25:1,8,9

The 3 Groups:

---3---

-1- Wise Virgins/Wheat

-2- Foolish Virgins

-3- Tares

-1- The Wise Virgins/Wheat are one & the same. These are those of God's people who are both justified & sanctified.

-2- The Foolish Virgins are the saddest group. These ALMOST made it into the Kingdom -- but never became fully sanctified. These were NOT like the Tares, choking the truth.

-3- The Tares, the troublemakers in the Church, damaging the Word of God among the people.

But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. He said unto them, An enemy hath done this.

Matthew 13:26,28

* "All who wait for the heavenly Bridegroom are represented in the parable as slumbering because their Lord delayed his coming; but the wise roused themselves at the message of his approach, and responded to the message, and their spiritual life was replenished. Their spiritual discernment was not all gone, and they sprang into line. As they took hold of the grace of Christ, their religious experience became vigorous and abundant, and their affections were set upon things above. They opened their hearts to receive the Holy Spirit, by which the love of God was shed abroad in their hearts. Their lights were trimmed and burning, and sent forth steady rays in to the moral darkness of the world."

Signs Of The Times 8/13/1894 E.G.W.

* "The five foolish virgins represent the careless, indolent, self-satisfied professor of religion. They have a calm expectation of entering heaven sometime, yet they have not purified their souls by obeying the truth. They understand the theory of truth, but have no vital connection with God. They trust to feeling, and neglect to search the Scriptures. They are satisfied to walk in the sparks of their own kindling."

Signs Of The Times 8/13/1894 E.G.W.

* "As the tares have their roots closely intertwined with those of the good grain, so false brethren in the church may be closely linked with true disciples. The real character of these pretended believers is not fully manifested."

Christ's Object Lessons p.24 E.G.W.

Puritan Corner - Quarter of an Hour...

God forbid that I should travel with anybody a quarter of an hour without speaking of Christ to them.
by George Whitefield (1714-1770)
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ:
Romans 1:16

Creation Moment 4/30/2015 - 21 Fallacies of Evolution #21

"Evolution is compatible with ‘religion’. If that is true, why do

the ‘new atheists’, in their zeal to stamp out belief in God spend so much time promoting and defending evolution with its billions of years of imaginary time? And why aren’t more high-profile evolutionists ‘religious’, and more specifically, Christians who acknowledge the authority of the Bible in all matters of which it speaks? Why is it that organisations set up to prevent criticism of evolution are so anti-Christian? Even a supposed Christian such as physicist Dr Karl Giberson tacitly admitted that a Christian faith that was compatible with evolution, for him had been reduced to ‘going through the motions’ merely because of family and Christian college employer expectations. The Cornell University atheist biologist William Provine acknowledged that a faith that was compatible with evolution would be “indistinguishable from atheism”." CMI

Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord,
2 Timothy 1:8

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Battlefield Earth Series - Laodicea pt.1

Laodicea

The battle within God's Church in the End Times

And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write;

Revelation 3:14

The 3 things the Church of Laodicea needs:

---3---

-1- Gold (Tried in the Fire)

-2- Raiment (To Clothe You)

-3- Eyesalve (To See)

-1- I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich;
-2- and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear;
-3- and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. Revelation 3:18

"The people of God are represented in the message to the Laodiceans as in a position of carnal security. They are at ease, believing themselves to be in an exalted condition of spiritual attainments. “Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.”

What greater deception can come upon human minds than a confidence that they are right when they are all wrong! The message of the True Witness finds the people of God in a sad deception, yet honest in that deception. They know not that their condition is deplorable in the sight of God. While those addressed are flattering themselves that they are in an exalted spiritual condition, the message of the True Witness breaks their security by the startling denunciation of their true

condition of spiritual blindness, poverty, and wretchedness. The testimony, so cutting and severe, cannot be a mistake, for it is the True Witness who speaks, and His testimony must be correct.

It is difficult for those who feel secure in their attainments, and who believe themselves to be rich in spiritual knowledge, to receive the message which declares that they are deceived and in need of every spiritual grace. The unsanctified heart is “deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.” Jeremiah 17:9. I was shown that many are flattering themselves that they are good Christians, who have not a ray of light from Jesus. They have not a living experience for themselves in the divine life.

