In this episode of Finding His Voice, the king is having the Jews of the kingdom slain because he was not made aware that his new queen, Esther, was a Jew. Esther approaches the king and has prepared a feast for him, to ask his favor.
In the New Testament, the apostles are thrown in prison for preaching the name of Jesus. They are beaten and threatened with death if they continue to preach in Jesus name.
In today's reading of Finding His Voice we hear how Esther came to be Queen in the court of Ahasuerus and in the New Testament Reading we learn about how Ananias and Sapphira made a deal with the Holy Ghost but tried to hold back part of it and fell down dead.
In this episode of Finding His Voice several kings refuse to allow the Israelites to pass through their nations and so their lands are given unto them.
The deaf are healed and the mute speak as Jesus continues to teach about the Hearts of Men.
In this episode of Finding His Voice the Israelite Nation learn what will happen to them if they defy the word of God.
Jesus heals a man with palsy who was lowered through the roof on a bed and the scribes are amazed that Jesus would dare do such a thing on the Sabbath.
In this episode of Finding His Voice, Nehemiah tells of how he organized the singers to give praise in the House of God and he chastised the Levites who had married foreign women and allowed them to distract the men from the work of the Lord.
The Apostles are doing the work of the Lord as they are filled with the Spirit of the Holy Ghost. No man is ever found in need because Barnabas, a Levite, sold his land and brought the money to the Apostles and laid it at their feet.
In this episode of Finding His Voice the Children of Israel are gathered from all corners of the nation and assigned their duties to the House of God as the Temple is rebuilt.
Peter and John are thrown into prison for healing the man who was lame, and they are told not to preach the name of Jesus anymore. Peter, speaking with the power of the Holy Spirit said, "Ye rulers of the people and elders of Israel, if we be examined of the good deed we have done by which this man was made whole, be it known to all of you that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth whom God raised from the dead, by Him doth this man stand here before you whole."
In this episode of Finding His Voice the Israelites are mourning when the Book of Moses is read, because they are made aware of their iniquities. But they are told to go and celebrate because this is a Holy day, they day when the Lord has once again blessed the nations.
A man, lame from birth, asks Peter for alms. Peter says, "Silver and gld have I none, but what I do have I will give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk." And he took him by the right hand, and the man was healed from that moment.
In this episode of Finding His Voice Nehemiah is challenged from all sides, as the heathen nations are angered from his rebuilding the Wall of Jerusalem.
In the day of Pentecost Peter explains to the Jews that they had slain the man, approved by God, and that Jesus was the Christ. They asked what they could do and Peter explained that they must repent of their sins and be baptized and receive the Holy Ghost. There were more than 3,000 baptized that day.
In this episode of Finding His Voice, after Jerusalem's walls are destroyed, Nehemiah the servant of King Artaxerxes is ordered to gather the tribes of Israel to rebuild the wall and gates.
The Holy Ghost comes to the disciples in the Day of Pentecost and the Jews and Strangers from other lands are each amazed because they all hear the disciples speaking in the tongue of each of their mother lands.
In this episode of Finding His Voice Darius, King of Persia, finds the scroll from Cyrus the former king, that the house of God should be built, so Darius decrees that no one shall intrude further on the rebuilding and the temple is completed.
The disciples are on a boat having no luck in catching fish, when Jesus shows himself to them the third time since He was risen. He tells them to cast their net to the right side of the boat and their net is soon filled. They drag the net to shore and dine with the Lord one last time before He is carried to Heaven. Jesus tells Peter three times to feed His sheep.
In this episode of Finding His Voice many nations that are living inside of Israel are bitter that the Israelites have returned to rebuild the House of God and so they cause difficulties to make it impossible to finish rebuilding the city during the time of Cyrus King of Persia.
God reveals himself to the disciples and to Thomas and He tells Thomas to thrust his hand into His side, so that he might believe the the Lord has returned. Jesus tells Thomas that because he has seen Jesus, he believes in Him, but blessed are those who believe but have not seen.
In this episode of Finding His Voice Cyrus King of Persia was stirred to make proclamation that he would rebuild the Temple of Solomon. So he raised up all those who could prove by genealogy that they were from Israel, and sent them back to Jerusalem to rebuild the House of God.
Soldiers, after they had crucified Jesus, cast lots for the remains of His clothing so that the scriptures might be fulfilled which said, they parted my raiment among them and for my vesture they did cast lots.
In this episode of Finding His Voice the Israelites are taken captive by the Chaldeans, and the vessels of the House of the Lord are taken away. The temple of Solomon is burned and the wall of Jerusalem is destroyed.
Jesus is scourged by Pilate, a purple robe place on Him and a crown of thorns placed on His head. Pilate presents Jesus to the Jews and says, Behold you King! The Jews reply that they have no King but Caesar and to crucify Jesus. Pilate says he finds no fault in Jesus but has no choice but to have Him crucified. On the cross, Pilate had written Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews.
In this episode of Finding His Voice Manasseh takes possession of the kingdom and causes the children to pass through the fire in the city of Hinnom. He does much evil in the site of the Lord until Manasseh was bound and carried away to Babylon. Manasseh cries out to the Lord and God hears his pleas and returns him again to his kingdom.
Jesus is led away to Pilate and the Jews ask Pilate to condemn Jesus to death. Pilate asks Jesus if He is the King of the Jews. Jesus replies that His kingdom is not of this world, or His servants would fight so that He would not have been delivered unto the Jews.
In this episode of Finding His Voice King Hezekiah returns the people of Jerusalem to the ways of the Lord, returning all of the vessels that were lost to the House of the Lord. And the Lord hearkened to Hezekiah and healed the people. So there was great joy in Jerusalem, for since the time of Solomon, there was not the like in Jerusalem.
Jesus prays to God for the protection of His disciples, for they believed that God had sent Him. And not for them alone, but for those also which shall believe in Him through their word.
In this episode of Finding His Voice Amaziah takes the seat to Reign over Israel, and while he follows the commandments of God, he does not keep the law in his heart, and he starts to follow other gods from the lands that he defeats.
Jesus tells the disciples that they only have him for a short while and then they will lament, but He goes to be with His father. He tells them, "The Father Himself loveth you, because ye have loved Me, and nelieved that I came out from God."
In this episode of Finding His Voice Jehoshaphat is replaced by his son, Jehoram, as King of Judah. And Jehoram slew all of his brothers with the sword and walked in the way of the kings of Israel, for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife, and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord.
Jesus tells the disciples that when the Holy Spirit comes to comfort them, He will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgement.
In this episode of Finding His Voice Asa goes to sleep with his fathers and Jehoshaphat takes over reign as king. His heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord and he took away the high places and the groves out of Judah. Therefore the Lord established the kingdom in his hand.
Jesus tells the disciples, When the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of Truth, which proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of Me. And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
In this episode of Finding His Voice, Asa becomes king and destroys all the idols. He does right in the eyes of the Lord for many years, so the Lord gave Israel peace. But the king lost his faith in all the years of peace and when his borders were challenged again, he reached out to other kings and their armies rather than depending on the Lord. So War was with Israel until the end of Asa's days.
Jesus prepares the disciples for His leaving them and tells them, The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
In this episode of Finding His Voice, Solomon is replaced as King by his son Rehoboam. Rehoboam makes the yoke on the people exceedingly difficult and they rebel against him. And Rehoboam sinned greatly against the Lord. He took 18 wives and 60 concubines and had 28 sons and 60 daughters.
Jesus told the disciples, A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
