It was God's punishment on the people for their rebellion. See Numbers 14.
But truly, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD, none of the men who have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have put me to the test these ten times and have not obeyed my voice, shall see the land that I swore to give to their fathers. And none of those who despised me shall see it. But my servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit and has followed me fully, I will bring into the land into which he went, and his descendants shall possess it. (Numbers 14:21-24 ESV)
And your children shall be shepherds in the wilderness forty years and shall suffer for your faithlessness, until the last of your dead bodies lies in the wilderness. According to the number of the days in which you spied out the land, forty days, a year for each day, you shall bear your iniquity forty years, and you shall know my displeasure.' (Numbers 14:33-34 ESV)
My friend, Admiral Byrd is also a freemason. His purpose was to discredit the Biblical flat earth model by lying about there being more land behind the ice wall. All that is behind the ice wall is the firmament.
And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world--he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. (Revelation 12:9 ESV)
Tell me, what can you see with your eyes that tells you the earth is a globe?
Yes, when I was first coming to the faith I considered that very much. But then I discovered that the New Testament of the Bible has 20,000+ manuscript copies. Therefore, any attempted amendments are very easy to spot by just cross-checking with the other copies and eliminating the imposter. There is no other historical document to ever have existed that shares this level of credibility and assurance of its authenticity. God knows how to preserve His word.
The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever. (Isaiah 40:8 ESV)
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV)
"'I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and the slander of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. (Revelation 2:9 ESV)
Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie--behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you. (Revelation 3:9 ESV)
Where does God demand you wait patiently and do nothing?
Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you." Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. (Ephesians 5:11-17 ESV)
To counter 1 & 2: There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise. (Galatians 3:28-29 ESV)
To counter 3: And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age." (Matthew 28:18-20 ESV) But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth." (Acts 1:8 ESV) and said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. (Luke 24:46-47 ESV)
Jesus Christ is the God of the Old Testament...
Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. (Jude 1:5 ESV)
For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, and all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ. Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness. (1 Corinthians 10:1-5 ESV)
She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins." All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: "Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel" (which means, God with us). When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus. (Matthew 1:21-25 ESV)
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6 ESV)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. ... The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:1-5, 9-14 ESV)
"No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, [that is], the Son of Man who is in heaven. "And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, "that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. "For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. "He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. (John 3:13-18 NKJV)
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." (Genesis 1:26 ESV)
That is a doctrine of demons that will lead you to death my friend.
There is only one God, one saviour, one mediator, one faith, one Lord, one true religion, one holy book, one gospel and one way of salvation that leads to eternal life.
Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Him. There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
Jesus Christ is the door of the sheep. All who came before Him are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. He is the door. If anyone enters by Him, they will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. Jesus Christ came that they may have life and have it abundantly. He is the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
Jesus Christ is the true God and eternal life. Repent and believe in the gospel of Jesus Christ, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
The Roman Catholic church is Babylon the great. She has become a dwelling place for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit. Do not be deceived into thinking that her satanic traditions are Biblical, they are quite the contrary actually. The fruit of her priests show the true nature of that church. As it is written, "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus you will recognize them by their fruits." Matthew 7:15-20.
You are to confess you sins directly to God and your brethren. Not a satanic priest in a black robe acting as a mediator who might later use your confessed secrets as black mail. As it is written, "For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time." (1 Timothy 2:5-6 ESV)
You're a slave to your sin and your sin is leading you to death. Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as an obedient slave, you are a slave of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience to God, which leads to righteousness?
Do you think you're any better than them whilst you're still living in sin yourself? Therefore you have no excuse. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice similar things. We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things. Do you suppose, O man--you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself--that you will escape the judgment of God? Or do you presume on the riches of His kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed. He will render to each one according to his works: to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, He will give eternal life; but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good. For God shows no partiality.
Commandment 5: “"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.” (Exodus 20:12 ESV; Deuteronomy 5:16)
“Honor your father and your mother”: This command is wise and good, because honour for parents is an essential building block for the stability and health of all society. If the younger generations are constantly at war with older generations, the foundations of society will be destroyed.
To honour one’s parents includes to prize them, care for them, and show respect or reverence for them. The command is given to children, but it continues until the day your parents die. This is not a popular doctrine in our modern world, where youth is worshipped, and old age dreaded or despised. The result is the folly by which men or women strive to remain eternally youthful, which they soon find is an impossible endeavour bound for failure and disappointment.
Children must obey their parents in the Lord: for this is right (see Ephesians 6:1; Colossians 3:20). Like in many other instances, God has established a hierarchy. Whenever we attempt to rebel against this hierarchy, we suffer the consequences. As a child, rebelling against your parents is rebelling against God, a fruitless endeavour that will always end with negative consequences. Furthermore, for outwardly professed Christians who are called to follow Christ, whenever we rebel against the authority figures God has placed in our lives, we are blaspheming His name to others who are observing. Whilst men and women who have left the house of their parents either in marriage or independence no longer need to obey their parents, the requirement to honour them remains; namely to prize them, care for them and show respect or reverence for them.
Furthermore, in Matthew 15:3-9 and Mark 7:7-13, Jesus Christ implies that this commandment obligates children to relieve their parents of their necessity, especially in their old age. This means that as we become mature and capable ourselves, we must care for our parents, taking care of their waning independence and increasing needs, not abandoning them. In these passages Jesus used the way the Pharisees interpreted this commandment as an example of how one might appear to keep the law with a limited interpretation yet violate the spirit of the commandment.
“that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you”: In Ephesians 6:2-3 Paul repeated this commandment, emphasizing the promise stated here; “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land”. Rebellion is costly, and many have paid a high price for their rebellion against their parents. God promises to extend the lives of those who honour their parents and to cut short the lives of those who do not. I’ll finish with Proverbs 30:17: “The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures”.
The God of Adam, Moses, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
THE WAY, THE TRUTH, THE LIFE, THE ALPHA AND OMEGA, THE BEGINNING AND THE END, THE FIRST AND THE LAST, THE ALMIGHTY, THE MOST HIGH, THE LORD, THE REDEEMER, HOLY, PERFECT, THE HEALER, THE PROVIDER, THE BREAD OF HEAVEN, THE MESSIAH, THE SON, THE FATHER, THE LION OF JUDAH, THE WONDERFUL COUNCELLOR, THE ALL-SUFFICIENT ONE, THE MIGHTY GOD, THE EVERLASTING FATHER, THE PRINCE OF PEACE, THE SHEPHERD, RIGHTEOUSNESS, THE ANCIENT OF DAYS, JESUS CHRIST.
The Eunuch did not yet have the Holy Spirit. So no wonder he was struggling to understand the Scripture... Notice how shortly after Philip conveyed the gospel to Him and then the eunuch requested to be baptized.
I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you. But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie--just as it has taught you, abide in him. (1 John 2:26-27 ESV)