God leads His people on step by step. The Christian life is a constant battle and a march. There is no rest from the warfare. It is by constant, unceasing effort that we maintain the victory over the temptations of Satan. As a people we are triumphing in the clearness and strength of the truth. We are fully sustained in our positions by an overwhelming amount of plain Scriptural testimony. But we are very much wanting in Bible humility, patience, faith, love, self-denial, watchfulness, and the spirit of sacrifice. We need to cultivate Bible holiness. Sin prevails among the people of God. The plain message of rebuke to the Laodiceans is not received. Many cling to their doubts and their darling sins while they are in so great a deception as to talk and feel that they are in need of nothing."

Testimonies for the Church vol.3 p.252,253 E.G.W.

SDA News - Baptists ban Carson because he's SDA

"Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon turned pundit, has backed out

of plans to speak at a major gathering of evangelical pastors this summer.

Carson, who will likely run for president, had been scheduled to appear in June at the annual Southern Baptist Pastors Conference in Columbus, Ohio.

But a group of young ministers, known as Baptist21, raised concerns this week about his appearance.

The mostly Calvinist preachers objected to the beliefs of Carson’s booming Seventh-day Adventist Church—including the claim that worshiping on Sunday is sin and the idea that sinners who are barred from heaven will be annihilated rather than sent to hell." ChristianityToday

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach;

Psalm 69:7

Creation Moment 4/29/2015 - 21 Fallacies of Evolution #20

"Intelligent design or creation are not scientific because they

are ‘religious’. All views of origins have religious implications and religious (or philosophical, if you like) presuppositions of one form or another are at their core. ‘Nature is all there is, no matter what the evidence’ (naturalism) is just as much a religious position as believing that there is a super-natural realm as well. A leading anti-creationist philosopher admitted that evolution is a religion. Indeed, naturalistic philosophy constrains our origins to only material causes, whereas the Christian approach allows for both natural causes and supernatural causes, according to the evidence. The former must therefore be the narrow-minded, blinkered, approach." CMI

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.

1 Corinthians 3:19

Monday, April 27, 2015

IN the NEWS - Time to Flee the Cities?

"In harmony with the light given me, I am urging people to come out from the great centers of population. Our cities are in creasing in wickedness, and it is becoming more and more evident that those who remain in them unnecessarily do so at the peril of their soul's salvation."
Country Living p.9 E.G.W.

"A state of emergency was declared in Baltimore, Maryland tonight as the city transformed into ‘an absolute war zone’ following the funeral of Freddie Gray.
Over 15 police officers were injured.
Several reporters were injured by the rioters.
In response to the rioting in Baltimore protesters organized in Ferguson, Missouri tonight.
Local Democratic politician Maria Chappelle Nadal called on protesters to meet up at Reds BBQ tonight." GatewayPundit

“I made it very clear that I work with the police and instructed them to do everything that they could

to make sure that the protesters were able to exercise their right to free speech,” she said to the press.

“It’s a very delicate balancing act, because while we try to make sure that they were protected from the cars and other things that were going on, we also gave those who wished to destroy space to do that as well,” the mayor said." TheFederalist

"BALTIMORE — Gov. Larry Hogan activated the National Guard on Monday and the city of Baltimore announced a curfew for all residents as a turbulent day that began with the funeral of 25-year-old Freddie Gray, the nation’s latest symbol of police brutality, ended with rioting by rock-throwing youths, widespread looting and at least 15 police officers injured.

The violence that shook the city broke out in the late afternoon in the Mondawmin neighborhood of northwest Baltimore, home to the New Shiloh Baptist Church, where more than 2,000 people — politicians, activists, White House officials and civil rights activists including the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Dick Gregory — had gathered for a morning of soaring Gospel music and passionate eulogies for Mr. Gray." NYT

Let us walk honestly, as in the day;

not in rioting and drunkenness,

not in chambering and wantonness,

not in strife and envying.

Romans 13:13

Battlefield Earth Series - In The Heart pt.3

The TEMPTATION of CHRIST:

{Case Study of Temptation}

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man:

but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able;

but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

1 Corinthians 10:13

The 3 Approaches used by Lucifer:

---3---

-1- Intellect (materialism)

-2- Utilitarianism (using God for your own purpose)

-3- Imagination (pleasures of this world/hedonism)

-1- Intellect (materialism)

And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

Matthew 4:1

-2- Utilitarianism (using God for your own purpose)

And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Matthew 4:6

-3- Imagination (pleasures of this world/hedonism)

...the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

Matthew 4:8,9

* Notice that Lucifer quoted scripture in response to Christ quoting Scripture. But Christ took the

TEXT & put it into CONTEXT.

CHRSIT: It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Matthew 4:4

Lucifer: ...for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. Matthew 4:6

CHRIST: It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Matthew 4:7

* FRONT DOOR/BAK DOOR

The first approach deals with coming through the FRONT DOOR of the intellect. When all else fails---he comes through the 3rd way, the BACK DOOR of the imagination.

Malachi performed by MICHAEL CARD

Malachi performed by MICHAEL CARD
https://www.youtube.com/embed/tyTLELHGCi0

...for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
Malachi 2:11

Creation Moment 4/28/2015 - 21 Fallacies of Evolution #19

"Intelligent design/creation is not scientific because it is not

‘testable’. After asserting this, the anti-creationist often goes on to present some ‘proof’ (such as ‘bad’ design;) that creation is wrong! It is either not testable and you can’t say that it is wrong, or it is testable, in which case it qualifies on that basis as science; you can’t have it both ways. Criteria that have been proposed to exclude creation as non-scientific, when applied consistently to evolution rule it as unscientific also. So if creation is not scientific, nor is evolution; if evolution is to be included as science, so should creation. Both are really matters of history, where experimental testing is not possible." CMI
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.
Psalm 14:1

Sunday, April 26, 2015

GOSPEL GEM: The Samaritan Village

Luke 9:51-56

And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up,

he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,

And sent messengers before his face:

and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.

And they did not receive him,

because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.

And when his disciples James and John saw this,

they said,

Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven,

and consume them, even as Elijah did?

But he turned, and rebuked them, and said,

Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.

For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives,

but to save them.

And they went to another village.

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Elijah Adds - How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. 1 Kings 18:1

"It is no part of Christ's mission to compel men to receive Him. It is Satan, and men actuated by his spirit, that seek to compel the conscience." Desire of Agesp.487 E.G.W.

Battlefield Earth Series - In The Heart pt.2

TEMPTATION: The avenue to the Heart

Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.

The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.

Mark 14:38

---3---

3 Avenues of Temptation:

-1- Things of this world

-2- Lust of the flesh

-3- Pride

Case Study:

Genesis 3:6.....................................................................................1 John 2:16

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food,

For all that is in the world,

and that it was pleasant to the eyes,

the lust of the flesh,

and a tree to be desired to make one wise,

and the pride of life,

she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat,

and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

is not of the Father,

but is of the world.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man:

but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able;

but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

1 Corinthians 10:13

Creation Moment 4/27/2015 - 21 Fallacies of Evolution #18

"Science would collapse without evolution—evolution is necessary for scientific progress (e.g. to understand antibiotic resistance and cure human disease). Some even claim that the whole of modern science including physics and chemistry would collapse without evolution, but this is clearly nothing but propagandist hype. Not only does microbes-to-mankind

evolution not contribute to understanding antibiotic resistance, evolutionary reasoning has actually seriously impeded scientific progress; see, for example, vestigial organs, as above, and ‘junk DNA’. Even some evolutionists have lamented the lack of practical usefulness of evolution. See (evolutionist) Jerry Coyne: “If truth be told, evolution hasn’t yielded many practical or commercial benefits.” And (the late) Philip Skell: “The Dangers of overselling evolution: Focusing on Darwin and his theory doesn’t further scientific progress”. See also Does science [including medicine] need evolution?." CMI
What is man,
that thou shouldest magnify him?
Job 7:17

Saturday, April 25, 2015

Battlefield Earth Series - In The Heart pt.1

The heart is deceitful above all things,

and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Jeremiah 17:9

---3---

3 Sins that swept the world from the heart of man:

-1- Atheism/Unbelief Romans 1:18,28

-2- Spiritualism/GREEN Religion (worship of the creation rather than the Creator) Romans 1:25

-3- Sodomy Romans 1:27

But those things which proceed out of the mouth

come forth from the heart;

and they defile the man.

Matthew 15:18

* "The field of conflict is the domain of the heart. The battle which we have to fight--the greatest battle that was ever fought by man--is the surrender of self to the will of God, the yielding of the heart to the sovereignty of love."
Thoughts From The Mount Of Blessing p.141 E.G.W.

Footsteps of Paul: In Caesarea

And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed,

and came unto Caesarea:

and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist,

which was one of the seven; and abode with him.

And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.

And as we tarried there many days,

there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.

And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle,

and bound his own hands and feet,

and said,

Thus saith the Holy Ghost,

So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle,

and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.

And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place,

besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.

Then Paul answered,

What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart?

for I am ready not to be bound only,

but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased,

saying, The will of the Lord be done.

Acts 21:8-14
"The time soon came for the brief stay at Caesarea to end, ... Paul and his company set out for Jerusalem, their hearts deeply shadowed by the presentiment of coming evil.
Never before had the apostle approached Jerusalem with so sad a heart. He was nearing the city which had rejected and slain the Son of God and over which now hung the threatenings of divine wrath. Remembering how bitter had been his own prejudice against the followers of Christ, he felt the deepest pity for his deluded countrymen. Yet how little could he hope that he would be able to help them! The same blind wrath which had once burned in his own heart, was now with untold power kindling the hearts of a whole nation against him." Acts of the Apostles p.397,398 E.G.W.

GOSPEL GEMS PAGE

In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.

The same was in the beginning with God.
All things were made by him;
and without him was not any thing made that was made.

In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness;
and the darkness comprehended it not.

Jesusaith unto her,

Mary.

She turned herself, and saith unto him,
Rabboni; which is to say, Master.

Jesus saith unto her,.....go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

---GOSPEL GEMS---

Creation Moment 4/26/2015 - 21 Fallacies of Evolution #17

"Creationists claim that the created order we see today is

perfect because God is perfect. Of course today’s world is far from perfect and so it is not hard for the evolutionist to refute this straw man argument. However, such a view is akin to ancient Greek philosophy, not Christianity. Christians believe that God created a perfect world, but that it has been corrupted since; we now live in a fallen world (Genesis 3, Romans 8). It was created perfect, but it is no longer because of mankind’s rebellion against his Creator. It was an appreciation of the fallenness of man that inspired the development of the modern scientific method that has so benefited mankind:" CMI

For we know that the whole creation groaneth

and travaileth in pain together until now.

Romans 8:22

Friday, April 24, 2015

Battlefield Earth Series - "Babylonian" Trinity (The Ending)

The Ending of the Post-Flood Rebellion

{From Babel to "Babylon"}

And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon,

and out of the mouth of the beast,

and out of the mouth of the false prophet.

Revelation 16:13

And he gathered them together into a place

called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.

Revelation 16:6

---3---

3 who make up this "trinity" of spiritual Babylon:

-1- Dragon (opponent of God {Lucifer} via spiritualism & world powers)

-2- Beast (Papal Rome)

-3- False Prophet (Apostate Protestantism)

The DRAGON: This element would be the component of spiritual Egypt joining in via the world political leaders and spiritualism.

The BEAST: Papal influence.

The FALSE PROPHET: Protestants who think they are following God's will.

And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

Revelation 19:20

* The mark-of-the-beast is over WORSHIP.... Will spiritual "Egypt" (of the Dragon) be morphed into spiritual "Babylon" by the spiritualism of the GREEN Religion (climate change crowd-in order to reduce our so-called "carbon footprint"), compromising in setting up with the Beast, a global counterfeit Sabbath?

IN the NEWS - "Babylon" & "Egypt" on collision course?

Mike Huckabee:

U.S. moving toward 'criminalization of Christianity'

Huckabee is correct. There clearly is an assault on Christianity by gay marriage advocates & their political allies. But the question is---will this clash between "spiritual Babylon" & "spiritual Egypt" result in a backlash that propels "Babylon" into power? Especially in the midst of massive natural disasters in the near future? Is "Egypt" pushing to hard against "Babylon" by prosecuting Christians over a hole host of social issues?---clearly YES.....

"The United States is moving toward “criminalization of Christianity” as a result of legalizing same-sex marriage, Mike Huckabee told a group of conservative pastors in a conference call organized by the Family Research Council.
“I think it’s fair to say that Christian convictions are under attack as never before,” Huckabee said Thursday, according to audio of the call obtained by Right Wing Watch, a project of the liberal advocacy group People for the American Way. “Not just in our lifetime, but ever before in the history of this great nation. We are moving rapidly toward the criminalization of Christianity.”
In an apparent defense of gay conversion therapy, Huckabee also said that the government is telling chaplains that they cannot help people “seek assistance” for a “homosexual lifestyle” and to “put their Bibles away, no longer pray in Jesus’ name.”
Huckabee said that he cringes whenever he hears people call a court decision “the law of the land.”
“And I’m thinking, how many people passed 9th grade civics? This is not that complicated. There are three branches of government, not one,” he said, adding that when a court rules in favor of same-sex marriage, that does not mean that licenses should be issued the following day." Politico

SPIRITUAL BABYLON Coaliton:

And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, (The opponent of God {Lucifer} via world powers & spiritualism)

and out of the mouth of the beast, (Papal Rome)

and out of the mouth of the false prophet. (Apostate Protestantism)

Revelation 16:13

And that no man might buy or sell,

save he that had the mark,

or the name of the beast,

or the number of his name.

Revelation 13:17

SPIRITUAL EGYPT Coalition:

....which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt,

Revelation 11:8

And Pharaoh said,

Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice

...For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world

are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, ...

so that they are without excuse: (Atheism)

...Who changed the truth of God into a lie,

and worshipped and served the creature

more than the Creator,... (GREEN Religion/spirituality)

In the same way the men also abandoned

natural relations with women and were inflamed

with lust for one another.

Men committed shameful acts with other men,.. (Sodomy)

Exodus 5:2/Romans 1:20,25,27

Creation Moment 4/25/2015 - 21 Fallacies of Evolution #16

"Given enough time anything is possible. Ah, ‘Time is the hero’—really? No, there are many events that just will never

happen in a time-and matter-finite universe, the origin of life, for example. The impossible does not become certain by adding time. Water does not flow uphill, no matter how much time is allowed. The origin of life and the origin of new DNA programming are akin to getting water to flow uphill; natural processes head in the wrong direction for them to create a coded information processing system as well as all the actual coded instructions." CMI
For by him were all things created, that are in heaven,
and that are in earth, visible and invisible,
Colossians 1:16

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Battlefield Earth Series - Babel (Beginning of the post-flood rebellion)

And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower,

whose top may reach unto heaven;

and let us make us a name,

lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

Genesis 11:4

---3---

3 Goals:

-1- A City

-2- A Tower

-3- A Name

The post-flood rebellion began with the city of Babel. The post-flood rebellion ends with the fall of Babylon. Also, the city was in direct rebellion against the word of God - Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. Genesis 9:1

The tower they tried to build up to heaven by their own might. So too does the sins of Babylon in the end reach unto heaven - For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. Revelation 18:5 We don't need a man-made tower...we already have a strong tower - The name of the LORD is a strong tower: Proverbs 18:10

The name they tried to make for themselves was rooted in pride...pride is how this war all began - How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,..For thou hast said in thine heart, ...I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Isaiah 14:12-14

Root of this REBELLION----- Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 16:18

In his pride the wicked man does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.

Psalm 10:4 NIV

* Nimrod, founder of Babel, is a type for Lucifer, founder of spiritual Babylon. As Nimrod was a mighty hunter before the Lord, so too was Lucifer a mighty angel before the Lord....

Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.

And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel,

Genesis 9:10,11

...the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

Ezekiel 28:13,14

Thy terribleness hath deceived thee,

and the pride of thine heart,

...though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle,

I will bring thee down from thence,

saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 49:16